Saturday 13 December 2014
Saturday 29 November 2014
Saturday 8 November 2014
Thursday 16 October 2014
Thursday 2 October 2014
UK modern society: Social Division, wealth inequality, a return to The Class War
Excellent video good enough to include as part of college and university lectures. Many isues raised and an importnat area that is affecting many countries of divided societites with rich and poor with wealth inequality at levels last seen before WWII, in some countries going as far back as Victorian and Dickensian times. In UK already back to Great Depression times for large numbers struggling and when comparing the very poorest, with inadequate benefits and a serious lack of real living wage jobs for masses, with many jobs being ultra low pay, insecure, less than full time on minimum wage and millions unable to even get these low paid jobs, resorting to food banks, so at the poorest even back to Dickensian times social inequality. The video highlights all of this an dis an ideal starting point to discuss realities of a social system and of masses of people struggling and suffering as a consequence, the many difficulties people face as part of a divided society and many possible consequences.
" Tory Party: we literally hate the poor/class war":
Monday 11 August 2014
A world full of hate..
'A world full of hate' fear & prejudice, reality whatever religion, "why not like me" hate, division of labour, inequality, poor suffering austerity to support the rich in luxury
They want you to
hate the Jews, the Catholics, Islamaphobia…want tea..play a litte cricket..what
kind of society is this....Spirituality, why
you have to let go of your ego..don't have reflective process in day..not going
to be given time to do any of that…they don’t want to win the war. Permanent
war permanent austerity permanent hate…
Manic Street Preachers - Futurology (Official Video) Art reflecting Reality
@manicstmania Have pinned @Manics #Futurology official video by @kierboyo with video stream to top of my Twitter https://t.co/lVUnOzie6B
— Tiger (@ImaTigerrr) August 11, 2014
The whole album, as
the one before and all Manics albums stimulate ideas, express much deeper
complex issues. In many ways the music speaks for itself through art, lyrics
and talented musicianship. Their music is also enhanced and expressed even more
so with the excellent video designs, arrangements, directing, acting and
production, conveyed by the artistic work of Kieran Evans.
Listening to the
album and watching the videos stimulates many thoughts and ideas. Art is used to
show a greater more accurate reality than through mainstream media with its
incessant use of government, media mogul and corporate propaganda and at worst hate propaganda. The video shows this
up instantly and of course uses quality, thoughtful, intellectual meaningful
lyrics and motivating rhythms, excellence of musicianship; all mean Art is
representing a truer reality.
More ideas and thoughts to be be added over time
Thursday 3 July 2014
Modern-day Slavery: Low Pay, No Pay, No Prospects, disguised as employment, Forced Labour and Workfare
Singapore, housemaids sold a commodities in a shopping mall for the rich, advertised as going cheap and not requiring any days off:
UK, workfare, 6 months, 40 hours per week, not including lunch breaks, no sickness allowed for, as that could be a sackable offence, as could any rebellion for working for free with showing less than enthusiastic servitude to their masters. 'Fake' apprenticeships advertised as training, but really being work that otherwise would have been paid, albeit at minimum wage as care work for the benefit of poorer people and the community is regarded as very lowly in UK, by years of pay structures built up with minimal union involvement to secure better pay, on threat of getting the sack, whilst work gambling in banks, sports personalities or executives who wear expensive suits are valued highly. But not even minimum wage now for many, as the minimum wage guidelines are breached by ultra-low pay, disguised apprenticeship and unpaid workfare forced labour on threat of sanction of no benefits:
Ongoing blog item, shall be added to as appropriate with items from around the world, including unpaid forced labour in UK and an emphasis on disguised slavery in employment with no prospects, ultra low pay or no pay.
