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JULIAN ASSANGE AND HIS WORK

Julian Assange is an Australian journalist, editor, publisher, activist. He is the founder of WikiLeaks, a multi-national media organization and associated library.

Julian Assange is currently incarcerated at Belmarsh high-security prison in London, since the US submitted a request to the UK to extradite him. For his journalistic work, Assange is charged in the US with 17 Espionage Act offenses, and 1 count of conspiracy to commit computer crime, totaling a possible 175 years prison sentence. Extremely weak from years of political persecution and arbitrary detention, his life is now in danger, according to doctors and UN expert on torture.

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The Work of WikiLeaks

“WikiLeaks specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption. It has so far published more than 10 million documents and associated analyses. WikiLeaks has contractual relationships and secure communications paths to more than 100 major media organizations from around the world..”

Continue reading https://wikileaks.org/What-is-WikiLeaks.html

Timeline Assange / WikiLeaks

https://defend.wikileaks.org/timeline/

About WikiLeaks work by topics

Listed in this section is a selection of news clips, articles, analysis, opinions related to WikiLeaks journalistic work by various commentators, categorized by topics

Intelligence

See https://wikileaks.org/+-Intelligence-+.html

Global economy

See https://wikileaks.org/+-Global-Economy-+.html

International Politics

See https://wikileaks.org/+-International-Politics-+.html

Corporations

See https://wikileaks.org/+-Corporations-+.html

Government

See https://wikileaks.org/+-Government-+.html

War and Military

See https://wikileaks.org/+-War-Military-+.html

WikiLeaks cables in Afghanistan show monumental corruption (CNN, 2010)

https://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/afghanistan.wikileaks/index.html

Why is Biden prosecuting Assange for telling the truth about Afghanistan ?

Opinion by Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Alice Walker - Newsweek 9/10/21

General analysis & perspectives on WikiLeaks work

A return to the WikiLeaks of 2010 by Naomi Colvin

Read A return to the WikiLeaks of 2010 by Naomi Colvin (march 2019)

An essential text from the book In Defense of Julian Assange OR Books where more texts about the work and legacy of WikiLeaks can be found

Inside the WikiLeaks revolution by Stefania Maurizi

Inside the WikiLeaks revolution by Stefania Maurizi february 2019

An essential text from the book In Defense of Julian Assange OR Books where more texts about the work and legacy of WikiLeaks can be found

Il potere segreto. Perché vogliono distruggere Julian Assange e Wikileaks

Stefania Maurizi, Chiarelettere, agosto 2021

Moving The Bar, my life as a radical lawyer

Chapter 1 : Truth Tellers - Michael Ratner, O/R Books 2021

Assange & WikiLeaks in their own words

Press releases

Public Library of US Diplomacy

WikiLeaks releases more than half a million US diplomatic cables from the momentous year of 1979 November 2016

https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/pressrelease/

Vault 7 Press releases

https://wikileaks.org/vault7/

Statements

Statement on the Unauthorized biography

2011 https://www.wikileaks.org/Julian-Assange-Statement-on-the.html

Official Statement from the Ecuadorian embassy

August 2012 https://www.wikileaks.org/Official-Statement-by-Julian.html

Statement after one year in Ecuadorian embassy

https://wikileaks.org/Statement-by-Julian-Assange-after,249.html

On verdict in Manning court martial trial

August 2013 https://www.wikileaks.org/Statement-by-Julian-Assange-on.html

On sentencing hearing of US journalist Barrett Brown

2014 https://wikileaks.org/Assange-statement-on-the.html

Statement on the US election

2016 https://wikileaks.org/Assange-Statement-on-the-US-Election.html

Letters

First letter from Julian Assange to Benedict Cumberbatch over the Fifth Estate

October 2013 https://www.wikileaks.org/First-Letter-from-Julian-Assange.html

Letter to the French president 2014

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2015/07/03/julian-assange-monsieur-hollande-accueillez-moi-en-france_4668919_3232.html

Articles

Google is not what it seems

https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/

The Banality of Don't be evil

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/opinion/sunday/the-banality-of-googles-dont-be-evil.html

WikiLeaks has the same mission as The Post and The Times

https://web.archive.org/web/20170423033559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/julian-assange-wikileaks-has-the-same-mission-as-the-post-and-the-times/2017/04/11/23f03dd8-1d4d-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html

Books

Check the bibliography and book repository page!

