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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 2h

Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – censorship is not protection. a.allout.org/s/W7EXN/

Stop Indonesia’s bill to censor LGBT+ lives online

Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – cen...

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 5h

The Price of Powerlessness
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The Price of Powerlessness

How First Past the Post Fuels Britain’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

This speech from Rachel Reeves is kind of frustrating because it shows that the Government can command the airwaves when it wants

That's something it has almost totally failed to do so far - over challenging racism, boosting the laws it has passed, tackling Reform, rebutting Tory ILR plans, etc etc

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 14h

New Report: The Money Trail Behind Fossil Fuel Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

New Report: The Money Trail Behind Fossil Fuel Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean | Amazon Watch

In a few days the 30th United Nations Climate Conference will take place – in the Amazon!

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Stop the Money Pipeline @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social · 1d

The climate and labor movement are teaming up 🤝🤝 to hit corporations and billionaires where it hurts—their wallets.

Read this piece from STMP's Sarah Lasoff and Cole Weber of Wells Fargo Workers united!
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An Antidote to Despair: Climate and Labor Unite | Common Dreams

Wells Fargo Workers United and Stop the Money Pipeline are teaming up to target one corporation that clearly doesn't care about everyday people: Wells Fargo.

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

Protecting biodiversity: rejecting carbon offsetting via @waronwant.bsky.social waronwant.org/news-analysi...

Protecting biodiversity: rejecting carbon offsetting

With ecosystems collapsing as the climate crisis intensifies, corporations are pushing 'solutions' like carbon offsetting, in reality a way to keep polluting and profiting.

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

The real aim of Farage’s big speech on the economy
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The real aim of Farage’s big speech on the economy

Farage’s ulterior motive...

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

Trump 2.0: Is the era of normality over for US politics?
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Trump 2.0: Is the era of normality over for US politics?

By Kim Darroch

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

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Protest is under greater attack in Britain than America

Successive governments have attacked our civil liberties, leaving us vulnerable to an authoritarian crackdown

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

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Your Party and the Perils of Left Populism

Already just a few months into its founding, Britain’s new left party has been dominated by factionalism and infighting. These are problems that have always plagued left populist movements. Your Party...

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

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It’s the Nigel Farage chameleon show – flashy, ever-changing pledges, but only one real policy: xenophobia | Polly Toynbee

The Reform leader’s speech was full of contradictions and damaging cuts. But if he makes it to No 10, Labour will be to blame, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 1d

Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 16h

The only foreigners the UK is under threat from are the likes of Elon Musk, who interfere in our democracy and spread misinformation. leftfootforward.org/2025/11/outr...

Outrage after Elon Musk spreads more lies about UK amid calls for him to be investigated by police

Musk pushed more falsehoods about Britain

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 17h

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MP accuses Reform and ‘hard right’ of exploiting Huntingdon train attack for ‘political gain’

"They were shamelessly trying to turn tragedy into yet another excuse to whip up fear and sew division."

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 17h

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Nigel Farage claims young people on minimum wage earn too much

So much for Farage being a ‘man of the people’.

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 17h

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Richard Tice caught out over Reform council tax pledge

Tice said Reform hadn’t pledged to cut council tax, but several local election leaflets prove otherwise

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 17h

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CAAT - Genocide in Sudan, the role of the UAE, and the complicity of the west

The Rapid Support Forces militia is committing genocide in Darfur in western Sudan, in the course of its civil war with Sudan's military rulers. The RSF is armed by the United Arab Emirates, a western...

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 17h

Dick Cheney is dead; Election day in New York City
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Dick Cheney is dead; Election day in New York City

Drop Site Daily: November 4, 2025

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 19h

The green economy is booming. Renewable energy is the future, and polluting fossil fuels are the past.

We should be taxing extreme wealth to fund the transition to renewable, affordable energy for all. Sign the petition now: act.350.org/sign/tax-the... #TaxTheirBillions

Tax their billions to fund renewable energy for all!

The green economy in the UK is booming. Yet, the government is approving new runways and oil giants like BP are going all-in on new oil and gas. Billionaires are richer than ever. We should be taxing ...

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 22h

Nigel Farage’s big tent is full of holes: We deconstruct the Reform leader's latest speech
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Nigel Farage’s big tent is full of holes, we deconstruct the Reform leader's latest speech

Reform UK wants you to believe it’s on the side of working people. In reality, it serves one master.

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow night Drop Site and Breaking Points co-host live election coverage of the NYC mayoral race; Graham Platner's volunteer army canvasses against voting restrictions
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Tomorrow night Drop Site and Breaking Points co-host live election coverage of the NYC mayoral race; Graham Platner's volunteer army canvasses against voting restrictions

Voters in New York City, Virginia, New Jersey, Maine, California, and localities around the country go to the polls tomorrow in a series of closely watched contests, with all eyes on the campaign of Z...

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Execution, Sexual Violence, Kidnapping: Survivors Recount Horrors Inside El-Fasher and on Trek to Escape RSF Takeover
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Execution, Sexual Violence, Kidnapping: Survivors Recount Horrors Inside El-Fasher and on Trek to Escape RSF Takeover

The Rapid Support Forces, who seized control of the last major army stronghold in Darfur, have been targeting civilians and conducting mass atrocities.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Are we wrong to stop factory farms?
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Are we wrong to stop factory farms?

Why the Effective Altruist critique of anti–factory farm campaigns gets it wrong.

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Rachel Steele @rachcsteele.bsky.social · 1d

Early November hunting update - the hunts are still at it
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Early November hunting update - the hunts are still at it

In this October hunting news update, the Beaufort Hunt are caught red-handed once again, Wiltshire Hunt Sabs expose a shocking fox kill, and yet another huntmaster walks free despite clear evidence of...

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