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American Community Do Not Know of Bradley Manning
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In San Francisco, New York and Chicago, support contingents for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the accused WikiLeaks whistleblower, participated in Sunday’s gay pride parades. Those who marched in contingents aimed to make the LGBT community more aware of Bradley Manning.
Andy Thayer, co-founder of the Gay Liberation Network and Bradley Manning Support Network Advisory Board member, says he and others in the LGBT community organized a contingent because Manning is a gay man and “we think it is important to stand up for those in our own community who are being victimized.” Read more
Greek Military Coup
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The Greek government is prepared to vote on austerity measures on Wednesday, June 29. The vote will take place in the midst of a general strike launched by the unions to oppose cuts that would most impact minimum wage earners and Greeks who are struggling the most in the current economic conditions.
WikiLeaks: Moscou avait repéré les assassins de l’espion Litvinenko
La Russie a affirmé qu’elle avait repéré les assassins présumés de l’ex-agent russe Alexandre Litvinenko avant que celui-ci ne meure empoisonné à Londres en 2006 mais que les Britanniques l’avaient dissuadé d’agir, selon une note diplomatique américaine datée de la même année révélée par WikiLeaks.
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Russian media ignore WikiLeaks revelations
Russia’s leadership and supine television channels were deafeningly silent this morning over revelations that US diplomats view Russia as a corrupt, autocratic kleptocracy.Damning cables sent to Washington by successive ambassadors in Moscow were disclosed by WikiLeaks today and published in the Guardian. The blunt reports – which conclude that Russia is a criminal state dominated by venal and bribe-hungry officials – appeared to throw a spanner in the works of « resetting » US-Russia relations, a key foreign policy objective for both countries.
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The Guardian: WikiLeaks condemn Russia as « mafia state »
Russia is a corrupt, autocratic kleptocracy centred on the leadership of Vladimir Putin, in which officials, oligarchs and organised crime are bound together to create a « virtual mafia state », according to leaked secret diplomatic cables that provide a damning American assessment of its erstwhile rival superpower.
Arms trafficking, money laundering, personal enrichment, protection for gangsters, extortion and kickbacks, suitcases full of money and secret offshore bank accounts in Cyprus: the cables paint a bleak picture of a political system in which bribery alone totals an estimated $300bn a year, and in which it is often hard to distinguish between the activities of the government and organised crime.
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