The San Francisco Pride Committee held a meeting on Tuesday night. It was their monthly meeting and the Board of Directors was well aware that there would be individuals from the community that would be attending to express their outrage at the Board’s decision to not allow Pfc. Bradley Manning to be honored as a [...]

Following Pfc. Bradley Manning’s statement in court, Daniel Ellsberg, who blew the whistle on the Pentagon Papers, shares his reaction to the statement and thoughts on his case. He draws comparisons between his case forty years ago and Manning’s today.  *** KEVIN GOSZTOLA: What was your initial reaction to hearing Bradley Manning’s statement read in [...]

(update 1 & 2 below) A foundation dedicated to promoting and funding aggressive journalism and media organizations that push for transparency and accountability in government is launching on Monday. Called the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), it hopes to help organizations like WikiLeaks combat censorship and even prevent the watering down of coverage because [...]

The final edition of RT’s “The Alyona Show” hosted by Alyona Minkovski aired today. Alyona is going to Los Angeles to join HuffPost Live, a video network set to launch August 13. As the show picks up and heads cross-country, I would like to take a moment to share a few memories about a program that [...]

It was an eventful day today at the Bradley Manning trial. Dan Choi was thrown to the ground at Fort Meade for wearing a military uniform this morning, and Daniel Ellsberg was ejected for saying hello to Manning in the courtroom (there’s no law against either). Kevin Gosztola has been covering the trial for FDL, and later he and Dan Ellsberg stopped by the Alyona Show to discuss the day’s events.