credico is a fringe radio host, who had once interviewed julian assange. randy credico: i'm a political satirist, impressionist, and they call me a satirist activist. michael: randy credico is now preparing to be the star witness in the trial of roger stone. male: randy, we just got this set of documents. i need you to take a look at 'em to review 'em, read 'em. get back to me. let me know what you think about what's in there. randy: this is gonna take me forever. look how much stuff-- male: it won't take you forever. it's not that much, it's just a little. randy: it's like reading "war and peace." look at all of this. male: it's e-mails and text messages. michael: the trial will focus on a series of communications between stone and credico that suggested they both had advanced knowledge of what wikileaks was planning to publish. credico now says he never had contact with assange, and roger stone was all talk. rand i don't think he had a back channel. i mean, you know, if you put a gun to my head and said, "you have to guess correctly. did stone have or no

julian assange didn't do that. he just dumped massive amounts of raw, confidential information, all sorts of information which, according to the us government, compromised sources, led to direct threats to individuals. hejust dumped it on the internet. well, that's simply not true. and i dispute the premise that wikileaks is in any way different to, for example, what the international consortium of investigative journalists... right, but your problem is that many of the journalists that he worked with at one time or another then disowned the way he handled some of the information that wikileaks received. look, wikileaks, in the process of the extradition, a lot of information is now in the public domain as part of the legal case. people who are actually working side—by—side withjulian say that julian was extraordinarily responsible. it is simply not true that wikileaks dumped information. 15,000 of the afghan war diaries were withheld. the iraq war logs were actually criticised by wired for being over—redacte

julian assange didn't do that. he just dumped massive amounts of raw, confidential information, all sorts of information which, according to the us government, compromised sources, led to direct threats to individuals. he just dumped it on the internet. well, that's simply not true. and i dispute the premise that wikileaks is in any way different to, for example, what the international consortium of investigativejournalists... right, but your problem is that many of the journalists that he worked with at one time or another then disowned the way he handled some of the information that wikileaks received. look, wikileaks, in the process of the extradition, a lot of information is now in the public domain as part of the legal case. people who are actually working side—by—side with julian say that julian was extraordinarily responsible. it is simply not true that wikileaks dumped information. 15,000 of the afghan war diaries were withheld. the iraq war logs were actually criticised by wired for being over—redact

julian assange didn't do that. he just dumped massive amounts of raw, confidential information, all sorts of information which, according to the us government, compromised sources, led to direct threats to individuals. hejust dumped it on the internet. well, that's simply not true. and i dispute the premise that wikileaks is in any way different to, for example, what the international consortium of investigative journalists... right, but your problem is that many of the journalists that he worked with at one time or another then disowned the way he handled some of the information that wikileaks received. look, wikileaks, in the process of the extradition, a lot of information is now in the public domain as part of the legal case. people who are actually working side—by—side with julian say that julian was extraordinarily responsible. it is simply not true that wikileaks dumped information. 15,000 of the afghan war diaries were withheld. the iraq war logs were actually criticised by wired for being over—redact

julian assange didn't do that. he just dumped massive amounts of raw, confidential information, all sorts of information which, according to the us government, compromised sources, led to direct threats to individuals. hejust dumped it on the internet. well, that's simply not true. and i dispute the premise that wikileaks is in any way different to, for example, what the international consortium of investigative journalists... your problem is that many of the journalists that he worked with at one time or another then disowned the way he handled some of the information that wikileaks received. look, wikileaks, in the process of the extradition, a lot of information is now in the public domain as part of the legal case. people who are actually working side—by—side with julian say that julian was extraordinarily responsible. it is simply not true that wikileaks dumped information. 15,000 of the afghan war diaries were withheld. the iraq war logs were actually criticised by wired for being over—redacted. when yo

