Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S.

[@SootySweep22]

Don’t forget Australia. Our government is also cooperating in their silence.

[@JosedeJezeus]

I thought Juliane was an American. What's Australia? (everyone forgets Australia)

[@harryradley]

Our dumb politicians still think they need to pander to America in case war breaks out.

[@cheguevara5560]

@anduin jarl Well ,he was "locked up " in that embassy for years and no Australian government was interested to help him and this muppet Morrison allready said "he will recieve legal aid like any other australian " That mean no help at all but helping footballer to get out from Thailand was covered by all australian media .So it is obvious "Hands off the Assange aproach" shame on Australian government !

[@dizzbo]

He lived in Lismore, studying IT, where Im currently working, northern NSW. Little media attention to it even though people talk about it and rallies are happening all over. Government is way too corrupt, disconnected with reality and synchronising their policies with big US brother for long time. Australia have some balls!

[@chrisfield3258]

Kamil Florian very few talking about or are interested in him in Townsville where he was born he also went to Townsville state high school.

[@omni_0101]

Assange is a hero to transparency and journalism everywhere.

[@peterribolli8300]

Mr Chomsky, a brilliant mind telling it like it is.

[@JorisVDC]

Which is the same mind who said about 9/11: "who even cares what really happened?" He might be bright but he is also bought for. He is a gatekeeper: allowed to criticize certain topics, yet on crucial matters he doesn't deviate from the official story.

[@tonygucciano6875]

Nah. Hes a commy.

[@hanamlchl]

Chomsky believes Chinese manufacturing would benefit American consumers if intellectual property rights were to be waived - except China continues to aggressively conduct cyber-espionage through various means, including embedded security vulnerabilities in motherboards reported by Bloomberg and later confirmed by experts (securityledger.com/2019/01/more-questions-as-expert-recreates-chinese-super-micro-hardware-hack/).

[@TheLeafyo]

"Who would benefit?" is probably the most important question to ask yourself when trying to figure out anything.

[@ericklopes4046]

Brazilian here. Just wanna clarify something real quick. Lula is not innocent, even tho the social programs of the government at his time are neat. Democracy is a new thing for us, most people haven't even read the manual, we've had constitutional hardballs before, our democracy is backsliding, but be aware that the leaders being persecuted right now are not saints. They are just as involved in corruption as the next politician. It's a game of thrones, a house of cards. Even tho we have direct elections, the largest democracy in Latin America is not being ruled democratically, not even by consensus. It's being ruled by power struggles.

[@pspicer777]

Agreed. Also, money trails often reveal underlying interests.

[@honeybadgerisme]

Otto Sahanen sadly, not that simple

Who benefits? Why the psychopaths and sociopaths who run the media, military and political machines.

[@stix_0910]

@@ericklopes4046 My question being ignorant of Brazilian politic. If he is not innocent, as you put, does the punishment fit his guilt? seems extreme to me. I think that is the point being made.

[@djkoenig4716]

Of course he is exactly correct; I agree with Chomsky.

[@forward_ever_ever2595]

When you blow the whistle on corrupt ppl/governments this is what happens Julien Assenge i salute you sir...honor & strength brethren. They had no choice but to unite against him to hide their corrupt, evil ways.

[@Otoño24]

The lucid mind of an old professor never ceases to amaze.

[@joshuapowell114]

Yeah...i feel very privileged to listen to him speak

[@movement2contact]

That's the problem- he (and thousands of others) *speak* about the wrongs governments are doing FOR DECADES, but that doesn't change a thing. Even if everybody was "woke", govs would still be getting our taxes and doing whatever they please... #taxpayers4lyfe

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Nino : Ninety!

[@movement2contact]

@James Wisrik naive much..? are you a teen or smth..?

[@tharp769]

Right?! Sharp as ever.👍

[@happyicare5053]

Chomsky speaks very well,he masters speech

[@alexdesousa6533]

Thank you Chomsky for shining a Light!

[@Sukkot7]

I'm glad Chomsky's stil around and lucid and honest.

[@nin6246]

He's a bit misguided on some very serious issues. His cavalier attitude about China suggests that he is missing some of the biggest points.

[@MemKate1]

Oh, yes, so am I! He is a wonderful, honest, compassionate, intelligent human being.

[@KamenKunchev]

This is about revenge, not justice.

[@Thinking858]

Kamen Kunchev ... Its about setting an example to other freelance Journalists. Dont try to be a hero !!!

[@martinw245]

In terms of his arrest by the UK police... no, he was arrested for jumping bail which is a criminal offence. Anyone who jumps bail is arrested.

[@saxglend9439]

I agree - punish the traitor.

[@BuGGyBoBerl]

@@martinw245 yeah and if you listen to the full story you discover that its not just him jumping bail.

