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Beschleunigungstrupp des Tages: AfD
2013 war der dritte Anlauf zum deutschen »Platz an der Sonne« in Gang, war aber den Gründern zu langsam. Die AfD sorgt jetzt für Beschleunigungsstimmung. (Von Arnold Schölzel)
Wenn die Armee sich für »blank« erklärt, die Geschäfte schlechter laufen und ein SPDler feststellt, »Deutschland schafft sich ab«, erfüllen sich die deutschen höheren Stände den Traum von einer jungen, frischen Partei, die mit dem Staatssaustall – in den Augen von Milliardären und Mob gibt es den immer – aufräumt. Einzige Bedingung: Eigentum, speziell großes, in Ruhe lassen. Gesinnungsgeheimdienst, Staatswaffenträger und Justiz halten ohnehin die Zustände stets für »undeutsch« – das Verbrechen kann nur ausländisch sein, Aufrüstung tut not. Meinten schon die »Alldeutschen« 1895, der Anstreicher äffte das in den 20er und 30er Jahren nach. Dafür flossen wie heute Millionen Mark und schon gab’s für die NSDAP 1932 bei Reichstagswahlen 37 Prozent und ein Mitregierungsangebot vom katholischen Zentrum, nach 1945 in CDU/ SU auferstanden.
Der jüngste Trupp in dieser Reihe wurde am 6. Februar 2013 im Evangelischen Gemeindezentrum von Oberursel durch 18 Herren aus der Taufe gehoben (FAZ am Montag: »Es gab Kaffee und Kuchen, an der Wand hing ein Jesus am Kreuz«) und drängt jetzt an den Regierungstrog. Von etwa 30.000 Mitgliedern sind 3.000 bei Polizei und Bundeswehr. 2013 war der dritte Anlauf zum deutschen »Platz an der Sonne« in Gang, war aber den Gründern zu langsam. Die AfD sorgt jetzt für Beschleunigungsstimmung. Westdeutsche Neonazis sprangen auf und seitdem organisieren die Höcke, Kalbitz, Tillschneider, Kubitschek usw. im Osten, was die Konterrevolution 1989/1990 und der Verfassungsschutz mit NPD, »Heimatschutz Thüringen« und NSU präpariert hatten. Höcke ist egal, wer unter ihm Parteivorsitzender ist. Er entlieh sich »wohltemperierte Grausamkeit« gegen Undeutsches bei dem medial angehimmelten »Philosophen« Peter Sloterdijk. Ein so gebildeter Führer hat seine Dotierung durch obere Bürger sicher.
- https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/444390.beschleunigungstrupp-des-tages-afd.html
Vivienne Westwood Jubilee floral display, Kings road...
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https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/jubilee-sex-pistols-god-save-the-queen-jamie-reid-b2093894.html
Harry, Meghan and corgis: day two of the platinum jubilee – in pictures | UK news | The Guardian
A selection of the best images from the ongoing Queen’s platinum jubilee, including the thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral
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To ‘level up’, the #UK needs a real #jubilee: a mass #write-off of #debts
Even before cost of living crisis, the poor owed the government – or, the Crown – £16bn. Why not just write it off?
As the Queen’s Chaplain herself reminded us on Radio 4’s ‘Thought for the Day’ this week, the word ‘jubilee’ isn’t just another term for an anniversary, monarchical or otherwise, nor a byword for bunting. The biblical ‘jubilee’ was the blast of a trumpet, every 50 years, that heralded the write-off of everyone’s debts.
This “radical and counter-cultural” measure, the Venerable Liz Adekunle told listeners, brought “reconciliation” and a “clean slate”. She urged us to ensure “that amidst all the partying”, we “get a chance to remember the original meaning of jubilee”.
But what if we did more than just remember?
As American anthropologist David Graeber set out in his magisterial ‘Debt: The First 5000 Years’, most pre-capitalist societies practised periodic mass #debt write-offs, as a way of preventing a level of indebtedness and inequality that damaged society. ...
As Joe Cox, of Debt Justice (formerly the Jubilee Debt Campaign), told me: “Billionaires and businesses use insolvency and a variety of other practices to get huge amounts of debt written off, and it’s ordinary people who are the ones that believe and are told that they should pay their debts”. ...
Even before the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, much of the UK’s household debt was already simply unpayable, with more than 420,000 people in England considering suicide while in problem debt each year, and 100,000 actually attempting it.
The most distressing debts of all, according to Christians Against Poverty (CAP), are those owed to the government, for things like council tax arrears, benefit advances and sanctions and tax credit overpayments – many of them very old. The charity found 93% of its clients with these kinds of debts had sleepless nights, 74% were scared to open the door, and 49% were scared to leave the house. ...
The amount owed in such debts has climbed steadily in the decade since the financial crisis – reaching more than £16bn, according to a 2020 parliamentary report. More recent figures show there are £4.4bn of council tax arrears, £8.4bn of benefit ‘overpayments’, and £5.2bn of tax credit overpayments to be repaid.
Some might claim that returning £16bn or so to the pockets of the country’s poorest would only stoke inflation – but even the head of the Bank of England has acknowledged it’s soaring commodity prices and other supply shocks, not excess money, that are responsible for 80% of the UK’s inflation overshoot. ...
The residents of Warrington, Wigan, Swansea and Sunderland owe 20% of their average income in debts – three times more than the residents of wealthy cities like Oxford and Cambridge. Much of what is owed isn’t due to the policy of this government, but the tax credit debacles of previous ones. They could write it off and call it ‘levelling up’.
If we really want communities to come together and unite, we need to cancel the debts that weigh so heavily on the very poorest.
Now – wouldn’t that be a good excuse for a street party?
Quite! #Homelessness & #FoodPoverty (i.e. #Hunger ) ought to be solvable in one of the wealthiest countries in the World. The #UK is a signatory to #UniversalDeclarationOfHumanRights, which promises inter alia sufficient food and housing for all. Ask yourself why these issues have NOT been remedied after 73 years. For those who have eyes, see; for those who have ears, hear! C.f. Monies spent on #Jubilee #PlatinumJubilee !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
Red Arrows and Chelsea Pensioners: platinum jubilee in pictures | UK news | The Guardian
A selection of the best images of the first day of celebrations for the Queen’s platinum jubilee
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Huldrefar, the unwise, old sailor
So... this is a jubilee!
There are now 400 free open culture artworks on my website. I have been making them for the last seven years, in the beginning mainly as an outlet for artworks that I knew I would never publish under my own name and which could then just as well be given away under the Creative Commons license.
Slowly my interest for the project grew and I am now publishing most of the digital works I make under the Katharsisdrill pseudonym, creating out in the blue... out in the internet.
This is a portrait of a grumpy old sailor, not one bit more wise and savvy than the day he as a 19 year old lad went to sea.
As my old Disapora pod which hosted this free culture project got closed I am posting my art here. You can see it using the #katharsisdrill tag.
Go here for the high resolution Image
As always Creative Commons - attribution
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