Mexico's President AMLO announces that Mexico is offering political asylum to Julian Assange, citing not only Mexico's tradition of protecting people from political persecution but also its "responsibility" to do so.
https://twitter.com/Rodpac/status/1346115272802004992
The reaction in the US/UK is predictable. The rules:
* When US or UK grants asylum against political persecution, it's noble and uplifting.
* When a country grants asylum to protect against persecution *by* the US/UK (like Ecuador & Russia did), it's villainous and malicious.
* When US or UK grants asylum against political persecution, it's noble and uplifting.
* When a country grants asylum to protect against persecution *by* the US/UK (like Ecuador & Russia did), it's villainous and malicious.
Recall that both of Brazil's center-left presidents, @LulaOficial and @dilmabr, have been outspoken in their opposition to prosecution & extradition of Assange.
It's hard to put into words how rogue & isolated anti-Assange US/UK neoliberals are on this:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
It's hard to put into words how rogue & isolated anti-Assange US/UK neoliberals are on this:
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Another propagandistic asylum tactic:
* When a country grants asylum to protect against US persecution, US media highlights their own abuses, claims hypocrisy, but:
* When US grants asylum, they never say: how can the world's largest Prison State, with GITMO open, grant asylum?
* When a country grants asylum to protect against US persecution, US media highlights their own abuses, claims hypocrisy, but:
* When US grants asylum, they never say: how can the world's largest Prison State, with GITMO open, grant asylum?
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