[@FBab-jb4lp]

So sad, the criminals in suits taking away the hero and truth teller.

[@JosedeJezeus]

Hero & Truth Teller & sexual assaulter. Pick a different hero. This one is perverted.

[@FBab-jb4lp]

@@JosedeJezeus how do you make judgement about an acusation that has been dismissed eight years ago. Maybe you like Trump that fantasizing about his own daughter.

[@JosedeJezeus]

@@FBab-jb4lp Donald Trump is an evil man. I have nothing but disrespect for him. The fact that WikiLeaks coordinated with the Trump campaign to hurt HillaryClinton is disgusting to me. Trump "loves Wikileaks!..." Because they helped him get elected. Assange has been accused of sexual assault by two different women. An innocent man would face justice, not Juliane. He hides like a coward, because he's guilty. He is NOT a hero.

[@sosdd51]

@Rad Derry I agree if the rape charge's were ligit Assange would be serving time. Same as the Russia charges against President Trump.

[@laurentecrivain6944]

More like shit stirrer.

[@TheMakedonec7]

Chomsky is an incredible intellectual... it is so difficult to live in a times where telling the truth is a crime. With each passed day we are getting closer to Orwellian state. I am discussed to see that happening to Assange...

[@dukadarodear2176]

@WTF Again? Have you assailed the topics about which you disagree with the same or greater diligence and perseverance as he and within a brain equal or greater than his? If so, that's fine.

[@eugeniewaldteufel7915]

Sound bites in the regular news are Orwellian (re your comment)- if I can't get a broader view. Look how complex, confusing and unclear, distracted, limiting the discussions on usual networks. ????? Why does it feel like a mind puttying process. It is scary and intended to be so regards Assange.

[@RoverWaters]

@WTF Again? for sure hes the communist chinese lover

[@monsjohnson8832]

Mr. Chomsky makes very good points and is amazingly smart, but unfortunately he has too strong an anti-US bias for my tastes. I like listening to him, but always have to take a look at things from both sides. I prefer John Oliver's take on this issue, for example (who also states this arrest is wrong).

[@neubrain11]

I don't usually agree with chomsky, he's self-obssessed and intellectually dictorial.

[@josephlin6374]

Free Assange!

[@erick07cas]

This is no man, this is a legend.

[@Madmen604]

I love Chomsky. A brilliant and good man of our times. Gives us hope, God bless him.

[@sylvesterwest9952]

"Love.."Hope"...?...nonsense--he claims to be an objective, scientific observer, not a god. It is doubtful that his best works currently measure up to the rigors of a strict scientific method or modern peer review. I don't like disrespecting my elders, but Chomsky's former claim to fame was never the infallibility of his theories on language, but was his intriguing anthropological acumen and intellectual honesty. Now, however, he allows himself to merely show-up at the request of any semi-respectable liberal occasion just to symbolize some kind of Yoda-like guru out to propagate his very own Old Testament. And..."love"...and... "hope"...and...such.

[@lifewasgiventous1614]

Sylvester West What do you mean by his very own Old Testament?

[@sylvesterwest9952]

@@lifewasgiventous1614 I mean that Chomsky's past works were among the original foundations that inspires the new left. He deserves to be respected as one of our great intellectuals, so, the contempt shown in making an allusion to Moses vs.Christ is too much, and I apologize. Frankly, I comment only to practice developing my communication style. Philosophically, though, I would not change a thing.

[@lifewasgiventous1614]

Sylvester West Fair enough, I just wasn’t sure what you meant, thanks.

[@eduardogmartins]

Sylvester West Nice comment! That’s where the left wins followers..hope, utopian ideas...everything but reality.

[@gabrielmsilveira]

#LulaLivre #FreeAssange ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@arkdark5554]

‘’They want to silence, Assange.’’ And this is 100% true statement.

[@martinw245]

They may "want to silence him" but he was arrested in the UK for jumping bail. Absolutely anyone who did that would be arrested. And rightly so. The question to ask is if his activities have put lives at risk. If the answer is yes, then clearly that needs to be weighed against any service to democracy he has made.

[@thoughtpolease7183]

@Fred Freddy They are trying to get him on anything just to put him away, be it rape, escaping bail, hacking, whatever. The reason they are doing it is because he is facilitating people to speak out about bad shit that the government does

[@florencevandermeer9447]

Haven't they already done that, 7 years ago?

[@martinw245]

@@thoughtpolease7183 You may be right. But again... Absolutely anyone who jumped bail would be arrested. It remains to be seen, from those point on, if they will "get him for absolutely anything".

[@arkdark5554]

@Doc Man no doubt.

