@JoBlakely

I think the USA exposes these failings of "oligarchical democracy" best. In the money spent on elections, in populism, and also deeply rooted in the constitution with politically biased oligarch-appointed supreme court justices for life. The result is the worst possible State structure, even though the founding fathers and even the towering intellect of Thomas Paine felt they were doing the best they could at the time.

#politics #government #sortition #democracy #democratic #peoplepower

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/army-lobbyists-helped-water-banking-regulations-98005607
#PeoplePower #Boycott #PowerElite #WithholdProfits #BreakCorporatePower

‘Hostile, authoritarian’ #UK downgraded in civic freedoms index - we are now rated as ‘obstructed’.

Results of #CivicusMonitor #PeoplePower analysis of global civic space are born out by latest #SMKCampaignerSurvey

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

RT @mcharlesworth71
This makes me sick 🤮I am so tired of hearing scandal after corrupt scandal. So tired. Our futures, peoples lives... Rise up! #EnoughIsEnough #ActNow #JustStopOil #InsulateBritain #civilresistance #socialsolution #peopleoverprofit #peoplepower https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/26/uk-climate-minister-received-donations-fuel-aviation-companies

🎉 300 #Follower! 💚 👋 🥂 😃

🌈 #Fediverse #PeoplePower ✊

https://lnkd.in/eQnbqEy7 Why strike-hit UK still won’t work in 2023: No end to train, mail, NHS, driving test and passport chaos.

EXTRACT

'‘WHETHER THIS CONTINUES DEPENDS ON HOW THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDS Experts fear the disruption experienced in 2022 is likely to continue next year, and could even worsen given the Government’s increasingly hard-line stance on public sector pay, and a number of unions gearing up for fresh ballots on strike action.

Steve Robson 31 Dec 2022 #PeoplePower

What great story! #PeoplePower #PeoplePowerSolar

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/18/power-to-the-people-the-neighbours-turning-their-london-street-into-a-solar-power-station

What great story! #PeoplePower #PeoplePowerSolar

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/18/power-to-the-people-the-neighbours-turning-their-london-street-into-a-solar-power-station

An infrequent post just to say 'aaaaaaarrrrrgghh!!!' as a general statement regarding the state of things.

But also...

Respect and support for everyone on strike.
Power to the people.
End ecocide.

#CostOfLiving
#SupportStrikes
#SupportTheStrikers
#PeoplePower
#SaveThePlanet

Anyone get the feeling like the UK is about to come to a grinding halt? #PeoplePower #Strike #PowerInAMovement #Mobilise #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #FossilFuels

In the recent Australian election we learned just how wrong the media could be…dominated by #Murdochracy theynactively campaigned against the Opposition party. It was terrible to behold. But guess what the people spoke & elected that Opposition Party, decimating govt numbers. In the US, the # #MSM & polls did the same thing to the #democraticparty. They were wrong too. #PeoplePower is a thing. Believe in your voice. #collectivehealing

RT @robin_wood
Glückwunsch an @milieudefensie, @foeeurope, 5 weitere Umweltverbände und über 17.000 niederländische Bürger*innen, die gegen Shell geklagt hatten! #PeoplePower #StopShell #ClimateAction