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Old Trot

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“Of all the things that can happen to a man, the most surprising is to discover he is old.” - Leon Trotsky

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · Dec 2

The right to withdraw our labour wasn’t handed down to us by benevolent liberals, it was fought for. By uncompromising strike action. It is our only means of defence and always has been.

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 3d

A newborn baby was killed today in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.

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Jaap @jaaphermans.bsky.social · 4d

Organisatie meldt 250.000 deelnemers aan Rode Lijn-protest in Amsterdam www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...

Organisatie meldt 250.000 deelnemers aan Rode Lijn-protest in Amsterdam

250.000 mensen lopen zondag mee bij het derde Rode Lijn-protest in Amsterdam, meldt organisator Oxfam Novib. De deelnemers roepen het demissionaire kabinet op om het geweld in Gaza te stoppen.

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Lindsey B @kibalchich.bsky.social · 4d

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BREAKING: Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag

Released flotilla activist says Israeli authorities "dragged little Greta Thunberg by her hair... beat her" and "made her suffer"

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 10d

More petty sectarian sniping is exactly what the Left needs right now.

Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 10d

What better use of the wealth that we create than health?

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 10d

Blair is a fascist hiding in plain sight.

Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 11d

How come there’s no mention of Cohen’s age of 53?

Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 13d

It’s no better than the UK in reality.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 13d

This isn’t immigration control - it’s INFRASTRUCTURE for a surveillance state.
When the same company tracking CIA targets builds your “ID card” system, you’re not getting documentation - you’re getting MONITORED.
Please repost TO SOUND THE ALARM

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 14d

The Greens are a party with socialists in it.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 15d

Reform UK are not in power, Keir Starmer's changed Labour Party is.
Can people stop being distracted by Farage, and expose what Labour are actually doing to the country?
A stealth takeover of the UK by carving it up into deregulated free zones, tax havens for corporation with 25 year licenses.
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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 15d

Where are these men?

As of the end of August, two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July can't be found.

They were removed from federal tracking.

The gulag shut down and the men vanished.

Why isn't Congress demanding answers?

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 15d

#LearnItalian

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 15d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 18d

"You're irrelevant on Bluesky!"

m8 I was irrelevant on Twitter where I had 110k followers and frequently got over a million views on my videos. It was still just shitposting on a social media site. Deciding that posting is activism has rotted a lot of brains on all sides.

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 17d

Mussolini called it Fascism, Hitler called it Nazism. Now that Trump’s banning antifascism, how about we just call it Trumpism?

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 18d

All these pundits suggesting “middle ground” with fascism.

We see you.

I will remember as long as I’m alive.

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 18d

Lewis is too close to the libdems. He’s much more centrist than he comes across.

Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 19d

It’s not YP who have lost credibility.

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 19d

They haven’t sorted out any mess. They’ve created one by misusing the mailing list and then gathering money and data under false pretences, including mine, I might add. This is infantile disorder at its worse.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21d

Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”.

They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left.

This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

Trump says he’s designating Antifa as a terrorist organization | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump said he is designating the far-left anti-fascism movement Antifa as a terrorist organization, announcing the move on his Truth Social platform in the early hours of Thursday mor...

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 20d

If they do, they’ll crash and burn

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Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 20d

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

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Bob Deed @bobdeed.bsky.social · 21d

@nationwideuk.bsky.social As a loyal customer of #Nationwide, this is disappointing news.

I'm sure other customers will have similar feelings.

Did Nationwide use savers' money? If so, how much went to support #Farage #ReformUK?

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Old Trot @oldtrot.bsky.social · 20d

The indies are an alliance based on 5 points of unity. Beyond being an important counterweight to Farage, they’re nowhere near as important as the movement outside Westminster.