Shortly before taking shelter in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London in 2012, and not long after being electronically tagged by British law enforcement, Julian Assange interviewed numerous contemporary figures considered controversial in the West. The 12-episode show was called ‘The World Tomorrow’ and was produced by RT.
The interviewees included the leader of the Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, global cypherpunk figures, former Pakistani PM Imran Khan, author Noam Chomsky and former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa. Others include renowned thinkers Slavoj Zizek, David Horowitz, and Tariq Ali.
More than a decade later, as the founder of WikiLeaks is expected to regain his freedom, the debates he hosted remain as relevant as ever.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, would later grant Assange political asylum in his country's embassy in London for several years.
Assange is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to a single felony charge at a US court in exchange for being sentenced to time already served in British custody. He had been jailed in Britain since 2019 while fighting a US extradition request. In a surprise move this week, Washington dropped its attempt to pursue a full trial and offered Assange a plea deal instead.