Thread by @LaFleurDelSur

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0

21 December 2018 8pm - 11pm EST

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#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

The great Australian journalist @johnpilger:

"Julian is a touchstone for opposition to so much of what is going on in our world - the rise of fascism, the threat of nuclear war.

He needs popular support - people in the streets."

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

Suzie Dawson @Suzi3D

Suzie reads from the statement made by German members of parliament @HeikeHaensel & @SevimDagdelen on 20 Dec 2018.

Their statement (and the transcript of their live speeches) is here:
unity4j.com/de-mp-visit

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern and @JohnKiriakou

Ray: "How does one account for the new flexibility on the part of #Ecuador [re that visit ⬆️], and how can that be leveraged to host parliamentarians from France and Italy and elsewhere in the EU?

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern and @JohnKiriakou

John: "It's good news, but now is the time to ramp up our action. We have to build on what the German parliamentarians did⬆️, and what the EU ones have written, and we need to push harder."

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern and @JohnKiriakou with @unjoe

Joe: "There are other people outside the WhiteHouse that have a key interest in Julian Assange. Like the Justice Dept and the FBI.

But maybe Trump will stand up to the FBI or the CIA?"

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern

"Pompeo said Julian is running a "non-state hostile intelligence service."
That's something for the Europeans to pick up on.
What the hell is a non-state hostile intelligence service?
Pompeo shld be called on that."

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern

"Vault 7 did it - 31 March 2017.
13 days later Pompeo gets up at a think tank and says "Assange is a demon ... and he runs a non-state hostile intelligence service.
The Europeans could question him about that."

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern

"I think the chances are 50:50 that Mueller, given his sordid past, will easily side with Brennan [...] & manufacture something to say that "aha, Julian Assange was actively soliciting this, so ... Espionage Act.

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern @Suzi3D @unjoe @siguemecuador

Jose reads from the ruling released today on Julian's case in the Ecuador Appeals Court.

The appeal was rejected.

A further appeal will need to be to the new Constitutional Court.

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern @siguemecuador

Ray: What if the European MPs went to Ecuador and talked with their opposite numbers there?

Jose: The problem is [we] are completely blocked by the media in Ecuador. His father might be a good idea.

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@unjoe @siguemecuador

Joe: You put it very simply - it's a dictatorship. ...

Jose: Exactly. They are investigating 495 judges for having given judicial decisions they view as inclined to Correa's ideology ... It's judicial hell.

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern @Suzi3D @unjoe @siguemecuador Simon Floth

Simon Floth points the panel to @MashiRafael's article of 16 Nov describing what the new Ecuador govt had done to the Constitutional Court.

counterpunch.org/2018/11/16/ecu…

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

Simon Floth points out that this ⬆️matter relates to Q3 of referendum held in Feb 2018 & notes that "an obscurely worded question" has been used to "eviscerate the whole of society, the institutions society is based on in Ecuador."

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

@raymcgovern @Suzi3D @unjoe @siguemecuador Simon Floth

Simon Floth then describes the plight of @JorgeGlas - Ecuador's elected Vice President - currently in jail - who has just ended a 52 day hunger strike.

counterpunch.org/2018/12/21/cru…

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

Simon Floth

"Despite the level of pressure, Moreno's government is just going all out to continue the persecution of anything to do with @MashiRafael's leadership.

And this is the crucial background . . . to the case of Assange"

#Unity4J Vigil 9.0:

Simon Floth

"We need to unite the figure of #JulianAssange and @JorgeGlas , because they're both being persecuted by what is essentially the fascist takeover of Ecuador.

It's not about a cat. It's a major geopolitical deterioration."