[@Kre8or333]

And the fact we All know this is what's even more frieghtening. And no one's doing anything about it?

[@StellaSutton]

THANK YOU MR. CHOMSKY.

[@rafaelpena4269]

Noam is brilliant

[@susannea.3573]

I feel so bad what happening to Mr. Assange 🙏

[@mikekatz7980]

@@Bartwon Why did US soldiers commit war crimes in the first place? You are worried about risk? What about the things that actually happened to innocent Iraqi civilians who were targeted, killed and even tortured as revealed by these leaks that Assange helped expose? You unfortunately have a very sick and distorted way of trying to completely revise the critical points on this issue all while masquerading your point as phony concern. Address why hundreds of thousands of Iraqis had to die in an illegal war while many were outright targeted and tortured and then we can talk about the risk. Do you cower at the idea of exposing a mobster because his associates may threaten the jury? You expose criminals for what they are. Thats how a just world should function.

[@mikekatz7980]

Kirk Moore the current indictment is over the leaks that Manning gave to Assange. That classified info showed that US gov officials were responsible for war crimes. I support exposing war criminals. If the indictment was about what you were talking about my position would be different. We can't act like vindictive children on these matters. We may not like someone's character or previous actions but if they are charged and arrested for something in an unjust manner we all need to oppose it. Say for example instead of assisting Trump in the election Assange had actually murdered an innocent person. If the current indictment was still over the manning leaks I would support his release as I do now. However if the indictment was over a murder then I would support his arrest.

[@v.leewalker8640]

I watch your show every morning!! Thank you for your accurate informative news! Amy Goodman rules! Norm Chomsky was a great treat today!

[@lozfromozlyons4749]

A martyr is someone who suffers persecution for a good cause. The world is watching and the enlightened youth see Assange as a truth teller. The US will persecute and as a result Assange will inspire others as the first cyber Martyr of truth. You have already won Julian no matter what they do to you. Thank you Mr Assange for your service as an investigative journalist, we hope and pray your suffering will end soon.

[@cindyadkins135]

Absolutely. Julian is a genius!

[@erikreyes9168]

Julian Assang I admire you stay strong brother...

[@movement2contact]

I'm sure he read it and upvoted already...

[@FunnyVideosImedia]

@@JosedeJezeus ..... en serio ???

[@lamasbelladelmundo]

@@JosedeJezeus Fuck off bitch. The women who accused him admitted they lied because the police told them to. You didn't know that? Well, now you know stupid fuck.

[@movement2contact]

@@JosedeJezeus OR there is no proof of their accusations....

[@JosedeJezeus]

@@movement2contact if there is no proof the what is Juliane afraid of? He hides like the coward that he is.

[@careucabe]

JULIAN ASSANGE “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”. George Orwell “The Way of Truth is the Pathway to the Eternal Godhead”. Jesus Christ “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free”. Jesus Christ “The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives”. Albert Einstein This great man is of such worth and importance for the planet and humanity as a whole, in this “Age of Ego”, splitting the core of history’s main living branch to become a new bright cornerstone and a cultural reference point. Julian Assange has not only helped share the global system's "vast movement of self-interests" in work for the elite through Wikileaks, but has also shaped and shown us the only means people have to fight injustice and inequality and the insensitive, immoral, inhumane, selfish and heartless way the planet is being run today is by opening the secret vaults of corruption, raising awareness on the matters and strengthening the bond between people through the Internet. Civilisation has to move forward and get over this sordid moment and there is no time to lose. The Status Quo’s exquisitely planned system is so well set up for the well-being of those who belong to it, that the only way to counter-balance this evil cyst is to become one great collective entity with help of the web; just like a great big flash mob to acquire higher conscience and power. Where is Assange? Are the bells tolling for his return? Or are they ringing for the world's last great people's movement to begin? Humanity won’t probably be able to find many authentic heroes as he soon. It’s seems it’s our turn now but as a “whole”. If most of mankind is living miserably, most in permanent poverty, sacrificing life for survival under a system that clearly doesn’t work for the larger part of humanity, total openness has to be demanded in this supposedly democratic world. Society and Nature, both undoubtedly damaged, require the total aperture of everything. There’s no need for further mystery on any matter, what any governmental institution may know or does, has to be within the public dominion. Everywhere. All private companies have to comply with the government`s laws and the technical and scientific standards developed for these issues (understood as popular agreements for the well-being of all). Limits to growth in every aspect of human development or intervention have to be applied. Big is no longer better. Nature’s steep gradual decline because of the selfish over-exploitation of the earth, irresponsibly polluting water and air, as if they were endless resources, by a few monstrously big companies cannot be accepted or permitted; all public or private institutions this size have to be understood as “horrible cases of gigantism”. Big isn’t beautiful anymore. Big is selfish, big is inefficient, big is uncomfortable, big isn’t handy in this age where people have already opened up to the holistic understanding that mankind is just a part of greater system. People’s dependence on unjust salaries and wages that in the end prove to be a waste of a lifetime, in order to produce angst and sadness, is what the Master Plan of modern economic and financial slavery brings, added to the disappearance and extinction of this astoundingly unique and endemic biological Eden in which we live in, will put in doubt the purpose of life itself. If existence, progeny and legacy, are to be forcefully denied due to the “out of law” behaviour of those few "fellow humans" who believe they can drive the world at mankind’s expense for their own pleasure and benefit, all of us can certainly join in and gentlemanly lead them to their already built hiding places forever. I do believe in my soul and that of a collective soul too. In fact I believe there is powerful reason for the world to be living these hardships today, and that is to grow as an integral, holistic system; God, expressed as the "self-guiding conscious plan" in which everything falls into, is the reason. There's no way out from fate, it happens because it has to. What we can do as responsible human beings, is to collectively speed up the process of change by sharing, teaching and understanding the nature of the oppression as an anomaly. It is shameful to accept the state of the world and do nothing about it. S.O.S planet earth S.O.S planet earth S.O.S planet earth Carlos E. Calle B. desde Colombia

