I am Julian Assange

in informtionwar •  5 years ago  (edited)

As an activist blogger, I consider myself to be a journalist, reporting on the news in my area, or as it arises anywhere in the world. We have all been brought together via the world wide web today in what is now clearly a global village. What happens on one side of the pond has ripple effects across on the other side, particularly since we are all interconnected economically one way or the other. Our countries are thus all going through similar strain, as are our political systems and our freedoms, particularly the freedom of speech. So it is with more that one reason that I raise the concern for Julian Assange today.
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Firstly we share the same name. I have always been Julian since birth and so resonate with Assange, the fellow activist journalist and giver of voice to the unheard. His legacy will live on whatever happens to him now at this 11th hour of his dire situation under the hands of the tyrannous Empire. I can now boldly say with solidarity that I am Julian, but it has come time for all of us to say I am Julian.

The current situation under which Assange is suffering is a crime in itself because in a moral society you don’t shoot the messenger while leaving the real criminals to walk free. The Empire, as seen in the UK and USA today, have no legal grounds to persecute a journalist for collecting data and publishing it via Wikileaks. Assange may be the greatest whistleblower of our generation, and his alleged crime of treason is trumped up, pun intended. What was considered reporting or journalism just a few years ago, has today become demonized as a crime.
The state has overstepped the very constitution set up by its founding fathers in America. By attacking and criminalising Assange, America is now criminalising free speech and journalism.

This is the situation we find ourselves in at this cross roads in history. Assange has already received numerous awards for his service to journalism in publishing the documents implicating America in clear war crimes. Yet nobody takes America to task at the International Court in the Hague. At the same time the Empire is allowed to torture the journalist who did the work.
This is therefore an historic crossroads because if America oversteps this line, they will be officially trashing their own first amendment. And that bill of rights that became the amendments to the American constitution was not always there. The founding fathers were already a bunch of elitist Imperialists who cared not for the rights of the people. The people had to fight like crazy to get the amendments added on later, of which the first is freedom of speech. It was after a hard struggle that this right to free speech was added, so as to protect the people from this very same ability of the Empire to usurp their rights or become a dictatorship.

When you prosecute Assange for journalism – a man who is not even a citizen of your country – you are crossing the line into dictatorship, where human rights to free speech are gone. And if they can do it to him and Chelsea Manning, then they can do it to anyone, including me and you. So journalism is on trial today, free speech is on the edge because a precedent is being set here. Other whistleblowers are going to be curtailed by this message being sent to the world, that the Empire does not tolerate its crimes being exposed. The Empire is now just like China, where we all know the rights of the citizens are much fewer under that open dictatorship.

We are entering an era of Planet China, with the Imperialist totalitarian state dictating and the citizens towing the line under a social credit score for fear of their lives. Free speech is gone and war criminals walk free in the land of the free. The tide is turning, and a new world order is emerging where the Empire is held accountable to no one. Politicians in the farce called democracy are now openly flouting their own bill of rights, an enshrined document considered sacrosanct just a few years ago. At least in the past there was an attempt at preserving the amendments, especially the first – the right to congregate peacefully, to ask for a revision of the government and the right to free speech, as well as the right to practice any religion, while no one religion shall be state institutionalized. Any self-respecting American will find it gravely concerning when these right are trampled upon by their leaders who are proven war criminals.

In his last recent message to the world from his cell in Belmarsh Prison in England, Assange asked us all to take his place now. As he is tortured and denied full access to his legal rights, possibly never seeing freedom again, his desire is for us all to become activist journalists and whistleblowers against the war criminals in whatever nation they appear. So I take up the baton that he passes on and I boldly say that I am Julian. And no one can fault me there. But I am also Assange today, and will continue his service to humanity in exposing the Imperialist tyrants that have crushed the most vulnerable and defenseless in their murderous greed and animalistic barbarism for centuries.

I am empowered by the sacrifice of Assange, and there are thousands like me. The martyr will be remembered and his spirit will burn brightly in our eyes and in our chests. You now have a thousand Assanges, a million. And your crimes against humanity will continue to be exposed so that the world sees the Emperors new clothes, see the fake façade of democracy, of civility on your twisted features as you smile while twisting the knife in the backs of your own citizens, and millions of innocent victims in your path of invasion, occupation, settlerism and outright evil.

America is run by the deep state, the same monolith regardless of who is president. The puppet that wears the crown is a puppet still, while the real murderers and torturers who thrive on the blood and pain of their victims continue to flaunt their power. Democracy is long gone from the halls of the Senate, from the houses of Lords and Commons. It is tyranny and despotism that mockingly sits on the throne of the once and future king. But the people have a hero and the people will not be crushed, for as long as one Julian is left alive, the whistle will be blown. So this war against free speech that you wage, while flaunting your war crimes, has just begun and as long as I am alive, I am also Julian, and kill us you may, but we will rise again and return to continue to expose you to the world one crime at a time.

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This is a tragedy and a real testament to our loss of free speech. This guy is a real life legend, it takes serious courage to stand up to the bad guys.

IIRC though, he's been charged under the espionage act (not for treason) because he isn't even American! But that's only the second craziest part. The craziest part is that he didn't even actually collect any of the data. Like he literally did zero spying/stealing of the info that he stands accused of.

