Author: Mick Hartley

isruptors. Nothing better sums up the turbo-smug racial paternalism of the modern left than the fact that gangs of men said ‘We carried out a Jew hunt!’ and these people essentially replied: ‘No you didn’t. You were just protesting. Bless.’ They don’t only know better than Jews, you see – they know better than Arabs, too.

e anti-Japanese struggle era to the latest propaganda tunes.

“All music in North Korea serves regime propaganda, so it doesn’t really matter who picks the songs,” the source noted. “But having the party cell secretary make the selections is considered ‘party policy’ – a rule that can’t be broken.”

The provincial authorities have made clear that these sessions aim to instill loyalty to the party, leader, and revolutionary spirit by having citizens memorize the lyrics. Workplaces are required to organize regular question-and-answer sessions about the songs, forcing employees to rehearse repeatedly until they’ve memorized all the words….

North Korea has long used music as a key tool for promoting official ideology and regime cohesion. Since founder Kim Il Sung’s era, songs have been used to cultivate public loyalty under the slogan “Where there’s a revolution, there are songs” – a practice that continued through Kim Jong Il’s and Kim Jong Un’s leadership.

Yet as economic conditions worsen and people struggle to feed their families, these propaganda songs have lost their effectiveness.

“Songs might have worked for ideological control in the past, but now, as people face harsher realities, they ignore them no matter how much they’re forced to sing,” the source said. “Plus, with more outside information getting in, people are less influenced by propaganda.”

“People openly say that singing songs won’t make rice appear or improve their lives when they can barely make ends meet,” the source added. “Ultimately, this coercive approach of forcing people to memorize and sing songs will only increase public distrust of the regime.”

Let's hope so.

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pan style=”font-size: 11pt”>The trust’s transgender policy, seen by The Telegraph, was drawn up by equalities officers and LGBT members of staff.

Controversially, it recognises “non-binary” identities, which are not recognised in law.

It sets an aim for all NHS staff in the two hospitals to be trained on “non-binary staff and gender non-conforming identities”.

The trust also said it would collect data on the gender that staff identify as, but not their biological sex, in defiance of the Government.

On toilets and changing rooms, the guidance states: “Facilities: provide access to gender-appropriate facilities. Gender-neutral options will also be made available where possible.

“Transgender people are accommodated according to the gender they identify with, rather than sex registered at birth, regardless of where they are on the transition journey.”

It's a step back in time. Well, it's a step back in everything. In every sense.

ou’re done. I believe that’s what happened to these 70 people. The church was the best place to get rid of them,” she told Crux.

She said the fact that the people were killed in a church doesn’t necessarily mean they were targeted in anti-Christian pogroms.

“Most of the fighting in the DRC is related to the competition for resources,” she noted.

Hmm. Seventy people, all Christians, decapitated in a church, very likely by an Islamist group – but hey, it's all about the struggle for resources. Nothing to see here.

More on the ADF:

The Allied Democratic Forces (French: Forces démocratiques alliées; abbreviated ADF) is a Ugandan Islamist rebel group based in western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is considered a terrorist organisation by the Ugandan government and the United States. Originally based in western Uganda, it has expanded into the neighbouring Congo. Most ADF fighters are Ugandan Muslims from the Baganda and Basoga ethnic groups….

ow lip reading employed by workers in weaving sheds in Lancashire in the 19th and 20th centuries

Jim Pollard’s drawing hook — older than his marriage

Stanley Graham, engineer, “blowing off” and “blowing down” the Lancashire boiler (emptying it) ready for fluing

Only the feet of the engineer Stanley Graham can be seen as he works on the fire bars in the Lancashire boiler

A loom sweeper at Bancroft Shed

A member of the Weldone gang from Brierfield taking off his rags

The engine house with Stanley Graham, mill engineer

An insurance company boiler inspector on top of one of the furnace tubes inside the Lancashire boiler

Charlie Sutton, boss of the Weldone fluing gang from Brierfield, taking a break
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Twenty North Korean soldiers who "showed dishonorable behavior" to Kim Jong-un on his visit to a special forces training site last September were arrested and sent to a military-run labour camp. They're to be transferred to an isolation zone after serving their time, instead of being sent home. Their parents, meanwhile, were told they were dead. One set of distraught parents, who happened to have good connections in Pyongyang, determined to find out what had happened – which is how the truth emerged. Then the parents disappeared. From the Daily NK:

When a couple in Sariwon, North Hwanghae province, learned about their only son’s supposed death, they resolved to discover the truth, even if it meant selling everything they owned. They reached out to contacts in Pyongyang and eventually uncovered what had happened.