[@RobertDMoore]

it sounds familiar like the book of revelations......get the fuck out and pick up guns to protect ourselves!!

[@dalisabe62]

Truth is much more powerful than guns! Anyway, when people become courageous enough to stand by the truth, they are entitled to and justified to use guns in defense of the truth when the only alternative is tyranny and oppression. Guns are not glorious in themselves because tyrants use them too in order to effectuate injustice, but when they are carried by noble men and women, they are as glorious as the truth itself.

[@marysparks2975]

CARLOS EUGENIO Calle ....Thank you!! What a breath of fresh air.....too bad so few are inclined to be nourished by your truths...no matter how hard it is to accept such an evaluation of our country's ailing condition. Keep sharing your viewpoints. They are certainly valued by many more of us than it might seem.

[@careucabe]

Gracias @@marysparks2975 for your loving reply. Un abrazo desde Colombia

[@gedrooney9305]

Very well written, bravo.

[@andymilner8786]

It is such a pleasure to watch an interview where the host asks a question and then shuts up. Not a single interruption! It can be done.

[@mcraemctaggart4396]

Love you Chomsky, , tell the world what's happening!!!!!

[@drewfus5037]

#FreeJullianAssange #FreeChelseaManning #DefendWikileaks #Unity4J

[@gireeshneroth7127]

Any voice against imperialism is forcefully suppressed.

[@jamestheotherone742]

But yet here we are... not so suppressed.

[@EarmuffHugger]

@@jamestheotherone742 Here here...

[@shogun6674]

@@jamestheotherone742 because you don't pose a danger to them. The moment you can steal CIA-s classified files and show people the truth you become one. We can jump around and bark but we aren't allowed to bite the master's hand. Just because we can talk shit on tik tok, it doesn't mean we have freedom of speech. The very moment your national agencies are spying on you and your army commits war crimes that NATO and the United Nations know about but pretend not to, you are not living in a free country, let alone a civilised one.

[@keithferns6212]

Notice any similarities of Assange arrest to the journalists of Al Jazeera's arrested in Egypt some time back..????

[@integritymatters5162]

FREE ASSANGE - FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

[@JosedeJezeus]

Lock the sexual assaulter up

[@galacticwarlock2271]

Assange knew what he was doing when he released this information at such a timely fashion.

[@integritymatters5162]

Assange is an american hero - FREE ASSANGE

[@janettecoleman2357]

Free ASSANGE, AUSTRALIA.

[@jessicarowley6010]

Please contact your representatives in the United states and tell them we dont want assange extradited.

[@tallking7777]

The Wise Old Sage brother chomsky.

[@timeouthumanity2067]

God freaking Bless this man

[@johnhamilton225]

God bless the lord he gets raped in prison white boy going get hide fucked lol

[@shizzy35]

This man who was hiding out from sexual assault charges by two different women.

[@timeouthumanity2067]

​@@shizzy35 Not true. The charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence. One of the women wants him freed. The other was a CIA asset. Sweden's rape laws are way different. Both admit the sex was consensual. He wasn't hiding out from the charges. He fully offered to go to Sweden and face the charges in court. But he was afraid that the UK government would intercept him, arrest him and then extradite him to the US, even though at the time, there were no public indictments of any kind. Everybody called him paranoid. Well, guess what? He was right. That was the plan all along. And don't get me started on the bogus US charges. You really don't want that debate. I'm sorry you have man issues, but don't take it out on an innocent human being who has risked his life to expose war crimes and secret surveillance from corrupt politicians. Publishing leaks is perfectly legal, has been since the Supreme Court ruled in 1972. Journalists asking for more information from leakers is standard practice. The Obama DOJ ruled on the failed password attempt 10 years ago, refusing to charge as it would "endanger journalism"

[@timeouthumanity2067]

@@johnhamilton225 Hey it's a racist online. What else is new? What have you done with your life?

