Joana Ramiro
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I am barely active on this website nowadays - for a variety of reasons - and mostly do some lurking, some liking, and some posting of work-related links.
If you'd like to get this plus a little insight into my life, feel free to follow me on Instagram (under the same username)📸
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A woman famously friends with PM Boris Johnson’s dad gets help from UK gov so she can spend Xmas in the Maldives. But Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains in prison more than 3 years later because of the incompetence of then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson
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10 years ago today a fascist named Anders Breivik (now Fjotolf Hansen) murdered 77 people, incl 33 minors, in what he described as fighting "cultural Marxism"
Today, the term is used willy nilly by people on the right side of the political spectrum - from politicians to pundits
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I think most humans are quite political from an early age, even if they don't understand themselves as such. But not all are as potent and succinct as the students of
#PimlicoAcademy
Fantastic action for justice and equality that deserves all our solidarity
Here are their demands
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Man **actually hits Jeremy Corbyn** while smashing an egg on him
Mainstream Media: 🤷🏻♀️
Man throws milkshake at Nigel Farage from afar
Mainstream Media: OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR DEMOCRACY THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS 😱😡😭
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@charliehtweets
I once saw a cartoon where the joke was something along the lines of "plants are the new pets, pets are the new babies and babies are the new luxury items"
if you live in London this checks out
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The fact that our political representatives + mainstream media have not only allowed for this type of language to penetrate our daily discourse/be normalised, but also for it to be seen as the response to civil rights movements (eg BLM) is one of the great atrocities of our times
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Talvez não seja surpreendente, mas não deixa de ser irresponsável e preocupante, que o suplemento do jornal mais vendido em Portugal ache normal pôr na capa da sua mais recente edição imagens e retórica nazi. Assim se vão normalizando e ratificando o que prometemos nunca esquecer
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This woman's last days were lived in pain and in line. She was denied the dignity and peace any dying person deserves. She knew the horrors she witnessed in the NHS were political and she used her final days to warn us about it. Her bravery won't be forgotten!
RIP Jayne
Incredibly sad to hear that Jayne died this morning.
Jayne's life ended as she lived it: making the world a better place for others.
Jayne sent me this video which shows her passion for defending our NHS and making sure it's there for everyone whenever they need it.
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Why are people surprised Islamophobe supreme Sarah Vine (and presumably Michael Gove) reads Holocaust-denier David Irving and white-supremacist Charles Murray? I mean, those Daily Mail columns need research!
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Today Margate residents stopped the Home Office from taking 22 asylum seekers from a local “contingency accommodation” to the Bibby Stockholm barge. Incredible “unity in community” indeed ❤️
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Language matters because its use is inevitably interlinked with public policy and social attitudes
The use of "cultural Marxism" as a derogative would be (wrong but) inconsequential if in the last decade governments like the UK one hadn't >>
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>> increasingly passed laws that ostracise and/or criminalise the communities represented by those branded as "cultural Marxists"
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In Portugal feminist & antifascist solidarity is alive and well
Socialist presidential candidate Ana Gomes paints her lips protesting sexist comments by far-right Chega leader André Ventura about Left Bloc candidate Marisa Matias wearing red lipstick at debates
#VermelhoemBelem
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I'm working another nightshift and on my screens there's
@graceblakeley
doing
#bbcpapers
and
@AyoCaesar
doing
#bbcqt
. I've been active on the British left long enough to remember when this level of anti-capitalist presence on mainstream media was simply inconceivable. Not anymore
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Did football just turn everyone into a Marxist-syndicalist?
You love to see it.
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Yesterday was International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
By 8am today I had already received 2 notifications from my news app on the murder of two young women over the last week
Bobbi-Anne McLeod from Plymouth
Ava White from Liverpool
#16Days
#OrangeTheWorld
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O "escândal" Zmar é a cena mais patética que Portugal vê há uns anos (e a competição não é pouca)
A empresa que gere o empreendimento declarou insolvência em março
Isto tendo o Zmar sido criado (2009) com €7 milhões de fundos públicos +empréstimos do Turismo de Portugal e BES
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I’ve been meaning to do this for years, but I’ve finally gathered the courage to do it. Yup, that’s my third nipple, and yes, it’s pierced. I love my body (something I struggled with a lot but have finally conquered) and that includes my supernumerary nipple 1/3
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The
#BlackLivesMatter
March in Lisbonnis absolutely humongous - easily tens of thousands - I haven’t seen a protest this large since the anti austerity movements
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Today I learnt that
@MollyMEP
made a website explaining each dodgy millionaire involved in Brexit and, tbf, it's a pretty nifty little tool (with an excellent use of emojis)
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Unless the BBC is ready to call people like Rod Liddle “fascist propagandists” next, this headline is utterly unacceptable
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In the coming weeks and months I will have to think long and hard over whether I want to continue living in a country where a black MP is stopped by police, and when said black MP points the finger at racial profiling a not so little mob demands she gets the sack
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TFW you're not quite sure with how to deal with how shambolic your country's governance has become...
