UPDATE
Minutes after I posted this article, the ludicrous Jess Phillips published an article in the Guardian which could not have been better designed to prove my thesis. A number of people have posted comments on the Guardian article pointing this out, and they have all been immediately deleted by the Guardian. I just tried it myself and was also deleted. I should be grateful if readers could now also try posting comments there, in order to make a point about censorship on the Guardian.
Catching up on a fortnight’s news, I have spent five hours searching in vain for criticism of Simon Danczuk from prominent or even just declared feminists. The Guardian was the obvious place to start, but while they had two articles by feminist writers condemning Chris Gayle’s clumsy attempt to chat up a presenter, their legion of feminist columnists were entirely silent on Danczuk. The only opinion piece was strongly defending him.
This is very peculiar. The allegation against Danczuk which is under police investigation – of initiating sex with a sleeping woman – is identical to the worst interpretation of the worst accusation against Julian Assange. The Assange allegation brought literally hundreds, probably thousands of condemnatory articles from feminist writers across the entire range of the mainstream media. I have dug up 57 in the Guardian alone with a simple and far from exhaustive search. In the case of Danczuk I can find nothing, zilch, nada. Not a single feminist peep.
The Assange case is not isolated. Tommy Sheridan has been pursuing a lone legal battle against the Murdoch empire for a decade, some of it in prison when the judicial system decided his “perjury” was imprisonable but Andy Coulson’s admitted perjury on the Murdoch side in the same case was not. I personally witnessed in court in Edinburgh last month Tommy Sheridan, with no lawyer (he has no money) arguing against a seven man Murdoch legal team including three QCs, that a letter from the husband of Jackie Bird of BBC Scotland should be admitted in evidence. Bird was working for Murdoch and suggested in his letter that a witness should be “got out of the country” to avoid giving evidence. The bias exhibited by the leading judge I found astonishing beyond belief. I was the only media in the court.
Yet even though the Murdoch allegations against Sheridan were of consensual sexual conduct, Sheridan’s fight against Murdoch has been undermined from the start by the massive and concerted attack he has faced from the forces of feminism. Just as the vital messages WikiLeaks and Assange have put out about war crimes, corruption and the relentless state attack on civil liberties have been undermined by the concerted feminist campaign promoting the self-evidently ludicrous claims of sexual offence against Assange.
As soon as the radical left pose the slightest threat to the neo-con establishment, an army of feminists can be relied upon to run a concerted campaign to undermine any progress the left wing might make. The attack on Jeremy Corbyn over the makeup of his shadow cabinet was a classic example. It is the first ever gender equal shadow cabinet, but the entire media for a 96 hour period last September ran headline news that the lack of women in the “top” posts was anti-feminist. Every feminist commentator in the UK piled in.
Among the obvious dishonesties of this campaign was the fact that Defence, Chancellor, Foreign Affairs and Home Secretary have always been considered the “great offices of State” and the argument only could be made by simply ignoring Defence. The other great irony was the “feminist” attack was led by Blairites like Harman and Cooper, and failed to address the fact that Blair had NO women in any of these posts for a full ten years as Prime Minister.
But facts did not matter in deploying the organised feminist lobby against Corbyn.
Which is why it is an important test to see what the feminists, both inside and outside the Labour Party, would do when the leading anti-Corbyn rent-a-gob, Simon Danczuk, was alleged to have some attitudes to women that seem very dubious indeed, including forcing an ex-wife into non-consensual s&m and that rape allegation.
And the answer is …nothing. Feminists who criticised Assange, Sheridan and Corbyn in droves were utterly silent on the subject of Danczuk. Because the purpose of established and paid feminism is to undermine the left in the service of the neo-cons, not to attack neo-cons like Danczuk.
Identity politics has been used to shatter any attempt to campaign for broader social justice for everybody. Instead it becomes about the rights of particular groups, and that is soon morphed into the neo-con language of opportunity. What is needed, modern feminism argues, is not a reduction of the vast gap between rich and poor, but a chance for some women to become Michelle Mone or Ann Gloag. It is not about good conditions for all, but the removal of glass ceilings for high paid feminist journalists or political hacks.
Feminism has become the main attack tool in the neo-con ideological arsenal. I am sceptical the concept can be redeemed from this.
Resident Dissident
25 Jan, 2016 – 5:11 pm
“BTW if you had read your Marx properly you would know that he didn’t share your belief in conspiracy theories either.”
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Evidence please. Do you have references for that statement?
Anon1
25 Jan, 2016 – 5:13 pm
Has anyone else noticed that the overwhelming majority of the footage (that not produced by the BBC at any rate) of the ‘refugee’ crisis shows columns of young men advancing through Europe with barely a woman or child among them?
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References and links please.
