(2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: The Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club Washington DC. transcend.org 21 Jan 2023 РChaired by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) and Srećko Horvat (philosopher co-founder of DiEM25), the Tribunal included testimony from Julian's father John Shipton.
(2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal. democracynow.org 
Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq a…
(2023-01-23). Germany: Ukraine Losing Hundreds of Soldiers Every Day. news.antiwar.com The German foreign intelligence service assesses that Kiev is losing a "three-digit number" of soldiers daily, according to a report in Der Spiegel. Berlin informed politicians of the assessment during a secret meeting this week. Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is "alarmed" by the high number of losses Ukraine is suffering. The report says Berlin …
(2023-01-23). Outrage Mounts After Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Is Raided by Intelligence and Police. orinocotribune.com In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law | On Wednesday, January 18, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the largest workers' organizations in South Korea, was raided by the intelligence and the police as the government escalated its persecution of trade unions and progressive groups in the country. Multiple raids were conducted at the offices of the KCTU and its affiliates by the National Intellig…
(2023-01-23). New York City Schools Ban Artificial Intelligence Tool ChatGPT Amid Cheating Worries. moguldom.com The New York City Department of Education, the nation's most extensive school system, has banned the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT for, among other reasons, the fear that it will increase cheating by students. The AI-powered chatbot can generate conversational answers to users' questions and even write essays, drawing from online sources. New York City Schools decided …
(2023-01-23). Vice President Harris Delivers Fierce Speech Commemorating th Anniversary Of Roe v. Wade. newsone.com 
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty | Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision with a rousing speech in Jacksonville, Florida. Abortion care physician Sujatha Prabhakaran introduced Harris at the Jacksonville rally on Sunday. | What was once treated as a settled right was snatched from millions of women and people capable of pregnancy after the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. After acknowledging the horrific mass shooting in Monterey, California, Harris put the commemoration in context. | On what would have been its th anniver…
(2023-01-23). Israel's Netanyahu Crumbles before Supreme Court demand he Fire Corrupt Minister, as AG considers Banning Netanyahu Too. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Carrie Keller-Lynn at The Times of Israel reports that at Sunday's Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was forced to fire his minister of health and the Interior, Aryeh Makhlouf Deri, who heads up the ultra-right-wing Shas Party. The move was forced on Netanyahu by Israel's Supreme Court, which holds Deri …
(2023-01-22). Julian Assange And The US Government's War On Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org The long persecution of Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, is set to culminate in its final act: a trial in the United States, probably this year. Kevin Gosztola has spent the last decade reporting on Assange, WikiLeaks, and the wider war on whistleblowers. His new book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case against Julian Assange, methodically lays out the complex issues surrounding the case, the gross distortions to the legal system used to facilitate the extradition of Julian, now in a high security prison in London, the abuses of power by the FBI and the CIA, including spying on Julian's meetings…
(2023-01-22). Joe Biden's Disturbing Hypocrisy On Julian Assange. progressivehub.net BEN COHEN | SALON…
(2023-01-22). Kevin Gosztola On 'The Chris Hedges Report'. shadowproof.com Chris Hedges, longtime journalist and host of "The Chris Hedges Report," had Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola on his show to discuss his book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange.
(2023-01-22). Hypocrisy 101: Joe Biden scuppered Jimmy Carter's CIA nominee over mishandling of classified documents. americanthinker.com Joe Biden was front-running for the deep state as early as 1977.
(2023-01-22). Has artificial intelligence become dangerously woke? americanthinker.com If these trends in A.I. continue along their present course, things could get ugly fast.
(2023-01-22). Climate Change Will Supersede Everything. tomdispatch.com Given the secrecy typically accorded to the military and the inclination of government officials to skew data to satisfy the preferences of those in power, intelligence failures are anything but unusual in this country's security affairs. In 2003, for instance, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq based on claims — later found to be baseless — that its leader, Saddam Hussein, was developing or already possessed weapons of mass destruction. Similarly, the instant collapse of the Afghan government in August 2021, when the U.S. completed the withdrawal of its forces from that country, came as a shock on…
(2023-01-22). US funds 'independent journalists' in Cuba to spread propaganda, ex CIA spy admits. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Former CIA analyst Fulton Armstrong told The Guardian that, in Cuba, "a lot of the so-called independent journalists are indirectly funded by the US". They spread anti-government disinformation with the support of the NED.
(2023-01-22). The Role Of The Brazilian Military In The Coup Attempt. popularresistance.org The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a "military intervention" in Brazil. They had set up camps that had assembled in front of army barracks throughout the country since November demanding the "military to overturn" the election of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as Lula). On November 11, 2022, the commanders of the armed forces released a note giving the coup camps a safe haven—not only physically but also legally. It is important to note two elem…
(2023-01-22). Weren't women supposed to 'die' in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe? americanthinker.com Where are all these media-foretold casualties?>
(2023-01-22). Is SCOTUS on the Verge of Dismantling Labor and the Administrative State in One Blow? scheerpost.com 
By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 174. If Glacier Northwest prevails, the Supreme Court ruling will make it far easier for alleged labor disputes that result in damage to company property, to …
