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Michael H @michaelh14.bsky.social · 18h

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize www.commondreams.org/opinion/peac...

'Peace' Has No Meaning When Right-Wingers Like Maria Corina Machado Win the Nobel Prize | Common Dreams

As Venezuelan-American, I know exactly what Machado represents: the smiling face of Washington’s regime-change machine, the polished spokesperson for sanctions, privatization, and foreign intervention...

www.commondreams.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

"More than 54,000 children aged under five in Gaza are suffering acute malnutrition, including more than 12,800 who are severely malnourished, according to a study published in The Lancet on Wednesday."
theconversation.com/child-famine...

Child famine has reached the highest level in Gaza, with tens of thousands of kids affected – new study

By August,15.8% of children aged under five were suffering from acute malnutrition.

theconversation.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Patriots don't peddle for Putin.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Farage's top aide in furious BBC Question Time clash over Russian bribe MEP

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf clashed with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on BBC Question Time over the conviction of ex-Reform Welsh leader Nathan Gill, who took Russian bribes

www.mirror.co.uk

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 4d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 5d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

bylinetimes.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6d

We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism

So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d

We must all keep speaking out.

Thanks for all the kind words for this pretty combatative interview.

The truth is simple. Let's just all keep telling the truth.

youtu.be/goTgeKyJNaQ?...

'A classroom of kids is massacred everyday': Zack Polanski on Gaza

YouTube video by LBC

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20d

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.

And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.

Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · Aug 30

What has the ECHR ever done for us?

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Keep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 24d

Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said of Streeting's focus on private health sector spending:

“That switch towards the private sector is a real death blow to the NHS if it carries on."

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party

Starmer’s rightward turn and austerity agenda fracture Labour, as Corbyn and Sultana rally disillusioned voters behind a new left alternative.

www.thenation.com

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Hettie O’Brien @hettieobrien.bsky.social · 25d

We hear a lot about privatisation, but rarely are the numbers laid out so starkly: £193bn paid to shareholders and private equity firms, a £250 premium for every citizen. Only Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic have shed public wealth faster than Britain www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation

Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 25d

Since privatisation in the 1980s, we the public have paid *almost £200bn* to shareholders

Your household has paid £250 extra a year since 2010 for this ideology

Excellent new study from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social 👇

Time to take back OUR public assets 💧💡🚌🚄📮

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

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation

Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 25d

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.

A country remade by privatisation.

Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 26d

1/11 Why is Elon Musk pushing for civil war in the US and Europe?

This thread breaks down how Musk is using his platform, wealth, and influence to amplify far-right movements, incite political violence, and undermine democracy—across continents

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 10

Peter Mandelson admits to continuing relationships Epstein after he was convicted - how on earth can he stay on as ambassador?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 29

Archbishop condemns Farage's deportation plan.

Farage previously said Christianity "should be recognised by Government at all levels".

Any evidence of that in his policies?

Christianity was founded by a brown man, a refugee.
St. George was a Turkish man who never visited England.

UK's top bishop says Nigel Farage's deportation plan 'isn't the British way'

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, told The Mirror it has long been the British way to meet those asking for help with 'compassion and understanding' as he said Nigel Farage's plans are 'beneat...

www.mirror.co.uk

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Michael H @michaelh14.bsky.social · Aug 26

Well,the racists and Far Right won’t like that 😂

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Michael H @michaelh14.bsky.social · Aug 26

Well,the racists and Far Right won’t like that 😂

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Aug 24

The great Michael D., Ireland's humanist President, hit the nail on the head: A UN Peace Keeping and Peace Enforcing Task Force is the only way Israel's genocide of Palestinians can end. www.jpost.com/internationa...