4. #Wikibees #20 🐝
21m15s - 'officially' go live.
@CiaronOReilly starts describing the scene outside the Ecuadorian Embassy London, where they are guarding Julian Assange, inside.
"It's Saturday night & we're next to Harrods so the co-option of..."
21m15s - 'officially' go live.
@CiaronOReilly starts describing the scene outside the Ecuadorian Embassy London, where they are guarding Julian Assange, inside.
"It's Saturday night & we're next to Harrods so the co-option of..."
5. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
For 6 years, Julian Assange has been experiencing sensory deprivation inside the Embassy.
"No sense of hot or cold, not seeing more than five meters."
Unsurprisingly, he has developed physical health problems.
@CiaronOReilly:
For 6 years, Julian Assange has been experiencing sensory deprivation inside the Embassy.
"No sense of hot or cold, not seeing more than five meters."
Unsurprisingly, he has developed physical health problems.
6. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly is bristling at the Guardian's attacks on Julian Assange.
"They present him as elitist & aloof, and he's not."
"My personal experience.. is he has a great self-depreciating sense of humor and he's a compassionate man."
@CiaronOReilly is bristling at the Guardian's attacks on Julian Assange.
"They present him as elitist & aloof, and he's not."
"My personal experience.. is he has a great self-depreciating sense of humor and he's a compassionate man."
7. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly is bristling at the Guardian's attacks on Julian Assange (contd.)
"[Assange] risked his liberty, rescuing Edward @Snowden... Sarah Harrison and Julian Assange rescued him when he was abandoned by the Guardian"
@CiaronOReilly is bristling at the Guardian's attacks on Julian Assange (contd.)
"[Assange] risked his liberty, rescuing Edward @Snowden... Sarah Harrison and Julian Assange rescued him when he was abandoned by the Guardian"
8. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly is bristling at the Guardian's attacks on Julian Assange (3/3):
"So it's been a particularly cowardly attack, the last seven months, because the person they're attacking is incommunicado, there's no right of reply."
@CiaronOReilly is bristling at the Guardian's attacks on Julian Assange (3/3):
"So it's been a particularly cowardly attack, the last seven months, because the person they're attacking is incommunicado, there's no right of reply."
9. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"Our biggest fear is that they may kill him when they enter the Embassy."
Ciaron recounts a long history of authorities killing unarmed people, including in embassies.
@CiaronOReilly:
"Our biggest fear is that they may kill him when they enter the Embassy."
Ciaron recounts a long history of authorities killing unarmed people, including in embassies.
10. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@JoanneMorrison1 gives a beautiful a capella rendition of 'Black Boys on Mopeds', originally performed by Sinead O'Connor. Wonderful!
@JoanneMorrison1 gives a beautiful a capella rendition of 'Black Boys on Mopeds', originally performed by Sinead O'Connor. Wonderful!
11. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly describes the tenor of the Embassy neighbourhood:
"We have hot rod kids from Kuwait who spent four thousand quid bringing their sports cars over here during the summer & just to drive around in circles."
@CiaronOReilly describes the tenor of the Embassy neighbourhood:
"We have hot rod kids from Kuwait who spent four thousand quid bringing their sports cars over here during the summer & just to drive around in circles."
12. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly describes the tenor of the Embassy neighbourhood (2/2):
"This mother was walking by with their child who looked at me and the mother was fearful of me and the child tore away from mother and ran up and gave me 25p."
@CiaronOReilly describes the tenor of the Embassy neighbourhood (2/2):
"This mother was walking by with their child who looked at me and the mother was fearful of me and the child tore away from mother and ran up and gave me 25p."
13. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"So, it's quite a spiritual experience for me, & also to be so close to Julian physically, like ten yards, & sometimes it hits you, it's overwhelming, what he's going through."
@CiaronOReilly:
"So, it's quite a spiritual experience for me, & also to be so close to Julian physically, like ten yards, & sometimes it hits you, it's overwhelming, what he's going through."
14. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"I was only in this country for 7 weeks when I arrived in’96 to organize around the trial of 4 women who disabled a Hawk fighter that was being sold to [?] to be used to slaughter East Timorese, & British Aerospace.."
@CiaronOReilly:
"I was only in this country for 7 weeks when I arrived in’96 to organize around the trial of 4 women who disabled a Hawk fighter that was being sold to [?] to be used to slaughter East Timorese, & British Aerospace.."
15. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly related the story of 14. to the Christian season of Advent that we have just entered.
He talked of pressure to not take action:
"All we have to do as first world people is to avert our gaze."
@CiaronOReilly related the story of 14. to the Christian season of Advent that we have just entered.
He talked of pressure to not take action:
"All we have to do as first world people is to avert our gaze."
16. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"This city is populated by zombies. Now what is a zombie? A zombie is someone who can't empathize with the other, whether it's a child in Yemen being killed, whether it's Julian Assange's slow-motion crucifixion."
@CiaronOReilly:
"This city is populated by zombies. Now what is a zombie? A zombie is someone who can't empathize with the other, whether it's a child in Yemen being killed, whether it's Julian Assange's slow-motion crucifixion."
17. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly recounts:
"One night when the Ecuadorian President was here & we thought [Julian] was gonna get lifted in the summer, [the cops] drove up at speed, they pullled to a halt & 3 of them jumped out with automatic weapons.."
@CiaronOReilly recounts:
"One night when the Ecuadorian President was here & we thought [Julian] was gonna get lifted in the summer, [the cops] drove up at speed, they pullled to a halt & 3 of them jumped out with automatic weapons.."
18. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly on why it isn't disclosed whether Julian Assange has been indicted:
"They said literally we don't want him sleeping at night so this is a continual attack on his physical body.. but also an attack on his mental health."
@CiaronOReilly on why it isn't disclosed whether Julian Assange has been indicted:
"They said literally we don't want him sleeping at night so this is a continual attack on his physical body.. but also an attack on his mental health."
19. #Wikibees #20 🐝
From 35m18s, @CiaronOReilly on the Catholic Workers' extensive Christmas week plans to help Julian Assange.
From 35m18s, @CiaronOReilly on the Catholic Workers' extensive Christmas week plans to help Julian Assange.
20. #Wikibees #20 🐝
From 35m36s, @CiaronOReilly:
Friday, 7 December will mark 8 years of Julian Assange's arbitrary detainment without charge.
For that, the Catholic Workers have plans to send delegations to multiple British & Australian embassies.
From 35m36s, @CiaronOReilly:
Friday, 7 December will mark 8 years of Julian Assange's arbitrary detainment without charge.
For that, the Catholic Workers have plans to send delegations to multiple British & Australian embassies.
21. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"We're the Camden Catholic Workers & you don't have to be Catholic & you don't have to be a worker."
They encourage other such affinity groups, formed on the basis of mutual trust, to help guard Julian Assange.
@CiaronOReilly:
"We're the Camden Catholic Workers & you don't have to be Catholic & you don't have to be a worker."
They encourage other such affinity groups, formed on the basis of mutual trust, to help guard Julian Assange.
22. #Wikibees #20 🐝
From 42m47s, @CiaronOReilly speaks on the rich history of the Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day. Fascinating!
(E.g. NZ's Waihopai spy base & a Trident nuclear submarine base both feature.)
Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_D…
From 42m47s, @CiaronOReilly speaks on the rich history of the Catholic Worker Movement, founded by Dorothy Day. Fascinating!
(E.g. NZ's Waihopai spy base & a Trident nuclear submarine base both feature.)
Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_D…
23. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly: Plowshares anti-nuclear movement grew from Catholic Worker Movement.
Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plowshare…
Founders, the Berrigan brothers, were progressively marginalised.
"So what's happened to Julian has happened before."
@CiaronOReilly: Plowshares anti-nuclear movement grew from Catholic Worker Movement.
Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plowshare…
Founders, the Berrigan brothers, were progressively marginalised.
"So what's happened to Julian has happened before."
24. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly recommends "Underground" movie about Julian Assange.
Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergrou…
"From humble beginnings, this man has a sense of humor this man has been at it all his adult life as a non-violent anti-war activist."
@CiaronOReilly recommends "Underground" movie about Julian Assange.
Ref. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergrou…
"From humble beginnings, this man has a sense of humor this man has been at it all his adult life as a non-violent anti-war activist."
25. #Wikibees #20 🐝
From 45m38s, @CiaronOReilly on the co-opting of anti-war movement by NGOs.
