1/. “We know fascism is possible because it happened before”

On Sunday, #Italy looks set to elect a right-wing coalition led by the far-right Brothers of Italy (#FratellidItalia)

Giorgia Melloni, may become Italy’s first far-right leader since Mussolini
reuters.com/world/europe/r…
2/. “After our victory, you can raise your heads & finally say what you always believed” #GiorgiaMeloni

Italy has seen ‘a revisionism of fascism’, fuelled by talkshows & newspapers

Some say that if Mussolini were to return, Italians would re-elect him
3/. “I think Mussolini was a good politician. Everything he did, he did it for Italy. There haven’t been politicians like him in the last 50 years”

Georgia Meloni speaking in 1996 as a 19 year-old far-right activist
#GeorgiaMeloni #italyelections #Fascism
4/. If you’re surprised by the rise of fascism in Europe, you haven’t been paying attention

#Meloni’s enemies = “LGBT lobbies”, immigrants, Soros etc.

Her coalition partners =

Berlusconi, convicted of tax fraud & bribery

Salvini who called for “mass cleansing” of immigrants Image

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Sep 16
1/. Not ready for the summer to end?

Want to have one more #Pride2022?

Well you could head off to Serbia for #EuroPride2022 this Saturday...although shamefully, the Serbian authorities have decided to BAN IT!

Why? Because or purported security risks! amnesty.eu/news/serbia-au…
2/. According to Serbian authorities, there is a "danger of violence, destruction of property, & other forms of disruption of public order"

In reality, the only disruption #EuroPride2022
might face is violence against LGBTI people at the hands of far-right groups #Pride2022 Image
3/. “The decision by Serbian authorities to ban #EuroPride2022 is shameful. Instead of giving in to hateful rhetoric towards & threats against LGBTI people, authorities must take all necessary measures to protect #Pride participants.” @evegeddie @amnesty
Read 4 tweets
Sep 5
1/. In 2012, @trussliz jointly co-authored #BritanniaUnchained with Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Kwasi Kwarteng & Chris Skidmore

I read it so you don’t have to!

The most famous passage in the book is where it accuses British workers of being “among the worst idlers in the world”
2/. #BritanniaUnchained is a very badly written, weakly argued libertarian blueprint for unrestrained deregulation & rampant free-marketism

In 2019, amid the detritus in @BorisJohnson's car, journalists spotted a copy & the authors have made up the spine of Johnson’s Cabinets.
3/. “It’s more fun to be a pirate than join the navy”

Perhaps one of the scariest passages is in Chapter 5, ‘Buccaneers”

“Clearly, law & order, intellectual property rights exist for a reason....but”

It is reminiscent of this “ask forgiveness not permission” from Peter Thiel👇
Read 10 tweets
Aug 10
#BREAKING: Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying over 80 migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told @AFP

#BreakingNews #Refugees #Greece #Turkey
aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/10…
Meanwhile, there are reports that a group of migrants are again stuck in an islet in river Evros very close to the Greek boarder

A week ago, @Amnesty issued an urgent action re 50 people seeking safety, having rptdly been pushed back to Turkey from Evros👉amnesty.org/en/documents/e…
A five-year-old Syrian girl has rptdly died on a Greek islet on the Evros River

Her parents have submerged the girl’s body in river water in an attempt to keep it cool, as authorities try to locate them

A 9-year-old has rptdly been stung by a scorpion
aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/10…
Read 4 tweets
Aug 2
Ahead of @SpeakerPelosi’s visit, #Taiwan is preparing its citizens for war

Nationwide drills are being conducted informing people where to seek shelter in case China attacks

Meanwhile, Chinese military are rptdly doing exercises on beaches of Xiamen City
Hmmm!

Top US politician Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite warnings from China that Washington will "pay the price" for the visit
#BREAKING #breakingnews #Taipei #NancyPelosi #China
#BREAKING: Minutes after @SpeakerPelosi touched down in Taiwan, China announced that it will be conducting live-fire exercises surrounding #Taiwan btw Thursday & Sunday, requesting ships & flights avoid these areas👇
#NancyPelosi #China #Taipei #Pelosi #pelositaiwan #TaiwanStrait Image
Read 4 tweets
Jul 20
1/. My friend, #EricLevy - an true activist & tireless campaigner for human rights - died today aged 93

I met Eric 19yrs ago when he signed up to be a human shield to try & stop the illegal invasion of Iraq

One of the most courageous people I know, I asked him about courage👇
2/. “I hate to see the evening sun go down”

While talking about courage, #EricLevy - who was active in the US Civil Rights movement told me how activists had surrounded activist & singer, Paul Robeson, to shield him from possible white supremacist snipers
3/. "We may have failed to stop the invasion, but by putting ourselves in harm’s way, we sent a clear message to the world"

#EricLevy was one of only about 80 human shields who stayed in Baghdad throughout the #IraqWar

10 years later, I interviewed him
vice.com/en/article/kw5…
Read 7 tweets
Jul 19
1/. Around the world - from Russia to Sri Lanka, France to Senegal, Iran to Nicaragua - our right to protest is under attack

In the UK the introduction of the #PolicingBill has shown how swiftly hard fought freedoms can be stripped away
#ProtectTheProtest
2/. Q: How did these unarmed women in Belarus strike fear into a bunch of secret policemen?

A: They pulled off their balaclavas

LESSON: Tyranny thrives in secrecy

By coming together, we can strip off the masks & reveal the truth

It’s what they fear
3/. “Our deepest fear isn’t that we are weak. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”

I’ve been privileged to be part of movements that have harnessed the power of protest

In South Africa, the protest could made the country ungovernable
Read 4 tweets

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