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Cllr Kim Long @CaptainKim
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Thank you 💚💚💚. Please give £ + support people working on the front lines every day, inc:
@Right_to_Remain - incredible advocacy
@UbuntuGlasgow raising £ to create emergency shelter for asylum seeking women, led by women who have been through it
#ResistTheHostileEnvironment
Also
@Saheliya an amazing org working with BME women
@UnityCentreGlas doing incredible unpaid work to support people with detention & destitution & deportation
@RefugeeSurvival who do emergency grants; also we do a monthly direct debit to give fresh fruit + veg to families
Also
@Refuweegee doing practical support & love
@GovanCP who were so instrumental in support this week
Finally, help me show these 2 families this volume of love & solidarity - please send me cards & I'll pass them on:
Cllr Kim Long
City Chambers
Glasgow G2 1DU

Thank you 💚
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RIGHT. i am so fucking angry. We have established that Trump is a monster, yes? Let's talk about my past 24 hours and what that says about our esteemed UK government
1/
So Tuesday night i got a call from a church minister in a total panic because one of her congregation had recieved a letter, out of nowhere, saying her she had 24 hours to vacate her accommodation because her asylum support was being stopped.
2/
Her support (a whole £35/week) plus accomodation, was being immediately removed because they did not believe she was destitute. One of their reasons was she had toys (handmedowns from a kind neighbour) & money in her account - money she had recieved from the home office
3/
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⚠NEWS⚠
DUC IS OFF THE PLANE. 

He will not be deported today. He is still in detention but he is SAFE.

WE DID IT. WE WON TODAY. This is my happy tears face when i got the news.

It's complicated, let me make a thread - 

#DucMakesGlasgow
1/ ok so HOW? Well we had 3 strategies all at once:

a) political - get Immigration Minister to respond to Duc's MP

b) legal - get an application for Judicial Review in there - this stops removal

c) cause a public uproar

#DucMakesGlasgow
2/ the legal route worked - the application went in; the Home Office cannot deport you while a Judicial Review is in progress. This takes ~3 months. So Duc is still in detention, still in England, and the next step is to get him bail and get him back to Glasgow
#DucMakesGlasgow
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Top Myths About #Asylum and why you should care:

Myth: Asylum seekers should file at US consulates in their home countries.

Reality: Asylum can only be sought at the border or inside the US. US consulates do not accept asylum applications.
Myth: Asylum seekers must present themselves at a port of entry.

Reality: The law (8 USC 1158) specifically says a person may apply for asylum whether they enter legally or not.

They can be technically prosecuted for unlawful entry, but that doesn't prevent asylum.
Myth: Asylum is only for political persecution, not for fear of gangs and terrorists.

Reality: There is NO requirement in the law that an asylum seeker's fear be politically based.

I've won many gang and terrorist related cases.
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How about a #Remain manifesto, agreed & promoted by all major Remain groups? #RemainManifesto

The purpose would be to explain how, if we Remain, we can address Leave's concerns and can commit a future govnt to enact them, to the letter. 1/20
The manifesto could address the main reasons we have been told for the Leave vote.

It could focus purely on the key areas - immigration, sovereignty, EU federal plans, EU wastefulness.
It could detail precise ways in which we can protect ourselves from these concerns. 2/20
hy not compromise by changing Britain as it is today, but not by leaving the EU? And save the cost & risk of Brexit.

But I think we should only address the areas directly detailed as being the reasons for the Leave vote. Not what we suspect may be underlying. 3/20
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At dinner, I learned more about corruption + racism built into society by our masters. A book we discussed (Zinn) was used as part of this "Left" resource's bibliography. I had to share. [A thread]

@BlackSocialists - thoughts on this resource?

historyisaweapon.com/indextrue.html
It very simply lays out the case that we are all being controlled. It covers hidden history of the United States including their (and, due to the systems created by our masters, our) racism. 

#racism #systemicracism #history
If you haven't been in school for a while (or are in a terrible school), some of the words might trip you up. Dictionary.com and Wikipedia.org are two good resources to help you.
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A lot of #remain ers don't really understand the situation they are facing on Twitter, they see an online debate where #Leave and #Remain put their points forward and whoever has the best logic wins.

1/n
#stopbrexit #FBPE #PeoplesVote
That isn't what's happening. At this point #Leave (left or right) don't need to convince people of anything, they don't need to win debates.

All they need to do to win is to stop #Remain from reaching people and the tactics they are using are designed to do that.

2/n
Those tactics are to distract, discredit & disrupt Remain attempts to convince people.

They use name calling & insults. This is to discredit #Remain.

Also they hope to goad Remainers into an emotional response so they appear overly motivated and therefore less convincing.
3/n
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THE WATCHMAN

[...] "The watchman’s task has always been a thankless one.
"There are treacherous fifth column elements, who are really working for the #defeat of the #nation, at the hands of its enemies.
"These subversive elements readily gain and hold the #public’s ear, because they soothingly tell the people what they want to hear. Go back to sleep, no danger can come, and there is nothing you can do.
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