Assange's WikiLeaks party in turmoil

[struggle4progress]

2013-08-28 10:00

Sydney - Former WikiLeaks Party candidate Leslie Cannold said on Wednesday she would sit as an independent if she were elected to Australia's parliament in the September 7 ballot.

Cannold was second on the ticket for the upper house after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange until she broke with the party last week over alleged corruption.

"I would be completely independent," the Melbourne academic said. "I would have nothing more to do with that party" ...

"We're talking about the most profound kind of internal corruption in a party that puts itself out as a standard bearer for transparency, democracy, accountability, truth-telling and justice," Cannold said ...

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Assanges-WikiLeaks-party-in-turmoil-20130828-2



Well, that's likely to leave a mark

[treestar]

1. A political party based on leaking your government's classified documents

Sure to catch on like wildfire.

[randome]

2. 'Party'? More like 'carnival'.

And the carnival is over.

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