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WHO's Pulling the Strings? Covid Injections and the Internet of Bio-Nano Things, Part 4: Testing New Human Nodes of Connectivity
Abstract: Since human beings generally represent the most unpredictable element of any complex organisation, management techniques must be continually refined in the interest of maintaining the system. As we have discussed in Part 3, the major centres of power and influence in societies deploy every means available to involve as many citizens as possible in the global program of eventual submission to technocratic rule.
Bringing Transhumanism Down to Earth, Part 1: Military Intelligence Operations Cloaked in the False Promise of Transcendence
“All of our exalted technological progress, civilization for that matter, is comparable to an axe in the hand of a pathological criminal”.
Torture Australian-Style: A New Secret Country
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! It turns out it’s surprisingly easy to tolerate the torture of your citizens if you’re a country with a long record of it. Dr Lissa Johnson weighs in on the Australian Government’s silence on Julian Assange. As an Australian citizen, Julian Assange has set a number of firsts for Australia.
Torture of Julian Assange by Australian governments sends powerful message to whistleblowers
Australia has used a range of torture techniques against Julian Assange, writes Dr Lissa Johnson. Governments have isolated and demonised him; flatly rejected evidence of ill-treatment; refused to respond to specific allegations; and divested themselves of any responsibility. Leaders can’t, or won’t, accept the difference between psychological torture and ‘a legal matter’.
While We All Sleepwalk Into A Human Rights Vacuum, The United Nations Is Facing Its Moment Of Truth
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! Humankind has faced greater challenges than the COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, we were already confronting a few of them as the world started to lockdown earlier this year. Now, more than ever, is the time we need a United Nations of purpose and resolve, writes Dr Lissa Johnson.
The ongoing torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange
4 United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights United Kingdom: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention expresses concern about Assange proceedings. he meets internationally recommended criteria for prisoner release during COVID-19. 5 Amnesty International UK: Assange bail application highlights COVID-19 risk to many vulnerable detainees and prisoners. Mr Assange is at grave risk from contracting COVID-19.
The ongoing torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange
On Feb 17, 2020, Doctors for Assange demanded an end to the torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange. Yet no responsible authority has acted. Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and two medical experts visited Mr Assange in prison in May, 2019, concluding that his treatment constituted psychological torture, a form of torture aimed at destroying the personality of an individual.
The Julian Assange Show Trial, And The Not-So-Subtle Art Of Normalising Torture
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! Australian journalist Julian Assange remains locked up in a UK prison facing no British charges, having endured years of arbitrary detention and psychological torture. His extradition hearing to the United States is more of the same, writes psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson.
End Torture and Medical Neglect of Julian Assange - Global Research
On Nov 22, 2019, we, a group of more than 60 medical doctors, wrote to the UK Home Secretary to express our serious concerns about the physical and mental health of Julian Assange.1 In our letter,1 we documented a history of denial of access to health care and prolonged psychological torture. It requested that Assange be transferred from Belmarsh prison to a university teaching hospital for medical assessment and treatment.
End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange
On Nov 22, 2019, we, a group of more than 60 medical doctors, wrote to the UK Home Secretary to express our serious concerns about the physical and mental health of Julian Assange. 1 Doctors for Assange First letter to the UK Government. Concerns of medical doctors about the plight of Mr Julian Assange. In our letter, 1 Doctors for Assange First letter to the UK Government. Concerns of medical doctors about the plight of Mr Julian Assange.
Dr Lissa Johnson, Author at New Matilda
HomeAuthor: Dr Lissa Johnson Dr Lissa Johnson Dr Lissa Johnson is a clinical psychologist and practice principal in private practice. Prior to becoming a psychologist she qualified in Media Studies, with a major in Sociology. Lissa has a longstanding interest in the psychology of social issues and the impact of social issues on psychology, and is a former member of the Australian Psychological Society Public Interest Advisory Group.
Weaponising Rape Myths And Consent In The Hunt For Julian Assange
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! Despite what you might read in the millions of stories written on Julian Assange’s alleged crimes against women, some of the people genuinely harmed by his arbitrary detention have been rape survivors. Dr Lissa Johnson explains.
Media Freedoms will be lost if we don’t fight the U.S. extradition of Julian Assange
By Lissa Johnson Below is a transcript of a speech given to a rally held outside an invitation-only Media Freedom conference at the luxurious harbourside Barangaroo development in Sydney As members of the Alliance for Journalists Freedom gather in Barangaroo to discuss Media Freedom, we are gathered here, outside, to ensure that the persecution of multi-award winning Australian journalist, Julian Assange, is not swept under the conference rug.
