“Start a “Free Assange” organising committee in Moscow!”. These were the simple instructions from Julian to a supporter in Moscow. Couldn’t be much clearer, could it? Julian wants people to start “Free Assange” groups in their town or city to organise actions demanding he be freed.
The strategy of people organising together in a group to build the campaign in their town or city is the only way any political campaign in history has been won or waged. This goes for the civil rights movement, labor struggles, the campaign to Free Mandela, environment struggles or the anti-war movement. Julian is just articulating this simple truth with a simple instruction.
Julian also encouraged people to organise “blocks” of Assange supporters in their workplaces and unions. We have seen this developing with groups such as Doctors4Assange forming
LIST OF ACTIVE “FREE ASSANGE” ORGANISING COMMITTEES
Austria
Freedom for JULIAN ASSANGE. NOW!
Australia
Melbourne – Melbourne4Wikileaks
Sydney – @SAWCSydney on Facebook, @SAWCSydney on Twitter, People4Assange
Queensland – Free Julian Assange Central Queensland
Perth – Perth4Assange on Twitter and Facebook
Darwin – Julian Assange Supporters International (Darwin) on Facebook
Alice Springs – Julian Assange Supporters Alice Springs on Facebook
Australians for Assange Facebook Group
Belgium
France
Assange, l’Ultime Combat
Toute la France avec Assange! French Action 4 Assange!
Wikijustice
Germany
Dusseldorf – Free Assange Commitee Germany
Frankfurt – Free Assange Frankfurt am Main
Cottbus – Friedenskoordination Cottbus
Italy
Comitato per la Liberazione di Julian Assange – Italia
Mexico
#24F Coalición Vida y Libertad Julian Assange
Mexico Con Julian
Mongolia
New Zealand
Netherlands
Russia
Джулиан Ассанж. Поддержка.
South Africa
Cape Town – Journalism is not espionage – Contact Mignon
Sweden
Stödkommittén för Julian Assange.
Switzerland
Asile politique en Suisse pour Assange et Snowden
Free Julian Assange Committee Switzerland
US
New York – NYC Free Assange
San Francisco – Bay Action Committee to Free Assange
Denver – Denver Action to Free Assange
UK
London
Belmarsh Vigil for Julian Assange
Julian Assange Defence Committee
Greenwich and Lewisham Assange Campaign
Birmingham
We support Julian Assange Birmingham
Scotland – ScotsdefendAssange
WORKPLACE “BLOCKS” OR ORGANISATIONS
In a letter sent to a supporter in November 2019 he stated: “Dear Anne-Marie, You ask what you can do to fight for my freedom? Use your strongest skills, friends, resources and associations. If you are a nurse, gather nurses, create a bloc in the nurses union, etc! defend.wikileaks.org JPA
Some “blocs” that have formed include:
Doctors for Assange – On Medium
Journalists Speak up for Assange – Website
Lawyers for Assange – Open Letter
Others have passed resolutions in their workplaces, unions, local councils and political party branches.
An example of a resolution passed by teachers in Australia can be read here.
OTHER GROUPS ORGANISING PROTESTS
Candles4Assange – coordinating Global protests
The Socialist Equality Party in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, Sri Lanka and India. Please contact them if you would like to help them organise.
Classconscious.org has organised a number of protests and events for Julian Assange.
Note: email ClassConscious@protonmail.com and we will add your organising committee to this list.
