Why is Roots Action continuing to spam progressives with this distinctly un-progressive petition?
It’s not the Iraq war or 2012 anymore, guys, and we now know for certain that Assange is no hero of the left, or even of democracy. He has been revealed as a pro-Putin, pro-Trump, fascist-friendly anti-Democrat who’s been cowering in Ecuador’s embassy for 6 years in order to dodge an arrest warrant for rape and molestation charges in Sweden. Yes, the investigation was dropped — but not because Swedish authorities believe he’s innocent (in fact they said there was still “probable cause”!), but because the have no way of serving the warrant while Assange is under the protection of the Ecuador embassy.
But Roots Action wants us to encourage Ecuador in continuing to harbor him — with a totally misleading front-page petition that lionizes his past actions without acknowledging his more recent — and very deplorable — ones (though even some of his past actions are pretty suspect, too).
Just a brief recap and probably the tip of the iceberg that shows who this person is:
And Roots Action wants us to petition Ecuador to continue giving him protection.
In addition to supporting Trump, he seems to have expressed support for Marine Le Pen the far-right National Front candidate in France (hypocritically comparing her loss to that of Clinton, and blaming “the partriarchy”). He supported the right-wing Brexit vote which was driven by outright pro-conservative lies, and anti-immigrant and racist sentiments, and also supported Catalan independence. While the last two movements do have arguments from both left and right perspectives, the pattern of sowing discord, chaos, and division around the world seems right in line with Assange’s (and Putin’s and Trump’s) m.o. He even allegedly has links with Cambridge Analytica — the evil data corporation behind the Russia-driven propaganda programs that helped elect Donald Trump and bring about Brexit. Cambridge Analytica is also one of the subjects of Robert Mueller’s investigation, as is Wikileaks.
Assange is not a man worthy of support from liberal and progressive causes. Please let Roots Action know that you feel the same by signing this petition: diy.rootsaction.org/...
Further reading:
www.independent.co.uk/...
www.vox.com/…
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