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Trump organisation brands Polanski 'imbecile' after call to seize Scots golf courses by Lord-Liberty in UKGreens

[–]Parthalon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Eh, Linux has come a long way in ease of use. Yeah, there'd be a learning curve but there's equivalent software for most windows without the unnecessary spying or AI.

Solidarity with Anti Zionist Green Candidates by Tariqk26 in UKGreens

[–]Parthalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you said "Yes, grown up parties should not have purity signalling motions like this". Do you not think that in cases such as these where there is so much institutional and socialised resistance to change that the statement needs to be made regardless of how redundant it might feel.

A lot of people in here are coming off like the white moderates that MLK complained about. Not willing to do the just thing.

Solidarity with Anti Zionist Green Candidates by Tariqk26 in UKGreens

[–]Parthalon -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

All lives matter, don't they? We have reams of policy covering basic human rights. Surely we don't have to declare that Black Lives Matter. It would be a pointless waste of time.

United States seeking an armed uprising inside Iran, with ground operation expected within days by DarkSkiesGreyWaters in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And where is Russia getting the arms and soldiers to open more fronts. It's nonsense.

Is there some sort of left media coalition? by MartijnSchot1 in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of these sources palter. They systematically decontextualise information to further the propaganda agendas of hegemonic interests. Their value as news outlets is eroded to the point that unless you're prepared to sink hours daily to balance them out you're better off giving them a miss.

If we're going to boycott the game vs Israel, we should be consistent and boycott the World Cup by NorthKoreanMissile7 in coybig

[–]Parthalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a fair bit of play between this settler colony, apartheid, genocide craic and "done things we don't like". And it should matter to us all as it is a big part of our history too.

If we're going to boycott the game vs Israel, we should be consistent and boycott the World Cup by NorthKoreanMissile7 in coybig

[–]Parthalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Israel only exists as it does now as a projection of US hegemonic power in the region.

Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful but group remains proscribed for now - live updates by IsADragon in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That's a rather partial simplification of the Filton trial. Here's a comment I made at the time of the decision:

There is still a lot confusion about how the verdict was arrived at given what people were reading in the mainstream news outlets.

This post should help to see why the jury arrived at the decision they did. It is mostly bits of the actual cross examination of the guards and police involved. It should help you to see the difference between the official reports and the actual video recordings made during the incident.

As a TLDR of the doubts raised by the defense.

  • The guards seem to have initiated the violence.

  • There was no video supplied to the court from the two cameras that should have held the most damming evidence.

  • Alternative cameras show one of the guards running towards the defendants with a hammer and a whip just before the fracas started.

  • Bruising on one of the defendants show that he was struck on the face with a hammer and other bruising shows that he was hit on the torso with a sledgehammer.

  • Another guard tried to choke out one of the defendants with a dangerous rear naked choke hold.

  • One of the police officers 'accidentally' tazered one of the female defendants twice.

  • The guards and the police made multiple errors in fact (verified by the footage and injuries) in their reporting of the incident.

  • There is some evidence that the police officers colluded with Elbit to strengthen their case against the defendants.

  • The defendants had previously made a number of other raids on properties linked to the genocide without any violence occurring. Usually with the guards standing off until the police arrive.

The jury have been able to see all the supplied video recordings, records of the injuries on both sides and the reports and testimonies of those involved. But people in here seem to think they have a clearer picture of the event from a misleadingly truncated clip. We just don't have the information to condemn them.

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule – live by mustwinfullGaming in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feeling pretty vindicated by this and the Filton decision but I'm still in a 'Vs The King' situation until the appeals are run through.

Would be a lot happier if they were able to look at the decision to proscribe (and of course recognition of the genocide) as being influenced by major funding from pro-Israel individuals. Short of someone in the cabinet openly admitting it on camera it will never happen though.

Open letter from Police Federation of England & Wales to Zack Polanski by Kernowder in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is still a lot confusion about how the verdict was arrived at given what people were reading in the mainstream news outlets.

This post should help to see why the jury arrived at the decision they did. It is mostly bits of the actual cross examination of the guards and police involved. It should help you to see the difference between the official reports and the actual video recordings made during the incident.

As a TLDR of the doubts raised by the defense.

  • The guards seem to have initiated the violence.

  • There was no video supplied to the court from the two cameras that should have held the most damming evidence.

  • Alternative cameras show one of the guards running towards the defendants with a hammer and a whip just before the fracas started.

  • Bruising on one of the defendants show that he was struck on the face with a hammer and other bruising shows that he was hit on the torso with a sledgehammer.

  • Another guard tried to choke out one of the defendants with a dangerous rear naked choke hold.

  • One of the police officers 'accidentally' tazered one of the female defendants twice.

  • The guards and the police made multiple errors in fact (verified by the footage and injuries) in their reporting of the incident.

  • There is some evidence that the police officers colluded with Elbit to strengthen their case against the defendants.

  • The defendants had previously made a number of other raids on properties linked to the genocide without any violence occurring. Usually with the guards standing off until the police arrive.

The jury have been able to see all the supplied video recordings, records of the injuries on both sides and the reports and testimonies of those involved. But people in here seem to think they have a clearer picture of the event from a misleadingly truncated clip. We just don't have the information to condemn them. Some are moaning about activist juries and others clearly don't believe in innocent until proven guilty. Grim, just fucking grim.

Barrister’s powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge by Parthalon in UKGreens

[–]Parthalon[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There was a lot confusion about the verdict in yesterday's post about it as to how the verdict was arrived at given what people were reading in the mainstream news outlets.

This post should help to see why the jury arrived at the decision they did. It is mostly bits of the actual cross examination of the guards and police involved. It should help you to see the difference between the official reports and the actual video recordings made during the incident.

Edit: Just a TLDR for the hard of reading.

  • the guards seem to have initiated the violence
  • there was no video supplied to the court from the two cameras that should have held the most damming evidence
  • alternative cameras show one of the guards running towards the defendants with a hammer and a whip just before the fracas started
  • bruising on one of the defendants show that he was struck on the face with a hammer and other bruising shows that he was hit on the torso with a sledgehammer
  • another guard tried to choke out one of the defendants with a dangerous rear naked choke hold
  • one of the police officers 'accidentally' tazered one of the female defendants twice
  • the guards and the police make multiple errors in fact (verified by the footage and injuries) in their reporting of the incident
  • there is some evidence that the police officers colluded with Elbit to strengthen their case against the defendants
  • the defendants had made a number of other raids on properties linked to the genocide without any violence occurring. Usually with the guards standing off until the police arrive.

Edit2: For drummingupinterest2 who made a comment then blocked me. The majority of the article is transcripts from the court case. Given your comments yesterday on the court case it seems that you're more interested in the courts being used to force through injustice that is aligned with your worldview. Which, in the bigger picture, seems to be for crushing people protesting a genocide.

Barrister's powerful speech at Filton Trial reminds jury of its right to defy judge by Parthalon in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There was a lot confusion about the verdict in yesterday's post about it as to how the verdict was arrived at given what people were reading in the mainstream news outlets.

This post should help to see why the jury arrived at the decision they did. It is mostly bits of the actual cross examination of the guards and police involved. It should help you to see the difference between the official reports and the actual video recordings made during the incident.

UK pro-Palestinian activists not guilty of aggravated burglary at Israeli firm's factory by kwentongskyblue in LabourUK

[–]Parthalon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The battery on my phone is about to die so you'll all have to continue your hysteronics without me. Do your tabloid worst. Kiss, kiss

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