More than 50 well known musicians, actors and Nobel laureates (full list below) have shown their support for Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers like WikiLeaks and they are encouraging the public, through their social media outlets, to donate to the Courage Foundation which oversees the official legal defense fund for Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers, as well as fights for whistleblower protections worldwide.
Meanwhile, The Guardian reported that actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (best remembered for his roles in “Lincoln,” “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Inception” – photo above) has been confirmed to play Snowden in a movie to be directed by Oliver Stone, who has won best director Oscars for “Platoon” and “Born on the Fourth of July”. Stone is also noted for his political films like “JFK”, “Nixon” and “Looking for Fidel”.
According to a press release Monday, the list of signatories in support of Snowden includes:
Udi Aloni
Pamela Anderson
Anthony Arnove
Etienne Balibar
Alexander Bard
John Perry Barlow
Radovan Baros
David Berman
Russell Brand
Victoria Brittain
Susan Buck-Morss
Eduardo L. Cadava
Calle 13
Alex Callinicos
Robbie Charter
Noam Chomsky
Scott Cleverdon
Ben Cohen
Sadie Coles
Alfonso Cuaròn
John Deathridge
Costas Douzinas
Roddy Doyle
Bella Freud
Leopold Froehlich
Terry Gilliam
Charlie Glass
Boris Groys
Michael Hardt
P J Harvey
Wang Hui
Fredric Jameson
Brewster Kahle
Hanif Kureishi
Engin Kurtay
Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
Nadir Lahiji
Kathy Lette
Ken Loach
Maria Dolores Galán López
Sarah Lucas
Mairead Maguire
Tobias Menzies
M.I.A.
W. J. T. Mitchell
Moby
Thurston Moore
Tom Morello
Viggo Mortensen
Jean-Luc Nancy
Bob Nastanovich
Antonio Negri
Brett Netson
Rebecca O’Brien
Joshua Oppenheimer
John Pilger
Alexander Roesler
Avital Ronell
Pier Aldo Rovatti
Susan Sarandon
Peter Sarsgaard
Assumpta Serna
Vaughan Smith
Ahdaf Soueif
Oliver Stone
Cenk Uygur
Yanis Varoufakis
Peter Weibel
Vivienne Westwood
Tracy Worcester
Slavoj Zizek
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