Here is the link back to the birdsite https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1530506330452246529
Thread - a very important one, given the nonsense people have been spouting recently. Fascism is capitalism's last gasp, trying to protect itself.
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RT @docrussjackson
#THREAD
There's much about #fascism that is largely hidden from us in Britain.
#Fascist ideas prospered politically only when perceived economic threats increased their appeal to members of certain social groups.
https://www.britannica.com/t…
https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1530506330452246529
Why Do Poor Countries Stay Poor? (Unequal Exchange and Imperialism)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjLmYCfKU7o&ab_channel=Hakim
@zimpenfish Do people still get their cash pensions, I wonder?
RT @medialens
Classic Guardian take:
Diplomatic editor @patrickwintour describes the illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq as 'a blunder'.
It was no mere 'blunder'. It was the supreme international war crime.
BBC Hypocrisy Over Lineker BLOWN APART https://youtu.be/wDpHC-3I9V0 via @YouTube
Gordon Brown did this
Then he "rescued" PFI so he could appear to balance the books in a way the Tory media would accept. And also make hedge funds even richer.
Some slight intellectual honesty would be too much to hope for from these clowns, I suppose
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RT @RachelReevesMP
There is a global race on - and despite all our promise and potential, Britain is falling behind.
Labour will change that.
Our Green Prosperity Plan is vit…
https://twitter.com/RachelReevesMP/status/1634883691909464066
This should be a learning moment. The establishment scared us away from a radical Labour government, not because socialism is a threat to our democracy but because they are. The BBC is simply another weapon to ensure the public vote against their self-interest and anyone who trusts its output is an unwitting puppet. https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/labour-wanted-to-democratise-the?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
It’s endless war that’s not normal https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/imperial-narrative-managers-always?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
@Jo I have a buddy who upgraded to the old firmware that didn't force you to use HP ink only. Actually, a 3d printable printer that took any ink and just worked would be cool
@Jo Or jailbreaking the one you already paid for
Prospects for Liverpool, Socialism, and how the Left could work together
Wed, 19 April 2023, 19:00 – 21:00 BST
RT @feldowling
A discussion meeting for the Liverpool Left but with wider implications
@FrancisFish @mygibbo @leftunity @Breakthrough @CllrAnnaRothery @CathyWilson70 @Spartacus4NOW @CllrSamGorst @19MW98
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/prospects-for-liverpool-socialism-and-how-the-left-could-work-together-tickets-580436149147?fbclid=IwAR2VKqW5FKnFcU5Q1xtiaRX80RDqVDp8389TdwH26Gm7DB7tnPfPIhClmbg
RT @tribunemagazine
'If you fight, you won't always win. But if you don't fight, you will always lose.'
Bob Crow, the left-wing General Secretary of the @RMTunion, died #OnThisDay in 2014.
@zimpenfish I don't remember it at the time, but it wouldn't surprise me.
I found this article https://medium.com/@yomiadegoke/counting-down-to-female-celebrities-turning-legal-is-more-than-crass-its-dangerous-94f8abbf4674
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.