mo4ch:>Assange arrest final step in character assassination campaign – Slavoj Zizek | Mo4ch News

Julian Assange’s arrest was not a sudden development, cultural philosopher Slavoj Zizek told RT. Instead it was well planned and the final step in a long and ugly smear campaign against the WikiLeaks founder.After sheltering in London’s Ecuadorian embassy for six years, Assange was dragged out of the building by British police on Thursday morning. The arrest comes after Ecuador’s new pro-US president withdrew Assange’s asylum claim, and after WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson claimed that an extensive spying campaign was conducted against Assange, designed to get him out.“I was not surprised,” Zizek told RT. “The problem for me is how people will simply accept this as the result of the long, systematic, character assassination campaign.”Also on rt.comWATCH Julian Assange dragged out of Ecuadorian embassy shouting 'UK must resist'The first step in the campaign, Zizek said, was to connect WikiLeaks – an independent journalistic outlet known for leaking classified mate…