Sorry I haven't been around for the past month. I'm working on a bunch of unrelated projects for 2011. I'm also working on a few things for EiH, so don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. In the wake of the Establishment's response to Wikileaks, much discussion has been generated about Wikileaks' place in the world, and I just wanted to leave you with this quick quote courtesy of our 35th president and everyone's favorite Kennedy:

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.

-John F. Kennedy, Address before the American Newspaper Publishers Association (27 April 1961)

Every individual in the world should be concerned with the way that governments and corporations have reacted to Wikileaks. The U.S. concedes that Wikileaks has done nothing illegal (although the people submitting to the site are subject to prosecution), yet various corporations, such as Amazon, Paypal, Visa, and Mastercard have done their part to stifle the site do to supposed violations of their terms. Ask yourself, what kind of world do we live in, where corporations determine the whether you've broken the law; What kind of bizarro world do we live in, where the likes of Mike Huckabee and Sarah Palin, supposed defenders of free speech, are calling for the assassination of Wikileaks' founder Julian Assange?

You might be wondering what can be done in the face of this onslaught. Don't stand idly by, let your voice be heard while you still have that right. Sign the petition to stop the crackdown on Wikileaks. Your children will thank you.