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Satire is indistinguishable from stupidity in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago

And Guantanamo Bay, black sites, Alligator Auschwitz, and the American prison population confirms the downsides of capitalism?

One shit iteration of "communism" that by definition didn't meet any of the requirements to be called communism can't be held up forever to be the boogeyman to prevent progress.

Communism (from Latin communis 'common, universal')[1][2] is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement,[1] whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products in society based on need.[3][4][5] A communist society entails the absence of private property and social classes,[1] and ultimately money[6] and the state.[7][8][9]

The USSR:

  • Common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange - not achieved, state owned but not common owned
  • Allocates products in society based on need - not achieved
  • Absence of private property - partially achieved, state owned
  • Absence of social classes - not achieved
  • Absence of money - not achieved
  • Absence of the state - fucking lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

Former head teacher arrested under terror laws – for holding up Private Eye article in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm sorry, but there have been regular protests since the proscription of Palestine Action, around the country, and large enough for the attention of national news.

And another direct action group has formed and already got to work.

Apart from No Kings, a one day event more akin to a parade than a protest. And some unrest in LA that never amounted to anything. What has America been doing against their rise of fascism? Fuck all.

Not to mention our population is unarmed, protesting in the knowledge they are risking 14 years in prison, and doing so on behalf of people on the other side of the planet, not for their own benefit.

The UK is making America look like a push over in comparison.

Land of the ~~Brave~~ Cowards.

Growing Stinging Nettle in c/greenspace@beehaw.org
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes!

I started by purchasing nettle tea, then started harvesting from random wild patches, and have now started growing it (but haven't harvested any yet).

From personal experience, I find nettle tea great for hayfever. In peak pollen season, mid-summer, when it's really bad, I still need medication but in spring and autumn when things are ramping up or dying down I just use nettle tea. So it works, but can't fully replace modern medicine.

It's a rather plain flavour, not delicious but not nasty either. A plain enjoyable brew. I find a cup in the morning is usually enough, but sometimes a second one in the afternoon is needed.

I wear gloves like this when harvesting and act with confidence. Stinging nettles sting if you brush them lightly but if you grasp them hard you crush the stingers and prevent yourself getting stung. So be confident, do not hesitate, grab them hard. I then just use scissor or secateurs to cut leaves (or cut a stem and pick the leaves off later).

To prep it for tea:

  • Clean with water to remove any dirt or bugs
  • Set an oven on low (50*C on mine) - or use a dehydrator
  • Spread the leaves across a baking tray
  • Bake in the oven, I don't have a set time for this, just check regularly until leaves are dry, crispy, and crumbly. Ensure there is NO moisture left in the leaves. Again, NO MOISTURE! Moisture can cause mould when stored.
  • Remove from the oven, leave to cool
  • Crush either with your hands (the stings should be destroyed by now) or using a pestle and mortar
  • Store in a clean glass jar with an air tight lid

To make tea:

  • Use either a tea strainer, tiny sieve, or small pieces of cheesecloth (to make reusable teabags)
  • Place about 1tbsp of crushed tea leaves (no need to measure, just grab with your fingers and put roughly that amount in)
  • Leave to steep for 5-15 mins
  • Drink, and enjoy!

Pro-tip: I use both a tiny sieve and a cheesecloth to ensure no "bits" get through and settle at the bottom, but it's not necessary, just personal preference.

Good luck, and I hope this helps settle any stingy eyes or runny noses!

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, consume nettle tea at your own risk, blah blah blah.

**How To Win** - A Solarpunk Flyer for the Nationwide US Protest Tomorrow on July 17th ☀️ (Second Page inside) in c/zines@slrpnk.net
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Neat flyer ProdigalFrog!

I've put page 1 and page 2 visible together if that's of any use:

Bob Vylan - Lynch Your Leaders in c/leftymusic@lemmy.world
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/post/32722607

Dude... I just posted this 3 days ago. It's still in active, hot, and new. I know this is a quiet community that needs more posts but posting the same songs on repeat generally isn't healthy for a small community

10
The Guillotine by The Coup [political hip hop] (youtu.be)
 

Hey, you
We got your war
We're at the gates
We're at your door
Hey, you
We got your war
We're at the gates
We're at your door

We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run

We wanna thank you for flyin with us
We know you coulda stayed home, just cried and cussed
May all your guns go off if it's time to bust
May all their tanks have time to rust
They got the armies turnin bullets into gold
They got the hookers turnin tricks in the cold
And everytime the police kicks in the do
An angel gas-brakes-dips in The O
And even if a D-boy flips him a O
It ain't enough to buy shit anymo
Sleep in the doorway, piss on the floor
Look in the sky wait for missiles to show
It's finna blow, cuz
They got the TV- we got the truth
They own the judges and we got the proof
We got hella people- they got helicopters
They got the bombs and we got the- we got the

