They were pillars of the British establishment. Then they realised: we are the baddies. What did they do next? 🧵

RT @GreeningPutney: Another perceptive thread from @RedHotWorld.We teach our children to tell the truth. What goes wrong? .As an idealist I….

How can we fix Britain?. How can we stop its regime enabling war crimes and genocide? And starting disastrous, nation-destroying wars?. Another world is possible. How do we get there?. Defections. Those who know right from wrong must blow the whistle and leak the truth.

David Shayler and @AnnieMachon were MI5 officers who went public in the 1990s with a series of revelations about the UK regime. Shayler said that in 1996, MI6 paid a group of Islamist extremists £100k to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi. A bomb was planted near Gaddafi's motorcade in

@greengodless worked for @Shell for over a decade as a senior safety consultant. She quit because Shell was ignoring the climate crisis - the ultimate safety issue. Her resignation letter accused them of extreme harm to our climate. She was right.

The late @paul_r_moore was Head of Group Regulatory Risk at HBOS. He warned that reckless lending could cause a banking collapse. He was sacked for speaking up. The 2008 crash proved him right. HBOS was on the brink of collapse when it was sold.

David Kelly was a weapons inspector and biological warfare expert. He told the truth: the case for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was being exaggerated. Days later, under immense pressure and public scrutiny, he was found dead. An official inquiry called it suicide.

Katharine Gun was working for GCHQ when she leaked a secret memo showing the US and UK were spying on diplomats to blackmail them into supporting the Iraq War at the @UN. She risked prison to stop a war she knew was based on lies. Charges were dropped. She was right.

Ben Griffin was a decorated SAS soldier. After serving in Iraq, he resigned in protest over British complicity in torture and rendition. Gagged by the state under the Official Secrets Act, he defied it to speak out against illegal wars and the erosion of civil liberties.

Tony Benn inherited the title Viscount Stansgate, but gave it up in order to sit in the House of Commons, where he delivered this speech against the Iraq war - one of the greatest ever heard in parliament. And he was right.

@CraigMurrayOrg was UK ambassador to Uzbekistan. He quit when he realised that the UK was using information obtained by torture (and it was often completely false). Uzbekistan was boiling people alive and the UK govt was supporting them. Here’s what Murray has to say about Gaza.

@CarneRoss was a diplomat who resigned from the Foreign Office after realising that ministers had lied to justify the Iraq War. Now he describes himself as a gentle anarchist and is one of few voices in the media telling the truth about the UK’s complicity in the war in Gaza.

Tim Crosland was a senior lawyer at the National Crime Agency. He quit to fight climate breakdown, the mother of all crimes. Last week, he was arrested for protesting the UK's designation of Palestine Action - who oppose genocide and disable killing machines - as terrorists.

Top Citibank trader and gifted communicator @GarysEconomics made his fortune after the 2008 financial crisis by betting on increased economic inequality. He then quit trading to campaign against the evils of increasing economic inequality.

Read more about how indigenous societies had it all figured out here:.

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The planet is burning - and the Global South is being told to "catch up"?. Across India, communities are saying no. They're showing that another way of living life is possible. Grounded. Fair. Democratic. Frugal. In harmony with nature. They call it eco-swaraj. The term

RT @JessDenialWatch: Interesting thread about non violent direct action from @RedHotWorld.