@urbanprogressiveuk.bsky.social
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Israel has said it will create 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in order to "prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state..."
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
May 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Israel has said it will create 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank in order to "prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state..."
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
The Israeli government's blatant ethnic cleansing cannot be condoned.
The UK government must recognise the state of Palestine.
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We’ve put together a starter pack of trade unions in the UK. Follow to get news from the UK labour movement. 👇
May 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We’ve put together a starter pack of trade unions in the UK. Follow to get news from the UK labour movement. 👇
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I have not seen a valid argument against living wages.
There is not one.
People who work full-time should be able to live on their paycheck. That’s basic common sense.
There is not one.
People who work full-time should be able to live on their paycheck. That’s basic common sense.
May 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I have not seen a valid argument against living wages.
There is not one.
People who work full-time should be able to live on their paycheck. That’s basic common sense.
There is not one.
People who work full-time should be able to live on their paycheck. That’s basic common sense.
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I asked the Prime Minister if he still believes Israel is not committing genocide — but he dodged the question.
March 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I asked the Prime Minister if he still believes Israel is not committing genocide — but he dodged the question.
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It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ‘manifesto’ has been branded “unserious” and “unhinged”
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/nige...
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/nige...
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ‘manifesto’ branded "unserious" and "unhinged"
The Economist has called Farage’s economic plans "a disaster"
leftfootforward.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ‘manifesto’ has been branded “unserious” and “unhinged”
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/nige...
leftfootforward.org/2025/05/nige...
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Feels like a YouTuber shouldn't be better at writing a more accurate headline + subheading than @nbcnews.com, but here we are
May 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Feels like a YouTuber shouldn't be better at writing a more accurate headline + subheading than @nbcnews.com, but here we are
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British citizen Ahmed al-Doush has been sentenced to 10 years in Saudi Arabia after a family holiday. No clear charges. No fair trial. No justice. UK must act now to bring him home.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
Manchester dad held in Saudi Arabia jailed for 10 years over 'social media post'
British national Ahmed al-Doush was arrested at the airport last August
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
British citizen Ahmed al-Doush has been sentenced to 10 years in Saudi Arabia after a family holiday. No clear charges. No fair trial. No justice. UK must act now to bring him home.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
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The Green Party is at a crossroads.
It’s up to you to decide what happens next.
Help us build a radical alternative.
Join us.
join.greenparty.org.uk
It’s up to you to decide what happens next.
Help us build a radical alternative.
Join us.
join.greenparty.org.uk
May 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Green Party is at a crossroads.
It’s up to you to decide what happens next.
Help us build a radical alternative.
Join us.
join.greenparty.org.uk
It’s up to you to decide what happens next.
Help us build a radical alternative.
Join us.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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when i tell people i'm afraid to leave the country and they ask why, well, this is why:
Hasan Piker Detained By ICE | Hasan Daily
YouTube video by Hasan Daily
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May 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
when i tell people i'm afraid to leave the country and they ask why, well, this is why:
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A good rule of thumb: if Jacqui Smith says you’re wrong, you’re probably right.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
May 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A good rule of thumb: if Jacqui Smith says you’re wrong, you’re probably right.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
P.S. She voted for the illegal Iraq war — that killed more than a million people.
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'To fight a Trumpesque future we should abandon the useless straight jacket of ‘Left vs Right’ and replace it with the more powerful, crystal-clear moral axis of right vs wrong', writes @claireaj.bsky.social
It’s not Left vs Right anymore. It’s humanity vs inhumanity.
We need to challenge the right-wing tactic of re-defining moral truths as ‘Leftie ranting'
leftfootforward.org
May 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
'To fight a Trumpesque future we should abandon the useless straight jacket of ‘Left vs Right’ and replace it with the more powerful, crystal-clear moral axis of right vs wrong', writes @claireaj.bsky.social
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Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. He has a history of human rights violations, religious persecution and press censorship.
He’s just started a bombing campaign in Kashmir.
Not the kind of guy Keir Starmer should be setting up trade deals with if you ask us…
He’s just started a bombing campaign in Kashmir.
Not the kind of guy Keir Starmer should be setting up trade deals with if you ask us…
May 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India. He has a history of human rights violations, religious persecution and press censorship.
He’s just started a bombing campaign in Kashmir.