We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run

Don't talk about, it's not a show
Be about it, it's bout to blow
Don't talk about, it's not a show
Be about it, it's bout to blow

I just spit the dope lines
I don't snort em
Tell the boss to call police to escort him
You don't write all them lies, you just quote em
Get offline, plug in to this modem
No you can't out-vote em
The rules are still golden
Only jewels we holdin
is if we guardin our scrotum
If you press your ear to the turf that is stolen
You can hear the sound of limitations explodin
Please, sir, may we have another portion?
We're children of the beast that dodged the abortion
Neck placed firm tween the floor and their florsheim
We'll shut your shit down- don't call it extortion
Caution- we're coming for your head
So call the feds and get files to shred
Every textbook read said bring you the bread
But guess what we got you instead

We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run
We got the guillotine
We got the guillotine, you better run

Let's keep it bangin like a shotgun
We're in a war before we fought one
Now if you're tired of workin so they can play-
A common enemy, we got one
Now keep it bangin like a shotgun
We're in a war before we fought one
Now if you're tired of workin so they can play-
A common enemy, we got one

Don't talk about, it's not a show
Be about it, it's bout to blow
Don't talk about, it's not a show
Be about it, it's bout to blow

18
Lynch Your Leaders by Bob Vylan [punk rap] (youtu.be)
 

Yeah, lynch your leaders, lynch your
Lynch your leaders, lynch your
Lynch your leaders, lynch your
Lynch your, ah, lynch your, ah
Lynch your leaders, lynch your
Lynch your leaders, ah\

Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)\

Down, down, tear that building to the ground
That house of serpents harbours murderers
Bet that martyr's looking down
So heavy-hearted, who's to feed us
Now there's all this space between us
Next-door neighbours will not save us
Our own country's trying to bleed us\

This whole place is fucking violent
Had my mum breaking her back
Bought some scales to take the weight off
And now I'm under attack
Walk to the shops a hundred times a day
Hope my neighbours were not watching
Lucozade, Pro Plus and cling film
It's suspicious fucking shopping\

Baggy jeans with rocks in
Watch me rid them on the way
Had this toothache for a month now
But the dentist wants me to pay
Auctioned off the NHS
They're fucking giving it away
We're all slaves, we're all slaves
Barely giving man a wage\

They're printing ragtag fucking clippings
About man taking your jobs
Women daring to speak up
And all those black fatherless yobs
I swear this place has gone insane
You want your country back from who?
Your brain is fried from too much Sun
We want our country back from you (You, you...)\

Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)\

Down, down, sell your soul to make a pound
Gotta get it how you live
The poor can't afford to be proud
Fifteen, growing way too quickly
My school jumper didn't fit me
I took one brief look around
And stole one from the lost and found\

Just like I stole that teacher's purse
Mum's first son was a thief
Wanted new trainers, lost the money
And got suspended for a week
Another leech, son of an immigrant
Suckling at England's teat
Ugly duckling of this nation
Suffering from its own defeat\

You brought this pain upon yourself
And somehow it's all our fault
Man feel low, in a place
Where there's no houses, heat or hope
Nine to five, move some dope
Sniff some coke just to cope
Till it all comes tumbling down
And we decide to grab that rope (That rope)\

"Hanging today, come and see the hanging"

Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)
Lynch your leaders (Lynch your leaders)\

Lynch your, ah, lynch your leaders
Lynch your, ah, lynch your leaders
Lynch your, ah, lynch your leaders
Lynch your, ah, lynch your leaders
Yeah, yeah, lynch your leaders
Lynch your, lynch your leaders
Lynch your, lynch your leaders
Lynch your, lynch your leaders, yeah, yeah\

Isn't capitalism great? in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where's the Curly Wurlies?

4
Jimmy Wilson by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger [Folk] (www.youtube.com)
 

If only this song were true, alas we are doomed to cruelty and savagery it seems.

Lyrics:

In Alabama 1958
The cost of human life is very low
A man that's black is trampled down
Just like men were a thousand years ago

These are more enlightened days
Cruel men and savage ways
We-ee left long ago
Now every man may walk his road in peace
For all are free!

Five thousand years ago, a million men
Were gathered into royal Egypt's hands
Were bound together, forced to build
Pyramids of stone in desert sands

These are more enlightened days
Cruel men and savage ways
We-ee left long ago
Now every man may walk his road in peace
For all are free!

Mary's son walked through a land of woe
Dreaming of the world as it could be
The good and lawful men of Rome
Nail him like a robber to the tree

These are more enlightened days
Cruel men and savage ways
We-ee left long ago
Now every man may walk his road in peace
For all are free!

In Britain just a hundred years ago
The jails were full of poor and hungry men
Diggers, Charlies, many more
Fought and died and rose to fight again

These are more enlightened days
Cruel men and savage ways
We-ee left long ago
Now every man may walk his road in peace
For all are free!

