Barry Downes
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🚨BUDGET REACTION: Another Budget which shields the super-rich. The Chancellor “remains out of touch” while the public “pay the price.”
Full statement: bit.ly/4pt3WIB.
Full statement: bit.ly/4pt3WIB.
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨BUDGET REACTION: Another Budget which shields the super-rich. The Chancellor “remains out of touch” while the public “pay the price.”
Full statement: bit.ly/4pt3WIB.
Full statement: bit.ly/4pt3WIB.
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The Rainbow Warrior joined the flotilla calling on leaders at #COP30 to respect the Amazon, defend Indigenous lands and rights, end fossil fuels and make polluters pay. COP30 must be a COP of action for forests, for climate and for people.
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#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.
act.gp
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Rainbow Warrior joined the flotilla calling on leaders at #COP30 to respect the Amazon, defend Indigenous lands and rights, end fossil fuels and make polluters pay. COP30 must be a COP of action for forests, for climate and for people.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
act.gp/3LpWWxy
#RespectTheAmazon #MakePollutersPay
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax wealth now
It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.
www.oxfam.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
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Deep in the Amazon, a Macaw family fights to protect their home and their future.
Their story is our story, a reminder that every family, whether feathered or human, deserves a place to call home.
Remind world leaders attending #COP30 - protecting nature is protecting ourselves.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
Their story is our story, a reminder that every family, whether feathered or human, deserves a place to call home.
Remind world leaders attending #COP30 - protecting nature is protecting ourselves.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Deep in the Amazon, a Macaw family fights to protect their home and their future.
Their story is our story, a reminder that every family, whether feathered or human, deserves a place to call home.
Remind world leaders attending #COP30 - protecting nature is protecting ourselves.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
Their story is our story, a reminder that every family, whether feathered or human, deserves a place to call home.
Remind world leaders attending #COP30 - protecting nature is protecting ourselves.
act.gp/3LpWWxy
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax Wealth Now
It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.
www.oxfam.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
You should sign this! stopeumercosur.org/take-action/...
Take Action – Stop EU-Mercosur coalition
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September 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You should sign this! stopeumercosur.org/take-action/...
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Mandelson Crisis
Starmer Acts!
The new Private Eye is out now.
Starmer Acts!
The new Private Eye is out now.
September 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Mandelson Crisis
Starmer Acts!
The new Private Eye is out now.
Starmer Acts!
The new Private Eye is out now.
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
UK Government: Keep your promise to protect workers
Zero hours contracts, unfair ‘fire and rehire’, waiting months or even years to be able to access benefits – the world of work in our country is weighted against actual workers. It’s billionaire bosse...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A new law could give millions of us better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...
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Manchester City dismiss bar worker wearing United shirt at stadium during derby
Manchester City dismiss bar worker wearing United shirt at stadium during derby
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Worker shown serving pint in social media post
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City confirm ‘individual has now been removed’
Manchester City have dismissed a bar worker who wore a Manchester United shirt while serving drinks at the Etihad Stadium during the derby on Sunday.
The club were made aware of the worker via a post on X from an account called @Mataniels. It included a photograph of the man in question handing over a pint while wearing a black shirt containing a clearly visible United club crest, alongside the caption: “Absolute joke @ManCity – letting one of the bar staff in block 315 wear a United shirt on Derby Day #mcfc.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Manchester City dismiss bar worker wearing United shirt at stadium during derby
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🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Why you should leave X
A rallying cry to progressives everywhere...
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September 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🔴 NEW - Why you should leave X
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
Here’s the sad truth: Twitter no longer exists. X is something else entirely. It’s a megaphone for extremism, controlled by a deranged oligarch.
📝 latest Substack 👇🏻
🚨Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace organisations for hundreds of millions of dollars for solidarity with the ongoing Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition: act.gp/3Hrx6Ye
NO more corporate bullying! - Greenpeace International
Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition now.
act.gp
August 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🚨Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace organisations for hundreds of millions of dollars for solidarity with the ongoing Indigenous-led resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tell Energy Transfer and other corporate bullies to stop their attacks on free speech. Sign the petition: act.gp/3Hrx6Ye
We need to stop using fossil fuels. Gas, coal, and oil are the past. Renewables are the future!
Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International
Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.
act.gp
August 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We need to stop using fossil fuels. Gas, coal, and oil are the past. Renewables are the future!
Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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Sign now!
