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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks @pauldegregorio.bsky.social :) Think @mrtombaker.bsky.social flagged one of my posts on Linked in. I'd also recommend speaking to the excellent @actbuildchange.com

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Paul Marshall @pmarsha11.bsky.social · May 16

This Reform Councillor wants the navy to intercept small boats and use a "volley of gun fire aimed at sinking them.” After quitting for personal reasons, the party said "Wayne would have made an excellent champion for the people.”

New Reform UK councillor quits two weeks after election - BBC News

Wayne Titley was one of 49 Reform candidates elected at the beginning of the month in Staffordshire.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · May 16

I mapped the UK climate movement again
Headlines are the rise of the right is a big threat, folks are worried but unsure how to respond, although there are some great suggestions for different ways to move forwards thinkingdoingchanging.com/2025/05/15/m...

Mapping the UK climate movement again

I revisited the climate movement to see what had changed since I first mapped it back in late 2021. This is a smaller piece of work, more a movement ‘stocktake’ – exploring what m…

thinkingdoingchanging.com

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · May 12

The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.

That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.

Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · May 12

Starmer's Britain.

Not even subtle.

They found ourselves made strangers in their own country. Enoch Powell. We risk becoming an island of strangers. Keir Starmer.

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Eiri Ohtani @eiriohtani.bsky.social · Apr 17

One of us is being threatened with deportation, after 18 years in the UK.

This is unacceptable.

Fatou belongs to our community.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Liverpool woman set to be deported faces 'risk of death'

Fatou Tamba has lived in Liverpool for eight years but has now been detained and is set to be sent back to her native country, where family and friends fear she will face enormous danger

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Apr 17

The incredible US AYNI institute is offering a free/ donation training on their movement ecology framework April 24th. This is excellent stuff, strongly recommend www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

Movement Ecology Workshop - April 24, 2025

This free workshop on Movement Ecology is about a framework to understand and analyze the 5 distinct strategies that arise when attempting to make social change.While many of us have tried to create t...

www.zeffy.com

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Apr 15

Meditation

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Netpol @netpol.org · Apr 11

Yes the US embassy, the representative of the country arming and financing Israel's systematic destruction of Gaza, actually said, "we strongly condemn any acts of violence and property damage" 🤔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Greenpeace UK boss arrested over US embassy dye protest

Five people are arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and conspiracy to cause criminal damage, police say.

www.bbc.com

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Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @brumcjc.bsky.social · Apr 10

Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London.

Greenpeace UK is urging the US and UK governments to stop selling arms to Israel immediately.
www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/israel-...

Israel-Gaza protest at the US embassy: what you need to know - Greenpeace UK

Activists from Greenpeace UK have poured blood-red dye into the pond at the US embassy in London, in a protest against weapons sales to Israel.

www.greenpeace.org.uk

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Apr 3

H/t @laurielaybourn.bsky.social

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Apr 3

🤡 FFS

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Mar 31

Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds

The French far-right leader is barred from running for office for five years, as she was also handed a prison sentence and a €100,000 fine.

Read @georgvh.com's article here:

www.channel4.com/news/le-pen-...

Le Pen blocked from France presidency bid over embezzled funds

Marine Le Pen is barred from running for public office for five years, with the court also handing the far-right leader a four-year prison sentence, with two years suspended and two years' home detent...

www.channel4.com

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Mar 31

Let’s face it, we’re losing! Words of wisdom here from @tomliacas.bsky.social. We need to accept the populist far right is having its moment, then we can respond & build power. History has sone pretty good lessons to teach us… medium.com/@TomLiacas/l...

Let’s face it, we’re losing!

I promised an article on how the Right built back its power and the first thing they did was to accept that they were losing. It’s our turn…

medium.com

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Mar 12

@blueprintsfc.bsky.social @mobilisationlab.bsky.social @actbuildchange.com sharing in case of interest with you / your networks

Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Mar 12

*New training* for social movement organisers - Understanding, building & measuring POWER
Join me to learn from Jane Booth-Tobin, Co-Director of the P3 Lab with Hahrie Han. Online April 16th 2:30-5:30pm GMT, charged on a sliding scale lu.ma/ki7skugg

Understanding, building & measuring power · Luma

Many leaders and organisers in the UK are clear that we need a new approach to solving the challenges we face and believe that we need to be building power,…

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · Mar 6

Rachel Reeves softened non-dom plans after Blackstone CEO ‘raised concerns’

Revealed: Head of world’s biggest asset manager lobbied chancellor on tax rules weeks before policy was tweaked

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Mar 6

Yes, my economic plan will cause short term pain. But after that you won't feel the pain anymore because you'll be dead

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Paul de Gregorio @pauldegregorio.bsky.social · Mar 6

“DO NOT RESPOND TO ELON!” The ball was rolling.

Love the sound of mass noncompliance.

h/t @tashahester.bsky.social

wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/we-a...

We’re seeing the beginnings of mass noncompliance

Over a million federal workers refused to comply with Musk’s email ultimatum, offering a glimpse of what mass noncooperation can look like.

wagingnonviolence.org

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · Feb 25

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Thinking Doing Changing @tashahester.bsky.social · Feb 26

Seriously fuck BP - this is literally waging a war on life www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BP to slash renewables investment and ramp up gas and oil production.

The energy giant will announce its strategy later after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tom Liacas (he-il) @tomliacas.bsky.social · Feb 25

Highlighting THIS:

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Tom Liacas (he-il) @tomliacas.bsky.social · Feb 25

What's on every progressive organizer's mind right now, or should be! mobilisationlab.org/building-a-s...

Building a Strategy to Contest the Far Right - MobLab

Building the power of changemakers to confront today's greatest challenges

mobilisationlab.org

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · Feb 12

As Ofwat opens an enforcement case against Thames Water, which is due to go bankrupt in 34 days, we ask 'What is Steve Reed waiting for?'

End the farce. Public ownership now.

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