The book Assange was carrying and its message to the world.

247 - At the moment he was arrested and dragged by English police from the Ecuadorian embassy this Thursday (11), in London, he was carrying a book in his hand. The gesture was a message to the world about the true perpetrators of his illegal arrest: History of the National Security State (The History of the National Security State), by Gore Vidal, a book about the military-industrial complex that controls the United States.

According to Pepe Escobar, in an interview with TV 247's Bom Dia program this Friday, it was a "sensational and sophisticated move" by Assange: "He insisted on showing the book because he knew everyone would focus on the book, to give the 'big picture,' the grand picture of his imprisonment." According to Leonardo Attuch, with this gesture, Assange transformed his imprisonment into a "political act" - watch the conversation between Escobar and Attuch at the end.

In the book The National Security StateIn his 1988 book, Gore Vidal discusses with editor Paul Jay "the historical events that led to the establishment of the military-industrial complex and the culture that gave rise to the 'Imperialist Presidency'." The expression "military-industrial complex" was first used by President Dwight Eisenhower and is used to denounce the supposed hidden power of the armed forces and the military industry in American politics.

Assange was granted asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for seven years, until his arrest this Thursday. Images of the arrest, taken only by the Russian network RT, showed him with a long beard, frail, and holding Gore Vidal's book in his hands.