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21 Nov 2024

1/ Generic Ideological Features of Fascism i) The values and world-view which fascism embodies will be presented not only in theoretical writings, speeches, propaganda and songs but in the semiotic language of rallies, symbols, uniforms: in short the whole style of its politics.

In the land of the illiterate, even the moderately-skilled reader is king.

In a world where fascist billionaires are actively trying to turn your brain into soup, reading and developing reading skills is an anti-fascist act. Every word, every chapter is a 🖕to every ultra-rich fascist bastard on this planet.

Crypto-billionaires famously LOVE giving away vast sums of money at random with no underlying motivation. They're well known for this. We eternal cynics ought not to impugn the motivations of these fine and honourable men.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Are the billionaires in the Nations trying to escape what they believe is an incoming tax regimen? That couldn’t possibly have anything to do with it, could it? And there’s no chance at all that the grievances of perfectly decent people are being cynically abused by their...

...leaders, who are operating as political extensions of wealthy elites, could it? No, that would quite silly, I’m sure. Especially with such a glaring example of this such as Brexit staring them all in the face. It would ESPECIALLY silly in that case wouldn’t it?

theguardian.comMistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfoldThe world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home

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MISTAKES, MISTRUST, & MISDIRECTION

The Right are trying to claim that AB is in hock to a small group of Muslim voters. This is a lie. I am not Muslim or Jewish. I am an atheist. The genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing on the West Bank are critical political issues for me. So they can STFU, this is an issue for everyone.

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HOPE not hate

@hopenothate.org.uk

🍿 WATCH: ‘Tommy Robinson: Where’s the Money Gone?’ TONIGHT at 10pm on Channel 4. Then head back here after the show. We’ve got more to reveal.

Guys, I'm beginning to get the impression there might be the hint of a suggestion of a pattern developing around Nigel Farage. I hope they like it up 'em. 🤣

Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social

You might have to turn up for the results of this one, Nige.

Once upon a time, in response to Kristallnacht, The Times commented: 'No foreign propagandist bent upon blackening Germany before the world could outdo the tale of burnings and beatings, of blackguardly assaults on defenceless and innocent people, which disgraced that country yesterday'. I simply ..

...cannot imagine The Times would be capable of asserting that moral rectitude today. The strength of support they give the Right is a travesty of the Great Britain which opposed fascism in its most wantonly hateful and destructive form. It is cavorting with the Nazis of today's world.

theguardian.comCurbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’Exclusive: London mayor accuses council of ‘ignoring’ responses to a consultation

Utterly unhinged nonsense from Tory-led Westminster Council!

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk

Breathtaking arrogance from Westminster Council. They'd rather see nightlife die than thrive.

theguardian.comPolanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in fullGreen leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

While I understand that there is almost certainly sensitive defence-related information in the report that genuinely can't be published unredacted for real strategic reasons, the 14-pages that were released are simply not good enough. We have a right to know more. It's our lives ultimately.

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The 14 pages we currently have are definitely enough to slap a sufficiently aware person awake. But we are going to need stronger stuff than this to activate the population sufficiently to get the bulk of them on-side so we can do what we need to do to ensure the survival of the country.

In response to those making the argument that the sanctions against Israel are "poorly timed" and will "disrupt the prospect of a moderate being installed" after their elections, I say this. There is no "correct" time to apply the law. If there is a law, and it is responsive to a situation, ...

... and it is not currently being applied, it should be applied immediately. The law as a framework is built under the general assumption that it is not selectively applied based on what is convenient. In fact the law is supposed to be inconvenient to criminals, that's sort of the point.

"We're doing things Keir wouldn't let us do."

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Victoria Derbyshire, "I a big shift, the Foreign Secretary rewrites and toughens up UK policy on Israel and the occupied territories. The Israeli government is furious" "This is not continuity Starmer" Nick Watt, "Absolutely."

youtube.comNetanyahu KNEW About 7th October In AdvanceYouTube video by Owen Jones

According to reporters at Israeli newspaper Haaretz, there is credible evidence that Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly and directly warned well in advance of the Oct. 7th attack. The potential political implications of this are staggering. Serious questions need to be asked.

theguardian.comNetanyahu was warned of 7 October Hamas attacks, book claimsIsraeli PM says allegation that UAE president alerted him more than a week before major offensive is ‘absolute lie’

haaretz.comNetanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefsIn September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...

We could all write a book about the hypocrisy of the British State, nonetheless I believe Foreign Sec. Milliband specifically believes what he has just said. As for Shadow Foreign Sec Tugendhat, the Israeli government lines he has just parroted in OUR House are barbaric, sickening, and inexcusable.

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The UK Government now concurs with the ICJ interim finding that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal.

It is now the view of the British Government that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians occurring on the West Bank.

Disgusting antisemite Oliver Dowden MP insisting in the House on the conflation of Israel with all Jews.

I'm grateful to the Foreign Secretary for having, at last, acknowledged this meagre handful of basic facts about the situation in the House. More MUST follow. Nothing can be done while the State continues to lie to itself about what it has done and is doing.

