Free Julian Assange: Noam Chomsky, Dan Ellsberg & Jeremy Corbyn Lead Call at Belmarsh Tribunal
Former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, famed linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky and others gave testimony Friday at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington, D.C., calling on President Biden to drop charges against Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been languishing for close to four years in the harsh Belmarsh prison in London while appealing extradition to the United States. If convicted in the United States, Julian Assange could face up to 175 years in jail for violating the U.S. Espionage Act for publishing documents that exposed U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Friday's event was held at the National Press Club and co-chaired by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman. We spend the hour featuring compelling excerpts from the proceedings.
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Exposing war crimes shouldn't be criminalized the war criminals should be charged and brought to justice
@ripadipaflipa4672
Жыл бұрын
Our government in the States is sooo hypocritical. Our great country is speaking about holding Putin accountable for his war crimes yet when it comes to the States being accountable that is somehow unfair and a bridge too far. Our government did a great job vilifying Assuage and others like Snowden in the States proving it is these people and groups like the CIA should be the ones on trial not “whistleblowers”
@paull2166
Жыл бұрын
Assange is innocent unless proven guilty in the US. I would like to see a panel of legal experts showing how Assange can debunk the charges against him.
@FilthyFils.musicgroup
Жыл бұрын
Just tony b liar to add next ...
@ruthhaller276
Жыл бұрын
@@FilthyFils.musicgroup I am nl9
@FilthyFils.musicgroup
Жыл бұрын
@@ruthhaller276 what nl9
Julian Assange is a HERO!
@FilthyFils.musicgroup
Жыл бұрын
By Tony the b liar
@FilthyFils.musicgroup
Жыл бұрын
@garry davies ooh garry Davies oooh garry Davies on my radio 📻 😆 😄 🤣
@ogamibirdflu5152
Жыл бұрын
a hero who lovvvvves Russia.
@offintonebula
Жыл бұрын
agreed!!!!!!!
@MichaelSharpBLACKDRUMMIKE
Жыл бұрын
@@ogamibirdflu5152 MSNBC owns your mind
What they are doing to Assange affects us all. He is the harbinger of what’s coming.
@krystalklear7793
Жыл бұрын
He is a Jesus of our times. He DARED to call out the evil of Authorities.
@user-yx2fe6ii6s
9 ай бұрын
@@krystalklear7793 He is no Jesus. Jesus stood trial and defended himself with dignity - Assange hides from it and wouldn't even go to Sweden to defend the rape allegations. Don't you dare compare these two - shame on you
@wildfire9280
9 ай бұрын
@@krystalklear7793 He’s the reason why Passover is Passover and not “Pushover”.
Thank you so much for covering this. Assange must be freed, the world's freedom is now at stake.
The greatest threat to an Empire of Lies is the Truth!
Julian/Snowden and Many more should be FREE!! FREE PRESS SHALL NOT DIE!!
@wkzeier
Жыл бұрын
Snowden is free. Living his best life in Russia. 🤔 while completely silent on putins attack on Ukraine. 🤔 🤔
@handmadehearts
Жыл бұрын
If free press dies, freedom is finished. The former guy wanted, & still wants, to jail journalists. He's sad & constantly butt-hurt. Also pathetic. Plus, he will never hold public office again. Watch and see. SUPPORT FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. Down with autocracy.
@mikuisdiva39
Жыл бұрын
@@wkzeier what he is supposed to say? About the 8 years of neo nazis battalions attacking Russians civilians while being armed and trained by NATO? Or about sending billions for the ukranian clown by the american clown fomenting a war in europe? Go back watching your CNN and FOX News, dummy
Prayers for Julian, his family and the world 🌎 🙏🏼 ✨
@horustrismegistus1017
Жыл бұрын
25:37 It is impossible to respect a man who sounds like that, with hands like that.
