UK/US ‘justice’ – Assange extradition hearing
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October 17, 2021 at 10:05 am #223541PartisanZParticipant
So the smear job continues with Wikileaks regarding Assange and Netflix is amongst the big guns being utilised.
WIKIleaks smear jobOctober 17, 2021 at 11:49 am #223542alanjjohnstoneKeymasterJonathan Cook’s take-down of that supposed documentary
December 10, 2021 at 8:08 pm #225035alanjjohnstoneKeymasterhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59608641
The US won its appeal against a January UK court ruling that he could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health. Judges were reassured by US promises to reduce the risk of suicide.
What else can we expect from British “justice”
January 6, 2022 at 5:42 am #225503alanjjohnstoneKeymasterWednesday marked Julian Assange’s 1,000th day of imprisonment in London’s Belmarsh Prison
February 8, 2022 at 9:00 am #226228ALBKeymasterWhen Johnson smeared Starmer in the House of Commons he said that Starmer had prosecuted journalists but not Jimmy Saville. One newspaper report of the incident yesterday when a jeering mob surrounded Starmer said that there were shouts of “Assange”. Does anybody know if, when he was Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer prosecuted Assange? Is that what Johnson was referring to?
February 8, 2022 at 3:38 pm #226233J SurmanParticipantALB – I think this link to Craig Murray’s recent post will answer your question:
February 8, 2022 at 7:07 pm #226235ALBKeymasterThanks. There could be something in it as this is being spread by the Labour left and not just Johnson and the far-right.
According to this when the mob was shouting “traitor” they meant “traitor to the working class”.
Also:
“Traitor to the working calss
Men could be heard bellowing “traitor to the working class” before police stepped in to rescue Starmer and walked him to the safety of a police car.”And here’s Ken Loach on the subject.
Labour Heartlands seem to be a leftwing Corbynista blog? I think they are still in the Labour Party. Can anyone confirm this?
February 9, 2022 at 12:37 am #226236Bijou DrainsParticipantShould we consider asking Murray to have an interview in the Standard, we have done before, Tony Benn and Im pretty sure we had an interview in the early days with Paul Lafargue. It doesn’t mean that we agree, but I’m sure it would add a few copies to the Standard.
February 9, 2022 at 8:20 am #226242J SurmanParticipantYou’re right – it doesn’t mean that we/they agree on everything, but truth tellers are few and far it seems. So much of our daily news is contaminated by journalists answering the demands of their masters. A breath of fresh air is good for all.
February 9, 2022 at 8:55 am #226243J SurmanParticipantJust read another one worthy of a read on this subject:
Didn’t those enraged at Boris Johnson’s ‘smears’ of Starmer defame Corbyn at every turn?
Jonathan Cook (ex-Guardian) – another potential intervewee?
February 9, 2022 at 6:18 pm #226251ALBKeymasterToday’s Times says that the person who shouted about “what about the working man”.
“One man approaching Starmer was Eillism Coleshill, a former Tory councillor who is co-editor-in-chief of the anti-lockdown YouTube channel Resistance GB, which made a recording of the incident. Coleshill, who was suspended from the party making racist remarks, shouted at Starmer : ‘Why aren’t you standing up for our constitution? Why aren’t you standing up for Labour, for the working-class man?”
Doesn’t sound like a Corbynista, at least not a Jeremy one.
March 14, 2022 at 8:20 pm #227724alanjjohnstoneKeymasterAssange has moved a step closer to a US trial on espionage charges after the UK’s highest court refused to hear his appeal against extradition.
Assange’s lawyers will have four weeks to make submissions to the home secretary before her decision.
March 14, 2022 at 9:10 pm #227725ALBKeymasterGiven the current war hysteria he doesn’t stand a chance, quite apart from Priti Patel being keen to kick one more foreigner.
March 15, 2022 at 12:56 am #227736alanjjohnstoneKeymasterThe hypocrisy of highlighting the censorship and jailing of journalists by Russia and treatment of Assange for his reporting is astounding.
It is due to WikiLeaks that we know of the foreign interference in Ukraine’s internal politics during the 2014 coup.
April 23, 2022 at 3:43 am #228944alanjjohnstoneKeymaster -
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