• This is Expression of the Earth Changes

• ZISE/ÆXO13 Research synthesis

• First published Aug 14, 2024

This article highlights the use of divisive language, authoritarian practices, and a heavy-handed approach to dissent as significant concerns.

The article emphasizes the importance of non-violent, lawful, and strategic responses to what is clearly an increasingly authoritarian regime. It underscores the need for broad-based resistance, unity among diverse groups, and the importance of both internal and international pressure.

If UK citizens find themselves in such a situation, where basic freedoms and civil liberties are under threat, these strategies provide a framework for organizing resistance and advocating for change while navigating the challenges posed by divisive leadership and social unrest.

The call to action is for a massive mobilization against repressive measures, emphasizing the importance of unity, non-violence, and strategic engagement.

Understanding Riots and Participants: Riots often involve individuals from diverse backgrounds with varying motivations. Participants may not be politically driven; some might engage due to economic grievances, social frustration, opportunism, or even thrill-seeking, rather than political ideology.

Impact of Labeling: The use of broad, politically charged labels such as "far right thugs" to describe rioters can be misleading and counterproductive. This oversimplification can exacerbate societal divisions, contribute to further anger, and deepen polarization within the community. Such labeling risks stigmatizing individuals, heightening feelings of marginalization, and potentially escalating tensions.

Intentional Polarization: The use of divisive labels may sometimes be a deliberate tactic by leaders or media to polarize society for political gain. This strategy can rally a political base, shape public perception, and delegitimize opposition. However, it often worsens societal divisions, making it harder to address underlying issues and find common ground.

Consequences of Polarization: Heightened polarization can undermine trust in institutions, erode social cohesion, and destabilize democratic processes. It also diverts attention from the root causes of unrest, such as economic inequality, social injustice, and legitimate concerns over mass migration and its consequences, which remain unresolved and continue to fuel discontent.

Civic Engagement and Protest: Citizens have the right to engage in peaceful protests, demonstrations, and grassroots organizing to express dissent and apply pressure on leaders. These actions are crucial for raising awareness and fostering public debate about the government’s actions.

Media and Public Discourse: Independent media and public discourse are essential in holding leaders accountable. Supporting investigative journalism and engaging in public discussions can ensure that issues are addressed transparently and comprehensively.

Legal and Institutional Actions: Legal mechanisms, such as judicial review or parliamentary scrutiny, can be employed to challenge and hold leaders accountable if they are undermining social stability or acting unlawfully. Parliament can also establish investigative commissions to examine a leader's actions.

Political Pressure and Advocacy: Lobbying elected officials, supporting alternative candidates, and mobilizing voters are effective ways to apply political pressure for change. Early electoral engagement is crucial to ensure leadership changes reflect the public's will.

International Pressure: In extreme cases, international organizations and foreign governments may apply diplomatic pressure if a leader's actions have broader implications for human rights or global stability. However, the current international and geopolitical climate complicates this. In the U.S. for instance, a Trump leadership would respond very differently to Kier Starmer’s regime than a Harris administration would. Starmer is also a WEF affiliate, and his policies are largely supported by international organisations, reflecting inherent political-economic bias.

Strategic Non-Violent Resistance: Civil disobedience and non-violent resistance can be powerful tools for bringing about change while maintaining the moral high ground and avoiding further destabilization.

Voter Mobilization: Organizing and mobilizing voters early, even before the next election, is vital to ensuring a democratic transition of leadership that aligns with public interests.

Rule of Law: Any actions taken by the public should remain within the framework of the law to maintain legitimacy and avoid unintended negative consequences.

Non-Violence: Non-violent approaches are critical to preventing further societal destabilization and ensuring that movements for change are seen as legitimate and just.

Building Consensus: Efforts to hold a leader accountable should aim to build broad-based support across different segments of society to avoid deepening polarization and to foster unity in addressing the challenges at hand.

If a leader uses their powers to arrest and detain citizens for social media activity, including retweeting material or sharing videos of events like riots, this represents a severe violation of civil liberties and freedom of speech.

Such actions are characteristic of an authoritarian state, where the government seeks to suppress dissent and control the flow of information. In these situations, the public faces difficult decisions about how to respond. Below are some potential strategies and considerations for action:

Mass Dissemination of Information: One strategy is to flood social media and other platforms with content that the government is trying to suppress. If large numbers of people share certain information simultaneously, it becomes more challenging for the government to arrest or target everyone involved. This form of digital civil disobedience can highlight the extent of public dissent and bring international attention to the government's repressive actions.

