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Steve Tombs
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Emeritus Prof (criminology) @open-university.bsky.social, trustee @inquest-org.bsky.social, love @gmhazardscentre.bsky.social Justice after Grenfell? Marx, Spurs, Reggae, Gramsci, The Clash, Social Harm, Luxemburg (Rosa)- not necessarily in that order .. more

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 1d
@inquest-org.bsky.social has been chosen to participate in the Big Give’s Christmas Challenge. Every donation via BigGive.org during 2-9 Dec will be doubled – at no extra cost to you.
Re-post and consider a donation!
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INQUEST
INQUEST
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 6d
"Our dreams of a better tomorrow may
be similar to yours. We hope you will
see us not as strangers, but as new
neighbours who want to live in peace
and grow together with you."
@refugeeaction.bsky.social
stevetombs.bsky.social Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 6d
Oops, thanks Janet!
Go to link below and the text can be downloaded about halfway down the page:
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 6d
Oops, thanks Janet!
Go to link below and the text can be downloaded about halfway down the page:
gmiau.org/greater-manc...

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 7d
This dignified, insightful &
moving statement from the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group should be read by politicians at all levels, widely published across various media, and on the national curriculum

gmiau.org/bbd68663-65c...
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 8d
Please circulate amongst your networks ...
stevetombs.bsky.social Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 14d
@europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social
stevetombs.bsky.social Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 22d
Please repost
@ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening: The UK is Not Innocent. INQUEST's response to state-related deaths
Refreshments from 5pm, talks & screening 5.30-7.30, followed by social with space for discussion & solidarity.
Free, but registration needed

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 14d
@europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social
stevetombs.bsky.social Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 22d
Please repost
@ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening: The UK is Not Innocent. INQUEST's response to state-related deaths
Refreshments from 5pm, talks & screening 5.30-7.30, followed by social with space for discussion & solidarity.
Free, but registration needed

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CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A
Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state
www.eventbrite.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 14d
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

@critcrim.bsky.social @greencrim.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social
DRC's mangroves park damaged by logging, smuggling and violence
Kim Rebholz tried to end illegal logging, smuggling and pollution in DRC's mangroves park, one of the world's most important forests
www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 19d
Prison deaths hit highest 12-month total this century: 411 in E&W in the year to Sept.
Jess Pandian @inquest-org.bsky.social said "These figures demonstrate the inherently destructive nature of prisons ... We must break this vicious cycle of violence."

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Prison deaths hit highest 12-month total this century, figures show
There were 411 deaths recorded in the year to September, the highest in a 12-month period since 2000.
www.independent.co.uk

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 22d
Please repost
@ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening: The UK is Not Innocent. INQUEST's response to state-related deaths
Refreshments from 5pm, talks & screening 5.30-7.30, followed by social with space for discussion & solidarity.
Free, but registration needed

www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...
CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A
Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state
www.eventbrite.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 27d
@europeangroup.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social @livunislsj.bsky.social @david-whyte.bsky.social

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 27d
Please repost @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An @inquest-org.bsky.social Documentary and Q&A, 80-98 Mt. Pleasant, Liverpool, 26 Nov., 5-8pm (event starts at 5.30). Free to enter but registration required @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social

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CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A
Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state
www.eventbrite.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 24
Bereaved families lead Annual Memorial Remembrance Procession to Downing Street demanding justice for loved ones who have died in state custody - Sat 25 Oct, 2025, 12pm, Trafalgar Square @inquest-org.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social

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Bereaved families to lead Annual Memorial Remembrance Procession to Downing Street demanding justice for loved ones killed in state custody
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 23
@dmachover.bsky.social "It appears that the only voices that count are those of police officers who seem unable to accept the need to be held fully accountable for their use of force.”
@inquest-org.bsky.social @bschcnetwork.bsky.social
@statecrime.bsky.social

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INQUEST responds to Home Office proposals which further undermine police accountability
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 23
@debcoles13.bsky.social “These new measures undermine the rule of law & the way it applies to police officers, increasing impunity & injustice. All the evidence shows that what is needed is exactly the opposite"
@bschcnetwork.bsky.social @waylon18.bsky.social

