Tag Archives: Julian Assange

Will Wikileaks revelations on wealthy tax dodgers motivate Americans to take action?

By Mark | January 19, 2011

I’ve got two great videos that I want to share with you today. The first, from Dylan Ratigan’s show on MSNBC, pertains to the most recent chapter in the Wikileaks saga. For those of you who haven’t heard, Julian Assanage, the man behind Wikileaks, called a press conference a few days ago to say that, […]

Posted in Economics, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bank Julius Baer, Corporate Crime, Dylan Ratigan, hiding money, IRS, Johann Hari, offshore tax havens, Private Eye, protests, public outrage, Rudolph M. Elmer, Swiss banks, Switzerland, tax cheats, tax dodging, taxes, taxing the rich, UK uncut, Vodaphone, Wikileaks, Zurich | 22 Comments

Julian Assanage may be a raging sociopath and sex criminal, but, in this interview, I agree with every damn word out of his mouth

By Mark | December 24, 2010

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy For a recap of what WikiLeaks revealed to the world this year click here.

Posted in Media, Other, Politics | Also tagged Glenn Greenwald, journalism, the sad state of journalism, whistle blower, Wikileaks | 5 Comments

Chris Hedges on the death of the liberal class

By Mark | December 20, 2010

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges on Thursday’s unreported protest at the White House, his new book, Death of the Liberal Class, and Obama’s Faustian bargain with corporate power. (It’s grim stuff… To be honest, I wish I’d watched 30 Rock reruns instead.) Part-two of the interview can be found here. update: Speaking of Democracy […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics | Also tagged 30 Rock, Amy Goodman, anti-war, Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Death of the Liberal Class, Democracy Now, feminism, Jaclyn Friedman, Manufacturing of Consent, military industrial complex, Naomi Wolf, New York Times, Obama, Pentagon Papers, protests, rape, sex crimes, the sad state of journalism, Wikileaks | 6 Comments

Glenn Greenwald on Wikileaks

By Mark | December 2, 2010

I don’t have anything terribly insightful to say about the most recent Wikileaks controversy, but I wanted to pass along the following from Glenn Greenwald, who I think has a pretty good take on things. The WikiLeaks disclosure has revealed not only numerous government secrets, but also the driving mentality of major factions in our […]