There are those who have called Barack Obama a communist too. He is not
and never was. It is just as inaccurate to call Trump a fascist. Fascism
is not a synonym for authoritarianism.
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Christopher Hitchens
“ What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
”
― Christopher Hitchens,
On 4/11/2019 3:15 PM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Well, I think Trump and his loyal base are the real thing, regardless of what
the politically correct definition is. He and they reject all accepted
international norms regarding democratic law and human rights and, in case you
haven't noticed, there is a right wing takeover of the legal system which will
last for generations, and a dissolution of most of the existing safeguards to
civil liberties, financial security, and environmental protection. The only
industry that we have left is the war industry. If Fascism isn't the correct
label, does it really matter?
Miriam
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It would be well to remember that fascism has a specific meaning and its
development requires certain historical conditions including a radicalization
of the working class. Fascist is not just a synonym for authoritarian. I now
forget who it was, but in the seventies just after Nixon resigned there was a
socialist leader who said that those who called Richard Nixon a fascist would
find it hard to be listened to when the real thing came along.
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Christopher Hitchens
“ What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
”
― Christopher Hitchens,
On 4/11/2019 11:08 AM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
Everything Americans believed we were defending against, when we
entered WWII, is now us. We sacrificed so many young lives, and we
devastated the homes and lands of so many people who were also
victims, in order to end Fascism. Only to find ourselves embracing
Fascism, not only in our own Land but encouraging it in nations around
the Globe.
And now the American Empire, through its cohort Briton, finally has
its clutches on Julian Assange. We will be witness to a trial that
will look exactly like the Mock Trials we once denounced. And when
the final verdict is handed down, and Julian Assange is placed in
solitary confinement, the New World Fascists will openly and boldly
and viciously eliminate any remaining vestige of Free Speech.
Then they will sing songs of victory...until their asthmatic,
cancer-ridden throats and lungs can no longer suck in another breath
of the polluted air they have created.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/11/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
BREAKING—Moreno Withdraws Asylum as Assange is Arrested
April 11, 2019 • 13 Comments
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested after the
Ecuadorian president, Lenin Moreno, withdrew Assange’s asylum, in a
move that runs counter to international asylum law.
WikiLeaks tweeted that Ecuador allowed British police into the London
embassy to arrest Assange at around 10:30 am British time, 5:30 am in
Washington.
This is the moment when Assange was dragged out by police. He was
heard to say, “The UK must resist this….the UK must resist.”
Assange was taken with an arrest warrant for skipping bail when he
entered the Ecuadorian embassy in June 2012, fearing extradition to
the United States, where there is a sealed indictment with his name
on it. Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson tweeted that he has been
arrested for breach of bail conditions and also because of a request for
extradition from the U.S.
Assange was taken a police station and will later be brought to
Magistrate’s court, according to a tweet from Christine Assange,
Julian’s mother.
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correrá reacted by calling Moreno
the “greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin American history.”
Full translation: “The greatest traitor in Ecuadorian and Latin
American history, Lenin Moreno, allowed the British police to enter
our embassy in London to arrest Assange. Moreno is a corrupt, but
what he has done is a crime that humanity will never forget.”
Moreno made a national television address to announce his decision.
While the expulsion of a refugee to a country that could harm him for
political reasons, known as refoulement, is against international
law, Moreno accused Assange of “repeated violations to international
conventions and daily-life protocols.”
Unity4J will hold an emergency vigil under the hashtag #FreeJulian
beginning at noon U.S. Eastern Standard Time that will be webcast
live on Consortium News.
NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden reacted on Twitter:
Journalist and filmmaker John Pilger tweeted:
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