@viaja3569
Жыл бұрын
@@horustrismegistus1017 I understand, my prayers are for all of us, I’m sure we all need it. I try not to judge in this messed up world and sadly find that challenging
Julian is pure inspiration,and brave angel.✨😺💖
Assange has said that if he is extradited, he will take matters into his own hands. You know what that means, he will not survive it. FREE ASSANGE
@vallee7966
Жыл бұрын
👍🏼👍🏼
@nenaaa1444
Жыл бұрын
Oh well a lot of my people didn't survive tRump whom he helped in 2016 his life is not more value than theirs
@survivormary1126
Жыл бұрын
Maybe he will release all the rest of the documents.
@jamessones4044
Жыл бұрын
I would have done it years ago.
@johnpierro3022
Жыл бұрын
@@jamessones4044 I’m so confused lol please explain?
This is so vital a fight not just for a free press, a free man but also for democracy as a whole. Thank you Amy and all other the great citizens for their courage and efforts.
@horustrismegistus1017
Жыл бұрын
Wef is doing the infiltrating Wef is doing the propaganda China is doing the propaganda China is doing the militarizing and attacks Covid Fentanyl 245k troops in Canada 175k in Mexico Invasive moths Invasive weeds Invasive mosses War ships off the western coast of the US armed with Hypersonic glide missles But mean tweets and sex changes and black lives all matter more. I hate these people.
@dudleyburleson8668
Жыл бұрын
You are putting your faith in Democracy now you will be disappointed. At one time maybe but she fell into the Russia Collusion hate Trump propaganda bs
@KMKoolGang
Жыл бұрын
There are supposed to be 2 replies here, yet they're not showing. KZread censorship is so pervasive and obvious that they deserve to be closed and razed to the ground.
Thank you all for the work you're doing to get Julian Assange's freedom.
Thank you. You are truly beautiful people. Free Julian Assange.
They no longer need to try Assange. They have already destroyed his life and had the chilling effect they wanted.
@vallee7966
Жыл бұрын
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼excellent!
@paulheydarian1281
Жыл бұрын
Fair Enough. It was a clever way to instill fear in a mostly cowardly press population.
@deborahtucker4900
Жыл бұрын
@@paulheydarian1281 "cowardly press" please research the number of journalist who have lost their lives across the globe trying to investigate the truth.
@paulheydarian1281
Жыл бұрын
@@deborahtucker4900 I was referring to the press in the Five or Six English Speaking Countries. Although, I'd probably Exclude the Republic of Ireland.
@jean6872
Жыл бұрын
@@paulheydarian1281 Irish newspapers are very conservative and support either one of the two right wing political parties which have ruled that state since its beginning a century ago. You will not find any criticism of the United States in the Irish press.
I am glad y'all are finally on the right track about this subject.
Thank you, Amy, for helping bring the truth to light. You are one of my most intrepid heroes ❤️ please be safe!
If he does go to prison for the rest of his life more people need to step up and expose even more criminal government injustice and crimes against humanity.
@handmadehearts
Жыл бұрын
Agreed! We must support freedom. I don't want to envision the alternative.
@paull2166
Жыл бұрын
Assange is innocent unless proven guilty in the US. I would like to see a panel of legal experts showing how Assange can debunk the charges against him.
@coreycox2345
Жыл бұрын
@@handmadehearts He is an inspiration, but we need to do it regardless.
@ruthhaller276
Жыл бұрын
@@coreycox2345 m. u94062redwood
@2clarityin30
Жыл бұрын
Whether or not he goes to prison prison for the rest of his life, more people need to step up and expose even more criminal government injustice and crimes against humanity.
This has and will continue to have a terrifying effect worldwide to crush what little democracy is left.
Amen Amy and Noam we need more good work from everyone. We need truth to save us all.
Outstanding!!! Thank you for the work put into standing up for truth!!!
Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth...unless it is not what the State wants to hear.
If there were a citizen’s Crime Stopper’s Law for Catching federal crimes he would be rewarded not prosecuted.
Good job Amy! You've restored my faith in you! Keep up the good work.
Assange has sacrificed his life to expose evil. We owe him a debt of gratitude.
