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FEWER THAN 20 YEARS AGO JULIAN ASSANGE WAS SLEEPING ROUGH. EVEN A YEAR AGO HARDLY ANYONE KNEW HIS NAME. TODAY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST-KNOWN AND MOST-RESPECTED HUMAN BEINGS ON EARTH. Assange was the overwhelming winner of the popular vote for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" and Le Monde 's less politically correct "Man of the Year". If Rupert Murdoch, who turns 80 this month, is the most influential Australian of the postwar era, Julian Assange, who will soon turn 40, is undoubtedly the most consequential Australian of the present time. Murdoch's importance rests in his responsibility for injecting, through Fox News, the poison of rabid populist conservatism into the political culture of the United States; Assange's in the revolutionary threat his idea of publishing damaging documentary information sent by anonymous insiders to WikiLeaks poses to governments and corporations across the globe.
The Cypherpunk Revolutionary Julian Assange
S'il fallait une preuve supplémentaire que Wikileaks est aujourd'hui dépassé voire dévoré par l'image de son créateur, en voici une nouvelle. Julian Assange a déposé auprès du Bureau de la Propriété Intellectuelle britannique une demande de marque commerciale sur les termes "Julian Assange". Sa demande qui vise à obtenir le monopole d'exploitation lucrative de son nom a été déposée le 14 février, jour de la Saint Valentin, et sera officiellement publiée le 4 mars pour ouvrir le délai légal d'opposition.
Julian Assange dépose son nom comme marque commerciale
Philosophers Zone - 26 February 2011 - The Julian Assange Conspiracy - Networks, power and activism
Alan Saunders: This week on The Philosopher's Zone, we're still online, still thinking about Wikileaks, As you must have heard by now, it's founder, Julian Assange has, pending an appeal, lost his legal battle in the British courts to escape extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations. The reason Assange has been leaking all this information is that he believes that this is a way to dismantle the conspiracies of the powerful, so Assange's view of conspiracies is what we're going to be talking about this week, with the help of somebody who's written on the subject, Peter Ludlow, Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University in the U.S. Peter, welcome to The Philosopher's Zone.Video
Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, was back in the spotlight this week, as he fights to avoid extradition to from the . Mark Davis has been in the courtroom, following the extradition hearing. He sat down with Assange for an exclusive one on one interview when the court went into recess a few days ago. REPORTER: Mark Davis Julian Assange is a wanted man.
SBS Dateline | Assange Speaks
A recently published book excerpt suggests that “Jay Lim,” an occasional WikiLeaks spokesperson often identified as its legal advisor, was merely an online pseudonym of Julian Assange. The excerpts, posted on cryptome.org , are (naturally) leaked scans of an early copy of WikiLeaks’s defector Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s upcoming book. Domscheit-Berg, before his break with the organization, had long operated under the pseudonym of “Daniel Schmidt.” Domscheit-Berg, usually described as once being the organization’s second most important player, writes that Assange used many pseudonyms, and suggests that “Lim” may have been one of them:
Did Assange Play Lawyer? : CJR
Un Julian Assange menteur, paranoïaque et égoïste : les premiers extraits du livre Inside WikiLeaks , publiés notamment par Cryptome , dressent un portrait peu amène du cofondateur du site spécialisé dans la publication de documents confidentiels. Ecrit par Daniel Dommscheit-Berg, l'ancien porte-parole de WikiLeaks pour l' Allemagne , le livre relate les débuts de l'organisation, jusqu'à la brouille définitive entre Assange et Domscheit-Berg. Une organisation minuscule. Domscheit-Berg lève une partie du voile sur le fonctionnement interne de WikiLeaks, et notamment la manière dont l'organisation a délibérément choisi de faire croire qu'elle comptait de nombreux membres, en multipliant les pseudonymes, alors que seule une poignée d'activistes faisaient fonctionner le site. "Même aujourd'hui, je ne sais pas si certains des noms sont vrais ou s'il s'agit juste d'alias de Julian Assange. ' Jay Lim ', par exemple, est responsable juridique. Jay Lim ?
"Inside WikiLeaks", portrait au vitriol de Julian Assange - LeMonde.fr
Le procès
Assange to sue Guardian for “malicious libels” — RT
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is in a legal fight against being sent to Sweden over sexual assault accusations, is also set for another UK court battle. He is threatening to bring a libel action against the Guardian newspaper, which helped release American war logs and secret diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks. Assange is understood to be angry at claims in a book the newspaper published about the whistle-blowing website. The book says Assange believed that informants mentioned in leaked war documents would deserve their fate if they were killed as a result of the leaks.Socialist Alliance gay and lesbian rights spokesperson Rachel Evans spoke in Sydney on April 24 at a rally calling to free accused WikiLeaks’ source Private Bradley Manning from prison in the US, where he is being held in solitary confinement. The protest was part of an international day of protest for Manning, who faces a court martial and possible life in prison if convicted. Evans’ speech is below.
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Le fondateur de WikiLeaks s'est présenté au palais de justice de Belmarsh, à Londres, où il comparaîtra jusqu'à mardi. Le juge Howard Riddle doit décider si le fondateur du site WikiLeaks doit être extradé vers la Suède, où il fait l'objet d'une enquête pour agression sexuelle contre deux femmes. L'Australien de 39 ans, qui s'est fait connaître par la publication sur son site Internet de milliers de pages de documents diplomatiques confidentiels en provenance du gouvernement américain, a toujours réfuté les accusations qui pèsent contre lui.
Royaume-Uni : La justice britannique examine la demande d'extradition de Julian Assange | International | Radio-Canada.ca
A Swedish journalist who knows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the two Swedish women who have accused him of sexual assault is raising questions about the veracity of one of the women's claims. It is the first time any of the witnesses in the Swedish police investigation has spoken publicly about the case. Donald Bostrom , 56, a veteran foreign correspondent for newspapers like Sweden's Aftonbladet, told AOL News this week that Anna Ardin, one of Assange's accusers, told him two very different versions of her relationship with Assange and then told police a third version. He said Ardin admitted "lying" to him. Bostrom's claims come as Assange's lawyers prepare for a hearing Monday in London on whether he will be extradited to Sweden for questioning on sexual misconduct allegations made by Ardin and another woman. One accusation is defined as third-degree rape under Swedish law.
Julian Assange Witness Donald Bostrom Raises Questions About Alleged Sex Victim
Guardian Books today confirmed the publication next month of WIKILEAKS: Inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy. With rights having already been sold in eight territories*, WIKILEAKS: Inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy, is the first in-depth account of the WikiLeaks phenomenon. From the website's launch in 2006, to the latest developments in this epoch-defining drama, it exposes the real story behind the headlines, a compelling and revelatory account that brings the reader right up to the present time. The authors, top Guardian journalists led by David Leigh, Investigations Editor, and Luke Harding, Moscow correspondent, have been at the heart of the Guardian's coverage of the biggest leak of secret information in history. Working alongside the Guardian's New York correspondent, Ed Pilkington, they have had unprecedented access to all the major players, from diplomats and politicians to the former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg and Julian Assange himself.