Julian Assange

Hundreds turned out Tuesday to hear rapper M.I.A. belt out some of her best-known hits at a protest concert in support of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside Britain’s interior ministry in central London. “This is not about me, this is about Juli…

M.I.A. took the stage outside of the U.K. Home Office in London earlier today, performing in protest of the potential extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Watch a clip above via Pitchfork. In an Instagram post promoting the event, M.I.A. asked fan…

WASHINGTON Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative who embraced a reputation as a dirty trickster, will stand trial this week on accusations that he lied about his role as a middleman between WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential …

(Bloomberg) -- Roger Stone, the Republican political operative who famously predicted a dump of embarrassing documents on the Clinton campaign in 2016, got his first glimpse on Tuesday of the jurors wholl decide whether he lied to a congressional committee ab…

What follows is a conversation between filmmaker John Pilger and Greg Wilpert of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of the post. Greg Wilpert: Welcome to The Real News Network. Im Greg Wilper…

Kirsty O'Connor/PA/AP The American spy wife Anne Sacoolas, who President Donald Trump tried to force on the grieving parents of the British teenager she accidentally killed in August, may face justice in Britain after all.  The first time many Americans hea…

“In Defense of Julian Assange,” edited by Tariq Ali and Margaret Kuntsler, is now available for OR Books. I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterdays events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard …

YouTuber Josh Pieters wanted to know if reality TV stars could be tricked into saying some ridiculous things on camera if they were paid to appear on his made-up show. After discussing fees and signing contracts, it turned out some stars would say just about …

“To say it is surreal is not enough, it is simply appalling,” Pilger, who was present in the courtroom on Monday, told RT’s Going Underground. Pilger accused District Judge Vanessa Baraitser of using “disgraceful” and “dictatorial gestures” toward Assange and…

From this author As governments become more opaque and intrusive at the same time, intensifying information asymmetry in politics, whistleblowers and digital activists like Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange and Christopher Wylie have become cru…