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Visions, Spirits and Emanations: New album by me available via Bandcamp sylvanshroud.bandcamp.com
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Fascism on the rise, domestic violence kills thousands of women, rape is effectively decriminalised, COVID corruption goes unpunished, hate crime and child sexual abuse are rampant.
But the police, those faithful servants of capitalism, are arresting peaceful protestors against climate breakdown.
But the police, those faithful servants of capitalism, are arresting peaceful protestors against climate breakdown.
🚨 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...
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...
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.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Fascism on the rise, domestic violence kills thousands of women, rape is effectively decriminalised, COVID corruption goes unpunished, hate crime and child sexual abuse are rampant.
But the police, those faithful servants of capitalism, are arresting peaceful protestors against climate breakdown.
But the police, those faithful servants of capitalism, are arresting peaceful protestors against climate breakdown.
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A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s in the millions of tonnes of sludge sprayed on to farmland? The answer won’t make you happy | George Monbiot
Thanks to breathtaking negligence, the liquid fertiliser used to help grow our food bubbles with a lethal cocktail of toxins, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A gobsmacking story. Water companies let toxic waste disposers, for cash, dump their loads into sewage farms. The sewage sludge is then spread, untested, on farmland, potentially poisoning vast areas, entire ecosystems and the people (you and me) eating the food.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Visions, Spirits and Emanations: New album by me available via Bandcamp sylvanshroud.bandcamp.com
Sylvan Shroud
sylvanshroud.bandcamp.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Visions, Spirits and Emanations: New album by me available via Bandcamp sylvanshroud.bandcamp.com
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Keir Starmer says UK Treasury will be "ruthless" on public spending cuts.
It's continuation of Tory austerity.
How many will be deprived of food, housing, healthcare, education ...?
Lives sacrificed to appease corporations, the rich and neoliberal dogma
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's continuation of Tory austerity.
How many will be deprived of food, housing, healthcare, education ...?
Lives sacrificed to appease corporations, the rich and neoliberal dogma
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Keir Starmer says Treasury will be ruthless on public spending cuts
Chancellor’s tough approach to public spending ‘absolutely right’, says PM after cost of government borrowing rose
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Keir Starmer says UK Treasury will be "ruthless" on public spending cuts.
It's continuation of Tory austerity.
How many will be deprived of food, housing, healthcare, education ...?
Lives sacrificed to appease corporations, the rich and neoliberal dogma
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's continuation of Tory austerity.
How many will be deprived of food, housing, healthcare, education ...?
Lives sacrificed to appease corporations, the rich and neoliberal dogma
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
January 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
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Our best wishes are with every fox out there today trying to escape the hunts.
And a big fuck you to the cowards that are hunting these animals for kicks
And a big fuck you to the cowards that are hunting these animals for kicks
December 26, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Our best wishes are with every fox out there today trying to escape the hunts.
And a big fuck you to the cowards that are hunting these animals for kicks
And a big fuck you to the cowards that are hunting these animals for kicks
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Israel is invading Syria.
While committing genocide in Gaza, settler terror in the West Bank & bombing raids on Lebanon, Israeli tanks roll into Damascus.
This is a system of oppression that knows no borders — yet the UK government parrots lines about “Israeli self-defence”.
While committing genocide in Gaza, settler terror in the West Bank & bombing raids on Lebanon, Israeli tanks roll into Damascus.
This is a system of oppression that knows no borders — yet the UK government parrots lines about “Israeli self-defence”.
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Israel is invading Syria.
While committing genocide in Gaza, settler terror in the West Bank & bombing raids on Lebanon, Israeli tanks roll into Damascus.
This is a system of oppression that knows no borders — yet the UK government parrots lines about “Israeli self-defence”.
While committing genocide in Gaza, settler terror in the West Bank & bombing raids on Lebanon, Israeli tanks roll into Damascus.
This is a system of oppression that knows no borders — yet the UK government parrots lines about “Israeli self-defence”.
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
December 7, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
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No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
December 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.
This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
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BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
December 5, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds
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“More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high.”
This is not inevitable, and it is not irreversible.
Both main parties have just decided that some children deserve to grow up in poverty.
amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
This is not inevitable, and it is not irreversible.
Both main parties have just decided that some children deserve to grow up in poverty.
amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high | Poverty | The Guardian
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
amp.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:51 AM
“More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high.”
This is not inevitable, and it is not irreversible.