YES! FREE HIM! He is a HERO, not a CROOCK!
The most dangerous Person to any Government is the Person who is able to reason and think for themselves...
@practicaliching2311
Жыл бұрын
So........conservatives. Because Liberalism is not an ideology. Liberalism is an inability to use logic and reason to understand how the counterintuitive nature of the universe works, so that a person falls back on their emotions to reach a conclusion. Laissez Faire government and economics are counterintuitive ideas, Laffer curve, peace through strength, and building a strong state on strong individuals given individual liberty and expecting individual responsibility are conservative ideas. Conservative ideas are counterintuitive. That is why there are no successful liberal talk radio shows. Liberals can't understand ideas without moving pictures or hand puppets to trigger their emotions. Huge studies have been done where they asked thousands of people hundreds of questions and grouped them by their answers. People that ranked high in conscientiousness favored conservative policies. People that ranked low in conscientiousness favored liberal ideas. Meaning liberals have no intention of doing what is right or making sacrifices for the good of society. Look up the traits of narcissists, they are exactly the same as liberals politicians, BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH DRIVEN IN TOTAL BY THEIR HATRED AND EMOTIONS.
@briangrigsby1842
Жыл бұрын
those people do not exist however.
@paull2166
Жыл бұрын
Assange is innocent unless proven guilty in the US. I would like to see a panel of legal experts showing how Assange can debunk the charges against him.
@jonathandow684
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention establishment such as Big Corporations!
@coreycox2345
Жыл бұрын
Theoretically, the best government would be only people who could reason and think for themselves, Bonita Roache73.
Pleased to see the world has not forgotten Julian Assange nor the importance of free press!
@jim2376
Жыл бұрын
Assange was Putin's useful idiot. He hasn't been forgotten by American law enforcement. His next stop may be ADX Florence. Assange might be deserving of sympathy if he'd done leaks and document dumps on his pal Putin and Putin's criminal regime. As it was, Putin's useful idiot and FSB tool did zero such leaks and document dumps.
What is the value of FREEDOM OF SPEECH if "WE THE PEOPLE" can't speak truth to POWER???
Yay! Kuntzler, ❤Cochran ❤ those two lawyers were two of Americas best in my lifetime! ❤❤❤😊
Heroes. And everyone standing up-heroes.
It is unbelievable how many cowardly people there are who say nothing and who do not dare to stand up for the truth, while I am extremely grateful for the few who actually do something to expose the real criminals. May God reward you for your efforts! ❤🙏
@dinarap6610
Жыл бұрын
Being there, done that. Now it is your turn. I don't have any hope left and I became very cynical.
@brianwechsler5759
Жыл бұрын
hope is one of the few things left. I wanted to buy land build a yurt and become a hermit when I was a teenager. I was the only black in school. but I'm still alive because of the people who didn't run away and give up
@ramontitmarsh306
Жыл бұрын
Amen
@BolasDaGrk
Жыл бұрын
To Valhalla!
@captainLoknar
Жыл бұрын
not to forget those who "were following orders" for spying, detaining, prosecuting, and judging Julian and Snowden. They're the ones belonging in Belmarsh in my book. But first, every president, attorney general, CIA director, secretary general, and their UK, Sweedish, and Australian government counterparts who failed their duty. And we often forget Obama and Hillary is on the list.
The purpose of the whistleblowers act is precisely that, the problem is they never imagined they would also be whistleblowed!
Crazy how DN! Has flipped on Assange, and how they STILL have not apologized for their ambush of the man years ago.
@duderama6750
Жыл бұрын
It's easy for them to flip now that Assange is broken and the example has been set.
God bless you Democracy Now. Pray for Assange and the human rights of the public to know.
"It's a major change in our form of government." - Daniel Ellsberg WOW. Just WOW.
You are all heroes telling the truth.
all of them speak incredibly well. not one extra word to delete.
True journalism……thank you!
@harrymadray6362
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you!
