June 16, 2018 by cinnabar50

Please Help to Finally Stop The Yulin Dog Meat Festival

It’s that time of year again, the summer solstice and the barbaric Yulin dog meat festival June 21st for ten days. What should be a celebration of the changing of the seasons is used as an excuse to slaughter helpless animals. Please read the information below and sign the petition:

“Every summer, thousands of dogs — many just puppies — are killed during the ten days of the Yulin Dog Meat Festival. And it’s going to happen all over again, unless people like you speak out to stop this year’s horrific festival.

One of the most terrifying things about the annual festival is that many household dogs, cats and other pets are abducted by kidnappers trying to make a quick buck as the dog festival begins. Local animal lovers often try to buy the dogs before butchers can, but dog sellers often refuse to sell to activists.

Join the Movement to Stop the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in 2018

Please continue reading and sign and share this petition urging Chinese President Xi Jinping to save the puppies and stop the 2018 Yulin Dog Meat Festival now.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/228/934/251/join-the-movement-to-stop-the-yulin-dog-meat-festival-in-2018/

More information

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/join-movement-stop-yulin-dog-meat-festival/

While there are less animals killed than when the event was first introduced in 2009 as a result of global outrage and protest and the work of animal charities, such as the humane society, the entire event regarding the brutal slaughter of dogs and cats needs to end, each animal’s life is important to the individual animal and no dogs or cats should be killed.

There is a lot less publicity for this year’s so called festival, maybe as a result of the reduction of the number of animals killed as explained in the petition link above. I had in fact forgotten about this “festival” until seeing the above petition today, so please remind everyone by sharing widely. Until zero animals are killed the protest needs to continue.

One less barbarity in the world makes the world a better and safer place for us all. It is very difficult and indeed depressing to realise that in this world there are people who can so willingly be brutal towards both one another and the other species with whom we share this planet, who seem without conscience or remorse to so easily kill and maim the helpless and vulnerable simply for some perverse pleasure or as a result of misguided ignorance.

More Action

Please take the time to help end the dog meat trade by taking as many of the following actions as you can

The Dog Meat Trade

http://www.hsi.org/issues/dog_meat/

Action to Protect Wildlife Affected by Proposed Mexican Border Wall

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.”
Isaac Newton

The following petition was in my email box this morning, a reminder that the Mexican wall is still on Trump’s bizarre agenda.

Please sign the following petition to try and halt yet another of Trump’s misguided polices which will adversely affect wildlife, including endangered species, in addition of course to undermining the rights of indigenous communities and harming the environment:

Petition Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife

Oppose The Border Wall And Protect Wildlife!

“Funding the wall would destroy wildlife habitat.

President Trump’s crusade to build an impenetrable wall between the U.S. and Mexico could condemn wildlife already on the brink of extinction.

But Congress can put a stop to Trump’s fixation. Federal legislators have the power to deny funding for this disastrous roadblock to the survival of imperiled species. Funding the wall would destroy wildlife habitat and could be the end of the road for these species like endangered Mexican grey wolves, ocelots and jaguars.

We must act now! Demand that Congress refuse to fund the border wall. ”

Please read more and sign and share the petition:
http://therainforestsite.greatergood.com/clickToGive/trs/petition/dow_oppose-border-wall/

The border wall is racially motivated, it is bad for people, animals and the environment.

Here are more actions to take to oppose this insane proposal

Petition

Stop Trump From Building the Wall

https://www.change.org/p/united-states-supreme-court-stop-trump-from-building-the-wall

Take a pledge to fight Trump’s Border wall

“More than 650 miles of barriers already exist along the border. These walls, fences and barriers cut through sensitive ecosystems, disrupt animal migration patterns, cause catastrophic flooding, and divide communities and tribal nations.

Now Donald Trump wants a wall across the entire 2,000-mile border. Trump’s wall would harm border communities, perpetuate human suffering, destroy thousands of acres of habitat and halt the cross-border migration of dozens of animal species. In fact, as revealed in the Center’s 2017 report A Wall in the Wild, 93 threatened, endangered and candidate species would potentially be affected by construction of a wall and related infrastructure spanning the entirety of the border.”

Read more and take the pledge

Take our pledge to fight Trump’s border wall today.

