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The Failed Anarchist Revival

@failedanarchist.bsky.social

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the big picture, the long term and the common good. politically homeless. RT ≠ endorsement. all views plagiarised or irrelevant. egalitarian equalist, superannuated Corbynista. carpenter, keen but lousy chess player

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pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 5h

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 14h

"it's made from MDF"

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 14h

Iain Banks put it well, and now the mask has dropped

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Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 14h

Quietly powerful.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 20h

This Is Fascism

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 1d

Disgusting. Parents are British. Her older brother is British.

She’s fucking three years old and they’re denying her British citizenship, which is making her mum’s life a nightmare as a full-time carer of both of her kids.

Stop this shit. Just stop it.

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

‘Clear parallels’ with Windrush as UK-born toddler denied passport

Campaigners say lessons not being learned as three-year-old’s mother is asked to prove right to free NHS treatment

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 16h

entirely on merit, I'm sure... 🤪

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

Proudhon had his faults, but he said this:

"Laws! We know what they are, and what they are worth! Spider webs for the rich and powerful, steel chains for the weak and poor, fishing nets in the hands of the government."

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

well that's about right

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

I got some boxer shorts from Lidl. the waistband is red on the inside and black on the outside, and has a little white logo on the front... makes it easy to get out of bed bleary-eyed and put them on right way round

it's scary how well they know their customers

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

heaven forbid that the UK should lose its biddable workforce who unhappily compete to be cheaper than the robots that will inevitably replace them. that would be catastrophic for the rich... what would they do without people to boss around and intimidate?

mr. simpson from the simpsons is smiling and making a funny face

ALT: mr. simpson from the simpsons is smiling and making a funny face

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Member of the Chicago press gets arrested by
masked ICE GOONS

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

the other things that encourages risk in emerging sectors is a good social safety net. people are willing to take a chance with a job in a new field if they know it won't lead to losing their home

it's all a bit topsy-turvy

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

who has the lawyers? and how many poor people sit in the House of Lords?

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

originally, it contributed to a more dynamic investment environment, but now it's used as a shield against the accountability any reasonable person would expect

add some financial engineering and 'too big to fail' and the outcome is a predictable spree of corporate larceny

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

and yet when their policies, opinions and values are even mildly criticised, they go full 'snowflake' and either rant, insult, or flounce off

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

that should be enough for anyone to see who they're actually serving

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 1d

Madeleine Habib, captain of the Conscience vessel of the Sumud Flotilla, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison.

Habib has been told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs a waiver.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Australian on pro-Palestinian aid flotilla told she will be ‘indefinitely detained’ by Israel unless she signs waiver

Madeleine Habib, who captained the Conscience ship, was arrested by Israeli forces on 8 October and detained in Israel’s Ketziot prison

www.theguardian.com

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. it's that simple

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

it's a wilful destruction of any mediated objective truth. Hannah Arendt wrote about it...

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

"they're eating the plywood, they're eating the chipboard... even the restaurants serve MDF soup"

The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 1d

they'll be campaigning for looser gun laws next, so they can shoot people for Jesus

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 2d

Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 3d

After pointing out that she's an immigrant Joanna Lumley asks why we don't fix the problems that create asylum seekers and address climate change

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The Failed Anarchist Revival @failedanarchist.bsky.social · 2d

echo that