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2021-11-04: News Headlines

John Pilger (2021-11-04). Why Julian Assange's inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all. mronline.org The damage done to the Wikileaks co-founder in his decade of incarceration and uncertainty, including more than two years in Belmarsh is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage beyond doubt.

John Kiriakou (2021-11-04). CIA Plot to Kill Julian Assange: Will Perpetrators Ever Face Legal Accountability for Criminal Behavior? covertactionmagazine.com Chances are Slim as Political Cowardice Reigns Supreme in America's Second Gilded Age Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) last week asked …

Staff (2021-11-04). Julian Assange's Fiancée Stella Moris On dangers Of US Extradition Case. youtube.com Moderate Rebels live: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Stella Moris, the fiancée of imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, about the appeal hearings in the US extradition case and how it threatens freedom of the press around the world.

Staff (2021-11-04). Julian Assange: øDónde está el mundo?, pregunto. cubadebate.cu Empatía. Hay causas que necesitan que nos coloquemos en el lugar del otro. Sentir su zozobra y hasta su asombro. Porque al final de cuentas Julian Assange solo hizo lo correcto: develó hechos, cifras y saberes incómodos a un mundo acostumbrado a mandar pisoteando a través de la mentira.

_____ (2021-11-04). The U.S. Moral Superiority Complex Is Accelerating Its Decline. strategic-culture.org Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Someone should tell the Biden team. | Soon after the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and Deep State insider, remarked "The reversals in Afghanistan are confounding for a Biden national security team that has rarely known personal failure (…) These are America's best and brightest, who came to the messy endgame of the Afghanistan war with spotless résumés." | Though his criticism of the national security team is understandably guarded, anyone taking a dispassionate…

oneworld.press (2021-11-04). China's Counterintelligence People's War Is Patriotic & Pragmatic. oneworld.press The Chinese people are rallying in support of their country after the CIA announced earlier in October that it created a China Mission Center exclusively dedicated to spying on the People's Republic.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-03). Facebook whistleblower's revelation on 'profits over safety' model. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and tech expert Bappa Sinha discuss the Frances Haugen revelations on Facebook, the perils of its business model and what can be done to regulate the company…

_____ (2021-11-03). Justice For Assange Is Justice For All. popularresistance.org When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy, he said, "I think I am losing my mind". | He was gaunt and emaciated, his eyes hollow and the thinness of his arms was emphasised by a yellow identifying cloth tied around his left arm, an evocative symbol of institutional control. | For all but the two hours of my visit, he was confined to a solitary cell in a wing known as "healthcare", an Orwellian name. In the cell next to him a deeply disturbed man screamed through the night. Another occupant suffered from terminal cancer.

Anonymous103 (2021-11-03). USA Versus Julian Assange — Extradition Appeal. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageSF foreword: our team expresses its full support to Julian Assange and all those who are fighting for justice and his immediate release. | On the 27th and 28th of October prosecutors for the United States tried to persuade two High Court judges that they should overturn the decision made in January not to extradite Julian Assange to the US. | Outside the court there was a lively protest that was addressed by various speakers including Jeremy Corbyn. He made an impassioned speech demanding the British…

teleSUR (2021-11-03). 'We Defend Press Freedom,' US State Department Alleges. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the State Department spokesperson Ned Price dared to condemn intimidation and surveillance against journalists despite the fact that his country has been harassing Julian Assange for over a decade. | RELATED: | "On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, we renew our resolve to advocate for an open press and pay tribute to journalists and other media professionals who were…

_____ (2021-11-03). Daniel Hale And America's Unending Persecution Of Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org Struggling with the moral injury of taking part in America's expanding drone wars, Daniel Hale took it as his civic duty to tell his fellow Americans the truth about what was being done in their name. In 2014, the former Air Force member and National Security Agency intelligence analyst leaked 17 documents to The Intercept that provided the basis for a series of articles detailing the full scope of the civilian deaths caused by U.S. drone strikes. | Despite being billed by President Barack Obama, whose administration greatly expanded the drone wars, as "exceptionally surgical and precise," what Hale's leaks revea…

Scott Ritter (2021-11-03). Wings of death: How availability of combat drones will change war forever. thealtworld.com Drones used to be the exclusive purview of advanced military powers. Today, almost any military can afford cheap drones with high-quality sensors and lethal munitions, and, in doing so, change the course of any future conflict. | The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, commonly referred to as drones) has brought about a sea-change in the way nations wage war today, ranging from the ability to gather intelligence in ways unthinkable using manned aircraft, to the discreet and precision employment of lethal weapons in a way which delivers a bigger bang for the buck when it comes to battlefield impact. W…

