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Il est génial Mamdani. Il a aussi été désigné après une primaire. C’est bien la démocratie à tous les niveaux

'Germany Is Back' – and That Should Scare Us All In its crackdown on pro-Palestine speech, Germany has normalized racism and state violence in a way that goes beyond any conflict abroad, reminding us this really is the country of the 1920s, again.

"'Germany Is Back' – and That Should Scare Us All"

In its crackdown on pro-Palestine speech, Germany has normalized racism and state violence, reminding us this really is the country of the 1920s, again, writes James Jackson for Zeteo:

Euh dans l’ensemble il est complètement con, Musk. Il n’y a pas du tout besoin d’aller plus loin. Un mec né riche qui l’est devenu encore plus avec un mélange de chance et d’absence absolue de scrupules, et qui s’est convaincu qu’il était un génie.

I arrived in the UK in 2018. The way the Brexit debate was framed made it clear to me back then: eventually EU citizens would be made to feel just as unwelcome as any of the others, in the name of “we want less forinners”. Left in 2021, never looked back, suggest everyone does the same if they can

1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]

Ms Kempner, I came to your account for the comedy, I stayed for the very on-point political takes

"The Green membership means NOTHING, when dastardly Jimmery Croopins was Labour leader *SPIT* he failed miserably in two elections at 500k lunatic members"

Guys, if the Greens can get 40% of the vote like Labour in 2017 it'll do just fine. We've already seen that a landslide is possible with 33%.

Guess this was supposed to read “the original antifascists”

Speaking of things making themselves irrelevant and shrinking their audience, how are things at the Washington Post?

Not as much as centrist parties (I include Labour) being incredibly incapable of showing that they’re not “more of the same”, even when they actually have most or all of the power (UK, FR, US and probably many other countries I don’t know about).

I don’t think that Harris would have been nearly as bad as Trump. I was devastated by the election. I do believe that Starmer has only been a very marginal improvement over the Tories, and that this is what drives the far right up in the polls. Certainly not voices from the Left criticising them 🤷🏽‍♂️

Then we can agree on this: their rhetoric is mimicking Farage’s. What follows is a wider perception that these are “reasonable concerns”. In that sense, it doesn’t matter if Labour IS different than Reform, they’re still paving the road for it.

I follow you, think your podcast is great and agree with you on multiple topics. But the dismissive attitude towards multitudinous voices on the Left, I do not understand. I’m not talking about Guardian pundits, I’m talking about orgs on the ground fighting these issues, and losing under Labour

Yvette Cooper and the bunting? Starmer talking repeatedly about immigration and small boats as a legitimate reason for anger? The walk back of trans rights? Treating pro-Palestine protesters under anti-terrorism law?

I’m sorry but I don’t exactly see what is wrong with the headline? Are you arguing that Labour has not tried to out-Farage Farage in the past six months?

@governor.ny.gov I joined water quality & legal experts to urge you to listen to the science & follow our laws. Don't cave to Trump & approve the NESE fracked gas pipeline in NY & don't direct NYS DPS to rubber stamp it! Stand up for New Yorkers, our water & health! Pls don't be a pipeline patsy!

Migration and Activism on the Maltese Archipelago

This is a great look at why people in the island nation of Malta feel largely disconnected from the migrant deaths that take place in surrounding waters blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

As someone else pointed out, the Left didn't "invent" Cancel Culture, it was just a catchy label on something probably a century old if not more. See McCarthyism, the stalinist purges, probably tons of other examples.

"Chuck Schumer, why are you doing this? Hakeem Jeffries, why are you doing this?...It's the donors...They're not up to the moment...sternly worded letter? ARGHH."

On 'We're Not Kidding', watch @markruffalo.bsky.social 'hulk out' over the uselessness of top Dems.
Full show: zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

An interview of @markruffalo.bsky.social is what finally tipped me into subscribing, well done

The French government is just as bad as the UK when it comes to the treatment of migrants. They’re still the scapegoats but in different ways, such as being accused of hoarding benefits.

Genuine question about Labour politics. I have not heard Khan defending Starmer or his govt very much. Did I just miss it and he’s just as bad as them, or is there a chance he could be an ally to the Greens within Labour (I know that sounds like wishful thinking)?

Je ne suis pas fan du tout mais vous voyez quel profil pour la remplacer franchement, quelqu’un encore plus à droite ? Étant donné les forces en présence au PE

“Who gives a crap” would be my four-word reaction to seeing this article. Stop idolising ultra-wealthy people

You’re a great writer. Yet, it looks like the article keeps referring to LFI as far-left, which is just…. wrong, sorry. And I don’t even like them very much. Would you call Die Linke far left?

I am baffled by the type of audience he's targeting with this. Does he think the anti-refugee crowd will warm up to the Palestinian cause if he posts stuff like this?

Worrying about 'anti white racism' during a very racist time is quite unhinged..esp for the co-founder of a supposedly leftist outlet.

JAMES BOND (Tom Holland): (into smart watch) Alexa, I need your help! I can’t get into the Amazon fulfillment centre to save the Prime Minister! There’s a large group of pro-union protestors blocking the way!
MILF YOUNGLY (Lauren Sanchez): Perhaps I could be of service, Mr. Bond. I am 24 years old.

I’d be ready to bet she hasn’t bothered checking the translation of cumin in Portuguese. The idea that shops there don’t carry it is ludicrous. Also, given her political orientations, she should go back to her country, she’d be happier there.