BRISBANE- ALL NIGHT SOLIDARITY VIGIL with Julian Assange Leading To a Thursday of Mobilisation *4pm Wed May 30th-6pm Thurs May 31st
Phone/ Text: Ciaron with the hours you can join him on the vigil
SOLIDARITY WITH JULIAN ASSANGE - FROM LONDON TO BRISBANE!
THE CRIME - exposing the nature of U.S. wars in Iraq & Afghanistan
VID - Collateral Murder http://www.collateralmurder.com/
THE STITCH UP THUS FAR - with the objective of tying up WikiLeaks Julian Assange & putting him back in his box, off-line / outta action
VID - Extradition to Sweden Case/ now at British Supreme Court http://tinyurl.com/ckdp367 (1m31s)
BRISBANE ALL NIGHT (Wed) SOLIDARITY VIGIL
with Julian Assange Leading to a Thursday of Mobilisation
Join former anti-war prisoner of the United States Ciaron O'Reilly & others in an all night solidarity vigil with WikiLeaks Julian Assange facing a British extradition and a U.S. Grand Jury indictment
outside the
Dept of Foreign Affairs
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
295 Ann Street, (corner of Creek St) Brisbane City
......or initiate your own solidarity vigil or action wherever you may be!
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT BY FORMER ANTI-WAR PRISONER OF THE UNITED STATES, CIARON O'REILLY
* Brisbane born & raised Ciaron O'Reilly served time in a variety of U.S. prisons for his participation in the ANZUS Plowshares disarmament of a B-52 Bomber at Griffis Air Force Base New York USA 1991. In 2006, he was acquitted in Dublin, Ireland, as part of the the Pit Stop Ploughshares charged with $U.S. 2 1/2 million damage to a U.S. war plane at Shannon Airport en route to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He has attended all of Julian Assange's court appearances in London.
"As you may be aware I have been based in London for the last 2 years and have returned to Brisbane, Australia in the last couple of days.
For most of my time in London, my anti-war resistance focus has been accompanying the imprisoned Bradley Manning and the detained Julian Assange who are both facing the possibility of life imprisonment for exposing the nature of the wars millions of us marched against. Up to this point I have attended all Julian's court appearances from Horseferry Magistrates to Belmarsh Prison to the High Court to the Supreme Court. PHOTOS OF A YEAR OF SOLIDARITY WISEUP
Throughout my years of imprisonment for non-violent anti-war activity, I have learnt the significance of simple acts of human solidarity to sustaining the spirit of the ant-war resister in chains or the docks.
In London this Wednesday May 30th., Veterans for Peace UK, Catholic Workers & other anti-war friends will be setting the solidarity scene as Julian walks into the British Supreme Court. Should the Supreme Court rule to extradite Julian, many others will mobilise internationally the following day, Thursday May 31st.
I have decided to link these efforts in my home town Brisbane, Australia by
conducting an all night solidarity/ anti-war vigil from 4pm Wednesday May 30th (Brisbane time) through to the mobilisation on Thursday May 31st. These Thursday mobilisations in Brisbane and Australia are being called by Julian's mother Christine Assange.
To VIGIL is is to stay awake! Many have fallen asleep in these long years of war on the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan. Bradley and Julian have risked their entire life's liberty on the reasonable assumption that if only people knew the truth of the nature of these wars their governments continue to wage on the poor we would awake to their high crimes, the consequent massive human suffering and our
responsibilities to the victims as fellow human beings.
The military who are used by empire to wage the wars and the media who are used to market the wars have turned their torture and lies on dissidents Bradley Manning and Julian Assange.
I believe, all of us who marched and acted against these wars in our millions in 2003, implicitly incited Bradley, Julian and others to non-violently expose and resist these wars. By doing so, we now have an implicit obligation to accompany Bradley, Julian, other brothers and sisters who now find themselves in chains as consequence of non-violently exposing and resisting these wars. Julian, Bradley & others are in chains and electronic tagged for us, we're on the loose for them!"
Ciaron O'Reilly,
former anti-war prisoner of the United States government.
JULIAN ASSANGE - SUPREME COURT EXTRADITION VERDICT, LONDON MAY 30TH.
SOLIDARITY FROM LONDON TO BRISBANE AND AROUND THE WORLD!
