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The Nerve @thenerve.news · 2d

‘It feels good – and quite strange – to think I could vote for what I believe in…’

@natashawalter.bsky.social reports on why young women are flocking to @greenparty.org.uk, won over by @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s stance on topics such as Palestine, refugee rights and economic injustice 🌱

Photo of Zack Polanski. Text: Natasha Walter: why young women are flocking to the Greens

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 2d

I know things are dark in the US right now, but I'm shocked to see what Mark Bray is going through.
If you are too, there is a crowd funder here for him and his family.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d

Friends and comrades made a crowdfunding page for my family.

It’s really hard to post this. I know that there are a lot of other important issues asking for money but things have gotten to the point where we need to open ourselves up to your support.

Thank you for your consideration.

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Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 2d

Big jump for the Greens, now just 2 points behind Labour.
I wrote for @thenerve.news about why young women like the Green Party.
They spoke to me about protest, about inequality, about nature.
Can the Greens drive even further and win over more women?
www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa...

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 3d

Why are young women flocking to the Greens?
When I asked them, they spoke to me about poverty, about protest - and, yes, about nature.
It all adds up to a fierce longing for change - which I share.

Glad to write about @greenparty.org.uk for @thenerve.news
www.thenerve.news/p/natasha-wa...

Natasha Walter: Why young women are going Green

As politics becomes increasingly xenophobic, the Greta Thunberg generation is flocking to join a party with both a strong stance on Gaza and refugee rights

www.thenerve.news

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Carenza Arnold @carenzaarnold.bsky.social · 3d

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 5d

Join us as we remember, reckon, and stand together in our struggle to resist the ongoing Nakba and fight for freedom, justice and equality for all between the river and the sea.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 11d

This is great, isn't it? www.thenerve.news

The Nerve

Fearless, independent journalism covering culture, politics and tech.

www.thenerve.news

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 15d

This Wednesday, another chance to get offline and connect with women who aren’t falling for far right lies…

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19d

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.

They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.

Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation

Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services

www.theguardian.com

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 25d

The UN inquiry report that finds Israel is committing genocide contains more than 90 references to women.
Including women being targeted, reproductive healthcare destroyed, sexualised violence.
Feminists, if you haven’t yet spoken, do so now.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26d

One day, everyone will have been against this…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 26d

These are right-wing terror events I covered just from 2017 to 2023. It's not even close to comprehensive. The government's trying to erase this history.

Instagram account connected to Gilroy shooter pushed staple of white supremacist internet forums

Anti-Semitic open letter posted online under name of Chabad synagogue shooting suspect

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect threatened Jewish groups, pushed migrant caravan conspiracies

New Zealand mosque shooting: Attacker's apparent manifesto probed

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26d

to dare right now to build the alternative to capitalism and patriarchy.
So my advice is this:
Take your anguish away from the computer, off the screen, and go talk about it with other women in your community, your streets, your city. Because we won't heal online, that's for sure.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26d

Because I spent Sunday at a community centre in north London with the most diverse crowd imaginable commemorating Jina Mahsa Amini. Afghan women, Iranian women, Turkish women, Syrian women, plus British women, all shouting Jin Jiyan Azadi and talking about how feminism needs

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 26d

OK, the far right march was heartbreaking, it was horrible.
But this is why I don't feel hopeless today.
1. Because I joined the Women against the Far Right group on the counter protest, and there were all these amazing women who had showed up, inc black women & young women & disabled women.
2.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · Sep 11

Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).

1) pic of Melissa and Mark Hortman 2) pic of Melissa Hortman and dog Gilbert

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Sep 2

thank you - yes I agree Nicola

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Sep 2

I wrote about the 10th anniversary of the tragic death of Aylan Kurdi for @the-independent.com
We saw an outpouring of empathy for refugees in those years.
Now, we are seeing a rise in hate.
We need to hold on to shared humanity in an ever more divided world.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Ten years ago a picture of drowned child shocked us - today we are blinded by hate

Ten years ago, the image of the lifeless body of two-year-old Alan Kurdi washed up on the shores of Turkey broke our hearts. It also broke open a surge of empathy which we should remember today, write...

www.independent.co.uk

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very glad that all the people I voted for in @greenparty.org.uk leadership election won.
✅ @zackpolanski.bsky.social for leader
✅ @rachelmillward.bsky.social and @mothinali.bsky.social for deputy
Let’s hope they bring energy and determination to the fight for a greener & more equal country 💚

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good to see women speaking out on this.
Harder borders and more deportations will not make women and girls safer.
We need resources going into justice, support for survivors and education.

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Stephen T. Cobb @scobb.net · Aug 9

Excellent point Natasha! My mom took me on the march that led to that demo. I was nine. Quite honestly, it helped shape my life. Those ban-the-bomb marches didn’t get bombs banned, but I don’t think limits on nuclear weapons testing and nuclear arms control treaties would have happened without them.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Aug 10

My book Before the Light Fades has
masses of detail

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Aug 9

Lots of people are saying that today marks the largest mass arrest in Britain.
Not quite. Back on 17 Sept 1961, my mum helped organise this demo where over 1000 were arrested for sitting down in Trafalgar Square.
If we don’t want today’s resistance to be forgotten, let’s not forget yesterday’s.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Aug 9

No, over 1000 people were arrested on 17 September 1961 for sitting down against nuclear weapons in Trafalgar Square.

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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · Jul 31

I know it’s such a great coincidence! I just picked the longest good book I could think of that I could find a CD for (this was back in 1999).
Even weirder is that the link I posted has just been labelled ‘adult content’ by the moderator here. Most bizarre.

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