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Wikileaks and the ‘Underground’ Party Tour – don’t miss it!

Of particular note was the solidarity expressed by the filmmakers and cast with their subject. No surprise, given the track record of award-winning director, Rob Connolly, in making politically conscious films, such as ‘Balibo’, and ‘The Bank’, where the gap between art and life has merely been widened to protect the innocent. Rob muses as I quote Alexa O’Brian’s fleeting tweet: “We don’t need any more Hollywood film scripts. We need transcripts of what’s actually happening in the court room”, and we are both reminded of Assange’s recent gripes regarding the proposed opening scenes of ‘The Fifth Estate’. A sequel to ‘Underground’ is apparently not out of the question… Continue reading

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Christmas at DFAT

Even though the forensic exculpatory evidence has been available for well over two years, the British appeal process has excluded the details of the case as irrelevant, and Assange’s defence has had to focus only on the legality of the European Arrest Warrant paperwork. Australian Diplomats continue to advise Julian to “Just go to Sweden” (and hopefully get it over with), while claiming no knowledge of a US Grand Jury, cables they received describing an investigation “unprecedented in scale and nature”, and a sealed indictment that awaits only Asange’s placement in custody – anywhere – to be opened. Continue reading

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Holding the Line with Cassie Findlay

“I think we can handle the truth and I think those of us who bother to dig a little deeper, deal with the complexities and see past the spin, will find a way to share that truth and make it heard.” Cassie Findlay, Archivist Continue reading

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Did you have any Idea? – Wikileaks web series

“Dear Wikifriend, Cathy Vogan, award-winning documentary independent filmaker, is putting together a doco called: “Did You Have Any Idea?”, to inform and engage our fellow Aussies re the value of Wikileaks and Julian’s plight at this critical time. I find … Continue reading

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