Thread by @LissaKJohnson: "Explosive eyewitness account from highly respected Australian investigative journalist Mark Davis
Explosive eyewitness account from highly respected Australian investigative journalist Mark Davis - it was #JulianAssange in 2010, not The Guardian or NYT or Der Spiegel, who redacted names to protect identities. Anything else is âa complete lieâ consortiumnews.com/2019/08/09/wat⦠2/ Mark Davis says, âI was there when they formed âthe bunkerâ at the Guardian [with] Der Spiegel, The Guardian, The New York Times and #JulianAssange.
“What this case is about is that… ten […]" #JulianAssange
5/ It’s only two weeks ago that [ #JulianAssange ] received access to legal documents. So, for six months he has been detained under intense pressure from the US extradition proceedings, & was asked in court to respond to the indictment, but had not even been able to read it.
Talk To The Totalitarian Hand: State Responses To The Torture Of Julian Assange, Morally Disengaging Media, And What It Means For Us All
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! While Julian Assange rots in prison for publishing journalism, clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson explains some of the science behind how we got here, and also how we push back. On Sunday June 28th 2019, Western democracy arrived at an historic crossroads. Moving forward from this day, citizens of Western nations will head down one of two paths.
Truth Hurts: The Science Behind Why People Don't Care About The Death Of Our Planet And Democracy
Activists and environmentalists take note. In this special essay, Dr Lissa Johnson explains how to make people give a damn. The Federal Court decision to set aside environmental approval for Adani’s Charmichael mega-mine has been hailed as ‘a great example of democracy in action’. Which it is. Our Government, however, is not happy about active democracy in this case.
Western Elites Spruik Media Freedom While Torturing Julian Assange In Belmarsh Supermax. But What’s Stanley Milgram Got To Do With It?
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! While politicians, media and commentators strut the world stage crying ‘press freedom’ an actual journalist from Australia rots in a British prison for doing his job. Clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson weighs in with the science behind why we stay silent. On Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th July, the UK Foreign Office and Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a Global Conference for Media Freedom.
"@NilsMelzer @K_interarma @_CarrieComer @SomersetBean @atlas_women @UN_SPExperts In the spirit of open discussion b/w people committed to com […]"
A thread on Pakistan's war against terror after 9/11. The objective is to expose the malicious propaganda of PTM where they accuse the military for harbouring the miscreants of TTP in the early stages of war. It's a comprehensive thread so bear with me. (contd) Before I start, it's important you understand the difference b/w AL Qaeda and Afghan Taliban. The former itself emerged from another organization.
Where Is Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day? And What’s Torture Got To Do With It?
DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE! Yesterday, Dr Lissa Johnson was grateful to speak at a rally for Julian Assange on World Press Freedom Day with Julian’s father John Shipton, broadcaster Mary Kostakidis, former Greens senator Scott Ludlam, barrister Greg Barns and parish priest and human rights activist Father Dave, among other powerful speakers. An edited transcript of Lissa’s speech is below.
The Psychology Of Getting Julian Assange, Part 5: War Propaganda 101
Ever wonder why left wing trolls hate Julian Assange so much? And why maybe you’re more questioning? Ever tried to get to the bottom of a government-run propaganda campaign and found your synapses misfiring? The final in a five-part series by clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson explains the science behind smear, and how and why it works.
The Psychology Of Getting Julian Assange, Part 4: Why Even Some Lefties Want To See Him Hang
Convinced Julian Assange handed Trump the election? Certain he raped two women in Sweden? Want to see him rot in jail? The fourth in a five-part series by clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson explains the science behind smear and propaganda, and how and why it works. On Sunday March 3rd and 10th, hundreds attended rallies organised by the Socialist Equality Party of Australia in Sydney and Melbourne, demanding that the Australian government secure freedom for Julian Assange.
The Psychology of Getting Julian Assange, Part 3 - Wikileaks and Russiagate: Trust Us, We’re The CIA
In the third of her special investigative series on Julian Assange, clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson sheds a little more light on the ways the world’s most consistently dishonest state has co-opted so many otherwise intelligent people into shooting the messenger. Tomorrow, March 3rd, a rally calling on the Australian Government to protect its citizen, Julian Assange, from US extradition and prosecution will be held in Sydney, at the Martin Place Amphitheatre from 2pm.
The Psychology Of Getting Julian Assange, Part 2: The Court Of Public Opinion And The Blood-Curdling Untold Story
In her ongoing special investigation into the detention of Julian Assange, Dr Lissa Johnson turns to the art of smear, and how to corrupt a judicial system. On Friday 14th February, the Editor in Chief of news website Consortium News, Joe Lauria, visited Sydney to host a ‘Politics in the Pub’ event: Whistleblowing, Wikileaks and the Future of Democracy. The event took place in anticipation of upcoming rallies to free Assange, in Sydney this Sunday, March 3rd and Melbourne on Sunday, March 10th.
