Friday, December 10, 2010

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WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT Wikileaks

Wikileaks in this last month has become a word almost everyday. After the frontal assault on the world diplomatic system, through the publication of progressive cablegrams coming mainly from U.S. embassies, and subsequent revelations relating to various countries and their policies "real" beyond the information provided through the official press.
For many are not new. For others, constitute high treason and a possible disruption of world order. Following positions heated by defenders and accusers, and the earthquake media with supplemental information battles going on in those hours with connections to sites Wikileaks (now fragmented into thousands of sites around the world - the so-called "mirrors" - and then may no longer be locked, thankfully), but also to sites like those of Interpol Visa or Mastercard. And then the "personalization of the battle", the hunt for Assange, his arrest pretextual and what will follow.




But Wikileaks working for some time, and one of the things that has worked is to collect more material and shed light on areas ostensibly under the spotlight, but in fact the darkest (in terms of information) on the planet: First of all Iraq and Afghanistan.
Above the video (short version) called "Collateral Murder , online since April on YouTube, and for the supply of which to Wikileaks (not confirmed by another organization) by 198 days, ie from the month of Last May, the American soldier Bradley Manning, intelligence analyst stationed in Baghdad, the military has been in jail awaiting trial, e rischia 52 (cinquantadue) anni di carcere. Fa 23 anni tra una settimana. E' accusato di aver rivelato...la verità.

Molti di voi avranno visto questo video: vi chiedo di riguardarlo, anche se è durissimo farlo, per riflettere ancora sul significato della guerra e della guerra in Iraq in particolare.
Altri ne avranno solo sentito parlare: a queste persone chiedo di guardarlo, è importante, molto importante, per dare un vero volto alle cose.
Altri non vorranno vederlo: anche a loro domando umilmente di dedicare almeno 17 minuti del proprio tempo a questa visione, qualunque sia la loro idea politica o posizione ideologica rispetto alla guerra.
Dopo questa visione, potremo riparlarne. E comunque quando parleremo o leggeremo di Wikileaks avremo forse più chiaro perché è importante, in questo momento, difendere questa organizzazione e permettere che continui a farci vedere il vero volto delle cose.

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