The Economics of Despair Of the ten most deprived areas of Britain, seven saw far-right pogroms this summer. Any attempt to counter the rise of fascism must start with reckoning with and stamping out the system which spawned ...

Of the ten most deprived areas of Britain, seven saw far-right pogroms this summer. Any attempt to counter the rise of fascism must start with reckoning with and stamping out the system which spawned it. tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/the-...

A merry Yule comrades. Let's ignore the baby Jesus nonsense and keep calling out the " my imaginary friend said we were the chosen ones", you know the Nazi apartheid state.

I swear if you managed to set up a fake GoFundMe for someone in Gaza and got it to actually give you funds your scammer skills are so high you should like work hacking the government or something

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The shared goal for justice that brought two very different communities together What does a mining community in the Dulais valley in south Wales and London’s Lesbian and Gay community have in common? An unbroken bond forged 40 years ago that inspired the movie ‘Pride’. The Miners...

How a mining community in Wales and London’s Lesbian and Gay community forged an unbreakable bond forged 40 years ago that inspired the movie 'Pride'

Shelter condemns ‘shocking’ 14% rise in homelessness across England Charity says soaring private rents, rising evictions and lack of affordable social housing are to blame

Shocking 14% rise in homelessness in England.

354,000 people homeless, includes 161,500 children - equivalent to city the size of Coventry.

Result of austerity, real wage/benefit cuts, unchecked profiteering.

Govts make slogans do nothing to end inequities.
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Happy Holidays! 🤣🤣🤣

The government shouldn’t pin all of its hopes for economic growth on the finance industry Such a strategy was tried in 1970s and came to grief in the mid-1970s secondary banking crash.

UK finance industry (City) hypes its contribution to the economy.

Claims it paid £110.2bn tax. FALSE.

Income tax, employee NIC, VAT is borne by others.

Finance industry paid £48.3bn tax.

In a 15 year period, it made NEGATIVE £4,500bn contribution to economy.
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The real person of the year.

Remember, in geo-politics and the current world order there are no good guys. The enemies of your enemies are not your friends - Putin, Trump, Biden. Starmer, Von Der Leyen, Assad, Neatanyahu, etc are all bad guys.

We have suffered years of being run by "private sector experts" in the Tory party, just look at the fucking mess they left us with!

Jackie Oates & John Spiers – A Midwinter’s Night (Album Review) If you’re seeking music that beautifully honours the traditions of this season, look no further than Jackie Oates & John Spiers’ “A Midwinter’s Night”, in which they carry these cherished traditions w...

Another very nice review:
“If you’re seeking music that beautifully honours the traditions of this season, look no further than Jackie Oates & John Spiers’ “A Midwinter’s Night”, in which they carry these cherished traditions with inspiring grace”

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Not me crying watching the film #Kneecap.
If you’ve not watched it yet please get on to it, it’s an absolute cracker.

On this beautiful #SocialistSunday
Remember, the left is always right and the right is always wrong
And Israel is a terrorist organization
#FreePalestine

Things have changed.

All of this and ban all lobbying and donations from corporations and foreign interests.

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We're the #51stState of America