So I was walking through the city this evening when a guy started talking to me. Thinking he was some sort of street sales person fot whatever internet company or something, I politely told him to leave me alone. But then he said he was collecting money for Palestine and I felt bad. He was raising money to send water filters to Gaza. I donated of course but I still felt shit lol.
So the farmers protests are still going on over here and I had my doubts about our party supporting them. But they have surprised me I must admit. We are managing to highlight the messed up ways of the big Agricultural Industry in which everything becomes more expensive and the bigger profits stay at the big corps instead of with the farmers.
So our party just expressed support for Belgian farmers' protests. They are protesting for the same reasons the Dutch farmers have been protesting in recent years: nitrogen emissions which have to be pushed back by EU law.
In The Netherlands the protests have been taken over by far right movements and big agro corps and I have to admit the left shit the bed when it comes to offering solutions. But, the things the farmers do are actually bad for the environment. Most of the emissions are caused by mega factory livestock companies which mostly export their products anyway. And they make up a tiny percentage of total trade in The Netherlands and probably over here as well.
I just hope we don't support thing for the sake of remaining popular.
I sometimes struggle with the urge of western marxists who want to make everything fun and enjoyable when it comes to organizing. Like, not everything has to be quirky, or funny, or with witty chants or at a bar with beers or whatever.
So Ukrainian refugees have get togethers in my city every Sunday and you'd think they'd be able to hide the fascist flags during those but nope they are there
It would be funny if after weeks of European saber rattling about going to war with Russia, the US would go into an internal dispute and be a useless ally.
A Dutch news outlet posted a story on Instagram about a Dutch-Israeli terrorist joining the IDF and she died due to an infection. They disabled comments on the post lmao.
Well it's not just a coincidence then it seems, because the same talks are happening in other countries. They must have decided something behind the scenes.
The talk is different than the talk at the beginning of the Russian invasion now. Instead of a 'hypothetical' war the focus is now more on preparing for a 'soon to be imminent' war
Well the most important thing in our current society is making money, so...