WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD?WHERE ARE OUR PRIORITIES? 800,000 lives are at risk, because these people do not have access to proper sanitation. 2020 and with all the technology at our fingertips and we can’t even conserve water or prevent flooding! Land swamped in water, homes destroyed, people dying from malnutrition, sickness, and disease and despite all this rainfall Humanitarian Aid Agencies are having to distribute 60,000 litres of water!
How many times do natural events like this have to happen before the world says enough is enough?
The world is spending billions of $’s on Space Exploration so that people can go and live on a dark, inhospitable planet when they could be helping people here on Earth. When nations in this world could be spending Billions trying to improve lives here on Earth.
South Sudan floods expose upside down world priorities
IMAGINE If the people of South Sudan had proper sanitation if they had been able to conserve all this rainfall. Imagine, how they could have used it to grow crops, feed their livestock and turn the desert wasteland of South Sudan into green pastures.
I understand that the world is facing the pressures of Climate Change and I understand that people are fearful, but what the world must do is turn these severe weather events to its advantage! We might get extreme storms and rainfall but IMAGINE if we were able to conserve it and especially in Third World Countries! If a Meteorological Supercomputer is able to predict exactly where rainfall is going to happen then why can’t we prepare and build temporary reservoirs and find ways to channel it and conserve it.
YOU WILL NEVER, EVER GET YOUR WISH OF GOING TO OTHER PLANETS COMPARABLE TO THE BEAUTY THAT IS IN THIS WORLD! IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN! NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU SEARCH,
NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY YOU WILL NEVER, EVER FIND A WORLD OR INHABIT A WORLD AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN NOW NOT WHILST THERE IS SO MUCH INEQUALITY, POVERTY AND SUFFERING!IT WILL NOT HAPPEN! FORGET ALL YOU AT NASA AND OTHER SPACE AGENCIES FORGET IT. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!YOU NEED TO GET YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT.
YOU CAN’T EVEN LOOK AFTER THIS PLANET OR EVEN LOOK AFTER LIFE ON THIS PLANET!YOU TALK ABOUT ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, YOU HAVE NOT EVEN STARTED! YOU TALK ABOUT PEACE AND PROSPERITY – WHERE IS IT? https://sdgs.un.org/goals
THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable DevelopmentHistory . The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.At its heart are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership.sdgs.un.org
BLM received this audio from a gay man who has been the subject of homophobic harassment at the hands of West Mercia police.
He rang up to complain. The trouble who do you complain to when it is the police that are breaking the law, allegedly?
The victim tried complaining to professional standards ( [email protected] ) but couldn’t get an answer. He emailed but no response, so he rang, again – this is the recording.
The conversation begins at 2m 10s
In the converdsation that follows the police officer taking the call claims that the police are a persecuted minority!
From our email correspondent:
I have requested the camera footage from Bridgnorth police who without just cause entered my mum’s property abusing section 135 after threatening her (A pensioner).
I tried to resolve this by phone but you were not interested and kicked her door in instead and then ran off when you realised 2 officers – one in the front & back – being threatening was a massive abuse of power especially as this was under the pretence of worrying about my mental health.
Then when I call to discuss this your staff then proceed to say the police are a minority group and I am labelling them unfairly.
Trump has lost the US election but he wants to go down in flames and take the rest of the USA with him.
In a typically dishonest statement yesterday, in which he claimed ‘corruption’ in Detroit and Atlanta was endemic, his thinly disguised racism was again on display for all to see.
The postal vote is overwhelmingly Democratic and the metro areas being counted are heavily African-American, given the racist residential segregation which is still such a major feature of American life.
On that basis, with Biden now in the lead in Georgia and expected to overtake Trump in Pennsylvania, Trump is finished.
We appreciate that Trump doesn’t want to lose because he knows he will also lose his presidential immunity and could be looking at a prison cell given his clear and present corruption.
Democrats fails to harness the power of the streets at the ballot box
But there is a bigger story about the US election, which was the refusal of the Democrat leadership to focus on harnessing the anger and enthusiasm of the BLM movement, or to articulate and advance policies that will attract working-class people, black and white.
Trump is now planning to unleash his fascist friends against American democracy, such as it is.
The right has been calling for insurrection and violence to stop the count.
Solidarity with the fight to stop Trump’s election steal
We send our solidarity to our sisters and brothers in the BLM movement in the US and progressive forces beyond that as the y prepare to meet the threat from the deranged christian and fascist right and others among the delusional (and disappointed) MAGA hordes.
