Your man in the public gallery: Assange hearing day 1

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Tue, 2021-02-09 17:43

Mobo2000

Ah well. Disappointing, not surprising.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-assange/biden-administrat...

"Justice Department spokesman Marc Raimondi on Tuesday said the U.S. government will continue to challenge a British judge’s ruling last month that Assange should not be extradited to the United States because of the risk he would commit suicide." ...

"Obama’s Justice Department decided not to seek Assange’s extradition on the grounds that what Assange and WikiLeaks did was too similar to journalistic activities protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Trump administration officials stepped up public criticism of Assange and WikiLeaks only weeks after taking office in January 2017 and subsequently filed a series of increasingly harsh criminal charges accusing Assange of participating in a hacking conspiracy. Assange supporters have been pressing the Biden administration to drop charges against him during Biden’s first 100 days in the White House."

Tue, 2021-03-02 21:40

#203

NDPP

WATCH: The Assange Case and Western Political Repression

https://t.co/RurDzFx3bq?amp=1

"The case of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in the context of political repression in the West, as well as the medical angle on the US appeal against a British court's ruling against Assange's extradition and more. In light of the announcement that the Biden administration will appeal the UK's refusal to extradite on medical grounds, join us for a vital discussion..."

Sat, 2021-03-06 21:51

#204

NDPP

Assange extradition: Freedom of British media to expose US state security is at stake

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/julian-assange-extradition-appeal/

"Dr Paul Arnell, an expert on extradition law from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen - explains why the Julian Assange extradition appeal has huge implications for media freedom in the UK."

Sat, 2021-03-06 22:11

#205

NDPP

Essential Interview from 'Useful Idiots' (and vid)

https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1368324196401549313

"Stella Moris shares how US-led campaign against Julian Assange has impacted her family. She also discusses latest in the case and why Biden's DOJ must drop charges."

President Joe Biden: drop the charges - free Julian Assange!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Wed, 2021-03-10 13:31

#206

NDPP

#FreeAssangeNOW

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1369332864354033672

"New Banksy calls attention to incarceration of Julian Assange."

While Canadian msm (and alternative) do not. Fuck them. I just did.

Wed, 2021-03-10 14:23

#207

NDPP

Home Run For Julian: Article by John Jiggens

https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-u...

"...Seeing that there has been an infestation of COVID-19 in the jail since March last year, and the jail and prisoners are in lockdown for 23 hours each day, the jail extended a privilege - in their view - of a ten-minute phone call each day. John [Shipton, Julian's father] recounted this touching experience. 'In the evening I was walking along speaking to him on the phone and a cricket started to sing, and Julian said, 'Is that a cricket? Is that a cricket?' He hadn't heard a cricket for 9 1/2 years.'

The world-wide upswelling of support for Julian and the understanding of the intimidation of journalists, the oppression, the punishment, the judicial kidnapping of journalists - an Australian national being judicially kidnapped to the the United States - setting that up as an example for all future critics of the US to be judicially kidnapped. This understanding has struck probably everybody..."

Petition attached. Please sign and forward to others including MPs, Canadian journalists, msm or alternative.

Mon, 2021-03-29 09:33

#208

NDPP

'Our family wishes to express our gratitude...'

https://twitter.com/StellaMoris1/status/1376201219073581064

"After a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis delivered to his cell door by the prison priest..."

Julian Assange could finally walk free - if we seize the moment

https://arena.org.au/julian-assange-could-kindly-walk-free-if-we-seize-t...

"For the first time in more than a decade there's cause for hope. The torturous chain of cause and effect that saw Australian publisher Julian Assange go from global news sensation to a freezing cell in a London prison may at last be ending if the Biden administration decides to make a principled break with the fateful decision of President Donald Trump..."

Unfortunately as is so often the case with presidential successions Biden's tendencies rather suggest continuity. Where stands AOC, Sanders and other faux progressive Dems - going along to get along silence? And where stands Jagmeet Singh and the NDP on this egregious and outrageous attack on Assange and press freedom?