The Psychology Of Getting Julian Assange, Part 1: What’s Torture Got To Do With It?
In the first part of a special New Matilda investigative series, clinical psychologist Dr Lissa Johnson exposes the ‘science’ behind the hunt for Julian Assange, and the tactics those in power use to keep you in the dark. Next month rallies will be held in Sydney and Melbourne in defence of Julian Assange.
In Their Own Words: Dr Lissa Johnson's Epic 5,000 Word Demolition Of Modern Politics And The Lessons From Wentworth
As opuses documenting the spectacular hypocrisies, vagueries and stupidities of modern day politics go, this piece by Dr Lissa Johnson is quite something. Indeed, it’s possibly the most heavily linked and referenced demolition of modern politics ever published on New Matilda. Sit down before you start reading it. And keep a bucket handy.
The Guardian Is A Lapdog To Power. Theresa May Thinks It’s 1984. And Other Reasons I Write For New Matilda
New Matilda columnist Dr Lissa Johnson joins the #MAYhem, to explain why she writes for Australia’s most stubborn independent media outlet. If the parlous state of Western media was ever on full display, it has been lately. From sanitising massacres of Palestinian protesters to bolstering the silencing of Julian Assange, the media has some serious charges to answer.
SICK OF DYING (PART 2): Why The Skripal Poisoning, Foreign Interference Legislation And Legality Of US Interventions Are The Business Of Health Professionals - New Matilda
Around the world, people are getting sicker, and more and more are dying from entirely preventable causes. We have the answers to why, we just don’t have the will to stop it. In the second of a two part series, Dr Lissa Johnson looks at the role of health professionals in mounting the case against war.
SICK OF DYING (PART 1): How The Health Community Is Failing Julian Assange, The Victims Of The Douma Attacks, And Three Women Struggling To Feed Their Kids - New Matilda
Around the world, people are getting sicker, and more and more are dying from entirely preventable causes. We have the answers to why, we just don’t have the will to stop it. In the first of a two part series, Dr Lissa Johnson looks at the greatest cause of global illness and death. The Lancet recently published an article identifying the single most important action that health professionals can take to promote “health for all”.
Victoria Is Not The Victim: Historic Queensland Defence Contract Showcases Australian Military-Industrial Propaganda
Without national discussion or debate – and no hard questions from media – Australia is pitching to become a major arms exporter. Dr Lissa Johnson weighs in. On Wednesday morning I watched a live broadcast of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing the Australian Government’s deal to procure $5.2bn worth of tanks (combat reconnaissance vehicles) from German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall. It has been hailed as the largest defence contract in Australia’s history.
Best Intentions: How We Slaughter The Aboriginal Race - New Matilda
In the wake of the sentencing over the death of Elijah Doughty, either our justice system is broken, or non-Aboriginal people only ever kill with pure motives. Dr Lissa Johnson explains. On Monday this week I attended a rally in Sydney calling for justice for Elijah Doughty, the 14-year-old Aboriginal boy who was chased and killed by a white man driving a ute in Kalgoorlie last year. Three days prior to the rally the man, whose name has been suppressed, had been acquitted by a jury of manslaughter.
Gender Takes All - New Matilda
New Matilda Columnist Dr Lissa Johnson weighs in on why New Matilda has been extremely quiet of late (and by ‘extremely quiet’ we mean more or less silent). If the proof is in the pudding, Claire Connelly seems to have stumbled onto something big in her article, The Feminist Far Left Is Making More Enemies Than Allies. The piece generated an almighty shit-storm, even by New Matilda standards.
Kalgoorlie Uprising: Black Man’s Victim. White Man’s Culprit, And The Twisted Psychology Of Racially Motivated Crime and Punishment
Why do Australians turn away when another justice fails Aboriginal people? Dr Lissa Johnson explains the psychology behind the great Australian silence. On Thursday evening a house rented by the man accused of killing Aboriginal teenager Elijah Doughty was set on fire. The fire came almost three weeks after Elijah’s body was found near Gribble Creek in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, on August 29th. Elijah had allegedly been killed by a non-Aboriginal man who hit him with a ute.
Peter Dutton And Tony Abbott May As Well Have Been Laughing At Aylan Kurdi
When I read of our Prime Minister and our Immigration Minister laughing about water lapping at the door of Pacific Island nations I got a shiver up my spine. At a time when the world is still reeling from the photo of little Aylan Kurdi face down in the sand, our leaders are snickering at the prospect of other vulnerable people being taken by the sea. Like Syrians and mainland Australians, the people of the Pacific Islands have children.
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