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Sun, 29/01/2023 - 10:49
Today’s event in London calling for the release of wrongly-jailed Wikileaks journalist Julian Assange was a well-attended success, featuring journalists Jonathan Cook, Stefania Maurizi and Craig Murray, as well as contributions from others. If you missed it, don’t worry – it can be viewed in full below, from the live-stream to Facebook: The event’s YouTube […]
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Wed, 24/04/2019 - 13:51
With much of Australia’s ‘mainstream’ media at war with its critics on ‘social’ media, it’s worth reflecting on an observation from a journalist who was at the vanguard of breaking down the distinction between the two. In ‘Breaking News: The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now’, Alan Rusbridger […]
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Wed, 28/12/2022 - 03:31
Hypocrite former MP condemned by postal workers union Right-wing former Labour MP Chuka Umunna has been slammed by the postal workers’ union for advising privatisers on their potential bid to take over Royal Mail – after originally condemning the privatisation of the iconic UK institution. Umunna is reportedly advising Czech firm Vesa Equity on its […]
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Fri, 30/12/2022 - 05:09
‘It wasn’t up for very long’ sums up union’s response to branches complaining about anti-Irish and anti-Scot post on social media Unite knocked back the complaints of a number of the union’s branches about a racist post by a close ally of general secretary Sharon Graham earlier this year – despite agreeing that the comment […]