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John Jiggens

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The Queensland elections and the youth crime crisis

“The basic facts about youth crime in Australia, including Queensland, is that the number of young people getting into trouble with police has been...

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Julian Assange’s fifty-third birthday party

A week after Julian Assange’s release from Belmarsh prison, a boisterous gathering of 200 very happy Assange supporters packed the St Kilda Bowls...

09.07.2024 10

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The legacy media hate Julian Assange

It is often said that the reason the legacy media hate Julian Assange so much is that they are jealous of Assange’s rock star status. But it is much...

30.06.2024 10

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UK’s legal process a form of ‘psychological torture’, as Assange battles US

John Shipton has been in London, observing his son Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition to the United States. The UK High Court had...

22.05.2024 20

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World War III and The Grand Chessboard

14.05.2024 20

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David McBride versus Four Corners

On Easter Saturday, a friend and I drove down to Mullumbimby to hear Afghan war crimes whistleblower David McBride speaking at the Mullumbimby RSL....

05.04.2024 7

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Extradition looms for Julian Assange

The UK High Court has delayed the extradition of Julian Assange to the US for a further three weeks, requesting the United States give assurances that...

28.03.2024 9

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The persecution of Julian Assange

I see in the persecution of Julian Assange, a parallel with a technique put together by the United States in the destruction of Iraq that they called...

07.03.2024 20

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Night Falls In The Evening Lands: The extradition of Julian Assange

As we await the UK High Court decision on Julian Assange’s extradition to the US, the implications of Assange’s persecution and the repercussions...

04.03.2024 7

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USUKA: The hidden history of AUKUS

The Australian Citizens Party (ACP) have written to the National Anti- Corruption Commission (NACC), asking them to investigate former Prime Minister...

17.02.2024 10

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Andrew Wilkie: Assange must be allowed to return to Australia

“The majority of the Australian parliament, including the Australian government and the Prime Minister are of the view that regardless of what you...

16.02.2024 8

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Historic vote in Australian parliament on Julian Assange

Wednesday, February 14, turned out to be an unanticipated Happy Valentine’s Day for Julian Assange supporters. The Australian House of...

15.02.2024 10

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The ghost of Julian Assange

Despite being detained, silenced, and hidden from public view in the maximum security Belmarsh prison for the past five years, as the day of his...

22.01.2024 10

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John Pilger, maverick journalist (1939-2023)

In a speech he made in Sydney in 2011, defending Julian Assange, John Pilger recalled how it was always impressed upon him when he was young that...

10.01.2024 10

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