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Julian Assange & Journalism Face Certain Death Unless We Organize Now!

The second phase of WikiLeaks founder and publisher, Julian Assange, begins on Sept 7, 2020. He is currently on remand in Covid-ridden Belmarsh prision in London. UN Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, has stated repeatedly that Assange has been subjected to prolonged, psychological torture. If extradited to the US, he faces 17 charges under the Espionage Act, a show trial, and 175 in prison for the 2010 publication of Collateral Murder, the Iraq/Afghan War Logs, the Gitmo Files, and Cablegate.

This would set the precedent that any journalist can be prosecuted by any country seeking retaliation for the disclosure of their crimes!
 
 We are asking you to organize with us!

In February, Action4Assange held demonstrations and events in Washington DC and Arlington, VA during the first round of Julian’s hearing. These events we co-sponsored by Code Pink, Popular Resistance, Veterans For Peace, People’s Power Assembly, Unity4J, and the 1vs5i campaign.

We call upon you to activate the members within your respective organization for coordinated demonstrations across the globe!
 
 Action4Assange is producing a series of teach-ins, designed to educate/bring up to date everyone concerned about the fate of journalism, human rights, and rule of law. Please help distribute this informative mini-documentary!
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSkhnS0Xag

Together, we can save the life on an innocent man and save press freedom for generations!

Call To Action Week 47

Tags: Social

With it being the month of way we have put a heavy focus into contacting the different organized labor groups around the world. This week we are going to continue that theme by reaching out to different chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Democratic Socialist of America
The DSA is a political organizing institution that spans the entire country. Political identity aside, they focus a lot of energy on issues of war and humans right quite often. We are asking people to share the first Teach-In with them, as well as up-to-date articles on Julian’s situation.
Teach-In One “Who is Julian Assange?”

Northern Alabama DSA
Phone: 256/808-0108
Email: hsvDSA@yahoo.com
Facebook | Twitter

Los Angeles DSA
Email: steeringcommittee@dsa-la.org
Website | Facebook | Twitter

Denver DSA
Phone: 720/319-8678
Email: info@denverDSA.org
Website | Facebook | Twitter

San Francisco DSA
Email: DSA.san.francisco@gmail.com
Website | Facebook | Twitter

Cleveland DSA
Email: info@DSAcleveland.org
WebsiteFacebook |Twitter

You can find the list of DSA chapters here https://www.dsausa.org/chapters/

Share the first Teach-In with 10 people!
So everyone hates chain letters, but its important to get the message out about the Julian’s situation the best we can. Sharing the teach-in can be a great way to start a conversation with other friends/loved ones about the current threat to the free press. Teach-In One “Who is Julian Assange?”

Supporting Targets and Journalists

Please donate if possible, if not please share their fundraiser links across social media!

Elizabeth Mueller – Anti-TPP Activist/Organizer
@LizActivate on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/targeted-activist-needs-help-wcar-repairs

David McBride – Australian Whistleblower
@MurdochCadell on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/50-years-in-jail-for-whistleblowing-on-the-adf

Suzie Dawson – New Zealand Journalist and Activist
@Suzi3D on Twitter
https://gogetfunding.com/protect-suzie/

Jason Bermas – Activist and Journalist
@JasonBermas on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/bermasbrigademediamonth10

Chelsea Manning – Hero and Whistleblower
@xychelsea on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-Fund-Chelseas-Living-Expenses

Official Wikileaks Fundraisers
https://defend.wikileaks.org/donate/
https://www.couragefound.org/donate/
https://dontextraditeassange.com/donate/

Call To Action Week 46

Tags: Social

This weeks actions will focus on getting different organizations making statements about Julian Assange and the threat to global press freedom that his case represents. We will also be continuing to contact labor organizations in the United States in an attempt to build solidarity with workers and organizers across the country.

Help Plan The September Protests in DC!
You can join the Discord to help organize
We also need people to help share the GoFundMe

Asking Organizations To Join The Action!
Often times organizations are willing to respond to public pressure, and providing them with updated information, link to statements from other groups, and information from the UN.

