WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #178, MAY 22, 2024
Compiled by Dick Bennett https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2024/05/war-watch-wednesdays-178-may-22-2024.html Assange, Truthteller. Peacemaking: Bakewell and Humanism.“A Future Without Nuclear Weapons” by Ward Hayes Wilson. ASSANGE: TRUTHTELLING “Julian Assange’s Final Appeal.” The Hedges Report (2-18-24). Julian Assange will make his final appeal this week to the British courts to avoid extradition. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by the press. CHRIS HEDGES [Hedges’ dire conclusion]: Julian is persecuted because he provided the public with the most important information about U.S. government crimes and mendacity since the release of the Pentagon Papers. Like all great journalists, […]