I just terminated my membership and realize I am in good company with Daniel Ellsberg. Maybe when the people of this declining Republic realize that corporations need one to purchase their products and when they are not purchasing, the corporations will then have to provide the public with safer products and not censor what we read. Didn't Amazon do this with George Orwell regarding their Kindle product?

SHAME ON AMAZON - you are no longer my choice for purchasing books, etc. Your excuse for not publishing the Wiki Leaks is not believable!!!!! Too bad, I used to like your company and its service.

In addition to terminating my business with Amazon, I am also actively scouring the anti-American, unpatriotic activities of companies owned or controlled by Koch Industries. The onset of fascism (well documented in The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester)depe nded upon the unchallenged assault on personal dignity, liberty, and finally many millions' lives. I for one, choose life, liberty and pursuit of electronic gear from brave vendors, not weasels and cowards - for they will give you and me up for a nickel (or less).

Everybody send them a complaint and boycott them until they offer to re-instate Wikileaks.

Today, cut off WikiLeaks,
Tomorrow, what books?
I encourage everyone to seek one of the many more credible,less greedy alternatives to the much too big Amazon.com.
Goodbye and Bad Luck Amazon!

Boycotting is a good idea for other companies who think they can run the country with their money in secret. Anyone have a leak of those companies who made secret donations to fund attack ads in the last election?

The same type of people like Lieberman, backed by the wealthy like the Koch brothers, were behind the Fascist American Liberty League that tried to promote the hiterian policies in America 1934, and overthrow the government- and now it's the Tea Party. Will 2012 bring us into another Germany of the 30's???

Joe Lieberman? Now that's someone I want to be judging what information I can have access to or not, right?

No more Amazon buying for me.

I terminated my relationship with Amazon yesterday. I would appreciate "anyfreeman" (above) or someone else to give the world a list of Koch Industries products and companies so I can boycott them also. And, Connecticut, anybody in Connecticut, please begin impeachment proceeding against Lieberman.

Couldn't agree more with Daniel Ellsberg. I will discontinue buying through Amazon and will inform my friends and colleagues. However, I tried to contact Amazon and couldn't even find an email address!

I'm waiting to see the leaks on the Banks - bet several politicians will be exposed too. The Govt calls it "illegal" (whatever) because they are caught with their pants down and think pushing they are "elected officials" they can "make up rules" about the first amendment. Sloppy pigs couldn't even hide their emails? And we are waiting for them to make major decisions about our future? I want to see MORE - not less

AMAZON BOYCOTT due to WikiLeaks suspension of service.

I want to congratulate Amazon on the efficient ecological service for distributing books and other essential goods and services, but it is impossible for my family to support an organisation which restricts key information designed to stop war death and destruction.

Please remove my account and name from Amazon's lists until Wiki-Leaks internet service and websites are restored to Amazon. The censoring of important information for the world's well-being will not be tolerated especially from an agency selling books. Service-removal over truth-telling is not a trustworthy action of any bookseller and those of us (90% of the population who read books) who buy books will not buy them from any corporation which restricts key information flows for human and planet.

If you are taking your orders from Joseph Lieberman and arms manufacturers bent on creating conflict and death, then most information seekers will not be interested in using you as a distribution channel. This includes a boycott not just books but for all materials and services.

Douglas Jack

I agree that there should be a worldwide BAN on doing any business with Amazon. Let Joe Lieberman´s friends support them!

I've never bought much from Amazon, because I learned 10 years ago, through a now defunct website, buyblue.org, that they donated exclusively to Repug candidates only. From now on, I'll buy NOTHING at all from them. Does anybody know what happened to buyblue? It was really helpful and informative; listed companies alphabetically and printed info about where they donated their money. I haven't found anything comparable online lately.

Yes, boycott Amazon, but focus also on the government and multinational corporations that daily compromise our privacy and ability to access real information. CNN, FoxNoise, electronic and print media, online sham news outlets. Agitate for accurate news, demand freedom of information. Amazon makes money and acts predictably to preserve their money-making power. Government is only able to exert pressure on business and pursue those who speak the truth because too few of us demand access to unbiased reporting. Speak up!