last month, julian assange moved a step closer to extradition following a decision by a london magistrate's court. the routing formerly issued an order at the end of april to extradite the songs to the us, where he is accused of revealing state secrets. when publishing troves have classified us military documents on wiki leeks, thus, despite the exact same cold, runing against his extradition in january last year. so i think possible safety risks for songs in the us, but with a blow. it has been in bushes, custody since 2019 independent journalists. taylor huck safe. as long as extradition to be us is a blatant violation of human rights. the prosecution of join assigned is the most consequential press freedom case of our modern era. not only is this time to the life at stake and his health and his well being, but the public right to know is at stake. and this really seeks to criminalize standard in normal journalistic activity that journalists engage in all the time. it will really fundamentally shape how journalists can continue on with their work . and this is also of course, a retaliatio

the european federation of journalist cause out the case of the we can be found julian assange. he's wanted in the us for publishing classified fowls and faces up to 175 years in jail. a number of journalists on increasingly questioning the us system of free press. what a joke, julian assange is locked up in prison, fighting extradition to america for the crime of free journalism in his homeland australia, low rent political leaders and the free press maintain a craven silence. shame on them. the youth justice department continues pursuit of the extradition of weekly found a judah nathan's from the u. k to the u. s. set a dangerous legal precedent. the move to prosecute him under the u. s. espionage act on demise. press freedom globally. the extraterritorial application of the u. s . espionage act could also threaten any journalist anywhere for publishing classified us information. in his tirades, arguing that the united states is a champion of freedom, criticizing countries that are critical of the united states or opponents of the united states. and the political stage and the

it is hard for me to claim julian assange is a journalist. that is probably because i am such a stickler -- you know i worked -- amy: would you call him then a political prisoner? >> i think we will have to see. amy: maria ressa, thank you for being with us, founder, ceo, and executive editor of rappler, an acclaimed philippine news website. winner of the nobel peace prize. her forthcoming book "how to , stand up to a dictator: the fight for our future." next up, we talked to starbucks and amazon workers who have been fired. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: that is tristan "lion" dutchin who we will be speaking with in a few minutes. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. as we look now at how workers who were fired during the wave of union organizing at starbucks and amazon are fighting to get their jobs back. we will begin with starbucks. the national labor relations board has filed a suit in federal court to immediately reinstatement the illegally fired starbucks worke

and as you know, julian assange exposed the q that was american backed in 2014 and and it's off. a battalion was part of that. and 8 to 11 percent of ukrainian government had neo nazis. so now the neo, not the support for these neo nazis in ukraine has come home and you see this horrible massacre of 10 people that just occurred and 2 others injured. that was racially motivated by somebody with extreme views and followed a manifesto and also refer to the as off time with the symbol. so the question for american citizens is, why are we are poised to get $40000000000.00 in weapons that will go into the hands of neo nazis in ukraine? and you see right now on western media, they're discussing gun control. they're discussing more censorship by social media of these extreme, neo nazis views. but they're not talking about the elephant in the room, which is that the u. s. government and nato are funding neo nazis and ukraine and that sentiment of spreading across the globe. tar. i remember back in 2019 the media and particularly the new york times pointed out that the symbol displayed by

for the last decade, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, hasn't known freedom. first he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. for the last three years, he's been in belmarsh prison outside london. his lawyer is making a last—ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked on his defence team, became his wife, and is the mother of two of his children.

the european federation of journalists cause out the case of wiki leaks found a julian assange. he's wanted in the united states for publishing a classified falls and faces up to 175 years in jail. the us justice department continues pursuit of the extradition of wiggly found a jeweler and a sons from the u. k to the u. s. sort of dangerous legal precedent. they moved to prosecute him under the u. s. espionage undermined press freedom globally. the extra territorial application of the u. s. espionage act could also threaten any journalist anywhere for publishing classified us information in his tirade. the arguing that the united states is a champion of freedom, criticized in countries that are critical of united states or opponents of the united states and the political stage and the name of opposing in the name of freedom and promoted freedom. anthony blank and relied heavily on the world press freedom index, published by reporters without borders and that world press read an index that it was published actually did highlight a big polarization in media and talk about how medi

for the last decade, the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, hasn't known freedom. first he was holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london. for the last three years, he's been in belmarsh prison outside london. his lawyer is making a last—ditch attempt to stop the uk government extraditing him to the us to face espionage charges. my guest is stella moris, the lawyer who worked

