tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post488701590334564727..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Two naughty (Aussie) boysbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-85475084662854400452014-02-18T05:25:51.315+00:002014-02-18T05:25:51.315+00:00Profile of Assange, three years on, from book extr...<a href="http://www.jmm.org.au/articles/33042.htm" rel="nofollow">Profile of Assange</a>, three years on, from book extract by Geoffrey Robinson.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-7602953159247517422012-10-12T23:57:15.178+01:002012-10-12T23:57:15.178+01:00Guardian: Sweden's odd laws, illustrated throu...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/01/wikileaks-sweden-pirate-bay" rel="nofollow">Sweden's odd laws</a>, illustrated through an unrelated case, give a credible reason for Assange to be concerned about extradition.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-33564372104886378112012-09-18T03:16:02.297+01:002012-09-18T03:16:02.297+01:00Guardian: Don't lose sight of why the US is ou...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/21/why-us-is-out-to-get-assange?CMP=twt_gu" rel="nofollow">Don't lose sight of why the US is out to get Assange</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-63998245841856050792012-09-14T02:04:52.785+01:002012-09-14T02:04:52.785+01:00Independent: 2010 article with unnamed US sources ...Independent: <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/assange-could-face-espionage-trial-in-us-2154107.html" rel="nofollow">2010 article</a> with unnamed US sources discussing extradition plans from Sweden.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75583379326796539172012-08-28T00:02:31.576+01:002012-08-28T00:02:31.576+01:00Julian Assange - neoliberal utopian. An assessment...<a href="http://libcom.org/library/julian-assange-also-neoliberal-utopian" rel="nofollow">Julian Assange - neoliberal utopian</a>. An assessment of Assange's politics.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-88907988730674194722012-08-25T02:11:51.252+01:002012-08-25T02:11:51.252+01:00RT interview with President Correa about Assange.
...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xLyKaNvP4" rel="nofollow">RT interview with President Correa</a> about Assange.<br /><br />Main points:<br />• Ecuador are pretty peeved about the UK threat of revoking the status of the Ecuadorian embassy (and so is the rest of South America and plenty of others). This move has made many other nations line up behind Ecuador and was a major blunder by thebyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-7442052226093345692012-08-23T03:15:59.469+01:002012-08-23T03:15:59.469+01:00Oops - Glenn Greenwald.Oops - Glenn Greenwald.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-80605445217917346632012-08-23T02:52:57.126+01:002012-08-23T02:52:57.126+01:00Robert Greenwald: This is the best piece I've ...Robert Greenwald: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/22/julian-assange-media-contempt" rel="nofollow">This</a> is the best piece I've read on the extradition affair.<br /><br />"The complainants in Sweden have the absolute right to have their serious allegations against Assange investigated and legally resolved. But Assange has the equally compelling right under byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81459450437453462592012-08-22T14:51:33.831+01:002012-08-22T14:51:33.831+01:00Guardian: Assange and Watson - activists fleeing e...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/aug/22/where-is-captain-paul-watson?intcmp=122" rel="nofollow">Assange and Watson</a> - activists fleeing extradition.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-74793127068798037802012-08-07T14:21:00.572+01:002012-08-07T14:21:00.572+01:00Guardian: CoE does the right thing, perhaps about ...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/07/church-of-england-news-corp" rel="nofollow">CoE does the right thing</a>, perhaps about a year or five too late, but still good to see this nonetheless.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-50366042483014718522012-06-21T04:16:44.890+01:002012-06-21T04:16:44.890+01:00Julian's mother summarises the present situati...Julian's mother <a href="http://thefbm.com/2012/06/08/christine-assange-open-letter-to-julian/" rel="nofollow">summarises the present situation</a> from her perspective.<br /><br />The rest of the media continue on the whole to ignore Bradley Manning.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71479837706983529912012-05-02T10:57:15.479+01:002012-05-02T10:57:15.479+01:00A portrait of Rupert Murdoch through BBC coverage ...