Racism

World Cup Racism, The Israel Lobby, and Jordan Peterson, with Smile 2 Jannah and David Miller

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Thu, 19/01/2023 - 01:29

Lowkey is joined by Professor David Miller, formerly of Bristol University and Zeeshan Ali, who runs the successful YouTube channel, Smile2Jannah, to discuss the power of the Israel Lobby, Jordan Peterson and the World Cup among other topics.

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Why a Philosopher’s Racist Email from 26 Years Ago is News Today

https://dailynous.com/2023/01/13/why-philosophers-racist-email-26-years-ago-new…
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Sat, 14/01/2023 - 06:29
Influential Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom, well-known for his work on philosophical questions related to ethics, the future, and technology (existential risk, artificial intelligence, simulation), posted an apology for a blatantly racist email he sent to a listserv 26 years ago. You can read his apology, which includes the text of the original message, here. In the original message, which appeared in a thread concerning offensiveness, Bostrom complains that the statement “Blacks are more stupid than whites” (about which he says in the message “I like that sentence and think it is true”) would be mistakenly interpreted as racist. He then, in the same message, conveys that the reason he thinks that it would be interpreted as racist is that it would be seen as “synonynous” with using a racial slur to declare one’s hate for black people. To put things in an understated way, one thing to conclude about this is that in 1997, Nick Bostrom did not have a good understanding of racism. Nor of good communication norms. What about the Nick Bostrom of today? In his apology, he writes: I completely repudiate this disgusting email from 26 years ago.

Breaking: Labour ‘faces multi-million£ bill’ as ICO kicks out Starmer attempt to pursue ex-Corbyn staff

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/01/13/breaking-labour-faces-multi-million-bill-as-ic…
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Sat, 14/01/2023 - 01:32
Regime’s pursuit of former Corbyn staffers over ‘Labour leak’ report – instead of going after perpetrators of racism and abuse the report revealed – undermines next general election campaign, say insiders When Labour’s report on antisemitism in the party revealed the weaponisation of antisemitism to attack the left – and a string of incidents of […]

Breaking: not ONE refugee accepted via Afghan Resettlement Scheme in past twelve months

https://skwawkbox.org/2023/01/10/breaking-not-one-refugee-accepted-via-afghan-r…
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Tue, 10/01/2023 - 22:12
Stark contrast to treatment of Ukrainian refugees News has emerged today that the UK government has not accepted a single refugee under the Afghan Resettlement Scheme in the past twelve months. The scheme is meant to help Afghans and their familes who assisted western forces during the Afghan conflict, yet the complete absence of successful […]

Exclusive: Unite binned racism complaints against senior Graham ally despite agreeing post was racist

https://skwawkbox.org/2022/12/29/exclusive-unite-binned-racism-complaints-again…
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Fri, 30/12/2022 - 05:09
‘It wasn’t up for very long’ sums up union’s response to branches complaining about anti-Irish and anti-Scot post on social media Unite knocked back the complaints of a number of the union’s branches about a racist post by a close ally of general secretary Sharon Graham earlier this year – despite agreeing that the comment […]

Bad Kingdom (1972)

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Sun, 19/06/2022 - 05:10

In 1972, the government drew up plans to construct a deportation facility off the coast of Ireland that could house as many as 70 million people - the entire population of the UK, if need be. The intention was to make it an exact replica of the United Kingdom and call it Bad Kingdom.

The Real Motive Behind the GOP’s “Culture War”Why do Putin...

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Fri, 12/08/2022 - 03:53


The Real Motive Behind the GOP’s “Culture War”


Why do Putin and the Republican Party sound so much alike? Simple: Their culture wars have similar agendas.

Both are trying to distract attention from the economic looting by their respective oligarchies.

Vladimir Putin has been blasting so-called "cancel culture.”

This was his third “cancel culture” rant in recent months. It’s the same imaginary crisis that Trump and the GOP have been ranting about for several years.

Tucker Carlson, one of Fox News’s most infamous personalities, accuses liberals of trying to cancel all sorts of things. 

Is “woke” a new ideology?

https://crookedtimber.org/2022/12/14/is-woke-a-new-ideology/
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Wed, 14/12/2022 - 22:35
Sam Freedman, whose Substack is the only one I subscribe to, recommended an essay by one James O’Malley on this subject. But reading the essay, it struck me as rather obviously wrong-headed, mainly for the reason that the characteristics it identifies as quintessentially “woke” are shared with other political tendencies and currents, albeit in ways […]
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