Cassandra
@cassyseesclear.bsky.social
Value honesty, truth, and justice. Teacher, socialist, adhd, cat and whippet lover.
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An illegally occupying army builds a concentration camp for every man, woman and child of an occupied land and decrees that those who will not be voluntarily interned in that camp will be ELIMINATED. Is there a more accurate definition of GENOCIDE?
July 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
An illegally occupying army builds a concentration camp for every man, woman and child of an occupied land and decrees that those who will not be voluntarily interned in that camp will be ELIMINATED. Is there a more accurate definition of GENOCIDE?
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I don't want the Water Companies to be bailed out, I want their bosses to be jailed and their companies repossessed.
I don't want Public Services to be cut, I want billionaires to be taxed.
I'm not interested in the growth of the richest 1%, I want that money to go to the 99%.
I don't want Public Services to be cut, I want billionaires to be taxed.
I'm not interested in the growth of the richest 1%, I want that money to go to the 99%.
May 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I don't want the Water Companies to be bailed out, I want their bosses to be jailed and their companies repossessed.
I don't want Public Services to be cut, I want billionaires to be taxed.
I'm not interested in the growth of the richest 1%, I want that money to go to the 99%.
I don't want Public Services to be cut, I want billionaires to be taxed.
I'm not interested in the growth of the richest 1%, I want that money to go to the 99%.
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THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -
April 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
THIS IS WHAT A TRADE WAR LOOKS LIKE -
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Labour is choosing to push 50,000 *more* children into poverty — and it is utterly disgraceful.
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Labour is choosing to push 50,000 *more* children into poverty — and it is utterly disgraceful.
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🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
March 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨 Mythbusting #LongCovid with Dr Amir Khan🚨
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
Long Covid is real. It’s serious. And it’s affecting millions.
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay, #DrAmirKhan joins us to bust harmful myths.
Watch, learn, and share—because the more we talk about Long Covid, the harder it is to ignore.
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Our demand for an independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Gaza is growing.
The public deserve to know the full scale of this country’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time — and pressure is mounting on our government to come clean. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
The public deserve to know the full scale of this country’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time — and pressure is mounting on our government to come clean. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
We need a public inquiry on Britain’s role in war on Gaza | Letter
Letter: An independent inquiry must establish the truth about officials’ involvement in Israel’s military assault, write a group of MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, Brian Leishman, Carla Denyer and Richa...
www.theguardian.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Our demand for an independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Gaza is growing.
The public deserve to know the full scale of this country’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time — and pressure is mounting on our government to come clean. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
The public deserve to know the full scale of this country’s complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time — and pressure is mounting on our government to come clean. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
February 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
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We revealed Nigel Farage’s voting record to his constituents in Clacton.
They weren’t happy.
They weren’t happy.
February 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We revealed Nigel Farage’s voting record to his constituents in Clacton.
They weren’t happy.
They weren’t happy.
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Wow. Just listen to this from Canadian MP, Charlie Angus on Trump's tariffs:
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
February 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Wow. Just listen to this from Canadian MP, Charlie Angus on Trump's tariffs:
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
“The threat comes, of course, from the president of the United States—a convicted felon and known predator”
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"You've made no attempt whatsoever to answer any of these questions".
The Independent Alliance of MPs write to the Foreign Office demanding answers about Britain's military relationship with Israel👇
The Independent Alliance of MPs write to the Foreign Office demanding answers about Britain's military relationship with Israel👇
January 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"You've made no attempt whatsoever to answer any of these questions".
The Independent Alliance of MPs write to the Foreign Office demanding answers about Britain's military relationship with Israel👇
The Independent Alliance of MPs write to the Foreign Office demanding answers about Britain's military relationship with Israel👇
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Brexit five years on: A triumph of lies iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...
January 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Brexit five years on: A triumph of lies iandunt.substack.com/p/brexit-fiv...
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“Amnesty International said the UK government’s disregard for its legal obligations to prevent genocide had contributed to Israel’s impunity and risked British complicity in serious crimes against international law.”
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Israel/OPT: Genocide 'matter of law and evidence, not opinion' and UK government must ensure accountability
Amnesty is calling on the UK government to take urgent and meaningful steps to prevent Israel’s genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza
www.amnesty.org.uk
January 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“Amnesty International said the UK government’s disregard for its legal obligations to prevent genocide had contributed to Israel’s impunity and risked British complicity in serious crimes against international law.”
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations
We want the government to:
Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).
Cap all donations ...
petition.parliament.uk
January 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨Let’s protect democracy by tightening the rules on political donations. Please sign this petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood reminds Robert Jenrick it was his government that ran our justice system into the ground
January 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood reminds Robert Jenrick it was his government that ran our justice system into the ground
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In UK, the 6th largest economy.
1m retirees skip meals.
1 in 10 retirees malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
7m pensioners turning down heating.
2m have unmet needs for care/support.
In 2022, 110,000 pensioners died from fuel poverty.
What future?
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
1m retirees skip meals.
1 in 10 retirees malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
7m pensioners turning down heating.
2m have unmet needs for care/support.
In 2022, 110,000 pensioners died from fuel poverty.
What future?
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
Pensioner poverty in the world’s sixth largest economy is a political choice
The hardship inflicted on retirees now will surely visit future retirees unless steps are taken to alleviate misery.
leftfootforward.org
January 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
In UK, the 6th largest economy.
1m retirees skip meals.
1 in 10 retirees malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
7m pensioners turning down heating.
2m have unmet needs for care/support.