[@timeouthumanity2067]

@ That doesn't even make any sense. You can't put two brain cells together to come up with a coherent sentence?

[@fuifuturus9138]

The world needs transparency. Democracy should be about transparency! We need a worldwide revolution against top politicians! #shook

[@ktipbomb7888]

The thing is, all of this would end if we would just stop using THEIR tool THEY CREATED to CONTROL US: Money.

[@fuifuturus9138]

Well, not to mention the fall of #theanonymous, they really made a radical change in the history of information. More of that... #revolution

[@RonaldBarone]

I'm Brazilian and I agree with him

[@kittycat6195]

I love Julian Assange and pray for him. A great soul and hero

[@stefanodisperati4561]

Men prefer to believe in lies rather than to know the truth.

[@localtwelve1138]

Thank you Sir. I enjoy your direct and honest rebuttle. 💜

[@jasonrichter497]

In a time when no one seems to make sense anymore, Chomsky delivers hope.

[@openureyes]

FREEEEEEEE himmmmmm now

[@theshadowbanned9885]

It's become our crime to expose THEIR Crimes..

[@jamallabarge2665]

He's right about the "Extraterritorial Reach" of the US. We Americans need a dose of humility. If China, Russia or the EU had the US arrest someone we would be outraged. We would claim "Who gave them the right?" We Americans need to apply the same standards to our behavior.

[@johnmoncrieff3034]

The answer to the question why has this been allowed to happen is very simple -- Weak and corrupt Politicians who succumb to the lobbying of rich and powerful Corporations, who then become mouthpieces for these corporations in government!!

[@BernieHolland-w4l]

That is true

[@froze-k6l]

This is disgusting and even more so that I knew nothing about this! Wtf are we doing?

[@Norpan506]

Living in ignorance.

[@hopeodyssey]

It is breathtaking; you must watch vincent vendetta ututbe also The Duran.

[@Norpan506]

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[@Aworology323]

We're not acting and organizing.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@Rad Derry You may as well have this as your flag: imgur.com/I6puMeQ

[@DJbishop666]

America, land of the free, free to the power of the people in uniform

[@thadicktater6832]

If he is framed "guilty", patriots need to march to that prison rifles in hand to liberate this man. Part of the reason I can't go back to America, they have gone too far and it's only going to get worse from this point on.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

Who can replace this man when he is gone? I fear that nobody can.

[@bz3105]

NOBODY will ever replace Noam Chomsky, but I would vote for Chris Hedges to be his heir apparent.

[@Robert_McGarry_Poems]

@@bz3105 That is welcome thought, though the atmosphere of modern media does not give me great confidence in someone choosing that over academia. Tough to say for sure.

[@ewalker1057]

Excellent question, I fear to ask. His words will always be.

[@bz3105]

@@Robert_McGarry_Poems The truth is, Chomsky and Hedges, for example, are both excluded from mainstream media outlets because they issue too sharp and refined a critique of the establishment/status quo.

[@jmhbhk]

Sheikh Imran Hosein is a very conscious man with profound knowledge. Search him up. norman finkelstein is amazing too. Medhi Hasan pretty good.

[@ecsrice7267]

Great man, with a fantastic and lengthy career of consistently promoting a pro-societal and pro-people first philosophy. Some pick out certain things and disagree here or there but he really has been spot on 99% of the time

[@alext2933]

Assange is a hero and a TRUE man of principle. There are very few.

[@saxglend9439]

I agree - those who betray their countries are heroes.

[@alext2933]

I am unsure what you mean. Are u calling Assange a traitor? As we KNOW, Assange only shed a light on the corrupt activities of those in power. War crimes done in our name, for one example, needs to be identified. Julian has NEVER been proved wrong with anything published. Anyone who thinks Assange is a traitor is part of the problem.

[@saxglend9439]

@@alext2933 Has he shed a light on China or Russia?

[@alext2933]

He publishes what people bring him. It is an English speaking site. Chinese and Russians are unlikely to use this outlet. Are you Military or a Democrat by any chance Dave? I ask as these are some of the only groups to dislike him as he shone a light on some of the vile and disgusting practices they were undertaking (military) or the corrupt nature of some politics (e.g. the Democrats FIXING an election so Hilary could get the nomination rather than Bernie)? What can you possibly my have against Assange? You are aware of all the FACTS he has brought to light? I do not meet anyone in day to day life who does not think him a hero. Get better informed Dave.

