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Please pass along to others in your group or area who want to oppose the non-judicial actions against WikiLeaks (and, by implication, support for the release of important information to the public).<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Larry Dansinger<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine <<a href="mailto:info@peacectr.org">info@peacectr.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">December 9, 2010 10:22:24 AM EST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:peacectr_list@lists.peacectr.org">peacectr_list@lists.peacectr.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>[Peacectr_list] Fwd: Wikileaks Petition</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite=""><br></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite="">Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 08:23:12 -0500<br> Subject: Wikileaks Petition</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite="">From: Lawrence Reichard <<a href="mailto:lreichard@gmail.com">lreichard@gmail.com</a>></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite=""><br> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="+1">The chilling intimidation campaign against WikiLeaks (when they have broken no laws) is<b> an attack on freedom of the press and democracy.</b> We urgently need a massive public outcry to<b> stop the crackdown -- let's get to 1 million voices</b> and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week!</font><br> </blockquote> <blockquote align="center"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=849166200&v=7727"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=849166200&<span></span>;v=7727></font></a><font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> The<b> massive campaign of intimidation</b> against WikiLeaks is sending a chill through free press advocates everywhere.<br> <br> <b>Legal experts say WikiLeaks has likely broken no laws. Yet top US politicians have called it a terrorist group and commentators have urged assassination</b> of its staff. The organization has come under massive government and corporate attack, but WikiLeaks is only publishing information provided by a whistleblower. And<b> it has partnered with the world's leading newspapers (NYT, Guardian, Spiegel etc)</b> to carefully vet the information it publishes.<br> <br> <b>The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy.</b> We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression.<b> Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this email to everyone</b> -- let's get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week!<br> <br> </font><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?vl"><font face="Arial" size="+1">http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?vl</font></a> <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=849166200&v=7727"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=849166200&<span></span>;v=7727></font></a><font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> <b>WikiLeaks isn't acting alone</b> -- it's partnered with the top newspapers in the world (New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, etc) to carefully review 250,000 US diplomatic cables and remove any information that it is irresponsible to publish.<b> Only 800 cables have been published so far.</b> Past WikiLeaks publications have exposed government-backed torture, the murder of innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, and corporate corruption.<br> <br> The US government is currently pursuing all legal avenues to stop WikiLeaks from publishing more cables, but<b> the laws of democracies protect freedom of the press.</b> The US and other governments may not like the laws that protect our freedom of expression, but that's exactly why it's so important that we have them, and why only a democratic process can change them.<br> <br> <b>Reasonable people can disagree</b> on whether WikiLeaks and the leading newspapers it's partnered with are releasing more information than the public should see. Whether the releases undermine diplomatic confidentiality and whether that's a good thing. Whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has the personal character of a hero or a villain.<b> But none of this justifies a vicious campaign of intimidation to silence a legal media outlet</b> by governments and corporations. Click below to join the call to stop the crackdown:</font><br> <font face="Arial" size="+1"></font></blockquote> <blockquote><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?vl"><font face="Arial" size="+1">http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?vl</font></a> <a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=849166200&v=7727"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=849166200&<span></span>;v=7727></font></a><font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> Ever wonder why the media so rarely gives the full story of what happens behind the scenes? This is why - because when they do, governments can be vicious in their response. And when that happens,<b> it's up to the public to stand up for our democratic rights to a free press and freedom of expression. Never has there been a more vital time for us to do so.</b><br> <br> With hope,<br> Ricken, Emma, Alex, Alice, Maria Paz and the rest of the Avaaz team.<br> <br> SOURCES:<br> <br> Law experts say WikiLeaks in the clear (ABC)<br> </font><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s3086781.htm"><font face="Arial" size="+1">http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s3086781.htm</font></a><font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> WikiLeaks are a bunch of terrorists, says leading U.S. congressman (Mail Online)<br> </font><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333879/WikiLeaks-terrorists-says-leading-US-congressman-Peter-King.html"><span></span>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333879/WikiLeaks-terrorists<span></span>-says-leading-US-congressman-Peter-King.html<font face="Arial" size="+1"></font></a></blockquote> <blockquote><font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> Cyber guerrillas can help US (Financial Times)<br> </font><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3dd7c40-ff15-11df-956b-00144feab49a.html#axzz17QvQ4Ht5"><span></span>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3dd7c40-ff15-11df-956b-00144feab49a.html#<span></span>axzz17QvQ4Ht5<font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> Amazon drops WikiLeaks under political pressure (Yahoo)<br> </font></a><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101201/tc_afp/usdiplomacyinternetwikileakscongressamazon"><span></span>http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101201/tc_afp/usdiplomacyinternetwikil<span></span>eakscongressamazon<font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> "WikiLeaks avenged by hacktivists" (PC World):<br> </font></a><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212701/operation_payback_wikileaks_avenged_by_hacktivists.html"><span></span>http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212701/operation_payba<span></span>ck_wikileaks_avenged_by_hacktivists.html<font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> US Gov shows true control over Internet with WikiLeaks containment (Tippett.org)<br> </font></a><a href="http://www.tippett.org/2010/12/us-gov-shows-true-control-over-internet-with-wikileaks-containment/"><span></span>http://www.tippett.org/2010/12/us-gov-shows-true-control-over-intern<span></span>et-with-wikileaks-containment/<font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> US embassy cables culprit should be executed, says Mike Huckabee (The Guardian)<br> </font></a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cables-executed-mike-huckabee"><span></span>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cables-execut<span></span>ed-mike-huckabee<font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> WikiLeaks ditched by MasterCard, Visa. Who's next? (The Christian Science Monitor)<br> </font></a><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/1207/WikiLeaks-ditched-by-MasterCard-Visa.-Who-s-next"><span></span>http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/1207/WikiLeaks-dit<span></span>ched-by-MasterCard-Visa.-Who-s-next<font face="Arial" size="+1"><br> <br> Assange's Interpol Warrant Is for Having Sex Without a Condom (The Slatest)<br> </font></a><a href="http://slatest.slate.com/id/2276690/"><font face="Arial" size="+1">http://slatest.slate.com/id/2276690/<br> <br> <br> <b>Support the Avaaz community!</b> We're entirely funded by donations and receive no money from governments or corporations. 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