Alliance For Justice www.AFJ.org
(202) 822-6070 / (415) 408-5673 / (213) 346-3288 / (214) 530-9144
Email; alliance@afj.org

Institute For Free Speech www.ifs.org
(202) 301-3300 / (202) 301-9200 / (202) 301-9100 / (202) 301-9900
Email; LWachob@ifs.org / AKroll@ifs.org / MNese@ifs.org

Black Youth Project 100 www.byp100.org
773-940-1800
Email; info@byp100.org / media@byp100.org / membership@byp100.org

Transgender Law Center transgenderlawcenter.org
510-587-9696 / 510-587-9672
press@transgenderlawcenter.org

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) www.rainn.org
202.544.1034
erinnr@rainn.org / AndreaP@rainn.org / Comment Submission

Contacting the IBEW
As part of our continuing outreach to different members of organized labor, we are randomly selecting different local and state branches of the IBEW about Julian’s situation. Please, as always, be polite when you are contacting different people and dont take any differences in opinions personally.
(Tool; http://www.ibew.org/Tools/Local-Union-Directory)

Seventh District Representative
Steven Speer (817) 557-1611 / IVPD_07@IBEW.org

Local Chapter 33
Anna Lascurain (732) 299-6212 / ibewbm@yahoo.com

Ninth District Representative
John O’Rourke (415) 398-2202 / IVPD_09@IBEW.org

Local Chapter 214
Wayne Licastro (815) 243-1404 / waynelicastro@yahoo.com

Local Chapter 1383
Ryan Northcraft (410) 636-3891

Eleventh District Representative
Mark Hager (816) 358-4632 / IVPD_11@IBEW.org

Pushing Back Against The State

Local Government Education About Facial Recognition
Contact your local mayor, sheriff, police chief, and councilfolk about dangers of facial recognition and the ways others communities have banned it. Often times providing examples of other cities that banned facial recognition shows them how it can be done for them locally.
You can share these articles and resources with them:
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2019/11/25/why-4-local-governments-banned-facial-recognition-tech/
https://www.banfacialrecognition.com/map/
https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-cities-ban-government-use-facial-recognition.html

Contacting Congress!
That’s try to get a member of the House to speak up in favor of Julian Assange. This week we are going to contacting 4 different House members.
1 Rashida Tlaib
313-203-7540 Twitter Facebook
2 Thomas Massie
859-426-0080 Twitter Facebook
3 Marcia Fudge
330-835-4758 Twitter Facebook
4 Jim Jordan
419-663-1426 Twitter Facebook

Supporting Targets and Journalists

Please donate if possible, if not please share their fundraiser links across social media!

Elizabeth Mueller – Anti-TPP Activist/Organizer
@LizActivate on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/targeted-activist-needs-help-wcar-repairs

David McBride – Australian Whistleblower
@MurdochCadell on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/50-years-in-jail-for-whistleblowing-on-the-adf

Suzie Dawson – New Zealand Journalist and Activist
@Suzi3D on Twitter
https://gogetfunding.com/protect-suzie/

Jason Bermas – Activist and Journalist
@JasonBermas on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/bermasbrigademediamonth10

Chelsea Manning – Hero and Whistleblower
@xychelsea on Twitter
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-Fund-Chelseas-Living-Expenses

Official Wikileaks Fundraisers
https://defend.wikileaks.org/donate/
https://www.couragefound.org/donate/
https://dontextraditeassange.com/donate/

Call To Action; Week 45

Tags: Social

With the month of May standing as a symbol as international worker solidarity, we are going to use this week’s action to contact labor leaders and worker groups around the world! Please make sure to be respectful!

1. Provide recent news and updates about Julian’s situation for them to distribute to their membership.
2. We should educate and encourage them to start groups similar to Doctors 4 Assange and Lawyers 4 Assange, but specific for their trade.
3. We can also ask them to have the organizations issue statements on Julian’s behalf about his trial and treatment.
4. Ask for a point of contact about who in the organization would handle a request like this.
5. You can always share Action 4 Assange’s contact information;
Email ActionForAssange@ProtonMail.com

Contacting the Industrial Workers of the World
Organizing Department at organize@iww.org
Press Officer at press@iww.org
General Executive Board at gebchair@iww.org
International Solidarity Commission at international@iww.org
Full Contact List and Local Directory can be found here;
https://iww.org/directory/

Contact Major United States Unions
United Auto Workers
Phone 1-313-926-5000 or 1-800-243-8829
Email feedback@uaw.org or pr@uaw.net
Contact Submission Page https://uaw.org/organize/contact-uaw-organizing/