"The last thing NGOs are, are non-government organizations. They're funded by the government, they're directed by government.."
They serve to manage dissent.
From 45m38s, @CiaronOReilly on the co-opting of anti-war movement by NGOs.
"The last thing NGOs are, are non-government organizations. They're funded by the government, they're directed by government.."
They serve to manage dissent.
26. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"If you can't empathize with the other, you're really a zombie, & Julian Assange has been presented by the Guardian, by the liberal list, as the other: he isn't deserving of basic human rights, of sunshine, [freedom]."
@CiaronOReilly:
"If you can't empathize with the other, you're really a zombie, & Julian Assange has been presented by the Guardian, by the liberal list, as the other: he isn't deserving of basic human rights, of sunshine, [freedom]."
27. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"Europe recognizes human association as a basic human right, like water, ablutions. In America they don't. They've got about 50,000 people in solitary confinement in their system."
@CiaronOReilly:
"Europe recognizes human association as a basic human right, like water, ablutions. In America they don't. They've got about 50,000 people in solitary confinement in their system."
28. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"[Julian's] in central London. Knightsbridge tube is 200 meters from here. When he's in Florence, Colorado [federal prison] it's gonna be a long way from general population. It's an easy time to come & support him."
@CiaronOReilly:
"[Julian's] in central London. Knightsbridge tube is 200 meters from here. When he's in Florence, Colorado [federal prison] it's gonna be a long way from general population. It's an easy time to come & support him."
29. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"[Julian] needs to fight. He needs to stay in this embassy as long as he can. He needs to then fight extradition and he needs to fight his trial in the United States,"
@CiaronOReilly:
"[Julian] needs to fight. He needs to stay in this embassy as long as he can. He needs to then fight extradition and he needs to fight his trial in the United States,"
30. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"[Julian] needs to be saved by the revival of an anti-war movement that knows something about solidarity."
@CiaronOReilly:
"[Julian] needs to be saved by the revival of an anti-war movement that knows something about solidarity."
Thread started here:
31. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly:
"We live in such an atomized world now, it's terrifying. & because I'm old, I'm 58, I remember a world that wasn't like this. I remember trade unions, [radical churches, a punk scene, hippies who were political]."
@CiaronOReilly:
"We live in such an atomized world now, it's terrifying. & because I'm old, I'm 58, I remember a world that wasn't like this. I remember trade unions, [radical churches, a punk scene, hippies who were political]."
32. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly talks about his longstanding & principled roots in activism, prompted by my showing this 1991 video of him as an anti-war prisoner of conscience in a Texas prison:
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Cued to this conversation:
@CiaronOReilly talks about his longstanding & principled roots in activism, prompted by my showing this 1991 video of him as an anti-war prisoner of conscience in a Texas prison:
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Cued to this conversation:
33. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly's views on why there is scaffolding up in front of the Ecuadorian Embassy at the moment:
@CiaronOReilly's views on why there is scaffolding up in front of the Ecuadorian Embassy at the moment:
34. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@JoanneMorrison1 treats us to another wonderful a capella song! (For the first, see tweet 10.)
A cover version of Tracey Chapman's "Talkin' bout a Revolution".
@JoanneMorrison1 treats us to another wonderful a capella song! (For the first, see tweet 10.)
A cover version of Tracey Chapman's "Talkin' bout a Revolution".
36. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@CiaronOReilly on this particular trusted group of vigilists:
"We have 10 people in our finger(?) group. It's called the Camden Catholic Worker but we don't all live in Camden, we're not all Catholics, and not all workers."
@CiaronOReilly on this particular trusted group of vigilists:
"We have 10 people in our finger(?) group. It's called the Camden Catholic Worker but we don't all live in Camden, we're not all Catholics, and not all workers."
37. #Wikibees #20 🐝
From 1h09m27s to1h56m37s, privileged to get report from Jose Rivera @siguemecuador live from #Ecuador, the country sheltering Julian Assange but now in a chaotic & dangerous state.
Jose (top R) shows scenic photos, not his face.
From 1h09m27s to1h56m37s, privileged to get report from Jose Rivera @siguemecuador live from #Ecuador, the country sheltering Julian Assange but now in a chaotic & dangerous state.
Jose (top R) shows scenic photos, not his face.
