We can’t just let 83-year-olds run amok disagreeing with the state, you know. What’s next? A political party that doesn’t support genocide? Talk aboutcha terrorism!
"We are seeing the silencing of dissent by a weak government composed of war criminals who are afraid the law will catch up to them."
A very concise sentence, the Truth. I can only get through a day by hoping against hope that eventually they will be held to account and given a punishment that matches their Crimes. None of them should ever see sky again - the rest of their miserable 'lives' spent in solitary, to put manners on the potential monsters of the future.
There's undeniable truth in saying "eyes of a stranger see better in darkness of your home" (it sounds differently in Serbian, my native language - but that is the meaning behind it).
That saying was painfully true for the country I was born in and raised to my legal age (Yugoslavia). Many wise people said 'you're nice people and all, but y'all are going towards chaos fast' as early as 1984. Then 1990 came and the rest is history - painful, bloody and sad but history nonetheless.
Same is true for the UK. Only, talk about 'going to hell in a hand basket' started way back, mid Mrs Thatcher's second term. After her, some back-forth ensued, bandages were applied and when that failed elites turned to the only thing they knew how to do almost perfectly. Colonial subjugation and exploitation. All the while, regular people were in the same spot as proverbial frog in a slowly heating pot of water.
Then, out of the left field BREXIT happened. I still can't explain that one even to myself, even with all the shortcuts freely sealable to one's mind in explaining someone else's irrational behaviour. To me, that's still the most dumb thing UK people believed. Period.
Which brings us to here and now - water in that proverbial pot became scaldingly hot awhile ago, pot walls are so slippery few manage to escape, and fire is still burning.
How to turn off the heat before it's too late? I wish I could tell you. But I can tell you what mess it would be when it explodes…
Absolutely. You see it better than we do because you were there and learned first hand what happens when hate takes hold. I visited the former Yugoslavia on holiday in the late 80s and there was a tension in the air. That tension is now present in England.....
From the United States, I support Palestine Action and all those brave souls who are willing to pay a price for protesting against genocide! As I am 80 years old, guess the Met Police had better stock up on wheelchairs with restraints.
It may seem absurd, but if you support the ideology this makes perfect sense. It’s a way to condition the population to these behaviors, to normalize them.
(Of course, if you support the ideology, it’s you who should be zip tied.)
The more this weak corrupt government of war criminals , profiteers and those compromised by foreign agencies the more the absurdity of what they are doing and why will spread hastening the day they will have to answer for their crimes and their complicity in genocide.
The real controllers of power are the ultra-wealthy. The world is running out of energy, Gaza backs up to a Mediterranean filled with oil and LNG. This is an additional, perhaps even primary reason for the genocide. Roger Hallum languishes in prison. This is what we can expect for fighting for our lives and those of others. The veneer of Democracy has worn away and we face an existential fight. Many will die or be imprisoned for the effort, but we must try. The courage of Brits was shown in WWII against Hitler. Now, like in America the enemy is our own governments.
The Terrorism Act, just like the so called "Patriot Act" in post 9/11 USA. Opened Pandora's Box, now no one can or will close it. The People have ceded their liberties for a promise of "Safety and Security", now they shall have neither. There is a well known quote stating as much.
Anyone who thought the "Terrorism Act" really had anything to do with fighting Isis, Taliban etc when it was introduced was a fucking idiot. It was clear even then it was about the same as every law since, making dissent a criminal act. They want people cowering in their homes, afraid to say, hear or see the wrong thing. Believing it's probably better to report anything you witness, just so they can't accuse you of involvement. They want to make being working class as close to a crime that virtually anything you do becomes a criminal act. The dog you own, the media you read, the beliefs you hold, anything you feel strongly about. They cut benefits and make you jump through such hoops many young people stop getting them. Instead they turn to petty crime, but it looks good on the statistics. More people off benefits! This govts great coup is to do what no tory govt could manage - show us there's no where to turn. No political party we can believe in - hence the Corbyn attacks. Well when politics lets you down it's time to look at history instead - The Luddites, The Levellers, Jethro Tull, etc. STOP BEING OBEDIENT!
When civilians are used as target practice, the Fourth Estate must use the G-word (genocide). Sadly, the main-stream media in the USA are incapable of spelling the word. Perhaps a certain 83-year-old in the UK has more integrity and courage. [I hope the heroic anti-terrorism forces didn't confiscate her cane!]
