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The use of the phrase "journalism is not a crime" is an interesting choice since the most common individual case you'll hear it used in reference to is surely that of Julian Assange, who has been locked in a maximum security prison for four years while the US government works to extradite him for the crime of good journalism. Every pro-Assange demonstration I've ever been to has featured signs with some variation of the phrase "journalism is not a crime," and any Assange supporter will be intimately familiar with that refrain.

So as an Assange supporter it sounds a bit odd to hear that slogan rolled out by two DC swamp monsters who have both enthusiastically supported the persecution of the world's most famous journalist.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Washington Says "Journalism Is Not A Crime" While Working To Criminalize Journalism

There's a really gross video going around of the Dalai Lama kissing a young boy on the lips and telling him to suck his tongue while an adult audience looks on approvingly.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Dalai Lama Is A Creepy Asshole

People shouldn't be punished for revealing the secrets of the government, governments should be punished for keeping secrets from the people.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Free Those Who Expose Government Misdeeds, Jail Those Who Try To Conceal Them

The Biden administration's Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says "weaponized" the First Amendment rights of Americans.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans For "Weaponized" Free Speech

So to recap, Australia's foreign policy is being shaped "for decades to come" by an "independent" strategic review that (A) was authored by someone who is compromised by US funding, (B) is being implemented in part by an American former military official, (C) calls for greater and greater cooperation with the United States across the board, and (D) focuses primarily on targeting a nation that just so happens to be the number one geopolitical rival of the United States.

Reading by Tim Foley.

New Defence Review Further Enslaves Australia To US War Agendas

More on this 624th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Fresh Pair (The Assignment: Combine two influences, however disparate they may be), at: https://disquiet.com/0624/

For my response to the disquiet brief, the two musical influences behind this track are David Sylvian - here referred to through elements of the amazing 'Ghosts' by his band, Japan, in the 1980s - and Brian Eno - through the use of extended, ambient, structures and the use of chance. 

The 'ghost' here is Alain Badiou - a more philosophical influence - talking about desire in his lectures on change, which can be found @ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_QaFDCZn9rDGSOG_wWK0GZTNKzHgohgC&si=JHUCCic-FxDudNwK

You can also hear 'Ghosts' by Japan @ https://youtu.be/7zzLU1ato2w?si=rvVWv3uV8l3s53O0

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