Pamela Anderson offered a vigorous defense of Julian Assange and Russia Tuesday evening, telling Fox News host Tucker Carlson that she often jokes about U.S-Russia tensions at the Kremlin where she apparently speaks often.

Everyone likes to blame Russia when anything goes wrong in America and Ive spoken at the Kremlin many times and the last time I was there, there was something happening and the first thing they say to me is oh what have we done wrong this time, said Anderson.

America likes to blame them for everything, said the actress, who also called the accusations that Assange and Putin had collaborated to throw the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Trump crazy.

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Anderson explained that she traveled to Russia frequently as part of her work with animal rights and that Putin was very concerned about the issue.

As for the WikiLeaks chief now under house arrest in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London? Anderson said Assange was just a misunderstood soul.

Assange is just an incredible person. If you read anything that his mother says about him thats kind of an interesting source to go to hes always been like this. Since a child, hes been worried about doing the right thing. And I think hes very brave.

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Assange Sweden six years ago following rape accusations and has avoided deportation to that country or potentially the United States by hiding out with the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Once lauded by liberals as a free speech advocate exposing government secrets, Assange became a lightning rod for his role in releasing emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

It is known that the RNC was also hacked during the same period, but the files were never released.

You can watch the full Fox News interview here.

Megyn Kelly calls Trump out on womenTrump famously feuded former anchor Kelly after she asked him a tough question at a Republican primary debate about derogatory statements he's made about women. Trump took it personally, judging by his response on Twitter and in interviews. He later famously said Kelly must have had "blood coming out of her wherever" regarding the question. Watch the debate question here.

Kelly to Trump: "Facts matter"Trump kept hammering at Kelly on Twitter and elsewhere. When he called her out for not using the IBT poll when he was leading the Republican primary field, Kelly rebuked him with a tweet showing she did use the poll. "Facts matter," she wrote.

Fox mocksTrumpwith statement on debate skippingpollAfter polled his Twitter followers to see ifhe should drop out of a Fox-hosted Republican primary debate,Fox responded artfully with a sarcastic statement that it had learnedfrom "secret" sources Trump might be treated unfairly as president by foreign leaders.

Bill O'Reilly calls out Trump's tweet with totally wrong stats"The O'Reilly Factor" grilled Trump in a Nov. 2015 interview about his tweet that erroneously said black people killed whites at a rate of 81 percent, while whites kill blacks at a rate of 15 percent.O'Reilly told Trump, "You shouldn't tweet." Trump did not take that advice.

Chris Wallace bucks Trump calling media "enemy of the public"After his press conference in January 2017, Trump continued his attack on media he doesn't like on Twitter. Anchor ChrisWallace wasn't having it on "Fox & Friends." Wallace said Trump's comments "crossed an important line" and said they were dangerous.

Wallace says the media is too easy on TrumpIn an interview with TheWrap, Wallace said he thinks Sunday political shows in particular should be tougher on Trump."I think if anything, the media has treated him too well.By that I mean theyve allowed him to play by different rules." Read the full interview.

O'Reilly tells Trump Putin is "a killer"In a February interview, O'Reilly brought up Trump's apparent refusal to criticize Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian president "a killer." Trump famously responded by saying, "What, you think our country is so innocent?" Watch it here.

Smith wails on Trump's refusal to talk about Russia hacksNobody on Fox hits Trump harder than Shep Smith. "We have a right to know You call us fake news and put us down like children for asking questions on behalf of the American people." Watch it here.

Neil Cavuto tells Trump he's problem, not mainstream mediaResponding to Trump's tweet claiming the mainstream media wants him off social media, Cavuto called out Trump for losing track of his own agenda. "Mr. President, it is not the fake news media that's your problem, it's you," Cavuto said. Watch it here.

Smith blasts Trump administration on Russia: "Lie after lie after lie"Shep Smith was at it again following the news breaking about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer. He took the Trump administration to task for its many lies about meetings with Russia, including Jared Kushner failing to report the meeting on his security clearance forms. "My grandmother used to say, 'What a tangled web we weave when first we try to deceive,'" Smith declared on air, leaving fellow anchor Chris Wallace speechless. Watch it here.

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7 June 2018

As a part of the ongoing international campaign to free Julian Assange, Trotskyists in Sri Lanka and India will hold protests in Colombo and near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, on June 19.

The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and the World Socialist Web Site are mobilising workers and youth internationally to demand freedom for the WikiLeaks editor. While Ecuador provided Assange asylum at its London embassy six years ago, it is capitulating to political pressure from the US to silence the Australian journalist.

If Assange is forced out of the embassy, he faces the danger of falling into US hands and being tried on espionage charges that carry the death sentence. His only crime has been to expose illegal wars and military intrigues of American imperialism and its allies.

