For immediate release
A new book, coming this June
IN DEFENSE OF JULIAN ASSANGE
Edited by TARIQ ALI and MARGARET RATNER KUNSTLER
Julian Assange, founder and publisher of WikiLeaks, has been arrested by the UK authorities. He faces extradition to the United States for conspiracy to hack a computer in the 2010 release of the Iraq War Logs, documents provided to WikiLeaks by Chelsea Manning. In this new book of original writing, a distinguished group of contributors, comprising lawyers, activists, artists and journalists, set out the case for defending Assange and securing his immediate release.
With contributions by: Renata Avila, Franco “Bifo” Berardi, Sally Burch, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Colvin, Mark Curtis, Sister Teresa Forcades, Charles Glass, Kevin Gosztola, Serge Halimi, Nozomi Hayase, Chris Hedges, Srećko Horvat, Caitlin Johnstone, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie , Stefania Maurizi, Jesselyn Radack, Angela Richter, Geoffrey Robertson, Jennifer Robinson, Ai Weiwei and Slavoj Zizek.
Books (paperback and e-book) will be available June 2019
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