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HT4Ecosocialism

@ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social

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Ecosocialist, blogger, photographer, gardener, poet, and author. Nature lover. Working for social, economic and environmental justice. Banned from Twitter for being too left. Trans ally. "Demand the impossible!" #MMT #Antifa #Woke 🇵🇸 Welfare Not warfare!

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HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · Aug 30

What was it really like growing up in the 1960s and 70s, in a northern mill town? ! This was the start of the space age and the advent of the swinging 60s, of the Beatles, and the Moon landing. My memoir of those times has been published. Available from Amazon and other bookshops.

Book Cover for How to Build a Snowman and Other Stories. It shows a young boy and the snowman he has built.

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 6m

Now wouldnt this make a refreshing change??

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This could change everything

YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 1h

✈️ A UK-contracted US spy plane that took off from the RAF base on Cyprus was in the air when Trump announced the Gaza ceasefire deal.

During the last ceasefire, the RAF continued its spy ops for Israel.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1h

"The Green Party had a particularly strong conference season under Polanski... with a bold platform of nationalisation of major utilities, a wealth tax and stronger environmental policy."

Power and wealth have taken our assets. We must take them back.

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Disunited kingdom • Michael Jacobs

Keir Starmer’s Labour government is struggling to position itself in a fragmented political landscape

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 1h

'one MP described the announcement as a “shitshow” which had only hardened opposition to the policy.'

The Starmer Regime supplies a case study in its deep-seated authoritarian proclivities, political ineptitude and ideological bankruptcy.

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Exclusive: Keir Starmer Facing Mounting Labour Rebellion Over Digital ID Cards

MPs believe Downing Street's "mishandling" of the policy has set it back five years.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1h

Claire Manera from MSF: "Not only have the Israeli forces prevented us from safely receiving medical supplies, food & fuel for more than 6 months now, they've killed more than 1,500 healthcare workers, & one week ago Israeli forces attacked our MSF colleagues, killing 2 of them"

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1h

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

www.thecanary.co

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 1h

"Its an incomplete joy because we've lost a lot. I don't have a spoon or a fork in my house, its just some stones. Other lost families, some lost everything they own. Others lost legs and limbs, some lost everything, some went missing as well"

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💢Marx was right.🕊 @paulwalker44.bsky.social · 1h

I'm a Jewish American and in Israeli detention, I was really treated like scum www.instagram.com/reel/DPktX1F...

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I'm a Jewish American and in Israeli detention, I was really treated like scum

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Duncan Poundcake @duncanpoundcake.bsky.social · 1h

#Brtishness
#Englishness
Incredibly, The Telgraph has written a decent article about Britshness Vs Englishness and the conclusion?

Beyond all the tropes and cliches, it's all a mess and no-one really knows...

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MSN

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Mercedes Chandler @campcallout.bsky.social · 1h

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 4h

‘This place? Haunted you say? I don’t believe it.’ 👻
The Shires in Trowbridge may look like a dull, half-empty shopping centre (it is) but the land has quite the history being occupied since the 10th century…👻

weird-wiltshire.co.uk/2025/02/23/t...

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 1h

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 9h

Country fans are upset with Zach Bryan after he criticized ICE in a song.

But don't let it be known that Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash all despised fascism and leaned heavily to the left.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 1d

"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin."
Wendell Willkie, Indiana's own, who died OTD in 1944

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 14h

Weird how Antifa never asks me for money. Everyone else does, but Antifa is very quiet.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3h

The thousands of hostages we never hear about.

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 3h

More water bills rises announced today, on top of those already planned.

Privatisation without competition, arguably the worst of both worlds

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cid-lee1.bsky.social @cid-lee1.bsky.social · 1h

““Once again, water bill payers are forced to shoulder the cost of decades of failure.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises

Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills

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Robert/Tony/c @robert111.bsky.social · 2h

Previously Mamdani expressed anti-Israel views and called for defunding the police. He now claims to have softened his view on both. Why was I expecting him to turn into a centrist? His statement on the 2 yr anniversary tries to both side a genocide, Labours past is littered with these, kinnock etc

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 1h

A record number of asylum seekers in the UK have become eligible for work permits after being strung out for over 12 months. Far from being a pull factor for economic migrants the policy is a shambles, NGOs call on the Home Secretary to pull the plug. thelead.uk/lift-ban-wor...

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 4h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 11h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 10h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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