Assange; Australian government thinks its true master sits in DC
Julian Assange tells The Power Index that Canberra needs to grow a back-bone (fat chance): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains frustrated by the lack of assistance from the Australian federal government over his prolonged overseas legal plight, three weeks ahead of his appeal against extradition in the UK Supreme Court. In an exclusive interview with… The…
Equal rights for all Jews in Israel, of course, but what about Arabs?
As around 50% of Israelis allegedly support the right of Orthodox Jews to segregate bus lines – what is this, rural Iran? – but a number of women are fighting back against growing intolerance inside the Zionist state. If only there was the same kind of passion directed towards the Palestinians who suffer under Israeli…
Big Brother shouldn’t be listening but he does 24/7
When this kind of information circulates around the world… Freedom of speech might allow journalists to get away with a lot in America, but the Department of Homeland Security is on the ready to make sure that the government is keeping dibs on who is saying what. Under the National Operations Center (NOC)’s Media Monitoring…
Handy definition of vulture capitalism right here in Australia
Good piece in today’s Sydney… Daily Telegraph that tackles head-on the reality of private corporations that make a fortune by allegedly assisting the most vulnerable in the world and yet: Just seven corporations have raked in a staggering $1.81 billion in taxpayer-funded contracts under the booming foreign aid program. But the lack of scrutiny of their…
Well done global Jewish Diaspora, you have created a monster inside Israel
The rise and rise of Jewish extremists in Israel – funded, backed, endorsed and often armed by the Zionist state – brings the issue of a Jewish Hizbollah upon us. Mark Perry writes in Foreign Policy: “I don’t want to exaggerate, but it’s time to call this what it is,” a veteran IDF officer noted…
Memo to journalists; your job is to deeply probe and offend the establishment over war
Is there a better description of what all reporters should be doing as explained here by American journalist Michael Hastings… in 2010? Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising. My views are critical but that shouldn’t be mistaken for hostile – I’m just not a stenographer. There is a body of work that…
Australia pays millions to company that denies crayons to children
Fairfax reports on a company, Serco, whose primary aim is to punish refugees in its care: The private company that runs immigration detention has been forced to back off an arbitrary ban on children using crayons and coloured pencils in their rooms. Serco Group’s officers in Darwin had decided on the ban, even though crayons…
