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6. Hey, this was a vote against imperialism and US hegemony!

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 07:36 AM

Mar 2015

China, Nicaragua, Russia, North Korea.

Plus of course the usual suspects from the Middle East and South Asia.

Assange's hosts in Ecuador couldn't bring themselves to vote against it, but at least they were cowardly instead of evil.

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Hey, this was a vote against imperialism and US hegemony! geek tragedy Mar 2015 #6

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