[email protected]

Tue, 2021-04-06 15:06

#209

NDPP

'Silence': RT America's correspondent's Twitter blocked for posting a video of alleged US war crimes

https://youtu.be/tY8eB_iip90

"RT America's Rachel Blevins says her Twitter account was blocked after she retweeted 'Collateral Murder' video which was first released by Wikileaks over a decade ago. Her account was restored after she removed the video."

Unlike the servile and collaborationist Canadian journalists who would never dare mention Julian Assange or WikiLeaks unless it was to smear them as they were here.

Sun, 2021-04-11 11:39

#210

NDPP

Two years since Assange was arrested in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London: UN Special Rapporteur Nils Melzer and Fidel Narvaez (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/520577-assange-arrest-two-yea...

"On our 1000th episode of Going Underground,m we firstly speak to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer. Finally we speak to former counsel at the Ecuadorian Embassy Fidel Narvaez. Why Lenin Moreno's decision leaves him ashamed..."

Excellent interviews, and particularly interesting observations on Ecuadorian politics, especially the election there.

Canada's media, being essentially collaborationist, participated hammer and tongs in the smear and demonization phase of the Assange crucifixion but has now adopted a stoney silence, despite the significant implications for whistleblowers, free speech and the public's awareness of official criminality.

Free Julian Assange!

Sun, 2021-04-18 16:40

#211

NDPP

Watch: Worldwide Members of Parliament Back Assange

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/04/17/watch-worldwide-members-of-parliam...

"An international symposium of parliamentarians including Jeremy Corbyn, spoke on Saturday in a Don't Extradite Assange production simulcast by CN live."

Please feel free to forward to your own MP. Unfortunately there is not a single Canadian MP included in the above gathering. Why am I not surprised.

Thu, 2021-04-29 21:43

#212

NDPP

Revealed: The UK Government Campaign to Force Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy

https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1387936591579123715

"Please read this shocking story of a conspiracy at the heart of government."

Missing unfortunately is the deep involvement of UK Labour's leader Sir Keir Starmer earlier in the anti-Assange conspiracy, in his previous role as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

Sat, 2021-06-12 13:34

#213

NDPP

#FreeAssangeNOW

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1403706842488967174

"Crossparty group of 24 UK parliamentarians call for President Biden to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, 'an act that would be a clarion call for freedom that would echo around the globe..." Naturally nothing from the reactionary deadbeats that pose as 'progressive politicians' in Canada.

US Tour for Assange: Philadelphia (and vid)

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/11/watch-us-tour-for-assange-next-sto...

"Julian Assange's father and brother traveled to Philadelphia on Friday on the next stop of their US tour. Watch the video.' And apt remarks on the contradictions of the western left."

"They're trying to kill Assange because he spoke the truth" : Roger Waters

https://youtu.be/gTfOuiCGr9M

Tue, 2021-06-15 11:41

#214

NDPP

America's top newspaper editors alarmed by Assange indictment

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1404481672092000260

"A fundamental principle of the First Amendment is that journalists have the right to publish truthful information."

Clearly a right undefended by the currrent presstitute media. In Canadian msm there has long been 'omerta' about defending Assange. They only do smear and disinfo. The alternative media has been much the same here unfortunately.

Sat, 2021-06-26 16:00

#215

NDPP

Julian Assange's father pleads for his son's freedom in America

https://youtu.be/HPp7JbynLmM

Canadian presstitute media apparently only do Assange smear and won't publish critical analysis of his abusive prosecution-as-persecution situation by the Biden regime. Ask them why and suggest they should be standing up for a free press and the importance of journalism on war crimes. Free Julian Assange!

Sun, 2021-06-27 13:37

#216

Michael Moriarity

An Icelandic publication says that Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment. Found in this video by Kyle Kulinski.

