New WikiLeaks Support Rallies and Reasons Why

The ever-increasing upswell of people supporting the Wikileaks media service has created new rallies to show their support. Below is a list of the new ones.

Considering some of the recent revelations, is it any surprise people are more and more in support of them? Here’s a quick round up of what was written around the world yesterday:

  • Consult us before using intelligence to commit war crimes, US tells Uganda – Not, which one would expect ‘don’t commit war crimes.Read more
  • Shell’s grip on Nigerian state revealed – Well if you are going to not give them what they want, what choice do they have? Corporate greed run rampant. Read more
  • US ‘lobbied Russia on behalf of Visa and MasterCard’ Read more (no wonder Visa stopped accepting payment. Visa, Mastercard and the Govt are all in a three-way love-fest. Must be why they run rampant with their anti-consumer ways.
  • American Officials Pressed Germans to not arrest C.I.A. agents who kidnapped German Citizen – I wonder if they said something like ‘remember what we did for you in WWII’ Read more
  • Americans had the Aussie Federal Labor Minister as their informant – Well if you’re going to have anyone, it might as well be at the highest levels right? Read more
  • Lockerbie bomber freed after Gaddafi’s ‘thuggish’ threats – They didn’t want to risk a BOMBER dying in prison because Libya would get violent. Sure, let him go so he can go bomb more innocent civilians, well done! Read more
  • UK PM says no Trident Nuclear program, secret cables say “ignore him, we’re proceeding” – Awesome! The ultimate two-faced political approach, lie to our faces. Read more

If you’re in Australia, the US, UK or Netherlands, see below for upcoming support rallies for WikiLeaks and the truth.

Senator Joe Lieberman Supports Censorship, Do YOU?

United States Senator Joe Lieberman, of Connecticut, is continuing to show his support of government censorship of the press with continued calls that media organizations be prosecuted for displaying Wikileaks Cablegate information. Of course, he talked to FOX News about it.

The New York Times reports: “I certainly believe that WikiLeaks has violated the Espionage Act, but then what about the news organizations — including The Times — that accepted it and distributed it?” Mr. Lieberman said, adding: “To me, The New York Times has committed at least an act of bad citizenship, and whether they have committed a crime, I think that bears a very intensive inquiry by the Justice Department.”…

EFF in Support of WikiLeaks and Anti-Censorship

The EFF is a noble cause and there are many times that I am in complete agreement if not perpetually. This is again one of those times. They too saw the damage that the US proposed law poses to freedom of speech and the freedom of the press.

Republished from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Say No to Online Censorship!

Recent publications made by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks have fueled an emotionally charged debate about the secrecy of government information and the people’s right to know. This debate has turned into a massive attack on the right of intermediaries to publish truthful information.…