Bert Russell
@bertrussell.bsky.social
Senior Fellow ICTA at UAB
Author "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green and Democratic Future" (2025) & “Radical Municipalism: The Politics of the Common and the Democratization of Public Services” (2025)
Preorder books: https://linktr.ee/Bertierussell
Author "Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green and Democratic Future" (2025) & “Radical Municipalism: The Politics of the Common and the Democratization of Public Services” (2025)
Preorder books: https://linktr.ee/Bertierussell
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@bertrussell.bsky.social
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Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future (available to preorder)
Jun 25, 2025
www.in-abundance.org
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future
With @kmilb.bsky.social, and @kaiheron.bsky.social.
Release date: 20 September 2025.
Available to pre-order now from @plutopress.bsky.social (via link below).
www.in-abundance.org/latest/new-b...
With @kmilb.bsky.social, and @kaiheron.bsky.social.
Release date: 20 September 2025.
Available to pre-order now from @plutopress.bsky.social (via link below).
www.in-abundance.org/latest/new-b...
I'll be speaking at a number of events in the Netherlands at the end of February, along with @kmilb.bsky.social
This is on the 27th February.
www.spui25.nl/programma/ra...
This is on the 27th February.
www.spui25.nl/programma/ra...
Radical Abundance: A Political Agenda for Cities
What is the political agenda necessary to make cities more just and sustainable? In a world of excess wealth and increasing social inequalities cities are becoming less accessible, inclusive and div...
www.spui25.nl
January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I'll be speaking at a number of events in the Netherlands at the end of February, along with @kmilb.bsky.social
This is on the 27th February.
www.spui25.nl/programma/ra...
This is on the 27th February.
www.spui25.nl/programma/ra...
In his parting words to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his state visit in March 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, "Right now there are changes – the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years – and we are the ones driving these changes together"
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
In his parting words to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his state visit in March 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping said, "Right now there are changes – the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years – and we are the ones driving these changes together"
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How can we protect democracy from capital, not the other way around?
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance - LSE Review of Books
Kai Heron, Keir Milburn & Bertie Russell's Radical Abundance calls for a transition from capitalism to a “radical abundance” that benefits people & the planet.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
How can we protect democracy from capital, not the other way around?
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social reviewed by Ivan Radanović @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
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As if the people of Gaza have not suffered enough. But Blair’s inclusion confirms the obvious - this is a board of colonial administration, run by war criminals and kleptocrats. It has zero legitimacy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump appoints Blair, Kushner and Rubio to Gaza ‘board of peace’
White House says seven-strong board, chaired by Trump, will steer Gaza through next phase of reconstruction
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
As if the people of Gaza have not suffered enough. But Blair’s inclusion confirms the obvious - this is a board of colonial administration, run by war criminals and kleptocrats. It has zero legitimacy.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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NEW✨ How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance.
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
#Review by Ivan Radanović 👇
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
#Review by Ivan Radanović 👇
How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance - LSE Review of Books
Kai Heron, Keir Milburn & Bertie Russell's Radical Abundance calls for a transition from capitalism to a “radical abundance” that benefits people & the planet.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM
NEW✨ How to transition from capitalism’s scarcity to radical abundance.
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
#Review by Ivan Radanović 👇
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social @abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social
#Review by Ivan Radanović 👇
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Heba Muraisi is in critical condition on day 72 of her hunger strike. She struggling to breathe and suffering uncontrollable muscle spasms.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 65. He is experiencing shrinkage to the muscle of his heart and has been diagnosed with bradycardia.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 65. He is experiencing shrinkage to the muscle of his heart and has been diagnosed with bradycardia.
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Heba Muraisi is in critical condition on day 72 of her hunger strike. She struggling to breathe and suffering uncontrollable muscle spasms.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 65. He is experiencing shrinkage to the muscle of his heart and has been diagnosed with bradycardia.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 65. He is experiencing shrinkage to the muscle of his heart and has been diagnosed with bradycardia.
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I'm in Southampton in a fortnight discussing the @plutopress.bsky.social book Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future written by @bertrussell.bsky.social, @kaiheron.bsky.social, and myself.
