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Feb 12

Dozens of mainly young #killthebill protesters have been charged by the Police & CPS, which appears to be the biggest use of riot charges against demonstrators since the 80s, giving the impression of “revenge policing” & giving in to political influences.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/f…

The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on democracy and the constitution also heard that the police’s use of force, including deploying dogs, batons, and shield strikes, known as “blading”, was often considered disproportionate in the days that followed.

At least 62 protesters reported injuries over the course of the week, including 22 with head wounds & seven who required hospital treatment.

38 protesters charged with riot could face jail terms of up to 10 years. Only 22 people have been convicted of riot since 2011.

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Feb 12

@UKLabour

Starmer thinks the ONLY route to power is via the high-risk strategy of distancing @UKLabour from the #socialist policies of explicitly supporting nationalisation, unions, & wealth redistribution, opposing antidemocratic laws, & ending #NHS privatisation & insecure low-paid jobs.

https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1492190542339444747

Imho, Starmer would get more support, respect & increase his electoral chances of success if he just repeatedly stated the obvious simple truths about the Tories in exactly the same way John Smith was unafraid to do.

https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1491867589550694405?s=20&t=dLRWddVzP-2jukrWCrXaQw

@UKLabour

People are hungry for change. My fear is that come the next election, the right-wing media machinery will crush Starmer, & pull back the curtain to reveal that @UKLabour would offer little real change. Given the multiple crises we face, 'less bad than the Tories' is not enough.

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Feb 12

Quick #THREAD on Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, & public intellectual, John Kenneth Galbraith, who died in 2006.

His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through the 2000s. As an economist, he leaned toward post-Keynesian economics.

Galbraith was a Harvard University professor of economics for half a century, writing four dozen books, including several novels, and published more than a thousand articles and essays on various subjects.

Among his works was a trilogy on economics, American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958), & The New Industrial State (1967).

Neoliberal/libertarian economists Milton Friedman & Thomas Sowell couldn't stand him.

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Feb 10

@Conservatives

What are we to make of Boris Johnson's continuing support, both from most Tory MPs & the wider right-wing, given his relentless denial of reality, & almost daily demonstrable lies?

Why are @Conservatives more susceptible to believing lies?

slate.com/technology/201…

The Left aren't immune to believing lies, but the evidence seems conclusive: people on the Right are more prone to believing lies than people on the Left.

Why?

It may be that conservatives & liberals seem to hold different beliefs about what constitutes “truth.”

Finding facts, pursuing evidence & trusting science is basic liberal ideology. For many (especially US) conservatives, faith & intuition appear as equally valid sources of truth. Fairness & kindness come lower on the list of moral priorities for conservatives than for liberals.

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Feb 10

"As indispensable to confronting, say, your domineering mother-in-law or your local city council as it is to helping foment an ongoing & ever-escalating insurrection against, say, a sexist, racist, nepotistic power-mad oligarchy threatening to destroy democracy as we know it..."

A guerrilla guide to radical protest and joyful political resistance from artist, activist and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of Pussy Riot, creative activist, professional protestor, brazen feminist, & shocking visual artist.

blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/produ…

Nadya's spontaneous, explosive approach to political action has involved jumping over barbed wire, kissing police officers, giving guerilla performances in crowded subway cars, and going on a hunger strike to protest the abuse of prisoners.

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Feb 9

https://twitter.com/lucyallan/status/1491041310878289923

Here's Lucy amplifying the doctored far-right video of Keir Starmer.

Britain First's Paul Golding said to anyone 'harassing' JRM: “We will find out where you live. We will find out where you work. We will find out where you study & we will come down on you like a ton of bricks.”

https://twitter.com/lucyallan/status/1491041310878289923

Allan was one of three Tory MPs who shared the doctored video: Nadine Dorries deleted the Tweet without explanation; Maria Caulfield deleted her entire account; Lucy Allan deleted it but chose not to apologise & to double-down on the general point while not naming Starmer again.

Instead of apologising like any sane person would for sharing a doctored video from a far-right account, she said: "There was a total failure by the authorities to understand #cse #grooming, a dismissive attitude towards victims, & a belief that victims brought it on themselves."

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