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Daniel Ellsberg is a former US military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon Papers, which revealed how the US public had been misled about the Vietnam war
SHARE Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Dear Fellow Progressives: Please Vote for Biden
The best hope of removing Trump from the White House is a landslide victory for Biden both in the swing states and in the nation as a whole.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Remembering My Hero, Howard Zinn
The renowned historian Howard Zinn died on January 27, 2010. On the occasion of the 10 year anniversary of his passing, we are revisiting the following piece by whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about his close friend and "the best human being [he's] ever known," originally published on January 28, 2010.
(11 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 5, 2017 Trump's War on the Press
The Espionage Act has been used for leaks to the American public only against government officials or former ones. Obama prosecuted nine cases, or three times as many as all previous presidents together. It's being taken for granted that Trump will follow Obama's pattern, but also believed that he will go further to use the Act against reporters for the first time.