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In Defense of Julian Assange Kindle Edition

by Tariq Ali (Author, Editor), Margaret Kunstler (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars (25)
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.

Contributors: Pamela Anderson, Julian Assange, Renata Avila, Katrin Axelsson, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Sally Burch, Noam Chomsky, Patrick Cockburn, Naomi Colvin, The Courage Foundation, Mark Curtis, Daniel Ellsberg, Teresa Forcades i Vila, Charles Glass, Kevin Gosztola, Serge Halimi, Nozomi Hayase, Chris Hedges, Srećko Horvat, Caitlin Johnstone, Margaret Kimberley, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Lisa Longstaff, Alan MacLeod, Stefania Maurizi, Craig Murray, Fidel Narváez, John C. O’Day, John Pilger, Jesselyn Radack, Michael Ratner, Angela Richter, Geoffrey Robertson, Jennifer Robinson, Matt Taibbi, Natalia Viana, Ai Weiwei, Vivienne Westwood and Slavoj Žižek.

All royalties from the sales of this book will be donated to the Courage Foundation.
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"This book shows why the Julian Assange case is one of the most important press freedom cases of this century or any other century."―James C. Goodale, former Vice Chairman and General Counsel of The New York Times. “I think the prosecution of him [Assange] would be a very, very bad precedent for publishers … from everything I know, he’s sort of in a classic publisher’s position and I think the law would have a very hard time drawing a distinction between The New York Times and WikiLeaks.” ―David McCraw, lead lawyer for The New York Times

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Tariq Ali is a writer, film-maker and a longstanding editor of New Left Review. Margaret Kunstler is a civil rights attorney in private practice. She co-authored Hell No: Your Right to Dissent in Twenty-First-Century America.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZS1HR1S
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OR Books
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  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 29, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 38.9 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 457 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1682192214
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  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,758,216 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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  • Paul M. Buhle
    5.0 out of 5 stars The shocking details of the persecution.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2019
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    "Never doubt the mendacity and cruelty of the state. It will make pariahs and outcasts of those who will someday be recognized as heroes," wrote Michael Ratner, defending Assange before Ratner, himself, died in 2016. This volume, with contributions by an astounding and impressive collection of writers (Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Chris Hodges, Matt Taibbi and Ai Weiwei to name only a few) is a landmark in civil liberties journalism.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Hands off Julian Assange!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 4, 2021
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    Having read this book I’m in total defence of Julian Assange. I must admit that the rape/sexual assault charges initially made me conflicted, but since reading this collection of articles, many of which engage with the plethora of smears against him, to deflect the fact that he is a whistleblower who has shorn the clothes from the emperor, I understand how and why he has been profoundly demonised in the west in order to conceal the crimes of the economically and politically powerful. This is wonderful intellectual defence of not only Assange, but press freedom and the role of the internet in promoting and maintaining it. A free press by journalists committed to press freedom is critical for building a new society and new world. Julian Assange must be freed NOW!
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  • HGT
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wichtige und schlüssige Informationen einer ganzen Reihe von relevanten Autoren
    Reviewed in Germany on December 11, 2019
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    Die Sammlung g von Statements zugunsten Julian Assange sollte mehr Öffentlichkeit erfahren, um ein Gegengewicht gegen die öffentlichen gesteuerten und konzertierten Angriffe gegen seine Person zu bilden.
    Die Art und Weise, mit der die USA und ihre Organisationen sowie offensichtlich von ihnen gesteuerte Personen und Medien Druck aufbauen, das Image von Whistleblowern zu zerstören und diese dann mit juristischen Mitteln zu vernichten, ist beschämend. Nicht derjenige, der schlimmste Folter und andere Kriegsverbrechen aufdeckt oder Berichte hierüber der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich macht, ist zu verurteilen -- sondern die Täter.
    Das Buch ist lesenswert und sollte einen großen Umlauf finden -- lesen und weitergeben.
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  • An Soegijo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clearing the fog
    Reviewed in Germany on January 11, 2020
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    Nearly forty authors, including prominent human rights advocates, internationally known independent journalists, artists and many others including such diverse figures as Noam Chomsky, John Pilger and Daniel Ellsberg offer detailed and compelling arguments and evidence on the injustice and campaigns of disinformation now being suffered by Julian Assange, and their urgent implications, not only for the life and health of the victim, but also for the future of independent reporting and freedom of speech and therefore, ultimately, for the future of democracy as a whole.
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  • IAN ANDERSON
    5.0 out of 5 stars Disgusting treatment of a truth teller!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 14, 2022
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    An in-depth view of one of the few journalists brave enough to tell the truth about American war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is time America was held to account.
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  • V. D.
    5.0 out of 5 stars The horror of the legal system.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2019
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    Important reading about injustices at the higher level. We are all in danger. No freedom at all.
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