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tama

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55. Big picture

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 12:22 AM

Oct 2012

I like the "think global, act local" slogan. I've also made a visit in a centrally organized socialist party, and while I enjoy theoretical discussion and analysis, the visit strengthened my doubts against wisdom of centralist organization. Remaining anarchist in heart, I support also people engaging in reformist tactics, however divisive and diversive they tend to be in terms of human psychology.

What you say and practice about talking "their language" is very true. In US the anti-authoritarian left has the privilege of quoting Jefferson and Adams when doing agitprop with their fellow citizens who vote RW parties to find some common ground and mutual understanding.

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Julian Assange: Bail cash decision delayed [View all] struggle4progress Oct 2012 OP

Julian Assange supporters plead to keep £140,000 bail money struggle4progress Oct 2012 #1

Julian Assange supporters fight to recover £140,000 bail posted for WikiLeaks founder struggle4progress Oct 2012 #2

Assange supporters wait to learn fate of funds struggle4progress Oct 2012 #3

Guarantors ask London court to halt Assange bail payout struggle4progress Oct 2012 #4

Delay for Assange's bail backers struggle4progress Oct 2012 #5

"We never envisaged...that the matter would become a diplomatic argument". randome Oct 2012 #6

You're not kicking this thread - you're stroking it. xocet Oct 2012 #7

I suggest that if you do not want to read the thread, you are entirely free not to read it: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #10

That was purely a comment on the amazing way in which you are posting in this thread. xocet Oct 2012 #14

Delay for Assange's bail backers struggle4progress Oct 2012 #8

Vaughan Smith sounds like an utter prat. He wants his money that he put up for Assange, but msanthrope Oct 2012 #9

In for a penny, in for a pound: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #11

According to the BBC here is how he is coming to terms... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #12

Somehow it escapes Mr Smith's attention that: (1) the extradition here is an extradition to Sweden struggle4progress Oct 2012 #15

Somehow it seems to escape your attention that... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #17

Your comments seem hallucinatory struggle4progress Oct 2012 #18

Hallucinatory? AntiFascist Oct 2012 #19

"According to diplomatic sources" is pretty thin gruel. Most prescient in the Indie article struggle4progress Oct 2012 #22

It is also explained that he faces great danger... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #24

Gates apparently wasn't following the matter at all: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #26

I provided a statement by legitimate media made at the time... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #29

Sweden responded to the 2010 CoE recommendations here: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #23

I had no idea the laundry list of problems was so extensive... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #25

You don't actually follow the CoE on this subject, do you? You don't seem to actually know struggle4progress Oct 2012 #27

Please provide a comparative study between Sweden and the UK... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #28

Here's my concern about the Swedish system, spelled out in this article.. AntiFascist Oct 2012 #33

Yep: that's Glenn Greenwald, once again lying his head off as expected struggle4progress Oct 2012 #34

Once again, what you suspect turns out not to be true... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #35

Um, the article you linked in #33 certainly was written by Greenwald, and it exhibits his usual struggle4progress Oct 2012 #38

Um, I was referring to the link in #35... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #50

I can understand freepers hating Assange LiberalLovinLug Oct 2012 #13

You badly garbled your story, and that's one reason I stopped believing the Assangists: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #16

So I got the country wrong LiberalLovinLug Oct 2012 #20

No, the story didn't involve strong-arming anybody, either in Sweden or in Norway: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #21

Not strong-arming? LiberalLovinLug Oct 2012 #31

Your claim in #13 was that "the US then threatened the UK (and Sweden) by saying that struggle4progress Oct 2012 #32

Assange's guarantors ask for halt of £140,000 bail payout struggle4progress Oct 2012 #30

This paragraph would indicate that Assange, despite grandstanding by baggers, isn't a USA problem. freshwest Oct 2012 #36

The Belmarsh portion of the case ended in Feb 2011, when the magistrate Riddle issued his ruling, struggle4progress Oct 2012 #37

US pretty upset when republic of ecuador stepped in SESKATOW Oct 2012 #39

I don't think the USA and Ecaudor have any conflicts. No reason for the USA to be mad at them. freshwest Oct 2012 #40

There are some issues: Correa kicked out a US military base, and in the wake of Cablegate struggle4progress Oct 2012 #42

Okay, Ecuador had every right to do that. But by the B & W thinkers, the USA will grab someone freshwest Oct 2012 #43

It's not about Obama tama Oct 2012 #51

You did not understand my POV, rather, you tried to put me in one of your boxes for other people. freshwest Oct 2012 #52

Sorry tama Oct 2012 #53

We're fine. DUers talk to themselves at times. This subject is tedious to me. I'm task oriented. freshwest Oct 2012 #54

Big picture tama Oct 2012 #55

You're entitled to your own opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts: struggle4progress Oct 2012 #41

Assange declared enemy of the state by good old USA SESKATOW Oct 2012 #44

Greenwald is a blowhard, whose main aim is to convince folk there's no difference between Ds and Rs struggle4progress Oct 2012 #45

evasion noted SESKATOW Oct 2012 #46

Your claim "Assange declared enemy of the state by good old USA" is hallucinatory struggle4progress Oct 2012 #47

there is nothing in you post countering what GG wrote. SESKATOW Oct 2012 #48

This bullshit has been thoroughly debunked: to send restricted information to an organization, struggle4progress Oct 2012 #49

Who's the 'enemy?' Asssange, etc. are citizens of western nations, not Al Queda. freshwest Oct 2012 #56

The use of the word "enemy" was clarified by a Pentagon spokesman... AntiFascist Oct 2012 #57