John Pilger: The Betrayers of Julian Assange + John Shipton, John Pilger, David McBride: Anything to Say?

Anything to say? A monument to courage davanti all'Università La Sapienza di Roma

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March 12, 2023

Consortium News on Mar 11, 2023

Anthony Albanese was mouthing his favourite platitude, “enough is enough” long before he was elected prime minister of Australia last year. He gave many of us precious hope, including Julian’s family. As prime minister he added weasel words about “not sympathizing” with what Julian had done. Apparently we had to understand his need to cover his appropriated ass in case Washington called him to order.

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Kevin Gosztola and Daniel Ellsberg: Guilty of Journalism + Things to Learn from Daniel Ellsberg, by David Swanson

Daniel Ellsberg at The Most Dangerous Man in America

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March 9, 2023

Shadowproof on Mar 7, 2023

Shadowproof and Project Censored present a conversation between Kevin Gosztola and Daniel Ellsberg to celebrate the release of Kevin’s book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange.

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Chris Hedges and Stefania Maurizi: The Dark Truths WikiLeaks Revealed

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with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Feb 3, 2023

From backroom deals between Hillary Clinton and Goldman Sachs to US covert operations in Haiti, Tunisia, Italy and beyond, WikiLeaks revealed the dark underbelly of US power.

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Kevin Gosztola and John Kiriakou: Every Official Everywhere With Classified Documents All At Once

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Shadowproof on Jan 27, 2023

Shadowproof’s Kevin Gosztola is joined by former CIA officer and whistleblower John Kiriakou to discuss the escalating absurdity around former US presidents and vice presidents finding classified documents in their possession.

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Chris Hedges and Gabriel Shipton: Will Julian Assange Ever Be Free?

Free Assange street art, Shoreditch

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with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Jan 27, 2023

Chris Hedges speaks with film producer and brother of Julian Assange, Gabriel Shipton, on his new film about his family’s journey to get Julian free.

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Chris Hedges and Kevin Gosztola: Julian Assange and the End of Press Freedom + The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange, Press Freedom

Free Julian Assange

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Updated: Jan. 21, 2023

with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Jan 20, 2023

The long persecution of Julian Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks, is set to culminate in its final act – a trial in the United States this year.

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Lee Camp and Stella Assange: When Will Julian Be Freed?

Stella and family at Human Chain around Parliament for Julian Assange, London 8th October 2022

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MintPress News on Jan 10, 2023

I spent the hour with Julian Assange’s wife Stella Assange. We talked about whether the rumors he’ll be released soon are true, how she finds the strength to keep fighting, and whether she was stunned to hear the CIA had planned to assassinate her husband.

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Finian Cunningham and John Shipton: Daring to Hope for his Son Julian Assange

Free Julian Assange

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by Finian Cunningham
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Ireland
December 26, 2022

Finian Cunningham on Dec 24, 2022

John Shipton, Julian Assange’s father, spoke to me in an interview this week just days before Christmas. I was bracing for a difficult, anguished encounter, given the appalling injustice meted out to Julian.

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Chris Hedges: Ukraine, Iran, Palestine, Twitter Files, Media Censorship and Assange

Free Palestine

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acTVism Munich on Dec 16, 2022

In this episode of The Source, we interview Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Chris Hedges about the war in Ukraine. We also examine recent developments in Iran, Israel and Palestine. And finally, we look at freedom of speech issues such as the Twitter Files and the Julian Assange case.

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John Pilger: The State of the UK Media, and The Resilience of Julian Assange

Free Assange

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Declassified UK on Dec 1, 2022

Join the Declassified UK team as we pose your questions to John Pilger.

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NYC Vigil to FREE Julian Assange

Anxiously waiting the court's decision.

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Beyond Narratives on Dec 10, 2022

Join legendary rock artist Roger Waters, as well as luminaries such as Max Blumenthal, Garland Nixon, Nick Brand, Randy Credico and a host of others as we cover the event from a symbol of fascism, the British Consulate, in NYC.

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John Pilger and Lowkey Expose the Permanent War State

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MintPress News on Dec 2, 2022

On this episode of the Watchdog with Lowkey, veteran journalist John Pilger shares his opinion on political figures from Keir Starmer to Hugo Chavez and reveals the truth about our political system and its addiction to war.

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Chris Hedges and Lee Camp: War—That’s How Empires Die

The Greatest Evil is War by Chris Hedges

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“They going to have to negotiate in the end. It’s not about Ukraine, it’s not about democracy, it’s not about freedom, it’s about degrading Russia.” — Chris Hedges

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Chris Hedges: Truth Is the First Casualty of War

End-War

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“You saw it under the a whole, ridiculous Russiagate stuff where the idea that Trump was elected by Russia is absurd, but the Liberals suddenly became the best friends with the FBI and everyone else. I mean Mueller became an icon in the liberal establishment. You see it now, this kind of warmongering on the part of liberals over Ukraine without any kind of real understanding of the conflict.” — Chris Hedges

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Jennifer Robinson: Julian Assange, Free Speech and Democracy

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“So when you hear politicians or government officials in the UK or in the U.S or in this country talk about due process or the rule of law this is what they’re talking about. Punishment by process, burying him under legal process until he dies. In fact, if you look at the case and you read our grounds of appeal there’s been very little by way of due process or rule of law in what has been inflicted upon Julian as we argue in our appeal. This case has been rife with abuse.” — Jennifer Robinson

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