From Pushback with Aaron Maté at The Grayzone: As a UK judge rejects Julian Assange’s extradition but keeps him caged in Belmarsh prison, UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer discusses Assange’s persecution and the lies used to wage it. A UK judge has rejected...
Supreme Court Asked To Review Constitutionality of Current Male-Only Draft Registration Requirement
Today the National Coalition For Men, a men's rights organization represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Constitutionality – now that women are allowed in all military combat assignments – of the law which...
The Fake War on Terror in the Philippines (video)
Americans see corporate media stories about Muslim terrorism in the Philippines. This peaceful nation was declared a terrorist battleground by American President George Bush many years ago. A few hundred US troops are quietly based there to assist, but this war on...
Watch Hunger Ward, A Film About the Man-Made Famine in Yemen
On Saturday, January 16th, at 2pm ET there will be a free virtual screening of "Hunger Ward," a film that documents the man-made famine in Yemen that is a direct result of the US-Saudi siege on the country. The screening will be followed by a Zoom panel featuring US...
Statement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy Raskin
“On January 30, 1995, Thomas Bloom Raskin was born to ecstatic parents who saw him enter the world like a blue-eyed cherub, a little angel. Tommy grew up as a strikingly beautiful curly-haired madcap boy beaming with laughter and charm, making mischief, kicking the...
Glenn Greenwald on Implications of the Julian Assange Ruling
While today's ruling in London was far from ideal, any event that brings the WikiLeaks founder closer to his long overdue freedom is a positive one.
Reprieve? UK Judge Rejects Assange Extradition
News that UK Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US to face espionage charges has shocked supporters and opponents alike. Keeping Assange out of the clutches of the notorious Eastern District of Virginia...
OPCW Chief Dodges Questions on Syria Coverup After New Leaks, Attacks on Whistleblowers
From Pushback with Aaron Maté at The Grayzone: For the first time, OPCW chief Fernando Arias was asked a series of direct questions at the United Nations about the cover-up of a Syria chemical weapons probe. He answered none of them. Russia’s UN ambassador asked Arias...
An Aggressive China Policy Is a Recipe for More Endless Wars
From The American Conservative:Robert Farley explains why the U.S. can’t end endless wars if it pursues an aggressive China policy:The problem is straightforward: Any effort to characterize China as an existential threat to the United States necessarily implies...
Thaddeus Russell interviews James Carden (video)
From Unregistered Podcast: How many people in other countries has Trump killed? What will Biden do to the rest of the world? Do Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping want to conquer America? The journalist James Carden, who served as policy adviser to the Special...