Mon, 2021-06-28 20:12

#217

NDPP

Lead witness in US case against Julian Assange admits to fabricating evidence

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1409414237483589636

"Keep in mind that beyond this shocking revelation, a Spanish court exposed how CIA assets from UC Global plotted to poison Assange, spied on his family, friends, lawyer and likely burglarized their offices."

Mon, 2021-06-28 20:48

#218

NDPP

Assange Case: End of the Saga?

https://youtu.be/n1hQxaZmTb8

Hope so. But let the historical record show that once again Canadian progressives overwhelmingly took the side of the American persecution in this. Neither alternative nor mainstream media here deigned to publish much of anything in his favour but enthusiastically ran smear and disinformation from his war-criminals enemies. Shameful.

Tue, 2021-06-29 15:50

#219

contrarianna

Snowden rather naively tweeted:

This is the end of the case against Julian Assange.

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1408847450656415751

and:

Edward Snowden
@Snowden
If Biden continues to seek the extradition of a publisher under an indictment poisoned top-to-bottom with false testimony admitted by its own star witness, the damage to the United States' reputation on press freedom would last for a generation. It's unavoidable.

https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/1408855841420328961

The the US and the UK's "rule of law", when political matters are involved, becomes an ad hoc "tool of law" where fabrication rules. Not only does existing law get perverted in blatant ways but as in the case of when the Swedish "wanted for questioning" scam was being perpetrated, the UK High Court changed the law to make a prosecuter a "judicial authority", only to change it back once it had been used to persecute Assange.

Craig Murray (another dissident journalist about to be jailed on specious charges) provides a more sober summary of the Assange procedings and concludes:
.
Craig Murray: FBI Fabrication Against Assange Falls Apart
June 29, 2021

Thordarson was always the most unreliable of witnesses, and it seems impossible to believe FBI cooperation with him was ever any more than deliberate fabrication of evidence by the FBI

....
Edward Snowden has tweeted that Thordarson recanting will end the case against Julian Assange. Most certainly it should end it, but I fear it will not.

Many things should have ended the case against Assange. The First Amendment, the ban on political extradition in the U.S./UK Extradition Treaty, the CIA spying on the preparations of Assange’s defense counsel, all of these should have stopped the case dead in its tracks.

It is now five months since extradition was refused, no U.S. government appeal against that decision has yet been accepted by the High Court, and yet Julian remains confined to the UK’s highest security prison. The revelation that Thordarson’s allegations are fabricated – which everyone knew already, Baraitser just pretended she didn’t – is just one more illegality that the Establishment will shimmy over in its continued persecution of Assange.

Assange democratized information and gave real power to the people for a while, worldwide. He revealed U.S. war crimes. For that his life is destroyed. Neither law nor truth have anything to do with it.

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/29/craig-murray-fbi-fabrication-again...

Wed, 2021-06-30 00:01

#220

NDPP

Lead witness in US case against Julian Assange admits to fabricating evidence against him

https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1408907728026750980

"If major [Canadian and] US media outlets could bring themselves to report on this explosive development in the world's most important press freedom case, that would likely create enough public fallout to force the Biden admin to abandon it."

Sun, 2021-07-04 20:24

#221

mmphosis

Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment (stundin.is)

Corporate media blacks out admission that witness against Assange lied for US indictment (wsws.org)

Main Stream News has it, you just need to look under Food and drink ...

Julian Assange Case: Key witness admits to lying in testimony to help FBI (msn.com)

Mon, 2021-07-05 08:15

#222

NDPP

Thanks mmphosis.

"At yesterday's DC rally for Julian Assange, Benjamin Norton called out the US global dictatorship that has orchestrated the kidnapping and confinement of non-US citizens from Julian Assange to Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab to Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou. All are political prisoners."

https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1411047773638643718

Thu, 2021-07-08 20:39

#223

NDPP

The Assange Case Isn't About National Security, it's About Narrative Control

https://twitter.com/caitoz/status/1413118442178183171

"The US government is not afraid that unauthorized publication of government secrets will lead to Americans being killed, it's afraid it will lead to their knowing the truth..."

