Interesting:
http://wlcentral.org/node/2401
What would be a Wikileaks party policy be like?
The former Democrats had a most democratic policy of members deciding policy, however there is a common policy that Wikileaks supporters inherently appreciate: the transparency that Wikileaks creates in leaking documents:
From the Wikileaks site:
Publishing improves transparency, and this transparency creates a better society for all people. Better scrutiny leads to reduced corruption and stronger democracies in all society’s institutions, including government, corporations and other organisations. A healthy, vibrant and inquisitive journalistic media plays a vital role in achieving these goals. We are part of that media.
Scrutiny requires information. Historically, information has been costly in terms of human life, human rights and economics. As a result of technical advances particularly the internet and cryptography - the risks of conveying important information can be lowered. In its landmark ruling on the Pentagon Papers, the US Supreme Court ruled that "only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government." We agree.
Politicians who endorse transparency in government; who promote the spread of information and not propaganda through the Parliaments of Australia; who honestly scrutinise the legislative instruments and organs of the state to combat injustice and prejudice; who properly represent the interests of all citizens without fear or favour of foreign powers: that's the kind of politician and a party so many of us would like to see.
This writer incidentally misses the wit of conviction politicians, even that warhorse, Anglophile and Australiaphobic Robert Gordon Menzies, prime minister of a bygone age, when accosted at a political gathering:
I wouldn't vote for you even if you were the Archangel Gabriel.
Madam, if I were the Archangel Gabriel, you wouldn't be in my constituency.