the european federation of journalists cause out the case of the we can be found. julian assange, he's wanted in the us for publishing classified, falls and faces up to 175 years in jail. a number of journalists on increasingly questioning the us system of free press. what a joke, julian, his son is locked up in prison, fighting extradition to america for the crime of free journalism in his homeland australia, low rent, political leaders and the free press, maintain a craven silence. shame on them. the us justice department continued pursuit of the extradition. of wiggly found a jeweler and sons from the u. k. to the u. s. set of dangerous legal precedent. they moved to prosecute him under the u. s. espionage undermined press freedom globally. the extra territorial application of the u. s. espionage act could also threaten any journalist anywhere for publishing classified us information in his tirade. the arguing that the united states is a champion of freedom, criticized in countries that are critical of united states or opponents of the united states and the political stage and the n

for example, the case of the wiki leaks found a julian assange. he's 12 in the us for publishing classified falls and faces up to 175 years in jail. the u, as justice department continues pursuit of the extradition of weekly found a julian, a sons from the u. k to the u. s. set the dangerous legal precedent. the move to prosecute him under the u. s. espionage act on demise. press freedom globally. the extraterritorial application of the u. s. espionage act could also throws an any journalist anywhere for publishing classified us information. sure, those words you just heard from us, secretary of state antony blank and are simply met with laughter by anyone who's observed the policies of the united states. over the past few months. they've been doing everything they can to shut down and silence media that for it's forward any perspective critical of nato perspective when it comes to the situation in ukraine . well, the ide states wouldn't be itself without bashing russia and accusing russia being a pure dictatorship where all freedom of speech is k

last month, julian assange moved a step closer to extradition following a decision by a london magistrate's court. the routing formerly issued an order at the end of april 2 extra duyka songs to the us, where he is accused of revealing state secrets. when publishing troves have classified us military documents on wiki leeks, despite the exact same cold, runing against his extradition in january last year, slicing possible safety risks for songs in the us. the whistleblower has been in bushes custody since 2019 independent journalist taylor huck safe. as long as extradition to be us is a blatant violation of human rights. the prosecution of jolena sanchez is the most consequential press freedom case of our modern era. not only is assigned to his life at stake and his health in his well being, but the public's right to know is at stake. and this really seeks to criminalize standard in normal journalistic activity. that journalist, engage in all the time. it will really fundamentally shape how journalists can continue on with their work. and this is also, of course, a retaliation against you,

the prosecution of julian assange is the most consequential press freedom case of our modern era. not only is assigned his life at stake and his health in his well being, but the public's right to know is at stake. and this really seeks to criminalize standard in normal journalistic activity that journalists engage in all the time. it will really fundamentally shape how journalists can continue on with their work . and this is also, of course, a retaliation against you, julie, and assigned an wiki leeks for reporting on very embarrassing activities on behalf of the u. s. government. so this was public interest journalism that julie and assigned was engaged with. and he really exposed to u. s. war crimes in iraq and afghanistan. c, i a spying on innocent citizens as well as torture. so this case is very serious and extradited. julian assigned to the united states is a blatant violation of human rights and will what many other journalists at risk in the future. so let's say a song, ge does get sent to the u. s. which is looking quite likely would you think will happen? well, every s

i don't want to muddy the waters but it is a little simplification of the julian assange narrative but i don't want to sort from the reality that leaking is important and whistleblowers can be brave. a lot of what lena sanchez as unlikely as the because he was not hearing to any standard. -- adhering to any standard. caller: thank you for having me on. i will like to ask your guest about what is going on with the hunter biden thing. the media absolutely hit that. they said it was this information. if you are talking about reporters reporting, you could have investigated that. the fact that the president's son and selling paintings for $500,000, he has no expertise and it is selling more than a monet. there is no investigation about who is paying for that. what are they paying for? are they paying for the painting or influence? host: -- guest: there are two different things. i don't care to investigate that. that is what journalism thus. -- desperate -- does. you should answer those -- as those question. there is no reasonable specialist -- suspicion behind it. that is what journalists