[@lancechinnian4043]

Great to hear Chomsky on this.

[@julesburger766]

Thanks for speaking out the uncomfortable truth! Everybody should be as strong and stay honest to them selfs and if they can speak out what’s wrong in this world.

[@amreen6789]

Keep fighting... #unity4assange

[@TheWingsoffury]

I'm and american citizen, and I would say a majority of american don't want Assanga arrested. It's our out of control government.

[@rositasultana6835]

Well done and said, thank you dear sir!

[@AhJodie]

I agree. I love Julian and Noam and Amy!

[@doomicle]

I knew it! I've always suspected that the US have an extraterrestrial reach... ;)

[@OMGAnotherday]

I drink Vodka every day because I can’t bear the horrors of so called humanity. This is not the humans that I grew up with. Something has changed and we need to be serious about what has changed?

[@vladdrakul7851]

Love yourself more. Stop the slow suicide. You are worth it and I say that as one who shares your horror at human cowardice and self desired ignorance and cold cruelty. You are not alone! Many others feel like you do. It is because you are a good person who cares. Fight for yourself and us. Good luck brother! Peace be unto you!

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@kirabarsmith9353 Yeah it is much less toxic and all but it has its (lesser)problems as well. Wisdom lies in moderation or secession if you cannot control it. This is what i am trying to teach my 18 year old and his friends. What people really need is each other (love and support) not drugs, booze or pills. Just so you know where i am coming from in 1980 I played lead guitar for the guy who wrote 'I wanna be a Hippie' (See Technoheads New wave version.) For me getting high is about music. But I live basically sober and am happier that way and enjoy the creative high when I have use for it. But a lot of people just smoke and get lame, passive spaced out, paranoid,and lose things all the time. I know I used to be there. Moderation in everything but lived passionately knowing our lives are short and there is no re wind. That's why life is precious and the Greek Gods were jealous of petty humans!

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@kirabarsmith9353 I did NOT say it was a vice. Why are you acting so stupid?? Anything can be abused. Too little water we die of thirst, too much we drown. You seem very defensive. I wonder why. My advice to be moderate and is perfectly good advice that insults no one. I was part of the original legalize movement from 1969, a generation that got bashed, arrested and our heads clubbed in for it. However I also don't want to see young people thinking that now it is legal that abuse is cool. I have known people who ruined their lives by just smoking until as I had warned them they had to quit. I still smoke and love it but I am healthy and have self control, It's called being mature. You should try it.

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@kirabarsmith9353 Rubbish I had a friend who needed and who was one of the few allowed to use it to stay alive. He also had glaucoma and used it not to go blind. You are just once again just projecting YOUR issues onto my simple point about the REALITY it can be abused like anything? What can't you understand. and why the defensiveness and need to play denial?

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@kirabarsmith9353 I already said, IF YOU READ properly that alcohol was MORE dangerous and it is. Why are you making things up. I don't drink myself except may be 4 times a year at social occasions at most. Stop guessing wrong and over reacting defensively.

[@daignat]

I love this man :)

[@lunes-1]

Could be this arrest be illegal above the law?

[@tomecalm7]

I am Julian Assange!

[@terryspence7609]

Endless respect!

[@ajisenramen888]

Lula also joined BRICS. That was a powerful threat to the established powers.

[@Theomite]

BRICS?

[@ruysg]

@@Theomite Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

[@aloysiogomide]

Ajisen Ramen Really?? Lula himself was the biggest threat to democracy in Brazil...historical scale corruption never seen before...

[@marvinbh]

@@aloysiogomide Of course, you didn't saw the video. Or you know nothing about Professor Chomsky's work. Or are you so blind that you just cant understand the extense of what is happening on your country?

[@virginialucio4039]

What will we after Chomsky? It frightens me because we can no longer look to our leaders for truth and democracy. I forbid corporate media in my home. Lord help USA all.

[@hopeodyssey]

Tune into The Duran on the tube.utube.

[@joecasey7415]

He is controlled opposition

[@JustforFun-ki6fk]

The people of the world are in serious trouble starting with the U. S. !

[@averat84]

Chomsky is himself a Gatekeeper.

[@averat84]

@Migfra Danmark democracy is mob rule. It's a dinner table with 3 wolves and a sheep. People can still be bought in a democracy.

[@andrewzanas9387]

Assange is 49 yrs old and looks 79. What were the Equadoreans putting in his food?

[@Traveling.contess]

Jack Trudel how is his looks relevant?

[@Martin..Blackpool]

Very well put... Plain and simple..

