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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 5h

Another World Is Not Only Possible — It Is Necessary and Urgent, see socialistproject.ca/2026/01/two-...

Two Statements from South Africa on the Challenges for Socialists

Another World Is Not Only Possible — It Is Necessary and Urgent We enter a new year in a time of deep crisis and danger. In South Africa, the state under the Government Of National Unity dominated by ...

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 1d

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/u_t9

Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...

38d.gs

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 2d

Free Speech and Its Enemies, see socialistproject.ca/2026/01/free...

Free Speech and Its Enemies

“We are just so shocked,” a German friend residing in Switzerland wrote the other day. “These cases affect us very much, as they will have consequences for us all.” What cases would these be, you may ...

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gregorgall.bsky.social @gregorgall.bsky.social · 3d

#RMT #EddieLynch Good response from RMT union: 'We condemn the illegal military attack carried out by the United States of America on Venezuela which resulted in President Maduro being kidnapped by US special forces.'
www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-sta...

RMT statement on US military attack against Venezuela

General secretary Eddie Dempsey said: “We condemn the illegal military attack carried out by the United States of America on Venezuela which resulted in President Maduro being kidnapped by US special ...

www.rmt.org.uk

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 3d

The Illusion of Reform and Stability in Zimbabwe, see globallabourcolumn.org/2025/12/22/t...

The Illusion of Reform and Stability in Zimbabwe

-Obert Masaraure Zimbabwe’s Labour Minister, Edgar Moyo, was elected the 113th President of the International Labour Conference (ILC) at its annual gathering held in Geneva from June 2nd to June 15…

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 3d

US military aggression against Venezuela: @etuc-ces.bsky.social calls on EU to act to uphold international law www.etuc.org/en/node/26087

US military aggression against Venezuela: EU must act to uphold international law

The ETUC expresses its deep concerns about the US military operations in Venezuela and condemns such US military intervention in breach of the UN Charter and international law.

www.etuc.org

LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 4d

FINLAND: The private early childhood education and care sector got an all-new collective agreement www.jhl.fi/en/news/the-...

New collective agreement for the private ECEC sector

Salaries and wages rise 2.5% in August. Employers need to start applying the new terms and conditions of employment as soon as possible.

www.jhl.fi

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 5d

Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague, see socialistproject.ca/2026/01/high...

Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague

The horrors of fascism have returned, not as ghosts, but as a plague, fueled by racial hatred and historical amnesia, infiltrating schools, universities, and the public sphere through state violence, ...

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 11d

First Venezuela (Then China?), see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/firs...

First Venezuela (Then China?)

The escalation of US aggression against Venezuela seems unstoppable, while extrajudicial executions by US forces accumulate in the Caribbean and the Pacific. Threats are becoming increasingly vocal in...

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 16d

The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/amer...

The American Dream, We Hardly Knew You

“Nearly 70% of people said they believe the American dream no longer holds true or never did, the highest level in nearly 15 years of surveys.” — Lindsay Ellis and Aaron Zitner, “Americans’ Hopes for ...

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social · 16d

Ashamed of this government

The Independent @the-independent.com · 16d

Palestine Action activist on hunger strike taken to hospital

www.independent.co.uk

The Independent @the-independent.com · 16d

Palestine Action activist on hunger strike taken to hospital

www.independent.co.uk

Transnational Institute @tninstitute.bsky.social · 21d

On this day 15 years ago, the Arab Uprisings started in Tunisia. How should we understand the root causes of the 2011 uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa? www.tni.org/en/dossier/t...

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 22d

COP 30: Entrenching the Crisis of Climate Politics, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/cop-...

COP 30: Entrenching the Crisis of Climate Politics

As the dust settles after COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the scale of the failure becomes impossible to ignore. The world is on a path toward catastrophic warming, ecological systems are collapsing, and mill...

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 22d

The Many Faces of (In)Equality, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/the-...

The Many Faces of (In)Equality

Adolph Reed Jr. and Ken Warren, two of the most prominent participants in the race-vs-class saga haunting the left, return here to deepen their case and do so with great clarity. Along the way they pr...

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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 22d

Es ist noch ein langer Weg bis zur Gleichberechtigung.

