Gregory Claeys

Just forgive the debt and give them renewable tech for free.

I thought "cumulative impact" was the whole point of demonstrations. This way the only demonstrations to be permitted will be those which fail to make any impact. Alice in Wonderland logic.

The ratio of arrests in comparison with the Tommy Robinson protests is absolutely wild. People peacefully holding a sign vs people violently attacking the police and the public.

We should stop calling it the second term and just call it what it is, The Grift

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'We're the future, don't wait around for Corbyn and Sultana': Inside the Green Party conference Middle East Eye talks to Co-Deputy Leader Mothin Ali and party organisers about left-wing politics and their vision for Britain

#MiddleEastEye talks to @greenparty.org.uk Co-Deputy Leader Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social and party organisers about left-wing politics and their vision for Britain

#GPconf #Bournemouth

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Not the most “I can definitely be trusted with power” kind of statement I’ve ever heard

As news comes out that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other flotilla members are being tortured in Israeli 'prisons'.

I ask you.

Do you stand with Greta Thunberg?

Spread the message Free Greta Thunberg if you do.

DOUBLETHINK DOES DOUBLETIME STEWART LEE

And he’s back!!

Sunday isn’t Sunday without Stewart Lee. We were so thrilled at @thenerve.news that Stewart came with us.

His satirical columns for the Observer were some of our most-read content: funny, surreal, angry true. Essential weekend reading.

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Thrilled to have another piece out on the history of economic republicanism! In the 19th century, republican ideas were mobilised to argue for popular economic self-government, ideas that still have much to offer in our own age of oligarchy.

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Blair is godfather to the oldest of Murdoch & Deng’s daughters.

His TB Institute is swimming in Larry Ellison / Oracle 💰 …to the tune of £half a BILLION

Ellison is best mates with Netanyahu

Oracle & its partner company Rafael Systems are deep in Israeli defence and intelligence industry.

THE PURGE

Polls show that Project 2025 didn’t resonate. Voters thought it wasn’t real. Well, now we’re living it and it’s already 47% implemented after only 9 months.

Trump’s shutdown is a shortcut: gut the federal workforce, fire career experts, replace them with loyalists. Laid out in P2025.
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The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life by Sophia Rosenfeld

Sophia Rosenfeld

Tomorrow (October 4th), please join the Haystack Book Festival in welcoming Sophia Rosenfeld alongside Dagmar Herzog to discuss her book, The Age of Choice, and the idea of worthy and unworthy lives from 1:00-2:30 pm EDT. Register for this free, virtual event here: buff.ly/lpRphZh

Photo of two X posts. The first post by Chris Murphy (@ChrisMu ...) from 9 hours ago states: "Let's open our eyes. This isn't a functioning democracy any longer when – in the middle of a high stakes funding fight – the President illegally suspends federal projects in states run by Democrats as a way to punish the political opposition." The second post by Russ Vought (@russvought ) from 10 hours ago states: "Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles. More info to come soon from @USDOT ." Both posts include profile pictures and verification badges.

How is this remotely constitutional? Our Supreme Court has made a mockery of the separation of powers.

Some of UK’s biggest banks ‘investing ever larger sums into fossil fuels’ Which’s analysis follows research finding that the world’s biggest banks significantly increased their fossil fuel finance in 2024.

Top 65 banks, including UK banks, committed $869bn (£648bn) in financing fossil fuels in 2024.

$7,900,000,000,000
over 9 years, driving climate chaos, deadly health impacts, crop failures, migration.

Banks profit from destruction and no govt stops them.

Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? Because quietly, without any great drama, a consensus has been reached. It's a disaster inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

£14.9bn was the amount robbed for fraudulent or worthless PPE.

The Government could take it back like it takes back overpaid benefits, seize assets and put out arrest warrants if they have fled overseas.

We do that for the poor criminals.

Why not for the rich ones?

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Hugged a self-described racist jailed for inciting racial hatred at his party conference.
Threatened to ‘don khaki’ in the event of Brexit being frustrated.
Disseminated the racist lies of an alleged rapist & stayed silent as racists responded by setting fire to buildings full of foreigners.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I'd want the doctor who treated me last time I was in A&E to have a little time off after an on-call weekend shift, rather than spending her time off picking up litter.

I guess I'm a bit odd and not quite fash enough for today's taste.

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.

Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.

£514bn operating profit since 2020.

Profits/Dividends go abroad.

Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

You don’t have to read between the lines. Trump is literally saying, publicly and out loud, that he is at war — actual, military-involved war — with Americans and American cities he personally dislikes. That impeachment is politically off the table is a national scandal.

Why We Need Wealth Taxes Extreme wealth undermines equality, justice, and democracy.

"For as long as billionaires exist, they will continue to treat our governments like piggy banks.

From lobbying against climate action, to funding powerful think tanks, to donating to political parties, their fortunes give them a veto over the future."
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Andy Burnham on why he’s for rejoining the EU…

…and why we need to call out Reform on Brexit. 👏👏👏👏