Michael

Michael

@therightarticle.bsky.social

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” News mainly from the left and indie media in the UK and beyond I post links to inform and encourage debate. I don't necessarily agree with everything I post.

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Michael
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"Anti-Fascist Economics": Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes Democracy http://www.democracynow.org/2026/10/27/isabella_weber

democracynow.org“Anti-Fascist Economics”: Isabella Weber on How Inequality Fuels Extremism & Erodes DemocracyWith the U.S. midterm elections just a week away, the affordability crisis — intensified by President Trump’s tariffs and war on Iran — has emerged as a major campaign issue. Across the country, famil...
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Amnesty UK slams Israeli elections as ‘apartheid at the ballot box’ https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261027-amnesty-uk-slams-israeli-elections-as-apartheid-at-the-ballot-box/

middleeastmonitor.comAmnesty UK slams Israeli elections as ‘apartheid at the ballot box’Amnesty International UK slammed Israel’s Tuesday elections as “apartheid at the ballot box,” saying millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation are being denied the right to vote whil…
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Netanyahu accused of treason over bid to drag Israel into Iran war to stay in power Accused? https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261027-netanyahu-accused-of-treason-over-bid-to-drag-israel-into-iran-war-to-stay-in-power/

middleeastmonitor.comNetanyahu accused of treason over bid to drag Israel into Iran war to stay in powerFormer Israeli defence minister Avigdor Lieberman has demanded a criminal investigation into Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged treason, accusing the prime minister of pressuring military leaders into …
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Ending hunger, unfreezing housing benefit, increasing maternity pay, cutting energy bills should be priorities for the Budget https://labourhub.org.uk/2026/10/27/why-ending-hunger-unfreezing-housing-benefit-increasing-maternity-pay-and-cutting-energy-bills-should-be-priorities-for-tomorrows-budget/

labourhub.org.ukWhy ending hunger, unfreezing housing benefit, increasing maternity pay and cutting energy bills should be priorities for tomorrow’s BudgetHere are some measures that should definitely be in John Healey’s speech. Ahead to tomorrow’s Budget the political and parliamentary lead for the Right to Food Commission, Liverpool West Derby MP I…
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Novara Media Warned the Tories About an Ex-Candidate’s Violent Connections. They Hired Him Anyway https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/27/novara-media-warned-the-tories-about-an-ex-candidates-violent-connections-they-hired-him-anyway/

novaramedia.comNovara Media Warned the Tories About an Ex-Candidate’s Violent Connections. They Hired Him AnywayConservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she’s ‘shocked’ by allegations that a consultant in her office offered to broker a contract killing. But there were warning signs. Simon Childs reports.
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Flailing Farage hits out after his Mary Celeste press conference is followed by two car-crash interviews Fraud and grifter https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-flailing-farage-hits-out-after-his-mary-celeste-press-conference-is-followed-by-two-car-crash-interviews/

thenewworld.co.ukFlailing Farage hits out after his Mary Celeste press conference is followed by two car-crash interviewsThe once sure-footed Reform leader is struggling badly after a summer of horrible headlines and plummeting polls

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Otto English
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Imagine a world where we are no longer dependent on oil and nuclear energy. It's coming and it's better and that's why the vested interests are doing everything in their power to stop it

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

bbc.co.uk'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclearAfter defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.

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Ed Poole
@edpoole1975.bsky.social

Believe it or not, this is the same party that built the NHS, the welfare state and a million council homes from the rumble of World War 2. Embarrassing.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social

Jon Kay to Jonathan Reynolds: "You're planning to remove import taxes from products like chocolate, gherkins, marmalade. Your own figures say that will save the average household 40p a week. At a time when [bills] are going up, do you really think people are going to notice 40p a week?"