Whistleblowing and Leaks: Individuals within the government or other institutions may choose to leak information about the regime's abuses. These leaks can be shared with international media or human rights organizations, helping to expose authoritarian practices and mobilize global support.

Challenging Unlawful Actions: If possible, legal challenges should be brought against the government for violating civil liberties or international human rights laws. Even in a repressive state, there may be legal avenues to pursue, and international human rights bodies can sometimes offer support.

International Advocacy: Appeal to international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights, or NGOs like Amnesty International to bring attention to the government's actions. International pressure can sometimes force a government to reconsider its repressive measures.

However, as is discussed in the first section, the irony is that international pressure is actually fuelling the rise of leaders like Kier Starmer. In this respect, we see increasing support from wealthy and powerful individuals like Elon Musk and platforms like X, who support values associated with freedom and liberty, rather than from international organizations.

Unity Among Diverse Groups: It's essential to unite various opposition groups, civil society organizations, and citizens around the common cause of defending freedom and civil liberties. A broad-based coalition can present a stronger front against authoritarianism.

Peaceful Protest and Civil Disobedience: Organizing peaceful protests, strikes, and acts of civil disobedience can demonstrate widespread public opposition to the government's actions. Even in a repressive state, non-violent resistance can be a powerful tool for change.

Non-Cooperation with Repressive Measures: Citizens can engage in non-cooperation by refusing to comply with unjust laws, such as those that criminalize free speech or peaceful assembly. This might include acts like refusing to participate in government programs, boycotting state-controlled media, or not complying with censorship regulations.

Supporting Independent Media and Information Networks: Establish and support independent media outlets, encrypted communication channels, and alternative information networks to circumvent government censorship and keep the public informed.

International Exile and Advocacy: Leaders and activists who face imminent threats of arrest or persecution may need to go into exile, where they can continue their work and advocacy from abroad. Exiled activists can play a crucial role in keeping international attention on the situation.

Underground Networks: In extreme cases, resistance may need to go underground, with activists operating in secret to avoid detection while continuing to organize and spread information. This can involve using secure communication methods, covert meetings, and anonymous publication.

International Sanctions and Condemnation: Encourage foreign governments to impose diplomatic or economic sanctions on the regime, targeting its leaders or specific sectors of the economy. International condemnation can isolate the regime and make it harder for them to maintain control.

Again, however - we see international collaboration in this respect, not condemnation.

Condemnation of regimes such as the UK’s under Labour, is coming from those who are opposed to the global neoliberal order, and this opposition represents our united strength against tyranny.

Because the UK - along with the rest of the world - is facing severe and immanent stagflation and continual economic decline, and the migrant crisis is only set to continue to intensify under the current regime; polarisation, division, and authoritarian rule is likely to become more severe as a result of intensified crisis, and rising political tensions.

Therefore, the potential for escalation is a significant concern.

The key question is thus;

Is the current situation in the UK part of a global trend towards increasing totalitarian Orwellian control? And can it be rebuked by popular movements, push-back, and an awakening populace?

You can keep quiet and meditate,

You can get your life in order,

and your inner world is free from the oppression.

Or, you can decide to take action.

A significant part of this action, is radical peaceful non-compliance and rejection of the control system.

The choice is now laid before Us.

How should We respond?

How must We prepare?

And what should We do?

UK citizens don’t have gun ownership, so there will be no conventional civil war, unless the situation continues to worsen, and the army sides with the people against the state.

A massive mobilisation against this regime is urgently required if it continues its repressive policies - as is highlighted in this article. Although this particular repression appears to be local to the policies of the recently elected UK government, it’s actually part of a wider national and international trend that the Labour government under Starmer is accelerating.

The bottom line is that mass nonviolent noncompliance with the control system, whilst becoming aware of the tactics, techniques, and procedures that the state, and the mainstream media apparatus deploy to manipulate and control the narrative, is essential for conscious resistance.

GPT-4o was used to curate the framework of ideas for this article, and it suggests pressure from international organisations as a potential solution to state repression. However, I have highlighted that I do not believe that we can rely on international organisations, because when it comes to repression from western nations such as the UK, it is evident that they are in on the agenda.

Therefore, I emphasise that pushback from popular politicians like Trump, individuals like Musk, and an awakening populace, is required to defeat the international-global elite, which is essentially what Kier Starmer’s regime in the UK represents.

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ZISE