We all live in Oz. The land where he who twiddles the knobs can tell you everything that is your own silly fault, but professes to have a crystal ball that is not in fact a ball but a big fat bollock:
Tesla has never delivered a truly self-driving vehicle, yet the richest person in the world keeps repeating the claim that his cars will soon drive entirely without human help.
For more than three decades, a familiar refrain has echoed from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons.
Upon arrival in 2010, David Cameron ushered in an ‘age of austerity’ which initiated deep cuts to public spending. His aim: reduce the deficit. Despite numerous attempts by Cameron, the following Conservative leaders, and now the Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the UK has run a budget deficit every year since 2001. Austerity policies have not stopped since implementation. The question therefore follows: ‘Is the UK stuck in a permanent state of austerity?’
"The government could so easily just stop arming Israel"
Not so simple. The UK, as has been obvious for decades, is effectively a vassal state of US imperialism; Israel is the attack dog in the Middle East for that empire. For a UK government to defy the US empire is rare and risky, such as when it sent a naval task force to Las Malvinas/The Falklands in 1982 and the US was at the time friendly with the fascist Argentinian regime, as American governments are wont to do. Ending UK support for Israel at a time when Israel has the "ironclad support" of both US parties would have many unfortunate consequences for the government. The lives of Palestinians are irrelevant to such people.
It's funny; the USA doesn't surprise me in its authoritarianism -- although its extent and speed did -- but the UK does. It always seemed more civilized to me. But maybe that's my error, or I've just lapped up the propaganda. I'm in Canada, and we're on that slippery slope too.
We're in a terrifying and cruel moment, which is also ridiculous in its way. And so dangerous.
We can’t just let 83-year-olds run amok disagreeing with the state, you know. What’s next? A political party that doesn’t support genocide? Talk aboutcha terrorism!
"We are seeing the silencing of dissent by a weak government composed of war criminals who are afraid the law will catch up to them."
A very concise sentence, the Truth. I can only get through a day by hoping against hope that eventually they will be held to account and given a punishment that matches their Crimes. None of them should ever see sky again - the rest of their miserable 'lives' spent in solitary, to put manners on the potential monsters of the future.
I support Palestine Action. So I can be jailed for supporting a group that doesn't exist. Truly an Alice in Wonderland world.
I support you Nick, even though I’m probably on thin ice myself now🤪
You cannot patent an idea, but you can be thrown into prison for it. Does that not just sum up capitalism in a nub?
There's undeniable truth in saying "eyes of a stranger see better in darkness of your home" (it sounds differently in Serbian, my native language - but that is the meaning behind it).
That saying was painfully true for the country I was born in and raised to my legal age (Yugoslavia). Many wise people said 'you're nice people and all, but y'all are going towards chaos fast' as early as 1984. Then 1990 came and the rest is history - painful, bloody and sad but history nonetheless.
Same is true for the UK. Only, talk about 'going to hell in a hand basket' started way back, mid Mrs Thatcher's second term. After her, some back-forth ensued, bandages were applied and when that failed elites turned to the only thing they knew how to do almost perfectly. Colonial subjugation and exploitation. All the while, regular people were in the same spot as proverbial frog in a slowly heating pot of water.
Then, out of the left field BREXIT happened. I still can't explain that one even to myself, even with all the shortcuts freely sealable to one's mind in explaining someone else's irrational behaviour. To me, that's still the most dumb thing UK people believed. Period.
Which brings us to here and now - water in that proverbial pot became scaldingly hot awhile ago, pot walls are so slippery few manage to escape, and fire is still burning.
How to turn off the heat before it's too late? I wish I could tell you. But I can tell you what mess it would be when it explodes…
Absolutely. You see it better than we do because you were there and learned first hand what happens when hate takes hold. I visited the former Yugoslavia on holiday in the late 80s and there was a tension in the air. That tension is now present in England.....
From the United States, I support Palestine Action and all those brave souls who are willing to pay a price for protesting against genocide! As I am 80 years old, guess the Met Police had better stock up on wheelchairs with restraints.
Last week or so the US Capitol police were using zip-ties on wheelchair-bound elderly folks protesting the cuts to Medicaid...
It may seem absurd, but if you support the ideology this makes perfect sense. It’s a way to condition the population to these behaviors, to normalize them.