Tue, 2021-07-20 16:49

#224

NDPP

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Bjartmar Oddur Alexandersson, John Helmer, July 15 (radio)

https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/gorilla-radio-with-chris-c...

"Crusading publisher and founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange spent his 50th birthday just as he had his 49th and 48th, in solidarity at Canada's Belmarsh Prison. Bjarmar Oddur Alexandersson co-wrote the article that has Assange allies hopeful..."

Mon, 2021-08-02 16:55

#225

NDPP

MAPW Australia (and vid)

https://twitter.com/MAPW_Australia/status/1421973738560491522

"Doctors warn Assange may not survive the appeal process..."

A Fiery Defense of Julian Assange (and vid)

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/08/02/watch-a-fiery-defense-of-assange/

Gareth Porter, Lori Wallach, Joe Lauria discuss.

Tue, 2021-08-10 13:01

#226

NDPP

"I'm accredited to cover the High Court hearing tomorrow re Julian Assange vs Government of the United States. It will begin on August 11 at 10:30 am GMT. I'll have a live thread on Twitter and subsequent reporting..."

https://twitter.com/richimedhurst/status/1425108305442181124

"We can confirm that @Consortiumnews has been granted access to the Julian Assange hearing, August 11 at 10:30 am BST & will be live-tweeting the proceedings."

https://twitter.com/Consortiumnews/status/1425119288784867329

"I have press credentials to remotely observe Julian Assange's preliminary appeal hearing, which is tomorrow before the UK High Court of Justice. Like previous proceedings, I'll post a thread so people can follow for updates."

https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1425115628545978380

Free Julian Assange! Defend Whistleblowers & Press Freedom!

Wed, 2021-08-11 20:01

#227

NDPP

IFJ backs call to drop charges against Julian Assange

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1425428174805114881

"International Federation of Journalists: 'The criminalisation of whistleblowers and investigative journalists has no place in a democracy. Condemning Assange would not only endanger his life but also fundamental principles of press freedom."

Please do forward widely to the Canadian media who show little indication of apprehending any of the critical issues and implications of this case, and seem determined to advance smear and disinformation, as they have done throughout the whole awful history of this stitch-up. The crime is truth-telling. There is no other.

Wed, 2021-08-11 20:37

#228

NDPP

Assange Hearing to Consider Points of Appeal (and vid)

https://twitter.com/Consortiumnews/status/1425524523449782277

Biden DOJ continues Trump's attempts to get Assange extradited to the United States. Judge granted rights to US side to challenge the Assange 'health arguments' against extradition. Sets Oct 27, 28 as the 'substantive hearing' days on the American appeal.

Sat, 2021-08-14 12:35

#229

NDPP

Pilger: A Day in the Death of British Justice

https://twitter.com/johnpilger/status/1425943810220113922

"Julian Assange, an innocent man and heroic truth-teller, has been sent back to his prison cell by a judge who considers his suffering and the risks to his life 'arguable'. British justice is on trial in the land of Magna Carta. Please read..."

Mon, 2021-08-23 02:42

#230

NDPP

Interview with Julian Assange's father John Shipton

https://youtu.be/tuazmYsODV0

Shipton aptly quotes Nietzche: 'There is no monster colder than the state,' and he surely knows. Shipton also relates wide and growing support from foreign parliaments, which unsurprisingly does not include the cold monster of our own.

Fri, 2021-10-01 21:16

#231

NDPP

Going Underground:The US Contemplated Assassinating Assange (Ep 1055 & vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/536096-kristinn-hrafnsson-ass...

"On this episode of GI, we speak to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson about the shocking revelation with the Trump administration and CIA considering assassinating or kidnapping Julian Assange, with planned shootouts with Russian agents on London's streets, a car-crash kidnapping, and an assault on a passenger jet should Julian Assange decide to leave for Russia.

