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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 6d

Right now, Donald Trump, Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and other officials are participating in a panel about "Antifa," threatening to "destroy the entire organization [sic] from top to bottom."

This is a good time to revisit our guide to preparing for repression:

crimethinc.com/Safeguarding

President Trump Participates in a Roundtable on Antifa

President Trump holds a roundtable meeting on Antifa.

www.c-span.org

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · 6d

Social entrepreneurs could start worker co-operatives with a decent wage and pension for all. Built in exit and succession.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 24

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Jul 21

Solidarity. Are you in touch with survivors of the Battle of the Beanfield who were subject to the same tactics from the same manual? I'm wondering if their testimony would help. They could also do with their own enquiry.

Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Jul 21

Same police manual used in both.

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Jul 5

Lots of interest in training to deliver peer to peer co-operative business support at #coopcongress Find out more at www.stirtoaction.com/barefoot

barefoot

Specialist training for co-operative and community business practitioners. Gain skills, knowledge, and confidence to work as an advisor in the sector. Are you ready to join a new generation of advisor...

www.stirtoaction.com

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Jul 2

This Sunday join we're celebrating #co-operatives to mark the UN year of the #co-ops. #IYC2025

Learn about coops from those involved in establishing and running them locally. Enjoy beers from worker-owned @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social's tap takeover, and pizzas and tunes in the garden. #HebdenBridge

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jun 22

In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.

Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.

Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.

The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.

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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · Jun 12

Our wonderful community pub is in need of an exterior refresh and we are inviting quotes from local painters.

If you are interested in this exciting project, please contact [email protected] by Thursday 19th June to express your interest. 1/2 #HebdenBridge #Todmorden

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Jun 12

I was interviewed about co-operative governance by the Corporate Bodies project corporatebodies.substack.com/p/episode-7-...

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · Jun 2

We honor the life of Colin Jerwood, singer of the anarcho-punk band Conflict, who contributed to the resurgence of combative anarchism in the 1980s.

"The more you oppress the more we'll resist
We will win because we have to, we've got nothing to lose no more"

-Conflict, "The Ungovernable Force"

Tribute to Colin Jerwood

Dedicated to the memory of Colin Jerwood

colinjerwood.muchloved.com

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Jun 2

RIP Colin youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Conflict - The Ungovernable Force (1986) - YouTube

Band site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CONFLICT/28514492762

youtube.com

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Clapton CFC @claptoncfc.co.uk · May 25

More information on the L&SERWFL Trophy final between Clapton CFC Women's First Team and Dulwich Hamlet Reserves at Maidstone United today 🇵🇸✊

www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/05/25/c...

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · May 23

Nice day for dry stone walling. Hopefully I'll be wet stone walling tomorrow. We need rain!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 21

The Spanish government ordered Airbnb to remove nearly 66,000 listings from its platform, widening a crackdown on tourist rentals as it seeks to alleviate a housing crisis that has become among the worst in Europe.

Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · May 4

Fuck yes! My home town! I may have to return

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Feb 23

The way predatory people like Musk operate is they get their foot in the door incrementally. Just comply with my email, what’s so hard about that? Then when people give in because they don’t want a hassle, he owns you. Then he comes back next time demanding something much worse.

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Five Leaves Bookshop @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social · Feb 23

Sad news from theclaptonpress.com. It's closing down on March 7th, due to the press's owner's illness. Clapton had a growing list of books in translation from South America and Spain, and a number of books on the Spanish Civil War. Mail order and trade customers stock up now while you still can.

TheClaptonPress

Visit the post for more.

theclaptonpress.com

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · Feb 22

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest

www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD

ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

www.reuters.com

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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Feb 23

Happening now: Israeli tanks have entered the northern West Bank after 40,000 Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Jenin & Tulkarm areas. There's a real and present danger that these camps will be erased. This genocide must be stopped. By us all. Now!

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Rob Squires @robsqi.bsky.social · Feb 11

Kindling Farm seeks architects kindling.org.uk/news/kindlin... @kindlingtrust.bsky.social

Kindling Farm seeks architects

Kindling Farm seeks architects for the first stage of a hugely exciting project! We are looking for ecologically and socially focused architects to work with us to design the transformation of our bea...

kindling.org.uk

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Feb 10

Years ago I joked that Starmer was a deliberate plant to destroy the Labour Party from within. I have now come to see it as the only plausible explanation.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Feb 2

The world’s developing countries mainly owe their debts in dollars. Trump is, however, making it harder for them to earn dollars, and is trying to inflate the dollar’s value. The result will be massive poverty.
youtu.be/aYYBmdTOA9E?...

Trump is a threat to developing countries who owe their debts in dollars

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

youtu.be

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Feb 2

This is a scary time, but also one where people across divisions could in theory link up and offer real solidarity and support to each other.

We have a choice - allow different groups of people to be targeted, or show up and stand with everyone under attack.

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Mark Simmonds @coopsmark.bsky.social · Feb 2

Meeeeee