Jennifer Forbes
@jenforbes.bsky.social
Trade Unionist, Lecturer, Parliamentary Candidate in Truro & Falmouth in 2019- when we had hope.
At the IER Case Law update event in London- I was so excited to be here I got here early & helped out laying out the biscuits 😂
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
At the IER Case Law update event in London- I was so excited to be here I got here early & helped out laying out the biscuits 😂
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World's billionaires rose by 204 last year to 2,769.
Their combined wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn.
60% of wealth from inheritance, “cronyism and corruption” or monopoly power.
They fund political parties, shape laws, plot regime changes
Sham democracy.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Their combined wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn.
60% of wealth from inheritance, “cronyism and corruption” or monopoly power.
They fund political parties, shape laws, plot regime changes
Sham democracy.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds
Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
World's billionaires rose by 204 last year to 2,769.
Their combined wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn.
60% of wealth from inheritance, “cronyism and corruption” or monopoly power.
They fund political parties, shape laws, plot regime changes
Sham democracy.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Their combined wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn.
60% of wealth from inheritance, “cronyism and corruption” or monopoly power.
They fund political parties, shape laws, plot regime changes
Sham democracy.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Reposted by Jennifer Forbes
This is a frightening thread if you think about it - because all that is left is revolution and/or anarchy and George is right that very few, if any of us, are ready for that,
But how else do we change this rotten system?
But how else do we change this rotten system?
1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵
November 26, 2024 at 3:11 PM
This is a frightening thread if you think about it - because all that is left is revolution and/or anarchy and George is right that very few, if any of us, are ready for that,
But how else do we change this rotten system?
But how else do we change this rotten system?
Labour are laying the path for the (checks notes) largest loss of seats in a GE since 1931). He has suffered a record breaking drop in popularity, which is hardly surprising since we voted en masse to get the tories out, only to be bombared with Tory policies Cameron shied away from.
November 25, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Labour are laying the path for the (checks notes) largest loss of seats in a GE since 1931). He has suffered a record breaking drop in popularity, which is hardly surprising since we voted en masse to get the tories out, only to be bombared with Tory policies Cameron shied away from.