James Wakefield
@jamespwakefield.substack.com
Peaceful trade unionist and social worker.
My article about connection, raising class consciousness, and enjoying coffee on a warm winters day. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
Between Renovations and Revolutions
Coffee, Capital, and Conversations That Matter
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December 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My article about connection, raising class consciousness, and enjoying coffee on a warm winters day. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
My new article focuses on Lasting Power of Attorney and safeguarding. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
Lasting Power of Attorney: Faster, But Safer?
Why streamlining the process may leave vulnerable adults exposed
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December 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My new article focuses on Lasting Power of Attorney and safeguarding. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
My article explores how migrant care workers are treated, the fight to end exploitation, and why protecting them matters for the most vulnerable people who rely on their care. SUBSCRIBE open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
Musical Chairs with People’s Lives?
Build a system that works—before the music stops
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December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My article explores how migrant care workers are treated, the fight to end exploitation, and why protecting them matters for the most vulnerable people who rely on their care. SUBSCRIBE open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
Behind every statistic is a story like mine. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
Art You Can Climb
Why Participation in the Arts Is a Human Right—and a Catalyst for Hope
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December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Behind every statistic is a story like mine. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
I find Rolfe’s model of reflection — What, So What, Now What, so helpful in practice. It’s a reflective gift that keeps on giving 👍
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I find Rolfe’s model of reflection — What, So What, Now What, so helpful in practice. It’s a reflective gift that keeps on giving 👍
Justice isn’t one-dimensional. It lives where poverty meets inequality, where climate change threatens survival, and where rights demand action. Intersecting Justice explores these connections and turns principles into change. Join us. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
Intersecting Justice
Turning Ethics into Action
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December 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Justice isn’t one-dimensional. It lives where poverty meets inequality, where climate change threatens survival, and where rights demand action. Intersecting Justice explores these connections and turns principles into change. Join us. open.substack.com/pub/jamespwa...
@owenjones.bsky.social keen admirer of your work and analysis of things, but heads up, you keep referencing the Docklands Light Railway as the district light railway. 🫶
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
@owenjones.bsky.social keen admirer of your work and analysis of things, but heads up, you keep referencing the Docklands Light Railway as the district light railway. 🫶
If you want to repel people who are on the fence about voting Reform, show them Matthew Goodwin on BBC Question Time last night. Awful man!
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you want to repel people who are on the fence about voting Reform, show them Matthew Goodwin on BBC Question Time last night. Awful man!
Government loses bid to block appeal against Palestine Action ban
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Government loses bid to block appeal against Palestine Action ban
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
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October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Sickening behavior by this agent. The fact that Mayor Adams has rolled out the red carpet for ICE is a stain on our city.
If, like me, you suffer from the ‘woke mind virus’ 🦠 or love the Avengers, you’ll like this. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Ruffalo Says ‘Boycott, Divest, Sanction, and Prosecute’ Israel
Podcast Episode · We’re Not Kidding with Mehdi & Friends · 15/09/2025 · 53m
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September 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
If, like me, you suffer from the ‘woke mind virus’ 🦠 or love the Avengers, you’ll like this. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
Labour has become the party of landlordism
It is complicit in the class war on renters. www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
It is complicit in the class war on renters. www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
Labour has become the party of landlordism
It is complicit in the class war on renters.
www.newstatesman.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Labour has become the party of landlordism
It is complicit in the class war on renters. www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
It is complicit in the class war on renters. www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...
Solidarity with Professor Lavalete www.ifsw.org/ifsw-educati...
IFSW Education Commission Defends the Right to Speak for Justice: Standing with Professor Lavalette
It is with great concern that we have learned that Professor Michael Lavalette has been summoned by the police for an interview under the Public Order Act, following his public expressions of solidari
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July 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Solidarity with Professor Lavalete www.ifsw.org/ifsw-educati...
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
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Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral primary race, overtaking the disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, will likely become the city’s mayor in November’s election, as the primary race tends to determine the outcome of that election.
Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, will likely become the city’s mayor in November’s election, as the primary race tends to determine the outcome of that election.
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral primary race, overtaking the disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo.
Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, will likely become the city’s mayor in November’s election, as the primary race tends to determine the outcome of that election.
Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist, will likely become the city’s mayor in November’s election, as the primary race tends to determine the outcome of that election.
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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.
I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
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Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
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Millions of people are worried about paying their rent, feeding their kids or losing vital disability benefits.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
June 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Millions of people are worried about paying their rent, feeding their kids or losing vital disability benefits.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
If the government cared about people's security, it would reverse cruel cuts, end child poverty and pursue an agenda for peace.
Let's fund welfare, not warfare.
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staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...
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May 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
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Two firefighters and one member of the public have been confirmed dead following a fire incident at Bicester, Oxfordshire.
This is terrible news. Our thoughts are with their families, friends and colleagues.
The FBU will be on hand to provide support in the coming days.
This is terrible news. Our thoughts are with their families, friends and colleagues.
The FBU will be on hand to provide support in the coming days.
May 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Two firefighters and one member of the public have been confirmed dead following a fire incident at Bicester, Oxfordshire.
This is terrible news. Our thoughts are with their families, friends and colleagues.
The FBU will be on hand to provide support in the coming days.
This is terrible news. Our thoughts are with their families, friends and colleagues.
The FBU will be on hand to provide support in the coming days.