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There’s around 30 million homes in the UK. So this would cover 40% of homes in the whole country!
Nuclear energy is a con
It’s just a cover for making their bombs
And it sends people to an early grave
So we want the power of the wind and the waves
Harness the wind
Harness the waves
We don’t need this filthy nuclear waste
Solar power - yet another alternative
Think of the boundless energy the sun has to give
Then there’s hydro-electricity with turbines and dams
And we can cut our consumption with conservation programmes
Harness the wind
The sun the waves
We don’t need this filthy nuclear waste
The civil atomic energy programmes is nothing but an elaborate cover-up for the real use of nuclear power namely the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons
We call for an end to the nuclear power programmes and properly funded research into renewable sources of energy
Harness the wind
The sun the waves
We don’t need this filthy nuclear waste
I think this song epitomises what rafoix replied with
Safety rules - corners cut
Just to keep the profits up
Money saved - profits rise
But consequence is someone dies
Victim of a chemical spillage
Safety regulations breached
Critical concentrations reached
Money is saved but a live is lost
Loved ones left to count the cost
Tanker crashing the village
Death could from the spillage
No escape from the fumes
Peoples’ homes become their tombs
In the face of corporate greed
Ecodefence is what we need
Read and act upon this text
Or you become the next victim of a chemical spillage
Hell, even flat structures seem to trend towards an informal elite of psychopaths.
The average person doesnt have the energy or desire to be constantly vigilant against overreach of power, but psychopaths do, to figure out weaknesses.
The only effective combat against this that I’ve seen is nonnegotiable time limits on positions. You get your chance in the sun and then you need to find another role, otherwise tendrils get planted and power gets consolidated.
The smaller the group or more complex the roles however, the harder that is. That’s why education and skill sharing is so important, so that no one person becomes indispensable.
To clarify, when knowone says “that’s not a fun time” they don’t mean “oh it tastes bad”. They mean it’s really not a fun time, avoid going anywhere near giant hogweed!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_mantegazzianum
NSFL (if you’re squeemish):
How to harvest, dry, and make tea with nettles:
https://slrpnk.net/comment/16978019
If you have arthritis or hayfever they’ve been shown to help with that. Science has confirmed the old wives tales traditional herbal remedy works for this one. Not as effectively as modern medicine of course but if it’s all you can afford, or whatever, then something is better than nothing.
We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable-but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art.
If you have a vote in the English/Welsh Greens leadership election vote for Polanski then.
He’s stated a willingness to work with this new party so they don’t put forward candidates in the same seats and compete with each other. The other candidates have done no such thing and are greedily and delusionally running on the idea that they can convince enough people to vote Green that the Green party will be able to enact change on its own.
Labour are not left wing, that is evident from the last year.
The Lib Dems are not left wing and will sell their principles for a whiff of power.
A Polanski led Green Party working in tandem with the Corbyn/Sultana party (and possibly the SNP and Scottish Greens) is the only hope I see of the left enacting any serious change. One of the most important of which being proportional representation.
You can be an anarchist and still understand the system we currently live in.
Recognising a people are being genocided and should be given legitimacy on the world stage, to help protect themselves, to get aid that they couldn’t unless they’re a nation state, is more anarchist than always living in the theoretical, hoped for, future world.
Eventually, yes, borders should get to fuck. But we don’t live in that world yet. Right now Israel is killing Palestinians in droves.
Might Is Right is less anarchist than borders.
Being anti genocide is more anarchist than being anti borders.
And Guantanamo Bay, black sites, Alligator Auschwitz, and the American prison population confirms the downsides of capitalism?
One shit iteration of “communism” that by definition didn’t meet any of the requirements to be called communism can’t be held up forever to be the boogeyman to prevent progress.
Communism (from Latin communis ‘common, universal’)[1][2] is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement,[1] whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need.[3][4][5] A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes,[1] and ultimately money[6] and the state.[7][8][9]
The USSR:
I’m sorry, but there have been regular protests since the proscription of Palestine Action, around the country, and large enough for the attention of national news.
And another direct action group has formed and already got to work.
Apart from No Kings, a one day event more akin to a parade than a protest. And some unrest in LA that never amounted to anything. What has America been doing against their rise of fascism? Fuck all.
Not to mention our population is unarmed, protesting in the knowledge they are risking 14 years in prison, and doing so on behalf of people on the other side of the planet, not for their own benefit.
The UK is making America look like a push over in comparison.
Land of the Brave Cowards.
Yes!
I started by purchasing nettle tea, then started harvesting from random wild patches, and have now started growing it (but haven’t harvested any yet).
From personal experience, I find nettle tea great for hayfever. In peak pollen season, mid-summer, when it’s really bad, I still need medication but in spring and autumn when things are ramping up or dying down I just use nettle tea. So it works, but can’t fully replace modern medicine.
It’s a rather plain flavour, not delicious but not nasty either. A plain enjoyable brew. I find a cup in the morning is usually enough, but sometimes a second one in the afternoon is needed.
I wear gloves like this when harvesting and act with confidence. Stinging nettles sting if you brush them lightly but if you grasp them hard you crush the stingers and prevent yourself getting stung. So be confident, do not hesitate, grab them hard. I then just use scissor or secateurs to cut leaves (or cut a stem and pick the leaves off later).
To prep it for tea:
To make tea:
Pro-tip: I use both a tiny sieve and a cheesecloth to ensure no “bits” get through and settle at the bottom, but it’s not necessary, just personal preference.
Good luck, and I hope this helps settle any stingy eyes or runny noses!
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, consume nettle tea at your own risk, blah blah blah.
Where’s the Curly Wurlies?
For anyone who would like to learn more about what Nigel is talking about I recommend you watch this documentary: The Labour Files
Yeah but guys, you’ve got to remember, money doesn’t grow on trees.
So despite me owning multiple properties, owning so much land I must employ people to maintain it for me, and owning multiple cars that are worth more than you earn in an entire year, you have to remember it’s the immigrants that are making everyone poorer.
Look! They dress and look slightly different from you, therefore it must be them at fault. Ignore that they’re here because their country is currently going through war/genocide/famine/mass poverty, they’re different!
What do you mean you want me to pay 2% more tax per year? Fuck off you communist scum!
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If anything you’re the one being obtuse and saying your way is better and that people must adapt to your way. Downvotes are the default behaviour of the software and the “reddit-like” experience of Lemmy