Hrafnsson discusses the previous surveillance on Assange, the implications of these revelations on the US extradition case, the complicity of British authorities with the US, the arguably slow death of Assange at the hands of British authorities happening now and much more..."

Sat, 2021-10-02 13:27

(Reply to #231) #232

bekayne

NDPP wrote:

Going Underground:The US Contemplated Assassinating Assange (Ep 1055 & vid)

https://www.rt.com/shows/going-underground/536096-kristinn-hrafnsson-ass...

"On this episode of GI, we speak to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson about the shocking revelation with the Trump administration and CIA considering assassinating or kidnapping Julian Assange, with planned shootouts with Russian agents on London's streets, a car-crash kidnapping, and an assault on a passenger jet should Julian Assange decide to leave for Russia.

Hrafnsson discusses the previous surveillance on Assange, the implications of these revelations on the US extradition case, the complicity of British authorities with the US, the arguably slow death of Assange at the hands of British authorities happening now and much more..."

But Trump would never do that! Glen Greenwald said so!

Sat, 2021-10-02 14:52

#233

NDPP

Last I recall, you and the rest of the right-left posse here held as an article of faith, as reported by msm propagandists, Assange, Trump and Putin were all in it together, so no surprise to me you're still so obviously having problems putting the pieces together now.

Sat, 2021-10-02 20:25

(Reply to #233) #234

contrarianna

NDPP wrote:

Last I recall, you and the rest of the right-left posse here held as an article of faith, as reported by msm propagandists, Assange, Trump and Putin were all in it together, so no surprise to me you're still so obviously having problems putting the pieces together now.

Quite so
The cognitive dissonance is deafening.
But you can hear the silent cheering of media and the fake progressives for their new heros, the murderous CIA (along with Dem Party's new pal, the 21st Centuries greatest war criminal GW Bush) They are the good guys and anything including murder that happens to Assange is ok ever since he published the verified corrupt plottings of DNC.

As for the strange deflecting focus on Glenn Greenwald rather than the murder plot itself, I see that has been going around as an avoidence talking point.

Greenwald on twitter:
"For liberals angry I didn't put Trump at the center of the Yahoo story about the plot to kidnap or kill Assange (the way he's at the center of your world), here's one of the lead reporters, @Isikoff explaining who drove this plot (Pompeo) and who stopped it (Trump's WH lawyers):

[MSNBC Video:Yahoo News' Michael Isikoff talks to MSNBC about their bombshell report on how the CIA planned to kidnap or kill Julian #Assange]

"And while I have you -- liberals who spent Sunday not caring about what CIA plotted to do to journalists except to try to make it about Trump -- only the dumbest people think Trump controlled CIA when his presidency was dominated by the exact opposite:"....

https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1442526859950968835

Although the murder plot reported by the Yahoo are being treated as "breaking" the story, it was reported long before by dissident journalists and had come out in testimony.
The Yahoo story also added fabrications outlined in this excellent piece by Joe Lauria. Only the most brain washed and air dried could actually believe that Russian agents would have a shootout in London over Assange:

What the Yahoo! Assange Report Got Wrong
October 2, 2021
The Yahoo! report provides important new details of facts reported a year ago, but contains several errors, including a fabricated story about Russian operatives exfiltrating Assange from the Ecuador embassy ...

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/02/what-the-yahoo-assange-report-got-...

Mon, 2021-10-04 22:18

#235

NDPP

"According to Yahoo, the idea of abducting Assange began in the Obama administration. "While the notion of kidnapping Assange preceded Pompeo's arrival at Langley, the new director championed the proposal, according to former officials."

https://twitter.com/Consortiumnews/status/1445026428383154186

Fri, 2021-10-08 13:00

#236

NDPP

Canada invited Chelsea Manning to country just so she could be thrown out

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/07/chelsea-manning-canada-h...

"Bizarre request made ahead of immigration hearing for Manning, whose previous attempts to enter Canada have been denied.

