Why the Wikileaks Party betrayed the Greens
By David Jackmanson
2 Sep 2013 - 3:06pm
... The Wikileaks Party was damaged recently by the resignation of Senate candidate Dr Leslie Cannold, four of eleven National Council members and other senior volunteers. The split came after its National Council decided to strike a deal with the Greens in New South Wales and Western Australia, which was first undermined by a group including party Secretary John Shipton and Campaign Director Greg Barns, and then openly defied by Julian Assange and Western Australia Senate candidate Gerry Georgatos.
Why on earth would Mr Assange do such a thing? The Greens have been the only Australian political force to offer a full-throated defence of his right to due process over allegations of sexual assault and the overtures of Swedish authorities. And time and time again, it has been the Greens who have spoken out against the suspicion that US authorities seek to exploit these allegations to extradite and try Mr Assange.
To understand why Assange would rat out his most vocal supporters, we must first accept that he has nothing in common with most Australian green, progressive, socialist or anarchist activists ...
It seems the core group trying to retain control the Wikileaks Party instead wants to appeal to the sort of right-wing anti-Americanism I saw two years ago at Occupy Brisbane. That's people who oppose compulsory vaccination and flouridation of water, people who think a central bank and "fiat money" must be abolished, and people who speak of a conspiracy behind the New World Order ...
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