Julian Assange is being tortured essentially. He exposed the crimes against humanity that were performed in our name, in the name of the West,. That is the only reason. And I think that those progressives who have every reason to be critical of some of Julian's choices should apologize to their own conscience for spending seven or eight years saying he was running away from a rape charge when there was never such a charge.
The liberal order is under threat. Increasing inequality, the rise of far-right nationalism and the climate emergency pose unprecedented challenges. It’s time for some radical thinking. In November 2019 Intelligence Squared brought to its stage two of the world’s great radicals – Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister known for his trademark leather jacket, motorbike and self-described erratic Marxism, and legendary music producer Brian Eno, known for his progressive politics and human rights activism. The evening was chaired by BBC journalist and broadcaster Ritula Shah.
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