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/border_wall/index.html

5 Ways To Protest The Border Wall Donald Trump So Desperately Wants To Build
https://www.bustle.com/p/5-ways-to-protest-the-border-wall-donald-trump-so-desperately-wants-to-build-33207

This comment included in the first petition raises a good point:”Wildlife & the environment is so much more important than immigrants coming into our country. We’re all descended from immigrants, unless you’re Native American.”

Trump seeks further funding

“President Donald Trump will boost by a half-billion dollars his funding request for his plan to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico, seeking at least $2.2 billion for the controversial project in fiscal year 2019, multiple GOP sources said.

The Trump administration requested $1.6 billion for the project earlier this year, but White House officials are going to increase that amount to at least $2.2 billion and possibly more, the congressional and administration officials said.”

Trump to boost request for border wall funding by half-billion dollars
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/donald-trump-border-wall-funding-increase-request-601635

The wall will eventually cost $25 billion to complete, a huge cost which could provide medical care, housing, education and other more worthy life enhancing projects.

Related links

Find out from Amnesty International about Trumps numerous violations of human rights

100 WAYS TRUMP HAS THREATENED HUMAN RIGHTS – AND HOW WE FOUGHT BACK

This briefing is not exhaustive and the Trump administration’s ongoing threats to human rights remain
https://www.amnestyusa.org/trump100days/ It is quite a list with more added everyday! The list was in fact complied shorty after the first 100 days, since that time of course there is no doubt much much more to add.

A list of information from Amnesty International concerning US immigration

https://www.amnestyusa.org/search/mexico+wall/

Amnesty accuses President Trump of human rights violations

“Amnesty put Mr Trump in the same group as the leaders of Egypt, Russia, China, the Philippines, and Venezuela.”

Donald Trump’s wildlife protection board full of people who like killing animals for fun

“Review of board members appointed by interior secretary Ryan Zinke indicates they are likely to agree with his position that the best way to protect critically threatened or endangered species is by encouraging wealthy Americans to shoot some of them.

A new US advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald Trump and his family. ”

Frankly Trump is a menace to practically every being on the planet!

June 9, 2018 by cinnabar50

Demand the Nationalisation of Water

“Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. ”
Kofi Annan,

Since 1989 the year of privatisation water bills have gone up by 40 per cent!

Not so long ago when our water was nationalised, controlled and distributed by councils and government departments our water bills were very modest indeed, few people worried about receiving them, few were unable to pay them and no one was cut off. After privatisation these bills escalated substantially. Along with privatisation came water metres for many people, bringing with it the need to carefully watch usage of water and while I don’t for one minutes suggest it is okay to waste water, in a country such as the UK there should be no anxiety about using water or going without water as a result of concern that you cannot pay the extortionate bill, the profit from which lines the pockets of greedy private water firms whose share holders make billions from this life giving, life enhancing precious resource without which none of us can live. To make matter worse you have no say in who supplies your water, you have to go with whatever water company supplies the water to your locality so there is no competition that would help keep prices down, so basically they can charge what the hell the like.

Please read more and sign the following petition and demand that our water supply is nationalised.

“Our household bills are rising — while greedy private water firms are making billions for their shareholders and executives from our public service! And receiving more money in tax breaks than they’ve paid in tax.

If our water industry was publicly owned, the money currently going to private shareholders could be reinvested into making our water infrastructure better, or passed back to customers in reduced bills.”

A whopping £13.5bn has been paid out to shareholders in dividends since 2010. At the same time as greedy private firms have claimed huge tax breaks and forced up prices for millions of customers. Since the water industry was privatised in 1989, water bills have risen in real terms by 40%.”

Please read more and sign and share this petition:
https://actions.sumofus.org/a/show-your-support-for-nationalising-britain-s-water-industry?source=campaigns

There are many things that in no circumstance should be sold for profit, such as food, shelter, medical care and water, all vital to life, health and well being. No one has the right to monopolize these vital resources upon which life depends and distribute them for a profit, it is highly immoral.

If our water industry was nationalised, the nearly 14.billion profit paid out to greedy shareholders could be used instead to improve water services, and reduce prices for everyone. As before privatisation it would be run by councils and government departments and as such it is would our elected representatives who would be accountable to voters to keep prices down and make sure the service runs well.