Manning, a former US intelligence analyst who leaked thousands of sensitive government documents and diplomatic cables about the American wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in 2013.

Her sentence was commuted in 2017, but she was recently denied entry into Canada because of her conviction. Manning's lawyers have fiercely contested the ban on her entering Canada, arguing that an attempt by the country's federal government to block 'one of the most well-known whistleblowers in modern history' from entering the country would offend constitutional and press freedoms."

In this reactionary fake-progressive backwater they call it 'feminist foreign policy.' Perpetually brownosing, Canada blocks Manning in order not to offend Washington. But American war-criminals like Clinton, Bush or Obama are more than welcome.

Sat, 2021-10-23 23:40

#237

NDPP

What's next for Julian Assange (and vid)

https://twitter.com/couragefound/status/1451695908328968195

https://youtu.be/a0B6BvZaVf4

"Julian Assange's brother Gabriel Shipley, journalist Max Blumenthal and attorneys Deborah Hrbek and Margaret Kunstler. Will revelations of the CIA plot to kidnap or kill Assange and of the key FBI prosecution witness admitting he lied have an impact on the case?"

Watch: The Belmarsh Tribunal - Putting the War on Terror on Trial

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/22/watch-the-belmash-tribunal-putting...

"Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunal of 1966, the Belmarsh Tribunal is putting the US in the dock for its War of Terror crimes. The Belmarsh Tribunal turns the tables in the extradition hearing next Wednesday and Thursday - against Julian Assange, who exposed those war crimes, in a case that will shape the future of journalism for decades to come.

Among those who took part in the tribunal were Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, Stella Moris, Assange lawyer and his partner, and author, filmmaker and activist Tariq Ali, who attended the Tribunal in 1966. Watch it here."

Mon, 2021-10-25 00:18

#238

NDPP

Julian Assange Supporters Rally in London

https://youtu.be/bY5mWf5dgaA

Supporters demand justice for the activist imprisoned without charge.

Case Against Assange is a Demonstration of [CIA] Power

https://youtu.be/zS58JTr9Iv0

Documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist John Pilger

Of course some brain-dead babblers still hate JA because the US msm told them he made Crooked Hillary lose. They then went on to swallow 'Russiagate' hook, line and sinker, because that's what those same sources told them. How's that for Canucklhead 'left analysis?'

Tue, 2021-10-26 12:33

#239

NDPP

Assange fiancee & WikiLeaks editor-in-chief hold presser ahead of extradition appeal hearing

https://youtu.be/3RLctIZ7zyg

"Assange looking very unwell..."

Tue, 2021-10-26 21:44

#240

NDPP

BREAKING: 'Drop the Charges, Stop the Extradition and Free Julian Assange'

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1452675696543866893

Finally. Amnesty International demands release of Julian Assange.

Tue, 2021-10-26 22:05

#241

NDPP

Assange fiancee & WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Presser

https://youtu.be/3RLctIZ7zyg

"Julian Assange looking very unwell..."

CBS: The CIA Kill-Kidnap Plot

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1453021576526536707

WATCH the CIA kill-kidnap plot against award winning WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

Tue, 2021-10-26 23:34

#242

NDPP

Conference: 'Stop the Torture: Free Assange!' (and vid)

https://twitter.com/Consortiumnews/status/1453053992716562435

https://twitter.com/Consortiumnews/status/1453076563826597890

2 Parts.

"This campaign is a wonderful example of active citizenship. It's also a great honor for me to speak on a platform with such esteemed people in support of that most revolutionary of things, a truth-teller.

As we listen to the names of people who are suffering because of their commitment to truth, because of their commitment to a better world. We have to ask ourselves, what on earth is going on?

How is it possible for these corrupt, mediocrities, evil, evil people, whose primary, overwhelming concern is their own material well-being and their own political and economic power.

How did we get to this point? And how on earth do we get out of it?"

