Adelaide’s recent ‘Power of Activism’ festival welcomed a panel directly involved in prolonged struggles to free persecuted Australian truth tellers Julian Assange,
David McBride and Richard D Boyle, and support for the incarcerated former Top Gun pilot
Dan Duggan. Only Assange and Boyle are free.
Speakers include Assange’s father, John Shipton, McBride’s lawyer, Eddie Lloyd, Rex Patrick and Citizens Party leader Robbie Barwick. Moderated by Kim Wingerei
from Michael West Media.
Festival organiser: Jodie Sard
Camera: Clare Smith
Editing: Cathy Vogan for Consortium News
Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.
