“Woody, part of a group called Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels and dressed in the grim reaper costume, told the Guardian he had come “dressed as Big Oil”…

“”Big Oil’s tentacles reach across through many industries, and it’s those enablers of the fossil fuel industry that, as a movement, Cut the Ties to Fossil Fuels, target.”

“He said it was important to unite on the left and work together, which is something the right tend to do well “despite having massive differences”.

“”It’s a numbers game in a way. This is really important to send a message. So I’m really excited about being here today and being part of a much bigger thing.”

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    The protest was in response to Tommy Robinson’s “unite the kingdom” rally in September, when 110,000 people marched through central London.

    The event was supported by a wide range of celebrities, including the actors Christopher Eccleston, David Harewood, Lenny Henry, Steve Coogan, Toby Jones, Lolly Adefope and Maxine Peake, the musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church, Brian Eno and Beverley Knight, and the comedian James Acaster.

    I didn’t know these celebrities supported Tommy Robinson! /s

    What a terrible order of phrasing from an international newspaper.

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    The opposite of multiculturalism is incestculturalism. The opposite of “race-mixing” is “incest-mixing”.

    Use language to make people understand why a constant inflow of new cultural trends and new genetic variety is a good thing. The alternative is bad for everyone, and always has been.

    The best example of a country that opposes multiculturalism and “race-mixing” is North Korea. Poverty, drug abuse, corruption and ignorance are the “glorious” results of ethnonationalism.

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        Are you saying that North Korea’s ethnonationalist “self-sufficiency” policies have been a success?

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          China is more of an ethnostate, DPRK at least in their view of the Korean people is based on citizenry rather than ethnicity.

          However most Asian countries have low immigration so picking them out as a boogie man just points to name calling.

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            North Korea is one of the poorest, most corrupt and most oppressed countries in the world. You are delusional.

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              I’m asking for proof. USA would be poor too, btw, if a bully state slapped sanctions on us and threatened other states to keep them from doing any trade or business with us. Just like Cuba.

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      Mixing but only to a certain extent. Animals including humans are naturally altruistic toward their relatives. The biological purpose is to promote their genes. That’s the reason Scots form clans. Some ethnic mixing is good because different ethnic groups have genes that other groups might not have but this should not reach a point where an ethnic group’s identity is wiped out because of mixing. Think of the Olympic flag which has 5 rings The rings overlap but only partially. North Korea is poor not because of ethnonationalism but poor government. China, Japan, and Russia are examples of homogeneous societies which are doing well.

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        North Korea is poor not because of ethnonationalism but poor government.

        Sanctions surely have nothing to do with poverty in sanctioned nations.

        Anyway, DPRK seems to be doing well, despite USA interference.

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          I don’t think North Korea’s economy is doing well but the important point is that many countries which are ethnically homogeneous do well such as Russia, China, Japan, and even South Korea.