National Education Association
Phone 202-833-4000
Email mgonzalez@nea.org
Contact Submission Page http://www.nea.org/home/827.htm

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Phone (202) 833-7000
Local Chapter Directory http://www.ibew.org/Tools/Local-Union-Directory

Contacting Unions Internationally
IG Metall (German Trade Union)
Phone Number 069 66 93-2670 or 069 66 93-2672
Email pressestelle@igmetall.de

Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees
Phone +46 (0)702-022132 or +46 (0)8-782 91 00
Email andreas.beckert@tco.se or tco@tco.se

Finnish Confederation of Professionals
Phone +358 (09) 131 521
Email sttk@sttk.fi
Associated Unions https://www.sttk.fi/en/contact/regional-activity/

Pushing Back Against The State

Local Government Education About Facial Recognition
Contact your local mayor, sheriff, police chief, and councilfolk about dangers of facial recognition and the ways others communities have banned it. Often times providing examples of other cities that banned facial recognition shows them how it can be done for them locally.
You can share these articles and resources with them:
https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2019/11/25/why-4-local-governments-banned-facial-recognition-tech/
https://www.banfacialrecognition.com/map/
https://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-cities-ban-government-use-facial-recognition.html

Please sign and/or share these petitions to help push back against the surveillance state!

Paper Ballot Petition
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-american-people-demand-paper-ballots-november-2020-federal-elections

Ban Facial Recognition Petition
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-american-people-demand-paper-ballots-november-2020-federal-elections

Stop The EARN IT Act Petition
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/we-american-people-demand-paper-ballots-november-2020-federal-elections

Open Letter To Defend Assange
https://defend.wikileaks.org/openletter/

Petitions To Free Julian Assange
1 https://speak-up-for-assange.org/
2 https://www.change.org/p/don-t-hand-assange-over-to-the-u-s
3 https://www.change.org/p/free-julian-assange-before-it-s-too-late-stop-usa-extradition
4 https://internal.diem25.org/en/petitions/1
5 https://rsf.org/en/free-assange
6 https://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/judge-baraitser-do-not-extradite-julian-assange-to-the-usa
7 https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/julian-assange-usa-justice/
8 https://www.change.org/p/world-leaders-release-imprisoned-journalists-worldwide
9 https://www.change.org/p/urgent-call-release-julian-assange-from-belmarsh-now
10 https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/assange-must-be-free

Call To Action Week 44

Tags: Social

Mike Pompeo is a GOON!
On World Press Freedom Day the Spook known as Secretary Pompeo released a tweet praising journalists who work in repressive environments.. Give this creep a flyby middle finger.
“We commend the efforts of journalists working in repressive environments to support the free flow of accurate information, including on #COVID19. We call for the immediate release of all journalists imprisoned for their reporting. #WPFD20
https://mobile.twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1256737003179323394

Encouraging Global Press Freedom Organizations To Do More!
Many of these organizations have spoken up in favor of Julian Assange and whistleblowers around the world. Our goal should be to ask them to do more to advocate on his behalf and warn other journalists about what his extradition hearing means for their profession.
1 European Federation of Journalists
https://europeanjournalists.org/contact-us/ Twitter Facebook
2 International Federation of Journalists
https://www.ifj.org/contact.html Twitter Facebook
3 Association of European Journalists
https://www.aej.org/contact.asp Twitter Facebook
4 Article19
https://www.article19.org/contact-us/ Twitter Facebook
5 Index On Censorship
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/contact/ Twitter Facebook
6 Free Press Unlimited
https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/about-us/contact Twitter Facebook

Contacting Congress!
That’s try to get a member of the House to speak up in favor of Julian Assange. This week we are going to contacting 4 different House members.
1 Rashida Tlaib
313-203-7540 Twitter Facebook
2 Thomas Massie
859-426-0080 Twitter Facebook
3 Marcia Fudge
330-835-4758 Twitter Facebook
4 Jim Jordan
419-663-1426 Twitter Facebook

September DC Protest and GoFundMe Launched!
Please contribute and share the official Action4Assange GoFundMe to help us get to DC this September for Julian’s court trial. We will have additional details on dates as this is a 3 week long hearing.
Please begin the initial planning steps for joining us in DC or holding a protest in your own community!