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neesik.bsky.social
@neesik.bsky.social
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he/they. queer scottish disabled anti-fascist
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crimethinc.com
On this day 26 years ago, demonstrators blockaded and shut down the summit of the World Trade Organization in Seattle—demonstrating the power of direct action and horizontal, decentralized organizing.

Today, as federal mercenaries attack our communities, we need this reference point more than ever.
Epilogue on the Movement against Capitalist Globalization
22 years after the victory against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, what can we learn from the networks that gave rise to that movement?
crimethinc.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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damselindystopia.bsky.social
So many people who imagine themselves to be Marxists have a deeply liberal and idealist understanding of transphobia. It's not a debate, it's a power struggle and if you aren't willing to clearly take trans people's side, you are a scab.
damselindystopia.bsky.social Sarah Clarke @damselindystopia.bsky.social · 5h
Nah, bullshit tbh. You don't deal with the presence of transphobes by debating them. That the guy arguing no felt comfortable doing so and wasn't immediately heckled into silence speaks to a fundamental fucking rot.
November 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
neesik.bsky.social
Taffite, Taffite,
Shouty Taffite,
Stand up on the platform And speak a load o' shite
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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sloanelysbeth.bsky.social
what does this mean? is it code?
a photo from the 'your party' conference. someone is at a podium speaking. on the wall is a projection showing a wider shot of the conference hall. underneath is the text: Dogs put down the Queens tail Antique real jump. Ridiculous. Join their laughter. The brothers are legal now.
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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iklepink.bsky.social
Yet another 'don't call the transphobes transphobic, trans comrade' moment from Yorp conference chair. Worth not going back to sleep for this car crash.
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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foxdie.bsky.social
I know we're all focusing on the chat gpt thing but this is an absolutely insane way for the observer and also glinner to refer to an ecofacsist who believes that trans people were invented by jews to eliminate humanity and that mass bombing campaigns should happen for the enviroment.
Screenshot from that observer puffpiece. it reads: He was planning to spend Thanksgiving with writer Derrick Jensen, an environmentalist who has been ostracised for his views on trans issues, but had to cancel due to the trial. “He’s had his publishing career destroyed,” says Linehan. “He was in academic publishing and now he’s just this lovely old guy who lives in the woods, you know? That makes him sound really bad but, yeah, these are my new friends.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
BASH BACK’s statement outside of HMP Bronzefield on 15th November, which was read by a wonderful comrade. While for our own anonymity we couldn’t be there in person, it was an honour to deliver this statement and have it heard by our prisoners.

UNTIL ALL ARE FREE

xoxo BASH BACK
On 28th July, Toni Asik - a trans man - died behind these walls after months of abuse, harassment, and discrimination from staff representing HMP Bronzefield and Sodexo. He was segregated, refused healthcare checkups despite clear suicidal thoughts and mental ill health, and routinely abused by guards for his gender identity- this along with the subtler, nascent abuse that results from the bondage and incarceration of trans people, from egregious deadnaming and misgendering, to the medical neglect that we come to expect in society. That same week, another trans prisoner in Bronzefield attempted suicide by throwing himself off of a catwalk. We are BASH BACK, a trans-led direct-action group fighting for total transgender liberation, and on the 30th August we took action against Sodexo’s office in Leeds, smashing their windows and spraying their walls. In black paint across their brickwork a simple message: “SODEXO KILLED TONI ASIK”. Four simple words that hammer home the thing everyone knew. No death in prison is voluntary, all have been carried out, systemically, by the state and the private companies they get to do the dirty work. Every death behind those walls is a murder, the perpetrators of which will likely never be held to account. We took action against Sodexo so that just for the moment they would know what they did, and that for once Toni’s name, a name they often refused to speak, would be on display for all to see.

