December 10, 2010
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WikiLeaks funded via Pirate Bay-linked firm
Swedish micropay site Flattr, which was launched by The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde, remains the sole online financial lifeline for embattled whistleblower site WikiLeaks. Continue reading
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Incredible – over 400,000 signatures in one day for press freedom! Join the massive outcry and spread the word…
The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy. We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression. Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this email to everyone — let’s get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: A Big Dangerous US Government Con Job? By F. William Engdahl
What is emerging from all the sound and Wikileaks fury in Washington is that the entire scandal is serving to advance a long-standing Obama and Bush agenda of policing the until-now free Internet. Already the US Government has shut the Wikileaks server in the United States though no identifiable US law has been broken. Continue reading
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Repost: How to Decipher a State Department Cable (FOIA Tip #2) By Nate Jones
This guide –originally written by Kristin Adair– might come in handy as you peruse the 251,287 Department of State cables recently released by wikileaks. Continue reading
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KKK OK but not WikiLeaks for some payment processors — RT
The US government has presented no charges against Assange, but the absence of solid accusations did not stop American government officials from reportedly putting pressure at the highest level to cut off Wikileaks’ funding supply. Continue reading
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An Exclusive Interview with Julian Assange on the Eve of His Arrest
The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, gave an exclusive interview to Brazilian journalist Natalia Viana of the online publication Opera Mundi on Monday. (Viana, 2004 graduate of Narco News’ School of Authentic Journalism, now is co-chair, with Bill Conroy, of its investigative journalism program.) Assange didn’t hide his irritation at the freezing of his Swiss… Continue reading
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Shock and despair By William Gladys
Why was there no parliamentary vote on whether or not these appallingly selfish and vastly rich royals should get yet more money from a hard pressed British tax-payer, at a time when the Queen’s government (not yours believe me), is asking everyone else to suffer severe hardship and cut backs? Do not forget that these… Continue reading
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Death Squads versus Democracy: Tom Flanagan’s “Joke” directed against Wikileaks Julian Assange By Prof. Michael Keefer
On November 30th, Flanagan spoke as one of the regular panelists on CBC Television’s national political analysis program, Power and Politics with Evan Solomon. Staring into the camera, [Flanagan stated] “Well, I think Assange should be assassinated, actually. I think Obama should put out a contract and maybe use a drone or something.” Continue reading
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It really is us against them By William Bowles
MPs fiddling expenses and leaked diplomatic cables: what connects them and is the game finally up for capitalist ‘democracy’? Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 December, 2010: France, First in Europe to Recognize Independent Palestine
9 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center PCHR Weekly Report: Two resistance fighters killed; 6 civilians wounded this week IMEMC – 9 Dec 2010 – Friday December 10, 2010 – 00:28, In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the week of 02 – Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 9-10 December, 2010
10 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 10 December, 2010 Drug company ‘investigated legal chief’ ‘The Palestine Cables’: WikiLeaks expose Wikileaks: The Movie By Timothy V. Gatto Support Wikileaks: sign the petition Stating the Obvious: WikiLeaks Indicts and Vindicates U.S. Diplomats Protests in Support of WikiLeaks in Australia Pakistan media in Wikileaks hoax NATO Develops Plans For Continue reading
The New Dark Age 