I’ve spent most of the last decade unaligned with a major news organisation, wanting to remain independent. I’ve published in countless publications around the world, indy and mainstream, but a key issue for me is the choice to speak my mind without corporate interference. It’s often financially challenging but my ongoing work, including upcoming… releases, proves…
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Julian Assange on the threat posed by US-govt backed web evangelists
What a stunning piece. Julian Assange writes the following review in the New York Times on the kind of mundane yet dangerous “debates” sucked up by many in the mainstream media when it comes to the supposedly liberating nature of the internet. When the corporation becomes far more powerful than the state (and they work…
Setting the right priorities over Wikileaks support
As a long-time supporter of Wikileaks, since its inception in 2006, its importance is often overlooked by the personal issues surrounding its founder Julian Assange. It’s a complex legal and ethical battle and his fear of US arrest and imprisonment is real and justified. Trusting any authorities is unwise considering the record of governments and…
How restricted web access looks and feels in Iran
Fascinating project by Iranian designer Maral Pourkazemi detailing the reality of online censorship and repression in the Islamic Republic: The Iranian Internet – An Infographic by Maral Pourkazemi from Gestalten on Vimeo.
What happens to our digital footprint when we die?
A penetrating article in the Wall Street Journal about how memories and our modern, online identities will be remembered after we’ve gone: Alison Atkins died on July 27 at age 16. Online, her family is losing its hold on her memory. Three days after the Toronto teen lost a long battle with a colon disease,…
Political repression against blogger in Israel
Fascinating and disturbing story by Haggai Matar in +972: The Israeli blogger ”˜Eishton”˜ has been questioned by civilian and military police in an attempt to make him reveal a whistleblower who supplied him with unclassified military documents. His interrogation has attracted media attention to the anonymous blogger and his writing. Eishton (a combination of the…
Assange: “The internet is a threat to human civilisation”
Here’s an extract from the new book by Julian Assange and friends called Cypherpunks. Buy a copy: This book is not a manifesto. There is not time for that. This book is a warning. The world is not sliding, but galloping into a new transnational dystopia. This development has not been properly recognized outside of…