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Number 102 In this issue:
- Zones of corporate tyranny
- A message to the nature-hating bastards
- London conference for freedom and Palestine
- We Were the Shepherds
- Walter Benjamin: an organic radical inspiration
- Acorninfo
Campaigner David Powell has issued a new warning about the spectre of corporate tyranny facing the UK.
We reported in The Acorn 100 that he has been drawing attention to the dangers involved with the UK’s deregulated Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Freeports first introduced by the global mafia’s “Conservative Party” puppets and now being pushed through by their “Labour Party” marionettes.
In a new article, published in The Canary on April 8 2025, Powell writes: “Freeports and Special Economic Zones are variations on the same thing: deregulation, privatisation, tax evasion, and corporate governance.
“Complexity is their camouflage, and we must understand what they are, because they are carving up the UK into regions where corporations are protected from parliamentary and public scrutiny under secondary legislation”.
With Keir Starmer’s regime notoriously close to the Rothschilds, it is little surprise to know that one of their better-known fronts is involved in the dodgy scheme.
Writes Powell: “Blackrock has bought three British Freeports. In partnership with Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), a subsidiary of the shipping line MSC, it has acquired an 80% stake in Felixstowe, Harwich, and Thamesport, as part of a larger $22.8 billion deal with CK Hutchison.
“Freeports are bad news for the UK. They are playgrounds for predatory corporations, which are free to indulge in all manner of illegal and illicit activity, such as modern-day slavery, private banking, fraud, the suspension of corporate taxes and custom duties, discarding environmental protections, erosion of workers’ rights, the smuggling of weapons, drugs, and people, hoarding of stolen art, installation of private security forces, extreme worker surveillance, acceleration of land-grabbing, and the trashing of regulations in favour of all-out deregulatory frameworks.
“It should be noted that the UK’s 86 free zones, unlike Thatcher’s SEZs, are now embarking on something they couldn’t do when the UK was an EU member: dishing out public money to their corporate friends to facilitate economic growth for the 1%”.
Elsewhere, Powell refers to Starmer’s use of the label “blockers” to designate the new bogeymen, in the proud totalitarian tradition of “extremists”, “counter-revolutionaries”, “conspiracy theorists” and “enemies of progress”.
He writes: “Who do you think the blockers are? They are ordinary people who have business, agricultural, and residential properties that the UK Govt can seize under Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs).
“Where do you think CPOs are most likely taking place? Inside any one of the 86 deregulated free zones across England, Scotland, and Wales that were resurrected by Sunak and Truss immediately after Brexit, and signed off by Labour MPs, Mayors, councillors, Lords, and Baronesses who were part of a cross-party consortium with major stakeholders like Blackrock, Palantir, Amazon, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Fujitsu, Deloitte, PwC, EY, Google, The City of London Corporation, BP, Goldman Sachs, Thames Water, BlackStone, Telstra Health, Macquarie, Meta, SGN, EDF, Leonardo, BAE Systems, Cadent Gas, National Gas, Natwest, Virgin Atlantic, Abrdn, Barclays, Coinbase, The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, Bluebird Care, and Edelman.
“These are just some of the firms that have met with senior Labour figures over the last 12 months; Labour recently announced they were handing over governance powers to 700 corporate lobbyists while the Government takes a ‘secondary position’.
“6,000 people could have their homes torn down as part of a £2.2bn project in which 1,266 council houses and 567 properties belonging to private homeowners could be repossessed in a mass compulsory purchase order for the area”.
This all amounts, warns Powell, to “government-by-BlackRock”.
2. A message to the nature-hating bastards
by The Stirrer
In a recent post – Something feels…off… 5.4.25 – I wrote that I was going to take my foot off the gas for a bit, rest up and take some time to reflect ahead of what I feel is going to be a heavy summer. I’d like to reassure my readers that I’m not throwing the towel in – all I want to do is look after myself to be as ready as possible for what’s coming.
