What emerges from the litany of Wikileaks cables is the ineptitude of American foreign policy, either jumping at shadows or trying to impose its bullying ways on the world, often unsuccessfully. One: Saudi Arabia proposed creating an Arab force backed by US and Nato air and sea power to intervene in Lebanon two years ago…
NSW Greens move forward with BDS embrace
The following statement was released by the NSW Greens yesterday: Israel: Greens NSW back international Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Greens NSW State Council has agreed to back a series of military, trade and services boycotts of Israel and to support the growing international BDS (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions) movement. Greens NSW Senator-elect Lee Rhiannon said,…
Canberra holds its nose and helps Assange a little
Well, bloody bravo: Kevin Rudd confirmed Australia was giving consular support to Julian Assange, the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks who was arrested in Britain on Tuesday over alleged sexual assaults committed in Sweden. ”I’m the foreign minister of Australia, responsible for the consular well-being of all Australians and therefore I just want to make it…
America believes in press freedom (unless, of course, it makes them look like fools)
Ah, Washington’s State Department has a jolly sense of humour. They’ve just announced this (while attempting to smear everything Wikileaks stands for): The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 – May 3 in Washington, D.C. UNESCO is the only UN…
Now it’s time for the MSM to stand up and stand firm
So the New York Times may be investigated for espionage after publishing the Wikileaks cable documents?
Australia’s view of the world; suck Washington’s left toe hard
More invaluable insights into how diplomacy really works. Egos and bowing to the US and Israel. That’s quite a vision for world peace and security (and what’s a few thousand civilians killed by our cluster bombs?) Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is an abrasive, impulsive ”control freak” who presided over a series of foreign policy blunders…
Wikileaks in Catalan
I was interviewed today by a Spanish Catalan publication based in Barcelona about the Wikileaks scandal. For those a little rusty on the language (hands up who can understand this?) I talked about the authoritarian impulse in many Western governments: Julian Assange ja és en dependències judicials des de les 14 hores aproximadament, acompanyat dels…
This is how Australia is seen; vassals used by Washington over Wikileaks
Wikileaks news is coming thick and fast. Some “highlights” over the last 24 hours. One: [Israeli] Defense Minister Ehud Barak Tuesday told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that a deal was never reached with the United States on a renewed settlement freeze because the US is preoccupied with the mass of documents being…
Let’s not get overly focused on Assange legal wranglings (and do US job for her)
Just what the US wants; anything to not talk about its bankrupt foreign policy: The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has been arrested by London police on behalf of Swedish authorities on suspicion of rape. The Metropolitan Police Extradition Unit confirmed at 10.30am London time (2030 AEDT) that the 39-year-old Australian had been arrested “by…