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Wikileaks News roundup 14-15 December, 2010
15 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 15 December, 2010 19:34 Friedman’s Half-Hearted, Inaccurate Defense of WikiLeaks Medvedev instructs intelligence officers to use WikiLeaks for Russia’s purposes WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange granted bail but still in jail WikiLeaks: Heroic or treasonous? US Air Force blocks access to WikiLeaks material Hacktivism for Cyber Democracy Joel S. Hirschhorn Ghana leader… Continue reading
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The media goes to war By John Pilger
Never has so much official energy been expended in ensuring journalists collude with the makers of rapacious wars, which, say the media-friendly generals, are now “perpetual.” In echoing the West’s more verbose warlords, such as the waterboarding former Vice President Dick Cheney, who predicted “50 years of war,” they plan a state of permanent conflict… Continue reading
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Wikileaks and ‘cablegate’ – a threat to national security or a step forward for transparency?
With its latest release, Wikileaks has attracted an unprecedented amount of attention, sparking international debate and sharply dividing commentators, both political and media. The 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables were shared with the Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El Pais, and the Guardian passed them on to the New York Times. Some of the stories… Continue reading
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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, 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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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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Wikileaks News Roundup 12-13 December, 2010
13 December, 2010 WikiLeaks reveals how Shell infiltrated Nigeria URUK Net Newsletter 12 December, 2010: WikiLeaks row: why Amazon’s desertion has ominous implications for democracy Julian Assange, Tariq Aziz, a Death Sentence and the United Nations Day of International Human Rights By Felicity Arbuthnot Information Clearing House Newsletter 12 December, 2010: It really is us… Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 11-12 December, 2010
12 December, 2010 — creative-i.info Indigenous Activists Slam Cancun Betrayal; Mass Movements are Our Only Hope WikiRebels: Swedish docufilm on WikiLeaks chronicles a new form of global resistance By Rady Ananda WikiRebels: Swedish docufilm on WikiLeaks chronicles a new form of global resistance WikiRebels – The Documentary Wikileaks Mirrors Vatican calls to evaluate Wikileaks publications… Continue reading
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John Pilger: Why are wars not being reported honestly?
In the US Army manual on counterinsurgency, the American commander General David Petraeus describes Afghanistan as a “war of perception . . . conducted continuously using the news media”. What really matters is not so much the day-to-day battles against the Taliban as the way the adventure is sold in America where “the media directly… 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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Wikileaks News Roundup 8-9 December, 2010
9 December, 2010 — creative-i.info 9 December, 2010 Bolivia hosts WikiLeaks ‘mirror’ Defend WikiLeaks or Assange? FRINFORMSUM: 12/8/2010 Jay Rosen on Wikileaks: “The watchdog press died; we have this instead.” Newspaper review Peace in Our Time: Obama’s Munich, Part 1 by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Protests to defend Julian Assange and Wikileaks, Dec 9-16 US… Continue reading
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Jay Rosen on Wikileaks: “The watchdog press died; we have this instead.”
In this video I grapple with my own thoughts about that novel formation in press and politics: Wikileaks. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 7-8 December, 2010
8 December, 2010 — creative-i.info Mastercard website ‘crashed’ in Wikileaks protest Live Web Event – The End Of The Free Internet Criminalizing Whistleblowers: Wikileaks and America’s SHIELD Legislation The Empire strikes back By William Bowles Attorney: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Endangered by Bail Denial in London; Still No Charges Filed in Sweden Wikileaks and the Diplomacy… Continue reading
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Live Web Event – The End Of The Free Internet
Paul Jay, senior editor of The Real News Network, will moderate a virtual panel discussion promoting a dialogue for the technology community about the technological and legal ramifications of the WikiLeaks shutdown. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 28 December – 7 December, 2010
7 December, 2010 — creative-i.info This is an updated list of stories connected to the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables covering the period November 28 – 7 December, 2010. There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 6-7 December, 2010
7 December, 2010 — creative-i.info See also the complete list of stories 28 November – 7 December, 2010 7 December, 2010 Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Taking Down America #Wikileaks: The Internet Ideal Triumphs Julian Assange: ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ Britain arrests WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange #PayPal suffers DoS for spurning #Wikileaks Visa suspends Wikileaks payments Bolivia Responds… Continue reading
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Alan Hart: WikiLeaks: What, really, is the problem?
Some commentators, bloggers and other writers, were quick to jump to the conclusion that the avalanche of documents being released by WikiLeaks is part and parcel of an Israeli/Mossad deception strategy. One implication being that WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange is, knowingly or not, manipulated by Zionism. Continue reading
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Wikileaks News Roundup 2-6 December, 2010
6 December, 2010 — Creative-i.info 6 December, 2010 Condemnation follows latest WikiLeaks disclosures US ‘vital facilities’ list leaked WikiWitchhunt Wikileaks In Venezuela: Espionage, Propaganda And Disinformation By Eva Golinger WikiLeaks: Numerous Reasons to Dismiss US Claims that “Ghost Prisoner” Aafia Siddiqui Was Not Held in Bagram + Bring Aafia Home Assange will fight return to… Continue reading
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