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@frederickds.bsky.social
Union member: NEU and Unite. DSA member. Socialist and Union man. "We all do better when we all do better" -Paul Wellstone #LFGM Hands off Cuba ๐จ๐บFree Palestine ๐ต๐ธ
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Thousands of people on a demo for Palestinian solidarity. No Live coverage in @theguardian.com . They did manage to set up a live blog about a Florida hurricane and a football match. So, priorities.
www.declassifieduk.org/declassified... Very Trump! Labour is, at it's heart, a thin-skinned authoritarian entity.
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In 2025, union membership in the United States grew by the largest amount in nearly two decades. The United States added 411,000 union members, the most since 2008. www.illinoisepi.org/wp-content/u...
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90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short ๐งต)
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New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
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This week in Andy Burnhamโs Britain ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค Over 150 UK citizens, mainly pensioners including the daughter of Holocaust survivors, were arrested under terrorism laws for: โขClapping โขSitting down โขReading poetry โขHolding a microphone All could face up to 14 years in prison! ๐ค #BurnhamsBritain ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค
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Superb news! The ยฃ2 bus fare cap is being reinstated. But 1 in 5 rural and county bus routes have been cut since 2019. Communities also need proper funding and public ownership of buses. Let's keep all the cash in the system, not going out into shareholder pockets. @heidialexander.bsky.social
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"Starmer is a fabricator and a fraud - a thoroughly nasty piece of work who has inflicted deep damage on the Labour Party and dishonoured British public life. Good riddance". - says Peter Oborne www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/star...
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This makes me sick to the stomach, because Jeremy Corbyn's movement HAD thought through what was needed, and WAS prepared for government until McSweeney's coup, and the status quo police stepped in to ensure that what we got, what we HAVE, is just more of the same. ๐คข๐คฎ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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