June 8, 2018 by cinnabar50

Stop the trump administrations from lifting ban on extreme hunting in Alaska

Below are two petitions concerning the reinstatement of hunting in Alaska.

The trump administration is planning to roll back a 2015 regulation that bans aggressive hunting tactics in roughly 20 million acres of federal lands in Alaska including using dogs to hunt black bears, luring black and brown bears with bait, shooting bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens or killing caribou (reindeer) from motor boats.

All hunting is wrong, barbaric and totally unnecessary and only encourages callous violent behavior in those who participate in it

“Allowing the killing of bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens is barbaric and inhumane. The proposed regulations cast aside the very purpose of national parks to protect wildlife and wild places” Jamie Rappaport Clark,Defenders of Wildlife president and CEO.

National parks should protect wildlife not encourage the more backward sociopathic element of our society to use live animals as target practice for whatever perverted pleasure it gives them. The proposal is extreme as are the methods of hunting and needs to be stopped.

Please sign and share the following two petitions

Please read the following and sign the petition.

“In Alaska, you might soon be able to teach your children the wonder of the great outdoors by killing helpless bear cubs and wolf pups in their dens or mowing down swimming caribou from the comfort of your own motorboat.

The Trump administration wants to open the door to extreme hunting techniques of some of Alaska’s most iconic animals. The proposal is an attempt to rollback a 2015 Obama administration regulation that banned the same practices.

Besides the horrific caribou slaughtering methods that would be permitted, the rollback would also allow hunters to “lure brown and black bears with bait, hunt black bears and their cubs using artificial lights, […], and use dogs to hunt black bears.”

Please read more and sign the petition

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/871/496/885/the-trump-administration-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-kill-baby-bears-and-wolves/?z00m=30524484

Please now sign the next petition

Take a Stand to Protect Alaska’s Bears and Wolves!

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has directed the National Park Service (NPS) to allow extreme hunting methods in Alaska’s national preserves, like baiting brown bears, killing black bear mothers and cubs in dens, and killing wolves and pups by trapping during denning season. This is shameful and outrageous.

Please read more and sign the petition

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/605/906/551/?z00m=30528759

More details if you have not already seen them

Trump Team Moves To Lift Ban On ‘Extreme’ Hunting Tactics In Alaska

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/alaska-preserve-predator-hunting-interior-proposed-rule_us_5b032131e4b0a046186ecabe

June 2, 2018 by cinnabar50

Take Action to support Sainsbury’s shop floor staff’s working rights and other matters.

“A fair days work for a fair days pay” motto of the American Federation of Labor.

Over 9,000 of Sainsburys staff are to loose up to £3,000 per year as a result of pay changes including a loss of paid breaks, the Sunday and bank holiday premium and a shortening of night shift hours where staff will only be paid nightshift rates between 12am to 5am. A bonus is also set to be scrapped.

However there’s money for a £1.8 million share bonus for CEO Mike Coupe as 9,000 staff who do the real work are set to lose up to £3,000 per year.

Please sign and share the following petition – other actions further down

Support Sainsbury’s shop floor staff’s working rights. We’re NOT in the money

In March, Sainsbury’s announced wholesale contract changes across the organisation and spun them to the media as an ‘increase in basic pay’. But, because of these changes, I will be one of the thousands of long standing and loyal Sainsbury’s staff who will see our wages plummet.

Here is the reality for shopfloor staff like me:

Those of us who work unsociable hours over weekends will see our earnings slashed.

Those of us who work through the night will only receive nightshift pay between 12am and 5am.

We’ll all lose our bonuses (although not our “we’re in the money” CEO).

We’ll no longer be paid through our breaks.

And if we don’t accept the changes by September, then Sainsbury’s will dismiss us from our jobs.

I personally stand to lose over £1,000 per year. Some of my colleagues will lose as much as £3,000.

Read more and please sign and share the petition:

https://www.change.org/p/support-sainsbury-s-shop-floor-staff-s-working-rights-we-re-not-in-the-money

Want to do more?

Write a letter or e-mail Sainsbury’s head office let them know in no uncertain terms what you think of their unfair changes to pay – – but please be polite.

