The quest to develop and refine technologically advanced means to commit mass homicide continues on, with Pentagon tacticians ever eager to make the military leaner and more lethal. Drone swarms already exist, and as insect-facsimile drones are marketed and produced,...
Julian Assange
News Roundup 5/10/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 10, 2023 | News Roundup
Assange A cross-party group of Australian members of parliament met with the US ambassador to Australia on Tuesday and called for Washington to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen. AWC Russia Britain appears to be moving...
COI #418: Assange Must be Freed
by Kyle Anzalone | May 8, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #418, Kyle Anzalone discusses the imprisonment of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Odysee Rumble Donate LBRY Credits bTTEiLoteVdMbLS7YqDVSZyjEY1eMgW7CP Donate Bitcoin 36PP4kT28jjUZcL44dXDonFwrVVDHntsrk Donate Bitcoin Cash...
News Roundup 5/8/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 8, 2023 | News Roundup
Assange Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed frustration over the Biden administration’s efforts to convict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen. AWC Russia The Pentagon has ordered more Javelin anti-tank missiles manufactured by...
5/4/23 Dave DeCamp on the Kremlin Strikes, US Airstrike in Syria and Biden’s Assange Hypocrisy
by Scott Horton | May 6, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Dave DeCamp joined Antiwar Radio this week to run through some of the week’s biggest foreign policy stories that he’s been covering at Antiwar.com. Scott and DeCamp discuss the drones that struck the Kremlin and examine how this fits into the...
News Roundup 5/4/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 4, 2023 | News Roundup
Assange The State Department refused to acknowledge on Wednesday, which marked World Press Freedom Day, that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a journalist. AWC Russia The Russian government said Wednesday that Ukraine tried to kill President Vladimir Putin in a...
News Roundup 5/3/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | May 3, 2023 | News Roundup
US News Over the weekend, President Biden declared “journalism is not a crime” at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a statement that rings hollow as his Justice Department is seeking the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for exposing US war crimes....
The Truth Will Set You Free (Unless You Leak Government Secrets)
by William Anderson | Apr 20, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Most readers might not remember Daniel Ellsberg, but for those of us who came of age during the Vietnam War, the maelstrom that formed around him and his actions helped to define that era. Ellsburg, of course, is famous because he leaked a number of internal...
COI #408: Alleged Leaker of Top Secret Documents Arrested
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 14, 2023 | Conflicts of Interest
On COI #408, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover the breaking news on the arrest of the alleged leaker of top secret documents from the Pentagon and other government agencies, a group of House Democrats’ demands that the White House drop the espionage charges...
News Roundup 4/13/2023
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 13, 2023 | News Roundup
US News A group of House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the Biden administration to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing up to 175 years in prison for exposing US war crimes if extradited to the...
3/31/23 Josh Rushing on the Persecution of Julian Assange
by Scott Horton | Apr 5, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Journalist Josh Rushing joins Scott to discuss a documentary he produced for Al Jazeera about Julian Assange. Rushing talks about his experience making the documentary, what they focused on and why they produced it now. They run through the many...
Biden’s Sham Summit Won’t Save World Democracy
by Jim Bovard | Apr 3, 2023 | Featured Articles
President Joe Biden triumphantly saved world democracy last week (at least according to the White House scorecard). Biden co-hosted another Summit for Democracy, a repeat performance after the December 2021 test run. Biden sounded like a Quaalude Savior as he recycled...
3/10/23 Kevin Gosztola: They Lied About Iraq and Now They’re Lying About Assange
by Scott Horton | Mar 15, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks with Kevin Gosztola about a project he’s working on documenting the lead-up to Iraq War II as well as his brand new book about Julian Assange. To mark the twentieth anniversary of the disastrous invasion of Iraq, Gosztola has been...
3/10/23 Gabriel Shipton on his Brother Julian Assange’s Fight for Freedom
by Scott Horton | Mar 12, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott talks to Gabriel Shipton, the brother of Julian Assange, about the documentary he recently produced about his family’s fight for Assange’s freedom. Scott and Shipton discuss the film, what it portrays, who it features and why it’s called...
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A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
Occupational Licensing Increases Prices and Deprives People of Options
When you shop online, vendors usually give you a bunch of different ways to sort your options. Take Amazon: One popular sorting option – especially for customers with low income – is “Price: Low to High.” You’ve probably used it yourself many times. This...
Free Book: An Anarchist Critique of the COVID Mandates
I’ve had the opportunity to write a short book offering what is essentially an anarchist critique of COVID mandates. This includes the accusation that states did most of the killing rather than the virus. The 123-page book, Measuring the Mandates: Questioning the...
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