Caitlin Johnstone
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Caitlin Johnstone is an uncouth heretic and unapologetic rabble rouser writing out of Melbourne, Australia. A prolific writer. Rogue journalist. Bogan socialist. Anarcho-psychonaut. Guerilla poet. Utopia prepper. You will disagree with her sometimes. That's okay.
Latest posts by Caitlin Johnstone (see all)
- 25 Times Trump Has Been Dangerously Hawkish on Russia - November 19, 2019
- Corporate Media Studiously Avoids the Word “Coup” in Bolivia Reporting - November 11, 2019
- Power Worshippers: Mainstream Journalists Who Refuse to Defend Dissident Journalists - October 31, 2019
Since I published my last article about about the idiotic “Assange isn’t a journalist” smear, this talking point has become more and more commonplace in online discourse. It’s very important to defenders of the political status quo for us all to believe that Assange is not a journalist, because otherwise that would mean they’re cheering for a dangerous precedent which would allow for the prosecution of journalists who exposed the truth about US government malfeasance. And that…