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[Posts in a personal capacity] "There has to be something bigger than winning or losing because, sometimes in a football match, the result can be an imposter, there has to be a legacy." (Xavi)
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Today marks 80 years since the liberation of Italy from fascism 🇮🇹 Discover the role partisan footballers played in WWII here👇🏼 #25Aprile outsidewrite.co.uk/the-legacy-o...

A sublime extended mix by #JohnsonSomerset Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @scotspostpunk.bsky.social @itsonlyrockandroll.bsky.social @singingconductor.bsky.social @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @muzicgeezer.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3E...

@phthefarm.bsky.social

The story of Merthyr is as good as anything I've ever been involved with, and I hope they revel in every minute of it. Still fan owned, and bloody fantastic. www.merthyrtownfc.co.uk

Evo Morales presents Pope Francis with a hammer & sickle crucifix. A copy of one owned by Luis Espinal, a Jesuit priest & leftwing activist murdered by right wing paramilitaries in 1980, "our brother, a victim of interests who did not want him to fight for the freedom of Bolivia” (Pope Francis)

www.livpost.co.uk/the-pool-of-...

Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn discuss their memories of media bias, slanderous comments and class struggles in a strangely moving documentary At the BFI Southbank, on April 29th: dmovies.org/2024/10/23/t...

#JFT97

I have no love for Liverpool FC (Never forgave them for signing Kenny) however fans of a certain age know that Liverpool fans were just "the unlucky ones" It could have happened to any fan of any big club. I wrote this nearly nine years ago uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/hillsbo...

15/04/1989 We knew then. We always knew. R.I.P. #JFT97

Hillsborough families call for ‘all or nothing’ law as Labour expected to break pledge

Yeah so … did you catch Kali Akuno’s analysis of what #Trump is doing on #Rootwork on Sunday? If ya missed it, here ya go! #Tariffs #EconomicCollapse #Hegemony #Imperialism #BlackLiberationMedia www.youtube.com/live/13gbfN5...

Small youth charities are spending up to half of their budgets on utility bills, according to new research by @thesocialinvest.bsky.social

#OtD 27 Mar 1997 @Robbie9Fowler was fined for showing support for sacked dockworkers during a European Cup Winners Cup match. After scoring his second goal in Liverpool's 3-0 victory, Fowler displayed a T-shirt reading "Support the 500 sacked dockers" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...

Set Time Machine to Manchester, October 1980… @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social @18caratbilly.bsky.social @stevomusicman.bsky.social @carolinebinnie.bsky.social @muzicgeezer.bsky.social @louderthanwar.bsky.social

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RMT responds to Labour welfare cuts announcement Transport union RMT has criticised Labour's decision to cut welfare spending by up to £5 billion by 2030. rmtunion.org/43UYh6G

The Irish Monument, Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales. Erected by the Irish people and sympathisers in Australia, 1898. #StPatricksDay

Why ex-Liverpool MD Christian Purslow should 𝙉𝙊𝙏 be in contention for the Independent Football Regulator. A statement from 🆘 – read in full: spiritofshankly.com/christian-pu... @thefsa.bsky.social

The cover up was already well under way.

✨I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of the moon On the edge of the city you'll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind..✨ -- Woody Guthrie "Pastures of Plenty" ☀️🌻

On International Women's Day - Petrina Lynch (Holyhead Shipping Vice-Chair and former Industrial Representative) joined by women seafarer members in support of Daren Ireland for RMT Assistant General Secretary

These proposed cuts expose everything wrong with UK economic policy. Made-up fiscal rules and the undervaluing of public services and investment leave us in a doom-loop of never-ending austerity and worsening living standards. 1/4

940million people is an even bigger force, so the oligarchs and techno nazis need their politicians to divide us.

#OtD 27 Feb 1943 the Rosenstrasse protest, began - the only mass public demonstration by Germans against the deportation of Jews, organised by their non-Jewish wives. Lasting until March, the women were successful stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...

To understand what an incredible achievement the Working-Class Literature Festival is, listen to Dario Salvetti, spokesperson for the GKN factory collective who have hosted it for the past two years. More in our full podcast episode: www.patreon.com/posts/wcl11-...

www.change.org/p/save-l8-ca... please sign and RT

Track of the Day: 'Eton Rifles' by The Jam. Rick Buckler RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oqf...

Spirit of Shankly welcomes Liverpool FC’s decision to freeze ticket prices for the 2025/26 season. #LFC #StopExploitingLoyalty

The populist, hard-right Reform UK party has topped a voting intention poll for the first time, sending shockwaves throughout the British political establishment. We interview Professor Aurelien Mondon on the rise of populism aje.io/t7ftdh

It was beyond a pleasure to have been invited to collaborate on this special issue with the Class Work Project. The issue features contributors from across the Global North and Global South, who have displayed an incredible breadth of knowledge in their writing. Get your copy below! 👇

The people of Wales are ready to play a role in creating a better energy future. "Majority of Wales Supports Community Energy". communityenergy.wales/news/majorit...

A YouGov poll published today shows that over a third more people support community energy projects in Wales than support privately owned green energy projects

🚨 NEW: Since 2013, *90%* of residents in Manchester’s Piccadilly ward have moved out of the area. But why? Explore the Greater Manchester Gentrification Index — a quantitative study measuring gentrification in Manchester over the last decade. www.common-wealth.org/interactive/... 🧵