What about all the Corporations which operate within OUR Legislatures with '$$-fluence' to deregulate the power of WE THE PEOPLE away from US? Or those which starve Government to death through de-taxation lobby schemes on behalf of the Wealthy Corporate Class? Or those few which own Media Empires in America and use it to divide us and pit us against each other on behalf of Global Corporate greed? How about those companies which purchase Commercial space and time in such a Media Empire? How about all those Corporations which lobby to further fragmentize OUR Government into a million bits and useless pieces through the Corporate Contracting of all Government functions?
Wake up America! The entire 'Smaller Government' hue and cry from CONservatives is a big CON JOB, perhaps the biggest in human history. OUR Government is being torn asunder and reduced to nothing right out from under US through the politics of greed and momentary nonsense and being replaced by a hap hazard Corporcratic Government based on 'Corporate Cabal' whimsies, using taxpayers like corporate-contracting cash cows, 24-hour newz-psychols and schitzo-Media-Talkinghead-phrenia.

As a progressive and civil libertarian I am in sympathy with many of the comments here, and I am leery of any abridgment of freedom of the press; but at the same time I am queasy about condoning the spilling of national secrets: I'm not so sure that WikiLeaks serves a noble purpose, as it trades in classified materials, and I believe that this is an instance in which the free press should voluntarily restrain itself from publishing things that would potentially harm the U. S. That said, I believe in an adversarial relationship between government and the press, by which I mean that governments should do everything reasonably within their power to prevent leaks, while the press pursues every legal course to obtain them, while acting responsibly as to what they end up publishing. I strongly favor whistle-blowing not involving classified materials. I can see, however, the need for privacy in diplomatic relations; and I am concerned that the U.S. government did not assign a more restrictive classification to the documents that have just been leaked: access by 3 million people with Secret clearance was simply too careless a treatment of some of this material.

I'm with Daniel Ellsburg. The true traitor to society here is Amazon not Julian Assange. All my future purchases will be steered to alternate sources since Amazon has betrayed my trust in them.

Lieberman=TRAITOR to the American people

I agree with the boycott of Amazon, but also need to deal with politicians who pressured Amazon. Write, e-mail & call Lieberman & other right wing Congressman to demand they stop interfering with freedom of speech & harassing Internet providers.

We did not elect them to determine what is appropriate for us to read, review or see on the Internet, in museums, books & movies.

It about time the lies & questionable practices of our govt was made public. Maybe now instead of spending our money on foreign propaganda to start a Middle East arms race or bribing leaders, & terrorist groups you'll spend our money at home. It's easier to make a profit is through the established military industrial complex rather than new green sector products that compete with traditional petro-chemical industry.

We must fight for true Net Neutrality not the fake one being offered by the FCC chairman that gives corporation everything. The Internet is the last bastion of free uncensored information, anyone in this country that tries to impede our freedoms must be removed from power. If Connecticut has recall it's time to start the process to remove Lieberman & other rt. wing fanatics.

DAN ELLSBERG WAS the first true American whistleblower. So what he says now about Amazon should be taken most seriously. Whistleblowers now finally may force a measure of honesty to our public life. - G. Beres

The reality checks Wikileaks brings to our attention are breaths
of fresh air. Good for Daniel Ellsberg in abandoning an enemy
of truth.

I applaud all of us who have taken this critical step to remind companies and their leaders not to become toadies of any government. My account has also been canceled.

Abebooks is a wonderful site. And although I live in China, I am able to order and receive books without any "regional" problems that Amazon has continually thrown up as a "barrier" to strict sending certain novels.

It is my hope that the majority of Americans will finally wake up and see that these huge corporations care nothing about them. I switched recently from ATT to a local phone/internet company, because I was getting very bad service. These national companies used to treat their customers well, but not anymore. Why should we support their practice of shipping our jobs overseas? They forget that if we lose our jobs, we can't afford their services. We need to carefully investigate a company before we become one of their customers.