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) will hold its rally outside the main Fort Railway Station in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.

On the same day, Indian supporters of the ICFI will protest at the central bus terminal in Sriperumbudur, a global auto and electronic manufacturing hub about 40 kilometres from Chennai, the capital of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Both campaigns support the demonstration and rally to be held on June 17 in Sydney, organised by the Socialist Equality Party in Australia.

The major powers and their subordinate governments are attempting to block the free and democratic flow of information through Internet and social media. In line with the US-led assault on Assange, Google and Facebook are censoring the World Socialist Web Site and other left-wing and anti-war web sites. The Sri Lankan and Indian governments are also stepping up their efforts to curb access to the Internet and social media.

The defense of Julian Assange is part of the fight to defend freedom of speech and expression and all democratic rights.

We urge workers, students, young people and the oppressed masses to support this campaign and join the demonstrations in Sri Lanka and India.

Sri Lanka protest

Fort Railway Station in central ColomboTuesday June 19, 4.00 p.m.

India protest

Sriperumbudur bus terminalTamil NaduTuesday June 19, 5.00 p.m.

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Pamela Anderson says she might pull a Kim Kardashian and askPresident Trumpto pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

We got Pam Wednesday in NYC as reports surfaced that the Prez was prepping to grant clemency to several prisoners. So, with Pam being a huge advocate for her friend Assange, we asked if she'd go to Trump to clear Assange's name in the U.S. -- even though he hasn't been charged with a crime here, yet.

Pam says it would be "the smartest move" -- not sure if she meant her visiting Trump, or Trump pardoning Assange.

Of course, this comes on the heels of Kim Kardashian successfully lobbying POTUS to release Alice Marie Johnson ... so, makes sense Pam could be feeling empowered.

After all, Pam's beengoing to batfor Assange, saying he's a misunderstood soul ... not a criminal hacker. We suspect the President would be more likely to show mercy on a grandmother who got a life sentence for a first time, nonviolent offense.

Still, we're guessing Kim would tell Pam ... never hurts to ask.

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4 June 2018

June 6 will mark 10 weeks since the Ecuadorian government blocked all communication by WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange with the outside world, including personal visitors. Assange has been trapped inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012, when Quito granted him asylum in the face of a legal witch-hunt by the governments of the United States, Britain and Sweden.

Britain was moving to extradite Assange to Sweden on trumped-up allegations of sexual abuse as the first step in transferring him to the US to face charges of espionage, which carry a possible death sentence. Washington had vowed to punish Assange for having exposed before the world war crimes committed by the US in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as US intrigues against other countries.

In remarks last Wednesday, Ecuadorian President Lenn Moreno attempted to defend the silencing of Assange. He sought to denyunconvincinglythat this action was the outcome of his governments capitulation to pressure and threats by the United States.

Moreno put forward an Orwellian conception of freedom of speech that lines up entirely with the standpoint of American imperialism and every enemy of democratic rights. Renouncing WikiLeaks rightand the right of all journalists and mediato publish information that reveals government and corporate criminality or challenges official propaganda, the Ecuadorian president asserted: There are two types of liberty. The responsible liberty and the liberty in which everyone thinks they can do whatever they want, whenever they want and however they want. That is not liberty. Liberty must be used with a lot of responsibility.

Moreno stated that the WikiLeaks editor had to accept that the conditions of his asylum prevent him speaking out about politics or intervening in the politics of other countries. He threatened that if Assange did not submit to such terms, Ecuador would take a decision to revoke its granting of asylum.

Assanges entire mission in forming WikiLeaks in 2006 was to enable people to use the immense power of the Internet to break through the responsible disinformation and censorship that prevails in the corporate-controlled and state-owned media. All critical and independent journalism, by its very nature, involves speaking out about politics.

Assange is now in grave danger. It is more than two years since a United Nations working group condemned the British government for enforcing Assanges arbitrary detention, calling it a contravention of his fundamental human rights.

His lawyer Jennifer Robinson and supporter Pamela Anderson have publicly warned in recent weeks about the seriousness of his medical condition. For six years, he has been confined in a small building with no access to sunlight or adequate medical treatment. For 10 weeks he has been subjected to the additional psychological pressure of what Moreno declares will be ongoing, indefinite isolation.

A calculated operation is underway to break the WikiLeaks editor. Morenos statements only underscore that the aim is to force him to voluntarily leave the Ecuadorian embassy, to be taken by waiting British police and placed in detention on bail-related charges without any means of contacting the outside world. That would be followed by further months or years of imprisonment while his legal defenders fight American extradition warrants.

The government of Australia, where Assange was born and holds citizenship, bears immense responsibility for the situation. In late 2010, instead of defending an Australian citizen whose rights were under attack, the Labor Party government of Prime Minister Julia Gillard sided with Washington. It labelled WikiLeaks actions illegal and declared it would support the prosecution of Assange for espionage. The current Liberal-National coalition government has not lifted a finger to oppose his ongoing persecution.

