Douwe Korff
@douwekorff.bsky.social
Dutch UK-based Emeritus professor of International law. Human and digital rights activist. Data protection expert.
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10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Douwe Korff
9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 AM
9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.
Protest and highlight
January 22, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Protest and highlight
It mentions “international law” once in passing. No mention of sovereignty of nations; non-use of force; self-determination of peoples; human rights (political or social-economic); IHL; etc. etc. It is an institution to serve raw power and money (no surprise).
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It mentions “international law” once in passing. No mention of sovereignty of nations; non-use of force; self-determination of peoples; human rights (political or social-economic); IHL; etc. etc. It is an institution to serve raw power and money (no surprise).
Stand firm, @Belgium! And all democratic nations esp in Europe! And ostracise ghastly @TonyBlair !
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Stand firm, @Belgium! And all democratic nations esp in Europe! And ostracise ghastly @TonyBlair !