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lover of #ManchesterUnited, #globalpolitics, #UKpolitics the #NHS, #cats, #animals, #space #globalnews #climatecrisis #environment #nature Detest inequality. Member of the tofu eating #wokerati, altho really don't like tofu!

"#Labour is missing a huge opportunity to deliver national renewal through action on the climate emergency."

#UKPol #Environment

https://theecologist.org/2025/aug/21/climate-emergency-national-renewal

From climate emergency to national renewal

Sir Keir Starmer has presided over a government that so far has failed to address the climate emergency and social inequality. This is the last chance for course correction.

The Ecologist

'America is a full blown kleptocracy. The demolition of the social and political structure, begun long before Trump, makes a few very, very rich and immiserates everyone else. Mafia capitalism always leads to a mafia state. The two ruling parties gave us the first. Now we get the second. It is not only our wealth that is being taken from us, but our liberty.'

https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/the-mafia-state-85a?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=yzyk

The Mafia State - Read by Eunice Wong

First we got a mafia economy. Then we got a mafia state. We must rid ourselves of the ruling criminal class or become its victims.

The Chris Hedges Report

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

https://rsf.org/en/index

Index

RSF's World Press Freedom Index aims to compare the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories.

If you don't have Signal installed on your phone, please fix that.

You may not need the security for yourself, but someone you talk to will.

Everyone needs to have it. ⚧️

https://signal.org/

Signal Messenger: Speak Freely

Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

Signal Messenger

Extreme right-wing, under investigation by the House ethics committee re sexual abuse allegations (until he resigned) & appointed as AG by Tr*mp. It's like putting an arsonist in charge of the fire department.
Tr*ump is deranged

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general

Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress after Trump attorney general nomination

Decision by congressman, selected by Trump to lead DoJ, means end to ethics inquiry over alleged sexual misconduct

The Guardian

This article’s headline is not clickbait, it is the sad reality, and we need to be ready.

I read the 900+ page Project 2025 fascist manifesto so you don’t have to. Here’s what you should know, and what steps we can take to respond.
https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/project-2025-is-officially-here-how

Project 2025 Is Officially Here — How to Fight Back

A recap of Project 2025 and how to counter its fascist policies

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid

This proposal by Streeting is a snookers & hackers charter and open to abuse by profit gouging pharma, data harvesters & govt.
It needs massive opposition.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/21/wes-streeting-unveils-plans-for-patient-passports-to-hold-all-medical-records?CMP=share_btn_url

Wes Streeting unveils plans for ‘patient passports’ to hold all medical records

Health secretary launches consultation on government’s move to transform NHS in England from ‘analogue to digital’

The Guardian

The same Colonialism that is telling off Lidia Thorpe for holding power to account is telling us that what is happening in Gaza isn't a genocide and so what if it is anyway?

Stolen land, lives ended.....

#LidiaThorpe #Colonialism #FreePalestine