Gender Pay Gap: Frauen verdienen 16 Prozent weniger als Männer

Trotz gleicher Arbeit und gleicher Qualifikation bekamen Frauen 2025 weniger Lohn. Laut Statistischem Bundesamt liegt das daran, dass sie sich häufiger um die Familie kümmern – aber nicht nur.

www.spiegel.de

Howard Stevenson @howardstevenson.bsky.social · 23d

Very proud of my ex-colleagues in @uonucu.bsky.social - the commitment and resolve of members is extraordinary. Solidarity to them all - they deserve so much better.

University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 23d

🚨🚨 BRANCH UPDATE 🚨🚨

With our current industrial action mandate nearly expired and strike action called off after winning our demand for no compulsory redundancies through most of next year, our branch saw the need to keep up the pressure against the administration.

A photo of members and students at a UCU rally

University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 23d

And the outpouring of support from students and community members (not to mention their own incredible organising efforts) proves that the world is on our side.

We are the university. And if this administration refuses to back down, we will show you exactly what that means.

University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 23d

🚨🚨 BRANCH UPDATE 🚨🚨

With our current industrial action mandate nearly expired and strike action called off after winning our demand for no compulsory redundancies through most of next year, our branch saw the need to keep up the pressure against the administration.

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 25d

Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action, see socialistproject.ca/2025/12/work...

Working-Class Priorities as the Principle for Climate Action

The global climate emergency is no longer a distant warning – it is an unfolding catastrophe. Longer heatwaves, recurring cyclones, changing rainfall patterns, and rising sea levels are already reshap...

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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 26d

BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc

Cato Institute @cato.org · 26d

“The annual chance of being murdered in an Afghan terrorist attack is about 1 in 14.2 billion per year. The annual chance of being murdered in a normal homicide is about 1 in 14,000 per year, approximately one million times greater,” writes Cato Institute's Alex Nowrasteh.
https://ow.ly/u6TE50XH9Th

Afghan Terrorism Is a Small Threat in the United States

Anti-terrorism policy in immigration should target actual offenders, not entire nationalities with no demonstrated connection to terrorism.

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 26d

"Of the 1,022 members of the university community who took part in the vote, 983 (96.2 per cent) voted that they have “No Confidence” in Professor Canagarajah. Meanwhile, 39 (3.8 per cent) expressed confidence in his leadership."

www.leicester.news/leicester-un...

Leicester university vice chancellor loses vote of no confidence

96.2 per cent vote that they have no confidence amid mass sackings

www.leicester.news

Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 28d

The UK has agreed to pay pharma BILLIONS more for medicines to keep Trump happy – I’ve written to my MP urging them to do everything they can to stop this disastrous deal. Use this tool to email yours too!

act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4671

Write to your MP: stop big pharma’s NHS raid

The UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump that could see the NHS pay pharma companies an extra £3 billion a year for drugs. Experts say that diverting NHS funding to pay for this deal woul...

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 28d

GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt

OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW

GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.

38d.gs

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 28d

Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), previously watered down just last year, is among the slash list.

@ec.europa.eu is dangerously backtracking on democratically agreed rules to support industries producing green European steel, chemicals and cement.

This is not helping the European economy.

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 28d

When nature loses, we all lose.

Environmental laws need no fixing. They need enforcing.

Protect the rules that protect us.

#HandsOffNature @chiaramartinelli.bsky.social

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 28d

Let's be clear: Environmental Omnibus weakens the rules set to keep us safe, our air breathable, our water clean and our nature alive.

The decision is heavily stained with fingerprints from the industry lobbyists.

Unfortunately, nature cannot buy such a political influence.

🧵/3 #HandsOffNature

EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 28d

#NoContractNoCoffee

📣 EPSU & @effat.org take action to support #Starbucks workers on strike in the US!

✊🏾 We join @sbworkersunited.org & @seiu.org’s global action call - #solidarity with Starbucks workers.

A recent report reveals major tax avoidance of Starbucks - pay your taxes, pay fair wages!

CSSGJ @cssgj.bsky.social · Dec 7

CSSGJ is honoured to host Tariq Ali on 11th December at 6pm (UK time). The title of his talk is 'Gaza and the Demise of International Law and Order'. For a free ticket please register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gaza-and-t... @abieler.bsky.social @oliverdodd.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social

Gaza and the Demise of International Law and Order

Tariq Ali delivers the CSSGJ Annual Lecture 2025: Gaza and the demise of international law and global order

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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