The Plot to Kill Julian Assange & Destroy Wikileaks
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, Brian and Lee Camp discuss the latest revelations about the CIA's attempts to take revenge on Wikileaks for exposing the secret crimes of the U.S. government. This went as far as planning to assassinate Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange, who was at that point confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Now in prison, the fight to free Assange continues.
They also discuss the case of Steven Donzinger, an international environmental lawyer who took on Chevron and won — but has now been sentenced to prison in a case of retaliation that has drawn global outrage. They also discuss the political right turn made by Tulsi Gabbard.
Lee Camp is the host of the TV show Redacted Tonight and author of the book Bullet Points & Punch Lines. Check out his work at LeeCamp.com
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| 0:00.0 | The CIA made plans to kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was granted asylum in the embassy of Ecuador in London. |
| 0:09.0 | They also worked to create divisions and splits within WikiLeaks and among supporters of Julian Assange. |
| 0:16.0 | We talk about these and other underreported stories with comedian, journalist, and author Lee Camp. |
| 0:23.0 | We need a new system. We need a new society. We need to demand that which may have sounded |
| 0:29.2 | impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:03.8 | Thank you. but an imperative necessity. Welcome to this week's episode of The Real Story on the Socialist Program, where we go beyond the superficial to understand the social and political struggles dominating the world today. |
| 1:09.6 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. Today we'll be talking |
| 1:12.6 | to Lee Camp. Lee is a writer, comedian, activist, journalist, and host of the television show |
| 1:18.8 | redacted tonight, which you can see on RT America. His latest book is called Bullet Points and |
| 1:25.9 | Punchlines. The most important, I can't, Lee, I have to start laughing |
| 1:30.8 | when I'm reading your book title. The most important commentary ever written on the Epic American |
| 1:36.9 | Tragic Comedy. And you can find that book and more of Lee's work at Lee camp.com. Lee, |
| 1:43.2 | welcome back to the socialist program. Thanks for having |
| 1:45.8 | me, Brian. Well, we have a few, I would say, like big issues to talk about. Usually when we do |
| 1:51.9 | this episode in the socialist program, it's a single focus, a deep dive, like we did our |
| 1:58.0 | seven-part series on China's foreign policy. That was nine hours on, |
| 2:03.3 | you know, very focused topics. But we want to discuss with you a couple, maybe a few, |
| 2:09.4 | perhaps several important issues. And the reason we wanted to talk to you, Lee, one, |
| 2:14.5 | is because you're one of our favorite guests. And two, because you've been, |
| 2:19.6 | in fact, commenting and discussing in different platforms and different media outlets, some of these |
| 2:26.7 | important issues. One of the issues is the revelation by a Yahoo News investigation that the CIA |
| 2:33.2 | was earnestly trying to either kidnap or assassinate |
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