Pardon me, Elliot, but what is “crowdsource”? Thanks in advance.

Add what you know here, together we get the story. (G’Morning!)

Microphone up – Soon.

i’m really sorry he’s still at the embassy. i’d really been hoping they’d gotten him to ecuador before correa’s announcement.

There he is!

“testing, testing, 1, 2, 3″

*cheers from the crowd*

There he is, in a red tie & his thumbs up…

more cheering

2169 viewers

and that’s just the Occupy London livestream

Hi, Ellie,
As a hint for others, you can have two windows open, comment here, listen to him on the other one.
This is so inspiring. Thanks, El.

Friday, in DC, and emergency meeting of Latin American diplomats will meet to discuss the situation

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Columbia
el Salvador
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Peru
Venezuela

“I ask President Obama to do the right thing.”

He’s challenging the US to stand up for the revolutionary values it was founded on, or be a repressive regime with journalists in fear, and citizens whispering in the dark

“The war on whistleblowers must end”

Calls for the pardoning of whistleblowers in jail

“Bradley Manning must be released”

“Bradley Manning must be released.”

And there we have it.

Manning has been detained for 815 days without being charged with a crime; the legal maximum is 120 days.

someone in Brazil (?) got 3 years in prison for a tweet.

pussy riot 2 years in jail for performance.

He calls for the repression to end

I kept expecting a net to drop over him and MI6 hauls him up to a spycopter in the sky

“There must be absolute determination and unity in response.” (to state oppression)

That’s all folks!

Ha, I know! I was surprised they didn’t use rubber bullets & pepper spray on him. They had cops all over the street.

What organization will be meeting? I didn’t catch that.

I’m looking forward to reading the transcript of this.

Assange laid it out, very clearly, the the nature of the “unified” repression and the need of solidarity and courage in opposing that repression.

Thank you for this, post, Elliot.

DW

Assange thanked YOU for watching over him on Wed. night when the Brits threatened to seize him from within the Embassy. He said that he could hear the police storming up through the internal fire escapes within the building.

It is because of YOU and your vigil that the Brits did not kidnap him Wed. night.

My first view of the crowd – impressive.

Kevin will be posting a recap shortly.

This is historical. The world is watching. I have tears.

Thank you Elliot and jest

M Cetera‏@m_cetera

Photos: Text of Julian #Assange’s speech: https://twitter.com/RTLondonBureau/status/237180703266205697/photo/1/large https://twitter.com/RTLondonBureau/status/237180872229543936/photo/1/large

Organization meeting is OAS

I still can’t believe the Brits threatened to do just that, just proves Assange is right to be afraid, to be very afraid – of US.

Thanks!

those notes aren’t exactly what he said. iirc, he said, “I am here because I can’t be there.”

should be:
iirc

Thanks for the caution. There will probablly be video, so that will be helpful for people who weren’t able to watch it live.

Imagine that, a small country like Ecuador stands up for right against the US. that was a great speech.

video

M Cetera‏@m_cetera

Full Video: Julian #Assange’s speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy http://rt.com/news/assange-wikileaks-public-statement-ecuador-embassy-london-057/

Yes, Ecuador has something to be very proud of here, as do the other 22 OAS nations that voted to convene next week’s OAS meeting.

I’m not sure. I didn’t catch it either, I assumed it was just the countries in solidarity with Ecuador, not an organization.

If it is an organization, I imagine it would be the Organization of American States. It’s headquarted in DC, not too far from the White House.

EDIT: yes, it is the OAS: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/united-kingdom/120818/julian-assange-asylum-be-discussed-oas

Thanks! I switched it in for the livestream.

Oh, he says emergency meeting of “the foreign ministers” from those Latin American countries

thank you for that link.

U.K. & U.S. being handling this in really ham-handed way. If they just left him alone, put plain clothes cops in front & back of embassy, public would forget about him in a couple of weeks.

Good opportunity to take a look at Ecuador’s constitution, adopted in 2008, to which Assange refers. It’s a long document, out of necessity in this century, and will make you cry with envy. Here’s a small taste from the section on international matters:

2. It advocates the peaceful settlement of disputes and international conflicts and rejects the use of threats and force to settle the above.
3. It condemns the interference of States in the domestic affairs of other States and any kind of intervention, whether armed raids, aggression, occupation or economic or military blockade.
4. It promotes peace and universal disarmament; it condemns the development and use of weapons of mass destruction and the imposition of bases or facilities for military purposes by certain States on the territory of others.
5. It recognizes the rights of the various peoples living together in the States, especially the right to promote mechanisms that express, preserve, and protect the diverse character of their societies and rejects racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination.
6. It advocates the principle of universal citizenship, the free movement of all inhabitants of the planet, and the progressive extinction of the status of alien or foreigner as an element to transform the unequal relations between countries, especially those between North and South.
7. It demands observance of human rights, especially the rights of migrant persons, and promotes their full enjoyment by complying with the obligations pledged with the signing of international human rights instruments.
8. It condemns all forms of imperialism, colonialism, and neocolonialism and recognizes the right of peoples to resist and free themselves from all forms of oppression.
9. It recognizes international law as a standard of conduct and calls for the democratization of international institutions and the equitable participation of States inside these institutions.

Once the PTB start applying pressure, it seems there’s an inevitable progression toward applying full force (look at Zucotti park). My prediction is that after perhaps a couple of weeks, this situation will end with British police moving into the Ecuadoran embassy.

Does Britain think they still rule the world?

Does Britain think they are above international law?

Does Britain condone Iran’s invasion of their embassy?

Or is Britain just a fascist police state lap dog of the big brother ruler of the world and just can’t stand up to their demands?

I think they really did intend to seize him the other night. Something went wrong: either they thought thry could do it on a bluff, or that it was a rogue operation that got cancelled or that as Assange said, they were perturbed by the cameras. I stayed up that night to watch the live feed. I don’t think any of those who ordered the smash and grab counted on the terrible publicity of being shown up as the native version of the KGB. When they realizes what was happening they called the operation off

Thank you for posting. Love this guy. Recommended.