WikiLeaks, the Global Fourth Estate: History Is Happening

337 Pages·2018·3.945 MB·English

by  Nozomi Hayase

WikiLeaks, the Global Fourth
Estate: History Is Happening

Nozomi Hayase
WikiLeaks, the Global Fourth
Estate: History Is Happening

Nozomi Hayase

Libertarian Books – Sweden
Stockholm / Bergamo
WIKILEAKS, THE GLOBAL FOURTH ESTATE: HISTORY IS
HAPPENING
By Nozomi Hayase
Published by Libertarian Books - Sweden. January 2018.

ISBN 978-91-88747-03-7 pdf/e-book
ISBN 978-91-88747-04-4 paperback

Cover: AdN Bergamo, Italy
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Credit: Inspiration for the book’s subtitle, “History Is
Happening,” is derived from the motto of The Juice
Media.
For the youth who grew up on the Internet,
future of civilization depends on acts of courage inspired
by the heart.
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls
the present controls the past.”
—George Orwell1
CONTENTS

Foreword 1

Preface: History Has Awakened 6

1
The Rise of New Journalism 9
2 Freedom of Speech in the Age of 20
WikiLeaks
3 The Effect of WikiLeaks in the 29
Stadium of Democracy
4 Redefining Power 35
5 Revolutionary Journalism in a 43
Time of Universal Deceit
6 “Terrorist” by Association, 59
Assange’s Lawyer on the Watch
List
7 Activist or Journalist? Pulling a 66
Yes Men on Bill Keller
8 We Are All Enemies of the State 71
9 Inside the Hourglass 87
10 Whistleblowers at the Frontier of 92
Digital Liberation
11 The Unsung Hero of the NSA 109
Revelations
12 Defeating the Conspiracy of 115
Governance
13 The First Amendment Revolution 136
14 When Google Met WikiLeaks 150
15 Countering the Banality of Evil 165
16 Sixth Anniversary of “Collateral 175
Murder” Video
17 Standing with the Conscience of 182
Truth-Tellers
18 Ten Years of Pushing the 193
Boundaries of Free Speech
19 Controversy over Podesta Emails 208
Opens a Debate for Future
Journalism
20 Filling the Phantom of Democracy 221
with Our Networked Power
21 Vault 7, CIA Cyberwar and a 229
Battleground of Democracy
22 Prosecution of Assange Is 239
Persecution of Free Speech
23 From Gandhi to Catalans, the 247
Revolutionary Movement of
Peacemakers

Afterword: History Is Happening 260

Notes 262

Acknowledgments 322

About the author 324