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Bob From Brockley

@bobfrombrockley.bsky.social

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Middle aged anti-fascist and left libertarian in South London. In to: dub, country and western, critical theory, Yiddish, black history, internationalism, trade unions, salt beef. Fan of: Omar Aziz, Bayard Rustin, Hannah Arendt, Cesaria Evora.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

Accused @michaelchessum.bsky.social of having “pockets full of Soros money”

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Not sure why Tribune want to amplify him

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

(It’s not middle class to fight with and for the most marginalised and for our very survival. An understanding of the working class that excludes trans and racialised people is not an understanding of class. Dempsey has swallowed an elite right-wing culture war stereotype of the working class.)

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 1d

Good response from @workersliberty.bsky.social to Eddie Dempsey’s call in Tribune for the left to retreat from “middle class” causes like trans rights, climate change and anti-racism.

www.workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

No, "gender, race, and climate" are not "middle-class preoccupations"

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has published a new article in Tribune, arguing that the disconnection between the working class and the organised left is partly down to the left focusing too heav...

www.workersliberty.org

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Angela Mitropoulos @mitropoulos.bsky.social · 2d

" ... one of the founders of antifa"

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

I’m not generally a fan of if-the-boot-was-on-the-other-foot counterfactuals, but can you imagine what the UK media would be doing if one of Corbyn’s closest politician allies was found to be a Russian agent? Why is Farage not being held over the coals for this?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

The perp being a white South African mentioned in paragraph 22

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

Maybe you’re right about the current situation. They’ve got such a bad deck of hands to play with and the impact of reinvestment is always so slow to see compared to the impact of disinvestment so the public tends to forget how bad it was under the disinvesting government by the time things improve.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

Yes I think it’s not about individual councillors; there should’ve been (and could still be) a nation-wide narrative and campaign (it’s a complicated issue so hard to find the right messaging) and then bringing that back to municipalities through local fora and local old and new media.

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

It’s extraordinary but not shocking that it isn’t seen as a massive story that one of the most senior politicians in Farage’s party was an active Russian agent for pay, asking questions in the European Parliament on the Kremlin’s behalf, organising pro-Russian events.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

I think in opposition Labour failed to get a story across about the scale of Tory destruction of local government so that voters could have understood this. In power, reversing that destruction hasn’t been a priority (when all spending needs are squeezed) so it can’t really tell that story now.

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Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 6d

i have added @mark-bray.bsky.social to the afa research starter pack & apologize for such an embarrassing oversight.
go.bsky.app/739SB3g

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

(a) not as comforting, (b) no M&S in SE4

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

I used to eat a lot of Fray Bentos products but haven’t in ages!

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 5d

Folks, have tinned steam puddings ceased to exist? Has the Microwave finally killed them off? I’ve just looked in like four different corner stores, the kinds of places they would’ve once been a staple, and there were none.

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Ben Gidley @bengidley.bsky.social · 6d

So @danielmang.bsky.social and I wrote something about the left in our current moment. It took us ages and ended up being rather longer than intended. Let us know what you think.

Daniel Mang @danielmang.bsky.social · 9d

Left Renewal in an Age of Waiting, by Ben Gidley and Daniel Mang – 1 October 2025 leftrenewal.org/lraw-en/

Left Renewal in an Age of Waiting, by Ben Gidley and Daniel Mang – 1 October 2025 – Left Renewal Blog

leftrenewal.org

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 8d

Just started this and of course really enjoying it. Probably the first time @leninology.bsky.social and Hillary Clinton were put so closely together on the page.

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 9d

Good point

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 9d

Btw if you want to be more informed about UK police corruption/racism/sexism, here’s some accounts you should follow:

@copscampaign.bsky.social @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social @netpol.org @orgreavejustice.bsky.social @donalodriscoll.bsky.social @tombfowler.bsky.social @francescanwtn.bsky.social

Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 9d

Elmore Leonard because they’re too good to give away. Murakami because nobody ever finishes them. Not sure why Dahl though.

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 9d

This is Greater Manchester police, not that long ago bsky.app/profile/arbe...

Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 9d

For years I wasn’t sure if it was a fever dream but I found the doc recently. this is 4 years after the MacPherson report - this stuff never goes away, and every other year we have an exposé and a bunch of recriminations and apologies

m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5A2...

The Secret Policeman - BBC Documentary by Mark Daly from 2003. *Police Racism*

YouTube video by Rare Tracks UK

m.youtube.com

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Bob From Brockley @bobfrombrockley.bsky.social · 9d

These are the officers that worked with Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, who used his warrant card to entrap women. These are the officers that illegally brutalised the women who then protested.

See @francescanwtn.bsky.social in Tribune:

tribunemag.co.uk/2022/03/sara...

A Year After the Murder of Sarah Everard, Not Enough Has Changed

Today marks a year since Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered while walking home – and instead of dealing with the violence and bigotry endemic in the police, the state has doubled down.

tribunemag.co.uk

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