Actions against the policing bill
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DaveCinzano
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What a difference election makes. As the man with no name says in fistful of dollars, things look different from higher up
When we want the input of Clevedon and Nailsea, we'll ask for it
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After the association of Bristol with slaving was highlighted last year it is only things like the flinging of colston into the water and the fortitude shown in the face of police brutality that is redeeming Bristol's reputation
He's very keen to talk about the numbers of people coming in from outside the city, as though central Bristol isn't already a melting pot of dissatisfied young people, socialists, anarchists and other seditious sorts
I've seen OK stuff from Ian Byrne, Nadia Whittome, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Claudia Webbe & Richard Burgon to varying degrees. No real surprises and obviously Bristol's own useless MPs have adhered strictly to the establishment line
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It's noticeable that with the exception of Burgon and Byrne, all the voices I named above are black or asian women
I'll be fascinated to hear if uber-feminist Jess Philips has anything to say about footage of a woman being punched in the face by a copper
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I'm sure they'll be weeded out before the next election by Keith's party cleansing machine
A woman's place is in the home
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It may be little but I bet it's longer than his Hartlepool selection one
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Marvin accusing other people of being “politically illiterate and strategically inept” LOL
Hang on, protesting in Labour-led Bristol won't work - so does he want everyone to hop on a train to Taunton or something? Thought he only wanted locals expressing their views in town?
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Off to Portishead to protest at A&S HQ. That'd give Fox something to complain about
DaveCinzano
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ASC - fully committed to brutality against citizens from officers across the gender spectrum
I'm thinking that a good tactic might be for the protestors to try and identify themselves with the protests in Myanmar, Belarus and Hong Kong - it is after all primarily about basic democratic rights, and it helps to reframe things in a way that the establishment and police are less comfortable with. The media campaign against Corbyn was comfortable with his supporters overlapping a little with tankie "anti-imperialists" and the smear campaign hinged largely on magnifying some of the less salubrious fringes.
Reversing that would be a good way to cause some narrative confusion. Also, we seem to be entering an age of democratic reversal, and it is high time that the western left made common cause with democratic movements worldwide instead of viewing all of them with "anti-imperialist" suspicion. I don't know about Myanmar or Belarus, but as for Hong Kong, it would help the movement to demonstrate that democratic principles are more than a mere tool used by western countries to criticise others.
Reversing that would be a good way to cause some narrative confusion. Also, we seem to be entering an age of democratic reversal, and it is high time that the western left made common cause with democratic movements worldwide instead of viewing all of them with "anti-imperialist" suspicion. I don't know about Myanmar or Belarus, but as for Hong Kong, it would help the movement to demonstrate that democratic principles are more than a mere tool used by western countries to criticise others.
I've been quite anxious and down today, not least because of videos and pictures like that. Not that they shouldn't be shown but seeing it in all its horror has not been great
SpookyFrank
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A lot of people are really obsessed with the Colston statue thing. They see its potential as a symbolic moment and they're shitting bricks. For many a ten year sentence for hurting a statue's feelings doesn't go far enough, and only the rope will do. Furthermore, everyone in Bristol is guilty of Colston's removal and any and all retribution against them is justified.
It seems even very stupid people can sense when history is not on their side.
e2a: Digging even deeper into the midden heap that is twitter it seems even taking the knee is seen as an aggressive act by some, one which should be punished by the state. I just hope these people never need to tie their shoes.
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DaveCinzano
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I hear that, been thinking about the photographs of injuries sustained by the person I mentioned here, and flashing back to a more personal encounter with SG truncheons and angry attack dogs (leading to an extended period of physio) not unadjacent to where the longhaired livestreamer got sucker-nicked
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DaveCinzano
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The only reason history wouldn't be on their side would be because of the fucking communistic teachers and social workers and the-
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