Download or read book The Cypherpunk Revolutionary written by Robert Manne and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There are few original ideas in politics. In the creation of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange was responsible for one.' This essay reveals the making of Julian Assange - both his ideas and his world-changing actions. Robert Manne explores Assange's unruly childhood and then his involvement with the revolutionary cypherpunk underground, all the way through to the creation of WikiLeaks. Pulling together the threads of his development, Manne shows how Assange became one of the most influential Australians of our time.