Billy Bragg

Put Christ Back Into Christmas The guy who preached empathy and condemned fear of others? I'm all for it.

Some thoughts on Christian Nationalism
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The Dead were not really my cup of tea, I'm afraid

Green Onions One of the greatest rhythm guitar players of all time has left us

All my guitar heroes are less-is-more kinda players and Steve Cropper was a master of that style

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Those bloody monkeys have started turning up at my solo gigs asking to play drums.

Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords This is evil.

Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.

Megyn Kelly says that simply murdering the survivors of a strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat isn't enough. She would prefer that they be subjected to extended torture to heighten their pain and agony. Megyn has captured the essence of what it means to be MAGA.

📢 Migrant Workers' Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre

Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.

Pass it on.

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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."

Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.

So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.

Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...

Enjoy!

Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI

Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.

One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.

What could go wrong?

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📢📢📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration

📌Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📌Birmingham City Centre (Shabana Mahmood’s constituency)

Stand up for our neighbours - your salary DOES NOT define your contribution to the UK!!
@regulariseuk.bsky.social

Autocorrect has become our worst enema.

‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...

Great story from the Guardian about radical folk singer Dick Gaughan and the on-going campaign to make his records available again

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'Labour politicians who believe they must simply hold their nose and pass these latest morally degrading policies in order to stem the rise of racism are deluding themselves.'

Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.

You could say more or less the same about Starmer

If you went back through anyone's social media for a decade you'd be able to find reasons why they shouldn't be PM

C'mon. You never liked or reposted something in the heat of the moment that, on reflection, was deeply embarrassing?

'If the rank and file of the party has any sense, it will forcefully cut off this death spiral leadership now, fight back against the latest capitulation to Nigel Farage and stand up for its principles to build a fairer, more equal society'.

This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...

I don't give him a free pass, I just don't accept that he saw this, thought it was anti-semitic and gave it like. More likely is he just saw it as anti-capitalist and didn't stop to consider how others might view it.

Zohran, Zak and Zarah: the real Gen Z Hitler fanboy Nick Fuentes makes headlines, but young people overwhelmingly lean left

MAGA may hope that Nick Fuentes can deliver the groyper vote but the real Gen Z at Generation Zohran, Zak and Zarah

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Collage of SBWU workers that says "BARISTAS ARE ON STRIKE! DON'T BUY STARBUCKS!"

Today, Starbucks workers in 40+ cities began a historic ULP strike. But we’re NOT finished.

We're prepared to escalate with more stores striking if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing, and the resolution of 100s of ULPs.

If you dig this stuff get along and see them @benefitstheband.bsky.social

The brilliant Benefits are out on tour

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”

For everyone else in North America, Simon & Schuster will be fulfilling bookstore orders from their warehouse in Jackson, Tennessee, between now and the US/Canada publication date which is set for 2nd December. 3/3

I won’t be there but there will be in-person readings from contributors to the book and I will be answering questions posed by ticket holders via a pre-recorded video. The store have also promised to provide BB-inspired snacks (Marmite soldiers? Chocolate kisses?) and conduct a trivia contest 2/3

Heads Up if you’re in northern California! The US launch of my new book - Billy Bragg: A People’s History - will take place at the Alibi Bookshop, 624 Marin Street, Vallejo CA at 5.30pm Pacific on Sunday 30th November. Scan the QR code on the image for details 1/3

SCOTUS Denies Request to Revisit Gay Marriage Ruling

SCOTUS rejected a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights reut.rs/3XjD9Cu

ALL YOU FASCISTS BOUND TO LOSE!

An evening with @billybragg.bsky.social Daniel Rachel & host Miranda Sawyer

Rough Trade East
24.11
@roughtradebooks.bsky.social
Not to be missed...book a ticket now:

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