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INQUEST responds to Home Office proposals which further undermine police accountability
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Russell Chalk streams in crisis @russellb1ggs.bsky.social · Oct 16
Another similar situation developing on the Long Pond in King’s Lynn Water level so low that🐟are in distress & Phosphate/Ammonia very high

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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · Oct 16
'Compelling, thought-provoking and beautifully written, "How Technologies Harm" is a must-read for anyone who, across disciplines, has an interest in the technology-harm nexus.' - Anita Lavorgna, University of Bologna
How Technologies Harm
How Technologies Harm - A Relational Approach; With the increasing influence of digital technologies on society, this timely book examines the ways modern technologies can adversely influence human…
buff.ly

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · Oct 15
Paramilitary backed far-right, white supremacist violence, intimidation and pogroms in East Belfast have impacted thousands with no political attention or strategy to end it. Only silence and the handing down of impunity.

Who does the state protect?
Headlines in 16 months from East Belfast. Each describing white supremacist far right attacks on people and homes.

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 13
On Wednesday the lawyers representing those targeted by spycops get to speak, starting with Imran Khan KC, on behalf of the Blacklist Support Group, Doreen Lawrence, Suresh Grover and Michael Mansfield KC. Followed by lawyers from more non-state core participants.
stevetombs.bsky.social Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 13
Finally, blacklisted union members, the Lawrence family, Sukhdev Reel, women activists spied on by the police, & the undercover police deployed during the late 1990s and early 2000s will all be giving evidence during this tranche of the inquiry @blcklstd.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNcg...
Blacklisted
YouTube video by ReelNews
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 13
Finally, blacklisted union members, the Lawrence family, Sukhdev Reel, women activists spied on by the police, & the undercover police deployed during the late 1990s and early 2000s will all be giving evidence during this tranche of the inquiry @blcklstd.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNcg...
Blacklisted
YouTube video by ReelNews
www.youtube.com

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The European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control @europeangroup.bsky.social · Oct 10
We highly recommend this: www.versobooks.com/products/341...

Free Palestine!
Resisting Erasure
Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...
www.versobooks.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 8
Francesca Albanese on the genocide in Gaza, 'A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness', free to download
@pscupdates.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social @statecrime.bsky.social @qmucu.bsky.social @oubucu.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social

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A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press
A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine
www.plutobooks.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 3
Trump’s “Peace plan” = ultimatum =
Genocide on steroids
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Trump sets new deadline for Hamas to agree Gaza deal with Israel - or face 'all hell'
Hamas officials say they are still having "intensive discussions" about the 20-point plan.
news.sky.com

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Oct 3
"Thousands of people have won cases against their employers and not been paid what they are owed – even after asking the government to help them get it"
@tbij.bsky.social @ieruk.bsky.social @gmhazardscentre.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

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Thousands of rogue bosses have failed to pay tribunal awards - TBIJ report
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El Salto @elsaltodiario.com · Oct 2
🔴Los manifestantes propalestina obligan a retirarse a la Policía Nacional de la madrileña plaza de Neptuno.

Por Mar Sala.

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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · Oct 2
It would just be nice if I could come into work once and find the accessible bathroom on my floor in working order? I know this is ludicrous of course but a girl can dream.

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Paul Carnahan @pacarnahan.bsky.social · Sep 29
Arrested/not arrested:

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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · Sep 28
❝ The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why climate justice depends on Palestinian liberation ❞
Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation
The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why ...
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Sep 16
@debcoles13.bsky.social "We must now ensure the Hillsborough Law is delivered in full & those with vested interests to oppose it are resisted" @inquest-org.bsky.social @grenfellunited.bsky.social @cbffjuk.bsky.social @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social
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UNDER EMBARGO: A win for families: Government finally introduces Hillsborough Law to Parliament
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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Sep 15
News from @ccccjustice.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @greencrim.bsky.social
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Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice Newsletter
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Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · Sep 9
❌ Disabilities don’t start at 9:30am, so neither should disabled bus passes.

🚍 Tomorrow Parliament will debate my amendment, backed by 50+ cross-party MPs, to scrap the 9:30am restriction on disabled bus passes.

✉️ Contact your MP and ask them to support NC2 to the Bus Bill.