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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yes that's right. Our very own @rachelcdailey.bsky.social will be doing a #TikTokLive on Wed 9 April at 6pm to discuss Labour's vicious cuts to disabled people's benefits. She'll be joined by some very special guests & will be taking your questions. So make sure you join us, too #WelfareNotWarfare

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 29m

Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists

The fact that Farage is married to a woman astounds @wordsbyhg.bsky.social - because he has clearly never listened to one.

If he had, he wouldn't speak in the way he does.
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Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists

The fact that Farage is married to a woman astounds Canary writer HG - because he has clearly never listened to one

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 57m

BREAKING: activist and content creator Ani Says arrested AGAIN by Met

Ani Says is banned from Westminster. So, she was protesting in Southwark - when cops nicked her AGAIN after Zionists doxxed her.

This time over the word 'coconut'. Yes, THAT word AGAIN.
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BREAKING: activist and content creator Ani Says arrested AGAIN by Met

Ani Says is banned from Westminster. So, she was protesting in Southwark - when cops nicked her AGAIN. this time over the word 'coconut'.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 3h

VIDEO: Israel raids Al Jazeera West Bank offices - again - despite 'ceasefire'

The supposed 'ceasefire' in Gaza sees an even further intensification of Israel's oppression of occupied Palestinians and the media - specifically Al Jazeera
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VIDEO: Israel raids Al Jazeera West Bank offices - again - despite 'ceasefire'

'Ceasefire' in Gaza sees even further intensification of oppression of occupied Palestinians and media - specifically Al Jazeera

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 3h

IN FULL: the Your Party Liverpool launch with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

You can now watch the full launch of Your Party Liverpool - including speeches from Corbyn and Sultana - on our YouTube.

Link in the article.
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IN FULL: the Your Party Liverpool launch with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

You can now watch the full launch of Your Party Liverpool - including speeches from Corbyn and Sultana - on our YouTube

www.thecanary.co

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 4h

Jeanine Hourani: 'genocide abroad and austerity at home' have sparked Labour's demise

Hourani's media visibility has attracted attention from the Zionist settler-colonial project - but she refuses to be silenced, as a recent speech showed
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Jeanine Hourani: 'genocide abroad and austerity at home' have sparked Labour's demise

Jeanine Hourani's media visibility has attracted attention from the Israeli settler-colonial project - but she refuses to be silenced

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 5h

Prosecution rest their case in Bloody Sunday murder trial

A prosecution barrister used proceedings to lay out a set of agreed facts around Bloody Sunday, as the trail reached a milestone
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Prosecution rest their case in Bloody Sunday murder trial

A prosecution barrister used proceedings to lay out a set of agreed facts around Bloody Sunday, as the trail reached a milestone

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 5h

Israel refuses to release abducted Palestinian doctors, will not let foreign medics enter Gaza either

Doctors imprisoned without charge, beaten and starved will remain in 'detention' says Israel as it blocks international medical access to Gaza
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Israel refuses to release abducted Palestinian doctors, will not let foreign medics enter Gaza either

Doctors imprisoned without charge, beaten and starved will remain in 'detention' says Israel as it blocks international access to Gaza

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 5h

Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues

The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
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Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues

The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6h

Yvette Cooper is coming for our kids with her dystopian digital ID scheme

In 'The Unlisted', schools collaborate with governments and corporations to force mind-control devices onto children. All very Digital ID...
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Yvette Cooper is coming for our kids with her dystopian digital ID scheme

In 'The Unlisted', schools collaborate with governments and corporations to force mind-control devices onto children. All very Digital ID

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6h

Palestinians wait to see if Israel will uphold prisoner swap ceasefire deal

Israel has violated ceasefire agreements so many times that the latest prisoner swap is watched with bated breath by Palestinian families
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Palestinians wait to see if Israel will uphold prisoner swap ceasefire deal

Israel has violated ceasefire agreements so many times that the latest prisoner swap is watched with bated breath by Palestinian families

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7h

Bad Lads: a harrowing story of how Thatcher's government sent boys to hell

Bad Lads is a play based on the testimonies of men who were held in Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s as teenagers. @rachelcdailey.bsky.social reviews:
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Bad Lads: a harrowing story of how Thatcher's government sent boys to hell