Not the kind of guy Keir Starmer should be setting up trade deals with if you ask us…
He’s just started a bombing campaign in Kashmir.
Not the kind of guy Keir Starmer should be setting up trade deals with if you ask us…
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Reform's gained ground in the recent local and mayoral elections. The closer they get to power, the more we must scrutinise their plans for our #NHS
We need a fully funded, public NHS and an end to wasteful outsourcing and PFI deals. @keepournhspublic
We need a fully funded, public NHS and an end to wasteful outsourcing and PFI deals. @keepournhspublic
Nigel Farage says he 'doesn't want' NHS to be publicly funded
NIGEL Farage has said that the NHS should not be fully publicly funded ...
www.thenational.scot
May 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Reform's gained ground in the recent local and mayoral elections. The closer they get to power, the more we must scrutinise their plans for our #NHS
We need a fully funded, public NHS and an end to wasteful outsourcing and PFI deals. @keepournhspublic
We need a fully funded, public NHS and an end to wasteful outsourcing and PFI deals. @keepournhspublic
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🫂 Farage and Trump are best mates. 🫂
Millionaires backed by billionaires DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
Vote FARAGE, get TRUMP.
Division and despair won't fix our problems.
VOTE GREEN, GET A REAL ALTERNATIVE.
Millionaires backed by billionaires DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
Vote FARAGE, get TRUMP.
Division and despair won't fix our problems.
VOTE GREEN, GET A REAL ALTERNATIVE.
April 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🫂 Farage and Trump are best mates. 🫂
Millionaires backed by billionaires DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
Vote FARAGE, get TRUMP.
Division and despair won't fix our problems.
VOTE GREEN, GET A REAL ALTERNATIVE.
Millionaires backed by billionaires DON'T CARE ABOUT US.
Vote FARAGE, get TRUMP.
Division and despair won't fix our problems.
VOTE GREEN, GET A REAL ALTERNATIVE.
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Solidarity with striking workers in Birmingham.
Commissioners brought in by the Tory party to “fix” Birmingham council, are simply making people’s lives more difficult.
Sack the commissioners.
Fund the council properly.
Allow the workers to work again.
Commissioners brought in by the Tory party to “fix” Birmingham council, are simply making people’s lives more difficult.
Sack the commissioners.
Fund the council properly.
Allow the workers to work again.
April 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Solidarity with striking workers in Birmingham.
Commissioners brought in by the Tory party to “fix” Birmingham council, are simply making people’s lives more difficult.
Sack the commissioners.
Fund the council properly.
Allow the workers to work again.
Commissioners brought in by the Tory party to “fix” Birmingham council, are simply making people’s lives more difficult.
Sack the commissioners.
Fund the council properly.
Allow the workers to work again.
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The 2 party system is dead.
Reform are a gang of grifters.
Who even are the Lib Dems?
Greens stand for public ownership of the essentials our communities need and the taxing of the super rich to make our society more equal.
You can vote for all this on Thursday....so go do it!
Reform are a gang of grifters.
Who even are the Lib Dems?
Greens stand for public ownership of the essentials our communities need and the taxing of the super rich to make our society more equal.
You can vote for all this on Thursday....so go do it!
April 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The 2 party system is dead.
Reform are a gang of grifters.
Who even are the Lib Dems?
Greens stand for public ownership of the essentials our communities need and the taxing of the super rich to make our society more equal.
You can vote for all this on Thursday....so go do it!
Reform are a gang of grifters.
Who even are the Lib Dems?
Greens stand for public ownership of the essentials our communities need and the taxing of the super rich to make our society more equal.
You can vote for all this on Thursday....so go do it!
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The People's Water Commission interim report is out today.
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The People's Water Commission interim report is out today.
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
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The ultimate failure of the water ‘market’ is because there is *no market in water.*
We’re always told to ‘shop around’ for the best energy and broadband deals. How does that work when it comes to water?
Water belongs in public hands, not the monopoly merchants.
We’re always told to ‘shop around’ for the best energy and broadband deals. How does that work when it comes to water?
Water belongs in public hands, not the monopoly merchants.
April 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The ultimate failure of the water ‘market’ is because there is *no market in water.*
We’re always told to ‘shop around’ for the best energy and broadband deals. How does that work when it comes to water?
