Two of us, Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, testified for Assange at his extradition hearing last year. In Ellsberg’s words then, the WikiLeaks publications that Assange is being charged for are “amongst the most important truthful revelations of hidden criminal state behavior that have been made public in U.S. history.” The American public “needed urgently to know what was being done routinely in their name, and there was no other way for them to learn it than by unauthorized disclosure.”

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    1 year ago

    What if I want my gov manipulating more?

    I’d be totally into some manipulation in Russia, North Korea, Iran, Niger, Syria, etc.

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        US/Euro hegemony has been some of the most peaceful time in human history, and many people internationally have been brought out of poverty. Compare that to the most recent serious alternatives:

        • the USSR caused famine for it’s own citizens and killed people who tried to leave
        • China forcefully suppresses alternative perspectives, continues imperial land grabs, and has some of the worst journalist freedoms of any country
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          As someone that experienced the tail end of one of the many dictatorships propped up by the US in Latin America, go peddle your shit elsewhere.

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        Going well in Ukraine, and I’d like to see that aid heavily escalated, too.

        Would’ve been great if we’d saved Syria during the Arab Spring.