Tue, 2021-10-26 23:42

#243

NDPP

USA v Assange

High Court Appeal

Oct 27 - 28, 2021

@Consortiumnews will be tweeting live from the US v Assange Appeal courtroom tomorrow.

Wed, 2021-10-27 20:17

#244

NDPP

Julian Assange prevented from attending the court that will decide if he is to be tortured to death [by Joe Biden]

https://chng.it/6vyD8vDGbM

"This appeal is funded upon a perversion of justice where the British Courts are being asked to deliver a journalist/publisher to an entity (USA Government) that harbors war criminals and planned to kill the journalist that exposed them.

Check the youtube videos from the past 24 hours, and support this campaign by signing the petition..."

Wed, 2021-10-27 21:41

#245

NDPP

Full Show: Assange facing extradition to the US

https://youtu.be/eCKuGKFdFcI

"The US has now wrapped up an appeal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges. The High Court is considering an appeal by the US over a previous ruling to block the publisher's extradition. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges joins In Question to discuss."

Wed, 2021-10-27 22:09

#246

NDPP

Day One: Assange lawyer in fiery rebuttal at day's conclusion (and vid)

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/27/day-one-assange-lawyer-in-fiery-re...

"Edward Fitzgerald QC, a lawyer for Julian Assange, ended the first day of the US appeal with a thunderous response to the case put forward by a prosecutor for the United States. John Shipton, Julian Assange's father, spoke outside the court."

CN Video Report: Assange Hearing Day One

https://consortiumnews.com/2021/10/27/watch-cn-video-report-assange-hear...

"CN Editor Joe Lauria explains the day's events at the Royal Court of Justice."

Wed, 2021-10-27 22:16

#247

NDPP

Thu, 2021-10-28 11:39

#248

epaulo13

Tariq Ali: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Must Not Be Extradited for Exposing War Crimes in Afghanistan

quote:

TARIQ ALI: Amy, as you already pointed out, today is the second day of this trial. We think it will come to an end today. The defense is putting its arguments forward today, and their line is very clear: A, that this is a political trial, which is not allowed by British law. We are also going to hear that Julian’s health is as bad as he says and that he is in no fit condition to be in prison, leave alone be extradited to the United States.

Effectively, what is taking place is a punitive attempt by the British government — I have to say this — to try and punish Julian on behalf of the United States. No British court could convict Julian or allow him to be extradited under existing laws. And therefore, there is still a hope that if the High Court decides in a few months’ time not to support the U.S. appeal for extradition, the Supreme Court here will take no more appeals. There is also a hope that the Biden government will accept this ruling, if it takes place. If the High Court, listening to the case, even as we speak, decides that Julian should be extradited, we will immediately appeal to the Supreme Court, which means it will be delayed. But the fact that Julian is being kept in a top-security prison, Belmarsh, which is hell, where his health is deteriorating, is an absolute scandal. If he is to be kept in prison at all, it should be in a low-grade prison, as they put lots of corporate criminals in when they’re charged with huge financial crimes. Why Julian should be in this prison is just vindictiveness. There is no other way to describe it. And this government and its home secretary should be ashamed of themselves, because that is where the orders come from.

Now, what Julian has done is what others have done before. It was done during the Vietnam era, as we know. It was done most recently by Edward Snowden. Releasing secrets in the public interest, that is all he did. There’s nothing he put out that is illegal, that threatens anyone. He just put out documents, handed to him by Chelsea Manning, revealing and exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and also in Afghanistan. Apart from that, WikiLeaks have published documents made available to it, which are perfectly legal documents but just denied to the public. It’s as if to say the public, the citizens of the United States and the rest of the world, are children, and “not in front of the children.” We commit crimes, but not in front of the children. But the children know. And when the children are told and given more information, there’s complete panic.....