(Of course, if you support the ideology, it’s you who should be zip tied.)
Damn Gestapo!
The more this weak corrupt government of war criminals , profiteers and those compromised by foreign agencies the more the absurdity of what they are doing and why will spread hastening the day they will have to answer for their crimes and their complicity in genocide.
🇵🇸
The real controllers of power are the ultra-wealthy. The world is running out of energy, Gaza backs up to a Mediterranean filled with oil and LNG. This is an additional, perhaps even primary reason for the genocide. Roger Hallum languishes in prison. This is what we can expect for fighting for our lives and those of others. The veneer of Democracy has worn away and we face an existential fight. Many will die or be imprisoned for the effort, but we must try. The courage of Brits was shown in WWII against Hitler. Now, like in America the enemy is our own governments.
The Terrorism Act, just like the so called "Patriot Act" in post 9/11 USA. Opened Pandora's Box, now no one can or will close it. The People have ceded their liberties for a promise of "Safety and Security", now they shall have neither. There is a well known quote stating as much.
It's demoKKKra$y uber a££€$ under Sheriff Trump, Depity $tarmer, and the Nato/Zionist po$$€.
Time for a regime change is long overdue. Not only in the UK, but in practically all Western regimes.
Anyone who thought the "Terrorism Act" really had anything to do with fighting Isis, Taliban etc when it was introduced was a fucking idiot. It was clear even then it was about the same as every law since, making dissent a criminal act. They want people cowering in their homes, afraid to say, hear or see the wrong thing. Believing it's probably better to report anything you witness, just so they can't accuse you of involvement. They want to make being working class as close to a crime that virtually anything you do becomes a criminal act. The dog you own, the media you read, the beliefs you hold, anything you feel strongly about. They cut benefits and make you jump through such hoops many young people stop getting them. Instead they turn to petty crime, but it looks good on the statistics. More people off benefits! This govts great coup is to do what no tory govt could manage - show us there's no where to turn. No political party we can believe in - hence the Corbyn attacks. Well when politics lets you down it's time to look at history instead - The Luddites, The Levellers, Jethro Tull, etc. STOP BEING OBEDIENT!
When civilians are used as target practice, the Fourth Estate must use the G-word (genocide). Sadly, the main-stream media in the USA are incapable of spelling the word. Perhaps a certain 83-year-old in the UK has more integrity and courage. [I hope the heroic anti-terrorism forces didn't confiscate her cane!]
We all live in Oz. The land where he who twiddles the knobs can tell you everything that is your own silly fault, but professes to have a crystal ball that is not in fact a ball but a big fat bollock:
Tesla has never delivered a truly self-driving vehicle, yet the richest person in the world keeps repeating the claim that his cars will soon drive entirely without human help.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing
For more than three decades, a familiar refrain has echoed from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Iran is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/6/18/the-history-of-netanyahus-rhetoric-on-irans-nuclear-ambitions
Upon arrival in 2010, David Cameron ushered in an ‘age of austerity’ which initiated deep cuts to public spending. His aim: reduce the deficit. Despite numerous attempts by Cameron, the following Conservative leaders, and now the Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the UK has run a budget deficit every year since 2001. Austerity policies have not stopped since implementation. The question therefore follows: ‘Is the UK stuck in a permanent state of austerity?’
https://theboar.org/2025/04/is-the-uk-stuck-in-a-permanent-state-of-austerity/
"The government could so easily just stop arming Israel"
Not so simple. The UK, as has been obvious for decades, is effectively a vassal state of US imperialism; Israel is the attack dog in the Middle East for that empire. For a UK government to defy the US empire is rare and risky, such as when it sent a naval task force to Las Malvinas/The Falklands in 1982 and the US was at the time friendly with the fascist Argentinian regime, as American governments are wont to do. Ending UK support for Israel at a time when Israel has the "ironclad support" of both US parties would have many unfortunate consequences for the government. The lives of Palestinians are irrelevant to such people.
I am beginning to detest the State that i'm a citizen of
Hi Ricky,
It's funny; the USA doesn't surprise me in its authoritarianism -- although its extent and speed did -- but the UK does. It always seemed more civilized to me. But maybe that's my error, or I've just lapped up the propaganda. I'm in Canada, and we're on that slippery slope too.
We're in a terrifying and cruel moment, which is also ridiculous in its way. And so dangerous.