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Mar 31

Radical progressive change happens when active citizens participate in politics &/or in mass civil disobedience.

In the UK, powerful authoritarian antidemocratic elites are preemptively criminalising protest so they can carry on destroying democracy, decency, & the environment.

The principle of civil disobedience is recognised in international law after the war crime trials at Nürnberg, Germany, after WWII, which affirmed the principle that individuals may, under certain circumstances, be held accountable for failure to break the laws of their country.

Civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, is the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.

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Mar 31

A global network of free-market think tanks, in Britain based in Tufton Street, represent the interests of the corporations & billionaires who fund them by saturating the media with propaganda, thus shaping public opinion. The IEA's Annabel Denham was on #PoliticsLive yesterday.

The global network of free-market think tanks CONSISTENTLY:

-call for removal of worker, consumer, & environmental protections
-prioritise profit over human suffering
-challenge climate science
-support Brextremism
-call for lower taxes
-protect billionaires
-support fracking

So how can or should concerned citizens respond to the sustained, sophisticated, & extremely well-funded attack on democracy, decency, citizens, human rights, & the environment?

https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1509459552101703688?s=20&t=jes1nb_WeXeh63pcsxHlcA

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Mar 30

@UKLabour

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During & after Jeremy Corbyn's election as @UKLabour leader, there was a surge in Labour Party membership; from 201,293 on 6 May 2015 (the day before the 2015 general election) to 552,000 by January 2018. It's now 'stable' at 430,000.

What should we make of this?

https://twitter.com/aliceperryuk/status/1508846934534115339

@UKLabour

This article investigates the remarkable surge in individual membership of the @UKLabour Party after the general election of May 2015, particularly after Jeremy Corbyn was officially nominated as a candidate for the leadership in June of that year.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Using both British Election Study & Party Members Project data, researchers explain the surge by focussing on the attitudinal, ideological, & demographic characteristics of the members themselves - with some surprising findings.

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Mar 29

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As fines are issued for breaking lockdown rules at the #DowningStreetParties, here's seven occasions when Boris Johnson lied.

Britain has called for regime change in Russia. We shouldn't have to wait years for regime change here in Britain.
theguardian.com/world/2022/jan…

On 28th February, a spokesman for Boris Johnson said the sanctions against Russia “we are introducing, that large parts of the world are introducing, are to bring down the Putin regime.”

Downing Street later insisted that the official had “misspoke”.

theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Boris Johnson lied to & misled voters about the #DowningStreetParties:

1/12/2021

“What I can tell the right hon & learned gentleman is that all guidance was followed completely in No 10.”

2/12/2021

"The guidance is there & I am very, very keen that people understand this.”

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Mar 29

@LukaKemp

#THREAD

Is civilisation collapse imminent?

"The climate is changing, the gap between the rich & poor is widening, the world is becoming increasingly complex & our demands on the environment are outstripping planetary carrying capacity."

@LukaKemp makes a compelling argument.

https://twitter.com/docrussjackson/status/1508709298465083394

@lukakemp

Writing about existential risk, @lukakemp explores who is causing planetary destruction & why, making a compelling argument: the source is the same whether it is nukes, climate change, wealth inequality or new technologies: secretive, unchecked, power.

bbc.com/future/article…

I'll summarise Kemp's argument:

"Great civilisations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives.

So concluded the historian Arnold Toynbee in his 12-volume magnum opus A Study of History. It was an exploration of the rise and fall of 28 different civilisations."

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Mar 27

@UKLabour

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The 1945 @UKLabour Party election manifesto, which led to the unexpected landslide victory for Clem Attlee, is still a cracking read, spelling out many of the progressive policies that the people of Britain once again desperately need today.

"So far as Britain's contribution is concerned, this war will have been won by its people, not by any one man or set of men, though strong and greatly valued leadership has been given to the high resolve of the people in the present struggle."

"The people made tremendous efforts to win the last war also. But when they had won it they lacked a lively interest in the social and economic problems of peace, and accepted the election promises of the leaders of the anti-Labour parties at their face value."

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