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submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Donald Trump is addressing the nation tonight. I hope the networks fact check his blizzard of falsehoods. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/u...

submitted 5 days ago • 62 comments

President Zelensky has shown exemplary courage and leadership in resisting Putin’s barbarous invasion. Ukraine deserves our support! It is unconscionable that the US has stopped sharing our intelligence about Russian activities there.

submitted 3 days ago • 45 comments

Donald Trump institutes tariffs one day on our closest neighbors and ends it days later. He makes up lies about Canada and then someone has to remind him that this will hurt the American auto makers and raise costs quickly. There is no master plan, just his whims.

submitted 2 days ago • 47 comments

The draft-dodging Trump and Musk plan to cut 82,000 staff from the already under-funded Veterans Affairs. We remember what he called WWII heroes who died in battle... "losers and suckers. Another disgrace. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WA0... - @SenAdamSchiff

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

Today I have called for a Chilcot-style inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israel’s assault on Gaza. Our concerns have routinely been met with evasion and silence. We need a full, public, independent inquiry with the legal power to establish the truth. news.sky.com/story/starme...

submitted 5 days ago • 36 comments

Labour could tax the super-rich to end poverty, build social housing and fix our NHS. They are choosing to go after the worst-off instead. For a while, many people didn’t know what this government stood for. They do now: tough choices for the poor, endless money for war.

submitted 4 days ago • 38 comments

Also this past week >> CA Attorney General Bonta Continues His Support for Federal Workers: Trump Administration’s Termination of Probationary Employees is Simply Unlawful. - We’re suing the Trump Admin over the mass firing of federal employees on probation. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

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It is time to end the special relationship with Trump Donald Trump in the White House: a relationship with a dishonest sexual predator and convicted criminal isn't a relationship. It's abuse @chasmanthium.bsky.social

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It is 50 years since the Sex Discrimination Act 1975, which aimed to bring equal pay for men and women. In many jobs, we’re still not there. On #InternationalWomensDay we look at East Anglian employers to find the good and the bad. By @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Could u live on £7 per day with no access to cooking facilities? For yrs? What if u need a winter coat? New shoes? A phone? An emergency taxi? Asylum seekers are in extreme poverty & are desperate to work - but the UK Gov won't let them. This is obscene cruelty on our doorstep. And it's a CHOICE!

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

The fight for WASPI women is far from over. Ministers deny compensation, defy watchdog, and misjudge public anger – WASPI women’s fight for justice is not done yet.

submitted 22 hours ago • 4 comments

Celebrations and protests in the US and around the world mark International Women’s Day. From Istanbul and Warsaw to New York and Los Angeles, activists demand equality and the end of gender-based violence. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

submitted 20 hours ago • 1 comment

Fact-check: True

submitted 20 hours ago • 356 comments

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Trump used a large military plane to deport 9 immigrants at a cost of well over $209,000. This is a ridiculous waste of money that Elon must have missed when he was busy pillaging the government.

submitted 2 days ago • 21 comments

A HUGE warm welcome to an organisation that consistently & unapologetically welcomes the most vulnerable & marginalised in our society with open arms. Nothing but solidarity & love for @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social and it's so lovely to see them here! 🧡 #AyeWelcomeRefugees

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

Starmer: - Purged the LP of socialists, inc Jeremy Corbyn - Supplied Israel w intelligence & weapons to murder Palestinians - Provided diplomatic cover to Israel at UN - Cracked down on peaceful protest - Refuses citizenship to future refugees If you're not angry; you're not paying attention.

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

Israel is deploying tanks in the West Bank — and people ask us why we’re still marching?

submitted 13 days ago • 21 comments

The government has announced it will pay for more weapons and bombs by cutting support for the world's poorest people. A deplorable decision that will only create a more unstable and unequal world. What is the government doing to bring about peace?

submitted 12 days ago • 63 comments

Since Labour took office, 10,000 more children have been plunged into poverty by the refusal to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Increasing military spending while millions of children go hungry is not a tough decision. It’s the wrong decision.

submitted 12 days ago • 42 comments

What the government can’t afford: ❌Lifting children out of poverty ❌Disability benefits ❌Compensation for WASPI women ❌Winter fuel allowance What the government can afford: an extra £13.4 billion on the military. Never any money for the poor. Always enough money for war.

submitted 11 days ago • 46 comments

Defiling childhood: child poverty and austerity in the UK Poverty is most harmful in childhood. Why have we normalised child poverty for those children who are least able to recover from the ensuing harms? ✍️ Elspeth Webb #AusterityProject bylines.cymru/politics-and...

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Stop these flights and stop arming Israel.

submitted 17 days ago • 13 comments

The arrest of 50+ politicians & journalists in police raids in Turkey is an outrageous attack on press freedom and democratic rights. The Turkish government must stop its attempts to silence pro-Kurdish and left-wing opposition. www.turkishminute.com/2025/02/18/p...

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

Eighty years on, Orkney’s Italian Chapel stands as a touching symbol of faith, resilience, and the wartime past that shaped my own family’s story | Tanya Pia Starrett @bylines.scot

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

Outrage as Trump cites ‘emergency’ to fast-track fossil fuel projects. Activists warn new designation for projects such as pipelines threatens US wetlands and waters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The speech that preceded @chriswarcraft.bsky.social arrest. It’s one to watch, over and over and over. From across pond Chris, a salute, and a request - will you write about what you said and why for one of our citizen journalism publications @bylinesnetwork.co.uk?

submitted 17 days ago • 3 comments

Masha Gessen lived under an authoritarian regime in Russia. Heed her words about what Trump is doing now. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...

submitted 18 days ago • 24 comments

While Trump “floods the zone,” we must stay focused. NO to oligarchy, tax breaks for the rich and cuts to working class programs. NO to authoritarianism and unlimited power for one man. YES to growing the union movement and raising wages. YES to health care as a human right.

submitted 21 days ago • 180 comments

Rally against Germany's resurgent far right draws thousands in Berlin. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

So they want to force people with mental illness to work on farms. Who owns the farms? What will they be paid? We all know it’s not going to be the people working and we’ll be told they work for the privilege of a bed and a meal.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

European friends: Do not accept lectures on democracy & freedom of speech from an Administration that denies the 2020 election results and is now suing & intimidating news outlets whose reporting they don’t like. Stand tall against right-wing extremism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

submitted 21 days ago • 312 comments

"The democratic world will have to get along without America. It may even have to defend itself from it" This is the first time I have ever seen America presented as an ENEMY of democracy. 😡 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 22 days ago • 135 comments

We have to be direct about Trump’s plan in Gaza: He is calling for ethnic cleansing. Congress must stand firm against his demand for war crimes. Palestinians have a right to live with equal rights and freedom on their land.

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It’s the same picture

submitted 25 days ago • 284 comments

They are cutting your Medicare to give the rich more tax breaks. Bernie lays it out. youtu.be/Txe2Zu3QbNU

submitted 24 days ago • 15 comments

Land debate: Will new strategy improve haphazard land management? eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

The Empire Self-Destructs - Read by Eunice Wong open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

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