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“And have you noticed the attitude they carry with them. I have never seen such a sense of entitlement. Give them this, give them that, and if you don’t then they get violent. Never a please or thank you. Never any humility when they ask another country to accommodate them. It’s just expected that they will be granted what they want because that is what they’ve heard happens and that is why they are coming here.”
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Thanks for that Alf Garnet outburst Anon 1
Mr Scorgie
“Evidence please. Do you have references for that statement?”
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After one thoughtful post you are relapsing into your usual silly mode. Pity!
Habbabkuk is quite right Doug Scorgie over you asking for references, links and evidence.
That’s their job! Had you forgotten? 😀
Republicofscotland
25 Jan, 2016 – 6:53 pm
“Re the Calais Jungle, one has to wonder, why so many immigrants already in Europe are intent on reaching Britain.”
“What fascination does Britain hold for them that other well developed and prosperous EU nations are to be used only as staging posts, to reach Britain, by hook or crook.”
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Reasonable points RoS; I would like to know the answers myself. The racists among us keep spouting about free housing and generous welfare benefits which I think is dishonest and won’t stand up to close scrutiny.
Perhaps someone here is knowledgeable about housing and welfare rules in other EU countries and inform us. A job for Habbabkuk perhaps?
I suspect racism and political wheeler-dealing within the EU has lead to a “pass the parcel” mentality.
Turkey has a dictator as head of state. Erdogan is one of the most despicable people on the planet together with male royals in the house of Saud. Not surprisingly then they are NATO allies. Ironic how when we went after Iraqi oil in a stable country the Kurds were our friends and Saddam had done such awful things to them. Now in Turkey the Kurds are being anihilated with full support of NATO countries who are trying to get their hands on Syrian oil, and keep hold of the oil they have stolen from Libya (another former stable country) and Iraq. The Kurds are no longer a human rights issue.
“Since September 2014, the dissident media has been claiming that the General Staff has been preparing an action plan stamped top secret and named “The plan of collapse act.” The peculiar character of what’s been happening in the Kurdish cities over the last two months supports this claim and makes one’s blood run cold. The figures in this plan match the real ones: “Between 10,000 to 15,000 destructions; approximately 8,000 wounded; between 5,000 to 7,000 arrests; and in small and large bombed establishments, between 150,000 to 300,000 displacements.” This match and the government’s articulation of a “Sri Lankan style massacre” should be taken seriously and pondered upon by those who follow Turkish politics from abroad.”
See more at: http://newsjunkiepost.com/2016/01/26/turkey-is-searching-for-her-heart/#sthash.z8Q18c0A.dpuf
A thread to which nothing on this site guides the user, even if it may remain open.
Dougie
“References and links please.”
References and links? Just turn on the news you dim idiot.
Dougie:
“Anon1
25 Jan, 2016 – 4:48 pm
“Banksy’s London artwork criticising the migrants treatment in Calais”
How many ‘refugees’ has the multi-millionaire Banksy taken into his home(s)?”
Anus 1, you are merely a cynical todger”
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Well, how many?
It’s easier just to daub something on a wall that can later be ‘officially verified’ and sold for £millions, than to actually do something concrete, isn’t it?
Thank You Fedup… And Nevermind.
Got lots of thoughts n Writing going on..But thank you both…Best to the Wife Nevermind
Tony –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVXy1OhaERY
Of course the trolls are eager to keep discussions of 9/11 well hidden.
Tony Op
Ment to give ya this one too
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvVKj0c0UTQ
John Hilley has been examining internal strife in the Scottish independence “scene”.
I can’t say I quite appreciate what it is all about, but it is interesting to follow the links and try to fathom it out.
http://johnhilley.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/making-welcome-sense-of-scottish-blog.html
Kind regards,
John
Lysias:
Oh I doubt that’s a troll characteristic. What better way to disrupt all debate than to splurge nonsensical 9/11 theories over every thread?
There’s a link under “Still Discussing” at the top-right.
Staying on refugees for the moment, is Denmark’s love affair with tolerance and understanding towards refugees, over?
Immigrants/refugees entering the country will have all assets over 10,000 Danish Krona, around ($1500 dollars) confiscated. The law was passed by a whopping 81 votes to 27 for.
Denmark which in my opinion has had a long standing global reputation for tolerance and compassion, has finally taken the gloves off so to speak.
Amnesty International have condemned Denmark’s actions, but in Denmark’s defence.
All Danish citizens and refugees, receive universal health care they also receive education from preschool to university, and you receive elderly care, they receive language training and integration training free of charge, paid for by the government.
Similar laws exist in Switzerland, but in my opinion the implimenting of the laws has more to do with detering immigrants/refugees coming to the country in the first place.
Are the governments of Europe having a change of heart, when it comes to immigrants/refugees?