[@summerlamkintruthseeker7683]

So sad thank you shared .👍⏩🌠⏩

[@fredschwentafsky2641]

So what do we do about it.

[@grahamwoodcock2298]

Hit the streets on masse

[@grahamwoodcock2298]

En masse

[@DansEarway]

MR assange ~ MassangeR

[@khatarshab2214]

where is nyt der spiegel bbc cnn fox news

[@hampig949]

they are, all, in the Judeo-Zionist nest, sucking their thumb.

[@khatarshab2214]

hamparsoum agop torossian denkejian true

[@limpstear4453]

They are busy with whitewash propoganda!

[@charleso6316]

Any Journalists working there will get sacked if they tell the truth

[@flavianomadink]

"... You may ask yourself...". Excellent. Precise. Necessary.

[@PabloRiosCZ]

Chomsky should be shown to every single high school student in the world

[@VV-gg7gz]

This man is the most coherent voice of the century. He truly recognizes imperialism 's atrocities.

[@Monkismo]

People want to live in a fairy tale, esp. if someone they know works for the military-intelligence branch of the government.

[@miladmzz]

Free economy and democracy is good, as long as it's in favor of united states!

[@JFigProductionsBeats]

We need a REVOLUTION!!!!!! NOW!!

[@nancywysemen7196]

Thank you for your analysis.

[@shentertainer6009]

It's a shame you can see Noam slowing down . Will be such a huge loss when he passes. Still articulate and precise but pains me to see him aging .

[@bradleysmith681]

I agree.. If you want to see Noam in his prime, look up his appearance on "Firing Line" on which he destroyed Buckley. Definitely worth a view...

[@k.p.8955]

Nothing stops that but I understand your sentiment. He's quite a treasure of insight.

[@jamesragsdale8202]

Boohoohoo.

[@Mrap233]

World of our own, we living in a very very strange world where truth could put u in jail and lies could make u live free 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Boca-do-rio]

Welcome to HELL in the making,where fascism and national socialism is the religion of Satan...

[@marcellustone]

It's better that Bernie S is keeping his mouth closed on this hot topic if he would've been asked on what his opinion is on the arrest. He will exonerate him as soon he is president. So you all have to accept his silence. It's tactic. Otherwise he will loose some of his dump voters

[@amandajean7738]

No, it's not a tactic.

[@v.a.2796]

More power to you and your fearless spirit 🙏🙏

[@soupful]

About time! #FREE JULIAN ASSAGNE

[@TheMcbird]

Extraterritorial means outside the colonies of the empire.

[@amandajean7738]

United State's is not the real empire. It's another country pulling the strings.

[@Eric-tc8iv]

The Black Cat that being the VATICAN

[@pashapasovski5860]

To people in power, We the People are Deplorable!

[@janettecoleman2357]

?deplored?

[@motelghost477]

Politicians are supposed to be OUR servants, instead they serve corporate warmongers. By contrast Assange has been a true servant of the people by exposing the lies and corruption of our elites. Pick a side - a man who speaks truth to power, or a power that speaks lies to fools.

[@benstevinson764]

Noam Chomsky is Absolutely Correct!!!

[@ianwinter100]

Tell us how it is Mr Chomsky. Someone needs to!

[@onemanmob6756]

I'm glad I have no children, who'd need to live in the future world. I hope and pray not to reincarnate.

[@HughPryor]

What if you reincarnated on a different planet? Or at a time so far in the future that nothing is recognisable, except for perhaps jellyfish?

[@onemanmob6756]

@@HughPryor no, thanks. One shitty life is enough.

[@onemanmob6756]

@Reerei Dia LOL! you read too much fantasy...

[@devilmanscott]

Nah, you're just trying to justify your myopic world view, though in the end only you suffer for your choices, but don't fool yourself, you're making bad choices if such views as yours have manifested.

[@dandeoliveira]

Although the respect that I have for Chomsky, i couldnt disagree more with his views about Lula. He isnt in the same spectrum as Assange or even Chaves/Maduro. The labor party failed to prosecute and condemn its own members involved in corruption, including Lula, and thats the main reason why they lost the last elections. The majority of the people dont trust them anymore. Lula is not in solitary confinement and gives interviews all the time, that was an incorrect assessment and inaccurate representation of the reality. There was a big boom in Brazilian economy in the early 2000's influenced by China's growth and the high prices of commodities, to deny the labor party efforts to diminish poverty is a mistake, but to credit them for all the achivements of that time is misleading aswell since most of the social programs already existed. Im simplifying too much, but the majority of the Brazilian's population dont support Bolsonaro either, he was elected by the same kind of effect that elected Trump in the US. The absolute void and lack of commitment for the people that was promised but never fulfilled by the supposedly left parties.