Published conversations with Julian Assange

Cypherpunks

- Freedom and the Future of the Internet

https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/cypherpunks/

When Google met WikiLeaks

September 2014

https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/when-google-met-wikileaks/

Supernerds, conversations with heroes

Angela Richter, 2015

https://b-ok.org/book/2659739/a5ad86

L'Empire de la surveillance

Essai de Ignacio Ramonet (2015) suivi d'un entretien avec Julian Assange « Google nous espionne et en informe les États-Unis »

http://www.editions-galilee.fr/f/index.php?sp=liv&livre_id=3446

Interviews with Julian Assange

I enjoy crushing bastards

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on the War Logs

Spiegel, 26/07/2010

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-on-the-war-logs-i-enjoy-crushing-bastards-a-708518.html

Forbes 2010

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/an-interview-with-wikileaks-julian-assange/

BBC radio transcript 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9309000/9309320.stm

In conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist 2011

In conversation with Julian Assange, Hans Ulrich Obrist

"WikiSecrets" Julian Assange full interview transcript 2011

“In accordance with our tradition of “scientific journalism” (full primary sources) we release here our, behind the scenes, interview tape between Julian Assange & PBS Frontline's Martin Smith which was recorded on 4/4/2011”

"I was the fall guy", New Internationalist 2012

Interview with Jamie Kelsey Fry, New Internationalist, April 2012

https://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2012/04/01/julian-assange/

The Nation - An Interview with Julian Assange

Chris Hedges, May 2013

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/interview-julian-assange/

Der Spiegel interview 2015

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/spiegel-interview-with-wikileaks-head-julian-assange-a-1044399.html

Julian Assange Talks

Assange Talks

Why the world needs WikiLeaks

TED talk 2010

https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks

Sysadmins of the world unite !

https://media.ccc.de/v/30C3_-_5397_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201312292245_-_sysadmins_of_the_world_unite_-_julian_assange_-_jacob

TV show The World Tomorrow

“The World tomorrow is a television discussion series featuring Julian Assange as host. It is a collection of twelve interviews featuring an eclectic range of guests, who are stamping their mark on the future: politicians, revolutionaries, intellectuals, artists and visionaries.”

https://worldtomorrow.wikileaks.org/index.html

TV & Video interviews

Julian Assange: The 2011 60 Minutes Interview

Apr 11, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubknv_CxSUY

Julian Assange On DNC Emails And 2016 Election (Full Interview) | Meet The Press | NBC News

Aug 1, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MNNX3IxTxM

Julian Assange Interview 2013 On Edward Snowden on 'This Week': "Asylum is a Right We All Have"

Jun 30, 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWorNyVC5Ds

Extended Interview with Julian Assange

The full version of Mark Davis's exclusive interview Apr 11, 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BplfViSKd6Y

Conversation with John Pilger

http://johnpilger.com/videos/julian-assange-in-conversation-with-john-pilger

Assange last video before communications cut at Ecuadorian Embassy in London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98ed6oML2A

World Ethical Data Forum September 20, 2018

Last Interview before his arrest in London

On 20th September 2018, World Ethical Data Forum broadcast an interview with Julian Assange, the founder and former Editor-in-Chief of WikiLeaks.

This interview was the first time Julian Assange had been heard from after his communication channels were cut off by the Ecuadorian embassy in March, 2018. The interview proved also to be the very last time he was heard from, as on 11th April 2019, Assange was carried out from the embassy by UK police and taken to Belmarsh Prison on the charge of having breached his bail conditions. He has since spent most of his time in solitary confinement and is currently awaiting an extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court on February 24th, 2020.

An hour long, this last interview is of interest historically, as well as in its own right, covering subjects such as the conditions of his detainment, his reasons for beginning WikiLeaks and his treatment at the hands of the press, the consequences for culture should WikiLeaks disappear, the meaning and importance of cryptography, the recent advances in AI hacking, cyber-warfare and surveillance technologies, and very much more.

https://worldethicaldata.org/node/49

Movies

Collateral Murder (2010): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1820416/?ref_=nm_knf_t2

The War You Don't See (2010):https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809387/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_37

WikiRebels: The Documentary (2010):https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1805516/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_38

Julian Assange: A Modern Day Hero? Inside the World of Wikileaks (2011): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3025034/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_29

True Stories: Wikileaks - Secrets and Lies (2011): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2123355/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_30

WikiLeaks Revelations (2011): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1976652/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_32

Wikileaks: War, Lies and Videotape (2011): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1799148/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_34

Shadows of Liberty (2012): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1543807/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_26

Mediastan (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169780/?ref_=nm_knf_t1

The Engineer (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3141700/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_2

InRealLife (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3101474/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_22

Une contre-histoire de l'Internet (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2865302/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_23

Citizenfour (2014): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_17

Terminal F/Chasing Edward Snowden (2015): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4477936/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_16

Risk (2016): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4964772/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_13

Free Speech Fear Free (2016): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4462056/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_14

Architects of Denial (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6842752/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_2

Hacking Justice (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6654984/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_4

The New Radical (2017): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333062/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_8