Michael Ratner is a Constitutional attorney, past President of National Lawyers Guild and current Pres. of Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City. He shares some of the revelations from his books and articles including “The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: A Prosecution by Book,” “Against War with Iraq,” and “Guantanamo: What the World Should Know,”. Mike tells us how he can barely recognize America as a Nation of Laws as government security claims make unprecedented changes to strip international human rights and American liberties. As the attorney for Wikileaks in America he shares his view of the charges and interconnection between the persecution of Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Jeremy Hammond, whistleblowers and hacktivists.
Kevin M. Gallagher - Free Barrett Brown
Kevin M. Gallagher is a writer, musician and systems administrator based in western Massachusetts. He is pursuing issues related to digital rights, freedom (…)
16 August 2013
Alexa O’Brien - Week 9 Manning Trial Ends - Verdict Looms
Alexa O’Brien is a journalist, film-maker & digital media strategist who has provided extensive archives & only available transcripts of Wikileaks (…)
16 August 2013
Alexa O’Brien - Manning Trial Week 8 - State Department/Wikileaks harm
Alexa updates the week’s events in the courtroom which was dominated by testimony from the State Department regarding the impact of the leaks. Government (…)
9 August 2013
Russ Baker - Covert Mechanisms of Power in US Empire
Russ Baker shares his insights into the Snowden NSA leak, the death of Michael Hastings and connection to jailed activist Barrett Brown. Russ is an award (…)
9 August 2013