RT @BjCruickshank
Tonight @BBC will show a Brit programme at 7.45 Elizabeth: The Hidden Queen. In solidarity with the many 10's of thousands of families all across the UK in poverty but especially those in Scotland. #YesScots have decided to go early with our #ScottishRepublic twitter storm.
“Campaigns need to be organized around demands, not around personality politics,” she says. “The way to run a strong electoral campaign is to, as I said, completely reject personality politics, completely reject careerism, and build political organizations
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/how-to-defeat-the-billionaire-class?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios
RT @JoshForNY
It’s just so insane — demanding that government should arbitrarily hand billions of dollars to rich people with Ivy League degrees just because they donate to a political party or candidate; because the rich have convinced politicians that these tax cuts will grow the economy. https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1530585890359087105
RT @docrussjackson
Why are a disproportionate number of black children being strip searched?
78 young girls were strip searched in London police stations last year (at least two on their period, one of which is autistic), & nearly half were black.
This is #racism.
The Belgian government wants to ban Signal. https://edri.org/our-work/belgium-wants-to-ban-signal-a-harbinger-of-european-policy-to-come/
Good overview of the Belgian gov's data retention proposal, forcing platforms to provide metadata to authorities. This is important as it would result in a ban of those that don't - or can't - like Signal. As this proposal could spread to other EU member states, it needs to be fought at every turn, before it is too late https://edri.org/our-work/belgium-wants-to-ban-signal-a-harbinger-of-european-policy-to-come/
RT @scarletmonahan
IDS Persecuting the blind. (Tory legacy since 2010) #IDS #SavetheNHS #ESA #DWP #PIP #UniversalCredit #ToryFail #Conservative #poverty #Brexit #Homelessness #satire #art
Of all the intensely stupid ways team loyalty and partisanship can express itself, I really don't think you could come up with one dumber than "Our nuclear brinkmanship isn't a problem because it'll be the other side who launches the first nuke" if you tried.
https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/kayfabe-populism-notes-from-the-edge?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios
RT @docrussjackson
Many thanks to @BylinesEast for publishing this #THREAD. 🙏
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/our-government-is-killing-democracy-by-a-thousand-cuts/
RT @monaeltahawy
And remember that it was white women who were your mothers, aunts, and sisters who were the real-life Serenas, all too willing to foot soldier for the patriarchy in return for its crumbs. https://www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-white-women-who-destroyed?r=50le&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.