Julian Assange is the litmus test for imperialism

Julian Assange

is the litmus test

for imperialism

Supporters
Equivocators
Opponents

Jeremy Corbyn

Former Labour Party Leader

Jeremy Corbyn — “Journalists expose truths everywhere around the world and they should all be supported... and Julian Assange is no different in that sense except that he has exposed truths which are embarassing to the United States Administration and particulary its predilection of going to war.”

2021-08-11 youtube.com

Jimmy Dore

Show Host

Jimmy Dore — “Until Julian Assange is free, none of us are free. The fight for Julian Assange's freedom is the fight for our freedom. The freedom to expose the lies of government, the freedom to expose war crimes and the freedom to tell the truth.”

2021-06-26 youtube.com

Tucker Carlson

Television Host

Tucker Carlson — “I don't even think the charges make any sense against him in this country. You are constitutionally allowed, I mean, it's the first part of our Bill of Rights, the First Amendment, you're allowed to print things the government doesn't like, which is what he did.”

2021-06-17 video.foxnews.com

Daniel Ellsberg

Whistleblower

Daniel Ellsberg — “I very much admired what he was doing. He was taking on, in effect, all of the governments, all of whom keep secrets, many, many more than they should, from their own people and from the world. And it was predictable that the powers of the world would combine in a way to come down on him.”

2021-06-14 democracynow.org

Tulsi Gabbard

Former Representative

Tulsi Gabbard — “The prosecution of Assange is a direct threat to a free press & freedom of speech for every American.
I urge President Trump to do the right thing: Take a stand for freedom & pardon Julian Assange as one of his final acts before leaving the White House.”

2021-01-19 twitter.com

Noam Chomsky

Expert Witness

Noam Chomsky — “Julian Assange's actions, which have been categorised as criminal, are actions that expose power to sunlight -- actions that may cause power to evaporate if the population grasps the opportunity to become independent citizens of a free society rather than subjects of a master who operates in secret.”

2020-09-30 craigmurray.org.uk

Glenn Greenwald

Editor

Glenn Greenwald — “Even prior to [the coronavirus], there was barely any mention of Assange's case in the U.S. media, despite the fact that the indictment against him is unquestionably the greatest threat to press freedom brought by the Trump government.”

2020-04-22 twitter.com

Ron Paul

F.R.E.E. Founder

Ron Paul — “As long as Julian Assange is in prison, we are all in prison. When the government has the power to tell us what we are allowed to see, hear, and know, we no longer live in a free society.”

2019-04-15 ronpaulinstitute.org

Chuck Schumer

Senate Minority Leader

Chuck Schumer — “Now that Julian Assange has been arrested, I hope he will soon be held to account for his meddling in our elections on behalf of Putin and the Russian government.”

2019-04-11 twitter.com

Mike Gravel

Presidential Candidate

Mike Gravel — “No matter what you think of someone on a personal level, no one deserves to be unjustly imprisoned on charges of doing the right thing. Julian Assange should immediately be pardoned by the U.S. government.”

2019-04-11 twitter.com

Donald Trump

45th President

Donald Trump — “I've been seeing what's happened with Assange. And that will be a determination, I would imagine, mostly by the Attorney General, who's doing an excellent job. So he'll be making a determination. I know nothing really about him. It's not my deal in life.”

2019-04-11 c-span.org

Neera Tanden

CAP President

Neera Tanden — “Assange was the agent of a proto fascist state, Russia, to undermine democracy. That is fascist behavior. Anyone on the left should abhor what he did. Not celebrate it.”

2019-04-11 twitter.com

Jeff Sessions

Attorney General

Jeff Sessions — “It is a priority [to arrest Assange once and for all] and we've already begun to step up our efforts and whenever a case can be made, we will seek to put some people in jail.”

2017-04-20 transcripts.cnn.com

Mike Pompeo

C.I.A. Director

Mike Pompeo — “Assange and his ilk make common cause with dictators today. Yes, they try unsuccessfully to cloak themselves and their actions in the language of liberty and privacy, but in reality, they champion nothing but their own celebrity.”

2017-04-13 c-span.org

Philip Hammond

Foreign Minister

Philip Hammond — “Well, I reject the finding of this working group. It's a group made up of laypeople, not lawyers, and they are--their conclusion is flawed in law. Julian Assange is a fugitive from justice... And it's right that he should not be able to escape justice.”

2016-02-05 democracynow.org

Eric Holder

Attorney General

Eric Holder — “He broke the law. He caused harm to our national security and I think that he has to be held accountable for his actions... People have really gotten hung up on whether he's a whistleblower or something else. From my perspective, he's a defendant.”

2014-01-24 msnbc.com

Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader

Mitch McConnell — “I think the man is a high-tech terrorist. He's done an enormous damage to our country, and I think he needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law; and if that becomes a problem, we need to change the law.”

2010-12-05 nbcnews.com

Hillary Clinton

Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton — “This disclosure is not just an attack on America's foreign policy interests. It is an attack on the international community – the alliances and partnerships, the conversations and negotiations, that safeguard global security and advance economic prosperity.”

2010-11-29 2009-2017.state.gov