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An unbearably sad statement from the Editorial Committee (SDJ) of the AFP news agency, please read:

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.
AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip… /1

@johnswinney.bsky.social
You deemed it appropriate to speak out about Kneecap's appearance at TRNSMT when they campaign for an end to genocide.

Disturbed are due to play the Hydro on the 28th October, their singer signs bombs to be used to slaughter innocents.

You cannot stay silent on this gig.

More. Of. This.

Solidarity with Greek dock workers.

This is EXACTLY what we need more of.

It's us, the working class of the world, that will stop this genocide. No one else.

Keep going! ✊🏽🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

#FreePalestine🇵🇸

The Freedom Flotilla has two outcomes: both require us to take to the streets!

If Israel attack - they break Intl law & harm humanitarians in real time.

If they reach Gaza - they open a humanitarian corridor & uphold Intl law more than our Govs.

Our Govs MUST take action to #FreePalestine🇵🇸 NOW!

The Planning Bill could silence your voice and bulldoze through vital wildlife habitats. Once they're gone, they're gone for good.

Speak up before it's too late. Sign the petition to stop this reckless reform 👇
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🚨 Last chance to take action! 🚨

SPT’s important public consultation on the future of our region’s buses closes today at 5pm!

Please take 5 minutes to complete it and Strongly Support SPT’s proposal to "take forward bus franchising" 🚌🚏

Read our short guide here:
📝 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

We're taking back our buses - West Midlands

Earlier this month West Midlands became the 6th UK region to pledge to bring its bus network back into public control using 'franchising' powers 🚌🚏

Please complete SPT's consultation to make sure we are next! 🙏

Take action before this Thurs 29 May, 5pm
👉 betterbuses.uk/strathclyde

Love your local library.
New sign in Dennistoun.

Let's all shop at the Co-op
#cooperativesociety #palestine

Made at a family drop-in play session.
I feel the Dad has made many a stickman. 😯
Seems apt for today.

KNEECAP ARE NOT THE STORY If senior politicians can find neither the time, nor the words to condemn, say, the murder of fifteen voluntary aid workers in Gaza, or the illegal starvation of a civilian population as a method of warfare, or the killing of thousands & thousands of children in the same territory, by a state in possession of the highest precision weapons on earth; how much notice should a music festival take of their moral advice on booking performing acts? As a band that has spoken publicly for more than 30 years about the illegal occupation, apartheid system and killing with impunity of thousands of Palestinians, we are hyper aware of the both the human cost of abject political silence, and the commercial implications of publicly expressing solidarity with an oppressed people.

Language matters of course. The hideous murders of elected politicians Jo Cox and David Amess means there’s no scope for flippancy or recklessness. But do politicians and right-wing journalists strategically concocting moral outrage over the stage utterings of a young punk band, while simultaneously obfuscating or even ignoring a genocide happening in real time (including the killing of journalists in unprecedented numbers) have any right to intimidate festival events into acts of political censorship? Kneecap are not the story. Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story. And the silence, acquiescence and support of those crimes against humanity by the elected British government is the real story. Solidarity with all artists with the moral courage to speak out against Israeli war crimes, and the ongoing persecution and slaughter of the Palestinian people. Massive Attack.

Massive Attack 👏👏👏👏

Caught in a springtrap , right next to the pairs two unhatched eggs – this is the true story of a hen harrier attempting to breed on the infamous Leadhills Estate in Scotland .

We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The UK is supplying weapons to a country whose leader is wanted for war crimes.

How much simpler can we put it?

Has there been major refurbishment or moving of the stone? The different photos of this stone online really confuse me.

Just found it recently when changed my cycle route. Big windaes too.

"UNITE HOSPITALITY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS AT THE GLASGOW FILM THEATRE Following discussions between Unite the Union and the Glasgow Film Theatre, we have come to an agreement to remove Coca-Cola products from the cinema bar, for the duration of the Glasgow Film Festival."

Via Unite Hospitality:
"Glasgow’s most iconic cinema agrees to cut-ties with CocaCola following a campaign from Unite the Union members at the GFT in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Collective action works."

#OtD 3 Mar 1932 the right to free speech on Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, was won after over a decade of direct action. Up to 100,000 people at a time defied a ban, often arming themselves with sticks, hammers and bottles until authorities caved stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1...

UK military spending will increase to 2.5% of GDP from 2027 - a further £13.4 billion a year.

The UK already spends £64 billion per year on the military.

Starmer's cuts welfare to fund warfare endanger us all.

The team along with other activists face off with Police Scotland yesterday at the Scottish Labour conference, protesting their complicity in the genocide in Palestine.

Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately

‘Who tells the story determines the story that gets told.’

In 2017 Common People, an anthology of working class memoir was our attempt to offer alternative narratives.

So much yet to be done.

See the work of @drdaveobrien.bsky.social

The Growth Fantasy The BBC’s Newsnight Editor tell us that the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves entered the room for the PLP meeting clapping her hands saying: “growth, growth, growth”. The obsession with growth as a …

Perpetual growth on a finite planet is an ecological catastrophe yet remains an uncontested truth for a failed political elite
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/01/28/t...

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