Journalism
The global war on journalism
6 June 2019
Australian Federal Police officers raided two separate news offices within 24 hours this week, in a chilling and blatant attack on the...
‘Assange case is unlike anything I’ve seen in 20yrs of work...
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer about his assessment of Julian Assange’s condition. He says...
Assange Is Reportedly Gravely Ill, And Hardly Anyone’s Talking About It
Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that “Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to...
Toe the line or go to jail: Tulsi Gabbard says Assange...
2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard has spoken out against the US government’s plans to extradite and punish WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, calling it a “blow...
Julian Assange gets a new Australian passport
By Richard Baker
February 21, 2019
Fugitive Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been issued with a new Australian passport after lengthy negotiations over whether he was...
Facebook restores Telesur page with vague explanation of controversial block
15 Aug, 2018
The English language page of the Latin American channel Telesur has reappeared on Facebook after two days. The social network offered a...
Under-threat newspaper owner living in reality
By Theo Panayides
February 5th, 2018
The owner of a newspaper attacked in the north last week for defying Turkey says he is the freest person...
These Are the Worst of Times for American Journalism
Newsroom layoffs at the New York Daily News and papers nationwide remind us that things are going from bad to worse.
By John Nichols
July 25,...
The War on Assange Is a War on Press Freedom
By Chris Hedges
Jul 15, 2018
The failure on the part of establishment media to defend Julian Assange, who has been trapped in the Ecuadorean Embassy...