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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · Jan 16

I just sent the following letter to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice:

Dear Shabana Mahmood

I have just read the amazingly lucid and well articulated open letter from 5 women imprisoned, in my view pointlessly and maliciously, in HMP Send.

theecologist.org/2025/jan/15/...

Prison is criminal

An open letter to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, about prisons from Just Stop Oil activists currently behind bars.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 5h

Today’s update from the Independent Office for Police Conduct around accelerated misconduct proceedings is unprecedented and sends a clear message that any officers who display the kind of behaviour we saw on Panorama will face serious consequences - fast.

Police watchdog investigating 10 officers

The IOPC says they have sufficient evidence to show clear breaches of professional behaviour.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 5h

Badenoch conference speech: other parties offer beer, jam, lentils. The Tories offer gruel? | Kmflett's Blog
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Badenoch conference speech: other parties offer beer, jam, lentils. The Tories offer gruel?

Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the Tory Conference on 8th October made headlines because of a pledge to abolish Stamp Duty in the unlikely event the Tories ever return to Office. Anyone who has pa…

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 5h

The Social Economy Awards 2025 Shortlist Announced! 🎉
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The Social Economy Awards 2025 Shortlist Announced! 🎉 | Social Economy Drive

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 12h

Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti-protest powers
Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti-protest powers www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti-protest powers

Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact’ of rallies as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation’

www.theguardian.com

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

#NigelFarage
#ReformUK
#Gaslighting
#CorruptPoliticians

Pic of Nigel Farage

So we told them they'd get cheaper food, cheaper electricity and the
NHS would get €350 million a week, then we change the name from Brexit party to Reform and we're getting them to vote for us again.

Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

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The Original Sin of Computing...that no one can fix

YouTube video by LaurieWired

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

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Bassem Yousseff
#ApartheidState #Israel
#CorruptPoliticians

All hail the United States of ...? Coming to you in NY, Durham NC, Tempe Az, San Antonio Texas

YouTube video by Bassem Youssef

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Friends of Spark Green Park @sparkgreenpark.bsky.social · 3d

Join the @sparkgreenpark.bsky.social volunteers and the @fruitandnut.bsky.social at the Spark Green Park Orchard tomorrow from 09:30am

🌳💚🍎🌳🍐🍁🍏🍂🌳💚🍐🍎🍏

💚All equipment will be provided

💚Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear.

💚Make new friends, learn new skills and gain experience 🌳🍎🍐🍏🍁🍂💚✅

Friends of Spark Green Park @sparkgreenpark.bsky.social · 9d

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Make Space for Girls @makespaceforgirls.bsky.social · 2d

Girls' use of parks drops after the age of 11. At a time when they should be gaining independence, many girls start to avoid parks.

Why? They feel that parks aren’t for them - there is nothing to do. Also, many state they don’t feel safe.

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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 10h

Symbols matter. They shape who feels welcome in our streets. When flags are used as intimidation, they shrink belonging. My poster flips that script, uniting instead of dividing. In a city defined by diversity, this feels not only important, but urgent.
#raisethelove
#ilovemyneighbours
#brumtogether

#RaiseTheLove — We Are BRIG

The inspiration for my A3 poster design came from a deeply personal moment. A few weeks earlier, I had written a song in response to the sudden appearance of flags along my street. At the time, I was ...

www.wearebrig.co.uk

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

plymouthartscinema.org/whats-on/the...
#TheLineWeCrossed
#DeanBowles
#LarchMaxey
#LizSmith
@juststopoil.bsky.social
@defendourjuries.bsky.social

The Line We Crossed (15) | Plymouth Arts Cinema | Independent Cinema for Everyone | located at Arts University Plymouth.

A British story of dissent, drawn from the frontlines of climate resistance. We are pleased to welcome Director Liz Smith to introduce the film.

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 12h

Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti-protest powers

Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact’ of rallies as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation’

www.theguardian.com

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Netpol @netpol.org · 15h

"The escalating crackdowns under Starmer’s Labour expose not only its authoritarian instincts but also its political weakness. It is scrambling to shut down every avenue of opposition because it knows its agenda lacks legitimacy and popular support". tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/labo...

Labour’s War on Protest

Labour’s plan to criminalise recurring protests strikes at the heart of democratic life, transforming political freedom into a privilege granted by the state.

tribunemag.co.uk

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 13h

Türkiye gathered evidence of crimes against humanity, says Gaza flotilla activist

#GlobalSumudFlotilla
#StopTheGenocide
#EndApartheid

www.aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/t...

Türkiye gathered evidence of crimes against humanity, says Gaza flotilla activist

'The most important Türkiye did was to take us to doctors, take us to lawyers and gather evidence of crimes against humanity,' British journalist Kieran Andrieu tells Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı

www.aa.com.tr

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 14h

Boycott Barclays

Saturday, 18 October 2025, 11am - 1pm

Outside Barclays Bank, High Street, Birmingham City Centre, B4 7TE

STOP BANKING ON INJUSTICE!

END FOSSIL FUELS!
END THE GENOCIDE!

@wmpsc.bsky.social
@birminghamlive.bsky.social
@naamoduk.bsky.social
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago PD: arrest these motherfuckers threatening civilians. Put them in jail. Let the courts sort it out

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Transplanar RPG 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @transplanarrpg.bsky.social · 2d

Two years of continued and livestreamed genocide following decades of occupation, colonization, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes is sitting heavy in our hearts and souls.

We must continue to fight for liberation beyond fiction. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

"The president has already announced that if a judge does rule against him, he will invoke the Insurrection Act and then continue the military deployments. This is where we’ve been headed since January 6, 2021.”

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Our government is shut down but nobody is paying attention because our president is an idiotic cunt who is sending troops to invade our cities for fraudulent reasons because he’s a pedophile.

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Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 1d

Proper exit. Slagging of potus in your obscure Spanish language column. Top marks!

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Goldman Banker Exits After Posts Against Trump, Spain’s Sánchez

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s co-head of Spain and Portugal is leaving the bank after he wrote scathing political articles about US President Donald Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

The face of Evil.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Generally speaking, if you’re going to launch an undercover operation — I’m looking at you, Attorney General Paxton — you don’t announce it with a press release. In fact, the whole point of an undercover operation…you know what? Never mind. Some types of stupid cannot be fixed.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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