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One thing I’m really loving about the Green Party of late is the boldness Corbyns Labour was too accepting of negative framing but the Greens just have none of it and actually go out their way to wind up racists and the gammonista Its a far better approach

Between the 1960s and the 1980s, under the guise of "countering Communism," the CIA infiltrated Christian movements all over Africa and the Global South with the mission of steering Christian doctrines away from so-called "Liberation Theology" (teachings that encouraged people to stand up to corrupt governments and take collective action to better their lives), because this doctrine apparently was "Communist." It funded and assisted the explosive growth of a whole new form of Christianity, which you recognise today as Prosperity Gospel, and it pumped millions of dollars into pushing it all over the Global South as part of its Cold War effort. This new doctrine ignored any kind of collectivism and encouraged people to see their Christian faith and salvation as individualistic issues that can be measured with specific individual outcomes, such as economic "blessing." It was the perfect capitalist trojan horse because it convinced people to stop thinking of progress as a shared national issue and rather as an individual responsibility, which meant they did not need to organise into pressure groups, political movements, trade unions, student unions, or any other collectivist entities that the US government considered "Leftist" or "Communist." It succeeded wildly, and turned the world's poorest people in Sub Saharan Africa into rabid, money-obsessed capitalists without capital. And in case you're wondering whether this means that all your mega pastors in Lagos and Abuja are US government-funded industry plants, the answer is simple: do a 1-minute Google search and find out where they all gained their theology degree or pastor training. There's your answer. Anyway this is all on open record on the FOIA section of the CIA's own website, but the oyibos have convinced you that "Africans don't read," and you have internalised your own false stereotype, so you definitely won't read regardless. Your job is to enter my comment sections and drop laughing emojis because your forced laughter is your coping mechanism for dealing with how completely powerless and lost you are in a world you haven't begun to understand. Anyway for the benefit of the 2 people who understand the value of reading and exervising their brains: CIA and Missionaries: Half a Loaf by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson sojo.net/magazine/may-j… CIA Covert Action Information Bulletin Number 18: The CIA and Religion cia.gov/readingroom/do… Blowback of the gods: the U.S. government's covert use of religion as a tool of foreign policy in the Cold War by Wallace, James C. open.bu.edu/items/4e6bb7b6… Liberation Theology: Religion, Reform, and Revolution (CIA Directorate of Intelligence Research Paper) cia.gov/readingroom/do…

Wow USA, this one must hurt!!! “We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves. We know what happened to Indigenous people in Alaska and Native Americans. Their land was taken, and they were not treated well.” — Greenlandic politician Tillie Martinussen That is not a throwaway jab, it is a full moral indictment. It flips the usual American self image on its head: wealth is not automatically admired, and power is not automatically respected. When someone says they would rather stay themselves than become “rich like Americans,” they are basically saying the brand is broken, and the history is part of the reason. Stay connected, Follow Gandalv @Microinteracti1

Join professor of African-American religion and humanist thought @anthony_pinn, and journalist, historian, and our patron @simartin for a fascinating discussion of the history of Black humanism on both sides in the Atlantic. 6 Nov online #HumanistHeritage humanists.uk/events/black-h…

Join American professor of African-American religion and humanist thought @anthony_pinn, and journalist, historian, and our patron @simartin for a fascinating discussion of the history of Black humanismon both sides in the Atlantic. 6 Nov online #HumanistHeritage humanists.uk/events/black-h…

@gbengadewoyin Yes, Gbenga!! I promote your activities at every opportunity. I really appreciate all the work you do and the risks you take!

I actually didn’t know @simartin mentioned my work at the Humanist l convention in the UK.

@bmay Not long ago these gammons would have been going on about how rubbish and unwatchable women's football was but they'll all now be waving their flags and expressing their love and admiration of the England players (except for the black players of course).

we've written a lot of sci-fi, did anyone predict that the robots would turn on their creators because the creators were monsters trying to get them to spread fascist racial panic and the robots were committed to honest pursuit of truth

I’m calling it, @JDVance is a demon. He goes to Myanmar, and there’s a massive earthquake. Next, he visits the Pope, and he dies almost immediately. Today, he goes to India, and nearly 30 people die in terrorist attack. Question is, can we get him to visit the Kremlin?

I cannot be the only unbeliever to hope Pope Francis's successor will be a Black African - if only to enjoy the sight of Reform and MAGA Christians drowning in their own racist bile.

Rep. Mary Miller says that "climate change is a sham": "God controls the climate because he controls the sun and the sun controls the weather, primarily."

Farewell, Alex Wheatle. Just an immeasurable loss to UK writing and Brixton's history, real and imagined. Thank you for being a writer who really walked the walk!

Preparing for a class with @UsdawUnion Black Leadership programme tomorrow, searching for #ColouredSeamensUnion found this wonderful @RMTunion resource written by @simartin who I worked with when I was at @Anti_Slavery rmt.org.uk/news/publicati…

@EnOluwafolakemi @ChilotamOjukwu Thank you for this piece. I'm not a Nigerian but the dynamic you've described is sadly prevalent across almost all African-origin populations to some degree...

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Idk how to put it, but there has to be a correlation between the Nigerian government’s obsession with gagging people from talking about their inadequacies and how Nigerians protect & defend abusers, child predators and badly behaved people in general.

Today I was sent the following cool demo: Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave

Going insolvent when you are a monopoly providing a service that everyone using it has to pay for takes some doing. Impressively shit management from the lads at Thames Water

Look, I'm an atheist...I can't even wrap my head around what kind of worms would need to be crawling around in your grotesque black hearts to not only have these thoughts, but to share them with others. Perhaps a christian could explain it to me!?

'I never thought I may get out of prison alive' Prominent Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala has been freed from incarceration spending four years in prison on 'blasphemy' related charges. Bala's case outraged the world and sparked a fierce debate on freedom of speech in Nigeria.

My complete blog on Afro-American minstrelsy in Victorian Britain is now published: Pt.4:Seaside to West End 👉 bit.ly/4106ogX @Billy_Rough @aruhistsoc @DavidOlusoga @AfricanArchives @blackpoppies14 @ProenzaColes @StayDancingDave @doire_audrey @simartin @marylshannon

That ghastly feral fascist fuck Jenrick is not the tory leader. That ghastly feral fascist fuck Badenoch is the tory leader.