Why Biden Wants Assange in Jail: Case at the Tipping Point
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
A London High Court judge rejected Wikileaks editor Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition to the United States. He now faces up to 175 years in prison — despite public opinion around the world and in his home country, Australia. The UN has declared his detention “arbitrary,” which usually results in the release of the detainee, but not so far. The fate of the man who revealed so many of the hidden crimes of the US empire hangs in the balance.
Brian Becker is joined by Joe Lauria, editor in chief of Consortium News.
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| 0:00.0 | A high court in the United Kingdom has rejected Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition |
| 0:09.6 | to the United States, where he now faces up to 175 years in prison. |
| 0:18.6 | Julian Assange's fate hangs in the balance. |
| 0:22.4 | We need a new system. |
| 0:24.5 | We need a new society. |
| 0:26.4 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not |
| 0:31.7 | only realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 0:59.8 | Thank you. but an imperative necessity. Welcome back to the Socialist Program. |
| 1:01.6 | I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:06.4 | Today we're talking about Julian Assange's case with Joe Loria. |
| 1:10.5 | Joe is editor-in-chief of Consortium News. |
| 1:12.7 | Joe Loria, welcome to the Socialist Program. |
| 1:13.9 | Thank you, Brian. |
| 1:14.9 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:22.3 | This is very dramatic, very disturbing people all around the world are demanding that the court's going a different direction from the one they appear headed for. |
| 1:26.1 | 89% of Australians and Julian Assange is, let's remember Australian, he's not an American, |
| 1:32.0 | he's not a U.S. citizen, he's in a British prison, but he's an Australian citizen. |
| 1:36.3 | 89% of Australians, according to these surveys I've read say, Julian Assange should be released. |
| 1:43.1 | He should be freed. |
| 1:44.0 | He should be able to come home. |
| 1:46.0 | Anyway, what's this latest court decision? What is its impact? Is this the end of the road in |
| 1:52.0 | terms of an appeal by Julian Assange and his lawyers fighting against this extradition? |
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