Water belongs in public hands, not the monopoly merchants.
We’re always told to ‘shop around’ for the best energy and broadband deals. How does that work when it comes to water?
Water belongs in public hands, not the monopoly merchants.
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You can talk about sewage
You can talk about leaks
You can talk about bills
But you can't talk about public ownership in the "biggest review of the water industry since privatisation" ⁉️
Take action before deadline Weds 23rd April weownit.org.uk/act-now/wate...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yy9ex...
You can talk about leaks
You can talk about bills
But you can't talk about public ownership in the "biggest review of the water industry since privatisation" ⁉️
Take action before deadline Weds 23rd April weownit.org.uk/act-now/wate...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yy9ex...
The ONE thing government doesn't want you to talk about
YouTube video by We Own It
www.youtube.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You can talk about sewage
You can talk about leaks
You can talk about bills
But you can't talk about public ownership in the "biggest review of the water industry since privatisation" ⁉️
Take action before deadline Weds 23rd April weownit.org.uk/act-now/wate...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yy9ex...
You can talk about leaks
You can talk about bills
But you can't talk about public ownership in the "biggest review of the water industry since privatisation" ⁉️
Take action before deadline Weds 23rd April weownit.org.uk/act-now/wate...
www.youtube.com/shorts/yy9ex...
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Interesting report on how Greens are taking the fight to Reform in Kent, offering a positive message on public ownership, ending austerity, and tackling inequality. @greensorganise.bsky.social
Is this the left-wing threat to Reform? | Local Elections 2025
Reform UK is contesting nearly all the 1,600 council seats up for re-election on the 1st of May.And, with the popularity of Labour dropping in the polls sinc...
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Interesting report on how Greens are taking the fight to Reform in Kent, offering a positive message on public ownership, ending austerity, and tackling inequality. @greensorganise.bsky.social
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💷 Meet the billionaire - Barnaby Swire 💷
Come on, don’t let this bloke laugh at us anymore.
Vote Green on May 1st to support small businesses in the UK and help fight to make billionaires put back in what they get out.
#votegreen #greenparty #taxwealthnotwork #smallbusiness
Come on, don’t let this bloke laugh at us anymore.
Vote Green on May 1st to support small businesses in the UK and help fight to make billionaires put back in what they get out.
#votegreen #greenparty #taxwealthnotwork #smallbusiness
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
💷 Meet the billionaire - Barnaby Swire 💷
Come on, don’t let this bloke laugh at us anymore.
Vote Green on May 1st to support small businesses in the UK and help fight to make billionaires put back in what they get out.
#votegreen #greenparty #taxwealthnotwork #smallbusiness
Come on, don’t let this bloke laugh at us anymore.
Vote Green on May 1st to support small businesses in the UK and help fight to make billionaires put back in what they get out.
#votegreen #greenparty #taxwealthnotwork #smallbusiness
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Department of Homeland Security announces plan to screen foreign U.S. residents' social media for antisemitism.
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
April 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Department of Homeland Security announces plan to screen foreign U.S. residents' social media for antisemitism.
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
"USCIS will consider social media content that indicates an alien endorsing, espousing, promoting, or supporting antisemitic terrorism, antisemitic terrorist organizations"
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Important move by Public Interest Law Centre & the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, submitting evidence to the Met’s War Crimes unit against 10 British nationals over alleged war crimes in Gaza — from killing civilians & aid workers to attacks on hospitals.
We must prosecute war criminals.
We must prosecute war criminals.
Ten Britons accused of committing war crimes while fighting for Israel in Gaza
Exclusive: Met to be handed dossier of evidence alleging crimes including killings of civilians and aid workers
www.theguardian.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Important move by Public Interest Law Centre & the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, submitting evidence to the Met’s War Crimes unit against 10 British nationals over alleged war crimes in Gaza — from killing civilians & aid workers to attacks on hospitals.
We must prosecute war criminals.
We must prosecute war criminals.
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Unprecedented number of B-2 stealth bombers amassed for Iran strike
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/pentagon-p...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/pentagon-p...
Pentagon Prepares for Trump to Go Berserk
Unprecedented number of B-2 bombers amassed for Iran strike
www.kenklippenstein.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Unprecedented number of B-2 stealth bombers amassed for Iran strike
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/pentagon-p...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/pentagon-p...