38. #Wikibees #20 🐝
at 1h16m33s, Jose Rivera @siguemecuador giving a basic introduction on the history & current situation in #Ecuador, & how that relates to Julian Assange @AssangeDefence:
at 1h16m33s, Jose Rivera @siguemecuador giving a basic introduction on the history & current situation in #Ecuador, & how that relates to Julian Assange @AssangeDefence:
39. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@siguemecuador:
As an illustration of the dire situation in Ecuador, the former Vice President, @JorgeGlas, has been thrown in prison on bogus charges & has been on several weeks of hunger strike, can't now even stand up.
@siguemecuador:
As an illustration of the dire situation in Ecuador, the former Vice President, @JorgeGlas, has been thrown in prison on bogus charges & has been on several weeks of hunger strike, can't now even stand up.
40. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@siguemecuador:
Under new President, @Lenin,
* The current Vice President of Ecuador is also fighting corruption allegations.
* The economy has been devastated over past ~18 months,
Julian Assange's asylum protection is fragile!
@siguemecuador:
Under new President, @Lenin,
* The current Vice President of Ecuador is also fighting corruption allegations.
* The economy has been devastated over past ~18 months,
Julian Assange's asylum protection is fragile!
41. #Wikibees #20 🐝
Citizen journo Jose Rivera @siguemecuador's parting encouragement from #Ecuador:
"I bid you all well & take care & let's keep fighting. Pls don't give up. In fact, include more people to join the protest. That is very important."
Citizen journo Jose Rivera @siguemecuador's parting encouragement from #Ecuador:
"I bid you all well & take care & let's keep fighting. Pls don't give up. In fact, include more people to join the protest. That is very important."
42. #Wikibees #20 🐝
At 1h56m44s, the London vigilists guarding Julian Assange return to the live stream:
@CiaronOReilly
@JoanneMorrison1
@13Sylv13.
Fascinating & wide-ranging discussion on Julian, Catholic Worker philosophy, setup & events at Embassy.
At 1h56m44s, the London vigilists guarding Julian Assange return to the live stream:
@CiaronOReilly
@JoanneMorrison1
@13Sylv13.
Fascinating & wide-ranging discussion on Julian, Catholic Worker philosophy, setup & events at Embassy.
44. #Wikibees #20 🐝
~2 minute tutorial on our Discord work platform at #Unity4J.
Everyone is welcome to join us at unity4j.com/discord !
Tutorial:
~2 minute tutorial on our Discord work platform at #Unity4J.
Everyone is welcome to join us at unity4j.com/discord !
Tutorial:
45. #Wikibees #20 🐝
The vigilists at that moment guarding Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy London,
@13Sylv13
@JoanneMorrison1
@CiaronOReilly
are joined by @BeeBeeHoneyBee (who does some of the wonderful candle letter artwork).
The vigilists at that moment guarding Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy London,
@13Sylv13
@JoanneMorrison1
@CiaronOReilly
are joined by @BeeBeeHoneyBee (who does some of the wonderful candle letter artwork).
46. #Wikibees #20 🐝
Now with @BeeBeeHoneyBee's good camera, the vigilists treat us to a tour of the outside of the Ecuadorian Embassy London, where Julian Assange is trapped inside, and its surrounds.
Now with @BeeBeeHoneyBee's good camera, the vigilists treat us to a tour of the outside of the Ecuadorian Embassy London, where Julian Assange is trapped inside, and its surrounds.
47. #Wikibees #20 🐝
@kittyhundal to Ciaron: how do you manage [on your 24/7 personal vigil guarding Julian Assange]? Do you have a tent or something?
@CiaronOReilly: No I'll show you my crib. We found heavy plastic... & then that's a sleeping bag.
@kittyhundal to Ciaron: how do you manage [on your 24/7 personal vigil guarding Julian Assange]? Do you have a tent or something?
@CiaronOReilly: No I'll show you my crib. We found heavy plastic... & then that's a sleeping bag.
48 of 48. #Wikibees #20 🐝
All smiles, & farewells in numerous languages as we wrap up another very interesting & informative Wikibees for #Unity4J, helping to save @wikileaks' founder Julian Assange. @AssangeDefence
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All smiles, & farewells in numerous languages as we wrap up another very interesting & informative Wikibees for #Unity4J, helping to save @wikileaks' founder Julian Assange. @AssangeDefence
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