Hugh Grant has been the CEO of Monsanto since 2003. He should receive an achievement award – – for the most people in the world rallied against one company! I had to laugh when I heard (Feb 15) Monsanto, 168-page subpoena served on Avaaz demands names and addresses of Avaazers who have signed Monsanto campaigns […]
Ricken Patel, “the man behind Avaaz”, is extraordinary. He was still a “kid” – – 30 years old – – when he brought Avaaz into being (2007). He is driven by altruism, and it works. In the time span of ten years, the number of “Avaazers” has grown from zero to 46 million. Their accomplishments […]
See also: The man behind Avaaz, Ricken Patel, Canadian (Interview, CNN, plus article, The Economist) From: Ricken Patel – Avaaz Subject: You won’t BELIEVE what happened at Avaaz this week… Dear Avaaz, It really is unbelievable what this movement gets done, in an *ordinary* week!! Just try scrolling down to get a […]
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43179279# Ecuador says the country’s latest efforts to negotiate the departure of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy have failed. Foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said the UK was unwilling to take part in talks about his release. A UK Foreign Office spokesman said Mr Assange should “leave the embassy to face justice”. […]
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/11/sweden-tried-to-drop-assange-extradition-in-2013-cps-emails-show UK prosecutors tried to dissuade Swedish counterparts from dropping the charges, exchange shows Owen Bowcott and Ewen MacAskill Julian Assange on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Swedish prosecutors attempted to drop extradition proceedings against Julian Assange as early as 2013, according to a confidential exchange of emails […]
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/02/06/uk-arrest-warrant-for-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-upheld.html By Jill Lawless The Associated PressGregory Katz LONDON—A British judge on Tuesday upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, leaving him still a wanted man in the country where he has spent more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected a call from Assange’s lawyers for the […]
– – – Unusual for the UK Establishment to rule against the US Establishment. Are the times a-changin’? https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/feb/05/hacking-suspect-lauri-love-wins-appeal-against-extradition-to-us By Owen Bowcott, Legal affairs correspondent. Extradition. Rights groups and lawyers for 33-year-old welcome landmark judgment against extradition to US 0:39 A high court ruling blocking extradition to the US of Lauri Love, a student […]
The Ecuadorian embassy in London, where Julian Assange has been staying since 2012 [Photo/Peter Nicholls/Reuters] Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has described WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as an “inherited problem” that has created “more than a nuisance” for his government. Earlier this month, Ecuador announced it had granted citizenship to Assange, in an unsuccessful attempt to […]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/19/jill-stein-trump-russia-investigation-documents Stein says she’s cooperating with investigation into Russian interference 2016 presidential hopeful attended 2015 dinner with Putin sponsored by RT Jill Stein ran against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as the candidate of the Green party and received about 1% of the vote. Photograph: Dominick Reuter/Reuters The Senate intelligence committee has asked for documents […]
Very good video and written documentation. With thanks to Alexandra Morton; First Nations Chiefs, people; and thousands of supporters. Among other issues, there is further excellent documentation of a Canadian phenomenon, the use of the RCMP to defend corporate interests AGAINST our laws. Corporate interests act with impunity. The RCMP respond when the corporate interest […]