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Why have we turned our backs on Julian Assange?

Why have we turned our backs on Julian Assange?

October 5, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Independent

Nothing about his case is fair: his crime was simply to expose corruption and wrongdoing. We need to understand his banishment before it is too late, urges Patrick Lawrence Of all the images of Julian Assange made public over the years,…

Twilight’s last gleaming: Can Americans learn to accept the notion of post-exceptionalism?

Twilight’s last gleaming: Can Americans learn to accept the notion of post-exceptionalism?

December 19, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Independent

Among the fundamental conceits of the exceptionalist creed is that America is above the laws that govern all other nations. A leap of faith is required to end this fallacy, argues Patrick Lawrence At four-thirty in the afternoon on Saturday, 4 April 2009,…

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