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Laughable to see a handful of self-entitled digital nomads complaining about living in Lisbon (quickly going viral at it)
How much have these people contributed to the community that existed in the places they now live in? Do they speak Portuguese? Do they pay PT taxes?
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As someone from warmer climes here are some tips on what to do to survive the UK heatwave:
• darken the house during day - leave windows open but curtains or shutters closed where possible, open curtains at night to let a cooler breeze in
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Second what
@graceblakeley
says here. I went to a private school and I am in favour of abolishing them for the sake of a school system that offers **everyone** the high quality education that I was only able to get because of my class privilege
#AbolishEton
Labour's National Policy Forum rep +
#AbolishEton
campaign supporter
@graceblakeley
says:
"Having attended both private and state schools, a properly funded state system could provide the same, or even a superior, quality of education than that found in the private sector."
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Portugal’s most watched tv channel (TVI) invited the former leader of the Portuguese fascist party National Front and founder of the new far-right “movement” New Social Order, Mário Machado, onto one of its most watched day talk shows on Thursday.
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#June8
we have a once in a lifetime opportunity to elect a progressive government
#forthemany
Let's start a movement
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One of the best gifts I got this Christmas was someone telling me about this letter from 8 January 1864, where Engels tells Marx that due to partying too hard throughout the season he had become “unable” to answer sooner.
“The whole thing is now thankfully over.”
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It's good to hear that court has ruled against the extradition of Julian Assange but I am wary of the fact it's on mental health grounds
It's a rather feeble precedent against the extradition of whistleblowers and/or in defence of the free press
Democracy needs better than that
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Acho graça a AD e a IL fazerem dos “jovens forçados a irem para fora” slogan eleitoral quando foi no governo de Pedro Passos Coelho - o neo-con par excellence - que houve uma verdadeira debandada de profissionais portugueses para o estrangeiro 🧵
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Do you think Good Morning Britain is pandering to racism?
Do you think increasing stop-and-search powers will reduce crime?
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Quick reminder that while these polls are a very good sign, an actual
#generalelection
would - certainly at this point - put Jeremy Corbyn in Number 10. Why?
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@UKLabour
has an unparalleled campaigning machine made of members ready to be called into action on the ground
NEW: General Election voting intention in England, Scotland and Wales, 10th - 11th July 2019:
LAB 29% (+3), CON 23% (-1), BXP 20% (nc), LD 19% (nc), SNP 4% (+1), GRN 3% (-2), OTH 2% (-1)
(changes w/ 19th - 20th June 2019)
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O Expresso sabe bem que este tipo de título é dar carta branca à política (e às políticas) da extrema-direita. Republicar a fanfarronice é sempre mau jornalismo, mas a esta distância das eleições é verdadeiramente irresponsável.
@expresso
, do better!
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Former boss of Chancellor Rishi Sunak
Former economic adviser to Boris Johnson when the Prime Minister was Mayor of London (you know, when he wasted millions of pounds in ill-designed Routemasters and *that* Garden Bridge)
Conservative Party donor
Zero journalism experience
BREAKING: Former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp named as next BBC chairman
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If like me you live in a safe
@UKLabour
seat you should consider canvassing somewhere where Labour could take over from the Tories/LibDems
@PeoplesMomentum
provides a tool where you can find your nearest marginal but you can also see a complete list here:
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I’m happy to be judged on my record. I’m happy to be shown when my principles have hinged facts (if they ever did). But I won’t pretend I don’t have a political opinion or that I’m “impartial” to the horrors that neoliberal politics have waged on my fellow wo/man
So..VOTE LABOUR!
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Vejam só o que a minha mãe encontrou numa gaveta da escrivaninha do meu avô!! Sim, é o
@dntwit
do dia 25 de Abril de 1974 (2ª tiragem) 😱😍
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Westminster’s worst kept secret is the amount of odd, inappropriate and (allegedly) abusive text messages/DMs Neil Coyle MP sends to people. Never thought it would go as far as doing it to the Leader of the Opposition, but at least the man’s consistent
In Left Out, Team Corbyn for the first time details years of alleged abuse and even physical intimidation from Labour MPs
Here's exhibit A. Texts sent from one MP, Neil Coyle, to Corbyn himself.
