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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 15h

Birmingham unites against the far right and racism.
Brum Greens joins them to say: no place for hate here.
#BrumUnited #NoPlaceForHate
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent to see someone as inspiring as @zackpolanski.bsky.social here in Brum.

If anyone can stop runaway #ClimateCatastrophe from within politics-as-usual it is Zack and @brumgreens.bsky.social

Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 1d

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

HE'S RE-RIGGING IT FOR HIMSELF!

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent to see someone as inspiring as @zackpolanski.bsky.social here in Brum.

If anyone can stop runaway #ClimateCatastrophe from within politics-as-usual it is Zack and @brumgreens.bsky.social

Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 1d

@zackpolanski.bsky.social stopped by #Handsworth yesterday and was welcomed by @edfreshwater.bsky.social of #BrumGreens in front of the #BenjaminZephania mural to show what a vibrant, diverse, integrated neighbourhood it truly is.
Don't let anyone tell you #Birmingham is not multicultural and proud!

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 1d

Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard.

Graphic by zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

Line graph time series of 2025's daily 2-m temperature in the Arctic compared to each year from 1958 through 2024. There is a long-term warming trend for every day of the year. There is also large interannual variability and a clear seasonal cycle.

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 5d

You should be angry at private companies making massive profits from our taxes to house the most desperate people in appalling conditions... And NOT the people forced to live in them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 7d

"What a breath of fresh air. A capable leader with a distinct political, personal and religious identity. He’s wielding that identity to stick up for everybody, from all walks of life."

possibilityspace.substack.com/p/heaton-park on @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Why is Zack Polanski the only politician making sense of the Manchester Synagogue attack?

This week on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, worshippers were attacked outside a synagogue in Manchester.

possibilityspace.substack.com

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 7d

Just one correction to make to this headline from @owenjones.bsky.social: The Greens WILL become a mass party of the left under @zackpolanski.bsky.social's leadership

leftfootforward.org/2025/10/owen...

Owen Jones: The Greens can become a mass party of the left under Zack Polanski’s leadership

"There's a sense that the Greens seem to think that this is their time"

leftfootforward.org

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 6d

Every time you hear #StopTheBoats remember this: #Brexit tore up the tool that actually stopped them.
And now the same people want us to leave the #ECHR.
Ask yourself why the parties of the right - of big business and billionaires - want to reduce and remove your human rights.

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 9d

Trump kills again.

All of this sh!t because of #BigOil.

They wanna install another fckpuppet for the West, screw over the Venezuelan people in the process and call it a move for “democracy” as big oil reaps profits on crude.

#FuckTrump

🇻🇪 www.threads.com/@codepinkale...

@codepink.bsky.social

CODE PINK
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TRUMP KILLS 4 MEN OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA IN ILLEGAL AIRSTRIKE

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 15d

The rich are killing the planet

As the capitalist system decays, the ruling class in country after country is now forced to abandon even the pretense of a climate policy.

www.marxist.ca/article/the-...

The rich are killing the planet | Communist Revolution

As the capitalist system decays, the ruling class in country after country is now forced to abandon even the pretense of a climate policy.

www.marxist.ca

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 15d

The rich are killing the planet

As the capitalist system decays, the ruling class in country after country is now forced to abandon even the pretense of a climate policy.

www.marxist.ca/article/the-...

The rich are killing the planet | Communist Revolution

As the capitalist system decays, the ruling class in country after country is now forced to abandon even the pretense of a climate policy.

www.marxist.ca

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 18d

Blatant xenophobic lies, specifically designed to foster racism and promote a far-right ideology MUST be called out and Reform MUST be held to account.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Royal Parks say no evidence to back Nigel Farage’s claim that migrants are eating their swans – UK politics live

Reform UK leader claimed swans and carp being eaten from parks by ‘people from different cultures’

www.theguardian.com

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 19d

“Hamas is stealing all the aid coming into #Gaza.” - says the Zionists stealing aid.

Anyone tired of the fkn gas lighting yet?