@mariao5719
Жыл бұрын
👍
Thank you for talking about this. So many in media ignoring it
People with integrity get put in prison!
Thank you Democracy Now ! 🙏
Here we are, told to do the right thing, and look where Julian is. Someone has to keep the eyes and ears on the powerful, because they are not above the law. We should all be rioting over this. Freedom for Julian Assange.
@AccentYouLovingheart
Жыл бұрын
People are distracted!👀
@justdev8965
Жыл бұрын
I love you Paula. Any yes I would love you if you were Paul too. I just can't believe we have come to this point. It's a true nightmare.
@Homengineer-artist
Жыл бұрын
@@justdev8965 you have to ask yourself, who really committed harm in the world. It wasn't Julian Assange, he gave us a sense that someone cares about the world. They need to free him and make this better.
@donHooligan
Жыл бұрын
Americans worship the comforts of capitalism....AKA...Mammon.
Thanks and solidarity to you all. May Julian and family be well. Free him.
Wonderful to listen to. At night here in NZ! Thanks. J.
Attention must be paid. Thanks to Amy and all of the speakers. FREE JULIAN!
Thank you, Amy Goodman. What a great way to start 2023, with this Tribunal.
@handmadehearts
Жыл бұрын
Hear, hear! The panel is LEGENDARY. Thank you Amy Goodman.
@Forthestate
Жыл бұрын
Democracy Now has an awful lot to answer and apologise for where Julian Assange is concerned. April 10th, 2017, Assange was effectively ambushed by Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzales and Alan Nairn. You can check out the Grayzone's recent coverage of this disgusting smear ' Why Democracy Now Sucks'. It makes for painful viewing, and Assange was extremely upset by it. These people owe him an apology. The fact that Amy Goodman is creeping back into the fray to portray herself and this channel as Assange's supporter is sickening.
@Rays_Bad_Decisions
Жыл бұрын
Amy Goodman is apart of the CIA controlled opposition just look how she treated Assange over the Podesta emails or her commission of the NeoNazis in Ukraine...
@handmadehearts
Жыл бұрын
@@Forthestate Minds change. Views change. Nobody is perfect. The message: Free Julian Assange. ASAP.
@OlafsonN
Жыл бұрын
@@handmadehearts @Democracy Now! no longer does investigative journalism. Actual journalists have been banned from being interviewed here while conspiracy theorists have been welcomed. It’s embarrassing. This channel steers its opinion in the direction its large donors dictate.
We must get to the next step...we must jail those that would persecute the innocent
Yes! Thanks for bringing this to point! I wish I matters. Our world deserves justice.
If members of the press are not safe, neither are we ordinary citizens!😢
@andrewgagne5063
Жыл бұрын
You said it.
@caomilo1031
Жыл бұрын
It really depends, only some people from media are not safe. Many of them are safe enough and even work with agencies and interests group.
@curtrice6060
Жыл бұрын
Whispering is lying , lying is a sin, etc. There are no secrets in a Democracy! If you can’t say it, your lying!
@handmadehearts
Жыл бұрын
Hear, hear! Freedom of information. Free press. Down with autocracy.
@wkzeier
Жыл бұрын
Assange and Snowden are not the press. They are hackers and spies. Stfu with the bullshit.
For Julian: Let's add a fourth branch to our government called: THE PEOPLES BRANCH, and let's have this fourth branch allow people a full vote on all pending legislation. That way politicians will have to pay attention to what we really want.
@Remix2366
Жыл бұрын
You mean a revolution
@survivormary1126
Жыл бұрын
You don't think they will let us peasants have that do you? Same way the "gave Women the Vote" They didn't. We TOOK it. They were still killing black people in Alabama in 1964 for trying to vote and even the Governor came right out and said they wouldn't.
@ThisIsF-dUp
Жыл бұрын
@@survivormary1126 That's right, it would take a major shift. Here is the solution: Any number of states in our union have a "VOTER INITIATIVE" process which allows voters to put a law on the books themselves! We use this process in all 26 states that have it; at the state level. When it works we move for a Constitutional Amendment. We can do it if we show efficacy.
