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Johnnie Taylor
@redjon.bsky.social
Lifelong trade unionist & socialist, member of Bakers Union BFAWU the greatest trade union in our movement

“Our demands most moderate are - We only want the earth!”
James Connolly
@stevehowell.bsky.com “media herd blindly follows the political class’s narrative of the moment in trying to create a Putin panic without a shred of evidence danger is that some of the mud will stick only to justify a suicidal military intervention in Ukraine

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March 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
@stevehowell is 💯% on point

“politicians groomed in a NATO mindset acting like a rock band that thinks it can top the charts without a lead singer. It’s surely more than time to change the song. How about trying ‘Give peace a chance’?”
👇🏼 therestisbullshit.substack.com/p/coalition-of…
https://therestisbullshit.substack.com/p/coalition-of…
March 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Hugh Grant urges POLICE to investigate Sun owners

And he’s absolutely right

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hugh Grant calls for police to investigate Sun owners
He also wants to see the government launch part two of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards.
www.bbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Jonathan Cook on the police's kettling of the Pro-Palestine demo.

"... as the demonstrations have shown no signs of abating, the Starmer government has grown more desperate. The BBC has failed to normalise the genocide, and British complicity has not been completely shrouded."

#palestine
Gaza protest: How Starmer and the Met have joined forces to quash all dissent
Dozens of people were arrested on the weekend at a peaceful demonstration aiming to highlight British complicity in Israel's slaughter
jonathancook.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Lovely heartwarming farewell tribute to #ElGato, in the IslingtonTribune
on
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
cat with a cult following:

www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/fare...
Farewell to El Gato, Corbyn’s cat with a cult following
‘The Cat’ sadly passed away this week, and so here is the Islington North MP’s own tribute to his feline companion
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
‘Getting under the skin of mainstream media spin - the rest is bullshit ‘

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January 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#FoxOfTheDay visiting me on Christmas Eve and keeping a watchful eye on my #CheGuevara mug of coffee , what a beautiful start to my day here in East London
December 24, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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🚨 Britain’s largest union should be run by our members, for our members. That’s why I’m putting myself forward to be UNISON’s next General Secretary.

Support my campaign 👉 andrea4gs.org.uk/#get-involved
December 9, 2024 at 5:06 PM
We want our railways run in the public interest with a vision that frees us from the profiteering & fragmentation of privatisation & which allows the public to own & control the services that they rely on #RailNationalisationNow
December 7, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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Rail union, RMT has welcomed the government’s announcement that South Western Railway will return to public ownership next year, marking the first step under the new Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act and the establishment of Great British Railways.
bit.ly/3ZkrDYr
RMT welcomes rail services being taken into public ownership
Rail union, RMT has welcomed the government’s announcement that South Western Railway will return to public ownership next year, marking the first step under the new Passenger Railway Services (Public...
bit.ly
December 4, 2024 at 8:08 AM
We want our railways run in the public interest with a vision that frees us from the profiteering & fragmentation of privatisation & which allows the public to own & control the services that they rely on
December 7, 2024 at 11:35 AM
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Jeremy Corbyn is out on tour this December. Here's where he's at.

To coincide with the release of his and @peaceandjustice.bsky.social new book Monstrous Anger of the Guns, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social will be at two speaking events on 14 December
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024...
Jeremy Corbyn is out on tour this December. Here's where he's at.
To coincide with the release of Monstrous Anger of the Guns, Corbyn will be at two speaking events on 14 December
www.thecanary.co
December 3, 2024 at 12:57 PM
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December 3, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Never ever forgive the brutal actions of the police, the class war that #Thatcher provoked & stoked,the slanted coverage the popular press gave it & as #ToshMcDonald
has said many times over
“I set my alarm early so I could hate Thatcher for longer”

#IStillHateThatcher
December 1, 2024 at 11:58 PM
The people’s flag is deepest red - not red white and blue
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Hello! I am looking for all of the people on Bluesky who oppose NHS privatisation! If that’s you, please could you repost this and follow me, and I’ll follow you back? Let’s get connected!! Ju 🌟🌟🌟
November 27, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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We don't want the crumbs or the loaf we want the bakery
November 25, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Compared to England as a whole, a *16 London boroughs* have higher than average levels of poverty.

Only three have lower - Bromley, Merton and Richmond.

Poverty by London borough, the latest data: bit.ly/3ALubqd
November 20, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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Support the 400 workers that could lose their jobs and support our affiliate @bfawu.bsky.social.

Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit last year 🙄

Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

#StrikeMap
BREAKING 🚨| 400 workers at Morrisons Rathbones bakery in Wakefield are at risk of losing their jobs.

Last year, Morrisons made £14.9 billion profit.

🫶Support members of our affiliate, @bfawu.bsky.social , by signing their petition to stop the job cuts: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
November 21, 2024 at 11:21 AM
@rebeccalongbailey.com 💯% on point in supporting my union’s
@bfawu.bsky.social campaign to end the scourge of food poverty in communities and workplaces across the country by challenging low pay and demanding the #RightToFood be enshrined in law
November 21, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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Spot on from @rebeccalongbailey.com
We need a #RightToFood
November 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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The ICC’s arrest warrants are long overdue.

The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum.

Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel?
November 21, 2024 at 12:46 PM