“I suspect racism and political wheeler-dealing within the EU has lead to a “pass the parcel” mentality.”
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Yes Dougie I’d imagine that makes up a very large part of it. I do however recall, reading an article awhile back though.
It claimed that many refugees/immigrants already had a family member/s residing in the UK. The article went on to say at Calais many refugees could be seen on their mobile phones talking with family members, who urged them to come to Britain.
It would therefore seem that the impetus for many at Calais, is to gain access to Britain, where family members are already in the system, that in turn, would help make their lives easier.
I do not however agree that automatic access to Britain should be allowed, on the grounds that family are already resident in the UK.
Employment and Support Allowance for new claimants in the Work Related Activity Group will be cut from £102.15 to £73.10 per week from April 2017, a cut of nearly 30%, under the Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
That’s for people with such uplifting conditions as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease and cancer, I understand, although I have not been able to verify.
This group of people can be sanctioned if they fail to attend interviews or don’t do exactly what some suit in the Jobcentre tells them to do.
Must take a special kind of mind to give a person with Parkinson’s Disease (if true) a 30% cut in their entitlement and tell them to look for work or they’ll face a benefit sanction as well. Johnny Void is as usual eloquent on the subject.
https://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/big-disability-rides-to-the-rescue-with-too-little-much-too-late/
Kind regards,
John
Meanwhile the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon had cross words with Israeli President Netanyahu, over the “tit-for-tat” murders in the West Bank. The lastest being a young girl shot for stabbing a Israeli citizen.
The UN Secretary claimed that tension due to political activity by Israel had led to the numerous attacks on Israeli’s, however.
Netanyahu scoffed at Ban’s remarks as he explained that the violence was the result of a hatred of Jews, rather than a reaction to any political reality on the ground.
They want to murder Jews for being Jews and they say this openly. They do not murder for peace and they do not murder for human rights.
For once I agree with the US puppet Ban Ki-Moon, Netanyahu however, appears to be in his usual, state of denial.
Just came across this John Pilger speech from 2012 in Australia and thought it was very relevant to this topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWvqSLqhkAE
$681m (£479m) deposited in the bank account of Malaysian PM Najib Razak by Saudi Arabia was to help him win the 2013 elections, a Saudi source says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-35409424
How many other elections, and in what countries, has Saudi money bought?
Vulture arrested in Lebanon under suspicion of spying for Israel
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/26/vulture-lebanon-spying
Gosh does anon1 propagate the guardian too?
Doug Scorgie
Look up economic determinism and then try and then look up irony – although I appreciate that the latter is in short supply among right on comrades.
Israel-related animal conspiracy theories
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories
lol
GW Bu$h the selected POTUS whom kick started the openings of the gates of hell on Earth
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As it has been demonstrated yet again in thread that has long lost it’s original direction and has been meandering through many subjects, but evidently the debate on the events that have shaped the twenty first century and the present day mess of the planet are verboten to be even hinted at outside of the Hyde Park corner of the blog.
“Lysias:
Of course the trolls are eager to keep discussions of 9/11 well hidden.”
Also the blog owner and his minions like it like this. 911 politically toxic don’t cha know?
“Clark: Oh I doubt that’s a troll characteristic. What better way to disrupt all debate than to splurge nonsensical 9/11 theories over every thread?”
Plenty of non-sensical theories in the 9+1+1 thread too – especially the one where planes noses can survive intact smashing through steel buildings. Makes incredible reading – nearly as preposterous as the official account.
Now in Turkey the Kurds are being anihilated with full support of NATO countries who are trying to get their hands on Syrian oil,
Lets brush over the support by Nato members of the Kurds in their struggles against ISIS and Saddam – which of course Mr Goss opposed. Lets ignore the fact that Syria really doesn’t have much oil – like Mr Goss it does have a quite a lost of gas.
I don’t like Erdogan either – but I don’t remember Mr Goss arguing too much against him when Craig was making supportive comments when he was attacking “liberal” demonstrators.
I ‘m afraid Mr Goss needs to realise that not all conflicts fit nicely into his Nato vs the Soviet Union prism. A criticism which might also be thrown at some of the western military boneheads as well – but inverse boneheadism isn’t something that Mr Goss should flaunt with so much pride.
Exexpat
Remember all the double l’s among the 9/11 victims were made up names – or at least they are on the forum you recommended. Don’t you have a moon to go and howl at?
It’s a bit disrespectful to keep referring to some particular subject here, when the host has asked us not to, and given a thread for any such discussions. There’s even a link at the top on the right – that’s how much the host wants it “hidden”.
“I don’t like Erdogan either – but I don’t remember Mr Goss arguing too much against him when Craig was making supportive comments when he was attacking “liberal” demonstrators.”
Your memory fails you.