{"id":14932,"date":"2026-11-11T14:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14932"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:59:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:59:51","slug":"snowden-assange-wahrheit-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/snowden-assange-wahrheit-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Greenwald: Snowden, Assange and the Price of Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald accepts Integrity Media\u2019s \u201cExcellence in Journalism Award\u201d while also paying tribute to whistleblowers around the world. At the heart of his speech is the question of what drives people to risk their careers, their security and, in extreme cases, even their freedom in order to bring secret information into the public domain.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>Greenwald reflects on some of the most prominent whistleblowers of recent decades and recalls in particular his 2013 encounter with Edward Snowden. He also places Julian Assange among those whose courage and personal sacrifices form part of a much broader story. What drives people to risk everything despite the threat of prosecution and imprisonment \u2014 and what role do whistleblowers play in exposing government misconduct and abuses of power that might otherwise remain hidden?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by System Update and published on Glenn Greenwald\u2019s YouTube channel on September 23, 2025. We translated it into German and are republishing it today to encourage public debate on this issue in Germany and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>To read the transcript of this video: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Glenn-Greenwald_-Snowden-Assange-and-the-Price-of-Truth.docx.pdf\">Glenn Greenwald: Snowden, Assange and the Price of Truth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">We are transitioning away from YouTube. 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