 Hi, I'm Chris Hedges, and consortium news runs my column, which is originally published in sheer post. I'm a strong supporter of their work. They have done some of the most groundbreaking and consistent work on the persecution of Julian Assange, which is, I think, certainly for those of us who come out of the world of journalism. The most important case in terms of press freedom, they are not owned or bound by the strictures of corporate advertising, which is increasingly not true, even for left-wing sites. It's free, it's independent, it's courageous, and I can't think of many sites that I admire more than consortium news and urge you strongly to support it.