A fair-sized part of that process is taking long walks in the surrounding countryside. Walking across the fields, through the woods, taking in the views and enjoying the way spring is transforming the landscape is doing wonders for my state of mind. Getting closer to nature is a boost to mental health. As is getting away from the screens, the ‘news’ agenda, the rage baiting, the divide and rule merchants and all of the other crap that comes with life in the 21st century.
The best part about all of this is that it’s free. The only thing that isn’t free is the end-of-the-walk drink at our adopted riverside local pub:)
The thing is, the bastards who presume to rule over us, and the banksters and corporations they serve, hate the idea of anyone getting closer to nature in their local countryside, and taking time out to think and reflect on what’s really important in this life. We have the misfortune to have rulers that can only measure our worth by how much we contribute to their cherished bottom line. This is something I’ve reflected upon in a couple of recent(ish) posts:
Nature hating government gives green light to the Lower Thames Crossing 26.03.25
The Labour government exists to serve their corporate masters while we, the populace, have to suck up the consequences. Even if those consequences destroy the environment, take out productive farmland and damage human health, physical and mental. We’re forced to live in an increasingly stress-inducing society, where wanting to take time out to reconnect with nature and heal, is viewed as an abhorrent aberration by a government whose only concern is boosting the bottom line for their corporate masters.
Is mental health now an acceptable target for demonisation? 15.01.25
We also live in a world that has increasingly lost touch with nature. This is a process that started with the Industrial Revolution and has been accelerating since then. When we lose touch with nature, we start to lose touch with who we really are. Disassociation with the natural world that supports us and worryingly, disassociation from our bodies, can only lead to a dystopian future where you have to fit in with the high-tech matrix just to survive. Which raises the question – just what are we surviving for?
My response to these nature-hating psychopaths is a poetic one, as follows:
This wood is my sanctuary When the world grinds me down, I come to this wood for solace I come to hear the rustle of the breeze in the trees I come to feel the calming, protective presence of the trees I come to restore my balance so I can face the world again The bastards hate the idea of sanctuary, calm and reflection They hate it when it comes for gratis, no money required They want us working, stressing, spending, spending...spending... They hate us retreating from their sordid world into the woods I come to this wood, to escape, think, reflect and wonder The bastards don’t want us escaping, thinking or reflecting As for wonder, the nature hating, soulless bastards despise it All because it adds nothing to the bottom line they worship You could almost pity them for their shallowness...almost... But, I can’t pity the bastards who would destroy what I love They can’t comprehend anything with a deeper meaning They fear and loathe the secrets of life the wood could tell them This wood is a web of life, more rich than they can ever understand This wood has a spirit and a presence they can never understand When the stress of modern life crushes my spirit and soul This wood is my sanctuary, my salvation, my muse and inspiration
There’s this as well regarding a physical reconnection with nature, something those who presume to rule over us not only have no understanding of – it’s also something they would absolutely abhor:
The old oak in the woods On a bright Spring day, the two of us came to these woods We came seeking escape from the madness of the world We came seeking connection with nature that would heal us And...we came seeking re-connection with each other We stopped at the old oak to rest awhile under her boughs We looked at her twisted, gnarled branches and trunk in wonder We wondered about the history she has seen over the years And all of the wisdom she has gathered in that time We touched her bark and branches, seeking connection We felt a calming energy that brought us together We felt the cares of the world lift from our shoulders Restored, we slowly walked away, thankful for her presence
We’re in an existential battle as to what it means to be truly human in a world run by soulless techno-fascists. A big part of what that means is reconnecting with, and being a part of, nature. It also means a sense of belonging to community, place and the environment that sustains us. Thankfully, this is something that is taking place… Leaving on an optimistic note, this is happening in the region we live in: Taking action for the Avon 9.4.25. I’ll leave you with these words from We Are Avon in The Thriving Avon Charter:
We are each invited to become a guardian of the Avon — whether you’re a swimmer, farmer, artist, dog walker, or dreamer. This is a movement of many hands, hearts, and voices, working together to restore the soul of this land through care for its waters.
3. London conference for freedom and Palestine
by Real Left
We are pleased to announce the final speakers line-up for our ‘Uniting the pro freedom and pro Palestine liberation left’ conference taking place in just under a month in central London.
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