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The Use of Torture – WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks is releasing a great deal of information, including cables about torture, verifying the well-founded suspicions of many people. But unless something is done, the efforts of the Wiki-leakers will

Rallies Defending the Right to Know – Free Thinkers and WikiLeaks

Believing his arrest was politically motivated, pro-WikiLeaks protestors are rallying in various places around the world insisting that Assange be freed. There have been posters bearing the words ‘Lock up

Julian Assange – a Christmas story

Rachel Stephens argues that this Christmas people should “celebrate the continuing tradition of Christ, who railed against the law makers of his time in an attempt to bring love, hope

Who is the real Barack Obama?

Lawrence Davidson argues that Barack Obama’s transformation from a progressive before becoming president to an anti-progressive president is probably due to his having no firm principles in the first place,

Zionist lobby’s new orders for Obama

Alan Hart argues that new instructions issued to President Obama by Israel through its stooges in Congress, in the form of House Resolution 1734, might be a sign of panic

NDP Forms a Committee of Senior Lawyers to Find a Way Out of Electoral Appeals

According to recent reports the National Democratic Party (NDP) is forming many legal committees to discuss ways to respond to the appeals filed before courts that call for repealing the

Farewell to Afghanistan

Sama Adnan considers the crippling impact of the US intervention in Afghanistan on the American economy and society, highlighting among other things that while President Obama has cut federal salaries

WikiLeaks and the wicked disinformers

Paul J. Balles debunks false arguments of “national security” expounded by the likes of Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post to bludgeon the whistleblower website WikiLeaks and argues that, rather

Background Report on Egyptian Civil Society Election Monitoring in Upcoming Elections

The Egyptian government has steadfastly refused to grant international election monitors access to monitor parliamentary elections this week. Senior Egyptian officials have rebuffed repeated requests from US government officials, claiming

On reality and its alternates: Glenn Beck vs. Julian Assange

Lawrence Davidson compares US ultra-conservative commentator Glenn Beck with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange – Beck “a charlatan who preaches an alternate reality that affirms the untested, ahistorical and prejudicial assumptions