US carrier group heads toward Taiwan as Pelosi flies to Asia
The American aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and its strike group, including a guided missile destroyer and cruiser, set out from Singapore on Monday heading toward the South China Sea…
Mike Head
Julian Assange “slowly dying” and “often sedated” in Belmarsh prison
On Christmas Eve, WikiLeaks founder and prize-winning journalist Julian Assange phoned a friend to alert the world that his life is in danger inside London’s notorious maximum-security Belmarsh prison. Vaughan…
UN official visits Julian Assange, investigating Ecuador’s illegal surveillance
The United Nations special rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joe Cannataci, was finally permitted yesterday to meet with Julian Assange inside London’s Belmarsh prison. The WikiLeaks journalist and publisher…
US government threatens to jail Chelsea Manning for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks
In a heroic and principled stand in defence of fundamental democratic rights, former US army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning yesterday refused to answer questions before a grand jury in Virginia.…
At least 85,000 child deaths in Yemen highlight Saudi-US war crimes
A new estimate by the aid agency Save the Children that 85,000 children have died of hunger since in Yemen since Saudi Arabia’s US-backed bombings of the country began in…
Ecuador’s government cuts off all access to Julian Assange
According to the Courage Foundation, which has campaigned against the persecution of Julian Assange, the Ecuadorian Embassy in London has forbidden access to all visitors to the WikiLeaks publisher, including…
Julian Assange warns that Ecuador is moving to end his political asylum
Before being abruptly cut off by an Ecuadorian government lawyer during a court hearing on Monday, WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange accused that government of seeking to end his…
Imminent threat to Julian Assange underscores need for global defence movement
Credible reports indicate that Ecuador’s government is about to renege on the political asylum it granted to WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange and hand him over to British police, possibly within…
Julian Assange Loses Initial Bid To Overturn British Arrest Warrant
A judge in London yesterday rejected an application by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to withdraw a British arrest warrant issued against him in 2012. In a judgment full of obvious…
Trump Dresses Down Australian Prime Minister
In what appears to have been a calculated leak from the highest echelons of the White House, US President Donald Trump reportedly “blasted” Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a…
Australia: Deepening Social Discontent Produces Post-Election Turmoil
Anger over job losses and declining living conditions, combined with years of bitter political experiences with both Labor and Liberal-National Coalition governments, were the primary factors in the further collapse…
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