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The Simpsons' 500th Episode, Starring Julian Assange: A Look Back at a One of America's Most Politically Relevant Shows

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. February 19, 2012.

Assange is one of the most prominent political figures the show has ever scored.

Julian Assange's Proud Father: My Son Has 'Immense Desire for Justice in the World'

Giles Tremlett, The Guardian. July 15, 2011.

Assange's biological father describes his son as a "great dissident" in his first and probably only media interview.

Julian Assange on Why Calls for His Death and the McCarthyesque Crackdown on WikiLeaks Are Good Signs

Amy Goodman, Julian Assange, Slavoj Zizek, Democracy Now!. July 5, 2011.

Assange and renowned philosopher Slavoj Zizek discuss the release of the largest trove of classified U.S. government records in history.

Vision: How Hacker Activists Are Risking Jail for Everyone's Right to Internet Freedom

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. June 24, 2011.

Since WikiLeaks, authorities have been more aggressive about arresting citizen cyber activists. Yet new actions by the biggest "hacktivists" show they're willing to risk it.

All the WikiLeaks Fit to Print: The Media's Desire to Exploit WikiLeaks While Distancing Itself From Bradley Manning

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. April 27, 2011.

Why are mainstream news outlets so quick to publish news unearthed by WikiLeaks, but wary of reporting the truth about Manning?

Glenn Greenwald on the Shocking New Charges Against Bradley Manning -- Could Get Death Penalty

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. March 3, 2011.

The Salon blogger describes on Democracy Now why the new charges against Bradley Manning are so nefarious.

UK Judge Rules Assange Can Be Extradited; Could Eventually Face US Death Penalty

Agence France PresseFebruary 24, 2011.

Lawyers for Assange immediately said they would appeal against the decision, which they fear could eventually result in Assange facing imprisonment in the US.

Is MIA the Julian Assange of Pop Music?

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. January 22, 2011.

With her new Vicki Leakx mixtape, Maya Arulpragrasm reiterates her case as America’s most important, politically savvy young popstar.

My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act -- Here's Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange

Robert Meeropol, Rosenberg Fund for Children. December 29, 2010.

The Espionage Act is a huge danger to our open society; it's been used to send hundreds of dissenters to jail just for voicing their opinions, transforming dissent into treason.

Naomi Wolf and Jaclyn Friedman Debate Julian Assange's Rape Charges

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. December 20, 2010.

Noted feminists go head to head about how we should think about the allegations against the Wikileaks founder.

The Witch Hunt Against Assange Is Turning into an Extremely Dangerous Assault on Journalism Itself

Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 17, 2010.

The Obama admin's reported plan to indict Julian Assange strikes at the heart of investigative journalism on national security scandals.

Time Magazine's Placebo Person of the Year: Facebook's Zuckerberg Instead of Wikileaks' Assange

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. December 15, 2010.

WikiLeaks has, in the course of just a few months, turned the world of U.S. policy and foreign relations upside down. What was Time thinking?

Persecution of Assange and Wikileaks Is an Attack on Free Speech

Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. December 13, 2010.

Where will the criminalization of Wikileaks end – and what will it mean for the rest of us who may be engaged in non-violent First Amendment speech or advocacy?

Report: Assange's Swedish Sex Crimes Accuser Flees to Middle East, May Not Be Cooperating with Police

Daniel Tencer, Raw Story. December 10, 2010.

An Australian news site reports that Anna Ardin has moved to the Palestinian territories to work for a peace organization.

The 9 Weirdest Things About the WikiLeaks Story

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. December 6, 2010.

Here are the 9 craziest facets of the international uproar surrounding WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

Wikileaks' Julian Assange Fires Back at His Critics

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. December 2, 2010.

Assange's lawyer in Britain speaks out on behalf of the Wikileaks founder in hiding in the UK.

Wikileaks Exposes America's Dirty Laundry, While Media Clowns Like Glenn Beck Are off in Fantasy Land

Lawrence Davidson, Consortium News. November 30, 2010.

Glenn Beck's perverted vision of America is eclipsed by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's hard truths.

Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership"

Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. November 30, 2010.

World-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky discusses the release of more than 250,000 secret U.S. State Department cables by WikiLeaks.

7 Shocking WikiLeaks Revelations

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. November 29, 2010.

Round 1 of Cablegate, Julian Assange's big reveal.

10 Ways Hackers Have Punked Corporations and Oppressive Governments

Peter Ludlow, Burcu Bakioğlu, AlterNet. October 19, 2010.

Over the past two decades hacktivism has been used to target all centers of power.

Wikileaks Prepares Next Big Document Dump, While Media and Pentagon Continue Smear Campaign Against Its Founder

Scott Thill, AlterNet. September 20, 2010.

Attacks on Wikileaks are really an attack on free speech says its founder, Julian Assange.

"You Need to Know What's Really Going On": WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on the Fight for the Truth

Ron Synovitz, Christopher Schwartz, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. August 4, 2010.

Assange: "In order to make any just decision you need to know and understand what abuses or plans for abuses are occurring."

Wikileaks: Inside the Group That Has Exposed the Secrets of Sarah Palin, Scientology and the Pentagon

David Kushner, Mother Jones Online. April 8, 2010.

Since 2006, WikiLeaks has posted more than 1.2 million documents. Governments and corporations have tried to shut them down. They've failed.

Glenn Greenwald on Chilling Iraq Video: "The Only Thing That's Rare About This Is That We Know About It"

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 6, 2010.

Glenn Greenwald and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange discuss why footage capturing of U.S. troops shooting unarmed civilians is not an "aberration."