Many of the Prisoners for Palestine - our prisoners (though they are all our prisoners so long as we continue the abolitionist struggle) - knew Toni, they knew his light and his joy, they shared time with him in the gym, spoke with him, felt his presence. We did not, cannot have. We just knew he lived, and that was enough for us. It was not enough for Sodexo.  But not much has been, in truth. Many of the prisoners are 15 days into an open-ended hunger strike, and it took 10 days of starvation for Sodexo to even recognise it as active. It took 27 days of starvation and thousands of phonecalls from activists like yourselves before T. Hoxha’s basic demands were met. But then what should we expect from a state which would rather imprison activists than end a genocide? What still should we expect from a state which goes out of its way to criminalise transness through puberty blockers bans? Many of our prisoners are trans themselves, subject to similar abuses and discrimination to that which Toni experienced - nearly always from staff, rarely ever from their fellow prisoners - and with the UK’s human rights advisor, the EHRC, pushing for further segregation of trans people, those conditions only threaten to get worse. For our part, we have already taken action against the EHRC, but the fight for liberation comes through more than just action, it is in resilience, refusal, and protest at the level of your body. Just as our hunger strikers are doing. Just as every trans prisoner does when they refuse to closet, refuse to hear any other name but their own, when we refuse to be anything other than ourselves. Because our bodies are the one things they cannot take away. And so we are immensely proud to be here today - if only in voice - with Prisoners for Palestine, our comrades both in and outside prison walls, to demand freedom, a fair trial, and justice - REAL JUSTICE - for those brave enough to take on the war machine that has killed so many, and imprisoned so many more. So proud to be with those putting their bodies on the line for liberation. Our struggles are linked by the shared enemy of state and colonialism, both here and in so-called Israel, which has made us all subjects As direct actionists ourselves we are so proud to have comrades in the P4P prisoners, to stand defiant against Sodexo, and the draconian weaponisation of anti-terror legislation designed to deter resistance. To Yasmin Cooper Security Manager for Sodexo Justice Services, responsible for the use of anti-terror powers against P4P prisoners, and ultimately responsible for the conditions that killed Toni, we will say this as bluntly as possible: you are an enemy of humanity, you are an enemy of justice, you are a murderer and a kidnapper, doing the dirty work for a genocidal state, and we will not rest until you face justice for what you have done to our prisoners, to Toni, to the absurd number of captives in your overcrowded jails. I hope you sleep well at night, because we will not rest until justice is felt, our trans community is liberated, our prisoners are freed, and a sun rises over a free Palestine.

In solidarity and rage, forever

UNTIL ALL ARE FREE
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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thatelizabeth.bsky.social
For women Scotland are on here under that name.

Block them and all their followers
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
BASH BACK statement on our collaboration with Prisoners for Palestine:
We are proud to be collaborating with @Prisoners4Palestine, the prisoner-led collective that represents those who have been detained by the British state in their struggle for Palestinian liberation. We have signed their open letter in support of the ongoing hunger strike, and share their stated goals: • Shut down Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, with which the UK closely collaborates; • End the proscription of Palestine Action; • End censorship in prisons; • Release illegal detainees on immediate bail; • The right to a fair trial, by releasing all documents relevant to their cases, including those documenting meetings between British and Israeli state officials, the British police, the attorney general, and Elbit Systems representatives. The struggle for Palestinian liberation and political prisoners is one we share as trans people. As state repression of political dissent against genocide and collaboration escalates, the tools of the state come down ever harder on all those who are criminalised, vilified, and marginalised. We remember Toni Asik, a victim of the transphobic abuses of Sodexo staff in HMP Bronzefield, where the first hunger strikers are incarcerated. When we took action against Sodexo in Leeds, we did so to remember him, and impose his memory on the system that killed him. Today (20th November) marks Trans Day of Remembrance, but it is also a day, as every day, of resistance. As the ever more authoritarian British state abuses and kills its captives with impunity, we ask: what would you do? We do as we must: we fight. As direct actionists ourselves, we share a kinship with the Prisoners for Palestine, brave opponents to the authoritarian wave that has captured the UK, now putting their bodies on the line to demand the freedom they always deserved. We recognise the twin threat posed by genocidal collaboration and prisoner abuse, which a threat to everyone’s liberation. BASH BACK will continue to fight, in solidarity and rage, against the state and private companies that exclude us, torture us, imprison us, and abuse us. For true liberation. For all of us. From the streets and to the cells. From the river to the sea. Solidarity with Prisoners For Palestine. Shut Down Elbit Systems Justice for Our Prisoners Justice for Palestine UNTIL ALL ARE FREE xoxo BASH BACK
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
On #TransDayOfRemembrance, we remember Toni Asik, murdered by Yasmin Cooper and Sodexo in HMP Bronzefield on 28/07/25.

Today we remember all trans people who have been made victims of colonialism and state violence

Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living

xoxo BASH BACK
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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aurelmondon.bsky.social
Countering the trend towards fascism can take many shapes and forms but it cannot take the form of a blind faith support in the status quo and mainstream elite as has been argued for too long

Some thoughts @reacpolrn.bsky.social on the latest developments in the UK

reacpol.net/fascism-no-o...
Article: In the fight against fascism, the middle ground is not an option (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon discusses the rise of fascism in the UK in the wake of yet another extreme right protest.
reacpol.net
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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bashback.bsky.social
Fuck Shabana Mahmood
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
Tired of the petitions and marches and banner-waving protests?
Tired of seeing your rights eroded?
Want to do more to challenge transphobia in the UK?

