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Patrick Boylan

Patrick Boylan, già professore di Inglese per la Comunicazione Interculturale all'Università “Roma Tre”, si è laureato nella sua nativa California e di nuovo alla Sorbona di Parigi, dove ha anche insegnato come visiting professor. Ora co-dirige il Journal of Intercultural Mediation and Communication (Cultus), svolge training interculturali, ed è attivista per la Rete NoWar e le associazioni PeaceLink e Statunitensi per la pace e la giustizia.

Big Tech seeks to consolidate its hold on journalism

“Can Journalism Survive AI?” was the provocative title of one of the key presentations at the recent Perugia International Journalism Festival (#ijf24, April 17-21).  Young activists from the Perugia Social Center “Turba” say no, it cannot. The topic of AI…

In order for Assange to be truly free, we need to free investigative journalism

Some thoughts on the occasion of the 2024 Festival of Journalism in Perugia (17-21 April), where Julian Assange’s name is inexplicably absent from the official programs. Translated from the article in the Monthly Report of the Italian daily L’Indipendente, February…

Julian Assange’s forthcoming hearings and what they could mean for his freedom

The announcement of what could be Julian Assange’s final hearings – on 20 and 21 February before the British High Court – has sparked a flurry of speculation about what could be the final fate of the now 52-year-old Australian…

Julian Assange made honorary citizen of Rome by the City Council today

Rome, Caput Mundi at the time of the Roman Empire, cradle (together with Florence) of Renaissance humanism, Gold Medal for Military Valour during the Resistance, the city that gave birth to the European Community (later the European Union), today boasts…

“Australia, take the lead in liberating Julian Assange” chant activists on Australian Embassy Day held last weekend.

And six Oz parliamentarians set off to Washington to do just that. It took off like wildfire. Last August 12th, a Julian Assange activist in Wellington (NZ) tweeted a call to stage sit-ins outside Australian embassies worldwide on or around…

Stella Moris Assange: “They want to jail Julian so that they can jail any journalist”

“Day X”, the fateful day in the Assange saga, is fast approaching. Incarcerating Julian Assange gives governments the power to imprison any journalist, Stella Moris Assange told a packed room at the Swiss Press Club in Geneva last Monday (2023-07-10).…

The Italian tour of “Ithaka” , a documentary on the Julian Assange affair, has begun

It was a huge success in Como Thursday night for the screening of Ben Lawrence’s film Ithaka, the documentary that tells the odyssey of a father fighting body and soul to save his son from an unjust life sentence. And…

A petition drive for the release of Julian Assange has begun among members of Congress

Action4Assange activists supporting Rep. Tlaib’s petition initiative will storm Capitol Hill in Washington DC this Tuesday — not in the manner of Trump supporters two years ago, but peacefully and diplomatically. Sit-ins of support April 11th in Rome and in…

Dear journalists: you, too, are in the crosshairs. Along with your readers

Stella Moris Assange sounds the alarm for all those who practice journalism with a conscience. As well as for all those who rely on them to stay informed. The Powers-that-be want to blindfold and gag not only Julian Assange but…

Stella Assange: “You students – and the millions supporting Julian – are making a difference”

Speaking before MEP Sabrina Pignedoli, Prof. Maria Cristina Marchetti, Prof. Alessandro Guerra, journalist Riccardo Iacona and a packed hall of students, Julian Assange’s partner praised initiatives around the world on behalf of the co-founder of WikiLeaks. Tina Marinari di Amnesty…

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