Julian Assange receives Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts

[proverbialwisdom]

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2013-02-04 Julian Assange receives Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts
Submitted by WLC on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 02:30

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On 3 February 2013 at a private dinner at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, attended by more than 150 guests, Julian Assange will receive the Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts 2013 for his WikiLeaks work including, amongst other releases, Collateral Murder. This award is given to people who have displayed extraordinary courage and who through their artistry have changed the world.

Old news, but I missed it.

[sabrina 1]

1. Excellent news, thank you. I missed it too. He's racking up awards which is kind of a slap in the

face to the anti-free press contingency.

He's also off to a good start in his race for office in Australia.

One of the most popular men in the world despite all of the efforts of Wall St to shut him up.

[proverbialwisdom]

2. "New" news.

https://www.facebook.com/wikileaks

Yesterday
New York Festivals awards Julian Assange's show 'The World Tomorrow' the Silver World Medal in documentary/information category.
See http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2013/pieces.php?iid=444956

[sabrina 1]

3. Yes, he's racking up awards lately. A way for people to express their disgust at the persecution

of a multi-award winning International News Organization.

That too is good news, good for them.

[ananda]

4. And I hope Bradley Manning gets the Nobel Peace Prize!

Rec

[proverbialwisdom]

5. DemocracyNow posted Apr 8, 2013 on PLUS D.

Published on Apr 8, 2013

The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks has just published the "Kissinger cables," 1.7 million U.S. diplomatic and intelligence documents from 1973 to 1976 that include many once-secret memos written by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. While the documents have been available to the public at the National Archives, WikiLeaks has created a searchable online database to allow anyone in the world to quickly search them. WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange reportedly did most of the work creating the database from his refuge in Ecuador's embassy in London. WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson joins us to discuss the documents' release. Hrafnsson also comments on the recent anniversary of the release of the "Collateral Murder" military video, which shows U.S. forces killing 12 people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters employees, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen. After the video's release, Hrafnsson met with family members of the victims in Iraq.

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