Hi Michael, I may be wrong (being in Providence isn't the center of the world by a long shot), but people seem numbed here; between the tweets and retracting of whatever compassionate laws we've had, the protests are continuous but seem at least to me, pessimistic. The news is a barrage of bad; we're all waiting and preparing for the November mid-term elections... Alan (btw we're still trying to leave Providence, tied up in all sorts of messes)
On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 5:53 AM, Michael Szpakowski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alan > What is really significant about all this, though, is that this shocking > racism has cost the Home Secretary, one of the high offices of the British > State, her job, and it has transformed the terms of the debate on race here. > Even in sleepy old Harlow -where anti racist campaigners have been > regularly abused in the past couple of years- I know, I've been threatened > and even spat on - a campaign stall last Saturday calling for Rudd's ( and > May's) resignation was warmly supported. > The local MP ( from May's party) and his supporters were campaigning > nearby for this Thursday local elections.. > They packed up when we started shouting -*'How do you know when a Tory is > lying? -Their lips move!'* > Across the country ordinary people have not conformed to the media > narrative of bigotry but have been shocked by what has gone on > > You can see the banners we used here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/szpako/41035408564/ > > Now we need to push forward to get rid of the vile racist May (who bigged > up the 'hostile environment' and continues to muddy the water by > scapegoating 'undeserving' immigrants) and the rest of her party. > This is do-able. No need for despair, no justification for passivity, > every reason for hope ... > warmest wishes > Michael > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> > *To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 2, 2018 3:43 AM > *Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] query about politics - > > > > Apologies for not having heard of this; as you know, we have our own > simmilar forms of brutality here... > > Thanks, Alan > > On Tue, 1 May 2018, Johannes Birringer wrote: > > > > > Dear Alan > > yes, it probably is precisely as horrific as you felt it was, > > there is much debate currently in the Uk about the "Windrush" generation > and people who came here many years ago from the Caribbean > > and have lived and worked and paid taxes in England but some have no > passports or legal documents and many have been threatened > > or had been under threat of what these unspeakably pitiful politicians > call "enforced return." Some who visited former folks/family in Jamaica > > were unable to return to their children in England. Immigration removal, > what a ghastly notion. > > > > Johannes Birringer > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: NetBehaviour [[email protected]] on > behalf of Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour [netbehaviour@lists. > netbehaviour.org] > > Sent: 30 April 2018 00:00 > > Subject: [NetBehaviour] query about politics - > > > > > > https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/27/amber- > rudd-was-told-about-migrant-removal-targets-leak-reveals > > > > - > > ? Can someone please comment on this? Is this as horrific as it sounds? > > > > Thanks, Alan, apologies for off-topic? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > New CD:- LIMIT: > http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138 > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/vi.txt > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- *=====================================================* *directory http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org> tel 718-813-3285* *music/sound http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/ <http://espdisk.com/alansondheim/> * *email sondheim ut panix.com <http://panix.com>, sondheim ut gmail.com <http://gmail.com>=====================================================*
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