The Assange saga: Practicing Real Journalism Is Criminally Insane

January 13, 2021

Synchronicity is definitely fond of mirror wonderwalls. The Julian Assange saga seemed to have entered a new chapter as he was, in thesis, on his way to – conditional – freedom this past Monday, only …

The Empire Is Not Done with Assange

January 9, 2021

Opinion

As is clear from the memoir of one of his attorneys, Michael Ratner, the ends have always justified the means for those demanding his global persecution. Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq War …

The Assange Verdict: What Happens Now

January 7, 2021

Opinion

I fully expect that Julian will be released on bail this week, pending a possible US appeal against the blocking of his extradition. There was discussion of when and how to make the bail application o…

Dropped Prosecutions: The Afghan Files, Public Interest Journalism and Dan Oakes

October 21, 2020

Opinion

In July 2017, two journalists working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Dan Oakes and Sam Clark, wrote of a stash of incriminating documents, running into hundreds of pages. They were “secr…

Eyewitness to the Agony of Julian Assange

October 5, 2020

Opinion

Journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has watched Julian Assange’s extradition trial from the public gallery at London’s Old Bailey. He spoke with Timothy Erik Ström of Arena magazine, Australia. Q: Ha…

Julian Assange, Prometheus Bound

September 10, 2020

Opinion

He is being punished not for stealing fire – but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking the god of Exceptionalism. Amid thundering silence and nearly universal indifference, c…

Assange Extradition: Can a French Touch Pierce a Neo-Orwellian Farce?

February 29, 2020

Opinion

It’s quite fitting that the – imperially pre-determined – judicial fate of Julian Assange is being played out in Britain, the home of George Orwell. As chronicled by the painful, searing reports of Am…

Wikileaks Reveals OPCW Falsified Reports to Blame Syrian Government Instead of Western Backed-Jihadis!

November 1, 2019

Opinion

The revelations – studiously ignored by the mainstream media – shed a light on the tangled web weaved by the complicit media and the West’s shameless hypocrisy, involving the OPCW, Wikileaks and Julia…