Wikileaks

In Court, Assange Flashes Thumbs Up, Faces Extradition To US

April 11, 2019 UNAC Editor Political Prisoners, Whistleblowers

Above: Assange shows a victory symbol from the police van after his arrest at Ecuadorian embassy on April 11, 2019. by Andy Wells, from Yahoo News, April 11, 2019 with comments by Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance Note: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London on computer hacking charges filed by US officials, stemming from the organizations’ release of classified government cables[…]

Requium for the Fourth Estate

April 11, 2019 UNAC Editor Journalism, Political Prisoners, Whistleblowers

by Ray McGovern, from Consortium News, April 11, 2019 It is a very sad day for the rule of law. Today’s broad-daylight manhandling and kidnapping of Julian Assange from political asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London demonstrates in bas-relief that in today’s Anglo-America, the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights are now “quaint and obsolete,” to use the[…]

Chelsea Manning Meets Russiagate

March 18, 2019 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Whistleblowers

Collage: Caricature of Robert Mueller by Don Keyhotey (Flikr), Photos of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange from WikiMedia Commons by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 13, 2019 Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is jailed for refusing to testify against Julian Assange, whose confinement in Ecuador’s London embassy puts the lie to much of the Russiagate fantasy. “No journalist will[…]

The West is Failing Julian Assange

November 8, 2018 UNAC Editor Whistleblowers

by Stefania Maurizi, for Consortium News, November 6, 2018 October Let’s start with the cat. You never would have thought one of these beloved felines would play a crucial role in the Julian Assange case, would you? And yet look at the latest press coverage. The mainstream media’s headlines weren’t about a man who has been confined to a tiny building in[…]

The US Empire Has Been Trying To Regime Change Syria Since Long Before 2011

September 5, 2018 UNAC Editor Hybrid Warfare, Syria

Editor’s note: This article is a little different. It’s a few months old and it contains some information most of us are already familiar with. But the way the events are strung together and the clarity of the message is timely and worth reading now. Caitlins’s podcast at the end of the article adds content, depth and attitude to the[…]

Pilger Excoriates Media on Assange

August 11, 2018 Judith Bello Censorship and Propaganda, The War at Home, Whistleblowers

By Dennis J. Bernstein and Randy Credico, from Flashpoints radio show, originally in print on Consortium News DB: John, what is the latest we know about how Julian Assange is being treated and his current state? John Pilger: His state of health is just about the same, as I understand it. He needs medical attention, the kind of treatment you[…]

Assange Should Not Be Persecuted For Publishing The Truth

July 1, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Featured

Above: Free Assange protest at UK embassy in Washington, DC, June 19, 2018. by Margaret Flowers, originally from Popular Resistance Newsletter Activists gathered in Washington, DC on the International Day of Action in support of Julian Assange and Wikileaks on June 19, 2018, the 6th anniversary of him seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. The first rally was[…]