Modern-day slavery? Shopping mall in Singapore found to be selling housemaids like commodities http://t.co/Znz3UMMqus
— Richard Blaber (@RichardBlaber) July 3, 2014
Don't let #IDS see this: Modern-day slavery - Shopping mall in Singapore found "selling housemaids like commodities" http://t.co/l5PwPskW0o
— Juli (@julijuxtaposed) July 4, 2014
Shopping mall in Singapore found to be selling housemaids like commodities http://t.co/hdKvdzqZLt pic.twitter.com/WPx1m3c7hA
— The Independent (@Independent) July 4, 2014
Read the investigation by @AlJazeera about migrant domestic workers in Singapore. Shocking. http://t.co/J7cKHLuRg0
— Anti Slavery (@Anti_Slavery) July 3, 2014
UK, workfare, 6 months, 40 hours per week, not including lunch breaks, no sickness allowed for, as that could be a sackable offence, as could any rebellion for working for free with showing less than enthusiastic servitude to their masters. 'Fake' apprenticeships advertised as training, but really being work that otherwise would have been paid, albeit at minimum wage as care work for the benefit of poorer people and the community is regarded as very lowly in UK, by years of pay structures built up with minimal union involvement to secure better pay, on threat of getting the sack, whilst work gambling in banks, sports personalities or executives who wear expensive suits are valued highly. But not even minimum wage now for many, as the minimum wage guidelines are breached by ultra-low pay, disguised apprenticeship and unpaid workfare forced labour on threat of sanction of no benefits:
OMFG? Job centre vacancy: admin Disability Employment Contract: 6mths Hours:40 excl breaks Pay: £No pounds pic.twitter.com/29AJ8E1yKU
— ARTIST TAXI DRIVER (@chunkymark) July 3, 2014
High Court challenges UK work schemes http://t.co/lYUx44gk4z
— Benefits and Work (@benefitsandwork) July 4, 2014
DWP's Lord Freud slapped down by judge today over mandatory work schemes http://t.co/mZtobV9lC4 pic.twitter.com/c14gS70iBL
— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) July 4, 2014
What the Rowntrees taught us about good capitalism, by @JRFShaun http://t.co/z0nUaphk8B
— Helen Barnard (@Helen_Barnard) July 4, 2014
Tories defeated after Poundland claimant ,Caitlin Reilly, wins her case. Now pay back benefits you shambolic govt. pic.twitter.com/hNeq4FHfO8
— jaydeepee (@reddeviljp) July 5, 2014
High Court rule that retrospective legislation in the Cait Reilly Poundland case was unlawful. | @scoopit http://t.co/EEqJK2r7gL
— BevR (@britishroses1) July 5, 2014
‘Slave labor?’ UK benefits legislation violates human rights, High Court rules http://t.co/xjnlytLF1I pic.twitter.com/jLvfVvzi6j
— RT (@RT_com) July 5, 2014
In the article it is
mentioned that the Department of Work and Pensions representative indicates
that, even though the UK government has repeatedly lost in court over
legislation for unpaid labour and retrospectively changing the law, it insists
it will ignore the high court ruling and continue to appeal any ruling.
UK Government backed media attacks UN and the UN rapporteur Raquel Rolnik for highlighting and criticising UK Government, DWP and minister IDS, over failings on human rights in its treatment of UK poor:
Filthy Daily Mail smear of UN human rights when they point out IDS is breaking humanitarian law http://t.co/2Kp5lJFkOf
— Rick B (@TenPercent) July 5, 2014
Ongoing blog item, shall be added to as appropriate with items from around the world, including unpaid forced labour in UK and an emphasis on disguised slavery in employment with no prospects, ultra low pay or no pay.
Wednesday 2 July 2014
Weapons of Financial Destruction #WarMachine Austerity, Banksters, Corporations, Governments, Corruption
People's Parliament meeting July 1st 2014 with Artist Taxi Driver, Stacy Herbert and activists describing what is going on, briefly but detailed in the kind of way that is not covered in mainstream media. The truth shows where vast sums of money are made out of financial services, selling arms, including illegal torture products from the world's biggest arms fair in London.
