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RE: A Retrospective Look At The Work WikiLeaks Made Possible As Assange Remains Silenced
The problem is that the average person is completely powerless to do anything about this. When the state is determined to get it's way and not budge, in the face of all criticism and protest, they usually get their way. I know that sounds pessimistic, but this battle has been going on for so long, that it's hard to see how they will suddenly have a change in their stance. If there was, I think it would have happened by now.
On a brighter note, I'm sure everyone feels a sigh of relief that we've all been downgraded from Russian bots to Russian trolls...
Thanks for a great article!
I understand, but there are things we can all do: Donation is one of them, and the other is standing up for Wikileaks on social media by retweeting and sharing their work, as well as the work of those that support them - John Pilger, Craig Murray, the list is endless. We can inform ourselves, and armed with that information, speak with our own friends and families about the importance of Wikileaks and why fighting for Assange's press freedoms and human rights is literally an act that serves the interest of ourselves and the whole public. I know this sounds long winded, apologies!
Thanks for the reply and it wasn't long winded. I have never had a facebook or twitter account and to be honest I'm not planning on changing that now. I knew what their gig was from a quite a while ago, so refused to sign up. Of course the other options you mentioned, are available to us all.
On another note, I'm not sure if you realise this or not, but you also have a few people on this platform targeting yourself and other independent/left leaning journalists. It's being done by downvoting your posts and your comments section, to try and silence certain opinions. Anything that is anti-war/anti establishment is the common thread and pattern. It doesn't really hurt you that much and is something you probably won't even notice. It does however annoy the crap out of your smaller followers. This is not random or coincidental (deliberate down voting patterns documented) and is a censorship campaign through a network of smaller accounts. Take a closer look at the votes and notice how some of them are negative.
I know your are extremely busy, but you may want to have a quick read through a recent post I wrote about this very topic, as I actually think it's an attempt (on a much smaller scale) of emulating the censorship campaign on other platforms. How's that for a long winded response? Anyway here's the link to the post. Just a note that they are starting to use other accounts, that were not in my original post.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@palikari123/targeted-flagging-of-posts-and-comments-from-accounts-heather2000-and-thinkingtime
Also, Have a look at Catlin's most recent article and how it's been targeted.
https://steemit.com/russia/@caitlinjohnstone/everything-keeps-changing-about-the-skripal-narrative-except-russia-definitely-did-it#@palikari123/re-caitlinjohnstone-everything-keeps-changing-about-the-skripal-narrative-except-russia-definitely-did-it-20180403t015112426z
In this instance we are not talking about the average person, Assange is considered a hero by most here in the US for saving us from a Hillary presidency, that won't be forgotten and there is power in numbers, voting power and any move against him will be met with that power.
People tend to feel powerless, but there is a lot of power in just speaking your mind.
And now there is steemit where we can vote on other people who speak their minds. So maybe that may make a difference. That would however need people to start speaking their minds a bit more.
So people, speak your minds, get some ideas out there and see what we can come up with. Not just for Julian but also for ourselves. Julian really needs to be able to connect with his family, and quick! But meanwhile we also need to protect or own rights. Do the work what Julian has been doing FOR US all those years. The least we can do is chip in and speak our minds, right?
Our combined creativity can move this mountain. A mountain is merely a stack of grains. In the dessert the wind moves mountains every single day.
@elizbethleavos moved a grain, @palikari123 moved a grain @bifilarcoil also moved a grain.
Who has a creative idea to move the next grain? Pick it up and move it.
I like to move-it move-it.
:-)
Let's wait for the next downgrade.