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\"\"John Shipton in conversation with Dr John Jiggens<\/a><\/h3>\n

About<\/strong>: Opium and heroin as a state strategic policy; historically China and Afghanistan as a models of western imperial actions. Julian Assange and David McBride\u2019s work to inform and reform ruined Australian ADF policies and culture. Western decline and 500 years change with Nimbin as a golden example of what to follow.<\/p>\n

Bios<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

John Shipton<\/strong> is the father of Julian Assange<\/a>. He is an anti-war activist and retired builder. His fight to free his son from prison is the subject of the multi-award winning film Ithaka<\/em>: a father, a family, a fight for justice<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dr John Jiggens<\/strong> is a cannabis historian and citizen journalist who has published several books on the history of cannabis in Australia, including Marijuana Australiana, Sir Joseph Banks and the Question of Hemp, and The Joke: a history of cannabis prohibition in Australia. His Ph.D was \u2018Marijuana Australiana: Cannabis Use, Popular Culture and the Americanisation of Drugs Policy in Australia 1938 \u2013 1988\u2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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