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THE TRUTH… about Mother’s Day

The first North American Mother’s Day was conceptualised with Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870. Despite having penned ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’ 12 years earlier, Howe had become so distraught by the death and carnage of the Civil War that she called on Mothers everywhere to come together and protest what she saw as the futility of “Sons killing the sons of other mothers”. Continue reading

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‘Saucy Sydney’ MARDI GRAS PARADE for Manning & Assange

The fabulous ‘Saucy Sydney’ Mardi Gras parade for Bradley Manning and Julian Assange Continue reading

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BRADLEY MANNING at the Sydney Gay Mardi Gras Festival

Rehearsals for the Bradley Manning Mardi Gras float went well today, despite the intemperate conditions. The date is March 2nd; the place is Sydney; and it’s not too late to join in the fun! Continue reading

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Don’t Kill the Mockingbird Mr President

Please take a moment to consider the fundraising campaign of Petite Pointer for a feature-length documentary about Wikileaks. There’s something about that girl’s films… To all supporters of Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Bradley Manning… My name is Petite Pointer, and … Continue reading

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TALES OF A CITIZEN JOURNALIST – Part 2: Christine Assange

“The Wikileaks Tapes” is a labour of love and it was a very unexpected adventure which began the day I met Christine Assange. She had been consulting my blog at thing2thing.com and I guess she trusted that I was willing … Continue reading

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Look out “Unelected Senator”

“In Australia, an unelected Senator will be replaced by one that IS elected.” Continue reading

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The Wikileaks Christmas Party

Fondness to you Julian at Christmas, and congratulations on a great year of Wikileaks revelations.
The Sydney FoWL xx Continue reading

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TALES OF A CITIZEN JOURNALIST – Part 1: Daniel Ellsberg

Cathy Vogan talks about her adventures around the world as a citizen journalist and the making of “The Wikileaks Tapes”: 24 films about the organisation that changed the world. Featuring Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Morrow, Mary Kostikidis, John Pilger, … Continue reading

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Commemorating 2 years of Julian Assange’s confinement, without charge

December 7th 2012 marks the 2nd anniversary of Julian Assange’s confinement without charge. We were looking for a place to screen “Collateral Murder”, the Wikileaks film that revealed civilians being massacred by an Apache helicopter. The Crown, the Roo and … Continue reading

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Free – by Pete Murray (Supporter’s Montage)

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