Staff (2021-11-03). ICC Prosecutor is Scheduled to Visit SEBIN and DGCIM in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, will visit the prisons where those awaiting trial for their role in Operation Gideon and other civic-military events, destined at the time for the overthrow of President Nicolás Maduro, are incarcerated. | According to some judicial sources, Khan has planned to visit detention centers of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM). Both sites were already visited in the past by agents of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). |

teleSUR (2021-11-03). Cuba Faces CIA's Most Complex Cultural Warfare Operation. telesurenglish.net A Cuban government representative said that Cuba has probably been facing up the largest and most complex cultural warfare operation orchestrated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), promoting a new type of counterrevolution. | RELATED: | On Twitter, Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Anayansi Rodríguez posted a U.S. plan to bring Cuba's political system down, which combines social media, digital communication me…

Jim Hightower (2021-11-03). Why Do Supreme Court Justices Keep Saying They're Not Hacks? otherwords.org Ralph Waldo Emerson once told about a guest who came to dinner and spent the entire evening prattling about his own integrity: "The louder he talked of his honor," Emerson wrote: "the faster we counted our spoons." | Today, America has not one, but six guests in our national home babbling about their integrity. | They are the six extremist Republican judges who now control our Supreme Court, and it's a bit unsettling to hear them go on and on, almost frantically pleading with us to believe in their judicial impartiality. | For example, the Court's newest member, Amy Coney Barrett, suddenly blurted out at a public…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-03). Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah facing forced expulsion reject Israeli court's 'compromise deal'. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli supreme court had offered the Palestinians 'protected tenants' status in exchange for them recognizing temporary Jewish ownership of their homes and paying a symbolic rent to the Israeli settler organization involved in the so-called 'property dispute' in Sheikh Jarrah…

Julia Conley (2021-11-03). With Roe in Danger, Coalition Demands Supreme Court Expansion. zcomm.org "We need both legislation to protect our rights and legislation to expand the Court so six hyper-partisan conservative justices can't undo that progress," said one advocate. "This is the urgent response the Court's onslaught on our rights demands."

Marjorie Cohn (2021-11-03). SCOTUS Likely to Allow Challenge to Texas Law, But May Still Overturn "Roe" truthout.org Texas's draconian anti-abortion law remained in effect as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on November 1 about whether it could be challenged in court. Known as the "

Aditi Ramaswami (2021-11-03). How Dark Money Captured The Supreme Court. dailyposter.com

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2021-11-03: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-03). Facebook whistleblower's revelation on 'profits over safety' model. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and tech expert Bappa Sinha discuss the Frances Haugen revelations on Facebook, the perils of its business model and what can be done to regulate the company…

_____ (2021-11-03). Justice for Assange Is Justice for All. strategic-culture.org By John PILGER | When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy, he said, "I think I am losing my mind." | He was gaunt and emaciated, his eyes hollow and the thinness of his arms was emphasized by a yellow identifying cloth tied around his left arm, an evocative symbol of institutional control. | For all but the two hours of my visit, he was confined to a solitary cell in a wing known as "healthcare", an Orwellian name. In the cell next to him a deeply disturbed man screamed through the night. Another occupant suffered from…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-03). Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah facing forced expulsion reject Israeli court's 'compromise deal'. peoplesdispatch.org The Israeli supreme court had offered the Palestinians 'protected tenants' status in exchange for them recognizing temporary Jewish ownership of their homes and paying a symbolic rent to the Israeli settler organization involved in the so-called 'property dispute' in Sheikh Jarrah…

Aditi Ramaswami (2021-11-03). How Dark Money Captured The Supreme Court. dailyposter.com

Julia Conley (2021-11-03). With Roe in Danger, Coalition Demands Supreme Court Expansion. zcomm.org "We need both legislation to protect our rights and legislation to expand the Court so six hyper-partisan conservative justices can't undo that progress," said one advocate. "This is the urgent response the Court's onslaught on our rights demands."

