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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

RAGE IS THE AWAKENING. | Rebelle Society

The rage is the awakening.

It impulses the birth

of owning my own sadness,

of broken daughters,

and silent mothers.

Sorrow weakens the wrath

and takes hold of my body,

the grief of betrayal seethes

through my veins.

 

Facing the deep sadness

to die a death and

rip away the cord that imprisons,

reveals a treasure.

 

And so I learn to feel.

To let go of the old,

and with the darkness

of the moon,

I step into my future

softly…

via RAGE IS THE AWAKENING. | Rebelle Society.

People starving to death in the UK – on David Cameron’s doorstep

shame

Pride's Purge

 (not satire – it’s the UK today!)

Austerity kills. It killed Mark Wood and it killed David Clapson. Both starved to death as a direct consequence of the coalition government’s austerity programme. Both were vulnerable adults who starved alone, bewildered at being punished by those they thought were helping them.

The two people closest to these victims will share a platform on 27 November in Witney, David Cameron’s constituency. Cathie Wood, the sister of Mark Wood, and Gill Thompson, the sister of David Clapson, will demand to know why their brothers died at the hands of the state. They are determined that other vulnerable people should not share their brothers’ fate, victims of an inhuman political ideology.

“We are sticking to the task. But that doesn’t just mean making difficult decisions on public spending. It also means something more profound. It means building a leaner, more efficient state. We need…

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