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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Apr 2
Yes that's right. Our very own @rachelcdailey.bsky.social will be doing a #TikTokLive on Wed 9 April at 6pm to discuss Labour's vicious cuts to disabled people's benefits. She'll be joined by some very special guests & will be taking your questions. So make sure you join us, too #WelfareNotWarfare
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 59m
UCU ballots for a nationwide university strike, as analysis reveals 15,000 jobs cut in just one year

Over 65,000 higher education workers will be asked for their response to the UCU ballot after employers failed to improve on a pay offer of 1.4%.
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UCU ballots for a nationwide university strike, as analysis reveals 15,000 jobs cut in just one year
Over 65,000 higher education workers will be asked for their response to the UCU after employers failed to improve on a pay offer of 1.4%.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1h
Zarah Sultana's speech in Leeds shows the energy and hope around Your Party is back

The creation of a new left party was never going to be easy - but Zarah Sultana's appearance in Leeds cemented hope with the people watching
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Zarah Sultana's speech in Leeds shows the energy and hope around Your Party is back
The creation of a new left party was never going to be easy - but Zarah Sultana's appearance in Leeds cemented hope
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2h
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.
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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.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2h
The DWP's latest plan with GP surgeries isn't new

The DWP is hell-bent on forcing sick and disabled people into work - but it's latest plan was actually already announced, writes @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
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The DWP's latest plan with GP surgeries isn't new
The DWP is hell-bent on forcing sick and disabled people into work - but it's latest plan was actually already announced
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 4h
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's first live event together was sabotaged - but by whom...?

If you think it's tinfoil hat territory that someone sabotaged the live event in Liverpool, we have a book for you to read...

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Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's first live event together was sabotaged - but by whom...?
If you think it's tinfoil hat territory that someone sabotaged Corbyn and Sultana's live event in Liverpool, we have a book for you to read...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 4h
Immediately after signing 'ceasefire', Israel resumed Gaza bombing and slaughter

Israel bombed multi-storey houses with refugee families in, killing dozens and burying at least fifty people under rubble in each building
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Immediately after signing 'ceasefire', Israel resumed Gaza bombing and slaughter
Israel bombed multi-storey houses with refugee families in, killing dozens, burying at least fifty people under rubble in each building
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 4h
Despicable Zionists take over Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - again

Israel closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron under the pretext of Jewish holiday celebrations, while denying access to Palestinians
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Despicable Zionists take over Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - again
Israel closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron under the pretext of Jewish holiday celebrations, while denying access to Palestinians
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 5h
Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures

The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social
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Massive data leak linked to Online Safety Act security measures
The thing that everyone predicted would happen has happened - and the Discord data leak should ring alarm bells for Labour
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 6h
Corbyn, Sultana promise 'no more public spats' during Liverpool event

They were speaking at the launch of Your Party Merseyside - and the pair were very clear on how they would be moving forwards
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Corbyn, Sultana promise 'no more public spats' during Liverpool event
Corbyn and Sultana were speaking at the launch of Your Party Merseyside - and the pair were very clear on how they would be moving forwards
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 23h
British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK

Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK
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British citizens serving in the IDF can now be tried for war crimes in the UK
Now that the UK has recognised Palestine as a state, this opens legal routes for British members of the IDF to be charged in the UK
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 23h
Palestinian political prisoner dies after Israel deny medical treatment

Ahmad Khdeirat died as a result of deliberate medical negligence by Israel - as they denied him his vital medication
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Palestinian political prisoner dies after Israel deny medical treatment
Ahmad Khdeirat died as a result of deliberate medical negligence by Israel - as they denied him his vital medication
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 23h
Dear Eric Bogosian, AMC: what happened to our open letter over long Covid?

