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New podcast JULIAN ASSANGE: COUNTDOWN TO FREEDOM Hosted by Randy Credico on “Live-on-the-Fly” RANDY CREDICO is a political satirist, radical activist, standup comic, ex-heroin addict, former candidate for Senator, Mayor, and Governor of New York – and the only American journalist that Julian Assange would even talk to for years, until his London imprisonment cut off his contact with the outside world. Before Julian was dragged out of the Ecuadoran embassy by British police, Julian used to phone in – live from London – for interviews on Randy’s Live-on-the-Fly radio show. Now Randy actively coordinates public support for Julian throughout the U.S. and abroad. As America’s “most busted” political satirist since Lenny Bruce, Randy has probably been arrested more times than any living American performer. He recently shared a “perp walk” and jail cell with Cornel West after a protest demonstration against New York’s stop-and-frisk policies. His provocative Live-on-the-Fly guests have included Chris Hedges, Max Blumenthal, Ralph Nader, John Pilger, Thomas Drake, Michael Isikoff, Pamela Anderson, Craig Murray, Ray McGovern, Harry Belafonte, Frank Serpico, and many more. As a hot-shot standup comic, Randy used to play the same Las Vegas hotels and TV talk shows with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Don Rickles, George Burns, Jerry Seinfeld, George Carlin – and even Liberace (Hey, a guy’s gotta make a living.) And before Jon Stewart got his gig as Daily Show host, he used to be Randy’s warm-up act in Las Vegas. But Randy gave up show-biz for political activism. When he launched Live-on-the-Fly in 2016, it quickly became the most incendiary public affairs programs ever to air on WBAI Radio. As funny as it was infuriating, it put a lot of noses out of joint (on the left as well as the right) for its transatlantic phone interviews with “that criminal” Julian Assange, who was hated by Republican and Democratic establishments alike for having exposed U.S. war crimes. But those broadcasts made radio history. As a result, mainstream media reporters started listening – in hopes of picking up a hot news tip. And CIA officers started listening, too – in hopes of picking up incriminating information they could use against Assange if he ever got extradited to the U.S. Eventually, Live on the Fly got too hot to handle – even for a radical station like WBAI – which cancelled it. But Gary Null quickly stepped in and offered Randy a forum on PRN. Let’s see how long its listeners can take the heat.t weblog
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Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Listen to Live On The Fly with Randy Credico on Monday's @ 10 AM EST on prn.live
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
we will have exclusive iv with Yahoo News editor and co writer of this bombshell story Michael Isikoff
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Monday Aug 09, 2021
Prof. Nils Melzer is the Human Rights Chair of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He is also Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow. On 1 November 2016, he took up the function of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Prof. Melzer has served for 12 years with the International Committee of the Red Cross as a Legal Adviser, Delegate and Deputy Head of Delegation in various zones of conflict and violence. After leaving the ICRC in 2011, he held academic positions as Research Director of the Swiss Competence Centre on Human Rights (University of Zürich), as Swiss Chair for International Humanitarian Law (Geneva Academy) and as Senior Fellow for Emerging Security Challenges (Geneva Centre for Security Policy), and has represented civil society in the Steering Committee of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers.
In the course of his career, Prof. Melzer has also served as Senior Security Policy Adviser to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, has carried out advisory mandates for influential institutions such as the United Nations, the European Union, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, and has regularly been invited to provide expert testimonies, including to the UN First Committee, the UN CCW, the UNSG Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, and various Parliamentary Commissions of the European Union, Germany and Switzerland.
Prof. Melzer has authored award-winning and widely translated books, including: "Targeted Killing in International Law" (Oxford, 2008, Guggenheim Prize 2009), the ICRC's "Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities" (2009) and the ICRC's official handbook "International Humanitarian Law - a Comprehensive Introduction" (2016), as well as numerous other publications in the field of international law. In view of his expertise in new technologies, Prof. Melzer has been mandated by the EU Parliament to author a legal and policy study on "Human Rights Implications of the Usage of Drones and Robots in Warfare" (2013) and has also co-authored the NATO CCDCOE "Tallinn Manual on the International Law applicable to Cyber Warfare" (Cambridge, 2013), and the NATO MCDC "Policy Guidance Autonomy in Defence Systems", (NATO ACT, 2014).
Throughout his career, Prof. Melzer has fought to preserve human dignity and the rule of law through the relentless promotion, reaffirmation and clarification of international legal standards offering protection to those exposed to armed conflicts and other situations of violenc
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Monday Aug 02, 2021
Exclusive interview with the ultimate profile in courage, award winning, heroic whistleblower Thomas Drake