🇵🇸 www.threads.com/@eduardop130...

eduardop1308 2h
@grok Response: The video shows a group of people, including a smiling man in a blue suit, handling boxes and bags of apparent humanitarian supplies at night amid a crowd.
The post claims it's Israelis stealing aid for Gaza.
Similar incidents have involved Israeli protesters blocking or damaging aid trucks bound for Gaza (e.g., reports from BBC, Reuters). Conversely, sources like IDF and JPost report Hamas looting aid inside Gaza.#palestine #gaza #aljazeera #rtvnews

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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 19d

"First they came for those with indefinite leave to remain..."

Pastor Niemollers famous poem is supposed to be a WARNING not a step-by-step guide.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage roundly condemned over plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain

Cross-party criticism after Reform UK leader threatens hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants with deportation

www.theguardian.com

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The Warehouse - Birmingham Friends of the Earth @inthewarehouse.bsky.social · 20d

THIS EVENING here at the Warehouse with @birminghamfoe.bsky.social @brumcjc.bsky.social @xrbham.bsky.social

Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 20d

#LoveAngerAndBetrayal
#JonathonPorritt
#Birmingham
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jonathon-p...

Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Birmingham

Jonathon Porritt, introduces his new book which asks, "What good are science and rational persuasion if no one is paying attention?"

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 23d

Dismantling big oil isn't just a #climate fight, it is a fight for sanity
theearthly.substack.com/p/do-not-und...

Do not underestimate the role Big Oil played in much of humanity losing their minds

fossil fuels did not just overheat the planet, they destabilised democracies, rewired culture, & poisoned collective thought. dismantling big oil is not just a climate fight, it is a fight for sanity

theearthly.substack.com

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 23d

#Birmingham
@juststopoil.bsky.social
@xrbham.bsky.social
@brumloveslibraries.bsky.social
@bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social
@birminghamlive.bsky.social
@bvscbirmingham.bsky.social
@birminghamdispatch.bsky.social
@quaker.org.uk
@xrbham.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jonathon-p...

Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Birmingham

Jonathon Porritt, introduces his new book which asks, "What good are science and rational persuasion if no one is paying attention?"

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 23d

Do not underestimate the role #BigOil played in much of humanity losing their minds.
#FossilFuels didn't just overheat the planet, they destabilised democracies, rewired culture, & poisoned collective thought.
theearthly.substack.com/p/do-not-und...

Do not underestimate the role Big Oil played in much of humanity losing their minds

fossil fuels did not just overheat the planet, they destabilised democracies, rewired culture, & poisoned collective thought. dismantling big oil is not just a climate fight, it is a fight for sanity

theearthly.substack.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23d

STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”

Nailed it.

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 23d

Birmingham ‘turning its back on culture’ with busking ‘ban’ - Arts Professional
#Birmingham
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/birming...

Birmingham ‘turning its back on culture’ with busking ‘ban’ - Arts Professional

Musicians from the West Midlands have claimed new restrictions designed to curb excessive noise in Birmingham city centre are “draconian", and risk turning the country’s second city into a “cultural w...

www.artsprofessional.co.uk

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 23d

Dismantling big oil isn't just a #climate fight, it is a fight for sanity
theearthly.substack.com/p/do-not-und...

Do not underestimate the role Big Oil played in much of humanity losing their minds

fossil fuels did not just overheat the planet, they destabilised democracies, rewired culture, & poisoned collective thought. dismantling big oil is not just a climate fight, it is a fight for sanity

theearthly.substack.com

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Extinction Rebellion Birmingham - XR Brum @xrbham.bsky.social · 23d

Do not underestimate the role #BigOil played in much of humanity losing their minds.
#FossilFuels didn't just overheat the planet, they destabilised democracies, rewired culture, & poisoned collective thought.
theearthly.substack.com/p/do-not-und...

Do not underestimate the role Big Oil played in much of humanity losing their minds

fossil fuels did not just overheat the planet, they destabilised democracies, rewired culture, & poisoned collective thought. dismantling big oil is not just a climate fight, it is a fight for sanity

theearthly.substack.com

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AYCC @youth4climate.bsky.social · 24d

We'll be outside Labor MP offices across the continent on Monday making it clear young people don't accept this failure of a target. Details here: www.aycc.org.au/sleeping_on_...

Climate Target Snap Rallies

Labor is bed in with the fossil fuel industry, with the approval of over 28 new coal and gas projects in their first term, the approval the Woodside North-West Gas Shelf extension, one of the most pol...

www.aycc.org.au

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