Liam Conway
@liamos85.bsky.social
PhD student in English and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. Writing about Robin Hood and cultural and historical representation.
Critical Theory, Marxism and all that Jazz
Critical Theory, Marxism and all that Jazz
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Wes Streeting, part of a govt that won't confirm it'd uphold an ICC arrest warrant, won't meet its obligations under the genocide convention, & won't condemn what the US has done in Venezuela, says he's concerned about the disintegration of the rules based international system
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Wes Streeting, part of a govt that won't confirm it'd uphold an ICC arrest warrant, won't meet its obligations under the genocide convention, & won't condemn what the US has done in Venezuela, says he's concerned about the disintegration of the rules based international system
Excellent thread
The US invasion of Venezuela is a clear violation of international law and the UN Charter. Celebrating the capture of Maduro, Donald Trump went further, calling it an “attack on sovereignty” itself.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
Countries the world over must work together to rein in the United States before it’s too late.
The United States is a rogue state
Donald Trump’s “attack on sovereignty” in Venezuela has terrible consequences for the world
disconnect.blog
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Excellent thread
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Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Specifically, a protest song about how the sons of the rich were able to avoid fighting, like fighting-age Donald Trump who got four deferments for being in college and another for bone spurs.
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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The fun part here is that people who don’t like migrants largely believe this because they’re constantly screamed at about menacing immigrants from every TV, radio and news stand, and the whole reason that’s done is to discourage people from noticing who it is that gets most of the money, and how.
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The fun part here is that people who don’t like migrants largely believe this because they’re constantly screamed at about menacing immigrants from every TV, radio and news stand, and the whole reason that’s done is to discourage people from noticing who it is that gets most of the money, and how.
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Imagine living in Britain,where pretty much every major institution has been culpable in a historic sexual abuse scandal, and believing its the foreign cultures that are a danger to women and girls
I’m sorry, but this is utter bollocks from Katie Lam. If Britain culture is truly built on the belief ‘that women are equal to men with personal, bodily and sexual autonomy’ there wouldn’t need to be specific measures taken to tackle misogyny in schools, would there?
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Imagine living in Britain,where pretty much every major institution has been culpable in a historic sexual abuse scandal, and believing its the foreign cultures that are a danger to women and girls
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Episode 20 is now available with video!
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
20. Persia - An Empire in Ashes
YouTube video by Fall of Civilizations
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December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Episode 20 is now available with video!
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
With maps, reenactments and beautiful aerial footage, find out how the world of Achaemenid Persian empire rose, flourished and finally fell.
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This could have been written by David Goodhart, ten years ago. Depressing and predictable with stock phrases about "legitimate expectations". Shorter: "unless we implement the policies of the populist right, the populist right will win." A human-rights lawyer ....
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
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December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This could have been written by David Goodhart, ten years ago. Depressing and predictable with stock phrases about "legitimate expectations". Shorter: "unless we implement the policies of the populist right, the populist right will win." A human-rights lawyer ....
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December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Everyone involved knows Mel is a virulently racist fascist lunatic with horrendous views on the use of massive, murderous violence against civilians. But there she still is on Sky News, because her crackpottery is well within acceptable opinion, for our political/media class.
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Everyone involved knows Mel is a virulently racist fascist lunatic with horrendous views on the use of massive, murderous violence against civilians. But there she still is on Sky News, because her crackpottery is well within acceptable opinion, for our political/media class.
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Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
Sad to hear about the passing of Asad Haider, I was fortunate enough to meet him at HM Conference 2013 when Viewpoint ran a session on Workers Inquiry, which was excellent. Viewpoint continued to publish some amazing work with Asad as an editor. RIP
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viewpointmag.com/2013/09/27/w...
Workers' Inquiry: A Genealogy - Viewpoint Magazine
In 1880, La Revue socialiste asked an aging Karl Marx to draft a questionnaire to be circulated among the French working class. Called “A Workers' Inquiry,” it was a list of exactly 101 detailed quest...
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December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Asad Haider, I was fortunate enough to meet him at HM Conference 2013 when Viewpoint ran a session on Workers Inquiry, which was excellent. Viewpoint continued to publish some amazing work with Asad as an editor. RIP
viewpointmag.com/2013/09/27/w...
viewpointmag.com/2013/09/27/w...