"I have no idea how you sleep at night but I hope ... it's really badly"
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Goodbye my dear comrade and friend, Ted Knight (1933-2020). (Red) Ted was a socialist and a fighter to his very last day. He was known for his roles in the Labour Party, in Lambeth council, in the GLC, and his heroic fight against Thatcherism (1/3)
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Your commute is a tax on work, you are paying to go do something your employer *needs* you to do. It’s high time it stopped being de facto unpaid labour time.
Claim Your Commute |
@w_stronge
Why employers should meet their employees halfway and pay 50 per cent of the commuting fare.
From our New Economy Starter Pack (in collaboration with
@Autonomy_UK
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People now moving towards Westminster Bridge - reminiscent of Extinction Rebellion protests in the last years
#KilltheBill
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Wtf?! There is an alleged Labour MP on
#r4today
suggesting anticapitalists are antisemitic because that is the nature of anti capitalism
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Idea that you can go somewhere cheaper than where ur salary is from (ie locals are paid fraction of what they’d get where u’re from) and expect people & dynamics not to react to the impact you have -or even rejoice at it -is simply parasitical
Check ur privilege or Eff Off (3/3)
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What annoys me most about
#LabourCoup
is that in a time when we should be focusing our energies on defending migrant rights and
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Is it just me or are the Sussexes about to do a
@novaramedia
interview? I’m here for the Meghan x
@AyoCaesar
chat!
"Engage with grassroots media organisations..." Anyone have an email for them?
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I believe that having a Labour government w
@jeremycorbyn
as Prime Minister will mean that I can do my job better, in a media industry that will be more democratic, diverse and with better/stricter checks & balances
While also giving its workers better living & working conditions
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Who stood w striking
#juniordoctors
and teachers; Post Office, Tata Steel and Tube workers?
#JeremyCorbyn
Remember that today union bosses!
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Neta de um homem cuja linhagem é dúbia (se acreditarmos nos rumores sobre a Carlota Joaquina) e que só teve direito a entrar em Portugal (ver: Lei do Banimento) porque Salazar quis imitar Franco e reintroduzir a monarquia quando batesse as botas casa ≠ “momento histórico e raro”
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All these questions are asked over and over again of poorer migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, which in general do tend to comply with all three somehow.
The arrogance and Anglo-centrism of some of these “digital nomads” is staggering. It’s atomised colonialism.
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Brazilian politician, social justice fighter, LGBT campaigner, avowed socialist
#MarielleFranco
was brutally murdered one year ago today. Who did it and why are questions still to be answered. Justice is still to be served
#WhoKilledMarielleFranco
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So what if he said “people of talent”?! Isn’t that too loaded with prejudice?! And besides, this is the person who wrote about Muslim women looking like “letterboxes” and black people’s “watermelon smiles” and so much more offensive stuff he shouldn’t even be where he is now!
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Crowds chanting “Tories out” as more people arrive. Green still only half full
#KilltheBill
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Theresa May changed a public visit to
#GrenfellTower
to a private one, not even meeting residents. Appalling public leadership once again.
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In a day of powerful pictures:
BBC presenter Samira Ahmed
@SamiraAhmedUK
arrives for her equal pay tribunal linking arms with Naga Munchetty
@BBCNaga
, whose (correct) comments about Donald Trump's racism recently made headlines. What a show of solidarity!
Pic: Rob Todd
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Half of The Times' columnists are racist scumbags. And we wonder why Britain is on the verge of a constitutional crisis.
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SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
RealLife™️ really has taken over in the last few weeks
Went on holiday w/ family, got a stomach bug, then this magic man asked me to stop playin about
Came to Lisbon 4 months ago single & childless
Returning to London this week with a fur-baby and a boyfriend
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I believe this because of the radical policies defended by
@UKLabour
and its members
I believe this because 10 years of Conservative government have seen us all - including thousands of journalists -worse off, and our industry and its multiplicity slashed left, right and centre
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Every time I’m in a 60s social housing-built building, the first thing that immediately strikes me is how spacious most rooms are. They also often have access to loads of natural light when compared to new builds.
Ask me again why I hate late capitalism...
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Less than 30 days away from Portugal’s snap elections the governing Socialist Party has not only pledged a rise in min salary and to assemble a “task force” to deal with the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery, but also opened the debate to the implementation of a
#4dayweek
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Happy
#InternationalWorkersDay
everyone!
Here’s a pic of the first May 1 in democratic Portugal in 1974, when one million (!!) people marched through Lisbon and celebrated workers’ power.
