Hedges: Bless the Traitors
“Daniel Hale is one of the most consequential whistleblowers,” Edward Snowden said on a May Day panel held at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the Pentagon Papers.
Leaked Cables Show Depth of Iranian Influence in Iraq After U.S. Invasion “Shattered” the Country
“The macro story here is that the United States shattered Iraqi society, and then Iran came in to pick up the pieces.”
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, Journalism on trial, Scahill, Hedges, Pilger and more: the charges, the defense, what you can do
Several articles are posted here. Click on the each title or video to read/see the full article. +++ On Contact: Chris Hedges interviews Kristinn Hrafnsson, Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks Assange charges and extradition: A political question and an attack on the foundation of democracy https://youtu.be/TLGEfcwQHiY Chris Hedges discusses the US extradition request for Julian Assange More
Democracy Now! Assange: Ellsberg, Scahill, Assange Lawyer weigh in on “grave threat to press freedom”
Assange faces up to 170 additional years in prison under the new charges—10 years for each count of violating the Espionage Act.
Scahill’s Intercepted | Trump’s Cabinet of Killers and Why Orange is the New Anti-Black
This week on Intercepted we sit down with intrepid investigative reporter Allan Nairn on Trump's relationship with the CIA...
Scahill's Intercepted | Trump's Cabinet of Killers and Why Orange is the New Anti-Black
This week on Intercepted we sit down with intrepid investigative reporter Allan Nairn on Trump's relationship with the CIA...
Edward Snowden: ‘Faith in Elected Leaders’ Is a Mistake Americans Keep Making
Snowden began by discussing the dark history of intelligence agencies and what it says about the U.S. government today.
Reckoning with a Trump Presidency and the Elite Democrats Who Helped Deliver It
The popular vote showed there’s large support in this country for a politics of tolerance, of progressivism, around culture issues, around gender and race.
Laura Flanders | Jeremy Scahill: Rising Up Against Empire and the Easter Uprising (Video)
Jeremy Scahill on drones, activism today, assassinations, and more.
Edward Snowden: Inside The Assassination Complex
A SINGLE ACT OF whistleblowing doesn’t change the reality that there are significant portions of the government that operate below the waterline, beneath the visibility of the public. Those secret activities will continue, despite reforms. But those who perform these actions now have to live with the fear that if they engage in activities contrary to the spirit of society — if even a single citizen is catalyzed to halt the machinery of that injustice — they might still be held to account.