Assa Samaké-Roman

Assa Samake-Roman: When we work for the mutual benefit of all, everyone wins

In Scotland today, amid crises in housing, care, and trust, we need more than policy tweaks. We need imagination, writes Assa Samake-Roman ✍️

Hear hear!!

Lecture passionnante !

Tiesday's protest outside Westmister against the proposed cuts to disability entitlement.

'Welfare was not supposed to be a reward. It was a guarantee – a baseline of dignity, because we owe that to each other.
Starmer’s reforms chip away at that idea.'
@assasr.bsky.social, via The National
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YouTube video by Le Dessous des Cartes - ARTE Les Israéliens : face aux guerres de Netanyahou | L'Essentiel du Dessous des Cartes | ARTE

68 % des Israéliens seraient désormais favorables à un arrêt de la guerre contre le Hamas en échange de la libération des otages, 54 % estimant qu'elle se poursuit pour des raisons liées à la survie politique de Benyamin Netanyahou. Zoom sur Israël ⬇️

Assa Samake-Roman: We need to look at where our money vanishes to WHERE have our billions gone? Lately, I’ve found myself coming back to that question again and again. It’s the title of a book published last…

Why does public money flow so freely to business, with so little return?

From France to Scotland, we need to ask where our billions go, and why we settle for so little.

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Merci Kairin!

Assa Samake-Roman: What if we are wrong about reasons for rise in far-right support? THE Hamilton by-election delivered a political shockwave. Against all odds, Labour secured the seat, not due to a surge in popularity, but despite…

To confront this, the left needs more than economic fixes or anti-fascist slogans. It needs a competing moral vision – one that celebrates interdependence"

#fascism #economics #politics #scottishindependence
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Stonking article by @assasr.bsky.social

Merci Antoine ! J'espère que tu vas bien :-)

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Merci Élise !

christ, what a day to be an immigrant cursed with the ability to read

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Labour will restrict the number of care workers from abroad. Going forward employers should recruit locally.

One thing we learned from Brexit: Brits will not fill all those jobs that immigrants currently do.

Manifesto'26 Panel 2:
- Tommy Sheppard - Independence and Constitutional Change
- Asda Samake-Roman - Child Care
- Nick Kempe - Care
#Holyrood #Scotland #Independence

Our public meeting last week, organised by three Yes groups, with Assa Samaké-Roman and Tommy Sheppard. What is independence for, and how do we get it?

Can’t stress enough how pleased I am to see this! Boris Vallaud, who's running to lead Labour’s sister party in France, is defending the decommodification of childcare, social care, healthcare, education — the essentials of life. I’ve been writing so many columns about this!

As a French citizen in Scotland, I see #Europe from both inside and outside. That's why I think Scotland needs a deeper conversation about the #EU. Not just rejoining, but shaping what comes next.

My latest in @scotnational.bsky.social ➡️
www.thenational.scot/politics/251... #EU #independence

A strong judiciary is vital for preserving democracy The notion that by exercising its crucial role to keep political corruption in check, the French judiciary is attacking democracy is a perversion of…

Le Pen's ban from running for office is neither an attack on democracy nor a boon for the far-right. It is a move by an independent judiciary to uphold the rule of law, protect the public from political corruption, and shore up French liberal democracy.

My latest for @heraldscotland.bsky.social:

Assa Samake-Roman: What Le Pen’s conviction tells us about the far right’s playbook ANYONE who believes Marine Le Pen is being silenced has already lost the plot. That line may sound harsh, but it’s necessary.

"The playbook is simple – deflect from wrongdoing by presenting legal accountability as political suppression"
@assasr.bsky.social
@nationalscot.bsky.social
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Looking forward to this even tonight!! Come say hello if you can

Cette dame a raison.

An NHS 111 call centre

'What better moment than now? In a world where old systems are faltering and new ones have yet to be built, Scotland has the chance to lead a conversation about what sovereignty should actually mean.'
@assasr.bsky.social, via The National.
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4,1 décès pour 1.000 naissances: comment expliquer la mortalité infantile en France? Chaque année, près de 2.800 bébés ne soufflent pas leur première bougie, parmi lesquels 70% meurent à la maternité. Le livre-enquête des journalistes…

La hausse du taux de mortalité infantile s'explique notamment par la politique de fermeture des maternités de proximité.

Le taux de mortalité double quand les femmes vivent à plus de 45 minutes de la maternité.

Proud to write for @scotnational.bsky.social as it takes a stand for urgent humanitarian aid. Every donation to @medicalaidpal.bsky.social makes a difference. Please give if you can 🙏 #MAP #Gaza

Portrait d’une jeune femme en robe de la fin du 19e siècle qui disperse des fleurs d’un bouquet posé dans sa robe repliée. « Today let’s just take it one WTF at a time… »

Bonjourrrr

Parce qu’une heure de trajet vaut bien un petit rappel sur l’égoïsme ordinaire ! #SNCF #LesGensSontMerveilleux

Toujours fascinée de voir des gens monter dans un train, trouver une mère, son enfant et leur accompagnatrice assises ensemble à d’autres places que les leurs, et plutôt que d’échanger pour leur permettre de rester ensemble, exiger qu’elles se lèvent... 🤡

POV : tu découvres 10000 ans après tout le monde Zaho de Sagazan lors d'un concert à Glasgow (merci aux copines sans qui je serai encore dans l'ignorance), tu es *floored* et tu te dis que c'est pas si mal, en fait, les tempêtes ⛈️ #FourSeasonsInAConcert #NonCestToiQuiPleure #Validée✔

We're teaming up with our friends in Yes Marchmont & Morningside and Women for Independence, to promote this exciting event: Where next for Scotland? with National columnists @assasr.bsky.social and #TommySheppard

Wednesday 2nd April @ 7.30, Eric Liddel Centre, Holy Corner, EH10 4DP

See you there!

Assa Samake-Roman: Europe is paying for complacency with Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine IT’S hard to turn on the news these days without muttering, “What on Earth?” And with

'The time for decisive leadership – on security, economic resilience, and a collective vision for the continent – is now.
This moment demands a European response. The only question is if Europe is ready to provide one.'
@assasr.bsky.social via @scotnational.bsky.social
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