In One of His First Public Appearances Since Arrest, Julian Assange Explains How WikiLeaks Has Turned World Politics Upside Down

Amy Goodman recently moderated a discussion between the persecuted Julian Assange of WikiLeaks and the Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Zizek,  covering a wide range of issues related to transparency issues, whistleblowers and Assange's house arrest and other legal issues. The founder of WikiLeaks has not been charged with a crime in any country but nonetheless has had to fight extradition for questioning in a peculiar Swedish case. This is a fascinating discussion of perhaps the most critical issue facing humanity today; the battle between the proponents of secrecy, most often used to suppress politically sensitive details of governance, with those who fight to protect the right to publish information about the state's actions with or without its approval. As you will see in this piece, information matters. 
http://www.alternet.org/news/151531/in_one_of_his_first_public_appearances_since_arrest,_julian_assange_explains_how_wikileaks_has_turned_world_politics_upside_down/?utm

Full Video of Assange/Zizek Interview from Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/7/5/watch_full_video_of_wikileaks_julian_assange_philosopher_slavoj_iek_with_amy_goodman

WikiLeaks News and Views from Greg Mitchell at The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blog/161816/wikileaks-news-views-blog-wednesday-july-6