Stacy Herbert on the global economy explained in easy to understand terms, but telling the truth means absolutely enormous figures. Mammoth debts, the real scale of the collapse of the financial system, Libor rigging, Forex, derivatives. It makes the entire costs of benefits, social services, health and education minuscule by comparison and furthermore is a net boost to economies in providing jobs and providing necessary services, whilst the debt to bail out banks provides no boost to ordinary people , provides no services to society, but ensures profit of the rich elites in banking and corrupt corporations and MPs heavily involved and invested in the sector to profit from the people, whilst extracting all money from the public and put into private hands, taking it away from the poorest, moving it towards the richest.
Stacy Herbert on Weapons of Financial Destruction #WarMachine:
Even when banksters loose through banking and risky products, they have ensured they always stay absurdly highly paid, with mega bonuses and their losses are taken on by governments in bailouts and passed onto the masses through ideological austerity, ultra low interest on anyone with savings, 'bail-ins in e.g. Cyprus, near zero interest rate sin US and negative interest rates for banks in Europe.
Propaganda is centralised using media working with governments to mislead the public who mostly have no or limited comprehension of the scale of the dealings. But for many governments working together in the most right wing alliance since WWII taking advantage of the situation by idealogical austerity aimed at taking back societies to Victorian even Medieval Times, the Dark ages, a time of abundant wealth for the rich and peasantry for the poor.
Austerity implemented from bottom up, so the poorest are hit hardest and the rich actually profit from the losses, fuelling the greatest wealth divide in modern history.
Artist Taxi Driver discusses the meeting and more
TTIP government/corporate corruption:
Stacy Herbert on the global economy explained in easy to understand terms, but telling the truth means absolutely enormous figures. Mammoth debts, the real scale of the collapse of the financial system, Libor rigging, Forex, derivatives. It makes the entire costs of benefits, social services, health and education minuscule by comparison and furthermore is a net boost to economies in providing jobs and providing necessary services, whilst the debt to bail out banks provides no boost to ordinary people , provides no services to society, but ensures profit of the rich elites in banking and corrupt corporations and MPs heavily involved and invested in the sector to profit from the people, whilst extracting all money from the public and put into private hands, taking it away from the poorest, moving it towards the richest.
Stacy Herbert on Weapons of Financial Destruction #WarMachine:
People's Parliament #WarMachine #OLSX #ONN #PeopleWitness DTG01072014 - LIVE at http://t.co/kuVvUXSzAC
— Occupy London (@OccupyLondon) July 1, 2014
Even when banksters loose through banking and risky products, they have ensured they always stay absurdly highly paid, with mega bonuses and their losses are taken on by governments in bailouts and passed onto the masses through ideological austerity, ultra low interest on anyone with savings, 'bail-ins in e.g. Cyprus, near zero interest rate sin US and negative interest rates for banks in Europe.
Propaganda is centralised using media working with governments to mislead the public who mostly have no or limited comprehension of the scale of the dealings. But for many governments working together in the most right wing alliance since WWII taking advantage of the situation by idealogical austerity aimed at taking back societies to Victorian even Medieval Times, the Dark ages, a time of abundant wealth for the rich and peasantry for the poor.
Austerity implemented from bottom up, so the poorest are hit hardest and the rich actually profit from the losses, fuelling the greatest wealth divide in modern history.
Artist Taxi Driver discusses the meeting and more
TTIP government/corporate corruption:
Stop #ttip stop #ttip #stopttip now @markthomasinfo @chunkymark @UKuncut @rustyrockets #olsx #newint #stopttipnow https://t.co/67nFYHeCNn
— Occupy London (@OccupyLondon) July 1, 2014
After 5 years of austerity, "a wealth transfer", UK National Debt and Deficit rocketing, constantly
bailing out banks, ultra-low or no taxes for Corporations and Austerity cutting
incomes for the poorest.
Russell Brand with Max and Stacy on the Keiser Report:
Russell: “I heard that the GDP have started including drug sales and sex trade sales to make GDP better is that true? Max:"...its about £10 billion of activity.." Russell: "... so they include it...Revolution…”
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