Author Archives: CaTⓋ

About CaTⓋ

Artist, musician, nerd

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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The Wikileaks Party Buzz…

While the Australian Wikileaks Party are busy processing their applications for membership, what’s the buzz around Sydney about Wikileaks and Julian Assange? Continue reading

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Lindskog Hopes No More Illegal Rendition & London Interrogation OK

“I would like to comment upon the possibility of the prosecutor to go to London. It is possible that the prosecutor could travel to London and interrogate him there. I have no answer to the question why that hasn’t happened.” Justice Stefan Lindskog, Supreme Court of Sweden Continue reading

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Julian Burnside vs Justice Stefan Lindskog

I was sent an audio recording of Julian Burnside’s speech last night at the University of Adelaide. It was pretty low volume but I’ve manage to make most of it clear and audible. It is regrettable that more professionally generated documentation of the other voices in the debate with Justice Stefan Lindskog of the Supreme Court of Sweden has not be made available. How is it a debate at all, one might ask, when the organisers live stream ONLY one side of it? Continue reading

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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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At last, the voice of Manning

Tuesday March 12, 2013: Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation published the full, previously unreleased audio recording of Private First Class Bradley Manning’s speech to the military court in Ft. Meade about his motivations for leaking over 700,000 government documents to WikiLeaks. Continue reading

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Would Julian Assange make a good Australian Senator?

The Australian Wikileaks Party is about to launch, with Julian Assange as its leader and transparency its motto. Sounds great, but isn’t he “holed up” somewhere in the Ecuadorian Embassy in the middle of London? What a shame, since the polls say that 1 in 4 Aussies would vote for him. Time, dear compatriots, for a reality check… 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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Sydney Gay Mardi Gras photos

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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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