Strike day 4: A big day, in which a lot happened, but this was the absolute highlight. If there is a conscience of the Guardian, it may be Gary Younge. He made this speech, off the bat & nailed it. We are the true spirit of the Guardian & Obs. And we are here fighting to save our news org. 1/ - ThreadSky

carolecadwalla.bsky.social • 72 days ago

Strike day 4: A big day, in which a lot happened, but this was the absolute highlight. If there is a conscience of the Guardian, it may be Gary Younge. He made this speech, off the bat & nailed it. We are the true spirit of the Guardian & Obs. And we are here fighting to save our news org.
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pensionerdave.bsky.social•72 days ago

Have you considered a workers cooperative? Put money where mouth is.

peastrain.bsky.social•72 days ago

Solidarity ✊

treehugging-leftie.bsky.social•72 days ago

SOLIDARITY! 💪🏼

historystuff.bsky.social•72 days ago

Votes for women, ending slavery, and lesbian and gay marriage are major progressive social changes. I agree that the ownership of the Observer is noteworthy but perhaps not quite on the same level?

donmcgrattan.bsky.social•72 days ago

Right is right and wrong is wrong.

coleenmack.bsky.social•72 days ago

👏👏👏

bopstyle.bsky.social•72 days ago

Bringing a dog is the perfect thing to do! Water, though.

jeh57.bsky.social•71 days ago

I’m a subscriber to print versions of both The Guardian and The Observer. I feel that I would like to cancel my observer subscription in protest to the sale to Tortoise.

amostheking.bsky.social•72 days ago

For years the only paper I ever bought was Observer. I wish I had time to read one, I do steal my mother’s every now and again.

bosq.bsky.social•72 days ago

That's a real "victory is celebrated in the light but won in the darkness" kinda speech...(Thanks 'Dune'..😊)

jakubpat.bsky.social•72 days ago

Thank you for sharing this, Gary is one of my personal heros.

donmcgrattan.bsky.social•72 days ago

Gary’s never yet been on the wrong side of history. Go, people!

isoma.bsky.social•72 days ago

I do genuinely wonder if the commercial tactics here are to sell off the Observer, watch it crumble, then buy it back for a bargain price.

carolecadwalla.bsky.social•72 days ago

Second part here. Gary didn’t have to come today. He’s now has another career as an academic but he, like us, believes independent journalism is a precious thing worth fighting for. We are the Guardian & Obs. You don’t just get to buy that. And to think you can makes you unfit to own us
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carolecadwalla.bsky.social•72 days ago

This is neither best song or video, however I like how it captures @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social talkin’ about a revolution. Sarah is a total BOSS without whom whole Cambridge Analytica/Brexit investigations wouldn’t have happened & who alongside her job also organised a STRIKE ✊✊✊

kalenaaleka.bsky.social•72 days ago

Is there a way we can support the strikers from afar?

#resist

kalenaaleka.bsky.social•72 days ago

Hi sorry that is an empty account you mentioned is it a placeholder? No posts....

carolecadwalla.bsky.social•72 days ago

Kudos to @direthoughts.com, a relatively new joinee to Guardian investigations who pulled this re-written 12 Days of Xmas out of his back pocket.

🎵’On the fifth day of Xmas the Scott Trust gave to James, FIVE MILLION POUNDS!!’ 🎵

carolecadwalla.bsky.social•72 days ago

A fiver to the person who can spot who of these people are not & never have been Guardian or Observer journalists…

carolecadwalla.bsky.social•72 days ago

Final pic. @shattenstone.bsky.social is the Guardian’s spirit animal. He’s our heart & our voice. And one of many beautiful bonds formed this week was discovering the Guardian’s spirit animal had a spirit animal: a Welsh collie cross called Griff. 😍🐕✊

heatherehughes.bsky.social•72 days ago

A pure symbol of loyalty (to the highest standards).

stevebasnett.bsky.social•72 days ago

Awwww... he's so lovely and so cuddleable, isn't he? And so is Griff. Give him a tickle under the chin from me, please. And also Griff.

riverlorien.bsky.social•72 days ago

Aww, thanks Griff

richardham1956.bsky.social•72 days ago

Dale Vince

campbells.bsky.social•72 days ago

Is that Dale Vince? (Cash to hardship fund)

linear-relative.bsky.social•72 days ago

oops sorry just saw you got there first

viscountfishpond.bsky.social•72 days ago

It is. I was the project manager for him when we took ecotricity through market entry.

linear-relative.bsky.social•72 days ago

One’s Dale Vince - keep the fiver 😂

madalinaday.bsky.social•72 days ago

the guy with orange hoodie...he seems lonely...

stevebasnett.bsky.social•72 days ago

Thank you, Sarah @sarahdonaldson.bsky.social for this and everything else.

beth-greatpnw.bsky.social•72 days ago

AND THERE’S A DOG!
(Sorry - had to)

encantinada.bsky.social•72 days ago

Gary Younge is always the light ✨

stevebasnett.bsky.social•72 days ago

Fantastic words from Gary - Griff appreciates them as much as much as the rest of us.

alteamessenger.bsky.social•72 days ago

The NAZIS want control of all media.

liamdaley.bsky.social•72 days ago

Well done. Readers are behind you.

gerryb.bsky.social•72 days ago

And I bet I don’t get a refund on my subscription for these lost days

elemjay.bsky.social•72 days ago

#Solidarity Carole.

stevebasnett.bsky.social•71 days ago

Carole @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 11 minute interview with James @mrjamesob.bsky.social regarding The Observer sale (offloading) which they describe as "spluttering incomprehension".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izhqm74EWVY

paulbriley.bsky.social•72 days ago

📌

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