In defense of Julian Assange / edited by Tariq Ali and Margaret Kunstler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ali, Tariq, editor.

Kunstler, Margaret, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

WikiLeaks (Organization).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : OR Books, [2019]

Summary:

After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to the United States and imprisonment for the rest of his life. The charges Assange faces are a major threat to press freedom. James Goodale, who represented the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case, commented: "The charge against Assange for 'conspiring' with a source is the most dangerous I can think of with respect to the First Amendment in all my years representing media organizations." It is critical now to build support for Assange and prevent his delivery into the hands of the Trump administration. That is the urgent purpose of this book. A wide range of distinguished contributors, many of them in original pieces, here set out the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, the importance of their work, and the dangers for us all in the persecution they face. In Defense of Julian Assange is a vivid, vital intervention into one of the most important political issues of our day.

Contents:

Front Cover

Back Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: Tariq Ali and Margaret Kunstler

Chronology of Major Events

Caitlin Johnstone: Responding to Assange's Critics 1-3

Part I. Expulsion

1. Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of Julian Assange

2. Noam Chomsky: The Scandal of Assange's Arrest

3. Alan MacLeod: The Media Cheer Assange's Arrest

4. Charles Glass: Prizes for Some, Prison for Assange

5. Katrin Axelsson and Lisa Longstaff: We Are Women Against Rape but We Do Not Want Assange Extradited

6. Lisa Longstaff: Unpublished Letter on Arrest of Assange

7. Kevin Gosztola: WikiLeaks and the Democrats

8. Margaret Kimberley: The Naïveté of Julian Assange

9. Vivienne Westwood: If Julian Goes . . .

10. Matt Taibbi: Julian Assange Must Never Be Extradited

11. The Courage Foundation: The "Assange Precedent"

12. Daniel Ellsberg: Assange's Espionage Charges

13. Pamela Anderson: Outside Belmarsh Prison

14. Geoffrey Robertson: Assange in Prison-Forever?

Caitlin Johnstone: Responding to Assange's Critics 4-8

Part II. Confinement

1. Fidel Narváez: Open Doors for Julian

2. Julian Assange: A Letter to the Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, Concerning My Application for Asylum

3. Srećko Horvat: What's the Point of Swimming in the Sea, If You Don't Believe in Anything?

4. Serge Halimi: For Julian Assange

5. John Pilger: The Prisoner Says No to Big Brother

6. Teresa Forcades i Vila: To Make the World a Better and Safer Place

7. Angela Richter: Endgame for Assange

8. Ai Weiwei: A Conversation with Julian Assange

Caitlin Johnstone: Responding to Assange's Critics 9-15

Part III. The Internet, Censorship, and Scientific Journalism

1. Julian Assange: A Cypherpunk in His Own Words

2. Slavoj Žižek: Assange Has Only Us to Help Him!.

3. Franco "Bifo" Berardi: Truth and Chaos

4. Sally Burch: Exposing Abuse of Power: For the People

5. Nozomi Hayase: Imprisoned Light of Our Civilization that Kindled the Heart of Democracy

6. Geoffroy de Lagasnerie: Julian Assange for the Future

Caitlin Johnstone: Responding to Assange's Critics 16-22

Part IV. The Legacy of Wikileaks and Assange

1. Patrick Cockburn: Calling Assange a "Narcissist" Misses the Point

2. Jennifer Robinson: Injustice and Justice

3. Naomi Colvin: A Return to the WikiLeaks of 2010

4. Renata Avila: Who Is Julian Assange and What Did WikiLeaks Do

5. Craig Murray: The Real Muellergate Scandal

6. Mark Curtis: WikiLeaks and UK Foreign Policy

7. Stefania Maurizi: Inside the WikiLeaks Revolution

8. Jesselyn Radack: Assange and Whistleblowers

9. John C. O'Day: Assange and the Corporate Media's Demarcation Problem

10. Natália Viana: Julian and His Creatures

Caitlin Johnstone: Responding to Assange's Critics 23-29

Michael Ratner: Epilogue

Appendix: Superseding Indictment

Editors and Contributors

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-68219-223-7

OCLC:

1243552994