“The 'slow motion execution' of Julian Assange

 1). “Julian Assange and the end of American Democracy w/Chris Hedges & Stella Assange” (Part 1), Sep 13, 2023, Chris Hedges interviews Julian Assange's wife Stella, The Real News Network, duration of video 48:24, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4N_P-Xd15E&t=423s >

2). “Stella Assange speaks out on Julian's imprisonment w/Chris Hedges” (Part 2), Sep 14, 2023, Chris Hedges interviews Julian Assange's wife Stella, The Real News Network, duration of video 44:09, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S0vQ0aEul4 >

3). “The 'slow motion execution' of Julian Assange w/Craig Murray | The Chris Hedges Report”, Sep 14, 2023, Chris Hedges interviews Craig Murray, The Real News Network, duration of video 31:24, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9Bltb7ZYE >

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Introduction by dmorista: In all three videos Hedges and the guests discuss the outrageous treatment that Julian Assange has undergone during his years in Prison in England. The complete corruption of the Legal Process in both the U.S. and in the U.K. are also noted. Hedges compares the treatment he saw in New Jersey's prisons where he has taught classes. The decay of the once, at least partially effective guarantees of the Liberal State have now faded away and the U.S. and U.K. are both effectively authoritarian states where there is no longer any limits on the arbitrary use of state power to protect against unfavorable publicity or protest.

Julian Assange and the end of American Democracy w/Chris Hedges & Stella Assange (Part 1)

The US government has hounded Julian Assange since WikiLeaks first revealed the extent of US war crimes in 2010. In the process of persecuting Assange, the federal government has used every tool at its disposal and even pushed beyond the boundaries that supposedly restrict state power in defense of civil liberties. One of the most insidious tactics is the use of the Espionage Act, which had not been used for against whistleblowers and journalists for almost a century before Assange's case. In the first of a two-part conversation, lawyer and human rights defender Stella Assange, spouse of Julian Assange, joins Chris Hedges for a look at the vast and vicious campaign by the US to silence Julian Assange, and what it all portends for our democracy.

Stella Assange speaks out on Julian's imprisonment w/Chris Hedges (Part 2)

Prison is always a political tool, and in the case of whistleblowers like Julian Assange, the use of incarceration to suppress, discourage, and silence dissent is self-evident. Since being imprisoned, Assange has married and even started a family—but has been kept apart from his wife and children. In the second of a two-part conversation, Stella Assange and Chris Hedges discuss the conditions of Julian's incarceration, and how it offers a glimpse into the overall brutality of the prison system.

The 'slow motion execution' of Julian Assange w/Craig Murray | The Chris Hedges Report

As Julian Assange continues to fight extradition to the United States to face prosecution under the Espionage Act, a growing chorus of voices is rising to demand an end to his persecution. Hounded by US law enforcement and its allies for more than a decade, Assange has been stripped of all personal and civil liberties for the crime of exposing the extent of US atrocities during the War on Terror. In the intervening years, it's become nakedly apparent that the intent of the US government is not only to silence Assange in particular, but to send a message to whistleblowers and journalists everywhere on the consequences of speaking truth to power. Former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray, who was fired for exposing the CIA's use of torture in the country, joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss what Julian Assange's fight means for all of us.