Making it Real
Non Violent Movements Throughout History page 9.
11. Wikileaks 2006- Present
Ex SAS Ben Griffin supports Wikileaks
“Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence ... If we have brains or courage, then we are blessed and called on not to frit these qualities away... but rather to prove the vigor of our talents against the strongest opponents of love we can find. If we can only live once, then let it be a daring adventure that draws on all our powers. Let it be with similar types whos hearts and heads we may be proud of."
Julian Assange.
Julian Assange foundered Wikileaks as a not-for-profit media organisation. WikiLeaks has released more classified intelligence documents than the rest of the world press combined. Leaks such as tax avoidance by the largest Swiss bank, Julius Baer, a nuclear accident in Iran, massive corruption in Moi’s Kenya, The Collateral Murder Video, the Iraq War Logs, secret documentation of the Afghanistan war, the Guantanamo Bay operation manuals, the Global Intelligence Files and the Syria Files.
An arbitrary and unlawful financial blockade was imposed on Wikilieaks by The Bank of America, VISA, MasterCard (who recently backed down), PayPal and Western Union blocking 95% of the organisation’s income, donations.
Leaked Stratfor documents prove the US government has a sealed indictment on Assange. The FBI have been harrassing supporters of Wikileaks. WikiLeaks has been victorious over every legal (and illegal) attack, including those from the Pentagon, the Chinese Public Security Bureau, the Former president of Kenya, the Premier of Bermuda, Scientology, the Catholic & Mormon Church, the largest Swiss private bank, and Russian companies.
Assange was granted political asylum and protection at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in August 2012.
Wikileaks have been instrumental in supporting NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden financially, legally and with advice. Wikileaks’ Sarah Harrison accompanied Snowden from Hong Kong and is still with Edward in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.