A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
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MAJOR CONCERNS: Campaigners protest in Westminster ahead of a Commons debate on assisted dying, April 2024
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AS PREDICTED, the debate around the Assisted Dying Bill is framed by liberal politicians, the media and celebrities as one of “human rights” and “choice and autonomy.”
Where such legislation has been enacted, irrefutable evidence shows the original criteria that restricted “choice” to the terminally ill was quickly extended to those with non-terminal conditions, the disabled and mentally ill, those who consider themselves a “burden,” and those the neoliberal elite consider a burden on society — the poor and homeless.
Such concerns are airily dismissed by slick politicians who dishonestly claim the debate is about providing a “choice” between palliative care and assisted dying that all should be entitled to. Such lies. These people are perfectly aware the provision of palliative care, like all medical care, is in crisis due to lack of funding, research and development.
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