Brendan is the editor of spiked and writes widely for publications on both sides of the Atlantic. He has also been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows in Britain, Ireland and America. Brendan has presented talks on 'China : Threat or Opportunity?' and 'Surveillence Society' at The Brighton Salon. He started his career in journalism at spiked‘s predecessor, Living Marxism, until it was forced to close in 2000 following a notorious libel action brought by ITN. When he’s not writing for and editing spiked, and commissioning journalists who have something to say and the guts to say it, O’Neill writes widely for publications on both sides of the Atlantic.
WikiLeaks: What Have We Learned? with Brendan O’Neill
Image above: Julian Assange is the editor in chief of WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website and conduit for worldwide news leaks, with the stated purpose of creating open governments.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
After WikiLeaks passed leaked US Embassy cables to selected news organisations, its founder Julian Assange has been both vilified and beatified. Some of those who have given material to WikiLeaks in the past have faced long-term imprisonment. But beyond the personalities and witch-hunts, what have we actually learned from these many revelations?
Exposing the hypocrisy or lies of those in power is widely welcomed, but does that mean we are really living in a new age of so-called involuntary transparency? Should we want to? Brendan O’Neil, editor of spiked and contributor to many international news outlets, will tackle some of the many difficult questions raised by WikiLeaks.
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Sean is a founder member of The Brighton Salon and a journalist who formerly worked in the local press industry and on the magazines Computing and Campaign. Sean has written dozens of reviews of salon events and occasionally contributes to other publications. He has been involved with many and various political and cultural campaigns for many years.
Sean writes freelance about the relationship between journalism the public and runs an editing and proofing company. He also organises activities for The Brighton Salon as its secretary.