The devastated couple shared the story with neighbors, expressing disbelief that this could happen to their cherished son, who had been born late in their lives. Soon, rumors spread throughout the city.

Shortly afterward, the couple vanished.

“Soldiers escorted the parents to Pyongyang on Feb. 15, and they never returned. Four days later, housing officials arrived to announce their home would be reassigned to another family. The entire neighborhood was stunned,” said the source….

The incident has created anxiety within military ranks. Officers interpret this as a warning that any violation involving Kim will face severe punishment without exception. They anticipate stricter regulations regarding the supreme leader throughout all units.

“Soldiers at the training site where the incident occurred are experiencing extreme anxiety, fearing they could lose everything while their families receive only a brief death notification,” the source concluded.

We're not told the nature of the soldiers' "dishonorable behavior" which led to their punishment, but we can be fairly sure it was something trivial: perhaps looking the other way when Kim was talking, for instance. 

/uk/media/article/badenoch-claims-bbc-arabic-channel-platforms-hate-and-terror-lf90xpfz8″>is on the case:

Kemi Badenoch has called for “wholesale reform” of the BBC Arabic channel after a report accused it of “appalling antisemitism and anti-Israel bias”.

The Conservative leader wrote to Tim Davie, the director-general, to set out concerns about the World Service channel on Friday, weeks after warning that her party will withdraw its support for the licence fee if the BBC fails to tackle her concerns about bias….

Badenoch’s letter came after a ­report from the media watchdog the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (Camera), which accused the channel of “anti-Israel bias, toxic antisemitism and the promotion of Hamas propaganda”.

The 33-page report covers claims spanning four years, including providing a “platform to terrorists”, presenting apologists as independent “experts” and ­allowing extreme views to go ­unchallenged in interviews. It also ­accused BBC Arabic of echoing Hamas language.

In her letter, the leader of the opposition accused the BBC of losing its grip on the World Service channel.

“A public-service broadcaster ­appears to have become a regular platform for race-hate, extremism and the endorsement of terror,” Badenoch said. “BBC Arabic is intended to provide high-quality, trusted news for the ­hundreds of millions of people who speak Arabic. It should uphold the highest standards of public-service broadcasting. Instead, it seems that the World Service may be fomenting ­extremism and misleading audiences — while funded by the taxpayer and ­licence fees. This is simply unacceptable and must stop.”

Badenoch repeated her threat, made after the documentary was shown, that the Conservative Party would withdraw its support for the licence fee “without real action” from BBC bosses.

t exists solely to destroy Israel and kill Jews. It says so itself, acts on it, and has proven time and again that it will never stop until it is utterly dismantled.

And, as I've said, this refusal to see Hamas for what they are – a genocidal jihadist organisation – rather than some kind of heroic resistance movement, also governs the BBC's lamentable coverage of Gaza. 

oom at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

The nurses raised concerns with HR, but instead of being supported, were told they needed to ‘broaden their mindset’ be more ‘inclusive’, 'compromise' and get 're-educated.'

The Darlington Nursing Union (DNU) is believed to be the first of its kind and has now been launched with three founding principles:

🚨Equality and respect for all workers regardless of their protected characteristics (including both gender reassignment and biological sex).

🚨Securing and defending workers’ rights, dignity and decency at the workplace (including in particular access to safe single-sex areas for changing and hygiene, and protecting women from inappropriate exposure to members of the opposite biological sex).

🚨The right to raise concerns about any genuine workplace issues without fear of retribution, and to have such concerns addressed promptly, constructively and reasonably.

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If you are a worker who believes in biology, not trans ideology, and want women's spaces protected, don't suffer in silence, get in touch and join the Darlington Nursing Union (DNU).

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