You don’t have to be a mad fascist like Duterte in the Philippines, who is encouraging police and others to murder drug users or dealers. He said he’s happy to slaughter them, “like Hitler.” You just have to be an … [Read more]
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Politics and its Discontents: Russell Brand On Homelessness
Oh, how the right wing must hate him. Read this and watch the accompanying video to find out why. I especially like this from Brand: “There’s a prevailing idea,” he continued, “that there’s something ethically wrong with being poor, and that America’s run according to Christian values. But when people
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Sayis Arnold Abbott, a 90-year-old homeless advocate: “One of police officers came over and said ‘Drop that plate right now,’ as if I was carrying a weapon”. Why? The city of Fort Lauderdale has made it a criminal offence for groups to feed the homeless in public. Recommend this Post
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