alanjjohnstone
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Starmer might as well declare that he stands foursquare behind the billionaire-owned, extreme right-wing press who have vilified climate activists as ‘eco-zealots’ and ‘eco-mobs’ (Daily Mail); ‘sociopaths with sickening levels of entitlement and self-importance’, a ‘lunatic fringe’, ‘criminal cult’, ‘extremists’ (The Sun); and ‘eco bullies who inflict misery on epic scale’ (Daily Express). Daily Telegraph columnist and assistant editor Michael Deacon published an article under the headline: “Just Stop Oil are no longer simply activists – they’re a cult.” Another Telegraph comment piece, from the notorious climate sceptic Ross Clark, was titled: ‘Will the environmental extremists of Just Stop Oil slowly morph into terrorists?’
Extinction Rebellion is standing firm in the face of media demonisation:
‘Do radical protests turn the public away from a cause? No, despite what people say on social media.
‘Do radical protests bring attention to that cause? Absolutely.’
Indeed, an opinion poll published last month showed that two-thirds of the British population supports peaceful direct action in support of the environment. In any case, as the independent journalist and political writer Jonathan Cook noted recently:
‘criticism of the protests has missed the point. The activists aren’t trying to win elections – they are not engaged in a popularity contest.
‘Their goal is to disrupt narratives and mobilise resistance. That requires building consciousness among those parts of the populace more receptive to their message, swelling the ranks of activists prepared to take part in civil disobedience, and making life ever harder for things to continue as normal.’
‘On The Highway To Climate Hell’ – The Climate Crisis, Activism And Broken Politics
MediaLens comments on the climate crisis
‘On The Highway To Climate Hell’ – The Climate Crisis, Activism And Broken Politics
“As history has revealed time and time again, real change comes from below. The same will be true if we are to mitigate the worst effects of climate breakdown and societal collapse.”
Meloni got 26.5 percent of the vote, chosen by ‘only’ 7,300,000 voters, far from a substantial share of the Italian electorate of more than 50 million.
If one considers those who abstained from voting as a bloc, they would be the real winner with 35 percent of the vote (more than ever before).
So if you look at the numbers, Italians are more abstentionist than fascist.
Israel won’t cooperate with the FBI
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/shireen-abu-akleh-killing-israel-fbi-investigation
Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, denounced the inquiry as “interference in Israel’s internal affairs”
Too lazy to go back into past messages but I recall TS saying that Wagner does not recruit murderers from the jails and that the reference to summary executions for refusing orders was in jest.
A dogs death for a dog
Another “anarchist “sides with Ukraine government
Exiled Russian Activist Challenges Pacifist Approach to Ending War on Ukraine
“Our task is to stop the aggressor. That means first and foremost building solidarity with Ukraine and its people. They have been screaming for help for months. They don’t have enough weapons to fight against Russian aggression. They don’t have defensive weapons to protect their citizens from missile attacks. They deserve all the military and financial help to liberate their country.
Instead of putting demands on Ukraine to stop fighting, we should be focused on doing all we can to weaken Russia’s war machine…”Nine weeks into anti-regime protests and Iranians have kept up their protests
The Ukraine War and the U.S. National Security Strategy
How the Ukrainian working class are paying the cost of the war
Geo-politics and support for Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/13/poland-russia-defeat-ukraine-western-europe
As you forewarned, ALB.
“…collaborators who helped the Russians during the occupation are now liable to be prosecuted…”
Oh, you mean the 150,000 phantom combat-ready army that was poised to invade the separatist republics that had miraculously vanished on February 24th when the Russians made their advance.
And the Russians didn’t seem to be too concerned by such a huge concentration of Ukrainian troops since its main thrust was from Belarus.
But I am no tactician so there might be a good military reason that this 150,000 army was not confronted from the Republics or why it was not re-deployed by Ukraine to defend Mariupol.
But apologies if I misunderstood your “case” to be that the secessionist war had been an on-going one since 2014 via artillery barrages against the separatists that the OSCE monitored regularly. After all, from an earlier message by you, sporadic skirmishes doesn’t meet your definition of war, does it?
In jail but not forgotten
Video interview with his wife