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Marisa Kabas
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The only reason I can think of for this news not being absolutely everywhere is that large media orgs don’t want to be seen as putting their thumbs on the scales a week before election day. And that’s cowardly as shit.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Why won't MPs tax the rich? We asked them – and their answers gave us hope | Faiza Shaheen https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/mps-tax-super-rich-wealthy-voters-reform-budget-burnham

theguardian.comWhy won't MPs tax the rich? We asked them – and their answers gave us hope | Faiza ShaheenEven most Reform voters are in favour of a tax on the super-wealthy. Yet the first budget of the Burnham era looks set to dodge the issue, says Faiza Shaheen, executive director of Tax Reform UK
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Hamas says UN report provides new evidence of Israeli crimes and impunity https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261027-hamas-says-un-report-provides-new-evidence-of-israeli-crimes-and-impunity/

middleeastmonitor.comHamas says UN report provides new evidence of Israeli crimes and impunityHamas said on Monday that a new UN report documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity by Israeli forces in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, and warning that the genocide in Gaza was continui…
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New report: AI being embedded across immigration system in ‘near total secrecy’ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/new-report-ai-being-embedded-across-immigration-system-in-near-total-secrecy/

openrightsgroup.orgNew report: AI being embedded across immigration system in ‘near total secrecy’A new report by Open Rights Group (ORG) outlines how artificial intelligence (AI) has been embedded across the UK’s immigration system and at the nation’s borders.
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Home Secretary Refuses to Meet Worker Affected by Her ‘Nasty’ Immigration Plans No surprise. Mahmood doing her best to out do the Tories and Reform on immigration. https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/27/home-secretary-refuses-to-meet-worker-affected-by-her-nasty-immigration-plans/

novaramedia.comHome Secretary Refuses to Meet Worker Affected by Her ‘Nasty’ Immigration PlansHome secretary Shabana Mahmood has refused to meet with a migrant care worker who will be affected by her rightwing immigration reforms.
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This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It. https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-pollution-citation-violations

propublica.orgThis Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.Staff at an Oklahoma regulatory agency spent over a year building a case against Citation Oil & Gas, a company notorious for oil field pollution. Instead of disciplining the company, agency leaders ch...
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Book of Wills "In Gaza, where the world wavers between silence and forgetting, the written word becomes a final sanctuary – a fragile, luminous act of survival,” https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261027-book-of-wills/

middleeastmonitor.comBook of Wills“In Gaza, where the world wavers between silence and forgetting, the written word becomes a final sanctuary – a fragile, luminous act of survival,” Reem Ghanayem writes in the Editor’s Note to the …
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Cyprus police launch investigation into Deloitte backdating scandal after revelations that the Big Four firm faked documents to help Roman Abramovich conceal his fortune https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-10-22/cyprus-police-launch-investigation-into-deloitte-backdating-scandal

thebureauinvestigates.comDeloitte's Abramovich work under investigation by Cyprus policeNews comes after our revelations that the Big Four firm faked documents to help Roman Abramovich conceal his fortune

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BladeoftheSun
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Since 1950 the average person person has got 4.4x wealthier. The richest 0.1% have got 80x richer. The richest 0.001% 200x richer. The billionaires 2000x richer. These people were tens to thousands of times richer than you in the 50's. Now it's thousands/millions times.

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'During the last days of the offensive, the RSF committed multiple massacres. The UN Human Rights Office estimates over 6,000 people were killed in just three days.' Yale researchers estimate a minimum of 60 000 and likely far more.

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A leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching | Aleksandar Matkovic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/27/a-leaderless-revolution-has-swept-serbia-the-world-should-be-watching

theguardian.comA leaderless revolution has swept Serbia. The world should be watching | Aleksandar MatkovicI saw a remarkable experiment take shape in Belgrade. Its lessons should be studied by other European countries struggling with unrest, says Serbian academic Aleksandar Matkovic
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Demonise, then impoverish: the war on disabled benefit claimants in Britain https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/demonise-then-impoverish-war-disabled-benefit-claimants-britain

morningstaronline.co.ukDemonise, then impoverish: the war on disabled benefit claimants in BritainAS A disabled claimant, I feel anxiety, fear and anger at the hate campaign against people who claim benefits. I am frightened about what the Labour government will take from us next. I am furious tha...