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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · 2d

Same Racist different logos
Fight Against the far right @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social

Same racists different logos
Top text of a comic book style poster
Inviting us to Gather 12 noon 25 October outside Whitechapel station
An underground sign is bottom right in the image and below that the call to
Drive the far right from Whitechapel

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · 2d

Protest
Queer Bloc
Women Against the Far Right
Fuck off Fascist
Far Right = Small Dick Energy
Never Fuck a Fascist

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · 2d

#NeverFuckAFascist
@actuplondon.bsky.social

Tower hamlets Town hall in a cloud of pink smoke, people hold a banner in protest

Banner making at The peoples letters Bethnal Green

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4d

Embroidered leaves by US artist Hillary Waters Fayle #WomensArt

Photo of three green leaves placed in a horizontal position against a white background, all with embroidery of blossoms or leaves

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · 15d

Buddhist Christian Retreat
#Amaravati monastery
Brother Nicholas
Ajahn Kalyanao

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · 15d

Buddhist Christian Retreat
#Amaravati monastery
Brother Nicholas
Ajahn Kalyanao

Buddha statue under a tree on Autumn leaves yellow and green. The tree trunk is green with moss and the sunlight shines through the green leaves to a cloudy bright sky

Trees in Amaravati woods there are yellow leaves on rich brown soil, a wooden sign laying on the ground on the forest floor, reads Amaravati woods, there are bright green leaves not test turned for Autumn and hedgerow in the background

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · 20d

#ACTUP London's Black History Month Takeover #ThisIsMyCulture Celebrating Black Queer Joy, Resistance, and Power!

Profits go to UK movements for Black and Brown People Living with HIV

📍 The Distillery, N17 | 11th October | 7PM–4AM

🔗 Tickets available on Outsavvy: lnkd.in/dTDGqAnS

Event poster

Black background with 7 images of brown icons 5 with yellow halos circles around their heads

Text down the right side reads
Announcement! Act Up London's Black History Month Takeover on Friday 11th October: This Is My Culture (TIMC): Celebrating Black Queer Joy, Resistance, and Power 🥁

"Black queer artists aren’t just influences — we are originators. From house to disco to rock ’n’ roll, our sound built the foundations of music. Too often erased — not here, not tonight.

This is a protest rave, a celebration, and a community gathering all at once. Expect talks, performances, food, and a club night that doesn’t just play music of Black origin — it honours the roots and the people who made it possible.

✨ What to expect:

- Talks & panel amplifying Black queer voices
- Performances from incredible QTBIPOC talent
- Food, social spaces, and Vogue Kiki moments
- DJs taking you through the full spectrum of Black-origin sounds, from soul to house to techno and more

A dancefloor that is both protest and pure joy!

✨ What to expect:

- Talks & panel amplifying Black queer voices
- Performances from incredible QTBIPOC talent
- Food, social spaces, and Vogue Kiki moments
- DJs taking you through the full spectrum of Black-origin sounds, from soul to house to techno and more

A dancefloor that is both protest and pure joy!

Profits go to UK movements for Black and Brown People Living with HIV

💥 This is about history.
💥 This is about joy.
💥 This is about taking up space — loudly, proudly, and unapologetically.

📍 The Distillery, N17 | 11th October | 7PM–4AM

This Is My Culture: Black Edition of This Is My Culture AKA The George Michael Party— a queer icon who stood in solidarity with HIV activism and spoke about how his music was influenced by Black musicians."

🔗 Tickets available on Outsavvy: https://lnkd.in/dTDGqAnS

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Sep 15

stoptrump.org.uk/protest/

Trump Not Welcome | 17 September 2025

Stop Trump Coalition

stoptrump.org.uk

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Peace Pilgrimage @peacepilgrimage.bsky.social · Sep 9

Witnessing at the entrance to DSEI as arms dealers arrive!

A coalition ‘the big one’ are successfully blockading the main entrance to the Excel, causing arms dealers to have to queue around to a back entrance, planting the seed of the idea that there is another way.

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ACTUP LONDON @actuplondon.bsky.social · Sep 9

ACT-UP London’s Leasuwanna Griffith ‘Getting HIV changed my life - for the better'
#ACTUPLONDON #hiv #actup #stillnotsilent

www.bbc.com/news/article...

HIV: 'Getting diagnosed changed my life - for the better' - BBC News

Leasuwanna Griffith says you can live "fabulously with HIV" as figures show a rise in cases in London.

www.bbc.com

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ACTUP LONDON @actuplondon.bsky.social · Sep 9

ACT UP London @ACT... •39s
Fund healthcare not warfare, Stop the DSEl Arms Fair at Excel 8/9/25
#actuplondon #fundhealthcarenotwarfare
#actup

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ACTUP LONDON @actuplondon.bsky.social · Sep 9

ACT UP London @ACT... •39s
Fund healthcare not warfare, Stop the DSEl Arms Fair at Excel 8/9/25
#actuplondon #fundhealthcarenotwarfare
#actup

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Netpol @netpol.org · Sep 7

In preparation for plans by campaignets to #ShutDSEIDown this Tuesday, it’s essential to know your rights when protesting.

