Two decades after the first âEarth Summit,â more than 50,000 governmental, financial and environmental activists reconvened this week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the official UN-sanctioned event, as well as a companion âPeopleâs Summit.â At issue is whether first-world plans for a so-called âgreen economyâ really mean more economic colonialism, environmental damage, and short-term exploitation of precious natural ecologies. PABLO SALON [ focusweb.org ], the former Bolivian ambassador to the UN, discusses the summit and his new thesis, "At the Crossroads Between Green Economy and Rights of Natureâ [ climateandcapitalism.com ];
ASSANGEâS EMBASSY EXCURSION: HACKING OR SLACKING?
Wikileaks publisher JULIAN ASSANGE remains under sanctuary at the London embassy of Ecuador as he awaits a decision on his plea for political asylum against extradition to Sweden, and perhaps ultimately the United States. Former CIA officer and Presidential briefer RAY MCGOVERN [ raymcgovern.com ] discusses whether Assangeâs abrupt escape from house arrest with surveillance and electronic âtrackingâ was the product of âhackingâ by Assange, or âslackingâ by British officials secretly amenable to a back-door solution for a diplomatic crisis. McGovern, the author of âJulian Assangeâs Artful Dodgeâ [ http://consortiumnews.com ] also contemplates potential clandestine hazards to Assangeâs life and freedom; and
ASSANGE INTERVIEWS ECUADOR PRESIDENT CORREA
Julian Assange recently interviewed his potential patron of asylum, Ecuadoran President RAFAEL CORREA for his new television program, âThe World Tomorrowâ [ wikileaks.org ]. In this excerpt, Correa praises Assangeâs full publication of the WikiLeaked State Department cables, reveals diplomatic manoeuvres with the United States, and details Ecuadorâs geostrategic plans for an independent economic and foreign policy.
Anchor: Robert Knight Producer: Thiago Barrozo Engineer: Michael G. Haskins Origin: WBAI/Pacifica
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