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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

31-year-old David Noutch, white British has been charged with racially aggravated assault, threatening with a bladed article in a public place and assault by beating.

It was a White man attacking Non-White people.

Where is the apology from this hateful racist?

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jolantalove.bsky.social @jolantalove.bsky.social · 10h

Well Said Zack!

So heartening to hear you call out flippancy & a lack of compassion wherever & whenever you see it occurring

Thank you for being a true champion & example of all that is good & noble about humanity

Thank you Zack & The Greens for Reawakening our Hearts to Make the UK Good Again 💚

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 12h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 9h

Reminder: no one is safe until everyone is safe. And Americans are now significantly less safe

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 10h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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efemera @efemerabis.bsky.social · 9h

Literally had this conversation today with a RW voter I'm slowly persuading that "law and order" is better served by reducing the impetus to crime rather than alienating people further from society.

Mad that just treating everyone with respect and dignity is so radical.

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 7h

Not really.
We definitely should have remained and tried to de-neoliberal from within, having a seat and a veto at the table.
Either way, nothing we can do about those years now.

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 7h

Greens are for Scottish Independence, hence why we have a separate Scottish Greens party. But it hasn't come up much in Zack's interviews I admit.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10h

The Headline smear, what Polanski actually said.

Mr Polanski, 42, said he too would 'consider shoplifting' if he also had no other option to earn money or obtain food.

Zack Polanski said people who steal because they do not have much money should be shown compassion

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 8h

#gaza #flotilla #war-crimes #israel

US activists from Gaza aid flotilla recount ‘war crimes’ after Israeli detention

Two American brothers who took part in the Global Sumud Gaza Flotilla accused Israel of committing “an act of piracy and a war crime” for intercepting...

www.dailysabah.com

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 7h

I mean 'low effort campaign' when Jeremy and MP Alan Johnson are two different people...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_...

Labour In for Britain - Wikipedia

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BrexitPirates @brexitpirates.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe it will help Ofcom to remember why they shut down RT in the UK, and encourage them to have another look at GB News...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10h

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Ⓐthan @drugblood.bsky.social · 14h

We're not cheering because we can see they're STILL being bombed. There's STILL zero aid getting into Palestine. And the genocide is STILL continuing. Smoke and mirror false claims mean nothing, the horrors are still on display.

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demoriast.bsky.social @demoriast.bsky.social · 14h

From Genocide back to oppression. Also its a ceasefire with Gaza and not with whole Palestine.

And another big question gonna be: Whats about the settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem?

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Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz.bsky.social · 15h

"Why aren't the Free Palestine people cheering about the ceasefire?"

If you saw a man beating a child into a coma, would you cheer after the beating stopped? No, your first reaction would be horror at what happened and your second would be fear that he'll attack the kid again.

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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 12h

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’
After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics #bds
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’

After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics

www.theguardian.com

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Andy Cooper #backzack @spsblue.bsky.social · 12h

Labour are completely collapsing

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 12h

You can see them can't you? They're scrambling around desperately trying to find a smear that will stick to the Green party. Anything they can use to avoid talking about policies.

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Exeter Green Party @exetergreens.bsky.social · 13h

🟩 Our team out and about in St Thomas Exeter today supporting our lead campaigner there @spsblue.bsky.social
🗣 Hugely positive reception on the doorstep.
💚 Lots of residents dissolutioned with Labour and turning Green.

Lead Green campaigner Andy Cooper (centre) with six other Green Party members on a street in St Thomas.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 18h

Today, the counterprotesters have started giving out leaflets.

This is because yesterday they managed to talk someone out of going to FiLiA, and they felt that leaflets could communicate such messages more effectively.

They have also started giving out stickers promoting trans joy.

FILIA calls itself "Europe's largest feminist conference."

In reality, it is a hub for all the worst and most authoritarian politics that hides under the feminist label. FiLiA's approach is not feminist, it is cruel, rigid, and hurts the people most vulnerable under patriarchy.

Anti-trans politics

FILIA advertises more events and speakers which focus on transgender people than any other topic. This includes a workshop for individuals to learn how to set up groups to exclude transgender people, and an event celebrating the recent supreme court ruling that threatens to push trans people out of public life, and has already increased harassment and violence faced by trans people.

Real feminists understand that transphobia is a manifestation of patriarchy, and that liberation for women cannot be seperated from liberation for trans people.

Anti-sex work politics

FiliA advocates the Nordic Model - where selling sex is legal but buying it is a crime. Compared to completely decriminalising sex work, the Nordic Model results in less abuse being reported, and more sex workers being targetted by police.

Opposing adult content online, including in video games

FILIA signed a recent petition that resulted in hundreds of video ga being banned from online distributors, and have invited the organ Collective Shout to speak at the conference. This goes against TRANS artistic freedom.

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DavidC @pumpchimp.bsky.social · 16h

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I'm not surprised in the slightest

Revealed: Labour-run council using legal loophole to serve families with no-fault evictions

Exclusive: London council created an arm’s-length body to manage some of its housing stock

www.theguardian.com

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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 20h

🚨 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: The Green Party is the "most favourable party in London" 💚

This is just the beginning. 📈

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

Oh dear that failed spectacularly as the BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all. And it was a perfect example of how to cut through establishment propaganda with clarity and compassion.

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all.

www.thecanary.co

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 1d

Not perfect, but a damn good punch back by @zackpolanski.bsky.social at Peirs M by, whose understanding of complex issues is the same as that of a small, wet rock.

Madeleine Moore @matheleine.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for standing up for us, @zackpolanski.bsky.social.

Some real bile from Morgan.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 1d

greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

(And btw - another of my friends - who lives in London - has today left Labour and joined the Green Party)

Work for The Green Party

Come and work for the Green Party for real hope and real change. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities, in particular those that are currently under-represented within our staff t...

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