@kareemsalessi
Жыл бұрын
Silence governments by cleansing them out, by boycotting all voting. plus:::Assange was targeted by Killary-Kill-Team, after publishing her emails, leaked to assange by the Killary staffer who was murdered by her kill-team in DC!!!
@ThisIsF-dUp
Жыл бұрын
@@kareemsalessi I feel you. But I think Simon De Beauvoir says it best when she talks about power, "The point is not for [people] simply to take power out of [their] hands, since that wouldn't change anything about the world. It's a question precisely of destroying that notion of power." Let's take back the store.
Free Julian Assange!!!
I can not believe this poor man is still in prison for being honest
Thank you so much, Amy, for co-chairing this Panel and airing these speakers in SUPPORT of Julian Assange.
@ernstwiltmann3918
Жыл бұрын
Amy Goodman is not acting accordingly to this information, she supports the US Military Complex and Regime change wars.
Thank You so much💐 for posting this and to ALL who contributed. 🌟Free🌟 Julian Assange.
Amy Goodman . .. you exemplify truth & honor in your role as a news reporter ! Thank-you! ! !
Open and transparent communication with the People! WWG1WGA
Free Julian Assange
Free Assange!
Belmarsh Tribunal is truly an eye opening event to maintain our freedom and free speech, this is a lesson that younger generation should be made aware of, save our country and save the world through truthful and courageous regular citizens . Free Mr. Assange.
Fantastic conference: wish I could have been there! True democracy & transparency, thanks 🙏
For the freedom of Julian assange the best for him hopefully he will be free soon 🙏
WOW! What an awesome line up of true Character to have on your side: Chomsky, Sterling, Ellsberg, and Corbyn! Courageous sources, indeed! Free Julian, or there will be no free press
@practicaliching2311
Жыл бұрын
If Noan Chomsky is for it, you know it's a really bad idea. Chomsky is a pure liberal. Driven in total by his hatred and emotions. It's because Liberalism is not an ideology. Liberalism is an inability to use logic and reason to understand how the counterintuitive nature of the universe works, so that a person falls back on their emotions to reach a conclusion. Laissez Faire government and economics are counterintuitive ideas, Laffer curve, peace through strength, and building a strong state on strong individuals given individual liberty and expecting individual responsibility are conservative ideas. Conservative ideas are counterintuitive. That is why there are no successful liberal talk radio shows. Liberals can't understand ideas without moving pictures or hand puppets to trigger their emotions. Huge studies have been done where they asked thousands of people hundreds of questions and grouped them by their answers. People that ranked high in conscientiousness favored conservative policies. People that ranked low in conscientiousness favored liberal ideas. Meaning liberals have no intention of doing what is right or making sacrifices for the good of society. Look up the traits of narcissists, they are exactly the same as liberals politicians, BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH DRIVEN IN TOTAL BY THEIR HATRED AND EMOTIONS.
@jhegre
Жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@jhegre
Жыл бұрын
@@practicaliching2311
@rodniegsm1575
Жыл бұрын
So let's me think. When it comes to other countries who commit war crimes and journalists report that it's news and prosecution follows. But when the United States committed war crimes, its treason?? So, the United States committed war crimes , kept secrets about that, and the journalists are the criminals??
@handmadehearts
Жыл бұрын
Free Julian Assange ASAP. Support FREEDOM. Period.
Julian Assange is a real hero and definitely should be recognised as one.
Thank you you all, who believe in justice...
Adaly Eguizabal from Los Angeles, Ca. Everyday, I pledge God justice for Julian A. Free of speech for all!!
Thank you so very much. I liked listening to very brave intellectuals condemning the most powerfully country for what it really is: a truth suppressed.
Bravo!!! Good people will produce good results. Some of speakers I know personalty, very intelligent and kind people. Too bad they do not activate politically because every government in this World needs such kind people.