Read our action guide, start a cell, take action.
JOIN US. BASH BACK.

https://www.transbashback.com/actionguide.pdf
[email protected]
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
Statement regarding our action against the EHRC's London HQ
THE EHRC IS A HATE GROUP. THIS MONTH, THE GOOD LAW PROJECT FORCED THE EHRC TO DUMP THEIR TRANSPHOBIC "INTERIM GUIDANCE". LAST WEEK, 6 HUMAN-RIGHTS GROUPS DEMANDED THE EHRC HAVE THEIR A-STATUS REMOVED DUE TO AN "OBSESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO STRIP TRANS PEOPLE OF OUR RIGHTS". DESPITE THIS - AND DESPITE INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE - THEY STILL INTEND TO PUSH THEIR GUIDANCE (SEGREGATING TRANS PEOPLE OUT OF ALL SINGLE-SEX SPACES) TO GOVERNMENT. WE TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE EHRC'S LONDON OFFICE TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE: WE WILL NOT OBEY THEIR "GUIDANCE". THE TIDE IS TURNING. DO YOU SEE US NOW? DON'T ENDORSE HATE. WE DEMAND THAT ALL ORGANISATIONS DROP THE EHRC'S EXCLUSIONARY ANTI-TRANS "GUIDANCE". WE DEMAND FORA DROP THE EHRC AS TENANTS. EXERCISE YOUR FREE WILL. STAND UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE. BASH BACK.
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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bashback.bsky.social
BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET EHRC HEADQUARTERS
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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bashback.bsky.social
OUR STATEMENT ON THE ACTION AGAINST FILIA

TERFS GATHER EVERY YEAR TO GLOAT ABOUT ATTACKS ON BODILY AUTONOMY AND TRANS PEOPLE'S SAFETY

THIS YEAR, WHEN WE FACE THE GREATEST ATTACKS ON OUR FREEDOMS, WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM THE PRIVILEGE
STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (9/10/25) LAST NIGHT, ACTIONISTS FROM BASH BACK TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE BRIGHTON CENTRE, VENUE OF THE FILIA CONFERENCE, WHICH PLAYS HOST TO SOME OF THE MOST VICIOUS TRANSPHOBIA IN POP POLITICS. FILIA'S SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE BIGOT-PROVOCATEURS JULIE BINDEL, LGB ALLIANCE AND "SCOTTISH LESBIANS" - A GROUP BEHIND THE SEGREGATIONIST 2025 SUPREME COURT RULING. THEIR VILE AND HATEFUL RHETORIC LEADS TO THE SAME KIND OF DISCRIMINATORY VIOLENCE THAT KILLS HUNDREDS OF TRANS PEOPLE EVERY YEAR. THESE BIGOTS HAVE OUR BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS. THEY USE THIS CONFERENCE TO GLOAT. THIS YEAR, WE WILL NOT LET THEM. STATEMENT ON BASH BACK ACTION AGAINST FILIA (CONT.) BASH BACK SEES FILIA AS NEITHER RADICAL NOR FEMINIST, SPREADING MISOGYNIST HATRED BACKED BY BOTH BILLIONAIRES AND THE STATE. LIKE THE SUFFRAGETTES AND RADICAL QUEERS BEFORE US, THAT THE ONLY PATH TOWARD LIBERATION IS THROUGH ACTION. TO THE ORGANISERS OF FILIA WE SAY THIS: IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR TRADE OF TRANSPHOBIC HATE, IF YOU EXPECT TO CONTINUE IN YOUR QUEERBASHING AND TRANSMISOGYNY AND CALL IT "FEMINISM" THEN EXPECT RESISTANCE, EXPECT RETALIATION, EXPECT US. PAINT WASHES OFF. BLOOD NEVER DOES.
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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whatthetrans.com
Bash back have sent us this statement
TRANS ACTIONISTS TARGET ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE Trans direct action group "BASH BACK" accuses FiLiA of having "blood on their hands" Last night - October 9th - actionists representing trans direct action group BASH BACK took action against the Brighton Centre, host of this year's FILIA conference, which begins its 10th annual event today. Actionists from BASH BACK - which took action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting in August smashed windows and sprayed pink paint on the Brighton Centre building in protest at the anti-trans views expressed by FiLiA attendees. The group's objective was to prove trans people will not be intimidated, saying that FiLiA should "expect retaliation" if they continue. A spokesperson for BASH BACK said: "Despite presenting itself as a feminist conference with 'zero tolerance [...] for transphobia', FiLiA plays host to some of the most vicious transphobia in modern pop-politics. "The conference's notable alumni include JK Rowling and Maya Forstater, and this year feature bigot-provocateurs such as Julie Bindel, LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, as well as Jenny Wilmott, director of Scottish Lesbians - one of the groups responsible for this year's segregationist and transphobic Supreme Court ruling. "Speakers at FiLiA claim to advocate for 'protecting women's spaces' and 'sex based rights' but routinely advocate for the erasure of women's bodily autonomy and self determination. Their vile and hateful rhetoric that seeks to exclude and erase us leads to the same kind of discriminatory violence that kills hundreds of trans people every year. Far from outsider radicals, the bigots at FiLiA are backed by billionaires like J.K. Rowling, fundamentalist Christian groups, and the Labour government itself. This is the norm, and we will rise against it. To save ourselves, to save our community. To fight for our right to exist. "Bindel, Wilmott and FiLiA itself have our blood on their hands, and for years they have sought a stage to gloat about it. This year, we will not allow them the privilege. "BASH BACK recognises the speakers at FiLiA as neither radical nor feminist, and, like the suffragettes and radical queers before us, that the only path toward liberation is through action." The BASH BACK spokesperson added: The BASH BACK spokesperson added: "To the organisers of FiLiA we say this: If you expect to continue in your trade of transphobic hate, if you expect to continue in your queerbashing and transmisogyny and call it 'feminism', then expect resistance, expect retaliation, expect us. Paint washes off, but blood never does." Notes to editors BASH BACK is a trans-led direct action project focused on "total transgender liberation", and has previously taken action against Health Secretary Wes Streeting and private prison firm Sodexo. Formatting should be BASH BACK in full caps More information about the group can be found here: https://www.transbashback.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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amnestyuk.bsky.social
🚨 ALERT: Police Scotland is developing plans to use live facial recognition technology

