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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 2d

🔴 NEW: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) used 3D scans from the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine in propaganda videos for its operations in Gaza, Iran and Syria.

Our latest: theferret.scot/idf-s...

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RutgersAAUP-AFT @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social · 2d

This week, our colleague Dr. Mark Bray came under attack by Turning Point USA’s Rutgers chapter for his public scholarship. Rutgers AAUP-AFT and the Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union condemn this campaign and stand in solidarity with our colleagues. Read our full statement here: https://loom.ly/BDXasRY

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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 17d

column on why is the far right is obsessed with dubai

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The populist right wants to remake the UK in the image of Dubai. We should all be careful what they wish for | Jonathan Liew

Politicians and influencers eulogise the emirate as a place of cleanliness, convenience and low crime. The truth is far darker, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Aug 12

Spiderman faces his most fearless enemy yet... the servers of Stereo

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Aug 12

wow the Spiderman producers have really tidied up Renfield Lane, great job!

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Aug 10

yeah who knows what is going on in aberdeenshire, migrants only welcome if they're working on fishing boats for illegal wages

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Aug 10

Falkirk, Peterhead and Aberdeen too. Stand up to Racism said there were 200 at the Peterhead anti-refugee demo yesterday and anti-racist demo was greatly outnumbered... Perth was just about evenly matched, albeit with quite a lot of SWP folk from Dundee & Glasgow bulking up the numbers!!

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Jul 11

Off to Durham for the weekend. Mad seeing Reform-adjacent facebook posters trying to manufacture a culture war about a Palestinian speaker on the platform (while the local Reform admin has not been invited) - as if the mining unions engaging in international issues is somehow a new thing (it is not)

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · Jul 11

A fortnight ago, people in Royston turned out to protest against news a local building was being turned into an “illegal migrant hotel”.

The only problem? It was completely false. So what happened? @everebecca.bsky.social investigates

www.glasgowbell.co.uk/royston-far-...

How fake news and an anti-immigrant agenda rocked Royston

The anatomy of a false rumour in the Garngad

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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𝔐𝔞𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔱𝔰 🧲 @magnets.bsky.social · Jun 11

a significant part of facebook these days is literally just organising pogroms

Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · Jun 11

This page is now going street by street to identify houses for burning

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The Glasgow Bell @glasgowbell.bsky.social · Jun 12

Whether by car, bike or on foot, if you've been near Cowcaddens subway station, you'll have likely seen the perma-works on the M8 that now blot the Woodside Viaduct.

With a completion date 'under review', motorists and residents alike have one question: when will they end?

Will the Woodside Viaduct works ever be completed?

Questions answered about Glasgow's most expensive repairs.

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Jun 11

Interesting letter in @scotnational.bsky.social today responding to @charlielynch.bsky.social book review yesterday

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Scottish history book review returns to the daily newspapers today with my review of @parcelorogues.bsky.social ‘s antifascist history, ‘Glasgow 1975.’ See The National, June 10th, pp. 20-21.

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Jun 8

Delighted to have an extract from Glasgow 1975 up on @glasgowbell.bsky.social this weekend - you can read it here www.glasgowbell.co.uk/racist-killi...

Paramilitaries, King Billy tattoos and a racist murder in Woodlands

What can a senseless killing from 1975 tell us about the fight against fascism today?

www.glasgowbell.co.uk

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Jun 3

definitely what Andrew O'Hagan was aiming for in Caledonian ROad

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 24

It is 50 years to the day, 24 May 1975, since the "Battle of Paisley Road" in Glasgow, as around 100 anti-fascists were arrested while blockading a National Front meeting. Many then escaped from prison and went straight back to the demo! As told in detail in my new book... glasgow1975.bigcartel.com

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 20

little did I know when I stumbled across a film set while heading up Ben Cruachan on a grey day in June 2021 that it was going to turn out to be one of The Great TV Shows (Andor). Incredible show all the way through.

Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 13

Andor is just so good! Enjoying @seantcollins.com recaps. "It’s frankly astonishing how well [they] create a taut and tragic political action thriller, working within the contours of the Star Wars sensibility and aesthetic while making them feel fresh and new." decider.com/2025/05/07/a...

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · May 8

In 1975 a National Front fascist shot dead a Jamaican man, Hector Smith, in his home in Glasgow. Weeks later, over 100 trade unionists were arrested as they picketed an NF rally at Kingston Halls.

@parcelorogues.bsky.social’s new pamphlet tells the story. It was launched at a packed meeting!

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 5

maybe he can form a band with the GB News Mumfords guy when he gets cancelled by the woke Scottish music establishment, which he is clearly desperate for 🙃

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 5

what exactly radicalised the "offline" King Creosote? does he think the Fife Coastal Path is creeping ULEZ? The card machine at Anstruther Fish Bar a globalist conspiracy? The St Monan's Tidal Pool a chemtrail repository? www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/2...

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 5

Really looking forward to launching Glasgow 1975 on Thursday. The event is now on a waitlist - but the book can be ordered here: glasgow1975.bigcartel.com/product/glasgo…

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · May 4

Glasgow May Day march today 🟥

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · May 2

Hearing those six voters all wrote “I hate Ed miliband” on their ballots

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Liam @parcelorogues.bsky.social · Apr 12

This was Goatfell last night - barely even vegetation at that height

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