Daily Video Reports on Assange Hearing: Days 10 and 11
September 22, 2020
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every days the court is in session during the extradition hearing. Watch his recaps of the tenth and eleventh days’ events. Day 10 Day 11
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Sharon Tennison: On Stephen F. Cohen
September 22, 2020
A note from American Committee for East-West Accord Board Member and President of the Center for Citizen Initiatives Sharon Tennison on the passing of Professor Stephen F. Cohen… Dear Friends, We are all reeling from the shock that Steve Cohen is no longer with us. What an incalculable loss to the U.S.-Russia field of expertise […]
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Testimony on US War Crimes Heard at Assange Extradition
September 21, 2020
Friday gave us the most emotionally charged moments yet at the Assange hearing, showed that strange and sharp twists in the story are still arriving at the Old Bailey, and brought into sharp focus some questions about the handling and validity of evidence, which I will address in comment. NICKY HAGER The first witness of […]
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The US Needs to Abandon Its Dead-End Venezuela Policy
September 20, 2020
From The American Conservative: Geoff Ramsey calls for an overdue change to U.S. policy towards Venezuela: After a year and a half of diminishing returns since recognizing Juan Guaido as interim president and imposing crippling oil sanctions, US strategy in Venezuela has reached a crossroads. Policymakers in Washington have two paths before them: they can […]
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Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81
September 18, 2020
From Aaron Maté: RIP to Professor Stephen Cohen. I‘m too sad for words right now. Sending condolences to @KatrinaNation and all of his loved ones. He was an incredible person. And from Russia Today
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Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing: Day 9
September 18, 2020
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every days the court is in session during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the ninth day’s events. The testimony of John Sloboda and Carey Shenkman.
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Assange Extradition: Prosecution’s Dirty Tricks Elicits Anger From Judge
September 18, 2020
A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay the entire line of questioning in the afternoon session. The morning opened with Professor […]
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Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing: Day 8
September 17, 2020
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the eighth day’s events. The testimony of John Sloboda and Carey Shenkman.
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The New Cold War and the Marginalization of Europe
September 17, 2020
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union Address was remarkable in a number of ways. It marked an informal but very tangible constitutional change in European Institutions whereby the Commission becomes in practice if not in law a parliamentary cabinet. She hued as closely to the policies promoted by a majority […]
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