Brits can sleep safely tonight, after the heroic work of the Metropolitan Police. The Reverend Sue Parfitt, 83, a retired priest, was arrested in Parliament Square for holding a sign which read:
“I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.”
Under British law, this now puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist. The courts may impose a prison sentence of up to 14 years, to protect the public against the existential threat posed by this very dangerous woman.
Happy Birthday to Rebecca Louise Bond aka Beki Bondage, English singer, songwriter and frontwoman of the punk band Vice Squad, born on this day in 1963 in Bristol
Photo by Marie Kanger-Born
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bekibondage #history #punkrockhistory
@ChrisMayLA6 and let’s not forget Grenfell
What sickens me is not just the attempt to evade responsibility, it’s the systemic way in which accountability is consistently denied, meaning nobody and no institution responsible for these horrors can ever be held to account. Indeed, so long as you are from the “right” class, you are persistently rewarded for failure. We need only look at the privatised water industry and other utilities
47 years ago
Members of Steel Pulse, The Clash, and the Sex Pistols demonstrating outside National Front Leader Martin Webster's house in 1977
l-r Paul Simonon, Ronald McQueen, Glen Matlock, Mick Jones, Basil Gabbidon
#TheClash #sexpistols #steelepulse #history #punkrockhistory
Two-thirds of the British public support a #CeasefireNow!
Join us on the streets this Saturday where we'll take our message to the US Embassy: stop supporting Israeli war crimes in Gaza!
📍 Assemble 12 noon, Hyde Park Corner
Every single privatisation:
Turn a natural monopoly into an artificial market. Quick win incentives to first investors. Fail to regulate or control the artificial market. Instead of investing in infrastructure, the private companies sell out to foreign investors, who borrow debt to give to execs and shareholders. Then want the customers to pay for the infrastructure upgrades. Gov props up failure. Worse, expensive service for more gov cost.
It's a long con.
45 years ago today
Recorded on this day in 1978, The Feeding of the 5000, the first album by the anarcho-punk band Crass. A revolutionary album that was able to shine with anarchist political ideas and visions for the time
44 years ago
Members of British ska groups The Selecter, Madness and The Specials on Brighton Beach at the first date of the 2 Tone Tour in October 1979.
Photo by Chalkie Davies
#punkrock #ska #thespecials #madness #theselecter #history #skahistory
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