Disabled, Long COVID theater makers request transparency ahead of New York Comic Con 'Interview with the Vampire' event
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Dear Eric Bogosian, AMC: what happened to our open letter over long Covid?
Disabled, Long COVID theater makers request transparency ahead of New York Comic Con 'Interview with the Vampire' event
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
DWP lies exposed as minister admits they're cutting Access to Work

The DWP has repeatedly denied it's cutting Access to Work - but an admission from a minister has now revealed the truth
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DWP lies exposed as minister admits they're cutting Access to Work
The DWP has repeatedly denied it's cutting Access to Work - but an admission from a minister has now revealed the truth
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
Unite workers vote to strike at Leonardo - over pay, not complicity in genocide of course

How can Unite champion workers rights at home, while being complicit in genocide abroad via Leonardo? Sharon Graham seems unconcerned...
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Unite workers vote to strike at Leonardo - over pay, not complicity in genocide of course
How can Unite champion workers rights at home, while being complicit in genocide abroad via Leonardo? Sharon Graham seems unconcerned...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
Tories join Labour in banning journalists from conference - this time, Byline Times

Three times a charm - as the Tories, Labour, and Reform all ban journalists from their conferences - with Byline Times bearing the brunt of this repression
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Tories join Labour in banning journalists from conference - this time, Byline Times
Three times the charm - as the Tories, Labour, and Reform all ban journalists from their conferences - with Byline Times bearing the brunt
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
Labour back in court over over selling F-35 parts to Israel as Al-Haq appeal heard

Al-Haq is appealing the High Court's dismissal of its case over the UK government continuing to sell F-35 parts to Israel
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Labour back in court over over selling F-35 parts to Israel as Al-Haq appeal heard
Al-Haq is appealing the High Court's dismissal of its case over the UK government continuing to sell F-35 parts to Israel
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
Greens become first UK party to acknowledge IDF as terrorist organisation

The Green Party passed a motion saying the IDF should be banned under UK terror laws - a groundbreaking statement from a political party
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Greens become first UK party to acknowledge IDF as terrorist organisation
The Green Party passed a motion saying the IDF should be banned under UK terror laws - a groundbreaking statement from a political party
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
Israel has now killed two health workers every day, and one journalist every three days, for two years

New figures reveal the extent to which Israel has been targeting workers who are supposed to be protected under international law
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Israel has now killed two health workers every day, and one journalist every three days, for two years
New figures reveal the extent to which Israel has been targeting workers who are supposed to be protected under international law
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
NHS prices to skyrocket because Starmer caved to Trump

Sensing the man's weakness, Donald Trump and big pharma have ganged up on Keir Starmer and the NHS - bad news for us all, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social
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NHS prices to skyrocket because Starmer caved to Trump
Sensing the man's weakness, Donald Trump and big pharma have ganged up on Keir Starmer and the NHS - bad news for us all
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d
Irish bookie pays out over two weeks early on socialist Connolly to be next Eire president

Catherine Connolly is highly regarded by the Irish left and looks a certainty to romp home in the Irish presidential race, writes @skwawkbox.org
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Irish bookie pays out over two weeks early on socialist Connolly to be next Eire president
Catherine Connolly is highly regarded by the Irish left and looks a certainty to romp home in the Irish presidential race
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d
Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71%

From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset, and other areas
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Since Starmer came to power, NHS privatisation has increased by up to 71%
From July 2024-July 2025, the amount of firms leeching profit from the NHS has increased by huge amounts in London, Dorset and other areas
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d
VIDEO: anti-genocide protester reads poem about murdered child as he's being arrested

He was being arrested by the Metropolitan Police during today's protests to mark two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza
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VIDEO: anti-genocide protester reads poem about murdered child as he's being arrested
He was being arrested by the Metropolitan Police during today's protests to mark two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d
American far right at war as Candace Owen leaks Charlie Kirk texts

Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk were good friends, and she's leveraging that relationship in her ongoing war with Israel, writes @willem-moore.bsky.social
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American far right at war as Candace Owen leaks Charlie Kirk texts
Candace Owens and Charlie Kirk were good friends, and she's leveraging that relationship in her ongoing war with Israel
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d
Journalism is under fire in Sudan's civil war

Journalists in Sudan are being killed or displaced. This is limiting the vital flow of information both inside and out of the country.
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Journalism is under fire in Sudan's civil war
Journalists in Sudan are being killed or displaced. This is limiting the vital flow of information both inside and out of the country.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2d
The UK hostages Israel terrorised and abducted were thrown under the bus by Starmer's cronies

While the UK government looked the other way, as it has with Israel's genocide in Gaza in general, the Canary wants to highlight the hostages' stories
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The UK hostages Israel terrorised and abducted were thrown under the bus by Starmer's cronies
While the UK government looked the other way, as it has with Israel's genocide in Gaza in general, we want to highlight the hostages' stories
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