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National Education Union @neunion.bsky.social · 9h

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Jane Haynes @janerockhouse.bsky.social · 11h

Love this piece from my colleague @harryleach.bsky.social @birminghamlive.bsky.social from a visit to Stirchley which has been at the centre of flag debate - I asked people in Stirchley what they really think about the flags flying across Birmingham www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

I visited the flags 'front line' and asked people what they really thought

Some see pride, others see division - on Pershore Road opinions over the red and white flags couldn't be more different

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 22h

Some more pictures from Saturday’s huge Palestine march
#FreePalestine

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 23h

Half a million marched in London in solidarity with the people of Palestine this weekend.
#FeePalestine

A photograph of huge crowds in Whitehall listening to speeches at Saturdays march for Palestine

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 1d

Police arrest pro-Israel protesters as 500,000 take part in huge Gaza march

Police arrest pro-Israel protesters as 500,000 take part in Gaza march - live updates

Police remove counter-protesters holding placards reading ‘we stand with Britain's Jews’ from the crowd

www.standard.co.uk

Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 1d

As extreme weather forces people from their homes, the journalist and author @wanderinggaia.bsky.social makes the positive case for immigration.

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 1d

The opposite of peace

2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqua...

www.democracynow.org

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

www.theguardian.com

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent to see someone as inspiring as @zackpolanski.bsky.social here in Brum.

If anyone can stop runaway #ClimateCatastrophe from within politics-as-usual it is Zack and @brumgreens.bsky.social

Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 2d

Almost 4,000 residents are taking legal action over pollution to save the Wye, Lugg and Usk.

W need: Clean rivers. Healthy communities. Accountable business.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/08/thousands-take-legal-action-widespread-pollution-three-rivers-in-england-wales

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 2d

If only our government saw this as anywhere near as important as clogging our streets with more and more Land Rovers.

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

We’re not here to beg for crumbs off the table — we’re coming for the lot.

The billionaires already have three parties working for them.

It’s about time the rest of us had one.

Join yourparty.uk today.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 2d

When @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social sends you the selfie, it would be rude not to share 💖

Selfie of Jeremy Corbyn, Lucy Williams and Zarah Sultana

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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 3d

Symbols matter. They shape who feels welcome in our streets. When flags are used as intimidation, they shrink belonging. My poster flips that script, uniting instead of dividing. In a city defined by diversity, this feels not only important, but urgent.
#raisethelove
#ilovemyneighbours
#brumtogether

#RaiseTheLove — We Are BRIG

The inspiration for my A3 poster design came from a deeply personal moment. A few weeks earlier, I had written a song in response to the sudden appearance of flags along my street. At the time, I was ...

www.wearebrig.co.uk

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3d

Peace means more than a ceasefire.

It means freedom from military occupation and apartheid.

It means Palestinians deciding their own future — not war criminals like Tony Blair.

As Israel’s bombs still fall on Gaza, Palestinians celebrate a ceasefire — a testament to their unbreakable spirit.

But peace means more than a ceasefire.

It means freedom from military occupation and apartheid.

It means Palestinians deciding their own future — not war criminals like Tony Blair.

We will keep marching, boycotting, divesting and speaking out until Palestine is free — and until those who enabled this genocide are held accountable for their crimes 🇵🇸

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 3d

Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste

Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year

www.theguardian.com

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 3d

A ceasefire is a first step, but justice and freedom for
the Palestinians remains our goal. We stay on the streets to demand an end to the genocide and starvation and for Britain to #StopArmingIsrael

Coach transport from Brum: www.westmidspsc.org/products/nat...

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David Strak @davescamp.bsky.social · 4d

So refreshing to see someone calling these shitrags what they are.

A$AP Choppy @chops8592.bsky.social · 4d

Any leader on the left needs the spine to fight back against the rags as they ramp up the smear machine. Zack has it, together with a solid media strategy that can counter their nonsense

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 4d

"This is a political movement, led by people who hate migrants. Elliott Stanley was part of the summer protests aimed at targeting migrants. What people like him refuse to accept is that many people do not hold with their political views & not everyone wants their neighbourhoods covered in flags."

Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 4d

Birmingham 'Raise the Flags' founder was at Solihull asylum hotels protest

The businessmen behind a Raise the Colours organisation have come under fire from anti racists concerned about the 'divisive' role of the flags now lining city streets

www.birminghammail.co.uk

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · 4d

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Mahmood and Starmer are “weaponising” the appalling Manchester synagogue attack to further restrict our right to protest. We can't let that happen.

Join us at 5pm on Thursday in Moseley to demand our government end's it's collusion with Israeli genocide.

Image of hungry, distressed children in Gaza witing for food.

After 2 years of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people we say...

END THE GENOCIDE
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
STOP STARVING GAZA

5pm, Thurs 9 Oct, Moseley Village
Image of hungry, distressed children in Gaza witing for food.

After 2 years of Israel's genocide against the Palestinian people we say...

END THE GENOCIDE
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
STOP STARVING GAZA

5pm, Thurs 9 Oct, Moseley Village

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 5d

Come and walk down the Soho Road with us Zack and we'll prove Jenrick is absolutely wrong!

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 5d

Why doesn't Jenrick just admit he is now too racist for the Tories and defect to Reform?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 5d

“It’s not racist to be racist,” say the racists

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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