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The granting of asylum certainly moves this saga to another level. I have been very struck how liberals and many organised lefties have abandoned Assange. At the moment in London his almost sole source of support has been from Ciaron O'Reilly's Catholic Workers group. They have maintained a vigil outside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London and one here in Brisbane as well. The recent discussion on the list of the Bourgeois press came to mind when I read the Guardian report on the granting of asylum. They are really pissed off that Assange seems to have stolen a march on the Brits etc. What happens next will be very interesting. I discount the storming of the embassy by British police. That would be a crass and politically stupid thing to do. Ditto for any move to cancel the embassy's lease. But you never know. The storm outside the British embassy in Quito would not have gone unnoticed. For the moment Assange will just sit tight. Reports from the Catholic Workers are that his morale is very high and that he is being well treated by the embassy staff. comradely Gary ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
