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2022-07-18: News Headlines

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.

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.

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, …

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-17). Biden's Saudi 'reset' is about China & Russia, and CIA fallout with MBS. multipolarista.com US President Joe Biden visited Saudi Arabia to pressure Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) to cut ties with China and Russia, after he killed CIA ally Jamal Khashoggi and purged rivals in the royal family most loyal to Washington.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-17). Biden Disputes Saudi Account of MbS Meeting on Khashoggi. news.antiwar.com President Biden told reporters on Sunday that one of Saudi Arabia's top diplomats Biden met with MbS in Saudi Arabia on Friday and told reporters afterward that he raised the issue of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who was killed by Saudi agents at Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul in 2018. US intelligence later concluded that MbS ordered the killing. | Biden said he conf…

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

Kit Klarenberg (2022-07-16). Is Paul Mason's parliamentary run a Trojan Horse for British intelligence? thegrayzone.com Leaked emails raise serious questions about whether Paul Mason's run for parliament is, in fact, part of a UK intelligence operation to destroy the anti-war left. In a series of investigations, The Grayzone has exposed Paul Mason's collusion with a British intelligence operative to disrupt, undermine and discredit the anti-war, anti-imperialist left in Britain and abroad. Rather than comment directly on the shocking disclosures, Mason has resorted to boilerplate statements claiming that the leaked emails on which The Grayzone's reporting …

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2022-07-17: News Headlines

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

Kit Klarenberg (2022-07-16). Is Paul Mason's parliamentary run a Trojan Horse for British intelligence? thegrayzone.com Leaked emails raise serious questions about whether Paul Mason's run for parliament is, in fact, part of a UK intelligence operation to destroy the anti-war left. In a series of investigations, The Grayzone has exposed Paul Mason's collusion with a British intelligence operative to disrupt, undermine and discredit the anti-war, anti-imperialist left in Britain and abroad. Rather than comment directly on the shocking disclosures, Mason has resorted to boilerplate statements claiming that the leaked emails on which The Grayzone's reporting …

Ron Ridenour (2022-07-16). Julian: Let's Take a Stand! thiscantbehappening.net Julian Assange is the most important political prisoner in the world today, and we need to act in a myriad of ways to get him freed from the torturers' prisons. As he faces extradition from a supine and accommodating Britain to the waiting assassins in Washington who already stand exposed for plotting to murder … |

Ron Ridenour (2022-07-16). Julian: Let's Take a Stand. thiscantbehappening.net Julian Assange is the most important political prisoner in the world today, and we need to act in a myriad of ways to get him freed from the torturers' prisons. We need to spread the word and be on the streets. Here is a new song for Julian written by my friend, the journalist-musician Finian … |

WSWS (2022-07-16). The nightmarish reality of post-Roe America. wsws.org In the weeks after six unelected Supreme Court justices abolished the right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, a nightmarish reality is coming into focus.

_____ (2022-07-16). Assange Defense Files Appeals On 16 Grounds; Granted Time Extension. popularresistance.org London, U.K. – Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States, lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher have since submitted filings indicating they intend to fight the decision on 16 legal grounds. | As first revealed by The Wall Street Journal, lawyers for Assange submitted two separate appeal applications: one against Patel's decision, the second against a January 2021 ruling from the lower courts that originally barred the extradition on mental health considerations, but agreed with prosecutors on behalf of th…

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