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lessmith51.bsky.social
Interests in the environment, social justice animal welfare. Ex-Labour activist with a new home with the Greens. Keen gardener and walker. Lifetime of pain at Villa park! Retired HMI probation Inspector.
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The new Lord of Zionist Genocide. The stench of corruption and moral bankruptcy is unbearable.

submitted 43 days ago • 5 comments

"The Green Party put forward a message of hope..." Green councillor Laura Edie speaks to @politicsjoe.bsky.social about the Green Party's positive alternative to Reform.

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

www.probation-institute.org/news/optimal...

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Palestinians in Gaza are enduring freezing temperatures as rain floods tents that are unfit for winter. How can anyone survive such inhumane conditions under this ongoing Israeli siege?

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

This has made my day! Thank you 🙏

submitted 147 days ago • 33 comments

🚨Union baristas are calling on EVERYONE to NOT buy from ANY Starbucks store during the duration of our ULP strikes. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/sbwo...

submitted 153 days ago • 103 comments

Well done Norway,

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Labour MPs doing Reform tribute acts. If you find this lacks vision & is totally uninspiring - then there is an alternative. If you believe that lifting minority communities & working class communities & tackling the climate crisis is the same struggle: Join.greenparty.org.uk

submitted 161 days ago • 25 comments

We cannot build our way out of this crisis. Billions earmarked for new jails would be better invested in probation. Read our response to the government’s plans to open up 14,000 more prison places by 2031, outlined in a new 10-year strategy announced today: howardleague.org/news/billion...

submitted 164 days ago • 2 comments

Soil is made from minerals, organic matter, air, water - and living organisms. Soil is teeming with life, and it supports life. We couldn't live without it! But we are losing soil faster than it’s being formed. Stand up for soil this #WorldSoilDay 👇 soilassociation.co/3mp90Rb

submitted 170 days ago • 1 comment

Every child needs fresh air, education and contact with other people to thrive. But Oakhill is failing to provide that healthy environment, with education deteriorating, basic health needs going unmet, and some children being locked up for hours in their bedrooms. howardleague.org/news/concern...

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

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Prison charity @thehowardleague.bsky.social has responded to a government spending report warning we can’t ‘build our way out of’ the prison crisis’, criticising the focus on building new prisons instead of addressing systemic issues www.thejusticegap.com/we-have-to-r...

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

Amnesty International report today is really necessary - the Government must recognise what is happening as a genocide. End arms sales to Israel. Now. #EndGazaGenocide

submitted 170 days ago • 3 comments

20 more Jewish groups add their names to statement: We Support UN Human Rights Rapporteur Francesca Albanese www.ijvcanada.org/update-50jew...

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained" Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?

submitted 170 days ago • 33 comments

16 MILLION PEOPLE NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - a staggering 24% of the UK population. @trusselluk.bsky.social urgently need our help to provide emergency food, support & hope to people this winter Please join me in supporting them if you can👇🙏

submitted 171 days ago • 13 comments

Israeli forces demolishing a football field in #Lebanon.

submitted 176 days ago • 2 comments

‘We must use every tool to resist’: Israeli teens jailed for refusing military service Conscientious objectors Iddo Elam and Soul Behar Tsalik tell +972 why their wartime draft refusal is a stand for a better future for all in Israel-Palestine. www.972mag.com/iddo-elam-so...

submitted 176 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 176 days ago • 0 comments

Uncontacted hunter-gatherers facing threat of genocide because of minerals mining, claims report

submitted 179 days ago • 1 comment