Last night at Terminal 5 in NYC, Julian Assange spoke via Skype, before M.I.A. hit the stage. M.I.A. and Assange are a mutual admiration society of two. Assange is an uncredited co-writer of the track “AtTENTion” on M.I.A.’s new album, Matangi, according to The Guardian. You can stream the album, which will be released Tuesday, here.

Check out Assange’s ten minute speech:

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