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andy stafford @phototextajs.bsky.social · 1d

What a pig

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Review of African Political Economy @roapejournal.bsky.social · 1d

This week, we remember Thomas Sankara — 38 years since his assassination, yet his anti-imperialist vision for African unity, justice & self-reliance burns brighter than ever.

Read: “The international forces arrayed against Sankara were too much.” #ThomasSankara #BurkinaFaso

“The international forces against Sankara were too much” – Victoria Brittain in conversation with Brian J. Peterson - ROAPE

Radical journalist Victoria Brittain discusses the life of Thomas Sankara with Brian J. Peterson. Peterson has written a biography which recounts in detail the life, politics and assasination of the…

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

It is interesting that Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 42 years and led the opposition for 5 years.

He's been on Question Time once.

Nigel Farage, 44 times.

Our Media is corrupt, corrupt to the core.

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Sparkle @serenesparkle.bsky.social · 2d

A soldier is “kidnapped” from a military base.
But a pediatrician is “detained” from inside a hospital.

@cnn.com

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andy stafford @phototextajs.bsky.social · 2d

Sans blague. C’est parce que on les laisse faire

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Sparkle @serenesparkle.bsky.social · 2d

Disgraceful

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3d

England/ St George
#satire

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andy stafford @phototextajs.bsky.social · 3d

Ciotti pardon, je pensais aux chiottes

andy stafford @phototextajs.bsky.social · 3d

Ciotto a deux fois oublié le ù sur ‘où’: Quel manque de patriotisme

andy stafford @phototextajs.bsky.social · 3d

Does he include Germany where his girlfriend’s from?

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Révolution Permanente @revolutionpermanente.fr · 4d

🇵🇸 Première victoire à Bordeaux Montaigne : deux étudiants palestiniens admis, la mobilisation doit continuer

À Bordeaux Montaigne, la mobilisation a imposé l’admission de 2 étudiants palestiniens et permis la réalisation d’une nouvelle fresque pour Gaza.

Première victoire à Bordeaux Montaigne : deux étudiants palestiniens admis, la mobilisation doit continuer

À Bordeaux Montaigne, la mobilisation a imposé l'admission de deux premiers étudiants palestiniens et permis la réalisation d'une nouvelle fresque en soutien à Gaza. Deux victoires arrachées qui…

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 4d

New analysis shows over 15,000 university job cuts and c. 4,000 courses "shuttered"
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1422...
#Highered #Edchat #students #research

New analysis shows over 15,000 university job cuts as UCU launches UK wide strike ballot

Universities have announced cuts equivalent to over 15,000 jobs in the last year.

www.ucu.org.uk

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Craigie 🇵🇸 🚩☮️🔻Proudly Un-British @craigsmive.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity with Charlotte, she ain't scared of the Zionists friends of genocide.

#FreePalestine

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 5d

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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A new leftist alternative? We live in hope! www.yourparty.uk @yourpartyuk.bsky.social · 6d

New book. #YourParty: The Return of #TheLeft by #OliverEagleton. Contributions by @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social L.Mohamad, A.Murray, @alexnunns.bsky.social J.Schneider & @zarahsultana.bsky.social "a blueprint for a party...for the many" @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Your Party

Your Party sets the agenda for Britain’s major new political outfit, which over 750,000 people have already registered to support. The book interviews key figures shaping the project: Zarah Sultana MP...

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RFI @rfi.fr · 6d

Cinéma: «Alger», le thriller qui exhume les secrets de la décennie noire en Algérie

Intitulé 196 mètres, en Algérie, le premier long-métrage de Chakib Taleb-Bendiab Alger débarque sur les écrans français le 8 octobre. Ce thriller, inspiré de faits réels, plonge dans la décennie noire (1992-2002), cette guerre civile qui a fait entre 100 000 et 200 000 victimes.

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Révolution Permanente @revolutionpermanente.fr · 6d

🎉 Victoire ! Un gala d’extrême-droite annulé sous pression de la grève et de la rue à Aix-en-Provence

La gala d'extrême-droite organisée par « La Nuit du Bien Commun », s’est vu annulée en présentiel grâce à la mobilisation.

Victoire ! Un gala d'extrême-droite annulé sous pression de la grève et de la rue à Aix-en-Provence

La gala d'extrême-droite du lundi 6 octobre organisée par « La Nuit du Bien Commun », fond de dotation créé par le milliardaire Pierre Edouard Stérin, s'est vu annulée en présentiel grâce à la grève…

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 7d

The Labour Party is the genocide party.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 8d

On parle révolution.

Honoured to speak in Paris — demanding an end to Israel’s genocide in Gaza and building a Europe-wide movement for welfare not warfare.

Zarah with Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Danièle Obono

Zarah on stage with a view of the packed audience

Zarah talking to attendees outside the event

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Vilain Syndicaliste @vilainsyndicaliste.bsky.social · 9d

Retailleau : de droite, renommé

Darmanin : de droite, renommé

Dati : de droite, renommée

Borne : de droite, renommée

Barrot : de droite, renommé

Valls : de droite, renommé

Vautrin : de droite, renommée

Pannier-Runacher : de droite, renommée

Montchalin : de droite, renommée

"La rupture".