In a year as tumultuous as this one, it was still an easy pick for me: Wikileaks is my organization for 2010. Below are just a few of the reasons why they were the organization that defined a year:
- Because they seek to expose the truth, ugly as it often is
- Because they are a bulwark for democracy, not those who vilify them
- Because they showed up the established p(r)op media for the weak corporate hacks they are
- Because they leaked that which is in the interest of all citizens everywhere
- Because they proved, yet again, how very wrong the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are
- Because they made us think about the power that governments have...and shouldn't have
- Because they re-iterated how dangerous excessive power can be
- Because they re-iterated how power does indeed corrupt
- Because they go after large corporations and banks as well
- Because they inadvertently showed up the likes of PayPal, Visa and Mastercard for the hypocritical corporate swine they are
- Because they gave a middle finger to the American political-corporate-military complex
- Because, contrary to American propaganda, they go after everyone anywhere
- Because they chose to be brave in this increasingly Brave New World
George Orwell once said, "To see what is in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle." Wikileaks has taken up that struggle on all our behalf.
Wikileaks, may you go from strength to strength in 2011 and well beyond. Thank you so much.