Facial recognition tech:
🕵️ is mass surveillance
❌ is NOT compatible with Scotland’s human rights obligations
⚠️ disproportionately impacts racialised communities

We need to oppose this: amn.st/6008AqWA0
Police Scotland has decided move ahead with the use of Live Facial Recognition technology by law enforcement in Scotland. Amnesty firmly opposes the use of this dangerous technology.
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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notrightruth.bsky.social
A beautiful piece on grief, loss, and the complexity of trying to be part of a fractured community, from another friend of Robyn and Jessica.
Grieving and Trans Community
In writing this post I am trying to organise my thoughts to conclude a complicated month. I am not a writer and this piece was somewhat intentionally rushed while the tumultuous vortex of emotions …
intransigentnotebook.wordpress.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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shelleybwoke.bsky.social
Bluesty "Trust" and "safety" continues to be a fucking joke.

Free Sophie!
seenpoliceuk.bsky.social SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · Sep 14
Hey @safety.bsky.app trans activist @sophiemolly.co.uk has been suspended without a reason. Please reconsider, Sophie has endured more than her fair share of particularly vicious dehumanisation and after nearly 7 years of this every day, it can cause unseen damage. How about a little leeway?
September 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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bashback.bsky.social
The state wants us afraid, alone and isolated.

Do not let them win.

Take action. BASH BACK.

www.transbashback.com/faq.html
DON'T GET SCARED. GET ANGRY. THE STATE, THE COPS AND THE EHRC WANT TO SCARE US INTO SILENCE AND OBEDIENCE. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT GIVE IN. READ OUR ACTION GUIDE. SET UP A CELL. TAKE ACTION. BASH BACK.
September 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social
fucks me up that people are getting awards for a movie about hind rajab and her mother is still online begging for aid
September 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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scotnational.bsky.social
A far-right party leader has been charged with 'indecent online communications' after police were called to a confrontation involving a group of paedophile hunters
Scottish far-right party leader charged after paedophile hunter sting
www.thenational.scot
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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bashback.bsky.social
DO NOT OBEY UNJUST LAWS.
DO NOT COMPLY WITH UNJUST SYSTEMS.
RESIST FASCISM. EXERCISE AUTONOMY. SPIT IN THE FACE OF THE STATE. REMEMBER OUR DEAD. RESIST OUR SOCIAL MURDER. PRACTICE LOVE. BE FURIOUS. BE DESTRUCTIVE.

THE PROTESTS ARE NOT WORKING

SHUT IT DOWN.

GET ON THE STREETS

BASH BACK.
September 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
The gov really are just saying calls for violence against certain demographics are okay actually, more than okay, reasonable and maybe even policy ideas
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM