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Frantic Assembly's Othello, Joyce in series 4 Mr Selfridge, Nora in A Dolls House Shermancymru, 3 Sisters Radio3 and ITV Series Him. Chrissie @BohemianRhapsody

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

Loved filming this ❤️ @QueenWillRock #BohemianRhapsody
@BoRhapMovie
#Queen #rocknroll #QueenTheGreatst

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Awakening from the propaganda matrix is like being a conservative: you’re frequently disgusted with society and where it appears to be headed. But unlike a conservative, you’re disgusted by actual problems instead of imaginary nonsense.

Also unlike a conservative, your problem is not with relatively new societal developments like recent immigration waves and LGBTQ acceptance; your problem is with abusive dynamics which have been plaguing civilization for centuries. Capitalism. Imperialism. Militarism. Settler-colonialism. Genocide. Plutocracy. Exploitation. Consumerism.

Many rightists warn urgently that our society is on the verge of plunging into a nightmarish authoritarian dystopia, but if you’re truly unplugged from the indoctrination of the empire you understand that the dystopia is already here, and has been for a long time. The overwhelming majority of the people in our society are already thinking, speaking, working, shopping, spending, voting and behaving pretty much exactly how the ruling class wants them to. If they put microchips in our brains which allowed them to fully control our minds, they’d have us moving around in more or less the same way we’ve been moving for generations. We are seeing increases in authoritarianism as our rulers tighten their grip on power, but those measures are being rolled out to keep the current system in place, not to create a new one. They’re not changing anything about the prison, they’re just installing better locks on the doors.

Until you’ve fully liberated yourself from the indoctrination of the mainstream imperial worldview, you don’t truly understand that this is dystopia. You don’t understand how nightmarish it is to live in a society where everyone is marching to the relentless drumbeat of profit and domination. You think it’s fine and normal for people to go their whole lives with their entire identities wrapped around their careers and the goals that they have accomplished within them. You don’t notice anything amiss with the way human lives are being psychologically shaped by propaganda and advertising to make them identify primarily as workers and consumers, and for them to be imprisoned or made homeless if they can’t or won’t be hammered into those shapes.

When you’re still plugged into the imperial worldview, you don’t think much about the horrors your government is unleashing upon people in other countries. If you think about politics at all, “foreign policy” is just one of many issues of consideration, and is much less worthy of your attention than whatever hot partisan topic is being pushed in mainstream discourse on any given day.

When you take the blinders off, you’re not able to ignore that stuff anymore. You’re acutely aware that unfathomable suffering is always being unleashed by your rulers upon foreigners whose lives matter just as much as yours does, and that atrocities are being inflicted in your name which are just as horrific as they would be if they were happening in your neighborhood.

These things disgust and outrage you. This whole dystopia does.

The way people in your life mindlessly regurgitate war propaganda about this or that empire-targeted nation. The way movies and TV shows manufacture consent for this hellscape. The way almost every product you interact with came into your life through depraved acts of international exploitation. The way none of the artists you’ve admired seem remotely interested in truth or justice, serving up nothing but vapid distraction in pretty shapes. The elections. The advertising. The phoniness. The way everyone’s always running around in circles frenetically trying to avoid experiencing even one single moment of true sincerity.

It looks more and more unwholesome the more lucid you become. You look at a US presidential debate, or MrBeast, or Jake Paul staging a glitzy exhibition match with an ancient Mike Tyson, or the way people are using all kinds of exploitative gig economy apps to sell off more and more of their time, labor and dignity in order to survive, and you just want to howl like a wounded animal. Some primordial eruption at this twisted thing our species has become.

This doesn’t mean you become bitter and jaded — at least not if you remain dedicated to the experience of truth. All it means is you stop looking for joy and satisfaction in the places this perverse civilization tells you to look for it. Instead of chasing after this dystopia’s warped definitions of success and trying to look like what you’ve been told a well-adjusted member of society ought to look like, you begin finding enjoyment in real things. Love. Real human connection. The thunderous beauty of the natural world. The crackling delight of the raw sights, sounds, smells and sensations which come with living a human life on this planet — even in the thickest manifestations of our madness. True romance, if you dare.

And as trying as it can be, it’s the only path toward real happiness. None of the people who are plugged into the matrix are really enjoying themselves, as hard as some of them try to pretend otherwise. How could they be? It’s impossible to be truly happy when deep down you know something’s profoundly wrong. That’s why antidepressants and anti-anxiety meds are being shoveled out like Halloween candy. Everyone’s getting more and more miserable, because you can’t build real lasting happiness on a foundation of propaganda and lies. The products never satisfy, the false definitions of success never deliver fulfillment, the toil never ends, and the cognitive dissonance grows stronger and stronger.

A devotion to truth can get ugly. It can get uncomfortable. It’s sometimes downright agonizing. But it’s the only path toward a healthy world. We can only begin moving toward health by facing the truth, as unpleasant as it might be. Our future as a conscious species lies on the other side of some confrontations that take us way outside our comfort zones. We come to nirvana by way of samsara.

[Rosie Holt @RosieisaHolt]

Simple explanation on why it’s right an environmental protester got 2 years in prison for throwing soup at a painting

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

This evening you’ll find us stomping about outside the Barbican in London, speaking Shakespeare #theatre #shakespeare

[The Factory Theatre @_Factory]

Our pop-up Julius Caesar shows next week will be at the Barbican.
23rd / 24th July 7 pm
We will meet at Barbican Underground station, and have an adventure.
We don't know exactly where we'll be going.
Come and find out with us.
Tickets: https://t.co/7LBqQpYtsu

[The Factory Theatre @_Factory]

Two pop-up Julius Caesar Shows coming up in London on Tues 23rd and Weds 24th July at 7pm. Locations will be revealed next week, and tickets will go on sale then.

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

I’ve just signed the petition calling on the new government to immediately end arms sales to Israel - will you join me? https://t.co/PCpzmwUxgQ

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

This millionaire just got a licence to slaughter 128 endangered fin whales. We need to stop this horror -- for good! Let's create an urgent global outcry! Sign the global petition here: https://t.co/uqTJrY3cla

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

Finally leaving Barclays Bank. It’s taken awhile as my business has been run through ⁦@Barclays⁩ which holds billions from companies that supply arms to Israel #boycottbarclays #ceasefiregazanow #bdsmovement #Palestine https://t.co/mjcJ4XXbdc

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

@AnneliePowell Ooh thanks for heads up, I have just signed up too. 🙌🙌

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

#worldtheatreday🎭 . Made me giggle how delighted I look to be on stage. I have so much gratitude for all the wonderful theatre productions and theatre people I have worked with over the years. Blessed creativity. 🎭 🎭💜💜💜 #theatre #stageacting

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

I had threats made to me whilst campaigning for refugees, Charlottes words are an important read on where we are in the UK today.

[Charlotte Church @charlottechurch]

This Mother’s Day I call to all mothers to hold in our hearts all those who had mothers in Gaza and now do not, all those mothers whose children have been murdered, and the families whose every member has been brutalised and wiped out. https://t.co/SukVcsTCeX

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

off to london today to lobby in parliament. But anyone can follow link and send a letter to MP 💜

This is urgent - join me emailing MPs ahead of crucial Gaza #CeasefireNOW vote next week. Put pressure on parliament using @PSCupdates online action https://t.co/LJfNZf28p5

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

Join me in parliament on Wednesday 21st Feb for @PSCupdates Lobby of MPs ahead of crucial Gaza #CeasefireNOW vote. This couldn't be more urgent! More info here https://t.co/dj03z6v8A8

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

Demand the Immediate Release of Mansour Shouman by Israel Government and IDF - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/eebEzqRoad via @UKChange

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

🚨 Gaza: “A Genocide in the Making?” South Africa sues Israel at the ICJ over alleged genocide. Over 23,000 Palestinians dead. The world must act NOW! Sign the petition to urge global leaders to support South Africa’s efforts to stop the slaughter. #Gaza https://t.co/dS28VIzN36

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

I've read South Africa's case alleging genocide against Israel.

It is one of the most shocking things I've ever read.

It feels like you're reading a gruesome historical document about how a genocide was allowed to happen, then you realise this is now.

https://t.co/wg2jwJcCNc

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Scores of Palestinian journalists have been documenting the horrors suffered in Gaza, and many of them have lost their lives doing so. Now @CNN’s @clarissaward, @scottycnn and @BrentSwailsCNN managed to enter without Israeli military escort. Watch their extraordinary report.

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

#ceasfirenow

[The Factory Theatre @_Factory]

Next Julius Caesar show coming up:

7pm Weds 13th December
St Mark's Church Kennington
Opposite Oval tube station

We don't know how we're going to use the space. Come and find out with us.
Tickets: https://t.co/wXq8XCDM3u

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

The #Amazon is on the verge of a fatal tipping point that needs to stop now! Join the call to urge Brazil's president Lula and other Amazon leaders to stop oil drilling in the Amazon. Sign & RT https://t.co/5uKTWONELC

[LeilaCrerar @LeilaCrerar]

Just been shadow banned on Facebook for sharing info on writing to MP and asking for #CeasefireNOW 😥