December 2010
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The best 4 minutes and 50 seconds you’ll spend today: ‘We are no longer that post-ideological generation.’
UK: Fifteen year-old tells Establishment to stick it Continue reading
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Made in Dagenham: Lessons for Today from the Golden Age of Factory Unrest? by Steve Early
In 1968, the world was transfixed by global student unrest. Less attention was paid to factory uprisings that occurred at the same time and overlapped with campus protests in places like France. In one small corner of the Ford Motor Company’s huge production complex in Dagenham, England, several hundred women did their part in the… Continue reading
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WikiLeaks News Roundup 11 December, 2010
11 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 11 December, 2010 Former WikiLeaks Staff Open New Whistle-Blower Leak Service `OpenLeaks` A conspiracy to silence? By William Bowles Wikileaks Cablegate: Israel let off the hook on nuclear weapons, Arabs fooled WikiLeaks demos planned in Spain and Latin America If We Lose our Internet Freedoms Because of Wikileaks, You Should Continue reading
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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
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Bolivia hosts WikiLeaks ‘mirror’
Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera has posted all U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks that pertain to Bolivia on his official website. Continue reading
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Amazon take down of Wikileaks – Is the free internet dead?
8 December, 2010 — The Real News Network Amazon take down of Wikileaks – Is the free internet dead? Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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Moscow demands explanations from NATO over WikiLeaks report — RT
Russia has urged NATO to make ‘political comments’ about recent reports on the alliance’s alleged defense plans against Moscow. According to secret documents handed to the British newspaper the Guardian by the whistleblower’s website WikiLeaks, NATO is planning to defend the Baltic States and Poland from a possible ‘Russian threat.’ Continue reading
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An Intelligence Defense of Julian Assange By Susan Lindauer
For all of the political scolding, there comes a time when secrecy becomes its own greatest handicap in the ultimate game to protect global security. Informed consent creates power for the people to make better decisions that impact the welfare of the total community. Just like government leaders require a depth of information to guide… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 8 December, 2010: WikiLeaks Reveals That Military Contractors Have Not Lost Their Taste For Child Prostitutes
8 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Wikileaks Mirrors Wikileaks is currently mirrored on 1334 web sites www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27007.htm WikiLeaks Shows America’s Imperious Attitude to Pakistan By Simon Tisdall Leaked US diplomatic cables published by the Guardian show the extraordinary extent to which Pakistan is in danger of becoming a mere satrapy of imperial Washington. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27023.htm Continue reading
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