Ben EdwardsNov 5
Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
Nov 4 at 4:10pmWeb
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Nov 4

@brucelawson

.. and beware those in the Commission , Council of Ministers and elsewhere who ignore it when there's a buck to be made selling arms.

Show threadMage of VoidNov 4

@brucelawson

Unless you aren't a god following, single mom.

Lol.

Show threadNazaniNov 4
@brucelawson I'm a big fan of the Rights of the Child:
https://www.unicef.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/UNCRC_summary-1_1.pdf
Show threadPelican Dock MusicNov 4

@brucelawson
this link seems relevant as to progress made

https://www.globalresearch.ca/francesca-albanese-60-states-complicit-gaza-genocide/5904481

Show threadCairo BragaNov 4
@brucelawson and yet...
Show threadHTPC NZNov 5
@brucelawson not sure what's worse, not signing something like this but do something for the Palestinians or like most of Europe sign it but do nothing at all, like not even banning from European sporting competitions as a small gesture... This kind of inaction & apathy is what ultimately lead to rise of fascism etc.
Show threadAli the BraveNov 5
@brucelawson
Unfortunately these "Western values" do not apply to non-whites.
Show threadThierry Van KermNov 5
@brucelawson @sjar The red lines has been crossed so many times, including, and in particular, by those these words were designed to protect.
Show threadAaronNov 7

@thierry_van_kerm

The biggest irony of them all, IMO. But those who are abused often turn into abusers, after learning the wrong lesson.

@brucelawson @sjar

Show threadAndreas SchödlNov 5

@brucelawson

What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us?

https://youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?si=R5I6X6CfG4QMK_Ys

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

YouTube
Show threadSimon K-KNov 7
@brucelawson AFAIK the US does not have something like that and does not recognise the international court in the Hague?
Show threadBruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊Nov 7
@LongJohn I think you're right, but I wouldn't expect the USA to be a signatory to a European convention, especially one as radically marxist is this one.
Show threadAaronNov 7

@brucelawson

You are saying this with tongue in cheek, right? To point out how extremely right-wing US politics is, to see a declaration of fundamental human rights as "radically Marxist"?

@LongJohn

Show threadBruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊Nov 7
@hosford42 yup! @LongJohn
Show threadBruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊Nov 7
@hosford42 it's related to this news article I read yesterday https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal @LongJohn
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

The Guardian
Show threadNoBorgNov 7

@brucelawson @hosford42 @LongJohn

Not everybody recognizes his statements as normal. I've seen a lot of critics too.