one read -- joining us now is michael ratner , the president emeritus of the center for constitutionalights, which is a legal advisor to julian assange. last point,his michael, first, what your most surprised by in this piece that just came out and particularly, the u.s. pushing other countries to prosecute julian. >> what i was shocked by was the extent the u.s. and the u.k. have gone through to try and get and destroy wikileaks and julian assange and her network of supporters. it is astounding. it is been going on for years. as julian pointed out, it tells us why he is in the ecuadorian embassy and what ecuador has given him asylum. he has every reason the heavily fear what would happen to him in this country in the united states if he were to be ever taken here. for me, that is a very, very critical point, justifies every reason why ecuador gave him asylum. the document you are addressing, amy, the manhunt timeline -- which is extraordinary because it groups him among a whole bunch of people who the u.s. considers terrorists and also groups and with palestinians, which is pretty int

and michael ratner and he lived in new york blakeney. my goal. what has been the reception of this book so far? >> well, i was telling my friend carl landau they were doing a visionary book, a book about how things might be if we imagine socialism. the profits from isaiah to jesus thought about ideas and our boat. i said when the lion lays down with the lamb. sal said when the lion lays down with the lamb, the lion is not going to get any sleep. alice walker wrote, this is a book a lot of us have been waiting for her. the timing is exquisite. others on fox radio two days ago. the interviewer actually invited me to come back. a recent pew poll showed that 49% of young people under the age of 30 at a favorable reaction to the word socialism and is even higher amongst people of color. webster has an online dictionary. the two word that had the most hits last year were socialism and capitalism. a woman ran for city council. she beat a longtime democrat. she got 100,000 votes. she had a huge amount of community and union support. things are changing.

his most recent book written with michael ratner is how the cia got away with murder. he's on the board of the constitutional rights. [inaudible] spencer. he was educated at the university of wisconsin. in the '60s where he learned social history from the great teacher harvey goldberg. he has testified on palestinian rights before the committees of the u.s. congress and the united nations. he cohosts a radio show. probably a lot of you listen to that. [applause] .. you know, the land lays down with the lamb. and saul said, when the line and lays down with low and the lamb is not going to get any sleep. [laughter] alice walker wrote saying this is a book a lot of us a been waiting for. your timing was exclusive. i'll say so. i was on fox ready of today's ago. the interviewer actually invited me to come back. recent people showed that 49 percent of young people under the age of 30 and a favorable reaction to the word socialist and was even higher among people of color. merriam-webster has an on-line dictionary with two words that had the most hits were socialism and capi