Verdade pura. Os políticos se acham Deuses na terra. Acontecendo na America que sera de nós
Epic discussion. Amazing guests. Ellsberg is my hero.
Julian hero-ed through this! So much respect for him as a global citizen. How is he subject to US law?
Freedom to Julian Assange! Shame on the American government!
If we don't stand by Julian Assange The freedom of press will definitely be gone in this country Why not the world ?
@vallee7966
Жыл бұрын
What a catastrophe!😵😲
@GustavoLopez-tk2dv
Жыл бұрын
And then eventually your rights may be compromised
@hariowen3840
Жыл бұрын
What press freedom? it's already gone - where were the mainstream media on this all along??? (exactly - nowhere!)
@loadapish
Жыл бұрын
Our freedom is getting snatched away month by month. It seems that they are gradually turning this entire planet into a concentration camp. We cant figure out how to stop it and even if we did, we wont stand together.
Brave souls.
Julian Assange is one of those who give us hope.
Amy Thank You so very much.
USA IS BECOMING A NORTH KOREA. JULIAN IS A FRIGGIN HERO.GREAT JOB JULIAN!!!!!!!!
Thank you Amy Goodman. Thank you tribunal. Free Julian Assange ✊🏾
Democracy Now threw Assange under the bus back in the day when this all went down. I guess this is their small way of apologizing, not that they will admit they were wrong at the time.
Free Assange! A brave man fighting for the truth!
Excellent! Thank you.
Yes. We must continue to speak truth to power!
"The truth is there are people who will hate you if you're doing well and they'll hate you if you're not. So whatever it is, don't pay attention to them. You're not alone in dealing with such people. Remember, insecure people put others down to raise themselves." -
Noam Chomsky for democracy. That's a good one.
The concept of “Accountability” is only selectively applied out of convenience and expedience to those who offend the vanity of authority.
Thank you for sharing this with America's citizens. I am 72 and just now knowing my American history of injustice
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for covering this ! One of the important fights of our time.
Free Julian Assange: Environmental, human and non-human animal rights, no matter where from in the entire universe, are all one concern !! 🤜🤛🏽⚡💫
If they drop charges it's an admission of guilt. They will not do that. They would rather sink the whole boat
@manofTao
Жыл бұрын
I agree. Free Assange calls will be ignored with a smirk by the globalist cabal that pulls the strings of every government around the (western) world. A french revolution type of upheaval is the only solution..
The cost of freedom weighs heavy on those who must protect it,
This transcends left and right paradigms....a great concern to free press and the teeth of the constitution....
Thank you Democracy Now
Finaly! It took time to react..but better late than never! All supports and respects to all these journalists & other, here!
Downright eloquent listening Mr ACLU
Thank you 🙏
Thank you for this!
The brilliant Jeremy Corbyn solidarity to Julian thank every one involved in this for your time and your great speeches
Weird. So many people are going to jail for exposing corruption, but so few going to jail for being corrupt. 🤔
🙏Julian Assange🙏you are a hero 🙏
We're all with you and support you! ⚘
Thank you, always Amy. This was an incredible panel. We all stand together for the freedom of Julian Assange. 🗽🌏
@swaggyswag4999
Жыл бұрын
America is a credible that no one can drop a dime on.
@ernstwiltmann3918
Жыл бұрын
@@swaggyswag4999 The only problem with that is, that the US "drops" too much monopoly (FIAT) money.
@cheri238
Жыл бұрын
@@ernstwiltmann3918 💯 correct
@mikehw7526
Жыл бұрын
Amy Goodman is a hypocrite.Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales sabotaged Julian Assange on her show in 2017,trying associate Assange w Russia which was not true.Goodman has been pushing the Ukraine War,the War in Syria,War with China,Russiagate(remember nut job Marcy Wheeler)Amy Goodman should rot in .......
@TwoKrows
Жыл бұрын
He merits freedom when and only when his charges are heard, evidence presented, and he is judged. To free him or anyone before due process is lawlessness and ludicrous.