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Forgot to plug this one since I was sick
Episode 6 | Introduction to the History of Left Communism
-- Critique of the Podcast Form by @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social --
“Introduction to the history of left-communism, specifically the German/Dutch (councilist), Italian (Bordigist) and French (ultraleft) traditions.”
-- Critique of the Podcast Form by @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social --
“Introduction to the history of left-communism, specifically the German/Dutch (councilist), Italian (Bordigist) and French (ultraleft) traditions.”
Episode 6: Introduction to the History of Left Communism
Podcast-Folge · Critique of the Podcast Form · 26.11.2025 · 1 Std. 26 Min.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Forgot to plug this one since I was sick
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The last HQ of the British Batallion in the Ebro front before their withdrawl on 21 Sept 1938. Shared with comanders of Yiddish speaking Botwin company. Accents of London, Liverpool and Glasgow with those of Warsaw, Lwów and Krakow. Thanks to @TerraEnlla for showing me. Just outside Corbera d'Ebre.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The last HQ of the British Batallion in the Ebro front before their withdrawl on 21 Sept 1938. Shared with comanders of Yiddish speaking Botwin company. Accents of London, Liverpool and Glasgow with those of Warsaw, Lwów and Krakow. Thanks to @TerraEnlla for showing me. Just outside Corbera d'Ebre.
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"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct cases over Hillsborough, says watchdog
None of the former officers accused by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
Twelve police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct for a catalogue of professional failings relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving, the police watchdog has said.
However, no former officer named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired. Some, including Peter Wright, the chief constable of South Yorkshire police at the time of the 1989 disaster, have died. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"We would have punished these guys if it hadn't taken us 4 decades to get round to it" is just a fantastic summary of police accountability in Britain
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In 2025, rebel nuns were sent to nun prison for a crime they didn't commit. These nuns promptly escaped from a care home to the Austrian underground.
Now, they survive as nuns of fortune. If you’ve a problem, if no one else can help & if you can find them, maybe you can hire The N-Team.
Now, they survive as nuns of fortune. If you’ve a problem, if no one else can help & if you can find them, maybe you can hire The N-Team.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
In 2025, rebel nuns were sent to nun prison for a crime they didn't commit. These nuns promptly escaped from a care home to the Austrian underground.
Now, they survive as nuns of fortune. If you’ve a problem, if no one else can help & if you can find them, maybe you can hire The N-Team.
Now, they survive as nuns of fortune. If you’ve a problem, if no one else can help & if you can find them, maybe you can hire The N-Team.
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
I find it strange how pundits and reporters talk of wealth taxes or even basic increases in high earnings tax like it's never happened before or impossible. Post second world war through to the 1980s tax rates were far higher on high earnings than now.
The Labour Government: there to serve the
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I find it strange how pundits and reporters talk of wealth taxes or even basic increases in high earnings tax like it's never happened before or impossible. Post second world war through to the 1980s tax rates were far higher on high earnings than now.
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Remarkably simple solution. If you don't want the backing of the far-right for your immigration policy, or to have people point out that you have their backing, don't base your immigration policy on the far-right's rhetoric and ideology.
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
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The first episode of House of Cards was broadcast on this day in 1990.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The first episode of House of Cards was broadcast on this day in 1990.
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I do not understand those still attempting to defend Labour. Every day the gap between them and Reform, on immigration, trans and non-binary rights, disabled individuals etc shrinks. Human rights have to apply to everyone or they end up applying to no-one. #r4today
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I do not understand those still attempting to defend Labour. Every day the gap between them and Reform, on immigration, trans and non-binary rights, disabled individuals etc shrinks. Human rights have to apply to everyone or they end up applying to no-one. #r4today
news.sky.com/story/home-s...
news.sky.com/story/home-s...
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POD EP 5: A Conversation About Dialectical Biology, with Mac Parker and Anatarah Bin AlKaf—on Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins' "Dialectical Biologist"!
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November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
POD EP 5: A Conversation About Dialectical Biology, with Mac Parker and Anatarah Bin AlKaf—on Richard Lewontin and Richard Levins' "Dialectical Biologist"!
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