Freedom

Assange: Get Up for Freedom of Speech

This film is an exclusive interview by the Get Up organisation in Australia. I interviewed this organisation many years ago after seeing sky writing over Canberra saying ‘Get Up’. I found them very interesting. Apparently they had trained in the United States to set up internet based community action. They have become an alternative force… Continue reading

Alan Jones: Freedom of Speech or Bullying?

I felt moved to comment on this controversy over Alan Jones and his comment that the Prime Minister’s father had died of “shame” because of the political “lies” she told. Of course unsubstantiated, insensitive and negative. Yet this is the world of talk back radio where it seems target practice is what gets the ratings.… Continue reading

From Michael Moore to Assange ‘Free Enterprise or Freedom of Speech?’

I just switched on the television to find out that Julian Assange was to make a speech from recently granted asylum in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. His speech is highlighted below this introduction and musings.  After his speech I turned the television station over and there was Michael Moore’s movie Capitalism:  A… Continue reading

Freedom Is …

 

FREEDOM IS…

 

My greatest love,

My greatest dove,

Is freedom.

 

Free dominion,

Is the clarion call,

That is the kernel of truth,

That has no roof or walls,

For it calls on the winds,

Beyond time.

 

I feel…

Freedom to breathe,

Freedom to speak,

Freedom to eat,

Freedom to stay,

Freedom… Continue reading

Geoffrey Robertson QC: Assange’s European Arrest Warrant Is Issued by a Prosecutor not a Court

Geoffrey Robertson is a respected Australia QC based in London.  I see him as a leading voice in human rights and international law.    This article was written in January yet it is relevant today.

My comment here is the inconvenience of truth.  When truth is the light we all hold… Continue reading

Gore Vidal on Liberty (Freedom)

This is a video interview with Gore Vidal on Liberty.  He speaks on the loss of liberty and the former United States Bush administration.

Mohandas Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

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