we should be clear about what political violence is.
1. starving people when there is enough food for all of us to eat.
2. denying people healthcare so they die from preventable illnesses
3. denying people shelter
4. increasing police budgets across the country
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
My album of the day. A relentless assault on capitalism, war and conformity. Jittery, sparse and fuelled by Marxist ideals; an album asking you to break away from the masses, one aimed at getting you to think.
1979.
🎧 At Home He’s a Tourist
Notice how Brazil's Supreme court orders the arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro for trying to overturn his election loss instead of saying he has immunity for acts committed while in office.
"Ghislaine Maxwell... has introduced several of her attractive friends to the property developer"—Sunday Mirror, 1997
DO NOT RETWEAT THIS BORING OLD U.K. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE!
TODD BLANCHE SAYS IT COULD REALLY FUCK UP OUR PARDON NEGOTIATIONS!!
A new video game, Relooted, allows players to take stolen African artifacts from Western museums and return them to their home countries. AJ+ talked to one of the game’s producers to find out more about the game that’s been hailed one of the most anticipated games of 2025.
Whether they hide behind a "Divine Right", "National Pride" or "Democracy", history is largely kings and groups of men who think they're kings who conspire to take everything from everyone until everyone wakes up and pulls out the pitchforks. Repeat ad nauseum until doomsday.
He could sell Mount Rushmore to a crypto bro named “Zorb,” rebrand it “Patriot Titty Canyon,” and replace Roosevelt with a gold-plated NFT of his own ass—and the cult would cheer like it’s Easter, Flag Day, and QAnon Christmas all rolled into one.
https://t.co/c33pMDfQ2F
🚨 This is an extraordinary document for an extraordinary time; the Catholic Church authorizing parishioners to indefinitely skip Mass out of fear that they will be detained and deported on their way to worship.
“This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.”
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Douglass was one of America's greatest orators. He was named Minister-Resident and Consul-General to Haiti on July 1, 1889.
He was the first African American to have a position that high in the United States Government.
Born enslaved, after escaping he became one of the world's foremost abolitionist and human rights leaders.
My grandson was honored to represent him one year in school. (interesting his teacher spelled his name incorrectly 👀)
#DemsUnited #BlackHistoryWithLana