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As i previously said, there is a nastycampaign now…Greens support terrorism if you read the headline of the Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/25/terrorist-organisation-membership-no-crime-say-greensNo balance by explaining that the government financed and supplied the terrorist FSA (and indirectly ISIS)
Next Spain with Podemosthen Germany with Die LinkeAnd UK a Labour Partycoalition dependent upon the Green Party/SNP vote pushed left And then all the crying of class traitors..betrayal…sell-out…double-crossAnd then the backlash…The march of jack-boots and the sight of black-shirts…troops on the street corners …the Right/fascists declare the Left have had their chance, now it is our turn…DOOM …GLOOM… AAAAAARGGGGGGGGGG
Much of the media will forget the 'Devouring' of the Roma and when it came to any real compensation after the war they were truly forgotten. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PorajmosAnd the Independent recently ran a story on the Ravensbruck concentration camp where most victims were non-Jewish females of which 50,000 were murdered, many gassed.http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/hitlers-war-on-women-the-story-of-ravensbrck-concentration-camp-9991206.htmlThe American Norman Finkelstein gained a reputation as a self-hating Jew for his book 'The Holocaust Industry' when he exposed the politicalisation of the Holocaust by zionismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust_IndustryThe current controversy is that the Polish government want to underplay that it was the Russians who liberated many of the camps and give the credit to Ukrainian troops.http://rt.com/news/224891-poland-ukraine-liberated-auschwitz/Israel now discriminates between a Holocaust survivor and a Holocaust refugeehttp://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/holocaust-claims-a-foolish-hierarchy-of-suffering-1.227760
Bolivia after Simon Bolivar…but plenty of other place names to commemorate rulers and monarchs …but …not quite what we have with the Saud family, is it? Those who do not recognize Saudi rule (particularly the Islamic State) call the nation the "land of Haramayn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia
Very true…the BBC UK section online headline is "Defector brands UKIP vanity project for Farage"I never ever read a headline saying "Tories are career vehicle for Cameron"…or …"Miliband Brothers use Labour for Sibling Rivalry"My imaginattion runs riot when i think how they will treat ourselves when we get the attention of Russel Brand and even save our deposit in an election.I did read a fairly presentable bio of their health spokesperson …head-leading with the statement she has no health industry experience at all…without a passing remark qualification that very rare for any government minister of any party to actually have any experience of his remit.She points out the appalling lack of party policy adherence to manifesto by Farage so could be cited in support of the defector's charges …She actually came out quite good in the article.http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/ukips-official-health-spokesperson-honestly-i-have-no-experience-in-health-whatsoever-9999487.html
The Archbishop of C of E http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/24/us/archbishop-of-canterbury-inequality.html?_r=0
Quote:the monarchy exhibited in setting an example of service, of adherence to duty, of courage and of faith.Uh-huh…as well as licentiousness, adultery, drunkenness, militarism, corruption, …Still touching the forelock to his social betters, is our Archbishop..
Since issue of the election debate with the Greens and the fact that they now out-poll the Libdems, i have noticed a rise in new coverage but not for the good. For sure policies should be critiqued but is that the reason?The usual nuanced headlines, the biased emphasis, the soundbite quotes …all these well known journalistic practices i see being used now to disparage the Greens. The Independent is an example…Headline "We would evict queen from buckingham palace and allocate her a council house say greens "…and in the text of the article this sob-story…
Quote:This would mean, under the Greens’ suggestions, that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the unborn baby would also be served an eviction notice from Kensington Palace and would have to shell out for private rent, buy their own house or join the chronically over-subscribed social housing register.…oh lordy lord ….cathy come home crocodile tears. And the article ends with this Green Party "threat"…
Quote:the party suggested that the state could have powers to seize assets from the wealthy….if you haven’t declared something on your wealth tax, you don't own it.I know it is not for us to defend rivals but the media , and thats just one example i have seen, i could cite more loaded one-sided articles…are now revealing their true allegiences. I expect the dirty tricks brigade will be out in full force if the Greens do be classed as a plausible vote-catcher to the detriment of of the mainstream and make sure no "respectable middle class" gets their vote…just those sandal-wearing tree-hugging veggies…
The government in the Philippines is facing calls for an inquiry after it admitted relocating homeless people temporarily during Pope Francis' visit.Social welfare secretary Corazon Soliman said that nearly 500 people were taken from the streets of Manila to an upscale resort in the outskirts.But if you want a real taste of patronising…..She insisted it was "not for keeping them out of sight" but instead "Part of the orientation is to familiarise themselves with a room with a door and toilets,"http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30946059
Can anybody think of another country that is named after the ruling monarch's family? It's like calling England, Windsor's Britain….(Or Battenburg Britain)
Not even a pic of SPEW but of Kshama Sawant, elected to Seattle city council, member of the CWI's American wing Socialist Organizer.
No idea if it is accurate but it has a lot of nice graphs http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/01/23/money-for-stocks-zilch-for-the-economy/
Came across a mention of ANTARSYAhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_of_the_Greek_Anticapitalist_LeftIt is a further left alliance version of Syriza differing only in the supposed "radicalism" of their platfom of reforms.
Another article in CPGB's Weekly Worker advocating that if they do win the election, Syriza refrains from assuming office. ALB and myself have already added to that diiscussion. In the previous week's letter pagehttp://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1042/avoid-the-temptation-of-power/Once again, overall, i think Eddie Ford's article reflects the appropriate application of the socialist approach.
I'm sure every capitalist has his butler, his cook, his house-maids, his gardeners, his chauffeur…My dad's theory was he'd work the overtime and he'd pay friends on the side to do the painting and decorating and the suchlike, skills they had but didn't do as a trade…the best wall-paperer i've seen in action was lady from down the street, a shop-assistant….now its been elaborated into a new theory of local economics…Later i share a flat with a painter and decorator and he mostly did his work for hash…for him again new fangled things such as local currency was already his custom. But i digress….Seems as Dylan has no idea about where profits originate from…other peoples labour and being employed by the capitalist class