In 2022, 110,000 pensioners died from fuel poverty.
What future?
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
1m retirees skip meals.
1 in 10 retirees malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
7m pensioners turning down heating.
2m have unmet needs for care/support.
In 2022, 110,000 pensioners died from fuel poverty.
What future?
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
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We never imagined that 80 years after the liberation of #Auschwitz we would see such appalling levels of antisemitism and Islamophobia, and a resurgence of the far right, in Europe.
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We never imagined that 80 years after the liberation of #Auschwitz we would see such appalling levels of antisemitism and Islamophobia, and a resurgence of the far right, in Europe.
#HolocaustMemorialDay
#HolocaustMemorialDay
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Average UK state pension is around £10,500 a year.
It is the only or main source of income for nearly half of all pensioners.
Average UK wage is £37,430.
State pension is less 50% of the minimum wage.
Poverty/Insecurity, premature death awaits all retirees.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
It is the only or main source of income for nearly half of all pensioners.
Average UK wage is £37,430.
State pension is less 50% of the minimum wage.
Poverty/Insecurity, premature death awaits all retirees.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
Pensioner poverty in the world’s sixth largest economy is a political choice
The hardship inflicted on retirees now will surely visit future retirees unless steps are taken to alleviate misery.
leftfootforward.org
January 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Average UK state pension is around £10,500 a year.
It is the only or main source of income for nearly half of all pensioners.
Average UK wage is £37,430.
State pension is less 50% of the minimum wage.
Poverty/Insecurity, premature death awaits all retirees.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
It is the only or main source of income for nearly half of all pensioners.
Average UK wage is £37,430.
State pension is less 50% of the minimum wage.
Poverty/Insecurity, premature death awaits all retirees.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pens...
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A must-read. This’d be worth creating a Facebook account just to read—and I know what a claim that is to make.
It’s a bracing essay about Elon Musk by someone very close to him.
(This is very much _not_ about me, of course, but I’ll say that if you ever doubted my writing on Musk, this will help.)
It’s a bracing essay about Elon Musk by someone very close to him.
(This is very much _not_ about me, of course, but I’ll say that if you ever doubted my writing on Musk, this will help.)
Philip Low
I have known Elon Musk at a deep level for 14 years, well before he was a household name. We used to text frequently. He would come to my birthday party and invite me to his parties. He would tell me....
www.facebook.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A must-read. This’d be worth creating a Facebook account just to read—and I know what a claim that is to make.
It’s a bracing essay about Elon Musk by someone very close to him.
(This is very much _not_ about me, of course, but I’ll say that if you ever doubted my writing on Musk, this will help.)
It’s a bracing essay about Elon Musk by someone very close to him.
(This is very much _not_ about me, of course, but I’ll say that if you ever doubted my writing on Musk, this will help.)
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Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
January 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Poetry Foundation not fucking around with today's poem of the day
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89897/...
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I keep thinking what a mess we are in here in UK with a Govt that has lost its original aim of protecting everyone (including from the worst of #ClimateChange crises), and then look at the USA and see the path we could take.
At the May Council elections, be sure to vote. Don't give up on democracy.
At the May Council elections, be sure to vote. Don't give up on democracy.
January 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I keep thinking what a mess we are in here in UK with a Govt that has lost its original aim of protecting everyone (including from the worst of #ClimateChange crises), and then look at the USA and see the path we could take.
At the May Council elections, be sure to vote. Don't give up on democracy.
At the May Council elections, be sure to vote. Don't give up on democracy.
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Oh, come on! At the inauguration? Are you f*cking ketamine with this?
January 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Oh, come on! At the inauguration? Are you f*cking ketamine with this?
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Isabel Oakeshott (went to same school as King Charles) has moved to tax haven Dubai, such is her love of UK. Give me strength
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
January 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Isabel Oakeshott (went to same school as King Charles) has moved to tax haven Dubai, such is her love of UK. Give me strength
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
Boyfriend Tice's family built skyscrapers there
Reform UK Ltd aka RICH KIDS fooling those who have nothing...but filling them with hatred of others who have nothing either
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James Watt Brewdog's CEO is worth £262,000,000 he is refusing to raise the wage of his staff in London by the £1 an hour to keep them at the National Living Wage.
Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.
Do they?
Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.
Do they?
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
James Watt Brewdog's CEO is worth £262,000,000 he is refusing to raise the wage of his staff in London by the £1 an hour to keep them at the National Living Wage.
Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.
Do they?
Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.
Do they?
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UK inflation (CPI) rate has crept to 2.6%.
Govts respond by forcing impoverished people to hand wealth to banks, enriching bankers & their shareholders.
Real cause of inflation is profiteering.
Govts need curb profiteering, tax the rich as they have excessive cash.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Govts respond by forcing impoverished people to hand wealth to banks, enriching bankers & their shareholders.
Real cause of inflation is profiteering.
Govts need curb profiteering, tax the rich as they have excessive cash.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK inflation rate rises for second month in a row
Economists say the faster pace of price rises all but rules out an interest rate cut on Thursday.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 9:38 AM
UK inflation (CPI) rate has crept to 2.6%.
Govts respond by forcing impoverished people to hand wealth to banks, enriching bankers & their shareholders.
Real cause of inflation is profiteering.
Govts need curb profiteering, tax the rich as they have excessive cash.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Govts respond by forcing impoverished people to hand wealth to banks, enriching bankers & their shareholders.
Real cause of inflation is profiteering.
Govts need curb profiteering, tax the rich as they have excessive cash.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...