Wednesday, September 14, 6pm, 5100 Kingshill Dr. [we will meet in the back yard if the weather is good]

October 8 will be an International Day of action to defend Julian Assange.

• Without freedom of the press, democracy is not possible.

• Don’t Extradite Assange.

• Journalism is not a crime.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing up to 175 years in prison for publishing truthful information about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The United States has hit Assange with an unprecedented Espionage Act indictment and asked that he be extradited from London.

Extraditing Assange to the United States would have disastrous consequences for the freedom of the press and our democracy. Countless journalists, legal scholars, and human rights groups have condemned the politically motivated U.S. efforts to prosecute Assange. If this case goes forward, it would create a precedent that would criminalize the “lifeblood of investigative journalism” and radically change our democracy.

The First Amendment is not a partisan issue. Democrats, Republicans, and independents are joining together to demand that the administration drop its efforts to extradite Julian Assange.

If you care about the freedom of the press and making sure we have the information we need to carry out our duties as American citizens, please join our effort to defend Julian Assange and civil liberties. Join with Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Alice Walker, Edward Snowden, Oliver Stone, Lady Gaga, and many more who are demanding justice!

Below is a link to a report by Paul Jay, who, on December 30, 2021, had participated in an Italian press conference demanding freedom for Julian Assange.

Contact for the 9-14-2022 planning meeting for the 10-8-2022 event in Columbus: Tekla Lewin <ttl@wideopenwest.com>.