The british abolitionist Thomas Clarkson campaigned for almost 50yrs of his life before the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 was passed

There were many defeats along the way, but he kept the faith

His history of the struggle, published in 1839 is full of inspiration...

www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10633

Especially because the problem is not lack of solutions: it's the fact that we are being prevented from implementing them.

3/n

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Cockatoos are pretty smart as well, fwiw.

Yes

Full talk, at @operaatioarktis.bsky.social:

youtu.be/fsnv53HVC2o?...

remained flat or actually gone down.

The minimum wage is a poverty (not subsistence) level wage.

So the argument that we are “squeezing” the upper tax brackets is NONSENSE! They are paying more in taxes because their earnings are far outpacing the rest of the market.

Our income tax system is

there's a direct A to B for dead kids out of this @by-cjewett.bsky.social so congrats for that. i hope you woke up in the morning and thought "let's kill some kids." at least then you'll have some modicum of success in your life.

even this government’s allies are hedging their bets, so its opponents should promise accountability internationalpolicy.org/publications...