Daniel Ellsberg — the last guy to personally stand up to the war machine, when he released The Pentagon Papers to Congress and the press in the early 1970s, exposing the sham of the Vietnam War — has called for a boycott of Amazon. The book publisher, which is also a web host, dumped WikiLeaks from its servers this week under pressure from Sen. Joe Lieberman — a man wanted for other crimes against the people.<\/p>\n
Here is how he starts his letter:<\/p>\n
Open letter to Amazon.com Customer Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n
I\u2019m disgusted by Amazon\u2019s cowardice and servility in abruptly terminating today its hosting of the Wikileaks website, in the face of threats from Senator Joe Lieberman and other Congressional right-wingers. I want no further association with any company that encourages legislative and executive officials to aspire to China\u2019s control of information and deterrence of whistle-blowing.<\/p>\n
For the last several years, I\u2019ve been spending over $100 a month on new and used books from Amazon. That\u2019s over. I ask Amazon to terminate immediately my membership in Amazon Prime and my Amazon credit card and account, to delete my contact and credit information from their files and to send me no more notices. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read more at RSN<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Planet Waves will delete its Amazon accounts today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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