Cornel West: Obama is a War Criminal + Julian Assange: What Makes Us Civil is Education

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ignoredvoices on May 9, 2013

Influential philosopher and historian West is disappointed with Obama.

Secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt + Transcript (2011)

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TheChomskyVideos on May 11, 2013

Leaked Full Secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Thanks to Wikileaks.

The Death of Truth by Chris Hedges (Interview with Julian Assange)

by Chris Hedges
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Truthdig
May 6, 2013

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This interview is a joint project of Truthdig and The Nation magazine.

LONDON—A tiny tip of the vast subterranean network of governmental and intelligence agencies from around the world dedicated to destroying WikiLeaks and arresting its founder, Julian Assange, appears outside the red-brick building on Hans Crescent Street that houses the Ecuadorean Embassy. Assange, the world’s best-known political refugee, has been in the embassy since he was offered sanctuary there last June. British police in black Kevlar vests are perched night and day on the steps leading up to the building, and others wait in the lobby directly in front of the embassy door. An officer stands on the corner of a side street facing the iconic department store Harrods, half a block away on Brompton Road.

The Latest Threats To Life As We Know It by William Blum

by William Blum
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www.killinghope.org
April 9, 2013

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The Anti-Empire Report

Would you believe that the United States tried to do something that was not nice against Hugo Chávez?

Wikileaks has done it again. I guess the US will really have to get tough now with Julian Assange and Bradley Manning.

In a secret US cable to the State Department, dated November 9, 2006, and recently published online by WikiLeaks, former US ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, outlines a comprehensive plan to destabilize the government of the late President Hugo Chávez. The cable begins with a Summary:

Julian Assange Unveils Latest WikiLeaks Release: Project K + “The Kissinger Cables”

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RTAmerica- Apr 8, 2013

On Monday, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange released a series of 1.7 million files showcasing the communications of the US Department of State between 1973 and 1976. According to Assange, the documents will give journalists insight into the US’ political goal at that time and highlights Henry Kissinger’s communications with foreign governments. So what does this new leak mean and why are they so important? WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson explains why they went public on WikiLeaks.

Rick Rozoff: NATO Targets Hackers and Patriotism Is A Crime If You Are Not With NATO

by Rick Rozoff
Featured Writer
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Stop NATO
March 24, 2013

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John Robles
Voice of Russia
March 23, 2013
Recorded on March 18, 2013

In a new directive, the “North Atlantic” Treaty Organization (NATO), has now made it part of its military doctrine to target hackers and hacktivists who are operating for “ideological, political, religious or patriotic” reasons, effectively making patriotism for a country not part of NATO, religion not in keeping with NATO’s approved religion, and anything opposed to NATO and its global expansion a crime and those guilty eligible for assassination by drone.

I Personally Believe That Hugo Chávez Was Murdered By The United States by William Blum

by William Blum
Writer, Dandelion Salad
www.killinghope.org
March 11, 2013

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Anti-Empire Report

Hugo Chávez

I once wrote about Chilean president Salvador Allende:

Washington knows no heresy in the Third World but genuine independence. In the case of Salvador Allende independence came clothed in an especially provocative costume – a Marxist constitutionally elected who continued to honor the constitution. This would not do.

Bradley Manning: Hung Out To Dry

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www.aljazeera.com
Mar. 9, 2013

[...] Media outlets went on to draw on WikiLeaks for some of the biggest news stories of the decade. Manning’s leak meant millions of papers sold and pages viewed yet the story of the man himself has been pushed to the margins. Is this just ingratitude or something more sinister? Are important parts of the fourth estate signing up for a system of government-media relations that sees whistleblowers as enemies of the state?

We Are Bradley Manning by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
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Truthdig
March 4, 2013

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I was in a military courtroom at Fort Meade in Maryland on Thursday as Pfc. Bradley Manning admitted giving classified government documents to WikiLeaks. The hundreds of thousands of leaked documents exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as government misconduct. A statement that Manning made to the court was a powerful and moving treatise on the importance of placing conscience above personal safety, the necessity of sacrificing careers and liberty for the public good, and the moral imperative of carrying out acts of defiance.

Transcript of Bradley Manning’s Statement for the Providence Inquiry

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by Bradley Manning
Transcript by Alexa O’Brien
www.alexaobrien.com
February 28, 2013

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This statement below was read by Private First Class Bradley E. Manning at a providence inquiry for his formal plea of guilty to one specification as charged and nine specifications for lesser included offenses. He pled not guilty to 12 other specifications. This rush transcript was taken by journalist Alexa O’Brien at the Article 39(a) session of United States v. Pfc. Bradley Manning on February 28, 2013 at Fort Meade, MD, USA.

Bradley Manning pleads not guilty to “aiding the enemy” charge

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Updated: Mar 1, 2013 added another video report

See also: Transcript of Bradley Manning’s Statement for the Providence Inquiry

Bradley Manning Tells Court Public had the Right to Know About US War Crimes

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TheRealNews·Mar 1, 2013

American Attorney for Julian Assange, Michael Ratner, reports he was in the courtroom and witnessed Manning speak with confidence and intelligence as he detailed the outrages that drove him to upload documents to Wikileaks.

Lies, Smokescreens and the Shameful Smearing of Julian Assange by John Pilger

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by John Pilger
Global Research
http://johnpilger.com
14 February 2013

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Last December, I stood with supporters of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in the bitter cold outside the Ecuadorean embassy in London. Candles were lit; the faces were young and old and from all over the world. They were there to demonstrate their human solidarity with someone whose guts they admired. They were in no doubt about the importance of what Assange had revealed and achieved, and the grave dangers he now faced. Absent entirely were the lies, spite, jealousy, opportunism and pathetic animus of a few who claim the right to guard the limits of informed public debate.

Julian Assange on Obama’s Kill List

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Note: I did find a partial transcript. http://rt.com/news/assange-drone-killing-leak-813/.

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kryptos973281·Feb 8, 2013

Julian Assange to Bill Maher: ‘You Can Be Killed By Someone in White House For Completely Arbitrary Reasons’ and that’s why we need Wikileaks.

The real invasion of Africa is not news and a licence to lie is Hollywood’s gift by John Pilger

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by John Pilger
Global Research
http://johnpilger.com
January 30, 2013

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A full-scale invasion of Africa is under way. The United States is deploying troops in 35 African countries, beginning with Libya, Sudan, Algeria and Niger. Reported by Associated Press on Christmas Day, this was missing from most Anglo-American media.

The invasion has almost nothing to do with “Islamism”, and almost everything to do with the acquisition of resources, notably minerals, and an accelerating rivalry with China. Unlike China, the US and its allies are prepared to use a degree of violence demonstrated in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Palestine.

Julian Assange: The Push For the War With Iran Is Far From Over

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OxfordUnion·Jan 25, 2013

Julian Assange begins his address by saying that in 2007-08 he was looking at what was happening in Iran. He says that a lot of people did good work, especially Thomas Fingar in:

Trying to correct the movement towards war with Iran based on lies.