A treacherous Few have stolen the Earth & our lives - join us to reclaim health for people & planet through the ballot box via GE in 2024. See pinned thread
@jeremycorbyn For God's sake everybody VOTE REFORM! And pray that Nigel Farage stays safe now. RIP💔 all those being press-ganged & murdered by the Ukraine-US-NATO-EU regime (to yield blood money) + all the civilians murdered/maimed in their own homes & gardens by the Ukrainian, Nazi military.
@jeremycorbyn For God's sake everybody VOTE REFORM! And pray that Nigel Farage stays safe now. RIP💔 all those being press-ganged & murdered by the Ukraine-US-NATO-EU regime (to yield blood money) + all the civilians murdered/maimed in their own homes & gardens by the Ukrainian, Nazi military.
Universal basic income mitigates tunneling, meaning that people are more able to think beyond just one focus. The need to earn survival income tends to function like blinders that block out everything else but your focus on basic needs. Until they're obtained, can't think beyond.
@scottsantens Yep - you'll find that right-wing "socialists" won't contemplate #UBI "because it's not socialism"... lies everywhere to prevent a fair society being born. Thanks for your efforts Mr. Santens; however until we organise The Vote for the poor all is in vain.
@Rachael_Swindon@jeremycorbyn @EmslieAlan It's clearly not possible in a fascist capitalist system. There's only 1 way to do it - & it's very obvious - but no-one wants to do it. Get in touch if you do - we'd have a just society very quickly if we did.
On May 2, 2014, the Odessa Massacre became a key turning point in the Ukrainian crisis after the Maidan, in part, leading to an escalation in the war in Donbas. Local peaceful protesters, including women and an underage teenager, challenged what they perceived as a regime change and perished in the process. The official death toll exceeded 40 (42 in the fire by various means and 6 during the clashes), whereas the unofficial numbers exceeded 100 with another 200+ injured.
During the clashes with the pro-Maidan ultra-nationalists and football (soccer) hooligans, the anti-Maidan activists ended up trapped in the House of Trade Unions which was then set on fire likely by their radical opponents. There is plenty of footage of those wrapped in Ukrainian flags making Molotov cocktails. These radicals then blocked the exits of the building. Whereas some victims died from their burns and smoke inhalation, others were shot or attacked and killed as they jumped out of the burning building.
It was a nightmare.
Initially, the official Ukrainian and Western media tried to blame the murders on Russia even though they were later forced to admit that all of the victims were citizens of Ukraine.
As for the perpetrators, justice was never fully served.
The sheer brutality and inhumanity of this massacre were one of the reasons why the protest wave against the regime change in Ukraine died down in traditionally Russophone cities like Odessa.
The irony isn't lost on me that the very folks crying out against Universal Basic Income are often the same ones benefitting from a myriad of hidden societal subsidies. From tax breaks to bailouts, we already live in a world where people get "free stuff" - it's just for the rich.
@scottsantens Exactly - #UBI is socialism & justice for the *poor* (real socialism in fact) - that's why it's denounced as evil, right-wing, capitalist, doesn't work etc. #UBI is achievable socialism right now - so "left-wing" "socialists" (= right-wing capitalists) denounce and oppose it...
@MrsShardlow@Traylos Of course; that's the aim. 'Same with Corbyn. They all "say" they're pro-justice - a lucrative niche within deadly, fascist, neoliberal capitalism. They'll "fight" (😂) evil forever & "sadly" "fail" to defeat it..for their share of the profits of oppressing/exploiting poor people
@Traylos@MrsShardlow Of course they won't "learn" - they're not trying to. They've found a lucrative niche within deadly capitalism - as has Galloway. They both support the status quo that robs the poor to give to the rich. 😞
@MrsShardlow Galloway & Corbyn are both right-wing beneficiaries of the oppressive robbery of the status quo & so support it by failing to fight it effectively - on purpose. It's obvious what's needed in the UK/world: the Vote for the poor - democracy, not the fascist fake-democracy in place