Worth noting that the public conception of Assange's crimes seems to no longer be the cables, which I rarely see brought up that much anymore, at least comparatively. It's recently metamorphosed into bringing down the Clinton campaign and somehow electing Trump, a notion that was pretty soundly refuted by Thomas Ferguson and his co-authors in their 2018 paper on Trump's election, "Industrial Structure and Party Competition in an Age of Hunger Games." Zombie ideas never die, I suppose.
An important essay that needs the highest visibility possible in US media. A serious criminal assault on the 4th estate and Assange for exposing the crimes of state.
Good essay. Forgot about that apply titled propaganda 'doc,' "We steal secrets" - the title the exact opposite of anything Wikileaks has ever said about itself.
Worth noting that the public conception of Assange's crimes seems to no longer be the cables, which I rarely see brought up that much anymore, at least comparatively. It's recently metamorphosed into bringing down the Clinton campaign and somehow electing Trump, a notion that was pretty soundly refuted by Thomas Ferguson and his co-authors in their 2018 paper on Trump's election, "Industrial Structure and Party Competition in an Age of Hunger Games." Zombie ideas never die, I suppose.
Thanks for commenting! Interesting to consider that the focus has maybe shifted to the 2016 election!
An important essay that needs the highest visibility possible in US media. A serious criminal assault on the 4th estate and Assange for exposing the crimes of state.
Thanks so much! I appreciate it a lot! :)
As always, Andrew gives a great summary on an important issue for those of us who don't have time or inclination to read a lot of the internet.
Hah! Thanks, Prof. Ellerman! As always, you're doing great work too and making the world better! :)
Assange is an instrument of Russian intelligence, that’s why they won’t defend him
Thanks for commenting, but can you clarify what you're talking about? Maybe there's a source that explains what you're referring to?
I’m on my phone right now, but google “Assange Russia”. You won’t have to look very hard.
Let me know what you're arguing and the evidence that it's based on; I'm happy to listen and see what you have.
Liking is only for paid subscribers?
Commenting, (tried)Hearting and Tweeted.
Good essay. Forgot about that apply titled propaganda 'doc,' "We steal secrets" - the title the exact opposite of anything Wikileaks has ever said about itself.
I see Substack made me circle around back through my email inbox (where I came from, from your accounts email notification). Weird. :/
No problem! Glad you got it to work! :)
Does it say that liking is only for paid subscribers? That shouldn't be the case!
I've come across some Substacks where liking is free and some where the opposite is true. From my experience, you have it set to free liking. :)
Thanks!
Hah! That's interesting; didn't know that liking was ever not free!