Breaking Australia’s Silence: WikiLeaks and Freedom
WHISTLEBLOWING - SURVEILLANCE, IN-DEPTH VIDEOS, 21 Mar 2011
John Pilger - TRANSCEND Media Service
Public forum held on 16 March 2011 at the Sydney Town Hall. The event was staged by the Sydney Peace Foundation, Amnesty International, Stop the War Coalition, and supported by the City of Sydney.
Chaired by Mary Kostakidis, it featured speeches by John Pilger, Andrew Wilkie MP (the only serving Western intelligence officer to expose the truth about the Iraq invasion) and Julian Burnside QC, defender of universal human rights under the law. Attendance: 2500.
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