#tory fascism

[ladymazzy]

Far-right figures praise Braverman’s illegal migration comments and vow to ‘capitalise’ on her intervention

This says it all really

[brasskingfisher]

Worrying news

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/15/suella-braverman-rails-against-experts-and-elites-in-partisan-speech

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/15/low-birthrate-is-uk-top-priority-tory-mp-tells-rightwing-conference-miriam-cates

These people are elected officals, and who are responsible for setting government policy, and they are openly citing extremist right wing, Neo-Nazi and white supremacist rhetoric IN PUBLIC in the UK RIGHT NOW!!! This is where we are as a country people! And more importantly, this is a conference which has been organised by an American right wing think tank. All these anti-trans and anti-LGBTQIA+ laws in the US are just an experiment before they try and export their hate. It’s no good looking at all these fascistic and discriminatory laws coming out of the US and saying ‘oh that couldn’t happen here.’

IT CAN AND IT IS!

THEY’RE ALREADY GETTING READY TO STRIP YOUR RIGHTS AWAY!

It’s going to happen. It’s not a case of ‘if’ but ‘WHEN’.

UNLESS THINGS CHANGE!

THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO MOBILISE AND GET RIF OF THESE FASCIST CUNTS ASAP!!!!

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

The new immigration bill is fucked up and inhumane.

I know I’ve said this before, but whatever you think you’d do in 1930s Germany- you should be doing now in the UK.

This is fascism.

[dougielombax]

And are these freedoms and benefits of Brexit in the room with us right now?

…

I didn’t think so.

[regicidal-defenestration]

Finished Tell Me I'm Worthless

[nando161mando]

Always remember to stay informed

[windsweptinred]

I try to keep my Tumblr account a politics-free zone for various reasons. However, I wanted to share this about civil unrest happening in my home country.

[whywoulditho]

i was doing a rewatch of nickelodeon's victorious and there's about twenty thousand things wrong with that show but one thing that really struck me was the character of jade and how she's the shallowest representation of an 'alt girl'. and this is definitely an issue that mainstream media is still suffering from but it's like at that time they had absolutely no idea how to write a goth girl. i can assure you it is so much worse than you remember.

i don't think they were going for a specific subculture when they picked out her outfits, they kind of just threw a bunch of styles together to create 'some sort of an alt girl'. her outfits looked like a softer/more casual version of trad goth, i think. since she would be wearing them to school or in her daily life i think the outfits were fine. but they failed with her personality SO BAD.

because tell me why this "goth girl" was a loud transphobe and a misogynist. this girl insulted other people's looks, their weight, their outfits ALL THE TIME. she made fun of "manly looking girls" and i know robbie possibly being a trans boy was a laughing stock for the whole show but it was still so weird seeing jade, with her red doc martens and fishnet stockings and a hairdye that would send conservatives into the grave even today, make jokes about it.

i get that this show is from 2013 and on nickelodeon so they couldn't be *gasp* queer allies BUT even for that time, her being misogynistic is fucking ridiculous... she would call girls ugly back and forth, she would make everyone feel bad about everything about themselves for fun. that wasn't something tori or cat or even trina would do, only jade because she was "an angry person". not to mention they painted her to be this dangerous, violent person that would threaten to harm people if they so much as looked at her wrong.

and the thing is, gothics are angry people. but their anger is towards inequality, patriarchy, fast fashion/consumerism, corrupt governments. hollywood looks at these kind of subcultures in the most surface level way possible, they focus on the part that they're angry people, and never stop to ask what they're angry about.

and this is NOT just lazy writing. because if you want to depoliticize the youth you start by making up rumors about the politicized youth. you push this literal propaganda in mainstream media until the vast majority of your country is convinced that hippies are junkies, punks are violent, goths are scary. alt people are weird and angry and dangerous. you make jokes about it, you use their names like an insult, and if you do it well and for long enough, no one will take them seriously anymore. no one will stop to ask alt people what they believe in and what they stand against. they'll just see them as soft kids looking for attention.

so we end up with characters like jade west, who could only have two effects on society, both of them in favor of a corrupt government looking to depoliticize people. 1) she would make goth/alt people seem too angry and violent so parents would be cautious of them and never take them seriously, 2) she would take all the political and philosophical aspects out of this subculture so the next generation of girls would just buy goth clothes from hot topic and never understand what the subculture actually stands for.

[prussianmemes]

a white english anti-war socialist wins a seat in parliament and the next day the hindi PM says that this is an alarming sign of rising rabid-antisemitism, far-right politics, and islamic fundamentalism.

??? what

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

© Bob Moran

[enbycrip]

*rage-filled screaming*

[4chanandchill]

You know it’s bad when the 4chan conspiracy theories are start to feel low-key believable

[brasskingfisher]

PROTECT THE RIGHT TO STRIKE!!

Ok, so in the UK government's latest attempt to forcibly introduce fascism to the country, they're trying to force through legislation that would force people in certain industries to work through industrial action with the threat of dismissal and removal of protections (before brexit this was protected under EU law, and whilst it's still sort of covered by the ECHR the govt. are doing their damndest to remove the rights of anyone who opposes them).

The TUC is organising rallies around the UK next Wednesday (1st Feb 2023) so people can directly show their opposition to this undemocratic and draconian plan.

Here's the link for more information: https://www.tuc.org.uk/ProtectRightToStrike

If you're in the UK, get involved, contact your MP and sign the petition! If not, then please signal boost this!

[bpdnchill]

https://tactical.vote/

Do not for one instant think your vote "doesn't matter".

Even safe seats matter.

Every vote sgainst the Tories is a shout to every person in this country that the UK stands with our most vulnerable and our most forgotten.

Fuck the Tories. Fuck Fascism. Fuck Transphobia. Fuck Homophobia. Fuck Racism. Fuck Xenophobia. Fuck Antisemitism.

[domwho11]

My strong advice to UK folk is do not vote Conservative next month.

[earhartsease]

if anyone still harboured any fantasies that the BBC is not the Mouthpiece of Sauron, behold this latest bolox