_____ (2021-11-02). Meta Deletes Over 1,000 Nicaraguan Accounts Days Before Election. popularresistance.org On Monday, Ben Nimmo, the head of Facebook-turned-Meta's global threat intelligence strategy, announced that the social media giant had taken down what he claimed was a "a troll farm run by the government of Nicaragua and the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party." | The takedown included 937 Facebook accounts, 140 Pages, 24 Groups and 363 Instagram accounts in Nicaragua. | The Meta report claimed the accounts were "one of the most cross-government troll operations we've disrupted to date, with multiple state entities participating in this activity at once," but primarily run by employees of the Nicar…

Staff (2021-11-02). Headlines for November 2, 2021. democracynow.org World Leaders Gather in Glasgow for Start of Crucial COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, Sen. Joe Manchin Won't Commit to Build Back Better Act, Imperiling Biden's Domestic Agenda, Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Texas's Near-Total Abortion Ban, Virginia Governor's Race Takes Center Stage on Election Day, Kids as Young as 5 Set to Be Vaccinated Within Days as Pediatric Doses Begin Shipping, Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Chicago Police Officers, U.N. Security Council Extends Peacekeeping Mandate in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara, Burmese Military Forces Accused of Torture and Attacks on Civilians, U.N. Warns Afg…

Chris Hedges (2021-11-02). The most important battle for press freedom of our time. canadiandimension.com Street art depicting Julian Assange in Lambeth, England. Photo by Duncan C/ For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via video link from London. The United States is appealing a lower court ruling that denied the US request to extradite Assange not, unfortunately, because in the eyes of the court he is innocent of a crime, but because, as Judge Vanessa Baraitser in January concluded, Assange's precarious psychological state would deteriorate given the "harsh conditions" of the inhumane US pr…

Kim Petersen (2021-11-02). Should One Stand up for Western Values? dissidentvoice.org What are western values? One often hears a representative of a western country praising its western values. In a 2017 statement Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau adumbrated Canadian values as "openness, compassion, equality, and inclusion." Given the psychological torture that Julian Assange has been subjected to over the years at the hands of western nations …

Matt Robson (2021-11-02). A safe haven for Julian Assange in New Zealand. greenleft.org.au An open letter, signed by prominent figures in Aotearoa (New Zealand), is being sent to Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern calling on her to offer Wikileaks founder Julian Assange asylum in NZ, reports Matt Robson.

Binoy Kampmark (2021-11-02). Crystal ball jurisprudence: Day 1 of the US appeal against Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au Binoy Kampmar sums up Day 1 of the appeal hearing against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

John Pilger (2021-11-02). Why Julian Assange's inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all. peoplesdispatch.org John Pilger writes about how Julian Assange is a truth-teller who has committed no crime but revealed government crimes and lies on a vast scale and so performed one of the great public services of our time…

John Pilger (2021-11-02). John Pilger: Justice for Assange is justice for all. greenleft.org.au As the world awaits the outcome of the United States' appeal to extradite Julian Assange from Britain, the WikiLeaks founder's courage is beyond doubt, writes John Pilger.

Anonymous765 (2021-11-02). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — November 2, 2021. southfront.org This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…

MEE staff (2021-11-02). Sudan coup: Israeli delegation visited country in midst of takeover. middleeasteye.net Sudan coup: Israeli delegation visited country in midst of takeover | Israeli delegation, including intelligence officers, reportedly met with deputy head of Rapid Support Forces and others shortly after launch of coup | Tue, 11/02/2021 – 09: 50 | Sudanese anti-coup protesters gather in a street in the capital Khartoum on 30 October 2021, to express their support for the country's democratic transition deraile…

Ann Brown (2021-11-02). Luke Campbell Compares Miami Beach Mayor To KKK Over Policies, Says Liberal Democrats Are Racists. moguldom.com Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell, the hip-hop star who shot to fame with the raunchy 2 Live Crew group in the 1990s and challenged censorship all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, is upset with the mayor of Miami Beach. Among the policies that have upset Campbell is a ballot measure put forth by Mayor …

Staff (2021-11-02). As SCOTUS Reviews Texas Abortion Ban, Activists Look to New Strategies to Save Reproductive Freedom. democracynow.org We look at Monday's Supreme Court oral arguments on the constitutionality of Texas's near-total ban on abortions with legendary lawyer Kathryn "Kitty" Kolbert, who argued the 1992 landmark Supreme Court case credited with saving Roe v. Wade. "'Save Roe' has been our mantra for so many years, and it no longer works because of the ultraconservatie nature of this Supreme Court," Kolbert says. Instead, people must protect abortion rights by "electing people who will preserve women's rights, and begin to think of that as our most important task."

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