#capitalismfail
The right to protest is under threat in Britain, undermining a pillar of democracy
- For holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants, a retiree faces up to two years in prison.
- For hanging a banner reading “Just Stop Oil” off a bridge, an engineer got a three-year prison sentence.
- Just for walking slowly down the street, scores of people have been arrested.
They are among hundreds of environmental activists arrested for peaceful demonstrations in the U.K., where tough new laws restrict the right to protest.
#Britain #fascism #UK #Democracy #dystopian #protest #CivilRights #HumanRights #ToryFascism #authoritarian #UnitedKingdom #DemocracyNOW #ToryScum #capitalism #CapitalismFail
Wealth Tax Chart
#wealthy #rich #SaveTheRich #CapitalismFail #income #tax #WealthTax #CorporateTerrorism
Barclays cut my expat mother off from vital care home funds
Another Brexit Failure ...
#Barclays has form when it comes to cutting elderly widows off from their money. The reasons for the closures differ, but the underlying incompetence and insouciance are disturbingly similar.
Your mother fell victim to EU rules which, post-Brexit, require UK banks to apply for separate licences to serve customers in each EU country.
To save themselves the hassle and cost, many banks simply closed expats’ accounts. Barclays shut the last of its in December.
There is a set process for claiming the balance from a defunct account, but a succession of errors stymied your efforts. First you were told that the account was dormant, rather than closed. This meant you were directed to follow the wrong process, which got you nowhere.
Next, branch staff failed to acknowledge your LPA documents, which meant your mother was put through the stress of signing a letter of authority.
Barclays only admitted these blunders after I got in touch and it took a media prod to get it to release the funds
#Brexit #BrexitFailure #BrexitIsNotWorking #CorporateTerrorism #banks #banking #BrexitLies #bullying #EconomicTerrorism #ToryLies #PeopleNotProfits #CapitalismFail #ToryScum #RejoinEU #ToriesOut
Tax the Rich
#Inequality between the global north & south is disturbing
While Elon Musk paid a tax rate of over 3% from 2014 to 2018, a market trader in Uganda selling rice, flour & soya paid 40% in taxes. She makes $80 a month in profit -- it is estimated that #ElonMusk makes US$ 200 million monthly
Petition:
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/tax_the_rich_14/?Diaspora
#Corruption #Poverty #CapitalismFail
Music #Video 'Save the Rich'
https://invidious.epicsite.xyz/watch?v=qmRRDig_9nE
‘Tax us now’: ultra-rich call on governments to introduce wealth taxes
"The current lack of action is gravely concerning. A meeting of the global elite in #Davos to discuss ‘cooperation in a fragmented world’ is pointless if you aren’t challenging the root cause of division,
“Defending #democracy & building cooperation requires action to build fairer economies right now – it is not a problem that can be left for our children to fix.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/18/tax-us-now-ultra-rich-wealth-tax-davos
#CostOfLivingCrisis #wealthy #ToryCostOfLivingCrisis #capitalism #CapitalismFail #CorporateTerrorism #CostOfLiving #WageSlaves #MarxWasRight #Marx #socialism