Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US jails if extradited. On the...
Trouble in Tuscaloosa
My late father was a US army officer in London during World War II and I remember best his stories of the stern old air raid wardens of the day. According to dad’s stories their power was absolute. If an air raid warden told you to stub out that cigarette, you did it,...
Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing: Day 5
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing, Watch his recap of the fifth day’s bizarre events.
Antiwar.com Welcomes Dave Decamp
Today Dave DeCamp joins the staff of Antiwar.com on a full-time basis as an editor and writer. Dave has been writing part-time for Antiwar.com for the past year and a half. We have been very impressed with his writing, knowledge, and abilities. We are delighted to...
Assange Extradition ‘Drama in the Court’ with Defense Witness Trevor Timm (and Kim Dotcom)
At the essential Consortium News Timm was interviewed by journalists Stefania Maurizi, Keven Gosztola and legal analyst Alexander Mercouris. Kim Dotcom made a surprise appearance on the program. CN Live! recapped and analyzed the first week of the resumption of the...
A Veteran on Endless War, Trump, and 2020 with Danny Sjursen
Empire Has No Clothes podcast at The American Conservative On this episode, Danny Sjursen, an Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran-turned antiwar activist, talks about the most recent rift between Trump and the military and what veterans really think about the president...
Daily Video Report on Adjournment of Assange Hearing Until Monday Over Coronavirus Scare
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria reports on the dramatic developments in court on Thursday morning.
Witnesses in Assange’s Extradition Hearing Explain the Case Against Him Is Political
The great question after yesterday’s hearing was whether prosecution counsel James Lewis QC would continue to charge at defense witnesses like a deranged berserker (spoiler – he would), and more importantly, why? QC’s representing governments usually...
The Failures of Potemkin Diplomacy
From The American Conservative:The Trump administration recently touted an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo that has proven to be much less than it appeared. Majda Ruge explains:Despite the unpredictability that surrounded the negotiations, one thing was clear from...
Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing: Day 3
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing, Here is his recap of the third day’s dramatic events.


