Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, is a defender of gay rights But she says: I want to bang my head against a wall when another young gay person commits suicide as a result of despicable bullying, yet people within the same community have fought hard for the right to openly join the world's biggest bully: the US Army.

The Pentagon recognises the power of celluloid dreams and encourages Hollywood to create heroic myths; to rewrite history to suit its own strategy and as a recruiting tool to provide a steady flow of willing young patriots for its wars. This 47 minute video shows how the Pentagon shapes perceptions of mass murder.

Obama wants to convince people that the true criminals are those who expose acts of high-level political corruption and criminality, rather than those who perpetrate them.

He hasn't been charged, but the treatment in prison of Bradley Manning, the alleged source of the Wikileaks revelations, is inhumane and by the standards of many nations, torture.

Visa, Mastercard and Paypal stopped donations to Wikileaks, claiming it acted illegally. So what did they do about donations to Israel's illegal settlements in Palestine?

Wikileaks exists to terrorise liars and warmongers. Perhaps the next war won't be so easy because the tables are turned -- now it's Big Brother who's being watched. By us!

John Pilger's new film The War You Don't See asks why have journalists colluded with governments to hoodwink us into accepting unjustified and illegal wars?

Jemima Khan says there's a fundamental injustice here: punishment (execution even) of the man reporting war crimes, but not for those that perpetrated them.

In blocking Wikileaks, Amazon has sent a clear signal to all its users: engage in controversial speech that the US government doesn't like and Amazon is going to dump you.

There is nothing more wrong than a government lying to its people about wars, then asking them to put their lives and their taxes on the line for those lies. - JULIAN ASSANGE

Wikileaks confirms verything we knew about the mass killing, torture and corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan. The world's leaders can no longer hide the truth by simply lying to the public. The lies themselves have been exposed.

Organisations such as WikiLeaks may be the best we can hope for to create the climate of transparency and accountability necessary for an authentic democracy.

The WikiLeaks avalanche has exposed America's floundering imperial rule to scrutiny – and its reliance on dictatorship and deceit, says Seumas Milne.

Not only would George Bush face anti-war riots if he comes to Europe, says Mayor of London Boris Johnson, he could be arrested for torture policies when he was president.

The first person to telephone me was Prime Minister Tony Blears... and over the years Terry Blair has gone on to be one of America's most faithful lapdogs and people should stop being so beastly to him.

But there's a one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do