YouTube video by One State Palestine Held Without Charge: George Galloway Exposes Political Censorship in Britain

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The best piece of sociopolitical analysis I've read recently – briefish, focused, clarificatory and accurate 🎯
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill update: this isn’t the end Thank you to the thousands of you who spoke up for wetlands recently by writing to your MP about the threat they face from the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

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The Manchester Synagogue Attack - Could It Be a False Flag? When I first heard of the tragic attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Crumpsall, Manchester, a car-ramming and stabbing on Yom Kippur that killed two victims in total, one of the victims b...

"The Manchester synagogue attack is a horror. But we must not let horror silence our critical faculties. We must not allow tragedy to become the drumbeat that beats down dissent."
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Digital IDs: Big Tech's latest power grab in the UK Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance. This week we’re taking a look at the UK’s new digital ID scheme and how it relates to technology and power.

Digital IDs: Big Tech's latest power grab in the UK
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Demonstrators wear football-style scarves reading 'Fuel Poverty Action' and hold banners including one reading 'Fuel Poverty Kills, we need Energy For All'

A demonstrator talks to LBC

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Today, our energy bills go up AGAIN.

Labour promised to bring down bills by £300 - instead they're soaring 💸

💪 That's why we're taking our demands to Labour Conference.

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In a time of near universal deceit, any serious attempt to articulate the truth is derided by many as crackpot conspiracy theorising.

Hammersmith and Fulham to introduce AI in its CCTV cameras The cabinet paper also recommended drones be introduced as an enforcement aids, subject to approval.

The Starmerite Labour Totalitarian Tiptoe: first one council, then another, then another and another . . . Then the whole stinking shebang 💩

One nation under CCTV morphs into one nation under FRT.

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Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID) Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

The Government has revealed plans for a new mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

“To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured & commanded – by creatures who have neither the right, nor the wisdom, nor the virtue, to do so.” ~ PJ Proudhon

Which political parties support public ownership? We Own It have launched a 'Public Ownership Party Scorecard' - ranking each political party on their policies.

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Becoming our own spies: The rise and rise of surveillance culture Gen Z loves tracking each other's location, but are they inadvertently creating a surveillance nightmare?

Becoming our own spies: The rise and rise of surveillance culture
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Beware of Monitoring Spirits Silent observers may actually do more harm than good

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One State in Palestine Campaigning for a single unitary and democratic state in Palestine.

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Historic: Italy is on strike, disrupting business as usual & protesting complicity in Israel’s genocide & apartheid against Palestinians, bringing major cities to a halt.

Hundreds of thousands are demonstrating across 80 cities & towns, from south to north, blocking roads, ports & railway stations.

Israel “falsifying” Palestinian rapes to further Gaza genocide New report by the Sexual Violence Prevention Association also details systemic Israeli rape of Palestinians.

Israel “falsifying” Palestinian rapes to further Gaza genocide
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Rewrite the Story or Risk It All: Labour’s Test on Human Rights Akiko Hart is the Director of Liberty.

Rewrite the Story or Risk It All: Labour’s Test on Human Rights
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Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens leader Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more

The Conservatives started this experiment.

But Labour are fully on board too.

No 10 refuse to comment or take action - but we're all paying the price for corporate greed.

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MPs suggest National Commission on Electoral Reform In our increasingly fragmented and volatile political environment, the case for electoral reform becomes clearer every day. And as the political landscape changes, so too will the route

MPs suggest National Commission on Electoral Reform electoral-reform.org.uk/mps-suggest-... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

A test for the Prime Minister The Prime Minister must commit to following the Independent Adviser's recommendations on Angela Rayner. Sign our letter.

The Prime Minister must commit to following the Independent Adviser's recommendations on Angela Rayner. Sign our letter.

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Europe blinks in the fight against Big Tech Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance newsletter. This week, we’re taking stock of Europe’s latest move on Google.

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The Photographer Who Looked Past the Idea of Italy Gianni Berengo Gardin spent a lifetime revealing the real people, real ironies, and real beauty of a country that people only think they know.

The Italian photographer Gianni Berengo Gardin left behind an archive of more than two million stills, constituting one large portrait of Italy’s postwar era. “I’m not an artist,” he liked to say. “I’m just a witness of what I see.”

YouTube video by One State Palestine The One-State Solution: Ending Apartheid and Saving Palestine - Ousman Speaks Out

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It's time for a maximum wage New data from the High Pay Centre shows that the median FTSE 100 CEO now earns £4.58 million a year – 122 times more than the typical UK worker, with some, like Tesco’s CEO, paid 431 times more than t...

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How to Use AI to Write Blog Posts (Without Losing Your Soul) Learn how to use AI to write better blog posts more easily but without losing the human touch only you can deliver. Follow these tips and prompts now.

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The Lives and Loves of James Baldwin An older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes.

James Baldwin’s message was simple: we’re afraid of love, because we’re afraid of exposing our true selves.

Purity of the Heart Is to Follow One Thing The emo existentialism of Søren Kierkegaard – Justin Taylor

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YouTube video by World Animal Protection Cows Have Secret Lives | Celebrating the Minds Behind the Moo

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Updated Terms and Policies - Bluesky We’re updating the language in our terms and policies to better explain our approach and provide more detail.

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