[@LawrenceCarroll1234]

Daniel Fox , your assessment sounds intriguing. But without any links to supporting articles or books it is impossible to know how accurate your assessment is. There are so many outlets out there, of course. And though it is often easy to spot outright frauds, it gets harder as you try to zoom in more closely. Certainly Brazil (& Latin America as a whole) have suffered immensely because of US intervention in the past century. This is born out by the US support for the countless authoritarian dictatorships it has supported and often even installed. That is obvious. But what isn’t always so clear is how good the “leftist” or alternative leaders have been (a good current example is the Nicaraguan situation - there was a good debate recently on DN! about whether or not the Sandinista government has betrayed its original mission or not.). But one thing IS CLEAR beyond question- US interventions are almost always very bad news, whether the alternative parties always live up to their reputation as good or not. I cannot see how they could come even remotely close to being as bad as the puppets the US consistently supports.

[@dandeoliveira]

​@@LawrenceCarroll1234 I most certainly agree with your points and the only thing that I disagree with Chomsky is his views about Lula trial and conditions. Its very hard to find good news coverage about the ocurrings in Brazil, is necessary to filter a lot of information to have a better picture of the situation. Im not trying to convince people of my views as random internet user, but to not take those views for granted and to try and seek these informations by yourself, its publicly available. This isnt the optimal place to have this discussion, as most will be left off, but Its easy to see though that Lula has a lot more indulgences than a normal criminal would have in any other place in the world. The documents and allegations about his case are mostly open (the ones already charged) to all and they are undeniable. The operation that culminated in his prison was one of the largest criminal investigations in the world, and end up with hundreds of persons in prison, including top politicians and even the owner of one of the largest construction company in the world, as many others in the private sector. I absolutely abhor US foreign policies and involvemnts around the world. The sight of a close relation between Brazil and the US is feared by most of the population, but was ultimately caused by the failings of Lula and the labor party. For a country to elect someone as awful as Bolsonaro, something is terribly wrong with the opposition.

[@LawrenceCarroll1234]

Daniel Fox , 🙏🏼. As you observe, the Left has excellent journalistic and historic integrity usually, but it also can - and the right does more often probably - oversimplify at times. I too think Chomsky is excellent.

[@luizlozer3838]

I would like to politely ask you to show us a single, just one, simple and objective proof of Lula's corruption. any document, any sign of wealth not earned honestly. anything that shows that it is corrupt. can you?

[@dandeoliveira]

@@luizlozer3838 www.buzzfeed.com/br/filipecoutinho/estas-sao-as-22-provas-que-levaram-a-condenacao-de-lula Cant find a proper article in english and Buzzfeed isnt the best source by far (I mean, i wouldnt trust the washington post either). But they have some of the material proofs and this is all I have time for now with 10s of google search

[@rosemarysantana8758]

Thanks, Mr. Chomsky! Thank You for coming to Brazil and supporting President Lula!

[@Elisa-mg3rc]

This puts the USA goverment in the same position than Saudi Arabia with respect to Khashoggi.

[@BushCampingTools]

Too right Professor!

[@friendsrlikefamily4004]

Wtf is Australia is doing for his citizen.

[@Tapecutter59]

He's getting the same assistance that any other citizen gets when arrested abroad. www.sbs.com.au/news/govt-to-give-consular-support-to-assange

[@hxjj111]

Tapecutter59 link is dead

[@saxglend9439]

Disowned the greaseball.

[@theturkeybandit]

Australia is only going to help if assange is somehow tried for treason and is given the death penalty. That wont happen so Australia cant do much else

[@Tapecutter59]

@@hxjj111 Works for me? - Just google "assange consular assistance", plenty of news reports confirm the gov is sending people to meet with him and offer consular assistance, same as they do for anyone else. The PM, the foreign minister, and the opposition leader have all made public statements about it.

[@mypal3561]

in fairness he should've not wasted seven whole years - the expression "strike while the iron's hot" the US holocaust in the Middle East and Libya is still going on.

[@theturkeybandit]

I dont think he wasted 7 years. I mean he was basically locked up in a room given limited access to the outside world so it wasnt like he could just go about his normal routine without high risk

[@baynative]

He had a sign/book in his hands and gave a wink and thumbs up smh his testimony is now required to cont draining the swamp

[@eileenmc4746]

@ on the deep state

[@naxel37]

I don't think the people prosecuting Assange know how many people support him. I feel like shts about to hit the fan if they prosecute him. And all hell will break lose if they persecute him. Not just in US either. Snowden and Assange gave up everything for us. They are heros. And should be freed.

[@i-love-chaos]

so, thank you noam, and all we people have to scream about it ! all the time!