The Listening PostMedia heroes and traitors - Assange vs Navalny
With Alexey Navalny’s death and Julian Assange’s extradition appeal happening within a week of each other, we look at the selective treatment of the two dissenters in the Western media.
Lead contributors:
Chip Gibbons - Policy Director, Defending Rights & Dissent
Matt Kennard - Chief Investigator, Declassified UK
Branko Marcetic - Writer, Jacobin
Rebecca Vincent - Director of Campaigns, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
On our radar:
Usually silent in the face of the suffering in Gaza, Israeli TV channels broadcast segments on the abuse of Palestinian captives - with a positive spin. Tariq Nafi reports.
Namibia’s (mis)remembered genocide
Germany’s genocide in Namibia early in the 20th century has long been a misremembered episode in colonial history. Despite efforts to correct that record, many are yet to hear the testimonies of the victimised communities: the Herero and Nama peoples.
Featuring:
Christina Haritos - Communications Scholar
Suzie Ndaundika Shefeni - Researcher and Journalist
Jephta Nguherimo - Herero Activist and Poet
Lead contributors:
Chip Gibbons - Policy Director, Defending Rights & Dissent
Matt Kennard - Chief Investigator, Declassified UK
Branko Marcetic - Writer, Jacobin
Rebecca Vincent - Director of Campaigns, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
On our radar:
Usually silent in the face of the suffering in Gaza, Israeli TV channels broadcast segments on the abuse of Palestinian captives - with a positive spin. Tariq Nafi reports.
Namibia’s (mis)remembered genocide
Germany’s genocide in Namibia early in the 20th century has long been a misremembered episode in colonial history. Despite efforts to correct that record, many are yet to hear the testimonies of the victimised communities: the Herero and Nama peoples.
Featuring:
Christina Haritos - Communications Scholar
Suzie Ndaundika Shefeni - Researcher and Journalist
Jephta Nguherimo - Herero Activist and Poet
