Reflections by Comrade Fidel
THE
EMPIRE ON THE PRISONERS’ DOCK
Julian Assange, a man who was known by very few people in the world a
few months ago, is showing that the most powerful empire that ever existed in
history can be challenged.
The daring challenge was not coming from a rival superpower; from some
State with more than a hundred nuclear weapons; from a group of nations with
enormous natural resources, something the
It was one single person of whom we had heard mentioned in the
press. Although now he is famous, we
know very little about him, other than the highly publicized imputation about
his affairs with women, without using the due precautions in the days of
HIV. A book has not yet been written
about his origins, education or his philosophical and political ideas.
Nor do we even know the motives that led him to the stunning blow that
he dealt the empire. We only know that
he has morally brought it to its knees.
The APF news agency informs today
that the “creator of WikiLeaks shall remain in prison even though he was
granted bail [...] but he shall have to stay behind bars until the appeal
presented by Sweden is resolved; Sweden is demanding his extradition on the
grounds of alleged sex crimes.”
“…the lawyer representing the
“…Judge Riddle established the condition of bail set at $ 380,000, the
use of an electronic bracelet and compliance with a curfew.”
The same dispatch informed that in the event that he is set free “…he
has to live at a property belonging to Vaughan Smith, his friend and the
president of the Frontline Club, the
Assange stated: “‘My convictions are unshakeable. I remain faithful to the ideals I have
expressed. If this process has done
anything, it is to increase my determination that my ideals are true and right’
…”
The brave and brilliant American film-maker Michael Moore stated that he
has offered WikiLeaks his website, his servers, his domain names and anything
else he can provide to “…‘keep WikiLeaks alive and well while it goes on
working to expose crimes that were concocted in secret and committed on our
behalf and with our tax-paying dollars’...”
“…‘notwithstanding whether Assange is guilty or innocent […] he has the
right to pay bail and defend himself’. […] ‘I have joined forces ―for this
reason― with film-makers Ken Loach and John Pilger and writer Jemima Jan
and I have offered money to pay his bail’.”
The American government barrage against WikiLeaks has been so brutal
that, according to ABC News/Washington
Post polls, two out of three Americans would like to take Assange before
the
We don’t know anything about details of the plan drawn up by WikiLeaks
strategists. We do know that Assange
distributed an important number of communications to five large media
transnationals; at this moment they have the monopoly on much of the news, some
of them being extremely mercenary, reactionary and pro-fascist such as PRISA in
World opinion will be closely following everything that happens in the
WikiLeaks story.
Upon the right-wing Swedish government and the warmongering mafia of
NATO, who so love to invoke freedom of press and human rights, shall fall the
responsibility about whether or not we can know the truth about the cynical
policy of the
Ideas can be more powerful than nuclear weapons.
Fidel Castro Ruz