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There’s a by-election in Somerton & Frome (where I live) also on July 20th. I’ve received a million letters and leaflets from the LibDems and Conservatives, a couple from the Greens, and none from the other candidates (including Labour).
The Greens (in the leaflets) are promising to:
– Improve bus & train services.
– Introduce a financial transactions tax (that old chestnut).
– Re-join the European Single Market & Customs Union, because apparently “our” industries and agriculture have suffered enough. Why don’t they just call a spade a spade, and say they want to re-join the EU?
– Create bigger windfall taxes for the oil companies.
– Close tax avoidance loopholes. Although they didn’t say how they would do this.
– Encourage local “not-for-profit” banks. This will apparently re-generate our town centres.
– Nationalise the energy & water companies.
– Ensure the country is properly provided with charging points for electric vehicles.
– Build more affordable & so-called social housing, using environmentally sustainable methods.
– Quickly process refugee applications in France. This will apparently stop refugees from crossing the Channel in boats.
– Finally, they say they would properly fund the National Health Service & education.
A Simple Plan (1998)
“Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn’t long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan.”
A great film that shows what some people would do in order to escape wage-slavery.
(Available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer.)
“Apparently the local elections weren’t quite good enough to ensure Labour gets an overall majority in next year’s general election.”
They have nothing to worry about. The Electoral Calculus predicts (if there were a general election this month) Labour would win 63% of the seats.
The SNP, however, are suffering a set-back. Their prediction has gone down from 8% of the seats (a few months ago) to just 5% now.
SOURCE: https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/prediction_home.html
Norma-Rae (1979)
“Sally Field is unforgettable as Norma Rae, the Southern millworker who revolutionizes a small town and discovers a power in herself she never knew she had. Under the guidance of a New York unionizer (Ron Leibman) and with increasing courage and determination, Norma Rae organizes her fellow factory workers to fight for better conditions and wages.”
https://www.cinemaparadiso.co.uk/rentals/norma-rae-11142.html
Venezuela isn’t even state-capitalist; the private sector makes-up 70% of its economy.
Another common misconception about Venezuela is that it isn’t a democratic country.
Right-wing commentators also conveniently forget about the role economic sanctions play in the crisis in that country.
Hopefully, one day the workers of the world will see the light & fight capitalism, instead of its symptoms.
I don’t know much about card games, so thought you were being serious before looking it up! LOL 🙂
Have you noticed that the longer ago a war was, the more honest historians (& the media) are about it?
Take the Franco-Prussian war, for example. This is how Wikipedia describes the cause of it: “The conflict was caused primarily by France’s determination to reassert its dominant position in continental Europe, which appeared in question following the decisive Prussian victory over Austria in 1866. According to some historians, Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck deliberately provoked the French into declaring war on Prussia in order to induce four independent southern German states — Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse-Darmstadt — to join the North German Confederation; other historians contend that Bismarck exploited the circumstances as they unfolded. All agree that Bismarck recognized the potential for new German alliances, given the situation as a whole.”
And the result: “Following an armistice with France, the Treaty of Frankfurt was signed on 10 May 1871, giving Germany billions of francs in war indemnity, as well as most of Alsace and parts of Lorraine [most of which spoke German dialects], which became the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorrain.
“The war had a lasting impact on Europe. By hastening German unification [with the exception of Austria], the war significantly altered the balance of power on the continent.”
Notice there’s nothing here about fighting for freedom & democracy. It states what the war was really about.
If I don’t post this beautiful song, I’m certain someone else would. It’s been used in a few films; most notably “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” (starring Robert Culp, my luuuv <3, Elliott Gould, and Dyan Cannon).
More like: “Give a world from each according to ability to each according to need, a chance.”
Doesn’t that just roll off the tongue?Anyway, here’s “Working Class Man” by Jimmy Barnes:
That explains this: http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PP108
Thanks Alan & ALB for your very helpful information. 🙂
