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Your friendly neighbourhood Marxist.
Feb 11, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Following Suella Braverman's far-right riots in Knowsley last night, here are some facts about refugees and their basic human rights that you may not already know.

A thread: It is NOT - nor has it ever been - illegal to cross the English Channel.

It is simply inaccurate to describe refugees as "illegal immigrants" or "invaders."
Oct 31, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥

UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, says there is an #invasion happening on the south coast of the UK. Here's five things you should bare in mind:

🧵A thread:

#SuellaBravermanOut 1) It is NOT - nor has it ever been - illegal to cross the English Channel, and refugees are neither "migrants" nor "invaders."
Oct 30, 2022 4 tweets 1 min read
Let's stop encouraging children to have "dream jobs." Dreams should exist outside of work.

🧵 A #SocialistSunday thread: Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life - right? Wrong.

Maybe we could consider normalising dreams that include valuing people, family, relationships, passions or interests which aren't focused around labour, profit and capitalist production.