For our Forbidden books class Milestone 3 we worked with a Wiki Leaks case. My case was the Banking Blockade.
The one word that explains my case is perseverance.
I chose that word because even though Wiki Leaks is unable to use 95% of their funds, they are still publishing cases and informing the public. People should know about this case because the governments are trying to shut down Wiki Leaks by cutting off their money and if we know how to help we can stop that from happening.

Milestone 3- Narration

Slide One
Essence
This case is about the Banking Blockade that is happening. 95% of Wiki leaks funds have been cut off and they have been in a money crisis ever since. My picture is representing Wiki Leaks Vs Bank of America. I wanted to represent Wiki Leaks Vs.Bank of America because it is the main company imposing the lock down. All of the other companies involved such as VISA, MasterCard, Pay Pal and Western Union are more like by standers of the lock down since they are only partners of Bank of America and are not the ones with the power to freeze the bank accounts.

Slide Two
Censorship
People censor things because they want to shield us from ourselves, hide all of out faults, and pretend we all are perfect. This means that the government wants us to live in a fantasy world in which we all pretend that no humans do anything that could be thought of as unacceptable. My picture is showing window and blue part is showing that it is glass and you can see straight through it to what is on the other side. The dark blue part shows that you can’t see through or what’s on the other side. Just like with censorship you only see what they want you to see.

Slide Three
Importance
It is important that we know about this because it means that the government is trying to get rid of wiki leaks by killing off their funds. We need to also need to know so that we can help Wiki leaks alive. What’s happening in the world effects us all directly or indirectly. We need information to make decisions and to make the right ones we need all the information. My picture is an example of each rode that we can take. One road leads us to a box where we trap our thoughts, but another road leads past any stops so that we can achieve all.

Slide Four
Economics
The are major economic implications from this case because Wiki Leaks can barely access any of their money. This could cause the whole Wiki leaks website/ Organization to shut down. My picture is how i think a Bank of America might look. There are assistants upstairs working and downstairs deep in the basement is where there money is kept. The dialogue is a conversation of a Wiki leaks staff member trying to get some of their money out.

Slide Five
Connection
My quote is “Centralisation of the means of communication in the hands of the state” ( Communist Manifesto p26) I showed this quote in my picture by drawing a circle of people that could only talk to each other through the government. This would also mean that we would only know what the government wants us to know because they won’t necessarily pass on all the information, or the right information. So basically they can censor any information we have.

Slide Six
Why
I chose this quote because i think it really connects to the idea of censorship when it say communication through the hands of the state. My picture is like the one on the connection slide except there is no government official in the middle passing messages. This means we will always no everything because there is no one dictating what we know.

Slide Seven
Wiki Leaks
Wiki leaks is important because it is a great source of privileged information. My picture is showing a news paper with the wiki leaks headline. I chose to draw this because it symbols us reading wiki leaks everyday and being updated on all the events. This is important to us because we need information to grow.