British police have arrested climate activist Greta Thunberg during a pro-Palestinian protest in central London. The detention, under terrorism legislation, was linked to a placard referencing a banned group.
They’re explicitly instructing them to, with proscription and their crackdown on protest moreso than the Tories did.
We have red Tories in charge just now instead of blue Tories. It’s the Democrats and Republicans in America all over again. And because both flavours of Tory are shite, people are dissatisfied and terrifyingly pledging their support to Reform (aka the fascist party) instead.
Your Party (socialists) and The Greens (environmentally focused social democrats-ish) are also gaining vote share but alarmingly not at the same rate as Reform.
What the actual fuck am I on about? Rudé Booty much?
I’m talking about loud voices with good opinions/intentions being silenced by the government so the government can keep power and profit before said voices get too loud.
He was using it as a counter example to the idea that if peaceful protest is being blocked, violent ones will be more effective. Not sure I agree with his take, but he’s definitely not blaming Greenpeace for this.
What the actual fuck are you on about
This law came from the Tories silencing protest against genocide to appease their donors
The London Met are frequently caught being fascists who abuse women
And now we’ve got the least left wing labour government of all time happily not doing anything about it.
They’re just letting the Met arrest anyone with any word resembling Palestine on them
They’re not letting the Met do anything.
They’re explicitly instructing them to, with proscription and their crackdown on protest moreso than the Tories did.
We have red Tories in charge just now instead of blue Tories. It’s the Democrats and Republicans in America all over again. And because both flavours of Tory are shite, people are dissatisfied and terrifyingly pledging their support to Reform (aka the fascist party) instead.
Your Party (socialists) and The Greens (environmentally focused social democrats-ish) are also gaining vote share but alarmingly not at the same rate as Reform.
What the actual fuck am I on about? Rudé Booty much?
I’m talking about loud voices with good opinions/intentions being silenced by the government so the government can keep power and profit before said voices get too loud.
My reaction was to do with your insinuation this has anything to do with green peace. Which it categorically does not
The top-level comment was an allusion to the JFK quote “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
Sure, and I was responding to the line that weirdly blamed green peace for something they had nothing to do with
He was using it as a counter example to the idea that if peaceful protest is being blocked, violent ones will be more effective. Not sure I agree with his take, but he’s definitely not blaming Greenpeace for this.