#StopFossilGas
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I’m calling on governments to #TaxTheSuperRich for a green and just future! Add your name: act.gp/42iAjSi
Tax the super-rich - Greenpeace International
Join the movement! Together, let's urge governments to tax the super-rich and fund a green and fair future.
act.gp
August 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I’m calling on governments to #TaxTheSuperRich for a green and just future! Add your name: act.gp/42iAjSi
⚠️ The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Respect the Amazon - Greenpeace International
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon and protect its forests, wildlife and its people.
act.gp
August 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
⚠️ The Amazon's powerful ability to regulate climate is under threat ⚠️
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
Illegal mining and industrial-scale agriculture are cutting and burning down vast areas of forests for a quick profit.
Add your name to demand global leaders #RespectTheAmazon act.gp/4c12sje
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Over 20,000 people are urging Ofcom to step up and stop TalkTV's blatant transphobia and hate.
Will you join them?
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-t...
Will you join them?
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-t...
July 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Over 20,000 people are urging Ofcom to step up and stop TalkTV's blatant transphobia and hate.
Will you join them?
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-t...
Will you join them?
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-t...
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Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.
This is the...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from his new tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
TalkTV is airing attacks on trans people without broadcasting the views of those who support trans rights. Call on Ofcom to take action:https://goodlaw.social/66f6a3
July 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
TalkTV is airing attacks on trans people without broadcasting the views of those who support trans rights. Call on Ofcom to take action:https://goodlaw.social/66f6a3
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Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would cause devastating climate change. But they ignored the evidence and continued drilling, instead choosing to spend an enormous amount of money and effort denying, misleading and delaying climate action.
July 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Fossil fuel companies knew decades ago that their products would cause devastating climate change. But they ignored the evidence and continued drilling, instead choosing to spend an enormous amount of money and effort denying, misleading and delaying climate action.
Big oil and gas companies are responsible for the climate crisis. We need to break their power. No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/44jSYw5
#StopFossilGas
➡️ act.gp/44jSYw5
#StopFossilGas
We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International
Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.
act.gp
June 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Big oil and gas companies are responsible for the climate crisis. We need to break their power. No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/44jSYw5
#StopFossilGas
➡️ act.gp/44jSYw5
#StopFossilGas
Greenpeace Italy with a powerful message! We need to stop using fossil gas. It's fuelling the climate crisis and makes us dependent on bullies like Putin & Trump. Renewables are the future! Sign:
No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/3TExy86
#StopFossilGas
No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/3TExy86
#StopFossilGas
We don’t need fossil fuels to power Europe. - Greenpeace International
Fossil gas, oil, and coal are not just driving the climate crisis – they’re making Europe dependent on bullies like Putin and Trump.
act.gp
June 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Greenpeace Italy with a powerful message! We need to stop using fossil gas. It's fuelling the climate crisis and makes us dependent on bullies like Putin & Trump. Renewables are the future! Sign:
No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/3TExy86
#StopFossilGas
No to fossil fuels, yes to renewables!
➡️ act.gp/3TExy86
#StopFossilGas
I just signed the Polluters Pay Pact to demand that African governments and leaders worldwide enforce binding laws to hold oil, coal and gas companies financially accountable for environmental destruction and lost livelihoods in our communities. act.gp/3FXr8xO
Polluters broke it, we're paying for it
Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.
act.gp
June 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I just signed the Polluters Pay Pact to demand that African governments and leaders worldwide enforce binding laws to hold oil, coal and gas companies financially accountable for environmental destruction and lost livelihoods in our communities. act.gp/3FXr8xO
This is so grim — Ghana has become a “fast fashion graveyard” with 15 million items of discarded clothing dumped there every single week. And the worst contributor is the UK! Clothes made by companies like M
June 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is so grim — Ghana has become a “fast fashion graveyard” with 15 million items of discarded clothing dumped there every single week. And the worst contributor is the UK! Clothes made by companies like M
Billionaires are attacking our rights, our media, and our freedom. It’s time to resist. I just signed this petition—add your name and be part of the movement: act.gp/3Rqfnlz #TimeToResist
Think corporate elites should not control our rights and freedom? Sign - Greenpeace International
Billionaires and corporations are tightening their grip on our democracies — and silencing dissent. They weaken protections for people and the planet, bankroll politicians who serve their interests, c...
act.gp
June 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Billionaires are attacking our rights, our media, and our freedom. It’s time to resist. I just signed this petition—add your name and be part of the movement: act.gp/3Rqfnlz #TimeToResist
A once in a lifetime opportunity to end plastic pollution for good. Sign this petition and let's get a Global Plastics Treaty in place!
act.gp/3HrhdRu
act.gp/3HrhdRu
Global Plastic Treaty
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June 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A once in a lifetime opportunity to end plastic pollution for good. Sign this petition and let's get a Global Plastics Treaty in place!
act.gp/3HrhdRu
act.gp/3HrhdRu