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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 11d

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 11d

✒️ Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House”, after refusing to issue us a media pass.

Thousands have signed a petition calling on the government to give us access.

Help defend press freedom, sign today.

secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...

Defend Press Freedom

I stand with Declassified UK - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.

secure.declassifieduk.org

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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 18d

'Reading groups can steal back a small degree of academic autonomy, not over academic labour, but over the social reproduction that makes such labour possible in the first place.'

#HigherEd

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reading as communal luxury: On the formation of a resistant subject group - Iain Munro, Alessia Contu, Sam Dallyn, Peter Edward, Ann-Christine Frandsen, Josephine Go Jefferies, Keith Hoskin, Kathleen ...

This provocation argues for the importance of reading groups, and for reading books, as a mode of resistance against the instrumentalisation and individualisati...

journals.sagepub.com

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · Aug 15

Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians

My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

Why Elon Musk’s $44 billion payday should worry Australians

When it comes to leadership, the myth of great men lives on because it flatters and serves the interests of the elite.

independentaustralia.net

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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 19d

"Rhodes’ book provides an important critique of the billionaire class as well as suggesting new avenues of collective resistance [...] an insightful and beautifully written book"

Iain Munro reviews my book 'Stinking Rich'

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Campaign for David McBride @mcbride-campaign.bsky.social · Mar 5

"The reason I became a whistleblower was: what I saw in the Australian military was so bad, and they weren't going to fix themselves and something had to be done about it." - David McBride @davidmcbride.bsky.social

'My Story' www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cl...

#auspol #FreeMcBride #PardonMcBride

My Story

YouTube video by David McBride

www.youtube.com

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Sep 9

Amnesty -- “When the Government is arresting people under terrorism laws for sitting peacefully in protest, something is going very wrong here in the UK".

www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Amnesty condemns arrests made at the Defend Our Juries ‘Lift The Ban’ demo in London today "something has gone very wrong here in the UK"

STAGGERING NUMBER OF ARRESTS EXPECTED AT PALESTINE DEMO IN LONDON- ‘SOMETHING IS GOING VERY WRONG HERE IN THE UK’

www.amnesty.org.uk

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Aug 31

Israel’s three largest arms corporations, which all supply the Israeli military, have been allowed by the UK government to exhibit at the DSEI London arms fair in September:

🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries
🇮🇱 Rafael

caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...

Campaign Against Arms Trade

caat.org.uk

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 27

I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.

No refugee underfunded a school.

No refugee closed a hospital.

No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.

We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Aug 27

At the UN the US says recognising the state of Palestine rewards Hamas, the IPC report declaring famine in Gaza lacks credibility & integrity, & other countries are engaged in pontificating & lecturing.

The reality? The world sees the US is an active partner in Israels genocide

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 25

Reform UK voted against worker rights in parliament, favoured bad bosses.

Now it supports fracking which can cause earthquakes and negative environmental impacts.

Companies will make vast profits, people will pick up the tab. Many homes would be uninsurable. Who would buy affected houses?

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Normal person: Genocide is bad

Crazy person: Woah hey, let’s not get political

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Aug 24

“He's a U.S. citizen and he doesn't deserve to be in jail at all.”

@premthakker.bsky.social asks Zaher Ibrahim, father of detained Palestinian-American Muhammad Ibrahim, what his message is to the US after Israel imprisoned his son for six months without trial.

Watch: zeteo.com/p/a-us-teena...

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 24

Hong Kong billionaire, owner of Northumbrian Water, touted as Thames Water bidder.

He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment.

Any private owner would want profit, main cause of the crisis. Profits go abroad, misery stays home.

Public ownership is the only way ahead.
archive.ph/NCYXf

Chinese suitor ‘would cut billions from Thames Water investment’

CK Infrastructure touted as likely buyer if debt-laden water company is nationalised

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Aug 23

My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Aug 22

Ukraine has become a new, major market for British arms exports.

In the 10 years up to Russia’s invasion in 2022, UK firms sold only around £35m of military equipment.

In the three years after the invasion, 2022-24, exports skyrocketed to £1.1bn.

www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmer...

Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war

The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry

www.declassifieduk.org

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 21

In the 1970s, UK discovered oil/gas in North Sea.

Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis.

Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget.

Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Aug 20

This is just the start.

We’re not here to beg for crumbs.

We’re coming for the lot.

Join us: yourparty.uk

IPSOS article:

One in five Britons would consider
voting for a new left-wing party, rising to one in three young people and Labour voters

One in five (20%) British adults would consider voting for a new left-wing party founded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana. The party's appeal is strongest among young people, with one-third (33%) of 16-34s considering it, alongside a third of 2024 Labour voters (33%) and 43% of 2024 Green Party voters.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Build council homes and control private rents.

That is how we would fix the housing crisis.

Join us at yourparty.uk.

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · Aug 20

HRW usually focuses on wars and atrocities. Now, they're investigating LA cops' violence against protesters and journalists.

It's not because it's a slow atrocity news week — it's because the situation in LA really is that bad.

US: Excessive Force Against LA Protesters

Law enforcement officers responded to protests against immigration raids in and around Los Angeles, California, between June 6 and 14, 2025, with excessive force and deliberate brutality, Human Rights...

www.hrw.org

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · Aug 20

Denmark to end book tax to encourage people to read

Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said that the measure was aimed at fixing Denmark's 'reading crisis.' The Scandinavian country's 25% sales tax on books is currently the highest in Europe.

www.lemonde.fr

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 20

The system is rigged.

We can change it, together.

Join us at yourparty.uk.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · Aug 19

UK invests 18.2% of GDP in productive assets.
France 26%
Germany 25%
OECD average 23%

Why?
Poor corporate governance
Companies hollowed out by excessive shareholder returns.
Execs rewarded for short-term returns.
Long-term neglected.

Lack of direct state investment in infrastructure.

Our state has become a guarantor of corporate profits

Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...

leftfootforward.org

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Aug 19

Art as resistance.

A report on ArtZone Palestine.

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Aug 19

Amnesty — “Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip… to deliberately inflict on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction”.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policy

Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life, Amnesty International sai...

www.amnesty.org

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