WikiLeaks
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WikiRebels: Swedish docufilm on WikiLeaks chronicles a new form of global resistance By Rady Ananda
Sweden’s public service television, SVT, is about to broadcast a deeply-moving, one-hour documentary chronicling the history of WikiLeaks, after having followed the crew for six months. An uninterrupted rough cut of the film can be viewed here until December 13. Though the film arrives in the midst of questionable rape charges, with Assange currently in… 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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Incredible – over 500,000 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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A conspiracy to silence? By William Bowles
10 December, 2010 ‘Wikileaks has not been charged with a single US crime…and here the country’s financial institutions are taking action on behalf of our state department to extinguish this whistleblower’s website.’ — Jeff Paterson, Project Director of Courage to Resist, ‘KKK OK but not WikiLeaks for some payment processors‘ “What is emerging from all… 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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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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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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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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SPAIN: Wikileaks Revelations Put Pressure on Justice Officials By Tito Drago
The highest authorities of Spain’s judicial system will have to explain to the Congress of Deputies their repeated refusals to bring U.S. soldiers to trial for the 2003 killing of journalist José Couso in Baghdad. The recent diplomatic cables made public by the whistleblower organisation Wikileaks reveal contacts with U.S. authorities aimed at preventing a… 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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