(2023-04-04). Free Gershkovich, and stop the vicious persecution of Julian Assange. wsws.org Gershkovich, who had been arrested by the Russian government, must be freed, but the campaign by the US and its allies over "press freedom" is characterized by a staggering level of hypocrisy.
(2023-04-04). Inglorious inertia: Albanese, Smith and Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au As with all matters regarding United States policy, Australia will, if not agree outright with Washington, adopt a non-committal position — "quiet diplomacy". Binoy Kampmark reports.
(2023-04-04). Turning tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au In the United States, Democratic Congressperson Rashida Tlaib has urged fellow Congress members to sign a letter to US Attorney-General Merrick Garland urging him to drop the charges against Julian Assange, reports Binoy Kampmark.
(2023-04-04). Inglorious Inertia: The Albanese Government and Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The sham that is the Assange affair, a scandal of monumental proportions connived in by the AUKUS powers, shows no signs of abating. Prior to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese assuming office in Australia, he insisted that the matter dealing with the WikiLeaks publisher would be finally resolved. It had, he asserted, been going on for …
(2023-04-04). US provided India real-time military intelligence in China border clash. wsws.org Washington is playing an ever more conspicuous and provocative role in the India-China border dispute, which has seen both countries forward deploy tens of thousands of troops, heavy artillery and fighter jets since 2020.
(2023-04-03). God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. transcend.org An inquiry into the eternal enchantment of why the world exists.
(2023-04-03). Report on ChatGPT Model's Emissions Offers Rare Glimpse of AI's Climate Impacts. truthout.org A new report by Stanford University researchers finds that just training the model behind the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT released emissions equivalent to those of 9 cars over the course of their lifetimes, adding another layer of scrutiny regarding the future of humanity on Earth to technocrats' promised AI revolution. According to Stanford's Artificial Intelligence Index… |
(2023-04-03). Russia Blames Ukrainian Intelligence for Bombing That Killed Russian Journalist. news.antiwar.com
(2023-04-03). TikTok, TikTok…the countdown toward a new Cold War speeds up. peoplesworld.org 
Ten years ago, Edward Snowden told the whole world the truth about the U.S. global surveillance programs. If Congress cares about our digital privacy as some members are claiming, it should first begin by investigating the surveillance policies of its own U.S. agencies. The campaign against TikTok is a fear-mongering tactic to wage war on …
(2023-04-03). Wisconsin and Chicago elections tomorrow have national implications. peoplesworld.org 
MILWAUKEE—April 4 elections tomorrow in the Midwest will impact major policies across the country. In Wisconsin voters, in perhaps the most important judicial election ever, will select a state supreme court judge who will be a swing vote in determining the future of abortion rights in that state and possibly the outcome of the 2024 …
(2023-04-03). Trump's indictment: only a beginning. workers.org 
Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury March 31. The unexpected news was celebrated by many oppressed people, class-conscious workers and many on the left. Trump's Supreme Court appointments reversed the legal right to abortion. In addition to being the 45th occupant of the White . . . |
(2023-04-03). ICJ Rules US Freezing Of Some Iranian Assets As Illegal. popularresistance.org On Thursday, March 30, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the US government to pay compensation to Iranian companies for allowing its courts to freeze their assets, which the ICJ ruled as illegal. | The UN court said that the exact amount of compensation will be decided later. The court, however, refused to pass a similar judgment regarding the US freezing US$ 1.7 billion of assets of the Central Bank of Iran (Bank Markazi), saying that it lacked jurisdiction over the matter. | The ICJ was hearing a case filed by Iran in 2016. In 2016, the US Supreme Court had ruled that the assets of Iran's central…
(2023-04-03). Vatican renounces 'Doctrine of Discovery.' When will Supreme Court do likewise? liberationnews.org 
The high court continues to treat the "doctrine" as an integral basis of U.S. law, particularly in regard to the rights — or lack thereof — of Native peoples.
(2023-04-03). Elie Mystal on Tennessee's Anti-Drag Ban: GOP Is Pushing Bigotry & Attacking the First Amendment. democracynow.org 
On Friday, a Federal Judge in Memphis, Tennessee, temporarily blocked a law signed by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee banning drag shows in public, and legal experts say it will likely continue to be blocked all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Tennessee's drag ban was always bad law. It was always against the First Amendment," says Elie Mystal, justice correspondent for The Nation. "One of the things that these Republicans are trying to do is to directly attack the First Amendment when it suits them to push their bigotry against the LGBT community."…
(2023-04-03). Activists' Network in Mexico Helps U.S. Women Get Abortions. latinorebels.com A network of groups in Mexico provides virtual guidance as well as shipments of abortion pills for women who want to terminate a pregnancy on their own. Their work has sparked interest in the U.S. and a surge of requests for help, after the Supreme Court moved to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion last year.