Given the fervour with which Israel has pursued extraction rights for the Gaza Marine fields (rightfully Palestinian property), Ben G'vir's accusation that Britain is stealing from the Falkland Islands face-plants immediately. I cordially invite that genocidal bastard to STFU.

theguardian.comBillionaire Chris Rokos, who paid £330m in tax last year, to quit UKHedge fund tycoon is latest financier to exit amid fears among super-rich over tax rises

Good. Fuck off you parasite.

dorseteye.comPub Landlady in Weymouth Tells Racists They Are Not Welcome - Dorset EyeThe landlady and custodian of The Black Dog and The Tin Cat has released a statement to racists living in or visiting Weymouth. As an employer, as a human being and as a parent, I am absolutely disgus...

"So there is no misunderstanding: If you are racist, stay out of my venues. I do not want your money. I do not want your custom. I do not want your hate." Based. ✊

theguardian.comMajority of Tory and Reform voters do not back cuts to disability benefits, survey findsNearly half of respondents say spending on personal independence payments should be increased

Well, Reform have totally fucked themselves on this one, haven't they? 😆😂🤣

The relevant portion of the study from the BSA.

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"...even among supporters of right-leaning parties, the balance of opinion is in favour of spending more on benefits for this group [disabled recipients]. Only 11% of Reform supporters favour less spending as do just 7% of Conservatives."

middleeasteye.netAnalysis: Ed Miliband is becoming the UK's most formidable foreign secretary in decadesThe settlement goods ban looks set to be seismic - a sign that Britain has the makings of a new, independent foreign policy

Peter Oborne and Imran Mulla of Middle East Eye do the difficult job of assessing this situation fairly. Depending on the specific content of Milliband's address to Parliament later today, I will provisionally take this minor W.

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theguardian.comUK plan to sanction illegal Israeli settlements draws criticism from US, Israel and British MPs – UK politics liveUK to reassert support for Palestinian rights and a two-state solution in move drawing widespread criticism

Pat McFadden the ever-demented says: "Israel is an important security ally, and in the context of what we’re saying today, I think it’s also important to distinguish between action which is announced in response to policies of this Israeli government at this time, ...

...and the people of Israel and the links between Israel and the UK, which are important and valuable and will continue to be so."

middleeasteye.netIn a major policy shift, Britain is expected to ban goods from Israeli settlementsTel Aviv threatens retaliation as ministers call for sanctions on Britain and expulsion of the UK ambassador to Israel

It is NOT enough, but is more than any other British government has so far at least pretended to be willing to do.

theguardian.comUN expert Francesca Albanese calls for ‘true paradigm shift’ as Miliband resets policy on IsraelExclusive: UN special rapporteur on occupied territories says ban on goods from settlements ‘important’ but must go further if it is to amount to more than a ‘press release’

Francesca Albanese says she will not "join those dismissing it as theatre before the details" have been announced. I believe she is right to say that but she rightly expects far more from the government than some minor tweaks to our trading arrangements.

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Mic Wright

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A detail missing from The Times story… the woman who took the photo shared it to a Facebook group called ‘South east patriots’.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social

The Times has run a story this morning about how ‘polite’ the masked men in Dover were to three white ladies on a train. Propaganda in its clumsiest form.

Farage plays with words and he's very good at it. He suggests, implies, points towards something in the shadows, but then leaves the scene. Other people fill in the gaps; they are the ones that use disgusting language, threaten, assault, and kill. When the blood flows, Farage is somewhere else.

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... and Muslim. In fact, he was born in Britain and he was an evangelical Christian. He did it with the tragedy of Henry Nowak, calling for "pure, cold rage" knowing full well that Henry's father, Mark, had expressly asked that people not politicise his son's death. Tommy Robinson's far-right...

... mob turned up and showed their pure, cold rage. Once again, Farage stoked the flames but was not there for the riots. The man is a cynic, a coward, and a malicious liar. Prison is too good for him.

@lauraewebster.bsky.social

He did it with the Southport riots when he questioned whether the government was holding back the truth. The killer of the 3 little girls was under 18 and it is illegal to identify a youth. Far-right rioters made unmerry hell, stating as fact on social media that the killer was an asylum seeker...

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Laura Webster

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We have made a full documentary about what really happened at Reform conference. If you only watch a bit of it please make it these 39 seconds. You won't regret it.

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Bernie Banshee

We need to protect these good people. Where’s the condemnation, Burnham?

Louis 〓〓@louishenwood.bsky.social

Over on X, the far-right British Patriots have launched a hate campaign against the RNLI They are recording RNLI volunteers in order to dox them, reveal their identities and publish details of where they and their families live These men are dangerous

reddit.comFrom the FuckNigelFarage community on Reddit: Good lordPosted by Educational_Board888 - 8 votes and 4 comments

"Loneliness pour homme", the new fragrance by ReformUK.

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Ash Oro

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1/25 Good morning - long thread as a lot has happened. CENTCOM has tied the destruction of Iranian tankers to imposing economic costs on Iran. That should concern anyone involved in commercial shipping. A merchant ship and the people aboard it are now being discussed as instruments of punishment.

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Reform party bunker #reform

unicornriot.ninjaYou searched for patriot front - UNICORN RIOT

Anyone familiar with the Unicorn Riot hack and leak operation which targeted the US far-right paramilitary Patriot Front in 2022 will know what is happening here. These are the exact kind of organisations which end up insurrecting against their country in national elections.

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social

Another compilation video from yesterday's fascist paramilitary 'storm' action in #Dover town and at the Port of Dover. #FarRight Some national security-related observations below.