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GrumpyOldFart

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I’m an elderly lefty, living in South West England, watching in horror as the world descends into a potentially unimaginable abyss at the hands of a small cabal of equally elderly (mostly) white men! I grieve for my children & grandchildren who will inherit a planet I’ve been helping, albeit minutely, to destroy! When I’m not “doom scrolling” I enjoy gardening, bird watching, bread baking & being the best granddad I can be.

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@GrumpyOldFart@mastodonapp.uk avatar GrumpyOldFart , to UK Politics

“THIS IS NOT A PROTEST STORY. THIS IS A CIVIC DEFENSE MANUAL”

by Closer To The Edge And Rook T. Winchester on Substack

“From that moment on post the murders in [ of Renee & Alex ], Minnesota stopped acting like this was about persuasion and started acting like it was about protection.

What followed wasn’t chaos. It was organization under pressure. And that’s what other cities need to understand, because this wasn’t a protest cycle. It was a community building a defensive system in real time.

This is how it worked”

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https://open.substack.com/pub/closertotheedge/p/this-is-not-a-protest-story-this

@GrumpyOldFart@mastodonapp.uk avatar GrumpyOldFart , to UK Politics

Essential (but long) reading for anyone who still harbours the illusion that Russia (with all its many faults) is the historical “bad guy” and the collective Britain/ US/ EU/ NATO imperium is on the side of the angels!

“A Two-Century Failure”

by Prof Jeffrey Sachs in Savage Minds on Substack

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“European Russophobia And Europe’s Rejection Of Peace”

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/a-two-century-failure-795

@GrumpyOldFart@mastodonapp.uk avatar GrumpyOldFart , to UK Politics

Long read but very well worth it!

“The Chinese Long Game vs. the American Arsonist”

by Karim in BettBeat in BettBeat’s Newsletter on Substack

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“Does Patience Work Against an Enemy Who Burns Everything You Build?”

https://open.substack.com/pub/bettbeat/p/the-chinese-long-game-vs-the-american

@GrumpyOldFart@mastodonapp.uk avatar GrumpyOldFart , to UK Politics

“High Court rules that you can't pretend retired vicars and disabled people are terrorists”

by Ricky And Council Estate Media on Substack

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“In a decision that should spell the end of [UK Home Secretary] Yvette Cooper’s political career, the High Court has ruled the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful”

https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/high-court-rules-that-you-cant-pretend