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People & Planet @peopleandplanet.bsky.social · 2h

Spying on students for arms companies. It's despicable.

UK universities need to ask themselves who they really serve and protect - war profiteers and genocide enablers, or their students fighting for peace?

UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show

Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17d

The Green Party now has 78,000 members.

Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.

I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · 22d

Hey Siri, find me a headline that signifies our broken economy...

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study

Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you so much Fiona!!

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ah thanks so much Max!!! 😁😁

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Sep 2

Huge thanks to everyone who voted for me in the @greenparty.org.uk Executive elections!

Thrilled to carry out another term in the role of Local Party Support Coordinator. It's time to build a movement to stop Farage! ✊

Text reads thank you. Image is screen grab of rosie as winner on party website

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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · Aug 29

Oxfordshire is a County of Sanctuary and we are rightly proud to support and stand up for refugees, people seeking asylum and anyone in the UK in need of support. Amazing work by @asylumwelcome.bsky.social to put together this letter!

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Aug 29

Over 2,000 people - including three Oxfordshire MPs, have called for "Unity and Compassion” in Oxfordshire after Reform announced plans for mass deportations at their conference in Kidlington this week. Oxfordshire residents have signed an open letter, organised by Asylum Welcome.

Over 2,000 People Sign Open Letter for Unity and Compassion in Oxfordshire - Asylum Welcome

Please help us support more refugees, like Hira, who built a community in her asylum centre, when we helped fund her an art class.

www.asylum-welcome.org

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thanks so much Emma!! 🤩

Cllr Emma Garnett @greenpartyemma.bsky.social · Aug 25

Local Party Support
1️⃣ Rosie Rawle
2️⃣ Hannah Spencer
3️⃣ RON

Rosie is a close friend and the person I know best who is standing for GPEx.
She is ace. Kind, clever, progressive and persuasive with it too.
She's held this position for a few terms and I'd love to see her continue.

The Green Party needs to be a well organised, well resourced movement to stop Farage

Rosie Rawle explains why she's standing for re-election to the Green Party Executive

bright-green.org

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 1

The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the Green Party must rise to the challenge. 🔥

My article in @bright-green.bsky.social on how we build a movement to stop Farage 👇

The Green Party needs to be a well organised, well resourced movement to stop Farage

Rosie Rawle explains why she's standing for re-election to the Green Party Executive

bright-green.org

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is why Labour's rhetoric around house building makes NO sense while the Right to Buy is in place.

3,800 households are on the wait list for social housing in Oxford. That would change if the council could keep hold of its social housing stock.

England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds

Depletion of social housing stock spurs calls for councils to have first refusal to buy ex-council homes entering market

www.theguardian.com

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 3

🙏🙏

Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 3

Huge thanks Adi!! 💚

Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · Aug 3

🗳️ I've cast my vote for @greenparty.org.uk Local Party Support Co-Ordindator:

1. @rosierawle.bsky.social
2. Hannah Spencer

⛔ I refused to vote for Nicole Haydock - Green Women's Declaration supporter, & someone who has refused to respond to both the Feminist Greens and LGBTIQA+ election pledges

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thanks so much Tim! 😃

Tim Kiely @timkiely1.bsky.social · Aug 2

🗳️ another day of voting in the @greenparty.org.uk internal elections!

1st preference votes today go to:
✅ @rosierawle.bsky.social for Local Party Support Co-Ordinator; and
✅ @jonnott.bsky.social for Chair of the Executive.

👍 keep on voting and help shape the next phase of our Party’s growth!

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 1

The stakes couldn’t be higher, and the Green Party must rise to the challenge. 🔥

My article in @bright-green.bsky.social on how we build a movement to stop Farage 👇

The Green Party needs to be a well organised, well resourced movement to stop Farage

Rosie Rawle explains why she's standing for re-election to the Green Party Executive

bright-green.org

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Rosie Rawle 🍉 @rosierawle.bsky.social · Aug 1

Here we GO! 🙌

I'm excited to be re-standing for Local Party Support Coordinator on @greenparty.org.uk Executive!

👉 Check out my candidate statement here and please consider lending me your first preference vote: bit.ly/RosieRawle4G...

🚨 Voting opens TODAY!

Photo of Rosie in a park. Text reads: Re-elect Rosie Rawle for Green Party Local Party Support Coordinator. Voting opens 1 August. Check your email for the link.

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People & Planet @peopleandplanet.bsky.social · Dec 20

💥 The 2024/25 People & Planet University League is out now! 💥

149 universities were ranked by sustainability and ethics criteria. 📈

How sustainable is your university? 🌏✊🤔

Find out NOW! 👇
peopleandplanet.org/university-l...

How Ethical and Sustainable is your university?

New ranking out today!

1. University of Bedfordshire
2. De Montfort University
3.University of West London
4. University of Reading
5. Manchester Metropolitan University
6. University of Worcester
7. University of the Arts London
8. University of Salford
9. University of Exeter
10. Northumbria University

University League 2024/25

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People & Planet @peopleandplanet.bsky.social · Dec 2

🎉 HUGE NEWS!! 🎉

🔥 This is the result of over a decade of relentless student campaigning!

Every petition, every demonstration, every occupation mattered. UK universities are taking a stand against the fossil fuel industry!

Share now to celebrate this massive milestone! 🙌

Collage of UK universities against blue sky. Text overlaid reads: “75% of UK universities divest from fossil fuels”

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · Nov 26

Delighted to have seconded two great motions which both passed at the City Council yesterday. @maxmorris.bsky.social's motion on "Making Oxford more walkable" and @katherinesmiles.bsky.social's motion on "City Centre playground." Looking forward to a better Oxford for kids.

Me and Max (both wearing green) standing infront of a wooden panel and smiling.

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Kate Robinson @katejo99.bsky.social · Nov 26

Proud of Oxford City Greens last night at Oxford City Council for this motion - which was hugely supported. This is a first step (get it!?) towards a future Oxford which is more equal, healthy, accessible and happy.

Cllr Dr Max Morris @maxmorris.bsky.social · Nov 25

Live summary of tonight's Oxford City Council meeting, where I proposed the Green Group's motion on making our city more walkable. Lively debate but I'm pleased to share that it passed with lots of support. Thanks to Oxford Pedestrians Association, Oxford 50+ Network, and other groups for endorsing.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Nov 25

The meeting moves on to councillor motions. The first is ‘Making Oxford a Truly Walkable City’. Max Morris (Green, Donnington): “Making pavements more accessible for disabled people improves quality of life for everyone. By designing a plan for walking we’d identify areas that need more investment.”

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Nov 25

Summing up, Cllr Max Morris: “This motion is about the whole city. This is for everybody. When we make our city more accessible for minority groups, we improve it for everybody.”

The motion to make Oxford a more walkable city is passed with a small number of votes against (not recorded, perhaps 3).

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People & Planet @peopleandplanet.bsky.social · Nov 20

🎉 HUGE news! Staffordshire University has divested from fossil fuels AND the border industry!

Students are clear that migrant justice = climate justice and that their universities must stand for both! 🧡❤️

🙌 Share now to spread the news!

Image of Staffordshire University. Text reads: Victory! University of Staffordshire divests from fossil fuels and the border industry!

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