Mark Curtis of Declassified UK speaks with legendary journalist John Pilger, who began filing for the Daily Mirror in the 1960s, about the fall of British journalism.
WATCH: Pilger on the Fall of the British Press
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Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed
Since 2006 WikiLeaks has been censuring governments with governments’ own words. It has been doing the job the U.S. constitution intended the press to do, says Joe Lauria.
WATCH: ‘Secret Power’
Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi spoke about her investigations into the Julian Assange case in her new book Secret Power at the Foreign Press Association in London on Monday.
WATCH: Director, Assange Brother on US Film Premiere
Film director Ben Lawrence and producer Gabriel Shipton, Julian Assange’s brother, answer audience questions after the premiere of their film Ithaka in New York on Sunday night.
A Father Fights for His Son & What’s Left of Democracy
The film Ithaka, about the quest of Julian Assange’s father to save his son, made its U.S. premiere on Sunday in New York City. It is reviewed by Joe Lauria.
WATCH: ‘Don’t Know How Long He Will Last’: Assange Lawyer
Jennifer Robinson, an attorney for imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, told an event at the Australian National Press Club in Canberra that the future is “very dark” for Assange. CN was there to cover it.
WATCH: Ask Stella Assange Anything
The wife of imprisoned publisher Julian Assange appeared at the Projektraum 145 art gallery in Berlin on Friday night to answer questions from the public. Consortium News was there.
World-Wide Backing as Parliament Encircled for Assange
Protests around the world supported the human chain that formed around the British parliament in support of an imprisoned publisher, reports Mohamed Elmaazi.
WATCH: Assange Protests at UK Parliament & DOJ
Assange supporters formed human chains around Parliament in London and the Justice Dept. in D.C. on Saturday to support press freedom. CN broadcast the events live. Watch the replays here.
Britain’s Covert War in Yemen
The U.K.’s current war in Yemen is not the first time Britain has contributed to devastating the country, writes Mark Curtis.