There's this tenacious idea that in an unequal society, those at the top are the winners. That is, if you manage to avoid oppression, and if you manage to do the oppressing yourself, then you've got yourself a good life.
I'm a white man in an affluent country, and I'm here to tell you why that's bullshit.
🔗 https://teunvanson.eu/oppressors-arent-winners/
#feminism #antiracism #anticapitalism #privilege #capitalism #AudreLorde #bellhooks #oppression #masculinity #whiteness #affluence
#Quotes #Oppression #SteveBilko
I think there's degress of feeling oppressed, right? There are people in the USA who are oppressed inmany ways.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. -Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist (18 Dec 1946-1977)
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” — Steve Biko, Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity
#BOTD #SteveBiko #Quotation #Biko #Oppression #Quote
https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/quote-of-the-day-5373/
Doctor arrested at protest for pro-Palestine hunger strikers
Doctor arrested outside #HMP #Bronzefield protest calling for #ambulance to be allowed to treat #hunger #strikers
Reason for arrest of Dr #Moiett is unknown
Surrey Police has been contacted for comment
Peaceful #protest to demand medical aid for hunger striker Qesser #Zuhrah, a hunger striker in critical condition after 46 days of hunger strike
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25706033.doctor-arrested-protest-pro-palsestine-hunger-strikers/
#ToxicLabour #HumanRights #oppression #Palestine #KeirStalin
"We need to take some of the shine off of [our language about Christmas]. You know, the Christmas season in the Bible was not full of shine. It was full of an authoritarian wanting to kill babies in order to hold on power."
~ William J. Barber II
#Trump #Christmas #light #joy #authoritarianism #oppression
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🔴 Le sud de l’Ontario, épicentre de la traite de personnes au Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2213952/sud-ontario-traite-de-personnes-au-canada
#Canada #Ontario #traite #personnes #intimidation #violence #crime #pègre #oppression
Yay triple Zed. It was a fulcrum for the counter-cultural flourishing that emerged under the oppression of the Joh BJ government. That culture still lives. Triple Zed continues to support it ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Thanks to Everyone involved in creating & sustaining this fine institution.
Labour membership numbers plummet by more than half under Keir #Starmer
The last public update showed Labour had:
- 333,235 members at the end of 2024
- Around 370,000 members at the beginning of that year
- 532,046 at the end of 2019 under Jeremy #Corbyn
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25694567.labour-membership-numbers-plummet-half-keir-starmer/
#ToxicStarmer #ToxicLabour #KierStalin #UK #DemocracyNOW #oppression #HumanRights #justice
A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
If we admit that some infinite being has controlled the destinies of persons and peoples, history becomes a most cruel and bloody farce. Age after age, the strong have trampled upon the weak; the crafty and heartless have ensnared and enslaved the simple and innocent, and nowhere, in all the annals of mankind, has any god succored the oppressed.
Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois
More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #conquest #deity #destiny #divineintervention #domination #evil #God #history #omnipotence #oppression #problemofevil #problemofsuffering #suffering #slavery #theodicy
The new prosecutor who brought the case is a MGA flunky: "Serrano has no prosecutorial experience and has described the January 6 US Capitol rioters as “political prisoners”."
"Afghanistan war veteran arrested after ICE protest prepares for trial"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/11/afghanistan-war-veteran-ice-protest-charges
#UK Speaker furious: David #Lammy ignores #MPs pleas on hunger strikers
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said it's not acceptable for Justice Secretary to ignore MPs pleas to discuss prisoners affiliated with #PalestineAction who are on #hunger strike
Lammy has been told that “someway or another” he will have to acknowledge their demands as pressure piles on the Ministry of #Justice
#ToxicLabour #HumanRights #oppression #FreeSpeech #protests #Palestine #WarCrimes #Israel
Communiqué du RAAR: 📢 https://raar.info/2025/12/julien-thery-entre-deni-complaisances-et-normalisation-de-l-antisemitisme/ (Julien Théry: entre déni, complaisances et normalisation de l’antisémitisme)
Suite à une tribune de soutien à Julien Théry, le RAAR revient sur ses publications explicitement antisémites sur les réseaux sociaux et appelle le camp antiraciste à se saisir de la question de l’antisémitisme, une oppression ancrée dans la société française.
Le communiqué au format PDF: https://raar.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/julien_thery_entre_deni_complaisances_et_normalisation_de_l_antisemitisme.pdf
#antisemitisme #JulienThery #racisme #oppression #antiracisme
The pincer movement of authoritarianism: Europe is under pressure from Trump & Putin at a crossroads
They once formed opposing poles of the political world order, but today the US and Russia speak almost the same language – especially when it comes to Europe.
Move towards #authoritarian state
What those with trial experience think of removing #juries
David #Lammy to cut number of #jury trials in England, Wales. A defendant, a victim, a barrister, a KC, a judge and a juror have concerns
We spoke to a range of people who have seen juries’ work close up about their experiences and the proposals.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/07/authoritarian-state-trial-by-jury-uk
#ToxicLabour #KeirStalin #freedom #tyrants #dictators #oppression #dystopia #PoliceState
“The war of the small against the mighty will be won by fortitude and determination…Fighting back allows people who have historically been oppressed to fully realize themselves through revolutionary struggle.”
19,403 people called on the UK to ban “crime predicting” technology
Almost three-quarters of forces across the #UK are using #technology to try to “predict crime” - with little regard for our #HumanRights.
Restricting our rights in this way does not keep us safe.
Is your #police force using this technology in YOUR area?
CHECK THE INTERACTIVE MAP:
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/19000-people-called-uk-ban-crime-predicting-tech?utm_source=Mastodon
#ToxicLabour #KierStalin #PoliceState #oppression #Orwellian #dystopian #BraveNewWorld #crime #Starmer
Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, said: "#Thames Valley Police have today decided that #protests are essentially #banned. #FreeSpeech is conditional on arbitrary decisions by police inspectors, denying people even the right to heckle public figures.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25669666.police-banning-protest-king-arrest-threatened-windsor/
#ToxicLabour #PoliceState #ThoughtPolice #oppression #Orwellian #dystopian #England #UK #KeirStalin #terrorism
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https://youtu.be/DWX1wW4mAxo?si=VYvNNALHC-xxoK7n
#WeAreArticleOne
we can get rid of this shit in our government because THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT
WE OWN IT AND WE CAN FIX IT
we fight #injustice #humanTrafficking #childRape #corruption #oppression #misogyny #fascism #exploitation #racism #oligarchy
People Are Violent When Oppressed but Peaceful When Free
https://classautonomy.info/people-are-violent-when-oppressed-but-peaceful-when-free/
The dominant story told by states, police departments, and those who own the world’s wealth insists that human beings are naturally violent and must therefore be controlled… This claim is so endlessly repeated that many take it as truth…
#Domination #Creates #Violence #Oppression #Autonomy #ArtivicialScarcity #HierarchicalSystems #ForcedCompetition #Resentment #ImplicitThreats
One Piece: Japanese singer Maki Otsuki stopped mid-show after China row
The sudden cancellation of Japanese events in Shanghai have sparked criticism and fanned nationalist sentiment.
