Archives for July 2022

By Jeffrey Sterling

It is difficult to talk about happenings in the world other than the continued, appalling Russian invasion of Ukraine and the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Chicagoland, and elsewhere. Then, there is the Supreme Court which continues down a judicial road of eroding personal rights and towing the conservative party line. I don’t want to take attention away from those outrages. However, the shadow of one tragedy is not dispelled by the light of another.

By Sam Biddle — The Intercept
Google employees, who have been kept in the dark about the “Nimbus” AI project, have concerns about Israeli human rights abuses.

By James Risen — The Intercept

The antiquated measure is an abuse of the legal system, but the Justice Department has no incentive to stop using it.

For more than 100 years, the Espionage Act, one of the worst laws in American history, has stayed on the books, impervious to reform.

By Janine Jackson — FAIR.org

CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on why Assange matters

Janine Jackson interviewed Chip Gibbons about the latest updates in the Julian Assange case for the July 8, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.