⚠️ SHUT DSEI DOWN
🗓️ 9th September, 8 am
📍 West Gate, ExCeL Centre, London E16

Five key messages: no comment,no personal details, "under what power?", no duty solicitor, no caution

Police tactics and interactions: police can act unlawfully and aggressively, especially towards black and marginalised people. PLOs (blub bibs) are intelligence gatherers - always say no comment. Kettling: no time limit, no food/water guarantee, don't give details unless Section 50. Expect intimidation, lies and divide and rule tactics

Stop and search: stay calm, ask if you're being detained and remember the 4 Ws: WHY are you being searched, WHAT are police looking for, WHO is the officer and WHERE are they based. Do not give personal details and always ask for a receipt

Key legal powers: Public Order Act section 12/14. Section 50 Police Reform Act (antisocial behaviour) Section 60AA Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994 (removal of masks), Section 35 (dispersal orders)

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ready for tomorrow morning, time to #shutdseidown

A banner made on black cloth displayed against a brick wall, words read fund healthcare not warfare in coloured spray paint. In top right corner is a cnd/peace sign and in the middle a pink triangle from a t shirt cut into a superman shape, with actup London still not silent in black type

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ACTUP LONDON @actuplondon.bsky.social · Sep 5

ACT-UP, Fund healthcare not warfare, let Gaza live.
#actup #fundhealthcarenotwarfare
#actuplondon

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Jun 22

#Foxes #Allotment #EnvironmentalArtTherapy

Zoom in cropped from second picture
2 foxes watching me, watching them
They are healthy and relaxed, Foxy Loxy one is facing me and sitting the one behind is sitting facing left. There is a path and flowers they are in the centre of the image

Picture of allotment site 6 poles a tyre is prominent in the least fore ground and there is a large green against a blue/grey sky right background

Circle of Holly
Nettles
Hydrangeas
@highgatewoods
Environmental Art Therapy
Circle of trees

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Jun 22

Solstice
#Litha #Midsummer #Longestday
‘Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.’ -Kahlil Gibran

Photo from allotment on summer solstice, cinnabar moth caterpillars munching on a ragwort plant, green leaves and background with bright yellow flowers I. The centre and yellow and black stripped beasties making a heart shape on the right stem, sunset in the background

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · May 25

Thanks #actupfightback
Loved sailing past parliament with my people!
Cake tasted great too!

ACTUP LONDON @actuplondon.bsky.social · May 25

ACT-UP London Chapter HIV Activists boat party 24/5/25 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦄
Photo Mel.
#actup #actuplondon #u=u

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · May 1

Final Viva today! Soon I will be a graduate and trained Art Psychotherapist after 4 years study and placements. Just in time here is a great video explaining what #ArtTherapy is …and how it can help people express themselves and support recovery.

youtu.be/TEE-lSeplAM?...

What is Art Therapy?

YouTube video by Discover Arts Therapies

youtu.be

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Apr 24

Love this project! #UequalsU get involved…

Display on the Positive East stand at BHIVA conference, lots of images of selfies in squares displayed as they will in final quilt which will create a large U equals U display.

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Apr 24

Good day today, business, pleasure, family and friends! #BHIVA

2 beautiful women standing by a poster abstract for the British HIV Association spring conference held at The dome in Brighton, poster reads together in Nature

The Royal Pavillion in Brighton an ornate building in ‘Asian style’ built in 1787 to be a seaside residence for King George IV, cloudy sky in the background

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Apr 22

#Earthday “We need to move beyond the idea of ‘environment’ and fall back in love with Mother Earth” #ThichNhatHanh ….realise you are the earth and your consciousness is also the consciousness of the earth” emergencemagazine.org/essay/ten-lo...

Spring blossom, flowers arranged on a circle, daffodils bright yellow with a pink magnolia flower in the middle, blossom is apple, hawthorn and cherry.

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Apr 16

#transrightsarehumanrights

Poster for an emergency demo on Saturday 19th April at 1pm by Parliament square. Central image is of a fist raised in solidarity and defiance in pink white and blue.

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Apr 4

"I am blooming as a flower.
I am fresh as the dew, I am solid as a mountain, I am firm as the Earth.
I am free.
Breathing in, breathing out,
I am water reflecting what is real, what is true;
And I feel there is space deep inside of me. I am free."
#ThichNhatHanh
#Bloomscrolling

Beautiful white tree blossom close up with the branches and blue sky blurred in the background

Plum tree in Blossom, a red brick building with balconies in the background nd a metal fence in the foreground with arches as a decoration
East London

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Meriel Rattue @alljourney.bsky.social · Mar 19

#internationaldayofHappiness
“There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.”
#ThichNhatHanh
“Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it.”
😮‍💨 😀

Black Calligraphy on white rice paper which reads “Breathe and smile” the words are in written in the centre of a circle. This circle is called an Ensō which is the visual expression of enlightenment and emptiness. Thay would have begun at the bottom middle and drawn clockwise, breathing in and then breathing out at the top of the circle to continue round. In the bottom right corner is a red stamp/seal this is his lineage name and Dharma title, which translates to "Nhat Hanh, the Light of the Middle".
Thays calligraphies act as a “bell of mindfulness” reminding us to arrive in the here and now, and touch the wonders of life.
To breathe and smile.

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