Julian Assange is free

Julian Assange is a free man. That is not a thing many people thought they would ever say. This has to be admitted. Although through his long imprisonment many hoped and worked to get him free, this will set a precedent in history I think, as a victory for human rights and civil liberties. I was just thinking that the image many people saw of Julian being carried out of the Ecuadorian embassy with two books clutched in his hand, that image looks different now that he’s free. As far as what the public at large saw, the story led from that image to the plea entered on Saipan where he said that he believed the Espionage Act and the First Amendment were still in contradiction with one another. And it shows or should show, Julian’s bravery throughout this process.

All I can add, is that through it all, Julian stayed ever the intellectual in the broadest sense of the term.

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The city plan to redevelop MLK Blvd that would actually reduce it from six lanes to four with a center turning lane has been vigorously opposed by the residents of the area, it seems, but they could do a better job of communicating that message to people in the other parts of the city. Does that mean that the city plans will go through because there is not coordinated community action? @Simon_Schuster

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