- 25 Aug 2019 10:51
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John Pilger: Julian Assange Political Prisoner
"He’s being treated in the way that political prisoners are treated all over the world." John Pilger’s visit to Julian Assange in Belmarsh.
John Pilger was interviewed by Afshin Rattansi on 21 August. In this wide-ranging interview he gives an alarming update on the health and conditions of Julian Assange who he visited in Belmarsh prison 10 days earlier. Pilger, a tireless campaigner for Julian, says he was shocked to see Julian’s continuing weight loss and describes his conditions of isolation and lack of facilities to prepare his defence against US extradition...
"He’s being treated in the way that political prisoners are treated all over the world." John Pilger’s visit to Julian Assange in Belmarsh.
John Pilger was interviewed by Afshin Rattansi on 21 August. In this wide-ranging interview he gives an alarming update on the health and conditions of Julian Assange who he visited in Belmarsh prison 10 days earlier. Pilger, a tireless campaigner for Julian, says he was shocked to see Julian’s continuing weight loss and describes his conditions of isolation and lack of facilities to prepare his defence against US extradition...
“The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.”
Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks 1929 - 1935
Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks 1929 - 1935