Julian is appearing at the Supreme Court in London on Wed. May 30th. 2012.
The Supreme extradition ruling is due to be handed down in the at 9.15am morning (6.15pm Brisbane time). Veterans for Peace UK and London Catholic Worker are co-ordinating a solidarity vigil outside the Supreme Court, London.
WED MAY 3OTH. TIMINGS (London and Brisbane)
London/ Brisbane Solidarity Vigil Times
4pm (Brisbane)
- BRISBANE Ciaron and others set up vigil outside Dept of Foreign Affairs
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
295 Ann Street, (corner of Creek St) Brisbane City
8am (London)/ 5pm (Brisbane) - Vigils in place
9.15am (London) / 6.15pm (Brisbane) - Julian before the
Supreme Court, Verdict as the 9 Judges deliver extradition verdict.
END TIME OF LONDON solidarity action will be determined by the verdict
and what happens to Julian. (possibilities - released from bail conditions or taken straight into custody or date is negotiated by defence legal team for self surrender for extradition to Sweden).
SUPREME COURT LOCATION MAP - http://g.co/maps/c7d9t
END TIME OF BRISBANE solidarity actions at Dept of Foreign Affairs
295 Ann Street, (corner of Creek St) Brisbane City
CONCLUDES Thurs May 31st. 6pm
STARTS All Night solidarity Vigil starts Wed May 30th.
RSVP LONDON
EMAIL: bsggriffin AT gmail.com
CALL: Ben 07866 559 312
RSVP BRISBANE
Nominating the hours you can join the 26 hour vigil
EMAIL: ciaronx AT yahoo.com
CALL/ TEXT: Ciaron 04211 536 45
*****BRISBANE THURSDAY MAY 31ST. Mobilisation called by Julian's mother Christone Assange*****
VID - JULIAN Assange Solidarity Snap Rallies in Australia
Thursday May 31st.
http://tinyurl.com/cty85o7 (46s)
This demonstration has been called by Julian’s mother
Christine Assange. This is a non-violent event. Location: Department of Foreign Affairs - 295 Ann Street, (corner of Creek St) Brisbane City
Lunch time at 12AM -2.00PM
Afternoon at 4.30PM- 6.00PM
This is a call to you to participate in this demonstration. There are two times allocated to allow people to attend this event. Please pass on this information as an individual or a member of a group. This message needs to get around.
For further enquires or if you would like to receive an SMS/Email as a reminder the day before the event send your contact details to: goldie_adele@yahoo.com.au
EVIDENCE ON THE TARGETING WIKIEAKS FROM RECENT STRATFOR LEAKS
Confidential emails obtained from the US private intelligence firm Stratfor show that the United States Government has had a secret indictment against WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange for more than 12 months.
Wikileaks.org "PRESS RELEASE - Stratfor emails: US has issued sealed indictment against Julian Assange"
Julian is facing indefinite detention, torture and the death penalty for his role as Editor and Chief of WikiLeaks.
"Assange is going to make a nice bride in prison.“ Screw the terrorist. He'll be eating cat food forever." and that Assagne should be 'water-boarded'.
In a press release, Wikileaks.org said that, "emails from Fred Burton reveal that the US Government employs the same counter-terrorism strategy against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as against Al Qaeda:
"Take down the money. Go after his infrastructure. The tools we are using to nail and de-construct Wiki are the same tools used to dismantle and track AQ [Al Qaeda].
Thank Cheney & 43 [former US President George W. Bush]. Big Brother owns his liberal terrorist arse" and
"Burton states: "Ferreting out [Julian Assange’s] confederates is also key. Find out what other disgruntled rogues inside the tent or outside [sic]. Pile on. Move him from country to country to face various charges for the next 25 years. But, seize everything he and his family own, to include every person linked to Wiki."
"[Julian Assange] is a peacenik. He needs his head dunked in a full toilet bowl at Gitmo.”
The Australian government must act now to prevent the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States”, responded Pearson. “Prime Minister Gillard must immediately seek confirmation of these reports from the US government. She must state publicly that our government objects to Assange being extradited to the US, under any circumstances.”
Ciaron O'Reilly
Blog http://ciaron.wordpress.com/
"The poor tell us who we are,
The prophets tell us who we could be,
So we hide the poor,
And kill the prophets."
Phil Berrigan