Saving Julian Assange, with John Shipton and Kevin Gosztola

Lee Camp is joined by Julian Assange’s father, John Shipton and investigative journalist Kevin Gosztola to discuss the ongoing campaign to save Julian Assange from the clutches of the US national security state.

Lee Camp
By Lee Camp
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In this episode of Behind The Headlines, Lee Camp focuses on the campaign to save Julian Assange from the clutches of the U.S. national security state. He first shares a stage with Assange’s father, John Shipton, then speaks with investigative journalist Kevin Gosztola. Shipton has been on a mission to secure his son's freedom for many years

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John Pilger exposes the Permanent War State

Veteran journalist John Pilger shares his opinion on political figures from U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Venezuelan revolutionary Hugo Chavez and reveals the truth about our political system and its addiction to war.

Lowkey
By Lowkey
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The MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light

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Those Angry at Rushdie’s Stabbing Have Been Missing In Action Over a Far Bigger Threat to our Freedom

The novelist is championed by western liberals not because he’s bravely articulated difficult truths but because of who his enemies are.

Jonathan Cook
By Jonathan Cook
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Nothing I am about to write should be read as diminishing in any way my sympathy for Salman Rushdie, or my outrage at the appalling attack on him. Those who more than 30 years ago put a fatwa on his head after he wrote the novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made this assault possible. They deserve contempt. I wish him a speedy recovery. But my natural

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The Growing Movement to Liberate Julian Assange, with John Shipton

Watchdog host Lowkey explores the growing movement to free Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and is joined by Assange’s father John Shipton, to do so.

Lowkey
By Lowkey
John Shipton podcast feature photo

  The MintPress podcast, “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know – including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting

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An Interview With John Pilger: “Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World”

Renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger warns that the “US is close to getting its hands on” the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

Oscar Grenfell
By Oscar Grenfell
John Pilger | Julian Assange

Editor's Note | This article was reprinted from the World Socialist Web Site with permission from John Pilger. In an interview with the World Socialist Web Site, renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger has warned that the “US is close to getting its hands on” the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Last month, British

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How Spooks and Establishment Journalists Are Circling The Wagons

In the second of this two-part series, we examine why so many journalists are keen to cooperate with and parrot the key messages of the US and British intelligence agencies.

Jonathan Cook
By Jonathan Cook
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Analysis -- Earlier this month, Russia banned 29 British journalists, including several from the BBC and The Guardian, on the grounds that they were “associated with the defense complex”. That claim was not, at least in all cases, quite as preposterous as was widely assumed. In part one of this two-part series, we saw how the Guardian’s Luke

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