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In which there are no words so I'll recycle Wordsworth's revolutionary poetry
My thoughts are with everyone around the world who have recently lost loved ones from any cause but especially the many unnecessary deaths that happen every day ( Read more... ) -
In which the UK is still a violently racist country full of violently racist white people
Violent racist hate attacks by violent white racists, including police officers and other representatives of the UK government, are still a regular week-in-week-out occurrence in the UK. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is a liar - a racist liar.
"A major police investigation is underway after officers were captured on camera tasering a ( Read more... ) -
In which self-publicist Peter Tatchell targets himself at anti-racists, feminists, and leftists
[Full text of article for archiving purposes. Source.]
Dear Peter, all your protest achieved was to detract from women's issues
Monday, 12 December 2016 12:26 PM
An open letter to Peter Tatchell from historian Louise Raw.
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In which there are things seen, unseen, and rediscovered
- When I read posts about television series I don't watch then I sometimes internally pretend to misread them as being about the poster's everyday life. /little things
- Cute rediscovered library book story: "Overdue library book returned to school 120 years late (BBC News online)" [...] "The Microscope and its Revelations, by Dr William B ( Read more... ) -
In which there are innocent water, an executive committee of volcanoes, and birthdays as metaphors
- I have salmonella poisoning from bagged salad, which is very timely according to BBC News online, bah. I'm rehydrating with a free litre of "Innocent" coconut water I was given by the supermarket.
- Never let USians be in charge of our planet!!1!! And if you need more proof than the recent election result, or the majority of white* USians ( Read more... ) -
In which it's white racism that prompted Brexit and is propelling Trump towards the US presidency
So, there's this meme that white middle class and upper working class people are rly hard done by and that they should blame non-white people for existing instead of blaming the richest 1% who demonstrably have all the stuff and all the advantages that stuff gives people in capitalist societies ( Read more... ) -
In which there is white people's racist hatred and the consequences
How you can intervene when witnessing racist incidents:
http://www.unitedagainstracism.org/archive/pages/info30.htm
There's already a dramatic rise in reported racist hate crimes and racist abuse since the referendum, which doesn't include the many ( Read more... ) -
In which there are the Remains of the day
- My aide memoir: feel free to scroll.
- As with the Conservative win at the last General Election, I honestly can't understand why anyone is surprised by the referendum result for the UK to leave the European Union: white English and Welsh people voted to leave, while the Scots and Northern Irish voted to Remain.
- There was a YouGov exit ( Read more... ) -
In which there are hate crimes, m/m, mpreg, and GIANT books
- I don't rly have anything to say about the murder of Jo Cox, MP, beyond the bleedin' obvious (i.e. donating money or time or resellable items to Oxfam is an easy way to do good) except that I find it distasteful some politicians are using Ms Cox's death to claim that politicians are a persecuted minority, instead of using their platform to speak ( Read more... )
