Dave Rendle

Dylan Marlais Thomas was born today on October 27th, 1914, at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive in Swansea.The 100 year anniversary celebrations may have passed, but that does not mean that we forget this blazing talent.

Policing families out of protest netpol.org/2026/10/27/p...

Gaza’s displaced families are struggling to keep the lights on

Gaza’s displaced families are struggling to keep the lights on

Petition for a public inquiry into Britain’s role in Gaza has hit 10,000 signatures. Now, let’s get it to 100,000 to force a debate. The public deserves to know the full scale of Britain’s complicity in genocide. Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/78...

HRF files UK criminal action against Israeli soldier for Gaza war crimes

Saddened to hear of the loss of the incomparable Walter Koenig who died of natural causes at his home in North Hollywood on Sunday, October 25 aged 90.

Join me in taking action to demand the UK to act to end the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian

Industrial food systems consume at least 15% of global fossil fuels. Yet instead of moving away from oil and gas, the UK government continues to subsidise polluting industries. This must end. Take action with @waronwant.bsky.social secure.waronwant.org/page/203321/...

Monstrous beyond all reckoning. The US is using remote sensing *designed for humanitarian purposes* for the opposite purpose, potentially drowning civilians en masse. Trump hates Somalis. His troops appear to be exploiting the weather to help slaughter them. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day Claims to have used 1,504 litres of water daily at £1.2m four-bedroom pad. Reform have promised benefit cuts for the disabled, old, sick, poor.

Anne Carson: Challenging Our Catastrophic ‘Presentism’

Octobers Full Moon is known as the "Hunter's Moon" because before industrialism, people focused on harvesting and preparing for the coming of Winter.Failure to do so meant facing one’s own mortality.The moons bright light historically aided hunters tracking game through newly cleared autumn fields.

How Brazilian cinema survived fascism

Irish Republican revolutionary, philosopher, poet, playwright, Irish language and cultural revivalist, patriot, Terence James MacSwiney died in Brixton Prison on 25th Oct 1920 after 74 days on hunger strike.

"Women are often the head of the household because Israel murdered, imprisoned or disabled their spouses. This environment fostered strong female voices who have naturally stepped into filmmaking roles" Victor Fraga writes, from El Gouna:

I just signed a petition calling on the EU to defend the International Criminal Court against Trump’s attacks. The EU has a powerful tool that could protect international law - mass public pressure will force them to act. Join me and add your name now: action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-10...

Hundreds of complaints about a councillor’s comments on Islam and Muslim communities have prompted calls for new powers allowing voters to remove local representatives between elections wp.me/p8Mk4U-1vSO

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There has been an outpouring of anger after Reform UK Wales posted an Aberfan 'tribute' video described as 'opportunistic' and 'shameful'

Love this perfomance so much, it never fails to move me.