Another bookseller is Edward R. Hamilton Bookseller Co. at www.HamiltonBook.com. I deal with their catalogs through the mail, where you can purchase as many books as you want, for one shipping price of $3.50. They have a good selection of new and used, plus movies and music.

here's the letter i sent to amazon - good riddance - abebooks.com, powells.com, and others are better anyway...

I regret to inform you that I will no longer be doing business with Amazon.com. Please cancel my account effective immediately. I have been a loyal customer for many years, and have greatly appreciated your services - however, I strongly oppose your decision to bar WikiLeaks from your servers. WikiLeaks has BROKEN NO LAWS - fair due process would make Wikileaks innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Our first amendment right is designed protect our freedom of speech and press - no government should be enabled to suppress its people's right to information. As the world's largest bookseller, Amazon.com had an opportunity to take a historic stand in favor of free speech and freedom of information, and chose instead to align itself with a government-backed McCarthy-style witch hunt. I will be taking my business elsewhere.

SORRY, Cant agree with you. I don't mind leaks and I think the people have a right to "Know".

These leaks are not about the peoples right to know, they are the reflection of a guy who hates America.

I will keep on buying books from Amazon. In fact I will increase my purchases.

I already terminated my Amazon membership.
Freedom of Information should be applied to everybody in every part of the world. If the government manipulates the info this is called censorship concealed under National Security excuses. Intimidation and fear are the tools used by governments to control citizens. Thank you, Daniel Ellsberg for your support to Wikileaks and freedom of expression.

USA regime road to serfdom.
Amazon, PayPal = EBay - are controlled by totalitarian ideology - NOT serving the customer or promoting free information flow.
DO NOT TRUST them - they open gates to totalitarian government - like USA.
and these attacks on the internet - in China against GOOGLE these were two government officials.

I will be happy to withdraw all of my future orders with Amazon. As an alternative to Amazon I can highly recommend Strand Books for purchases.

By the way it wasn't until a boycott against Amazon was threatened last year in Germany that they removed their hosting of the Nationaldemokra tische Partei Deutschlands' (a very unpleasant party of extreme right-wing and neo-nazis)"National Net Diary" as a partner programme, through which the NPD actually benefited financially, as well as being able to distribute their literature and propaganda.
It needed massive criticism from various political parties before they cut the NPD off.

Thanks Dr. Ellsberg. I did the same thing yesterday but somehow I think your letter will draw more attention.

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In a time when we really need public leaders, thank heavens for Daniel Ellsberg! /Remember when Amazon took Jimmy Carter's book on Palestine off their list until there was an outcry of this censorship. Boycott and consumer protest is something we each can do. /A great source for online book-buying is alibris.com ; in response to a comment above, I'm guessing they ship anywhere.

Boycott away, but Ellsberg should resist the urge to be disingenuous. As he's noted in the past, a great many truths are hidden from the average American. He has outed presidents and administrations regarding dishonesty. And yet in his protest, he only names Lieberman and Congressional right wingers when he knows full well there were members of the sitting administration, including Obama, who expressed 'concern' regarding Wikileaks. What, pray tell, might be a possible manifestation of such 'concern'?

To slay a dragon you cut off its head. To suit up for war, provide all of the intel vs. rhetoric about evil corporations and neocons designed to instigate reactive partisan uprisings.

Finally, I note the irony of Ellsberg's complaint against censorship and undue influence in a forum where posts are subject to approval and can be excluded. Amazon is demonised for making business decisions in its best interests, yet RSN can do the same without question.

I'm all for protecting free speech and ensuring government transparency isn't overridden by the needs of "national security". Just don't lie to me or insult my intelligence in order to garner support.

Thank you so much,Daniel Ellsberg, for this courageous action! I've now also deleted my account with Amazon. They tried to make it difficult for me, but now I'm finished with them...!!! Blessings and love from Switzerland!