Have you seen what they are doing to Chelsea Manning now because she won't testify against him? This whole situation is insane coming from a country that calls itself "the land of the free... home of the brave".

#freejulian

Aha espionage, more accurate. Yes it is a tragedy and a clear indication that America has been taken over by the deep state, and real democracy is gone, as is rule of law and free speech. It's rule of money/banking elite now. The world is not what we think it is any more.

Well said! What's happening to Julian Assange is an outrage and it has dark implications for the freedoms and human rights of all journalists and citizens alike. Thank you for voicing your opposition to his persecution and for taking a stand for free-speech.

#FreeAssange

Thank you, while we still have a channel for free speech, let's use it by the thousands, to voice the collective opposition of society to the tyranny of the governments.

"for as long as one Julian is left alive, the whistle will be blown." - well said. these are very trying times and these next few years will shape the next many.

Hi, I will take a look at the post, thank you...

I read all 4 posts by @steemtruth in the series.
He seems to have left posting a year ago sadly.
I found them informative and eye-opening. It makes sense to see the hand of the enemy in everything, even controlling the opposition. We are, after all, living in the world of illusion. Nothing is as it seems.
It's a battle for the minds of the masses via the propaganda mill.

Sincere thanks @theycallmedan, I appreciate your support and encouragement. We are on the cusp of something big it seems, as you say.

I am Julian Assange. I like saying that. Thank you. Beautifully said.

My pleasure, it comes from the heart spontaneously.

We are all Julian Assange!

Thank you for this wonderful article, resteemed.

#FreeAssange

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I applaud what he and some others have stood up for. I wonder if I would have such courage. If Bernie and Corbyn get in then things could change for the better for the whole world, they could be in power in 6 months and things will change. But, perhaps the bad ones have too much control now and things may only get worse, we can only keep going for as long as we can until things get better for all of us.

Julian Assange has highlighted the fragility of our freedom of speech as well as the tyranny of the current leaders.

You have written brutal truth here @julianhorack brother. I am already in sad that people still not yet started any campaign to release him. He wake up the world with news and things America and other nations buried, manipulated.
My heart goes all out there journalists who take risks and keep their lives as challenge to bring out stories unlike some who fill spaces with gossip garbage.

Hope he will be released soon with people pressure on governments. If we loose him, no more leaders comes up in belief on people and our morals.

Thanks for your comments Harish bhai. We need the collective voice of the masses to speak out against this atrocity committed by the current leaders.

Yes brother , as fast as people unite and fight, that much early we can save the people with out going in to worse situations.

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Bharatamata ki jai.

I resonate and agree with 99% of what you wrote... Freedom of speech AND THE RIGHT TO ACCESS INFORMATION is more than ever jeopardized by a fraction of elitists that no longer cares for conveying the dirt and the blood in their hands... The one part I don't agree with you is when you state that this is the world of China. Despite the Chinese government openly admits to limit it's population freedom this is far from ring a Chinese branded behavior. Both the US and UK at the lead (Germany, France, Russia,etc) have at least two centuries behaving this way, China has joined the US/UK way of doing things since the 1970s... what happened earlier is that main stream media covered with a curtain of lies, smoke walls, fake news as mislead information campaigns, the outrageous behavior of the one who make decisions against their own fellow citizens...

But hey! It's up to us now to allow them to blow the candle of hope Julian Assange lighted for us all.

Best regards.

Well said Joel, yes China is only restricting their own people's freedom of speech, so what I was implying is that the planet is going the way of China, who are the biggest suppressors of free speech at home. And in time it looks like China are gradually imposing their style of restriction on the world, or the world will adopt the style of China - with social credit score and mass surveillance. So if you say or do anything against the dictatorship, you are hit with sanctions by a lowered social credit score.

Best wishes

Powerful post @julianhorack. What has happened to him and being done to him violates humanity. I want to say so much more, but the soap box comes out. What I don't understand is how he can be treated this way and no one seems to be able to do anything.

The people protest about it and articles are being written and discussions held by learned and expert people, yet the powers that be still crush the voice of the whistleblower. Some truth does get out sometimes so if we can continue struggling on, we may be able to turn the tide one news report at a time.

I respect journalists who truly does stand for the truth. Unfortunately that is not the case for all. There are some countries where media is paid to corrupt the masses with lies and bring down people for political purposes. I do not know Assange but much respect to him as he caused a ripple that will cause waves and expose truth.

Good point, we cannot trust the main stream media as they are a propaganda mouthpiece for the state usually. Independent journalism does still exist but it is hard to discern fact from fake news nowadays. Globalresearch is a good website that I learn a lot from, if you want to check it out.

Great I'll be sure to check it out.

God I am thankful for people like you and all the other Julians. Fight for the people, they have and we all have the right to know the truths that are out there! Well done!!

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Thank you dear, I admire your foxy spirit, we are the protectors of the people from the abuse of the state and corporations, using our voice and writing as a tool or shield in our defense.

You are absolutely right. I'm with you on this, and agree there should be more people on it too.

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I hate what the Republicans and Trump are doing to this country causing so many world wise issues. I appreciate you speaking out for us all.
Ren

Happy to be of service Ren, the pen is mightier than the sword. From what I can tell, it doesn't matter which party is in power because there is the deep state or shadow government behind them both running the show for many decades already. They are the real villains.

Great post

Thanks Ian. I appreciate the SUPport.

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