Renowned investigative journalist and film maker John Pilger interviewed Wikileaks' editor-in-chief about the 鈥渨ar on WikiLeaks鈥 in response to the website 鈥渟peaking truth to power鈥.
John Pilger
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Noam Chomsky, renowned academic, author and critic of US imperialism, has offered his support to protesters across Australia planning to take to the streets in defence of Wikileaks.
Statement released by organisers of the Sydney rally to defend Wikileaks on December 10聽at Sydney Town Hall.
John Pilger was interviewed by ABC Radio Australia on December 3 & 6.
Pilger鈥檚 latest documentary The War You Don鈥橳 See, on the role of the media to be released soon, will also feature an interview with Assange. Visit www.johnpilger.com for more information.
Britain is said to be approaching its Berlusconi Moment. That is to say, if Rupert Murdoch wins control of Sky, he will command half Britain鈥檚 television and newspaper market and threaten what is known as public service broadcasting.
Although the alarm is ringing, it is unlikely that any government will stop him while his court is packed with politicians of all parties.
The problem with this and other Murdoch scares is that, while one cannot doubt their gravity, they deflect from an unrecognised and more insidious threat to honest information.
The TV anchorwoman was conducting a split screen interview with a journalist who had volunteered to be a witness at the execution of a man on death row in Utah for 25 years.
鈥淗e had a choice鈥, said the journalist, 鈥渓ethal injection or firing squad鈥. 鈥淲ow!鈥 said the anchorwoman.
Cue a blizzard of commercials for fast food, teeth whitener, stomach stapling, the new Cadillac. This was followed by the war in Afghanistan, presented by a correspondent sweating in a flak jacket.
How do wars begin? With a 鈥渕aster illusion鈥, according to Ralph McGehee, one of the CIA鈥檚 pioneers in 鈥渂lack propaganda鈥, known today as 鈥渘ews management鈥.
In 1983, he described to me how the CIA had faked an 鈥渋ncident鈥 that became the 鈥渃onclusive proof of North Vietnam鈥檚 aggression鈥.
This followed a claim, also fake, that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked a US warship in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964.
Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war front from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and now the Horn of Africa.
Adelaide is Australia鈥檚 festival city. Its arts festival is currently in swing. Polite debate, aesthetics and high-octane wine are putting the world to rights. With one exception. Adelaide is where Rupert Murdoch began his empire.
The farce of the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December affirmed a world war waged by the rich against most of humanity.
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