Birgitta Jónsdóttir - Former Icelandic MP

Published: June 1, 2020, 5 a.m.

Birgitta Jónsdóttir is an Icelandic politician, poet, and activist. She was a Member of the Althing (MP) for the Southwest Constituency from 2013 to 2017, representing the Pirate Party, having been elected at the 2013 election. She was previously an MP for Reykjavík Constituency South from 2009 to 2013. In November 2017, she has announced to retire from politics "for now". She was first elected as an MP representing the Citizens' Movement in the 2009 election. Later in 2009, she left the Citizens' Movement and joined The Movement. She became involved with WikiLeaks during Julian Assange's visit to Iceland in 2010, and also helped to produce the Collateral Murder video. Following her time with WikiLeaks, she created the International Modern Media Institute, of which she became executive director in 2011. We discuss the current Political climate across the globe, her work in the Althing and with Wikileaks. What she thinks of Julian Assange now and also the future ahead for her activism.