Modern China’s epic achievements, its defeat of mass poverty, and the pride and contentment of its people (measured forensically by American pollsters such as Pew) are willfully unknown or misunderstood in the West. This alone is a commentary on the lamentable state of Western journalism and the abandonment of honest reporting

In Donald Trump’s current provocations of China, the US bases in Australia are described as the “tip of the spear”

Interview on coronavirus, Assange, propaganda and human rights

When we speak about dictatorships, we call this brainwashing: the conquest of minds. It is a truth we rarely apply to our own societies, regardless of the trail of blood that leads back to us and which never dries

As I left the visitor’s room, I looked back, as I always do. Julian sat alone, his fist clenched and held high

They know that what happens to Assange can happen to them. The basic rights and justice denied him can be denied to them. They have been warned. All of us have been warned

Interview on the lack of mainstream media coverage of Julian’s persecution, his health and conditions in Belmarsh prison, CIA spying on Julian Assange and more

It presents the most, the gravest threat to press freedom which I can remember

Interview about the persecution of the WikiLeaks publisher and the rapid crackdown on investigative journalism

Why aren’t they massing in support of Chelsea Manning? This is the most significant act of principle, an inspiration to all decent people. People should be in the streets