WikiLeaks Becomes A Fashion Statement
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WikiLeaks Becomes A Fashion Statement
WIKILEAKS IS MAKING FREE SPEECH A FASHION STATEMENT. The secrets-busting organization is now selling T-shirts and other gear to help finance its operation.
"WikiLeaks is an emotional proposition: People love it or hate it," a spokesperson Spreadshirt AG, the Germany company handling orders told the Wall Street Journal. "For those that love it and wish to show support for WikiLeaks by wearing a T-shirt, it is a good proposition."
You can project your message of support for Julian Assange and his radical transparency by picking up a cotton T-shirt for $17.99, a fleece hoodie for $49.99, a tote bag for $13.99 or an iPad sleeve for $34.99. Design choices range from the standard WikiLeaks' hourglass, a Che Guevara-styled Assange in beret, Assange gagged, to co-opted quotes from Assange and George Orwell.
The site touts "all proceeds go to WikiLeaks," which is fighting legal battles on both the European and American fronts.
Assange is waiting to find out whether a British court will order him extradited to Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape. The WikiLeaks creator also faces indictment in the U.S. for possession of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables -- some of which have already been published -- that reveal the machinations of U.S. diplomacy worldwide; the U.S. maintains that the release of the documents is illegal.
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