Many of us have realised that the values of freedom and justice, of free speech and equality, were never meant to be applied to all people. We have seen the lengths our governments are willing to go to, not only to silence us, but to keep the war machine chugging along. Conservatives or Labour, Democrats or Republicans, our governments interests no longer lies in serving the people, but in serving the interests of big money players.
Tag: Politics
I’m Not Okay. You’re Not Okay. We Are Not Okay.
In Sir Kids Starvers own constituency he only managed to get 18,884 votes compared to 36,641 in 2019, highlighting how unpopular he is. Independent candidates, along with those from smaller parties did exceptionally well given they have nowhere near the level of funding Labour and Conservatives have and only had 6 weeks to organise and mobilise. So, although Labour managed to get only 34% of the overall votes nationally, that translated into 412 MPs which in turn is 63% of seats in Parliament. That’s not representative nor democratic. In 2019, when Labour suffered one of its biggest “defeats” under Jeremy Corbyn, the overall party received over 10 million votes. On July the 4th, when Labour won by an alleged landslide, its share of the national vote was down to 9,712,011!
A white woman, a black woman and a hijabi walk into a …
Which of these women is most likely to get a place at a prestigious university without needing to change her name, or apply for a job knowing there won’t be any discrimination? Which of them is disproportionately discriminated against in hospitals with one 3.7 times more likely to die in childbirth because racism is systemic and many still believe that some bodies feel less pain than others due to their colour!
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