How important is a free press to democracy? How important is peace to democracy? To visit the same abominations on the brave journalist exposing them accomplishes nothing but ruthless revenge as democracy recedes. Democracy entails a free press:
Writes Nozomi Hayase: “The US government’s extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange is a critical moment for press freedom, but also for the anti-war movement.”
Read on. So much is at stake. (Source: Mark Crispin Miller)
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