WSWS (2022-07-20). Australian workers and youth speak out: "If there was democracy Assange would never have gone to jail" wsws.org "The attack on Assange is being used as a warning against any journalist, including future journalists to be careful as to what they bring to the attention of the general public."

Project Censored (2022-07-19). Whistleblower Summit and the Recent Election Results in Colombia. projectcensored.org For the first half of this week's show, Mickey brings on co-organizers and participants of the upcoming 2022 Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival in Washington, DC, including Marcel Reid, Michael…

Andy Kroll (2022-07-19). Controlling Bodies and Subverting Democracy. tomdispatch.com When I was the age that my daughter is now, my favorite sweatshirt had the words "Choice, Choice, Choice, Choice" in rainbow letters across its front. My mom got me that sweatshirt at a 1989 rally in response to Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. In that case, the Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law restricting the use of state funds and facilities for abortion, an early attempt to eat away at Roe v. Wade. And though many adults in the Wisconsin neighborhood where I grew up thought that message inappropriate for a 13 year old, I wore it proudly. Even then, I understood that it spoke not just to a person's r…

____ (2022-07-19). Scientists use AI to identify new ALS gene targets. ecns.cn Using an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, an international research team has identified more than two dozen new targets with therapeutic potential for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a recent study.

Marie Kelly (2022-07-18). Reproductive rights vs. rightwing Federalist Society. workers.org Protesters gathered outside the Mellon Bank building in Center City Philadelphia July 13 to denounce the Federalist Society meeting there. Society members include the ultraconservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court, many Republican members of Congress and Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who spouts white-supremacist rhetoric. Philadelphia, . . . |

A Guest Author (2022-07-18). U.S. Supreme Court attacks tribal sovereignty — again. workers.org By Will H., K. James and W. James On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) continued its centuries-long assault on Native Americans in its decision in the case of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. Sasafane (Euchee) protests the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Native sovereignty in the Castro-Huerta . . . |

____ (2022-07-19). Scientists use AI to identify new ALS gene targets. ecns.cn Using an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, an international research team has identified more than two dozen new targets with therapeutic potential for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a recent study.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-18). Mexican President Renews Offer to Grant Asylum to Julian Assange in Letter to Biden. news.antiwar.com On Monday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he delivered a letter to President Biden last week where he pleaded for the US not to prosecute Julian Assange Lopez Obrador said he explained in the letter that Assange "did not cause anyone's death, did not violate any human rights and that he exercised his freedom, and that arresting him would mean a permanent affront to freedom of expression."

Staff (2022-07-18). México reitera protección y asilo a Julian Assange. cubadebate.cu El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, informó este lunes que había enviado una carta a su homólogo estadounidenses, Joe Biden, para pedir la libertad del activista y fundador de WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. Del mismo modo, reiteró su ofrecimiento de "protección y asilo" para Assange, quien está acusado en EE.UU. de filtración masiva de documentos confidenciales.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-18). AFT's Weingarten: Teachers rise after 'brutal' years of politics and pandemic. peoplesworld.org BOSTON —After what Teachers President Randi Weingarten called a "brutal" two years facing the coronavirus pandemic and political fire from the right—including the right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court—the nation's teachers must still rise to action to beat back both the continuing plague and the radical reactionaries, she says. And all through this, she …

Karen J. Greenberg (2022-07-18). The State of Disgrace in Washington. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) &#1 ; Well before the House select committee's January 6th investigation began, trust in the classic American system of checks and balances as reliable protection against executive (or, more recently, Supreme Court) abuses of power had already fallen into a state of disgrace. A domestically shackled Biden presidency, a Congress unable to act, …

WSWS (2022-07-18). Documents show Australian Labor government does not oppose Assange's extradition to the US. wsws.org The Labor government documents accept Assange's extradition to the US and his prosecution in a kangaroo court, as a fait accompli.

Editor (2022-07-18). Assange Fights Extradition To US With Two Appeals. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his extradition to the United States. Assange faces 18 charges, 17 of which are charges under the US Espionage Act. All of the allegations against …