'Beat the Blockade' — WikiLeaks open for donations via France

WikiLeaks is now open for donations, as they have found yet another way around the banking blockade by Visa and Mastercard, through a French non-profit.

On their website is a statement that a blockade by Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, Western Union and the Bank of America against donation payments to WikiLeaks, has been in effect now for 592 days.

The blockade was put in place after WikiLeaks published around 250,000 secret State Department cables in December 2010.... read more.

'Beat the Blockade' album supporting WikiLeaks released

WikiLeaks was subjected to a financial blockade in December 2010 by the Bank of America, Visa, MasterCard, Western Union and PayPal. On June 28, a CD was released entitled "Beat the Blockade."

Julian Assange's WikiLeaks colleagues are supporting their founder's cause with music. Beat the Blockade is a special collection of songs, released in order to raise funds for the organization... read more and listen to previews.