<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/2012/04/rupert_murdoch_-_a_portrait_of_1.html" rel="nofollow">A portrait of Rupert Murdoch</a> through BBC coverage over the decades.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-45912104714437196942012-04-27T11:32:38.130+01:002012-04-27T11:32:38.130+01:00Guardian: Rupert Murdoch admits there was a cover ...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/26/rupert-murdoch-apologises-leveson-inquiry" rel="nofollow">Rupert Murdoch admits there was a cover up</a>.<br /><br />Also recently revealed is the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/24/jeremy-hunt-judgment-day-ediorial" rel="nofollow">very close contact</a> that occurred between James Murdoch and Culture byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-90868977745791360662012-04-24T23:38:13.569+01:002012-04-24T23:38:13.569+01:00Tom Watson: Now Jeremy Hunt must resign. The all-t...Tom Watson: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/24/jeremy-hunt-must-resign" rel="nofollow">Now Jeremy Hunt must resign</a>. The all-too-close relationship between the Minister and a bid he was meant to be judging makes for another chapter in this sorry story of government and corporate failure.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-29475562394262121832012-03-28T21:33:06.745+01:002012-03-28T21:33:06.745+01:00The Conversation: More allegations against News Co...The Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/pay-tv-piracy-claims-bring-a-fresh-storm-for-news-corp-6111" rel="nofollow">More allegations against News Corp</a> with apparently some credible evidence. Another story to watch.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-37017197876572521622012-01-12T17:06:17.571+00:002012-01-12T17:06:17.571+00:00Assange extradition fact sheet. I find the bit in ...<a href="http://notesonwikileaks.tumblr.com/post/15251907983/assange-extradition-fact-sheet" rel="nofollow">Assange extradition fact sheet</a>. I find the bit in the conclusion the strangest (that there is no legal requirement that Assange be in Sweden in order to be questioned, which is the reason given for extradition as he has not (as far as I've heard and according to this site) been byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47202660085270368832011-10-29T19:57:42.141+01:002011-10-29T19:57:42.141+01:00Guardian: Bankers' blockade of WikiLeaks sets ...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/24/bankers-wikileaks-free-speech" rel="nofollow">Bankers' blockade of WikiLeaks sets a dangerous precedent</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71838612058865644782011-09-02T15:36:42.105+01:002011-09-02T15:36:42.105+01:00Guardian: If only he would - Berlusconi is worse t...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/01/berlusconi-vows-leave-shitty-italy" rel="nofollow">If only he would</a> - Berlusconi is worse than Murdoch (albeit on a smaller scale). His sexual sins are small fry compared to his political and journalistic ones.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-48424885072715948182011-08-02T17:10:01.128+01:002011-08-02T17:10:01.128+01:00People who are fine with extrajudicial killing of ...<a href="http://www.peopleokwithmurderingassange.com/?q=1" rel="nofollow">People who are fine</a> with extrajudicial killing of Assange.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-2780378515211460562011-07-25T17:11:23.338+01:002011-07-25T17:11:23.338+01:00Guardian: When (a) WikiLeaks (imitation) meets New...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/24/hacking-doubts-over-now-cooperation-claim" rel="nofollow">When (a) WikiLeaks (imitation) meets News Corp</a> (see final few paragraphs of the story).byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-8185149078674680622011-07-22T20:00:12.576+01:002011-07-22T20:00:12.576+01:00If we take his repeated professions of ignorance a...<i>If we take his repeated professions of ignorance at face value, then my conclusion is that a corporation that has grown too large for the boss to take responsibility for a culture of systematic abuses within it is a corporation that is too large.</i><br />very well said. and a good argument against the circumstances that arise around claims of 'deniable responsibility'!psychodougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11355975567290588909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-90872689218022942732011-07-21T20:04:11.043+01:002011-07-21T20:04:11.043+01:00Guardian: News (allegedly) didn't keep their d...Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/21/phone-hacking-news-corporation" rel="nofollow">News (allegedly) didn't keep their dirty tricks in the UK</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com