Monthly Archives: October 2022

2022-10-24: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2022-10-24). Bosses & Managers In SF Using Restraining Orders To Shut Workers Up. indybay.org Bosses and managers are using court restraining orders to shut down unionists, whistleblowers and workers who are fighting for worker rights and against corruption.

_____ (2022-10-23). Lawyer Jennifer Robinson Gives Powerful Defence Of Assange. popularresistance.org Robinson's speech, which was broadcast live on the state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation, contained a sharp warning on Assange's plight and the implications of the US attempt to prosecute him. | Assange, she said, would not survive years' more incarceration and "persecution by process." And if he were extradited from Britain to the US and hauled before a kangaroo court for publishing true information, it would be a dagger blow to freedom of the press and democratic rights. | The address was a rare breach in a wall of silence on the Assange case in Australia. His various court dates have been given curs…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-10-23). A Political Solution for Assange: Jennifer Robinson at the National Press Club. dissidentvoice.org It was telling. Of the mainstream Australian press gallery, only David Crowe of the Sydney Morning Herald turned up to listen to Jennifer Robinson, lawyer extraordinaire who has spent years representing Julian Assange. Since 2019, that representation has taken an even more urgent note: to prevent the WikiLeaks founder from being extradited to the United …

Fred Wertheimer (2022-10-23). Closing a Key Loophole to Nullify 'Independent State Legislature Theory'. commondreams.org Considered by many to be a radical, fringe theory, the independent state legislature claim is now before the Supreme Court.

Brian Hauss (2022-10-23). Supreme Court Must Affirm Consumer Boycotts Are Protected by First Amendment. commondreams.org If the right to boycott is to be preserved, the Supreme Court must step in.

Staff (2022-10-23). Periodista veterano de EEUU desaparece tras el registro del FBI y "no da señales de vida" durante seis meses. cubadebate.cu El periodista tampoco ha aparecido en las redes sociales desde el 27 de abril, cuando publicó su último tuit en el que escribió una sola palabra, "hechos", en respuesta a la afirmación del exagente de la CIA Marc Polymeropoulos en la que indicaba que los acontecimientos en Ucrania entre 2014 y 2022 fueron un "experimento de laboratorio" de EE.UU. sobre las "tácticas, técnicas y procedimientos" de militares rusos.

____ (2022-10-22). And They Huff, And They Puff… smoothiex12.blogspot.com Larry posted yesterday a very good description of CIA in relation to modern Russia and what load of malarkey all those "reputable" spooks provide on Putin and Russians:

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2022-10-23: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-10-23). Julian Assange: Jennifer Robinson argues for a political solution. greenleft.org.au Jennifer Robinson, Julian Assange's lawyer, told the National Press Club that if the appeal fails and Assange is extradited to the US, his prison conditions will be at the whim of intelligence agencies which plotted to kill him. Binoy Kampmark reports.

____ (2022-10-22). And They Huff, And They Puff… smoothiex12.blogspot.com Larry posted yesterday a very good description of CIA in relation to modern Russia and what load of malarkey all those "reputable" spooks provide on Putin and Russians:

____ (2022-10-22). AI-powered Chinese chess robot triumphs over grandmasters. ecns.cn SenseRobot, a physical artificial intelligence-powered robot, made Chinese chess history recently when it beat two professional human rivals, during a livestreamed event to an audience of 8 ,000.

Editor (2022-10-22). Chelsea Manning's Book Further Complicates US Government's Case Against Julian Assange. scheerpost.com

Editor (2022-10-21). 'Political Fix' Needed for WikiLeaks' Assange—Lawyer. scheerpost.com By Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said an "urgent political fix" is needed in his case because legal appeals against his extradition to the United States could continue for another decade and his health is declining. Barrister Jennifer Robinson has been on Assange's legal team for 12 years, and during a visit …

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