Free Speech For Peace

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"Showing compassion is the most patriotic thing I can think of" ~ Zack Polanski

On this date in 1936, the Summer Olympics opened in Berlin, and the efforts by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan race” were undermined by the success of African American athletes, notably Jesse Owens.

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Neoliberalism in a nutshell. UEFA on FIFA's proposal: “The moment external investors acquire ownership interests ... football changes forever. Commercial return becomes a permanent obligation. ... Every decision is no longer driven by what best serves the game, but by what best serves shareholders.”

Every child deserves the best start in life, and every parent deserves somewhere to turn when times are tough. That’s why we’re investing £2 million in Children First to make sure help is there when it’s needed most, and help in our mission to eradicate child poverty.

Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has approved the controversial data centre on behalf of Angela Rayner, overruling Tower Hamlets Council and local opposition. Brick Lane local residents react:

El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250

FFS we cannot keep doing this… A handful of the richest people hoovering up wealth from everyone else while quite literally making the planet unlivable At what point does someone grow a fucking spine and do something?!

Major oil firms make $93bn profits in just 3 months amid war and climate crisis. They shift profits, dodge taxes, fuel poverty and inflation. They don't bear the social cost of their business. Forever holding people/govts to ransom. Polluters must pay. Need windfall tax now.

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite £247m revenue, £25.3m profit. Doesn't pay much anywhere, effective global tax rate is 1.4% Shifts profits through intragroup transactions, enjoys tax breaks. UK Govt rewarding it with public contracts, enriching execs & shareholders.

Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts

Software group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union boss

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“Given that Reform are swamped with donation scandals right now, it is crucial that an investigation takes place to establish the facts.” Sarah Pochin is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires: https://bit.ly/4fCRFQ3

Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand

Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning.  According to an investigation ...

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I cannot adequately express just how much I despise Kemi Badenoch. I know politicians who fail to read a room and get their tone wrong. I have never come across one with such an unerring ability to adopt the least appropriate stance on every single occasion. She is a twitter troll made flesh. #PMQs

The prisons are nearly full. So it is a great idea to arrest retired soldiers, doctors, teachers, nurses and other normal, responsible people who express a desire for genocide to stop.

RFK jr has finally been forced to tell people to vaccinate against Measles after infection numbers for 2026 are higher than all of the 21st Century combined and every year since 1991. The stupid anti-vax movement is dead.

So, the Don't Tax Millionaires party is being investigated for possibly covering up its dodgy donations and obscure pro-Israeli regime interests. Again. And still they get away with posing as a party for ordinary working people. How do they do it?! 🤮 share.google/9CdLvib2fYT1...

Standards watchdog investigating Reform UK’s Richard Tice

Party’s deputy leader accused of a possible failure to declare an interest, commissioner says ⁠on ​its website

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