Chick

Just a reminder meeting next week, 25th.

Yes

Middle at the National.

There was a very good demonstration yesterday, peaceful and angry at the same time. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=364462089050539&set=pcb.364462485717166

Unbelievable: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/13/israeli-forces-storm-jerusalem-hospital-as-coffin-of-slain-journalist-emerges?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1kY3XKZkE5Svgzyp1AbJt8u8pEkZOMLE6DyGWlOEhp5Uy28QPkUOgYK7Y

More horror: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/13/shireen-abu-aqleh-israeli-police-palestinian-funeral?fbclid=IwAR0oBn8tHZ6EoYQI9ZUaHQgG6PjPR4MXS1XRK467Nm1kG09w0UR1HOptuEA

I asked the manager of the Clockhouse and he replied "travelers funeral".

Our next book is: 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world, by Elif Shafak. It's about a sex worker in Instanbul dying in a rubbish bin. Sounds morbid but she thinks back on her life and it's really good: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/12/10-minutes-38-seconds-in-this-strange-world-by-elif-shafak-review Sorry about the change, Lisa we can do A Quantum Life when it comes out in paper back Chick

There will be a change of book.

Dear book group, Thanks to everyone who took part in another very good meeting. Thanks also for those of you who emailed to say you couldn?t attend. Our next meeting is 25th May at 7.00pm on zoom Our next book is A Quantum Life by Hakeem Oluseyi https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55411736-a-quantum-life It promises to be interesting and not daunting. Our next film is Citizen Kane on the 6th May in the Blake Room at the Clockhouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane I?ll probably have a small BBQ in June if my bees behave.

As I said earlier I was told by a pub manager it was because of "gypsy funeral". KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Other pubs being open though doesn?t > prove/disprove the driving reason for the > landlords who closed that day. > Some people are speculating racism, but I?d be > surprised if someone would willingly turn away > huge custom on that basis and I wonder whether > other considerations were at play.

A pub manager told me it was because of a travelers funeral. Anti traveler bigotry-the last socially acceptable racism. Had it been a black or Asian or LGBT funeral that would have broken race relation law/anti discrimination law. Brideshead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well after much consideration my own personal > opinion is that the ?Gas Leak? single day > temporary closure, on the evidence, WAS a lie. > That is most likely because of plain & simple > discrimination against the Traveller Community. > > If I can be shown evidence from a gas engineer/ > fire brigade to the contrary, I?ll happily change > my opinion. > > That being said a business telling lies to the > public? looks like the new manager isn?t much > better. > > ?Gas leak? sounds a bit of a fake excuse. Why not > just say ?Temporary Closure. Apologies?? Why the > disrespectful silly lies? Makes you wonder what > else they?re up to, hey? what goes on out of > sight, before your drink &/or food gets brought > out. > 😱😱😱 eek!

I was told by a pub manager the pubs were all closed because a traveller's funeral was taking place. Anti traveller bigotry-the last socially acceptable racism.

I won?t be drawn into a ?whataboutism? argument. If you want to debate the rights and wrongs of Hamas then start your on thread. I hardly think the Guardian article could be described as propaganda.

Phone the police and keep phoning them until they do something. You shouldn't have to put up with this crap. Or if you can find out who their employer is complain to them very loudly, they wont want the bad publicity. Please keep on at the police that's what they are there for. And create hell with the council.

Our next film is Citizen Kane on Friday 6th May at 8.00pm in the Blake Room of the Clockhouse. All welcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane

Our next film is Citizen Kane on Friday 6th May at 8.00pm in the Blake Room of the Clockhouse. All welcome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane

As I have said before, to other poster's, if you want to debate about Hamas you can start another thread.

Why dont you?

north2south Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Might be worth a pause in this rather unusual > thread to consider the Israeli civilian murders > over the past few weeks. And no, that doesn't mean > every action taken by Israel/the Israeli > Government is correct. Any death is tragic. Israeli deaths are widely reported in mainstream media and world wide. Atrocities against Palestinians are mostly ignored or hardly reported and are far more frequent. Human Rights Watch, B?Tselem and Amnesty International have declared Israel an apartheid state. https://www.btselem.org/

Lots of it Oakhurst Grove.

wolis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the past few years my wife and I have been on > quite a few marches - anti war, anti brexit , pro > NHS etc. All were done with many thousands of > fellow marchers and all done in good spirits. We > booed outside Downing St. to protest against Bush > on his London visit and cheered when a Brexit vote > went against the goverment while were in > Parliament Square. Did any of these marches have > the slighest effect on the powers to be. NO. > Britain still invaded Iraq, and Afganistan and > left the EU and what mistakes they have turned out > to be. If only Tony, George or Boris had asked us > two for advice! Extinction Rebellion want to > bring London to a standstill, something the IRA > failed to do during their campaigns or indeed, the > Luftwaffe. I've no doubt a lot have genuine and > worthwhile intentions and in many ways we support > them, but I think they would have more effect if > they blocked Westminster, for example, and > prevented the people in power from going about > their daily work, but causing a few local traffic > problems annoys a small number of people and > wastes police time. But any lasting effect - NO. It would have been even more tragic if those events had gone on with no demonstrations.

We are all upset about Ukraine so why not be upset about Gaza and Palestine? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/palestinian-baby-dies-after-treatment-delayed-by-israeli-blockade-of-gaza?fbclid=IwAR2flbP6zSSuH_HI_uhg2AlBgp_l5HJ_sHpmOsTwjd9RZwf53BDm5FjuvJM

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Thanks to every one who joined in on our last meeting, and a big welcome to Charlie, Alex and Jessica. It was a superb meeting, one of our best in 12 years! Our next meeting is on the 27th April at 7.00 pm on zoom again. Our next book is Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/24/unsettled-ground-by-claire-fuller-fierce-angry-energy All the best,