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Assange: integrity and courage
Assange is motivated by radical, democratic impulses, writes HELEN MERCER
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Julian Assange in His Own Words
Compiled and edited by Karen Sharpe
OR Books, £12.99
MOBILISING support for Julian Assange has been an uphill struggle against lies, smears and distortions from a fearsome array of politicians, the mass media and judges. He is constantly denounced as a “narcissist” and “self-publicist.”
A rebuttal to such character assassination comes in this small book, a collection of short extracts from Assange’s many writings, interviews and speeches published before he was imprisoned in Belmarsh two-and-a-half years ago.
What emerges is a man to be admired for his integrity and humanity, an intelligent and considered thinker.
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