Letter

Head office

Sainsbury’s Store Support Centre
33 Holborn
London
EC1N 2HT

Switchboard
020 7695 6000

Email

https://help.sainsburys.co.uk/help/contact_us

Sainsburys FB https://en-gb.facebook.com/sainsburys/

Sainsburys Twitter https://twitter.com/sainsburys

If you think that all supermarket staff should be paid a fairs days work for a fair days pay, a living wage , please sign the SumofUs Petition

Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose

The Living Wage: it’s time big supermarkets paid it.

https://actions.sumofus.org/a/the-living-wage-it-s-time-big-supermarkets-paid-it

Its all about money of course, increasing profits, nothing else seems to matter nowadays and the people who actually make a contribution to the functioning and well being of society get paid the least while big businesses and corporations exploit them and all us for huge profits. These insatiably greedy supermarkets and food producers exploit staff with low wages for long hours while selling produce and commodities vital to life at huge prices which increase in significant increments day after day. Frankly food, without which we would all not survive for long of course, should not be sold for profit, doing so leaves many people worldwide hungry, malnourished, starving, including right here in the UK thanks to Tory austerity measures, including vicious cuts to benefits for disabled, sick and unemployed people . Low wages also are common place, an obvious method of exploitation which leaves thousands of people needing to use food banks. The whole system sickens me. We need a fair world with a fair distribution of food not dependent on how much money you have or otherwise. While this may not happen in the foreseeable future as capitalism has such a tight grip on people’s hearts and minds, but hopefully one day, one day, no one will go hungry, struggle to feed or clothe themselves or secure a home, no one will work for inadequate wages yet go to bed hungry or live on the pittance of government handouts increasing cut . However for now we must fight the system that is allowing others to exploit so many of us and take as much action as you can even it if is only to sign a petition or write a letter.

What with one thing and another as a customer of Salisbury’s I am seriously considering taking my custom elsewhere.

Here is the latest outrage! The DWP (Department of Works and pensions) are colluding with Sainsbury’s to spy on benefit claimants including disabled people!!!! You couldn’t make it up. UNBELIEVABLE!

The DWP: in bed with Sainsbury’s?

“CCTV screens are being placed above self-service checkouts in hundreds of supermarkets across the UK.”

“The UK has a ‘hostile environment’ where welfare claimants and disabled people live under a cloud of suspicion and unworthiness. It’s this which makes Sainsbury’s colluding with the DWP all the more concerning. If we have reached the point where welfare recipients can’t even do their shopping without fear of being ‘shopped’ to the DWP, then the system is even more broken than we thought.”

Extracts from the Canary article

The DWP has been colluding with Sainsbury’s to spy on disabled people

Please read the entire article and take the action suggested

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2018/05/29/the-dwp-has-been-colluding-with-sainsburys-to-spy-on-disabled-people/

All very worrying to say the least, having lived in a time when such shocking invasion of a privacy was unthinkable outside Orwells book 1984 it comes as a huge shock.

Another worry concerning the ‘creepy’ CCTV screens placed above self-service checkouts as shoppers claim some key pads are clearly exposed if entering pin numbers. Read the article below for more information:

Sainsbury’s customers voice concern over ‘creepy’ CCTV screens placed above self-service checkouts

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sainsburys-cctv-self-service-checkouts-supermarkets-customer-reaction-a8359411.html

The following may also alarm many of us: the UK has the most CCTV cameras than any other country worldwide

I never use self service check outs because firstly it takes jobs away from people and secondly I have no intention of doing unpaid work for Sainsburys – checking out your own purchases is of course unpaid work as you are doing work that Salisbury’s should be employing someone to do. You are making more money for this greedy money grabbing supermarket. The fact that while using self service checkout you are being spied on is yet another reason to avoid them.

Concerning pay, it is of no use to raise wages but take away unpaid tea breaks, additional pay for working unsociable hours and reduce nightshift increased payments to between between 12am and 5am only.

Credit photograph
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sainsbury%27s_at_Northumberland_Park_-_May_2018.jpg

May 26, 2018 by cinnabar50

Speak Out Against The Cruelty of Glue Traps.

This is the second post concerning glue traps which are among the most cruel methods of killing an animal. Though to my mind the taking of the precious life of any creature is a profound act of cruelty whatever the method.

