Episode 0217 - It's Shameful How the BELMARSH TRIBUNAL went Unreported in America!
...Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it... How are we supposed to know when the government becomes "destructive"? Are we supposed to ask our representative in Congress? NO, we rely on the relationship between the FREE PRESS and SOURCES which includes "whistleblowers". Without these two groups interacting to conspire to deliver information to the public, there is no FREEDOM or the pursuit of happiness. Join me today as we listen to a handful of speakers that came to the aid of Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder charged under the Espionage Act and currently fighting extradition from the U.K. Julian Assange is languishing in Belmarsh prison while he awaits extradition proceedings blocking his return to the US to stand trial.
Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Friday's event was held at the National Press Club and co-chaired by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. We spend the hour featuring compelling excerpts from the proceedings.
Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal - YouTube
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