Here’s a toast to many more days of freedom and maybe soon to demos as big as this one ✊
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Starmer must be a nice man to have tea with or an interesting chat. And I’m sure that he’d make a perfectly acceptable social-democratic PM
He’s not reactionary but a socialist he ain’t either. And I’m afraid that in 2020, with the world ablaze, social-democracy just won’t cut it
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• drink lots of water - keep some in fridge and ice cubes always at the ready. But drink cold water mixed with room temp one
• be out of the sun between 12-3pm (honestly, not just because you tan like lobsters)
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Was Marie Kondoing my phone contacts and realised I still have
@jeremycorbyn
number from when he was just a backbencher and I could call him directly for comment. Unlike the Daily Mail everyone remembers Jeremy as a principled, loyal and helpful public servant
#DangerousHero4PM
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Can’t leave the house to go doorknocking? Working 7 days a week but want to help
@UKLabour
win? There’s so much you can do! From being part of
@PeoplesMomentum
Digital Army to translating your CLP’s materials into languages spoken in your community
Visit
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Gonna pitch to
@netflix
a show about all the famous spies & refugees that stopped or lived in Portugal 1914-1990
Josephine Baker
Dusko Popov
Garbo
Ian Fleming
Leslie Howard
Hannah Arendt
Peggy Guggenheim
Max Ernst
Alma Mahler
Jean Renoir
Calouste Gulbenkian
A. de Saint-Exupéry
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If only I were as lucky with men as this woman was with this dog...
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Journalism is - or should be - a public service. You are responsible for informing your fellow citizens and society at large.
That means you must tell the FACTS, not that you should silence your opinion, or indeed offer a counterpoint to every voice you broadcast.
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The neo-nazi leader that went on
@tvi
responded to my video about why we cannot give fascists a platform with (approximate translation): “You’re fuckable... ❤️”
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To watch a country I have loved for so long reverse into a state of barbarism is absolutely heartbreaking. My thoughts go out to my Brazilian friends and comrades, to the Brazilian LGBTQ+ community, to the Brazilian black community, to Brazilian feminists, to Brazilian Muslims...
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• switch off your appliances - TVs, laptops, stereos
• learn how to cook without an oven or stove - tis the time to eat salads, cold soups, hummus and other dips, preserved cooked veggies (eg: grilled peppers) are your bffs
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I interviewed Russell Brand a couple of times when he got involved with social movements in 2014/2015. I was in my mid20s and he struck me as unprofessionally tactile, he’d put his hand on my shoulder or even neck while pulling the microphone (and by extension *me*) closer to him
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The Portuguese go to the polls today, but the real vote is against fascism
Here’s me for
@jacobinmag
on the
#Presidenciais2021
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It’s less than a week until we put
@jeremycorbyn
in Number 10, so I’m rereading
@joecguinan
and
@oeufling
People Get Ready as prep. Can’t recommend this enough - it’s like an instruction manual on what to do to kick the Tories out and take control of our socialist future! ✊🚩
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Meanwhile in Lisbon after all the talk of
#BlackLivesMatter
things go back to “business as usual”..
Bailiffs +police just evicted mutual aid centre Seara which supported undoc migrants & refugees. I’m told journalists (namely
@fumacapt
reporter) were manhandled and tear gas used
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Não sei quem tem de ouvir isto mas, quando há um fascista em São Bento, o período de "ah é ignorá-los que atenção é o que eles querem" ACABOU
A normalização da extrema direita pelos meios de comunicação (sejam redes ou estações) está em curso
A de/renúncia tem que ser feita JÁ!
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I have slept
through the Zoom
event you hosted
yesterday
and for which
I had booked
a much coveted
“space”.
Forgive me
it was nap time
in quarantine
or other times.
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Much like
@DaniRowley
I too am on my period right now. I’ve spend £10 on it so far and it’s only the second day of my cycle. It’s time to abolish VAT on women’s sanitary products (aka
#tampontax
) and end
#periodpoverty
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Há um provérbio da esquerda anglófona que diz, "Check your privilege at the door"
Não ficava mal aos privados com casas no Zmar (celebridades ou não) e aos seus fervorosos apoiantes segui-lo
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Portugal gains the largest number of black and other minority ethnic members of parliament in its history. But it also sees the first fascist returning to parliament in 45 years of democracy
#legislativas2019
#portugueseelections
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Last time I cried because of politics was 2015
I was on a bus and
@jeremycorbyn
was elected leader of
@UKLabour
. I was only a supporter then but I shouted and cried: "He won!"
I've cried a few times today already and maybe by tomorrow I will be wailing in happiness
#VoteLabour
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Portugal has 112 confirmed cases of
#Covid_19
. Nobody has yet died
Neighbour Spain has registered more than 4200 cases and 122 deaths
Portugal has preventively closed down its schools and clubs, retirement homes are in lockdown. Many shops and non-essential services are closed
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