James Corbett’s latest edition of #SolutionsWatch continues the discussion on “positive propaganda” by looking at some examples of #antiganda. Activists around the world are creating eye-catching messages designed to get people to question their conditioning. Here’s how you can join them. Links sources and shownotes, as well as download options and an audio-only version, are …
Kim Usbourne Yes, you were hoping by some magical means this would all have blown over by now! Well, not to worry, while things might seem a bit crap sometimes, there is one thing we can do… take the royal piss out of this whole ridiculous mess. Without further ado, here’s another 10 covid-skeptic memes …
Kim Usbourne If the previous compilation of memes gave you a laugh in these infuriating days, here’s 10 more memes to make you smile, and reassure you that you really aren’t the only one thinking this is all a big load of crap: 1. So THAT’S why Sean Bean died in all those movies! It …
One potential positive from the whole Covid-19 debacle is that we have learned an incredible amount about the society in which we live. This will be crucial if we manage to stave off a descent into a nightmare future of techno-fascist slavery. We will have a new understanding of what our world has become and what we would like it to be in the decades and centuries to come. And “we” means we. While the majority have, apparently, learnt nothing at all from what has happened, they will eventually catch up.
Dielle Ciesco Who would you be? A lot of people wonder: if I’d been alive at the time of the 2nd World War, who would I have been? Would I have been one of the self-interested sycophants, unquestioning in compliance, perhaps even cowardly so, against my better knowing? Or would I have been one of …
Edward Curtin The road led up the hill between houses until it came to the lake where it ran between the lake and the woods and the thought of people disappeared if he was lucky. He was sick of people, especially those he saw in masks because of their obsessive fear of death. They ran …
Kim Usbourne What’s occurring in the world nowadays is no joke. But if you’re living under oppression for over a year, it’s probably healthy to have a laugh once in a while. And so, on this late-April Monday morning, here are 10 memes to give you a quick chuckle in these maddening times: 1. A …
Unite for Freedom is holding what they’re calling “the biggest street party London has ever seen” to protest against coronavirus legislation and the possible introduction of vaccine passports. The plan is to maintain a positive, almost festival-like, atmosphere…and to make a lot of noise. Thousands are marching from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square chanting “take …
Someone sent Off-Guardian this animation today which, we feel, very much sums up our shared mood on this warm Spring Sunday afternoon. The animation’s author appears to be twitter user Sye Ten. We have no affiliation with the author, we know little else about him and don’t necessarily agree with all his views. However we …
James Corbett Imagine you find a prisoner in an unlocked jail cell. Confused, you ask him why he’s sitting there when the door to his cell isn’t even locked. “Oh, it’s unlocked? I didn’t check.” You assure him it’s unlocked and ask again why he doesn’t leave. “Why bother? They’ll probably catch me before I …