The American state and its allies are seeking to destroy WikiLeaks and Julian Assange in order to intimidate every critical and independent media organisation. The aim is to suppress the exposure of the crimes and lies of governments and to silence all those who seek to defend democratic rights and freedom of speech.

The attack on Assange is bound up with the aggressive moves by US and global intelligence agencies, working with social media and Internet companies, to suppress left-wing, anti-war and socialist views online. A pall of censorship is descending over the Internet, the most democratic form of communication in human history.

The International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) and its publication, the World Socialist Web Site, are urging resistance. We call for the greatest possible international mobilisation in defence of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. This is an essential part of a broader fight to defend Internet freedom, freedom of speech and all social and democratic rights of the working class.

A historical crossroads has been reached. Organisations and individuals will be judged by where they stand in this basic conflict over democratic rights.

The Socialist Equality Party, the Australian section of the ICFI, has called a demonstration in Sydney for 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 17 at the Sydney Town Hall Square. It is being held in conjunction with acclaimed journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, an unwavering defender of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, media freedom and democratic rights.

The demonstration has also been endorsed by prominent civil liberties attorney Julian Burnside and by Terry Hicks, who waged a five-year struggle against the imprisonment of his son, David Hicks, in the hell-hole US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay.

Musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame, who has for decades spoken out against war and injustice, has sent the WSWS a message of support endorsing action to defend WikiLeaks. On the stage of his concerts in Berlin over the weekend he posted the call: Resist the Attempted Silencing of Julian Assange.

The demonstration in Sydney will press the demand that the Australian government act immediately to secure Assanges unconditional return to Australia, with a guarantee against any American attempt to extradite him to the US.

A vigil demanding freedom for Julian Assange will be taking place in London at the Ecuadorian embassy on Tuesday, June 19. The May government must end its persecution of Assange, drop the bail-related charges against him and allow him to leave the Ecuadorian embassy and the UK. Similar vigils on June 19 are being held in other cities around the world.

In contrast, a whole layer of trade union, Green Party and pseudo-left organisations that voiced support for WikiLeaks and Assange in 2010 and 2011 have repudiated any struggle against his persecution. They have shifted to supporting imperialism.

The working class and the youth, however, are entering into immense struggles, and there is enormous respect among them for Assange and WikiLeaks. The social force that will lead the fight to defend democratic rights is the international working class, as part of a broader struggle to secure its social rights and oppose war, inequality and the capitalist system.

We urge readers of the WSWS to turn to the workplaces, factories, campuses and high schools to fight for maximum support for the demonstrations and vigils demanding freedom for Julian Assange.

James Cogan

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Lenn Moreno, the president of Ecuador, has said Julian Assanges asylum status in the countrys London embassy is not under threat provided he complies with the conditions of his stay and avoids voicing his political opinions on Twitter.

However, in an interview with Deutsche Welle on Wednesday, Moreno said his government would take a decision if Assange didnt comply with the restrictions.

Lets not forget the conditions of his asylum prevent him from speaking about politics or intervening in the politics of other countries. Thats why we cut his communication, he said. Ecuador suspended Assanges communications system in March.

Morenos statements come two weeks after an investigation by the Guardian and Focus Ecuador revealed the country had bankrolled a multimillion-dollar spy operation to protect and support Assange, employing an international security company and undercover agents to monitor his visitors, embassy staff and even the British police.

Over more than five years, Ecuador put at least $5m (3.7m) into a secret intelligence budget that protected him while he had visits from Nigel Farage, members of European nationalist groups and individuals linked to the Kremlin.

Earlier this month, Moreno withdrew additional security assigned to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has remained for almost six years.

Moreno has previously described Assanges situation as a stone in his shoe and repeatedly hinted that he wants to remove the Australian from the countrys London embassy.

In an interview in Quito, the president said granting Assange Ecuadorian citizenship in December last year had not been his idea but that of the foreign minister, Mara Fernanda Espinosa. He had delegated all decisions related to the case to her, Moreno told Deutsche Welle.

I told the foreign minister she should, with complete freedom, choose how to solve the problem. And she chose that system. It wasnt the most suitable, but I respected it, he said.

He denied that external pressure from the United States or any other countries had influenced his governments treatment of Assange whom he said had surpassed the limits of freedom of expression.

Assange had tweeted in support of the Catalan independence movement and challenged the UKs accusation that Russia was responsible for the poisoning of a Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

Liberty must be used with a lot of responsibility, Moreno said, without confirming whether or not Assanges access to the internet would be restored.

Rafael Correa, Morenos predecessor who approved of the operation, defended the security measures as routine and modest.

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