Thu, 2021-10-28 12:19

#249

epaulo13

..more from above

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TARIQ ALI: Well, Amy, what we saw the week after the United States announced the withdrawal from Afghanistan was a classic case of utilizing misinformation, bad information, and knocking out civilians. The whole point about these drone strikes, which their makers boast are the most effective and targeted weapon ever created in military history, is total nonsense. Not only these unfortunate family members who were killed after the withdrawal announcement, but, as you point out quite correctly, for throughout the war, the drones have been wreaking havoc in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, on the other side of the border, where similar attacks have destroyed Pashtun families. So, you know, when people underestimate or try and say, “Oh, the Afghan War wasn’t so bad. A few NGOs improved the condition of women,” it’s just nonsense, really.

And this is what explains what many people can’t realize or can’t understand: How is it that this 20-year occupation was rolled back in the course of seven days by the Taliban guerrilla fighters and militia? How could they do it? And the reason they could do it is they had public support. And the reason they had public support is that they were the only force in the country resisting the occupation. That was all. No one, you know, bothered about other things. They just said, “Get rid of this occupation for us.” And that is why a 300,000-strong puppet army, created by the United States gradually over 20 years, collapsed within a week. Even this army refused to fight back. That has not happened on this scale ever before in U.S. imperial history. In Vietnam, they created a puppet government and a puppet army, which was, compared to this disaster, very effective. I mean, they were killers and criminals, but they were effective. In the case of Afghanistan, they couldn’t create or build anything.

And the main, the principal reason for that is, of course, the drone attacks, the killings, the indiscriminate tortures that took place in Bagram prison, and the rapes. No one talks about the rapes. People get embarrassed. Whenever I’ve asked and others have asked, “What are the rape figures for the 20-year occupation?” there’s nervousness. No one will describe how many brothels were built and created, housing sex workers to serve the needs of the NATO armies. No one will tell us about that, because that’s still forbidden and they feel it would be explosive news in Afghanistan. But what they don’t understand is that people know. The Afghan people know what’s going on, because they live there. It’s their country.

Now, when the war ends and the U.S. has no option but to withdraw, obviously, lots of people — let’s say tens of thousands — who did collaborate with them are scared that they will be punished. They were scared in South Vietnam after the tremendous Vietnamese victory of April 1975. In the case of Vietnam, the U.S. permitted more refugees than they are permitting from Afghanistan today. And what — the shock horror of our mainstream media: “Look at all these poor people trapped in the border!” It’s not the fault of the Afghans or the Taliban government even that they are trapped. The reason they are trapped is because you haven’t made arrangements to pull them out. And 'til this day, they are not allowing Afghan refugees. This is the shock horror story of Europe and the United States. “Oh, no more refugees, please. We've got enough.” But you get these refugees because of the wars you wage or the wars you intervene in, civil wars you intervene in. That is what creates refugees. And then you don’t let them in.

Thu, 2021-10-28 15:55

#250

NDPP

And yet, 10 years after the Hill+Knowlton NDP called our imperialist forces helping to destroy Libya, a country with the highest living standards in all Africa, 'heroes', the rousing cheers by msm-deluded Canadians, some on this board, for each fresh imperialist outrage or NATO threat continues unabated.

Thu, 2021-10-28 22:27

#251

NDPP

Day Two - 'CIA Tried to Kill Assange'; US: 'He's only moderately depressed' (and vid)

https://t.co/dKHQdWojNx

"The two-day US appeal agianst the denial of extradition of Julian Assange has ended in London with the US promising humane prison conditions and Assange's lawyer saying the CIA tried to kill him." (See also Day 2 video report by Joe Lauria).

Chris Hedges: The Most Important Battle For Press Freedom In Our Time [yet, apart from smear, Cdn media barely touched it]

https://t.co/VD82NOdOLf

"If Assange is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting, allowing the government to use the Espionage Act to charge any reporter who possesses classified documents and any whistleblower who leaks classified information.

If the appeal by the US is won, Assange will appeal the decision to the UK Supreme Court, according to his lawyer Jennifer Robinson..."

Your man in the public gallery: Assange hearing day 1

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