Tag: DEMOCRACY
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This Land Is Mine
I’ve been avoiding talking about Gaza not because I don’t care, it’s not even compassion fatigue, it’s more same shit, different genocide. I’ve been against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and Israeli Arabs for decades, but it does seem rather intractable, since as this wonderful video from Nina Paley points out, the land has been killed…
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Just vote – no vote is wasted
Tomorrow it’s the Local and European elections for many people in the UK. Here’s a non-party political from Eddie Izzard with one important message: VOTE. Doesn’t matter for who, although I’d really not recommend UKIP because not only it’s most likely against your interests, they’re a bunch of racists, sexists, homophobe and rich bankers who…
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R for Revolution
(photo from Cape Town Million Mask March – can’t find the photographer) Amazed how off the ball the mainstream media was about the Million Mask March – I wasn’t in the loop (not a surprise, I’ve weaned myself off fast-news cycles and aren’t following as many Occupy/Anon feeds as I was a few years back),…
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Paxman vs Brand – voting for a new future
Ahh I finally see what the fuss is about…strange as I came to it hearing of the mass-intake of breath and tutting about Russell Brand advising people not to vote, the actual interview was passionate but not something I disagree with completely. I guess Daily Mail et al hated his previous comments about them, and…
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The Pirate’s Revenge – Democracy in action
DEMOCRACY! This is the desperate cry going out on Twitter and blogs with the recent voting in of the Digital Economy Bill, as if democracy is something you buy down at Tescos, and is always instantaneous and as fast as our broadband connections. The moaning cry seems to suggest this is the end; and that…
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David Cameron: Titanic chAvatar
This one I created – you can create your ownAlien Clone Tool Army of Photoshopped unnaturally skinned and Thatcher-lite pale blue Camerons. And yes to forestall the comments, I know Gordon Is A Moron and a war-mongering banker-bedding corrupt non-entity who has very little to do with socialism…just I fear Cameron and his Conservative-lite shenanigans…