Last year a negro stole a dollar bill
The judge he said "We mustn't be severe
Instead of death we'll give him life imprisonment
To show there's justice here"

These are more enlightened days
Cruel men and savage ways
We-ee left long ago
Now every man may walk his road in peace
For all are free!

And so throughout the ages we have seen
How progress marches ever on its way
No rack, no wheel, no Spanish boot
For Alabama's prisoners today

These are more enlightened days
Cruel men and savage ways
We-ee left long ago
Now every man may walk his road in peace
For all are free!

The plague still runs in 1958
Johannesberg to Nottinghill and back
A plague of ignorance and hate
Me-en walk in fear because their skin is black

These are more enlightened days
No room for all these savage ways
Leave them, let them go
Now every man should walk his road in peace
Let man be free!

Why Starmer’s government has waited until now to take action on Israel in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

For anyone who would like to learn more about what Nigel is talking about I recommend you watch this documentary: The Labour Files

Speak American in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but guys, you've got to remember, money doesn't grow on trees.

So despite me owning multiple properties, owning so much land I must employ people to maintain it for me, and owning multiple cars that are worth more than you earn in an entire year, you have to remember it's the immigrants that are making everyone poorer.

Look! They dress and look slightly different from you, therefore it must be them at fault. Ignore that they're here because their country is currently going through war/genocide/famine/mass poverty, they're different!

What do you mean you want me to pay 2% more tax per year? Fuck off you communist scum!

Tap for spoiler/s

Forrrest for the trees in c/memes@lemmy.world
Pixars history of cultural appropriation in c/funny@lemmy.world
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

The amount of Americans that claim to be Scottish because their great great grandparent once farted in Edinburgh is pretty damned high to be fair.

The difference between the amount of Americans with genuine Scottish ancestry and the amount who arbitrarily claim Scottish ancestry is absurd. I dunno if they all saw Braveheart and decided "Freedom! Fuck yeah, I want some of that!" or what but it's ridiculous.

Bill to criminalise those buying sex branded ‘dangerous’ by sex workers in c/scotland@lemmy.world
[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well that headline is ambiguous. I thought at first it meant customers which sex workers deem dangerous will be criminalised. I.e. if you hit a sex worker then it's a specific crime outside of standard assault, like assaulting a police officer is a separate crime from standard assault.

But no, we can't have safer working conditions for sex workers, it's just a standard pearl clutching "think of the children" bigoted conservative proposal.

Fuck Alba, they don't even know how to pronounce their own party's name let alone govern. They're a poison on the independence movement and bring nothing but intolerance

4
I Am The Working Class - Darkthrone (youtu.be)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by punksnotdead@slrpnk.net to c/leftymusic@lemmy.world
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21 years of minimum wage
Got no problems with manual labour

You stepped up in the 90s, wanna show me how
Well, I don't need no fuckin' favour

I am the working class!
All day
So I don't have to
See your face.

I am the working class!
Discipline
The daybreak is when
I begin

I am the working class!
Each day
I bust my bones to
Get paid

I am the working class!
Damn straight
The daily grind is
My fate

Through 7 seas of alcohol
And a jail of dank depression
Well, I turned my back and where are you now?
...and I've bucked up for that recession

4
Fuck the Union... Revolution! by Scumpulse [crust punk] (www.youtube.com)
 

Food banks, poll tax, mass unemployment,
And you wanna buy into more lies?
Privatisation of public assets,
I want the lies stopped.

Fuck the union!
Revolution!

Austerity and inequality,
Ruled by the unelected,
Minimal wages, child poverty,
It's time for the new order.

Fuck the union!
Revolution!

7
Terra-Ist by Oi Polloi [eco-anarcho-punk] (www.youtube.com)
 

OI POLLOI - Terra-Ist from the Fuaim Catha album

They've poisoned and clear-felled and strip-mined this earth
Made a cess pit of the paradise that was ours by birth
They've raped and they've burned and they've plundered our world
Our banner of resistance will now be unfurled
We're nailing our colours right up to the mast
The sands of time are running out fast
To stop the nutters destroying our home
Kidnapped from our children from whom it's on loan
Enough is enough is enough of their greed
Mass eco-defence is what the earth needs
Terra-ist action all over the land
To stop the lunacy the rich have got planned
E.L.F. strike in the dead of night
See the bulldozers are burning bright
Construction area totally trashed
Earth-rape machinery utterly smashed
Some might say that we're too "extreme"
But all we want is air and water that's clean
And a green earth not a desert is what we need
Don't let them sacrifice it on their altar of greed
Rise up and conquer your fear
They can be stopped like Jose-Maria
Our world a toxic slag-heap they will make
So take whatever action you feel it's right to take
It's up to you it's up to me to make a stand
Our generation holds it's future in it's hands
Time to fight back let them do their worst
Green anarchy in action - put the earth first!

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