If you are not convinced of the cruelty of glue traps please watch the video which will be disturbing to caring compassionate people.

Rodents feel pain, fear, and stress, just as the cats and dogs and they need your help. No creature deserves such cruelty. Rodents – mice & rats – are after all living only according to their nature, they are not pests except from the perspective of human beings. They like all animals have a right to their lives, it is their world also. No animal should die a long protracted death under any circumstance.

Remember: There is no right way to kill someone who does not want to die no matter what the method is.

Please urge airports to commit to banning glue traps today!

Speak out against the cruelty of glue traps by sending a message to air ports urging them to Ban Glue Traps

“After having been informed that glue traps cause extreme, prolonged suffering to rodents, more than 100 U.S. airports committed to banning these vile devices. But some have been unresponsive or have flat out refused to ban them.”

“Rodents may be small, but they feel pain, fear, and stress, just as the cats and dogs who share our homes do. They need your help. Please urge airports to commit to banning glue traps today!”

Please urge airports to ban the use of glue traps by clicking the link below to send a message:

https://support.peta.org/page/4722/action/1?utm_source=PETA::E-Mail&utm_medium=E-News&utm_campaign=0318::wld::PETA::E-Mail::Mice%20Rip%20Themselves%20Apart%20Trying%20to%20Escape::::peta%20e-news&ea.url.id=56500

Please use your own words if possible but if for some reason you cannot do so just send the message as it is. It is most important that as many messages are sent as possible.

More Action to take

Advice concerning how to humanely deal with so called pests.

Ideas about what to do if you see an animal caught in a glue trap and actions you can take to stop the sale of these cruel traps. Includes humane ways to Send Rodents Packing:

https://www.peta.org/issues/wildlife/wildlife-factsheets/glue-traps/

The RSPCA are opposed to the sale of glue traps

“We’re opposed to the manufacture, sale and use of all glue traps because they cause unacceptable suffering and are totally indiscriminate in what they catch, often ensnaring wild animals like birds and even pets!”

The RSA ask you to do the following if you see anyone selling glue traps

What are the RSPCA doing and how can I help?

“For the past year, we’ve been running our “Wild Animals and Glue Traps” project. We agree that, as outlined in the Code of Practice Humane for the Use of Rodent Glue Boards, if these traps have to be used, they should only be used by, trained professionals. As part of this project, we’re asking that anyone who sees glue traps on sale to the general public to write to us at wildlife@rspca.org.uk with:

Name and address of the store where the traps are being sold (include postcode where possible).

The manager or owner of the store concerned (if known) and the address if different to above.

The date you saw the traps on sale.

We’ll then write to the retailer and ask them to consider stopping the sale of glue traps at their store, remove all glue traps from their stock and not to re-stocking them in the future – to prevent the problem reoccurring. The project has been very successful and many stockists have taken these traps off their shelves. Among our success stories, we made Amazon UK aware of the sale of rodent glue traps on their site and, in line with their pre-existing policy against such traps; they then promptly had the items removed.”

Continue reading the full article:
https://blogs.rspca.org.uk/insights/2016/05/10/the-problems-with-glue-traps/#.WfVyhmi0NPY

It is worth reporting this to the RSPCA , it’s quite simple just fill in the above information. Yes I felt uncomfortable reporting our local iron mongers, a friendly family business, but it is more unconformable – which is putting it mildly – for the unfortunate animals trapped in this way. The RSPCA will simply send them a letter pointing out the cruelty of glue traps asking the retailer to discontinue selling them. Like anyone else retailers may simply not think it through as often is the case when people unknowingly commit cruelty, only doing so because they do not recognize how cruel such methods are.

Albert Schweitzer once said:

“We must fight against the spirit of unconscious cruelty with which we treat the animals. Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings on them. It is our duty to make the whole world recognize it. Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace.”

This and other information is included in the first article here:
https://rantingsfromavirtualsoapbox.wordpress.com/2017/10/29/snake-rescued-from-glue-trap/

May 25, 2018 by cinnabar50

Take Action to Help Older People Get The Care They Need.

“It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”
Hubert H. Humphrey

As a result of Tory austerity polices the most vulnerable in our society are suffering and continue to suffer.

