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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Jan 6, 2022
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the nature of Islamophobia with the author and professor, Nazia Kazi.
Chris Hedges: Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics
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Chris Hedges and John Shipton: Slow-motion Execution of Julian Assange
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Dec 25, 2021
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the torture of Julian Assange with his father, John Shipton.
The U.S. Military Is Registering 15-Year-Olds for the Draft, by David Swanson
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by David Swanson
Writers, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy
December 19, 2021
Most U.S. states still have excuses when asked to make voter registration automatic, but in various states — including here in Virginia — draft registration is automatic even for 15-year-olds who want a learner’s permit to drive a car. (This is still only for males, as Congress did not, in the end, extend draft registration to females, at least until next year — once in a while Democrats’ obeisance to Republicans works out well.) The application for the learner’s permit in Virginia, for which you must be 15-and-a-half-years-old, says:
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Chris Hedges and Nils Melzer: The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Dec 17, 2021
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses The Trial of Julian Assange, a new book by Nils Melzer, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
The Judicial Kidnapping of Julian Assange, by John Pilger
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by John Pilger
John Pilger, Dec. 14, 2021
December 15, 2021
In the crudest, most political judgement in memory, two High Court judges in London have ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, where a trial in a kangaroo court awaits him, followed by a life lost in a barbaric prison system.
“Let us look at ourselves, if we have the courage, to see what is happening to us.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange Could Soon Be Extradited To The United States
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Dec 10, 2021
Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange could soon be extradited to the United States for alleged crimes he committed publishing classified information. The UK’s High Court rejected a January decision refusing extradition of Assange after the US filed a request to have him sent stateside.
David Swanson: Those 80 Dead Were All Human Beings
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with David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy, Nov. 15, 2021
November 16, 2021
“Why in the heck should it be legal or moral to blow up 80 people if you label them non-civilians?” — David Swanson
Justice For Julian Assange Is Justice For All by John Pilger + Nils Melzer: If Julian Assange Dies, He Would Have Been Tortured To Death!
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by John Pilger
John Pilger, Nov. 1, 2021
November 3, 2021
Following the final High Court hearing to decide whether or not Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States — for the ‘crime’ of revealing a landscape of government crimes and lies — John Pilger looks back on the decade Assange has been fighting for his freedom, and the implications for independent journalists and the very notion of justice.
Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria: The Extradition Hearing of Julian Assange
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with Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria
RT America on Oct 30, 2021
On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the extradition hearing of Julian Assange in London with Joe Lauria, Editor-in-Chief of Consortium News.
Kevin Gosztola: US Government’s Appeal Hearing In Assange Extradition Case: Day 2 + Daniel Ellsberg on Assange Extradition Hearing + Chris Hedges: It Strikes Me As Particularly Weak On All Counts
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Shadowproof on Oct 28, 2021
Kevin Gosztola followed the second day of proceedings at the High Court of Justice in the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Kevin Gosztola: US Government’s Appeal Hearing In Assange Extradition Case: Day 1
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Shadowproof on Oct 27, 2021
Kevin Gosztola has been following the first day of proceedings at the High Court of Justice in the extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The Crown Prosecution Service is arguing on behalf of the United States government to overturn a district judge’s decision to block the extradition back in January. Join Kevin for a report on Day 1.
Chris Hedges and John Pilger: The Appeals Hearing of Julian Assange
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with Chris Hedges and John Pilger
RT America on Oct 23, 2021
On the show, Chris Hedges talks to documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist John Pilger about the upcoming appeals hearing in London for the Julian Assange case.
David Swanson and Margaret Kimberley: Powell, Obama, Alex Saab and Assange
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by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Let’s Try Democracy, Oct. 18, 2021
October 20, 2021
Margaret Kimberley is a co-founder and Executive Editor and Senior Columnist for Black Agenda Report, a recipient of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism, a board member of Consortium News, and a recipient of a 2021 Women and Media Award from the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press.
The Biden Administration Kidnaps Venezuelan Diplomat: #FreeAlexSaab Now! by Greg Butterfield
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by Greg Butterfield
Struggle ★ La Lucha
October 19, 2021
The Biden administration on Oct. 16 kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab from the West African country of Cape Verde, in blatant violation of international law. Under U.S. pressure, Saab had already been imprisoned and tortured in Cape Verde for 16 months.
Chris Hedges: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison, Part 2
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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Oct 16, 2021
On the show, part two of a two-part interview, journalist Hugh Hamilton discusses the saga of trauma and transformation in an American prison as chronicled in journalist Chris Hedges’ new book Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.
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