Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies by Stefania Maurizi (English) Hardcover

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Secret Power by Stefania Maurizi, Ken Loach, Lesli Cavanaugh-Bardelli An uncovering of the terrifying depths of authoritarian power that hide behind the infamous story of WikiLeaks FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description *Winner of the European Award for Investigative And Judicial Journalism 2021**Winner of the Premio Alessandro Leogrande Award for Investigative Journalism 2022**Winner of the Premio Angelo Vassallo Award 2022*I want to live in a society where secret power is accountable to the law and to public opinion for its atrocities, where it is the war criminals who go to jail, not those who have the conscience and courage to expose them.It is 2008, and Stefania Maurizi, an investigative journalist with a growing interest in cryptography, starts looking into the little-known organisation WikiLeaks. Through hushed meetings, encrypted files and explosive documents, what she discovers sets her on a life-long journey that takes her deep into the realm of secret power.Working closely with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his organisation for her newspaper, Maurizi has spent over a decade investigating state criminality protected by thick layers of secrecy, while also embarking on a solitary trench warfare to unearth the facts underpinning the cruel persecution of Assange and WikiLeaks.With complex and disturbing insights, Maurizis tireless journalism exposes atrocities, the shameful treatment of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, on up to the present persecution of WikiLeaks: a terrifying web of impunity and cover-ups.At the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and truthtellers. Author Biography Stefania Maurizi is an Italian investigative journalist working for the daily Il Fatto Quotidiano, having previously reported for La Repubblica and lEspresso. She began working with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks in 2009 for her newspaper. Among international journalists, she is the only one who has worked on the entirety of the WikiLeaks secret documents and the only one who has conducted a multi-jurisdictional litigation to defend the right of the press to access the full documentation on the WikiLeaks case.Ken Loach was born in 1936 in Nuneaton. After a brief spell in the theatre, Loach was recruited by the BBC in 1963 as a television director. This launched a long career directing films for television and the cinema, from Cathy Come Home and Kes in the sixties to Land And Freedom, Sweet Sixteen, The Wind That Shakes The Barley (Palme dOr, Cannes Film Festival 2006), Looking for Eric, The Angels Share and I, Daniel Blake (Palme dOr, Cannes Film Festival 2016). Table of Contents Foreword by Ken LoachIntroduction: The Man Who Stood Up to Secret Power1. The Wikileaks Revolution2. The Exceptional Courage of Chelsea Manning3. Afghanistan: The Faraway War4. The Cypherpunk5. A Database from Hell: the Iraq War Logs6. Rattling Power at the Highest Levels: Cablegate7. Guantanamo: The Black Hole of Civilisation8. "The Huffington Post gang is driving me nuts"9. From Sweden to Ecuador10. No Place for Protection11. My Trench Warfare to Unearth the Truth12. Arbitrarily Detained13. A Russian Connection?14. The Fury of the CIA15. Under Siege16. The Final Attempts17. In the Would-be Guantanamo18. 175 Years for the Crime of Journalism19. Only Kafka20. A Monstrous Injustice21. Secret PowerAcknowledgments Review The vindictive hounding of Julian Assange by the US government deserves as wide an audience as possible. There is no journalist better placed to tell the story than Stefania Maurizi. This Italian journalist has been following the story of Assange and WikiLeaks closely for more than a decade and personally knows most of those involved. But what stands out is her sheer perseverance. Many journalists would have given up after her multiple requests under the Freedom of Information Act were largely rebuffed by governments in the UK, US, Sweden and Australia. But she proved dogged, engaging in what she describes as trench warfare, taking them to court, the legal costs often paid for by her personally. Through this persistence, she uncovered lots of new information.As well as being the most detailed account of the persecution of Julian Assange, Maurizi weaves in the stories of whistle-blowers such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, making it one of the most comprehensive accounts yet of the battle between the national security apparatus and advocates of privacy and press freedom. It should be a must-read for all journalists. If Assange can be persecuted on the flimsy grounds exposed by Maurizi, then all journalists anywhere in the world who challenge the US are at risk. -- Ewen MacAskill, Pulitzer Prize winner for Public Service 2014A rigorous, compelling and highly readable reconstruction of the WikiLeaks case. I highly recommend this work. No one conveys better the urgency of averting the extradition and prosecution of Assange -- Daniel Ellsberg, US whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon PapersMaurizis relentless, rigorous and courageous work has produced compelling evidence for the flagrant and deliberate illegality of Julian Assanges persecution. She has decisively contributed to my official investigation into the case as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture -- Professor Nils Melzer, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (2016-2022)Stefania Maurizis book on the persecution of Julian Assange is the definitive text on this tragedy. To read it is to resist, it is a must read. Free Assange -- Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink FloydStefania Maurizis revelation of the role of the UK Crown Prosecution Service, then run by Keir Starmer, in the persecution of Julian Assange was a journalistic landmark. Her book is a lesson to all who expose the malign secrets of state power -- John PilgerHeroic freedom-fighter or maverick controversialist - Assange is a polarising character. But we can all agree that the classified documents he published revealed much of the heinous barbarity of the post 9/11 US-led wars. This book is a passionate plea in Julians defence. To extradite would send the message that no journalist or publisher is safe anywhere in the world -- Kathy Lette, best-selling author and TV presenterEverything you think you know about this story is not what you think. Maurizi brilliantly tells the real story of what happened with WikiLeaks and the powers that went out to destroy it -- John Goetz, Editor of Investigations at German State Broadcaster NDRThe best possible tribute to Julian Assanges sacrifice on behalf of Western citizens whose governments have been committing, in their name, crimes against humanity. Stefania Maurizi has sacrificed much to write this book, making it a book to read, behold and promote to anyone who cares about the truth -- Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics at the University of AthensAn exceptional book by an exceptional journalist. Written like a political thriller, Secret Power is not only one of the best accounts of the WikiLeaks revolution and the man behind it. Its also a deeply disturbing investigation into the military-intelligence complex and secret power determined to dismantle the last strongholds of democracy, namely freedom of the press -- Srecko Horvat, philosopher and author of Poetry from the FutureThe story of the aftermath of the biggest story in journalism in generations brilliantly laid out by Maurizi. A must read for everyone interested in finding out how democratic and free, the free and democratic west indeed is. -- Helgi Seljan, investigative journalist at StundinA gripping first-hand account of the Assange affair -- Gavin Jones, senior Reuters correspondent in RomeSuperb -- Thomas A. Drake, whistleblower and former senior executive of the National Security AgencyMasterful…Maurizi has very likely produced the definitive version of the WikiLeaks story, and its a page-turner to boot -- Chip Gibbons, Jacobin Review Quote Contains a wealth of details, with the civil passion and the healthy democratic fury of those who have worked on the material brought to light by the Assange organisation for over a decade Valigia Blu Details ISBN0745347622 Author Lesli Cavanaugh-Bardelli Short Title Secret Power Publisher Pluto Press Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 0745347622 ISBN-13 9780745347622 Format Hardcover Subtitle WikiLeaks and Its Enemies Imprint Pluto Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Italian Pages 368 Translator Lesli Cavanaugh-Bardelli Birth 1865 Death 1944 Affiliation Lovely Professional University, India Position Translator Qualifications SJ Publication Date 2022-11-01 AU Release Date 2022-11-01 NZ Release Date 2022-11-01 UK Release Date 2022-11-01 Alternative 9780745347615 DEWEY 323.445 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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