But to date, the protests by Trump supporters have been small and violence more at the level of threats and talk than actual action.
But make no mistake, Trump is pushing to block democracy by any means. necessary, and that unfortunately is not confined to unfounded law suits.
Shame of the black rappers in bed with Trump
Finally, how dare Trump and his racist supportes try to stop black peoples’ votes being counted in Detroit and Georgia.
For those black people who were foolish enough to vote for the enemy, hopefully things are a little clearer, although we suspect there’s no telling stupid – yes we are talking about you 50 Cent, Ice Cube and the other rich backers of white supremacist Trump. They let the myth and cult of the entrepreneur cloud their judgement – it is working people, black and white, who make the world go round.
Rappers are not essential workers – especially the ones who have turned their back on the community to assist the architects of the new Jim Crow.
It’s hard trying to vote in America if you are black as an ‘I am Change’ BLM march to get out the vote discovered.
Although we’ve come along way since the legal segregation and oppression that was the Jim Crow regime, the same methods used then to keep black people away from the polls, are returning in force.
On Saturday racist cops in North Carolina decided to take it upon themselves to pepper spray families and children on a peaceful ‘get out the vote’ march in North Carolina.
Suffice to say none of the cops involved in launching the pepper spray attack have been disciplined. In fact they probably got rewarded when they returned to the police precinct for services to the Trump campaign.
Vote suppression police pepper spray toddlers on BLM get out the vote march
“I saw a little girl, probably five, being carried off sobbing and coughing. She was dressed as a fairy or a princess”
‘I Am Change’ march participant
Amy Goodman at Democracy Now has the full story:
How the ‘get out the vote’ BLM march was attacked
Police in Alamance County in North Carolina pepper-sprayed a peaceful get-out-the-vote march Saturday, descending on the crowd after they stopped near a Confederate monument to kneel in honor of George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis in May.
Viral videos of the violent police action show officers in riot gear attacking the marchers, including young children and elderly people, who had intended to walk to a polling place on the last day of early voting in North Carolina.
At least eight people were arrested, including march organizer Rev. Greg Drumwright, who says police gave the crowd of hundreds only 14 seconds to clear out before attacking.
“We never made it to the polls,” says Drumwright. “We believe that this interaction, this interference from the local authorities, has obstructed our marchers from not only lifting up our First Amendment rights but also our rights to vote.”
The murder of Walter Wallace is the latest brutal outburst of racism from American police.
Wallace had a history of mental health issues but instead of getting the help he needed, he ended up dead at the hands of cops who don’t know how to shoot to injury – they always shoot to kill.
The murder of 27-year-old Wallace led to two days of mass protests in Philadelphia as black and white protesters demanded justice for the slain man.
In last week’s protests, at least five police cars were torched and some 91 people arrested.
The Pennsylvania national guard were shipped in at the end of last week to put down the revolt, but the temperature is expected to rise again when the body cam footage is released on Wednesday – the day after the presidential election.
A 9pm curfew has been imposed across Philadelphia.
As usual the white supremacists in the White House were quick to condemn ‘mobs’ and said nothing at all about yet another killing by racist cops.
Racist-in-chief pours fuel on the flames of Walter Wallace killing
At a campaign rally in Arizona on Wednesday last week, the thug in chief Donald Trump said: “Last night, the city of Philadelphia was ransacked by violent mobs and Biden-supported people.
“These were all Biden-supported people, and he wouldn’t even call them out.”
The police did have plenty to say though.
Someone called John McNesby from the the police union (lodge) said the police involved in the murder “are traumatised by being involved in a fatal shooting”.
Yeah right!
Derek Chauvin – the cop who killed George Floyd is out of prison and wandering around as a free man as he waits for a trial at which he will no doubt walk free.
As 400 years of history attests, to get racial justice in America requires struggle.
No Justice No Peace, no racist police.
The brutal killing of mentally ill Black man Walter Wallace
????? We’re excited to have Roger Huddle joining our panel at 7pm this evening to discuss Rock Against Racism and Music and the Fight Against Racism with music from special guests. All welcome. Zoom details: 854 2960 2728 Passcode: 869873 ????? https://www.facebook.com/events/430142544667978/ Hosted by Oxford Love Music Hate Racism & Oxford Stand Up To Racism
This meeting coincides with the new film that tells the story of when Britain’s youth stood up against the far right… a film inspires us today – White Riot.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settingsACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
