Julian Assange

Thuggish Ways: Mike Pompeo, Punishing Leakers and Getting Assange

Poor, silly, protuberant Mike Pompeo.  The stocky, irritated former CIA director and former Secretary of State is rather upset that those who worked under him dared wag their tongues about Julian Assange.  The wagging so happened to relate to contemplated plans of abduction and assassination, something the US executive formally disallows though permits via various […]

Whither Musk’s Twitter

It must be excruciatingly difficult having to decide whether to put some of one’s hundreds-of-billions of dollars, along with potential future profit, at risk to affirm one’s previous public declaration of support for the freedom of speech principle. That is the dilemma that Musk has before him. Musk finds Twitter threatened with an advertiser boycott. […]
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A Political Solution for Assange: Jennifer Robinson at the National Press Club

It was telling.  Of the mainstream Australian press gallery, only David Crowe of the Sydney Morning Herald turned up to listen to Jennifer Robinson, lawyer extraordinaire who has spent years representing Julian Assange.  Since 2019, that representation has taken an even more urgent note: to prevent the WikiLeaks founder from being extradited to the United […]

U.S. Regime Threatens to “Hang” Pakistan’s Deposed Leader if He Holds Anti-Coup March

Imran Khan had been the extremely popular progressive populist secular (non-sectarian) democratically elected Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan during 18 August 2018 to 10 April 2022, when he then became overthrown by a U.S. coup and replaced by Shebaz Sharif, the younger brother of Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif, who was Pakistan’s 5th-wealthiest billionaire and who had […]

Facing the Warmongers: An Assange Update

On the latest slimed path Julian Assange has been made to trod, a few things have presented themselves.  The rusty sword of Damocles may be suspended above him (he, we are informed, has contracted COVID-19), but there are those, in the meantime, willing to defend him with decent conviction against his dispatch to the United […]
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Assange Supporters Surround UK Parliament

Julian Assange supporters hold ‘Free Assange’ placards during the protest. ©  Vuk Valcic / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images   Supporters of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange gathered outside the UK Parliament in London on Saturday to protest his impending extradition to the US, where he faces espionage charges that carry a prison sentence […]
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Samedi 8 octobre 2022 : journée mondiale de soutien à Julian Assange

Julian Assange est certainement le lanceur d’alerte le plus connu de ce XXIème siècle, son apport au journalisme d’intérêt citoyen a été majeur, pour ne pas dire indispensable (notamment à propos de la guerre en Afghanistan, la guerre en Irak, et la duplicité de la diplomatie américaine). Si nous, en tant que citoyens responsables, ne sommes pas capables de soutenir […]

Julian Assange and Our Impunity Democracy

Mises Institute, October 7, 2022 Julian Assange and Our Impunity Democracy by James Bovard On Saturday, protests supporting Julian Assange will occur around the world. In London, Assange supporters will link arms around the parliament building. Protests will also occur outside the Justice Department headquarters in Washington (I’ll be one of the speakers), D.C., and […]

Speaking at Julian Assange Rally in DC on Saturday

I’m speaking Saturday at the protest for #Julian Assange at the Justice Dept. in DC. As I wrote in USA Today in 2018, Assange deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom, not persecution.  They have a zesty line-up of speakers, including Antiwar.com’s Dave DeCamp, LP VP Spike Cohen, Green Party Senate candidate Matthew Hoh, John Kiriakou, […]
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