Both main parties have just decided that some children deserve to grow up in poverty.
amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
This is not inevitable, and it is not irreversible.
Both main parties have just decided that some children deserve to grow up in poverty.
amp.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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This is the most important piece I’ve worked on this year.
Lizzie Greenwood is a total hero and deserves all our support and solidarity - please read and share.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/my-h...
Lizzie Greenwood is a total hero and deserves all our support and solidarity - please read and share.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/my-h...
My Hunger Strike Against Genocide
Lizzie Greenwood is on day 31 of her hunger strike, consuming just 250 calories a day — the same as what Palestinians in Gaza endure. Writing for Tribune, she vows to continue until arms sales stop.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 5:08 PM
This is the most important piece I’ve worked on this year.
Lizzie Greenwood is a total hero and deserves all our support and solidarity - please read and share.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/my-h...
Lizzie Greenwood is a total hero and deserves all our support and solidarity - please read and share.
tribunemag.co.uk/2024/11/my-h...
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The government failed to confirm Netanyahu would be immediately arrested in the UK, despite an ICC warrant.
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
November 25, 2024 at 9:13 PM
The government failed to confirm Netanyahu would be immediately arrested in the UK, despite an ICC warrant.
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
They admitted UK-made F-35 parts could violate international law, yet continue selling arms.
When will the government end its complicity in genocide & end all arms sales?
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You cannot refuse to nationalise our water services whilst their CEOs make billions of pounds for dumping sewage in our waters and claim to be progressive.
You can't defend the first past the post voting system and claim to be progressive.
You can't tweet partnerships with BlackRock etc etc etc et
You can't defend the first past the post voting system and claim to be progressive.
You can't tweet partnerships with BlackRock etc etc etc et
November 22, 2024 at 10:43 AM
You cannot refuse to nationalise our water services whilst their CEOs make billions of pounds for dumping sewage in our waters and claim to be progressive.
You can't defend the first past the post voting system and claim to be progressive.
You can't tweet partnerships with BlackRock etc etc etc et
You can't defend the first past the post voting system and claim to be progressive.
You can't tweet partnerships with BlackRock etc etc etc et
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You cannot spend £22bn on carbon capture & storage having abandoned your £28bn green plan and claim to be on the left or progressive.
You can't defend a two child benefit cap & refuse wealth taxes and claim to be on the progressive.
You can't enable a genoicde & claim to be progressive.
You can't defend a two child benefit cap & refuse wealth taxes and claim to be on the progressive.
You can't enable a genoicde & claim to be progressive.
November 22, 2024 at 10:42 AM
You cannot spend £22bn on carbon capture & storage having abandoned your £28bn green plan and claim to be on the left or progressive.
You can't defend a two child benefit cap & refuse wealth taxes and claim to be on the progressive.
You can't enable a genoicde & claim to be progressive.
You can't defend a two child benefit cap & refuse wealth taxes and claim to be on the progressive.
You can't enable a genoicde & claim to be progressive.
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Continuing to sell arms to Israel is to be complicit in war crimes. These arrest warrants underline how utterly indefensible it is. What is our Government waiting for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander - BBC News
International Criminal Court judges say there are “reasonable grounds” they bore "criminal responsibility" for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Continuing to sell arms to Israel is to be complicit in war crimes. These arrest warrants underline how utterly indefensible it is. What is our Government waiting for?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested immediately if he steps on British soil.
As a former human rights lawyer, the Prime Minister should be well-versed in international law and the legal implications surrounding war crimes and accountability.
As a former human rights lawyer, the Prime Minister should be well-versed in international law and the legal implications surrounding war crimes and accountability.
November 21, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested immediately if he steps on British soil.
As a former human rights lawyer, the Prime Minister should be well-versed in international law and the legal implications surrounding war crimes and accountability.
As a former human rights lawyer, the Prime Minister should be well-versed in international law and the legal implications surrounding war crimes and accountability.
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UK deprivation levels have risen to the highest in the 21st century, according to a landmark report. More than one in three children are now in poverty and a quarter of adults.
It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
UK deprivation levels have risen to the highest in the 21st century, according to a landmark report. More than one in three children are now in poverty and a quarter of adults.
It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
It is a scandal - but so is the pretence that any of this is normal. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Whilst I’m not leaving X as yet, I would very much like to spend more time here.
So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!
So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!
November 14, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Whilst I’m not leaving X as yet, I would very much like to spend more time here.
So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!
So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!