December 14, 2010
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FAIR Supports WikiLeaks
As journalists, activists, artists, scholars and citizens, we condemn the array of threats and attacks on the journalist organization WikiLeaks. After the website’s decision, in collaboration with several international media organizations, to publish hundreds of classified State Department diplomatic cables, many pundits, commentators and prominent U.S. politicians have called for harsh actions to be taken… Continue reading
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EI: Israel thinks we’re “very powerful.” So keep us strong
14 December 2010 — The Electronic Intifada Now we know why Israel is trying to shut down The Electronic Intifada. Recently I wrote to you and other friends about the attack on The Electronic Intifada by NGO Monitor, an extremist Israeli group that works with the Israel’s far-right government and wants to shut us down. Continue reading
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Wikileaks: Prelude to a new wave of ‘legal’ repression? By William Bowles
What is dangerous about the turn of events…is that it if there is an ulterior motive to the release of the cables it might be a new wave of repressive laws, in all likelihood under the infinitely expanding umbrella of the ‘war on terror’. Already, it’s illegal in many countries to ‘assist terrorists’ by putting… Continue reading
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Lowering Workers’ Wages is the Objective
14 December, 2010 — The Real News Network Leo Panitch: Big Business opposed to government jobs programs, as their objective is to drive wages down through fear and global competition Follow my videos on vodpod Bio Leo Panitch is the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science Continue reading
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Operation: LeakSpin — A Message from Anonymous
This project has been founded with the purpose of sorting through recent WikiLeaks releases and raising awareness of potentially important and previously overlooked information. In order to review your research for errors or amend the content the Wikileaks release contained, we have created a small utility which allows contributors to submit and discuss potential content… Continue reading
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Wikileaks, Imperialism and the Western Media By Sean Fenley
The mainstream media’s primary vocation, when it comes to the U.S. reach throughout the planet, is to slander, ridicule and report all sorts of dubious information on, those who are resisting the global neoliberal imperial economic order. Continue reading
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Who is Behind Wikileaks? By Michel Chossudovsky
Wikileaks is not a typical alternative media initiative. The New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel are directly involved in the editing and selection of leaked documents. The Economist and Time Magazine have also played an important role. While the project and its editor Julian Assange reveal a commitment and concern for truth in… Continue reading
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A New Bandung? Samir Amin Interviewed by Christophe Champin
Would you say that you’re among the pessimists who regard the five decades of African independence as five lost decades? I’m not a pessimist and I don’t think that these have been five lost decades. I remain extremely critical, extremely severe with respect to African states, governments, and political classes, but I’m even more critical… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks founder to make another try to win bail — RT
On Tuesday, the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court could be the scene of the final extradition hearing for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Originally, when the case came before a prosecutor in Sweden, she threw it out. It was subsequently picked up by another prosecutor, who decided to take the case into court. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House News Letter 13 December, 2010: No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted
13 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House No Act of Rebellion Is Wasted By Chris Hedges Hope and justice live when people, even in tiny numbers, stand up and fight for them. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27055.htm My Life With The Taliban: By Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef An excerpt from the fascinating autobiography of former Taliban government spokesman and Continue reading
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Of Wikileaks, Whistleblowers and Whipping Boys By William Fisher
As pro- and anti-Wikileaks forces draw their battle lines, and Wikileaks’ impresario Julian Assange marks time in storied, overcrowded and very Victorian Wandsworth Prison in southwest London, a group of his supporters are taking a different tack. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 13-14 December, 2010
14 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 14 December, 2010 Assange Last Minute Bail Offer, But Remains in Jail While Money is Raised Breaking news: Assange released on bail…. Operation: LeakSpin — A Message from Anonymous Popular Elsewhere The War to Silence WikiLeaks TRNN Skewer: Rap News 5: WikiLeaks & The War on Journalism (ft. Julian Assange) Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 December, 2010: Knesset Approves New Law Preventing Detainees From Meeting Lawyers For Six Months
13 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu: ‚”Israel Does Not Intend To Compensate Families Of Flotilla Victims” IMEMC – 13 Dec 2010 – Tuesday December 14, 2010 – 00:50, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, denied reports stating that Israel intends to pay compensation to the families of the nine Turkish Continue reading
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