The explosion of Wikileaks related news, and the manifestation of the internet’s political potential to those who had previously ignored it, or only superficially acknowledged it, has led to a debate of increased intensity about the nature of the net, its political dimension, and its uncertain future. WL Central compiles some valuable commentary on this… [Read more…]
January 11, 2011
Ryan Singel, at Wired’s Threat Level Blog, presents a laudatory analysis of Twitter’s decision to challenge the DoJ’s move, during a secret Grand Jury investigation in Virgina, to subpoena the private details of various accounts related to Wikileaks. WL Central has covered this issue in detail (listed at the bottom of this post. Singel’s article… [Read more…]
January 6, 2011
Israel Shamir, the subject of some controversy in a recent Guardian piece has published an interesting article at Counterpunch, which not only tries to address many of the concerns raised in the Guardian, but takes the battle to the Guardian, and takes up the cause of Wikileaks quite forcefully. The piece is very interesting, for… [Read more…]
January 4, 2011
Submitted by x7o on Tue, 04/01/2011 – 02:57 A solid, if colourful, commentary from ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern, which criticizes the Obama administration Afghanistan War strategy on the basis of information divulged in diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. Highly recommended reading, which goes beyond the Wikileaks surface story, and puts Cablegate to genuine use, placing… [Read more…]
January 1, 2011
EL PAÍS editor, JAVIER MORENO, explains the decision to publish the State Department cables, which expose on an unprecedented scale the extent to which Western leaders lie to their electorates. MORENO provides some of the best analysis of Cablegate yet. From Why EL PAÍS chose to publish the leaks Cynics will argue that none of… [Read more…]
October 27, 2010
This amazing video came out this morning. JuiceMedia’s Rap News series is extremely clever, and actually compresses excellent commentary on current affairs and the state of media into 5 minute rap presentations, with colourful characters, both real and fictional. It’s highly polished, very astute, and the last one was an excellent examination of Wikileaks, Pentagon media… [Read more…]
January 12, 2011
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