Chomsky wrote this, and I read it while in 2nd year university, and it drives me to this day. We must put aside all ideological differences and unite for the freedom of Assange and of what he represents, freedom of speech, before tanks roll into any more cities around the world (as they have in Flint, Michigan, over the water poisoning protests).
"In Trump cabinet’s aggressive pursuit to criminalize journalism, Assange is now seized in the embassy, deprived of sunlight and health care, being cut off from the outside world. As the fate of press freedom looks grim, cynicism and apathy spread with many of his colleagues in mainstream media turning away from his predicament and spectators lamenting this tragedy from afar. The fact is, it is not Assange who has created damage and alienated people as critics say. Rather, it is our lack of understanding of true meaning of free speech that brings damage to efforts of those who risked everything for democracy and has condemned Assange to profound solitude." From Antiwar.com
https://original.antiwar.com/…/unity-for-assanges-plight-i…/