I shit on all the revolutionary vanguards of this planet. - Subcommandante Marcos

Quote

"Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians. - Che Guevara "Economics Cannot be Separated from Politics". Quoting "Declaration of Havana". Speech at Punta del Este, www.marxists.org. August 08, 1961.

"Cut from the same cloth, fed from the same trough." - McCool, last week.

RIPs

Graham Freudenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Freudenberg https://www.communitynews.com.au/western-suburbs-weekly/news/australias-greatest-political-speechwriter-dies-aged-85/

Margaret Fulton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Fulton

Trudy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trudy_(gorilla) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatou_(gorilla) is now the oldest

Hong Kong protestors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_anti-extradition_bill_protests

5 deaths ... all suicides.

"All had left suicide notes decrying the unelected and unresponsive government and the government's insistence on forcing through the extradition bill; they expressed despondency whilst urging Hongkongers to continue their fight."

"One even stated "What Hong Kong needs is a revolution."

Doris Goddard https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jul/30/doris-goddard-hollywood-hotel-publican-and-sydney-icon-dies-aged-89#img-1

Sash Restaurant https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/crowdfunding-investors-could-be-caught-in-sushi-pizza-restaurant-collapse-20190729-p52bv9.html

Canadian Sushi Pizza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi_pizza

The function in Tim Farriss' finger, apparently back in 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jul/30/inxs-lead-guitarist-sues-rental-boat-operator-over-finger-severed-on-board