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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. have decided to go early with our twitter storm.

RT @withorpe
Buried in the small print of Sunak's windfall tax announcement is the fact that oil & gas firms will in future get a 91p tax saving for every pound they invest in gas and oil extraction in the UK

“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

chrishedges.substack.com/p/how

If you live in a country with a sovereign currency “the taxpayers” don’t pay for government spending. That spending is a political choice.

What we have seen is the syphoning of the resources that flow around the economy into the pockets of the rich. Also a choice.

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. twitter.com/jbarro/status/1530

RT @JoeGrowling
Getting lots of new followers, who when I follow back, instantly DM me & start preaching..

Is that a thing now? - the God-Squad have gone digital?

'God' didn't 'bring us together', you followed a revolutionary whippet on Twitter.

Keep your imaginary friend to yourself, Thanks.

RT @matthew51691936
A 2013 poll showed the public thought benefit fraud accounted for a quarter of the welfare budget — actually 0.7 per cent. A 2019 poll showed the public thought a third of Labour members were investigated for alleged AS — actually 0.3 per cent.

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 .

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0017kjd

RT @TheProleStar
*Some* refugees are more welcome than others, says the Sunday Times.
Wonder what it could be about Syrians, Yemenis and Afghans that makes racists like David say they don't deserve us to feel as much affinity for them.
Is it that we helped destroy the countries they're fleeing?

RT @Teh_Snowflake
As an ideology, neoliberalism is powerful because it denies the very existence of class.

If material analysis is irrelevant, your only limitations are your own imagination, and your capacity for hard work.

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RT @gralefrit
Can’t wait for more forward-looking, urgent and helpful policies that speak to core Tory voters, such as reintroducing crisps in bags with a see-through plastic window, putting extra racist jokes in Fawlty Towers, bringing back keelhauling, and restarting World War 2.

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 edri.org/our-work/belgium-want

Your daily reminder that corporate is the opposite of human.

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. 

caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/

RT @PalBint
If sanctions worked for South Africa, why not Palestine too 🇵🇸🇿🇦

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. feministgiant.com/p/essay-the-

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