Bad Lads is a play based on the testimonies of men who were held in Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s as teenagers

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7h

Health disaster in Gaza: hospitals without power, medicines almost extinct

The Director General of Hospitals Dr. Mohammed Zaqout has revealed fully the state Israel has left Gaza's health system in
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Health disaster in Gaza: hospitals without power, medicines almost extinct

The Director General of Hospitals Dr. Mohammed Zaqout has revealed fully the state Israel has left Gaza's health system in

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 7h

Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty do Reform want tampons to be?
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Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty does Reform want tampons to be?

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

The grift: ex-PM Rishi Sunak set to take top tech and AI roles

Eternally underwhelming former Tory PM Rishi Sunak is set to start two advisory roles for tech firms, as the revolving door swings open again
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The grift: ex-PM Rishi Sunak set to take top tech and AI roles

Eternally underwhelming former Tory PM Rishi Sunak is set to start two advisory roles for tech firms, as the revolving door swings open again

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Return to the rubble: tens of thousands of Palestinians walk towards homes that no longer exist

Waves of people were seen walking along Salah al-Din and al-Rashid streets towards Gaza City, in a scene where tears mingled with hope
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Return to the rubble: tens of thousands of Palestinians walk towards homes that no longer exist

Waves of people were seen walking along Salah al-Din and al-Rashid streets towards Gaza City, in a scene where tears mingled with hope

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

UCU ballots for a nationwide university strike, as analysis reveals 15,000 jobs cut in just one year

Over 65,000 higher education workers will be asked for their response to the UCU ballot after employers failed to improve on a pay offer of 1.4%.
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UCU ballots for a nationwide university strike, as analysis reveals 15,000 jobs cut in just one year

Over 65,000 higher education workers will be asked for their response to the UCU after employers failed to improve on a pay offer of 1.4%.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Zarah Sultana's speech in Leeds shows the energy and hope around Your Party is back

The creation of a new left party was never going to be easy - but Zarah Sultana's appearance in Leeds cemented hope with the people watching
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Zarah Sultana's speech in Leeds shows the energy and hope around Your Party is back

The creation of a new left party was never going to be easy - but Zarah Sultana's appearance in Leeds cemented hope

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night.

But he schooled them all.
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Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

The DWP's latest plan with GP surgeries isn't new

The DWP is hell-bent on forcing sick and disabled people into work - but it's latest plan was actually already announced, writes @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
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The DWP's latest plan with GP surgeries isn't new

The DWP is hell-bent on forcing sick and disabled people into work - but it's latest plan was actually already announced

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's first live event together was sabotaged - but by whom...?

If you think it's tinfoil hat territory that someone sabotaged the live event in Liverpool, we have a book for you to read...

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Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's first live event together was sabotaged - but by whom...?

If you think it's tinfoil hat territory that someone sabotaged Corbyn and Sultana's live event in Liverpool, we have a book for you to read...

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Immediately after signing 'ceasefire', Israel resumed Gaza bombing and slaughter

Israel bombed multi-storey houses with refugee families in, killing dozens and burying at least fifty people under rubble in each building
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Immediately after signing 'ceasefire', Israel resumed Gaza bombing and slaughter

Israel bombed multi-storey houses with refugee families in, killing dozens, burying at least fifty people under rubble in each building

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Despicable Zionists take over Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - again

Israel closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron under the pretext of Jewish holiday celebrations, while denying access to Palestinians
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Despicable Zionists take over Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - again

Israel closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron under the pretext of Jewish holiday celebrations, while denying access to Palestinians

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social
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Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Corbyn, Sultana promise 'no more public spats' during Liverpool event

They were speaking at the launch of Your Party Merseyside - and the pair were very clear on how they would be moving forwards
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Corbyn, Sultana promise 'no more public spats' during Liverpool event

Corbyn and Sultana were speaking at the launch of Your Party Merseyside - and the pair were very clear on how they would be moving forwards

www.thecanary.co

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d

British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK
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British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK

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