In the WSWS perspective yesterday, we wrote, "It is a grave danger to the rights of all that the British 'justice' system is now moving to place Assange in the hands of the very same US officials who plotted for months to carry out the murder of Iran’s General Qassem Suleimani." Only the truth can set Assange free, and this requires fighting to break through the media lies, explaining to the working class and young people what issues are at stake. The WSWS has fought from the very beginning to defend Assange, including when we opposed the false sexual assault allegations used as a pretense to turn him over to the US government. In December 2010, when Assange was arrested in Britain, the WSWS said it was based on "nothing more than a pretext for an act of political repression dictated by the US government." We wrote: "The financial aristocracy and its political representatives feel an urgent need to impose a stranglehold on the flow of information. They know that the crisis of their economic system and their attempts to impose its full weight on the backs of the working class, both at home and abroad, are creating the conditions for an eruption of class struggles. Depriving such a movement of free information and political perspective is seen as vital by the ruling elite." Now we need your help to fight for Assange and the free flow of information--a critical right that the working class needs in order to organize the revolutions of the coming decade. Make a donation today. | 
