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WE Will Free The Press
WE Will Free The Press While we’re republishing articles about the newly arrested Julian Assange, in his honor, here’s one on the role the press has played in his ordeal. And will undoubtedly continue to play. What does it say about a society that you have to hold not only the government, but also the […]
Why Your Hatred Of Assange Is Completely Irrelevant
Why Your Hatred Of Assange Is Completely Irrelevant By the time I publish this we’ll be at or around the 24-hour mark since WikiLeaks announced that two high level Ecuadorian government insiders had told them that Julian Assange faces eviction from the Ecuadorian embassy within days, which seems to have been further confirmed by the Foreign Minister of […]
Ecuador President Threatens to Decide Assange’s Fate Over Scandal
Ecuador President Threatens to Decide Assange’s Fate Over Scandal Ecuador’s president is threatening to soon decide on Julian Assange’s refuge after his government falsely accused WikiLeaks of publishing files about a scandal that threatens to bring the president down, as Elizabeth Vos reports. Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said Tuesday he would decide “in the short term” the […]
A Year of Silencing Julian Assange
A Year of Silencing Julian Assange One year ago Thursday, Ecuador’s government under President Lenin Moreno silenced Julian Assange. WikiLeaks wrote on Twitter Wednesday: “… March 28, marks one year that WikiLeakspublisher Julian Assange has been illegally gagged from doing journalism—any writing that expresses a ‘political opinion’? even on his own treatment, after pressure from the U.S. on […]
After Pressure on Twitter, Christine Assange’s Account is Restored; Venezuela’s Telesur Now Hit
After Pressure on Twitter, Christine Assange’s Account is Restored; Venezuela’s Telesur Now Hit UPDATED: The Twitter account of Julian Assange’s mother was restored on Wednesday night after her supporters sent a flood of messages to Twitter. Telesur English Hit By Same Restrictions Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange, had her […]
Twitter Restricts Account of Julian Assange’s Mother
Twitter Restricts Account of Julian Assange’s Mother The social media giant has given no reason to Christine Assange who had turned to Twitter to campaign for the liberty of her son. The Twitter account of Christine Assange, the mother of the arbitrarily detained founder of WikiLeaks, has been restricted, she told Consortium News on Tuesday. “My Twitter […]
Refusing to “Snitch,” Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Becomes Two-Time Political Prisoner
Refusing to “Snitch,” Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Becomes Two-Time Political Prisoner “I will not participate in a secret process that I morally object to, particularly one that has been historically used to entrap and persecute activists for protected political speech.” — Chelsea Manning ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — Chelsea Manning was thrown in jail on Friday for refusing to […]
US Re-Imprisons Manning To Coerce Her To Testify Against WikiLeaks
US Re-Imprisons Manning To Coerce Her To Testify Against WikiLeaks After being imprisoned for seven years under draconian conditions which twice drove her to suicide, whistleblower Chelsea Manning has again been thrown behind bars for defending government transparency. Manning has been jailed in contempt of court after refusing to testify before a grand jury related to Assange and […]
Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed
Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed Since 2006 WikiLeaks has been censuring governments with governments’ own words. It has been doing the job the U.S. constitution intended the press to do, says Joe Lauria. In his 1971 opinion in the Pentagon Papers case, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote: “In the First Amendment the Founding […]
Robert Mueller Is A Coward And A Liar
Robert Mueller Is A Coward And A Liar That statement is going to make me real popular, right? Any criticism of Robert Mueller for many people equals support for President Trump. But it doesn’t, and Mueller really is a coward and a liar, and it’s not hard to make that case, it’s even easier than […]
‘Media Bias Fact Check’ Smears WikiLeaks, Supports Western Propaganda Machine
‘Media Bias Fact Check’ Smears WikiLeaks, Supports Western Propaganda Machine With the latest US-backed coup underway in Venezuela and Roger Stone’s arrest as much an exercise in theater as the rest of his political career, one may wonder what a critique of Media Bias Fact Check (MBFC) and similar sites could contribute to the conversation in our […]
State Secrets and the National-Security State
STATE SECRETS AND THE NATIONAL-SECURITY STATE Inadvertently released federal documents reveal that U.S. officials have apparently secured a secret indictment against Julian Assange, the head of WikiLeaks who released secret information about the internal workings of the U.S. national-security establishment. In any nation whose government is founded on the concept of a national-security state, that […]
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State Why is America’s Baghdad Embassy the world’s largest embassy — and the largest by far? “It’s as if the US Embassy is there not only to protect American interests, but to manage the entire world from the heart of the capital, Baghdad.” — Iraqi Sheikh Qassim Al […]
Wikileaks Warns Reporters Not To Publish 140 “False And Defamatory” Statements About Julian Assange
Wikileaks Warns Reporters Not To Publish 140 “False And Defamatory” Statements About Julian Assange WikiLeaks is sick and tired of mainstream media outlets publishing inaccurate and at times defamatory claims about its founder, Julian Assange. So in a recent email to journalists who regularly cover the organization, Wikileaks described 140 “false and defamatory” claims about […]
