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Frank Levi

@franknbeanz.bsky.social

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Singer for NI #heavymetal band ( @bakkenband.bsky.social ), Vegan Ⓥ FTA I mostly post about #climatecrisis, left-wing politics, #music, #nature and #veganfood ally (he/him) #ecosocialist #cats #dogs proud dad of two artistic autistic trans lads. Free 🇵🇸

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · Nov 18

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#heavymetal song about the #climatecrisis and #biodiversity collapse. It’s fast thrash/power metal with complex riffs and melodic vocals

Bakken - Cold Blooded Murder

YouTube video by Bakken

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 9h

🇵🇸 Events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 21h

Not skynet, just a chocolate tea cosy:

Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · Sep 3

Does anyone remember the name of the guy who appeared on Terry Wogan who made these amazing multicoloured jumpers using a knitting machine? Here is the really bizarre response google AI gave me saying it was...Arthur feckin Scargill??

google AI response saying arthur scargill appeared on wogan and knitted a tea cost with a knitting machine

Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 21h

Someone finally correcting this bollox about super rich people leaving if you tax them more. I’d say extra extra taxes for non-doms too. #votegreens

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 1d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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bkeithb @bkeithb.bsky.social · 1d

#BoycottApartheid

By Artists For Palestine

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her.

RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 1d

I think they could easily extract a few more percent from both lib dems and labour to put them in the zone with reform.
#votegreen

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Not only are we at record numbers of members and growing every day - this is our highest ever poll rating.

We're just getting started.

This is the politics of the 99% Vs the 1% for a country we can all afford to live in - plenty of room to grow.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (-3)
LAB: 17% (-2)
CON: 17% (+3)
GRN: 15% (+4)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Oct.
Changes w/ 1 Oct.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Sol @blueskysol.bsky.social · 1d

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/only-israe...

Only Israelis Could Commit Genocide For Years And Then Demand Sympathy - And Other Notes

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 2d

Zio-Nazis Assault Greta Thunberg

www.youtube.com/shorts/jLHOX...

Greta's horrific mistreatment by Israel mirrors years of Palestinian detainee testimony

YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore

www.youtube.com

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Ivi Choc @ivichoc.bsky.social · 4d

⁠‪#FYI #FreedomFlotilla #Palestine #Israel #genocide #fascism #zionism #stopfascism #NeverAgain #NeverAgainForAnyone #Interception #StrikeForGaza #GlobalGeneralStrike #EveryFishMatters #RockTheBoat

#GlobalSumudFlotilla #whitnessvideo

#KieranAndrieu interview

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5hA...

British Journalist EXPOSES Israeli Mistreatment of Gaza Flotilla Activists

YouTube video by Liberty 365

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 4d

If you still think there's something "it's complicated" about Israel/Palestine you should probably read this.
#gaza #genocide

Clive B @clivebagley.bsky.social · 4d

"The “peace process” became a magic pill rendering the occupation invisible, disguising its metastisizing, omnipresent and violent form. Palestine was reduced to a subject of “negotiation”, with the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine swept under the rug"
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu

For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe

www.theguardian.com

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 4d

how much is this kindergarten fascism costing the tax payer?

elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

Over 400 arrests of protesters in London thanks to the government’s refusal to admit that their decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group has been a disaster

The Labour gov has so far arrested well over 1,000 people for holding up signs

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Police make more than 440 arrests at Palestine Action protest in London

Officers arrest activists at silent vigil in support of banned organisation, as demos go ahead despite PM’s pleas

www.theguardian.com

Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 4d

cost would be interesting too. I bet it's astronomical to arrest them and 4 times as much if they are prosecuted

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🇵🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇬🇷 @ssk85760565.bsky.social · 4d

“…we heard people screaming within that building…I would suggest that the Israelis WANTED us to hear the Palestinians screaming and so they utilised the Palestinians at that time to MAKE them scream so we would hear. THAT’s the level of depravity that we’re dealing with.”

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 4d

A recently released international activist of the Global Sumud Flotilla:

"When I was in prison, we talked about how lucky we were to have a white passport. Palestinians don't have that privilege. They get lost in the system-beaten, tortured, raped, disappeared."

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 4d

If there's anything that Israel hates even more than doctors in Palestine it's doctors in Palestine that publicly tell the truth. I'd love to have a fraction of this woman's bravery
#genocide #gaza

mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 5d

www.instagram.com/reel/DPchWO9...

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 4d

What!!? For me this is a little bit like tooth fairy/santa revelation but much later in life

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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 7d

I, along with every other reporter I know who worked in Gaza, inc. over 278 Palestinians journalists who have been killed , have reported a reality in Gaza that bears no resemblance to how it is portrayed by Israeli politicians, its military & many media outlets that serve as Israel’s echo chamber

The National Press Club of Australia, caving to the Israeli lobby, Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists

The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.

open.substack.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 7d

2025 is at 108 days above the Paris Limit and counting ...

Graphic suggested by @BritpolInRussia on Twitter.

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Clare Willow @mollymalone45.bsky.social · 7d

www.thecanary.co/global/world...

UNRWA just warned Israel may be about to commit a large-scale massacre

After Israel branded 250,000 people trapped in northern Gaza as 'terrorists', UNRWA has issued a urgent warning

www.thecanary.co

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 7d

All his stuff is great 👍

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 7d

This is very good from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. It's exactly what I hoped *and expected* to hear from a Labour government but sadly didn't.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Frank Levi @franknbeanz.bsky.social · 9d

“Exeter University forecasts that a 2C global temperature hike by 2050 would see a 25% collapse in the global economy and 2 billion people dead. This is what the end game of a “pragmatic” climate strategy looks like.”

Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire

In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble, says UCL professor Bill McGuire

www.theguardian.com

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 15d

"We did not stop the Holocaust. We did not stop the genocide in Rwanda. We did not stop the genocide in Srebrenica. We must stop the genocide in Gaza.
There are no excuses anymore. None." - President of Slovenia Natasa Pirc Musar.

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Daddyo2112 @daddyo2112.bsky.social · 15d

#nowplaying @bakkenband.bsky.social
In Requiem
#musicsky #metalsky 🤘

In Requiem by Bakken on Apple Music

Song · 2020 · Duration 6:09

music.apple.com

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