Posh Boys.

 

Rees-Mogg at work, we paid for him to be there!!

           I have always said that, our seat of government, The Westminster Houses of Hypocrisy and Corruption was nothing more than a posh boys club, with a lot of power over our lives. I will stick by that definition even although there are some women members. To most of the members, the women are seen as an inconvenience, a bit of decoration, something to be ogled at and ridiculed. Apparently, at the moment, there are 56 MPs, including three minister, under investigation for sexual misconduct, with one allegedly, watching porn on his phone while in the chamber, his place of work, for which we pay for him to be there. This on top of a whole gang of them, including the Prime Minister were having a good laugh at the public during the pandemic lockdown, by having boozy parties, when the whole nation was suffering. Once their insolent arrogance was discovered it was barefaced denial and then a waffled, muffled hypocritical apology, with so far, 50 of them being issued with fines for breaches of the law. While this two faced farce is taking place, most of these over paid, individuals were coining it in with 2/3/4 other jobs on top of their MP salary.
         What does that say about us, the general public, when we turn to this garbled gang of self centred misfits and vote for them to take care of our assets and organise our society for our benefit? Their record is there for all to see, child poverty, homelessness, growing food banks, crumbling health service, broken education system, care system in crisis, a crumbling standard of living due to unmanageable rise in cost of the necessities of life. While at the same time the number of millionaires/billionaires grows, energy companies refer to the “energy crisis” as a money making machine pulling in astronomical profits.
          Isn’t it time we brought this whole grotesque edifice to self centred greed and corporate profit crashing down? We don’t need posh arrogant self centred misfits to manage our lives, we could do a much better job by ourselves, organising our lives through our communities in co-operation and mutual aid with other communities. Why do we continually feed millionaires/billionaires while we struggle for a decent life?

                                          Image courtesy of Politica Santuarium.

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Decision Time???

       The final day of campaigning in the crooks and liars competition, or as the media portray it, the general election, so I'll make my pitch. Not for your vote, but to ask you to stop handing your power over to a bunch of very rich prancing political ballerinas and start to organise your community and society the way you want it to be, by coming together and doing it yourselves, We do not need them, they need us.
     The quest of our political system---

 

  My pitch: 

Why Anarchism?

Freedom and Equality
      Fundamentally, anarchism is the struggle for freedom. Freedom from rulers and corporations who dominate our lives and are destroying our earth. Freedom for workers, women, and all oppressed people in all parts of the world. We believe that this sort of freedom can only be achieved together with equality and a fair distribution of resources.

Individual and Collective
      Anarchists believe in the inherent dignity and humanity of the individual. But this dignity and humanity can only be fully realised in a co-operative, egalitarian society. This is why we are in favour of working together collectively and being organised. It is incorrect to equate anarchism with individualism or chaos.
 

Revolution
      Anarchists understand that this truly free and equal society can only be achieved through revolution – meaning a complete transformation of society. This society cannot be ‘given’ to the people by politicians or bureaucrats. It must be built by people from below.

Change by Direct Action
       Anarchism opposes the violence which is an integral part of capitalism and the state (this violence comes in many forms: war, patriarchy etc.). We believe that means shape ends – in other words, the way we struggle will shape the outcome of the struggle. This is also why we do not support the seizure of State power by authoritarian political parties. However, anarchists do believe in direct action – action taken by everyday people to address the power imbalance in present day society. This includes strikes, boycott’s, work-to-rule’s and occupations.
 

The Past
       Both authoritarian communism (as in Russia, China etc.) and ‘labourism’ (ie. The labour parties of the world), have failed to solve our global crisis. We need a different path to a better world. Anarchism offers itself as a guide on that path.

        Or perhaps you are willing to accept another spell of the "Boris Club" brutality.



Thanks Loam for the video link.

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