Update: former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed he will attend this event, shortly after his return from Washington DC for the pro-Assange ‘Belmarsh Tribunal’ event.
Skwawkbox will be live-streaming ‘Secret Power, Media Freedom and Democracy’ on Saturday 28 January from 4pm, featuring Craig Murray, Stefania Maurizi, Jonathan Cook and Iain Overton and chaired by Deepa Driver. The event will take place at St Pancras New Church opposite London’s Euston Station and those who can get there in person are encouraged to do so, where there will also be a free exhibition of paintings from Guantanamo. Places can be booked, and further information found on the speakers, here.
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It’s not just to support Julian Assange that we should support this event. Our own freedoms (speech etc) require it. Craig Murray, Stefania Maurizi, Jonathan Cook, Iain Overton Deepa Driver are impressive advocates for Assange and the fair world in which press freedom, freedoms of speech and opinion and a whole raft of basic human rights are possible.
That other world IS possible. It starts with us.
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If Julian isn’t vindicated we are all in for a lot worse than the last few years. Remember Mr Craig was imprisoned because he was reporting on an open case involving Alex Salmond. It’s tyranny, simple as that.
Corruption endemic in the system and Assange in prison awaiting extradition to USA. Do get the politicians we deserve?
The latest couple of articles by Caitlin Johnstone are well worth a read:
‘The Mass Media Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today’
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/01/27/the-mass-media-used-to-publish-perspectives-on-ukraine-that-they-would-never-publish-today/
And this:
‘The West Is Incentivizing Russia To Hit Back’
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2023/01/26/the-west-is-incentivizing-russia-to-hit-back/
And also this from MediaLens:
‘End Stage Capitalism’: Collapsing Britain And The Climate Crisis
https://www.medialens.org/2023/end-stage-capitalism-collapsing-britain-and-the-climate-crisis/
Do you mean this Caitlin Johnstone?
https://medium.com/@afernandes46545/this-is-fairly-classic-caitlin-johnstone-selection-biased-reporting-269db80b129f
Does anybody care what Seumas Milne thinks?
My condolences to Mark Drakeford
Clare Drakeford, the wife of Wales’s First Minister Mark Drakeford, has died suddenly, the Welsh Government has announced.
“It is with deep sadness that we confirm the sudden passing of Clare Drakeford, wife of the First Minister,” a spokesperson said.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/breaking-wales-first-minister-mark-29074608