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Martin Porter

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Middle aged, middle class eco-warrior living in the middle of England.

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A very important message from the Glastonbury Festival

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Glastonbury pictures no. 1: sunset over the The Park on the night before the gates open.

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Thanks to 40 years of Neoliberal policies, investments now pay better than work. As a result we have the startling fact that more pensioner pay income tax than working age people.
www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensio...

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After 17 years of litigation a court has found that the United Fruit Company funded right wing death squads in Columbia that murdered innocent people, all in pursuit of profits.

earthrights.org/media_releas...

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If you’re having a rough day just remember that you’re not one of twelve randos locked in a room without phones having to think about Trump’s dick

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Interest rate rises are almost the barometer of neoliberal polices. The Reagan era started with the 'Volkcer Shock', from which the US 'rust belt' never recovered.

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Between 1948 and 1989 Capitalism realised it had a genuine rival in Communism. Hence we were spared, for most of that period, the full horror of a fully liberalised economy. Now we see the beast in all its terrible glory.

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The biggest jump in atmospheric CO2 level EVER recorded. This means climate change is ACCELERATING. The most likely reason is that natural carbon sinks, oceans, forests etc, are full. If we don't act on emissions, it will get worse quicker.

keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/2024/05/08/l...

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BIBA Insurance conference protest
Wednesday 15th May
Manchester Central Convention Centre
8am - 8pm
Join for some or all of the day A day of peaceful action calling on insurers NOT to insure fossil fuel projects
Register to get updates

actionnetwork.org/events/insur...

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Coverage of the planned protests at the 2024 British Insurance Brokers Conference in Manchester on the 15/16 May this year. Protesters will be calling on the big insurance companies attending to commit to not covering new fossil fuel projects.

www.insurancetimes.co.uk/news/extinct...

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US Presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy made up a story about his brain being eaten by worms to argue cognitive impairment to avoid paying alimony to his former wife, who then committed suicide. US voters certainly have a broad choice to vote for, don't they??!?

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The Sun is setting on 30 April and that means it's the start of summer. Beltane blessings everyone.

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A Greenpeace UK investigation has found astroturfing on a massive scale by the UK Conservative Party. Groups set up to oppose the London ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ) has hosted racist content, white supremacist tropes and conspiracy theories.

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/04/27/c...

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For us in the the UK the elections for the European Parliament and a distant memory, but they were always good for the Greens, and Greece they have a new green party.

"For us, climate justice is social justice."

www.kosmos.gr

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So why do the USA and UK help stop Iranian drone attacks on Israel, but doesn't directly intercept attacks on Ukraine? Mostly, it's because Israel and Russia are nuclear powers and Iran and Ukraine aren't. So, if you want our help, or don't want our hindrance, get yourself some nukes.

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Here's what everyone needs to know* about climate change: 🌍 It's real 👥 It's human-caused ⚠️ It's serious 💡 With immediate action, it's solvable ⌛ Later is too late * social science shows these msgs increase acceptance of the issue, awareness of the risk and, most importantly, willingness to act.

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The paperwork still has to be done, even in the 23rd Century.

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Campaigning works! Zurich Insurance today announced they would no longer be covering new oil and gas projects. Zurich agreed to talks after the Insure Our Future week of actions in London and Manchester, so activists had been hoping for good news.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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And accusing those who opposed the war, which now appears to be government policy, of being 'hate marches'.

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A few years ago there was a Greenpeace action where they had to impersonate oil execs. To find out how execs behaved in private someone applied for a job at the company so they could sus them out. They discovered that they behaved even worse to their own staff than they did towards activists.

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Apparently the world's press have turned up to cover this story. Our shit rivers are global news.

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People might be saying it a lot in November.

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Farmers are being squeezed by Brexit, climate change and the power of the supermarkets. Environmental policies are not the problem.

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Farmers are being squeezed by Brexit, climate change and the power of the supermarkets.

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The same Roberta Kaplan that just wiped the floor with Trump in the defamation suite

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And for getting squished in The Omen.

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Oops. Mr 'Free Speech' gets slapped down for trying to restrict free speech.

"The case was dismissed in accordance with the state’s anti-Slapp law, which forbids nuisance lawsuits intended to punish the exercise of free speech."

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Me, photobombing Natalie Bennett, Green Party Peer in our House of Lords, as she visits the Greenpeace Cold Homes Cost Lives instillation outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday. Insulating homes saves lives, saves money and helps to save the climate.

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