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Professor of Political Economy, Labour and resistance to exploitation. Blogs at http://andreasbieler.blogspot.co.uk Views my own!

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 3d
The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...
Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence
With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...
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Madison Swart @madisonswart.bsky.social · 3d
Hundreds are now marching against ICE in NYC toward World Trade Center where Kristi Noem is scheduled to speak.
Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 3d
Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers": Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
Stop the "Catapult Killer Influencers"
Across the UK, children and teenagers are buying military-grade catapults hunting for "content". But now there’s something we can all do to end this sickening social media trend. Add your name:
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 4d
Another World Is Not Only Possible — It Is Necessary and Urgent, see socialistproject.ca/2026/01/two-...
Two Statements from South Africa on the Challenges for Socialists
Another World Is Not Only Possible — It Is Necessary and Urgent We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger. In South Africa, the state under the Government Of National Unity dominated by ...
socialistproject.ca

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 5d
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/u_t9
Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 7d
Free Speech and Its Enemies, see socialistproject.ca/2026/01/free...
Free Speech and Its Enemies
“We are just so shocked,” a German friend residing in Switzerland wrote the other day. “These cases affect us very much, as they will have consequences for us all.” What cases would these be, you may ...
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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 7d
#RMT #EddieLynch Good response from RMT union: 'We condemn the illegal military attack carried out by the United States of America on Venezuela which resulted in President Maduro being kidnapped by US special forces.'
www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-sta...
RMT statement on US military attack against Venezuela
General secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “We condemn the illegal military attack carried out by the United States of America on Venezuela which resulted in President Maduro being kidnapped by US special ...
www.rmt.org.uk

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 7d
The Illusion of Reform and Stability in Zimbabwe, see globallabourcolumn.org/2025/12/22/t...
The Illusion of Reform and Stability in Zimbabwe
-Obert Masaraure Zimbabwe’s Labour Minister, Edgar Moyo, was elected the 113th President of the International Labour Conference (ILC) at its annual gathering held in Geneva from June 2nd to June 15…
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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 7d
US military aggression against Venezuela: @etuc-ces.bsky.social calls on EU to act to uphold international law www.etuc.org/en/node/26087
US military aggression against Venezuela: EU must act to uphold international law
The ETUC expresses its deep concerns about the US  military operations  in Venezuela and condemns such US military intervention in breach of the UN Charter and international law.
www.etuc.org

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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 8d
FINLAND: The private early childhood education and care sector got an all-new collective agreement www.jhl.fi/en/news/the-...
New collective agreement for the private ECEC sector
Salaries and wages rise 2.5% in August. Employers need to start applying the new terms and conditions of employment as soon as possible.
www.jhl.fi

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 9d
Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague, see socialistproject.ca/2026/01/high...
Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague
The horrors of fascism have returned, not as ghosts, but as a plague, fueled by racial hatred and historical amnesia, infiltrating schools, universities, and the public sphere through state violence, ...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 16d
First Venezuela (Then China?), see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/firs...
First Venezuela (Then China?)
The escalation of US aggression against Venezuela seems unstoppable, while extrajudicial executions by US forces accumulate in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Threats are becoming increasingly vocal in...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 21d
The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/amer...
The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You
“Nearly 70% of people said they believe the American dream no longer holds true or never did, the highest level in nearly 15 years of surveys.” — Lindsay Ellis and Aaron Zitner, “Americans’ Hopes for ...
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 21d
Ashamed of this government

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 21d
Palestine Action activist on hunger strike taken to hospital
Palestine Action activist on hunger strike taken to hospital
Palestine Action activist on hunger strike taken to hospital
www.independent.co.uk

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Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · 25d
On this day 15 years ago, the Arab Uprisings started in Tunisia. How should we understand the root causes of the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? www.tni.org/en/dossier/t...
Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 26d
COP 30: Entrenching the Crisis of Climate Politics, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/cop-...
COP 30: Entrenching the Crisis of Climate Politics
As the dust settles after COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the scale of the failure becomes impossible to ignore. The world is on a path toward catastrophic warming, ecological systems are collapsing, and mill...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 26d
The Many Faces of (In)Equality, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/the-...
The Many Faces of (In)Equality
Adolph Reed Jr. and Ken Warren, two of the most prominent participants in the race-vs-class saga haunting the left, return here to deepen their case and do so with great clarity. Along the way they pr...
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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 26d
Es ist noch ein langer Weg bis zur Gleichberechtigung.
Gender Pay Gap: Frauen verdienen 16 Prozent weniger als Männer
Trotz gleicher Arbeit und gleicher Qualifikation bekamen Frauen 2025 weniger Lohn. Laut Statistischem Bundesamt liegt das daran, dass sie sich häufiger um die Familie kümmern – aber nicht nur.
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Howard Stevenson @howardstevenson.bsky.social · 27d
Very proud of my ex-colleagues in @uonucu.bsky.social - the commitment and resolve of members is extraordinary. Solidarity to them all - they deserve so much better.
uonucu.bsky.social University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 27d
🚨🚨 BRANCH UPDATE 🚨🚨

With our current industrial action mandate nearly expired and strike action called off after winning our demand for no compulsory redundancies through most of next year, our branch saw the need to keep up the pressure against the administration.
A photo of members and students at a UCU rally

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 27d
And the outpouring of support from students and community members (not to mention their own incredible organising efforts) proves that the world is on our side.

We are the university. And if this administration refuses to back down, we will show you exactly what that means.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 27d
🚨🚨 BRANCH UPDATE 🚨🚨

With our current industrial action mandate nearly expired and strike action called off after winning our demand for no compulsory redundancies through most of next year, our branch saw the need to keep up the pressure against the administration.
A photo of members and students at a UCU rally

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · Dec 12
Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/work...
Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action
The global climate emergency is no longer a distant warning – it is an unfolding catastrophe. Longer heatwaves, recurring cyclones, changing rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels are already reshap...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · Dec 11
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc

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Cato Institute @cato.org · Dec 11
“The annual chance of being murdered in an Afghan terrorist attack is about 1 in 14.2 billion per year. The annual chance of being murdered in a normal homicide is about 1 in 14,000 per year, approximately one million times greater,” writes Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.
https://ow.ly/u6TE50XH9Th
Afghan Terrorism Is a Small Threat in the United States
Anti-terrorism policy in immigration should target actual offenders, not entire nationalities with no demonstrated connection to terrorism.
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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · Dec 11
"Of the 1,022 members of the university community who took part in the vote, 983 (96.2 per cent) voted that they have “No Confidence” in Professor Canagarajah. Meanwhile, 39 (3.8 per cent) expressed confidence in his leadership."

www.leicester.news/leicester-un...
Leicester university vice chancellor loses vote of no confidence
96.2 per cent vote that they have no confidence amid mass sackings
www.leicester.news

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · Dec 10
The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!

act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671
Write to your MP: stop big pharma’s NHS raid
The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that could see the NHS pay pharma companies an extra £3 billion a year for drugs. Experts say that diverting NHS funding to pay for this deal woul...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · Dec 10
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Dec 10
Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), previously watered down just last year, is among the slash list.

@ec.europa.eu is dangerously backtracking on democratically agreed rules to support industries producing green European steel, chemicals and cement.

This is not helping the European economy.

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · Dec 10
When nature loses, we all lose.

Environmental laws need no fixing. They need enforcing.

Protect the rules that protect us.

#HandsOffNature @chiaramartinelli.bsky.social