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The government's crackdown on whistleblowers is a direct threat to our efforts to reform U.S. foreign policy to make it more just. Faced with the threat of persecution by the U.S., NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied to the government of Ecuador for political asylum. He has also called attention to the extent to which national security operations have been privatized. Join in urging President Correa to grant Snowden's asylum request by signing the petition below

A refreshingly principled stand by a small country against a powerful nation engaged in what many see as the political persecution of one of its own citizens.

Not only have leaders from Ecuador to Venezuela delivered huge social gains - they keep winning elections too