Here is but one example:

In the 6th richest country in the world, the UK, more than 1.2 million older people in England currently can’t access the basic care they need to do everyday things, like get dressed and make themselves a meal. Things need to change for vulnerable people, things need to change for everyone.

Right now, the government is devising new plans for social care in England. We need to make sure that the needs of older people are addressed.

Please sign petition

Sign our petition for fair care:

Dear Jeremy Hunt

We believe that everyone should be supported to lead the lives they want for as long as they can.

That’s why we are calling for a care system that:

• Makes sure that everyone who needs care gets it.

• Gets rid of poor quality care.

• Values carers and care workers.

Read full petition and please sign and share:

https://campaigns.independentage.org/node/82/utm_source=email&utm_campaign=GP1&utm_term=b1#

Please sign even if like me you loathe and detest the Tories for the misery and suffering they have inflicted on vulnerable people such as children, the sick and disabled, low paid workers, the elderly and do not forget the NHS upon which the vast majority of us rely be we rich or poor and which they are systematically destroying with cuts to funding.

While it is good to sign petitions and work within the existing government to bring about change to the unfair policies of the Tories , we must in the end be rid of them if anything is to really change for the good of the majority of us.

Petitions are always well worth signing

Signing a petition sends them a message, lets them know that we do not approve of the grave injustice inflicted on our most vulnerable citizens.

“We need leadership in this country, which will improve the lives of working families, the children, the elderly, the sick and the poor. We need leadership which brings our people together and makes us stronger.”
Bernie Sanders US senator

The above quote applies to the UK and anywhere else that fails to improve or even makes worse the lives of the majority of it’s citizens, particularly the most vulnerable such as those with disabilities, elderly people and children. It may shock you to know that one fifth of our citizens – 14 million people – live in poverty with the worst decline among children and the elderly. There are 1.9 million pensioners (16 percent) living in relative poverty according to these statistics:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/reports-and-publications/reports-and-briefings/money-matters/rb_aug17_briefing_poverty.pdf

Fifth of UK population now in poverty amid worst decline for children and pensioners in decades, major report reveals

“Britain’s record on tackling poverty has reached a turning point and is at risk of unravelling, following the first sustained rises in child and pensioner poverty for two decades, a major report has warned.

Nearly 400,000 more children and 300,000 more pensioners are now living in poverty than five years ago, during which time there have been continued increases in poverty across both age groups – prompting experts to warn that hard-fought progress towards tackling destitution is “in peril”. ”

Continue reading:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/poverty-britain-joseph-rowntree-foundation-report-theresa-may-social-mobility-commission-million-a8089491.html

This country is in a really sorry state, most people are suffering as a result of the misery inflicted by a bunch of over privileged bastards who have never known a day of poverty in their lives, who have never known what it is like to be hungry and cold shivering on the streets, no home, no hope no future. Never felt the anxiety of financial insecurity, never felt the anxiety for the future of their children, never had to work for all the hours god made to eke out a pittance now often not even enough to buy food or pay the rent. How many Tories have had to send their children to school hungry, how many go home to an unheated house, how many face retirement struggling on a pittance which barely pays the huge council tax , food, rent, repairs if you own your own home after paying an extortionate mortgage for the best part of your life! Most older people watch their home fall apart unable to afford the huge cost of repairs! Recently I had an estimate to fix a lock on a window – I can’t open the window without this – cost £ 145, more than a single pensioners entire income for a week. How about clothing or a holiday – A Holiday!!!!!! how many elderly people get even a weeks holiday? Not many. Things have to change we cannot allow our lives to be ruined by the greedy few, not only here in the UK but the world over.

We must rid this world of the vile cancer of greed and exploitation namely right wing ideology of social inequality. We must end the society of greed, the corrupt exploitative capitalist system that is destroying lives, destroying the very air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. Our land, our oceans, our planet is dying as are the myriad species with whom we share it, killed by the voracious greed of the few at the expense of the many.

Please sign and share this petition and every petition that sends a message that you have had enough of social injustice which treats our citizens so shamefully, enough of inequality, of environmental damage to our world, of the exploitation of human and nonhuman animals.

Rantings From a Virtual Soapbox

A blog in support of animal and human rights and the environment

Author: cinnabar50