The Radical Abundance roadshow continues!
The Radical Abundance roadshow continues!
New year event 🌳 Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do.
Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 22nd January 2026, 7:00pm
Tickets🎟️ £5.00
#octoberbooks #booklaunch
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do.
Details:
Dates/Times🕰️ 22nd January 2026, 7:00pm
Tickets🎟️ £5.00
#octoberbooks #booklaunch
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I'm in Southampton in a fortnight discussing the @plutopress.bsky.social book Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future written by @bertrussell.bsky.social, @kaiheron.bsky.social, and myself.
The Radical Abundance roadshow continues!
The Radical Abundance roadshow continues!
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What would a world of radical abundance look like?
We had @kmilb.bsky.social to answer this question on the New Economics Podcast last year. Listen here: linktr.ee/neweconomics...
We had @kmilb.bsky.social to answer this question on the New Economics Podcast last year. Listen here: linktr.ee/neweconomics...
January 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
What would a world of radical abundance look like?
We had @kmilb.bsky.social to answer this question on the New Economics Podcast last year. Listen here: linktr.ee/neweconomics...
We had @kmilb.bsky.social to answer this question on the New Economics Podcast last year. Listen here: linktr.ee/neweconomics...
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"The way to achieve ‘radical abundance’, meaning enough for all, is not to pursue more growth but to shift the balance of power"
Anna Coote of @neweconomics.bsky.social reviews "Radical Abundance" by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social & @bertrussell.bsky.social
Anna Coote of @neweconomics.bsky.social reviews "Radical Abundance" by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social & @bertrussell.bsky.social
Post-capitalist realism?
Review of Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell, Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future, Pluto Press, 2025
There is an emerging consensus among progressives about how to pursue ...
renewal.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
"The way to achieve ‘radical abundance’, meaning enough for all, is not to pursue more growth but to shift the balance of power"
Anna Coote of @neweconomics.bsky.social reviews "Radical Abundance" by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social & @bertrussell.bsky.social
Anna Coote of @neweconomics.bsky.social reviews "Radical Abundance" by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social & @bertrussell.bsky.social
It is about oil. But just as important - if not more so - is eliminating opposition to the US assuming the entire of the Americas as its “operational space”.
This is part of the US response to its role as global hegemon being gradually undermined
This is part of the US response to its role as global hegemon being gradually undermined
“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
It is about oil. But just as important - if not more so - is eliminating opposition to the US assuming the entire of the Americas as its “operational space”.
This is part of the US response to its role as global hegemon being gradually undermined
This is part of the US response to its role as global hegemon being gradually undermined
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So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
So, to clarify, spray-painting a plane is terrorism, holding a sign to support the organisation those that spray-painted the plane were members of is terrorism, but taking a foreign head of state hostage needs to wait for a press conference from the hostage taker for nuance?
As the US extends its naked imperial violence to Venezuela, what is under threat is ‘a strategy of socialist construction’ that is of historical importance
monthlyreview.org/articles/a-s...
monthlyreview.org/articles/a-s...
A Special Issue on Communes in Socialist Construction - Monthly Review
monthlyreview.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
As the US extends its naked imperial violence to Venezuela, what is under threat is ‘a strategy of socialist construction’ that is of historical importance
monthlyreview.org/articles/a-s...
monthlyreview.org/articles/a-s...
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This book by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social ky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social is really interesting! Great read, with novel ideas
December 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This book by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social ky.social @bertrussell.bsky.social is really interesting! Great read, with novel ideas
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I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
December 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
Wow thanks!
To be someone’s favourite book published this year… well it’s really an honour.
To be someone’s favourite book published this year… well it’s really an honour.
As in read this year? Probably Ursula Le Guin's Lathe of Heaven.
Published this year? Probably Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
Published this year? Probably Radical Abundance by @kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wow thanks!
To be someone’s favourite book published this year… well it’s really an honour.
To be someone’s favourite book published this year… well it’s really an honour.
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💸 Soaring bills for us, but huge payouts to shareholders.
💩 Sewage in our waterways, but bailouts for water companies.
🛤️ Delayed trains, but ticket hikes every year.
What if it didn’t have to be like this?
🎧 Listen now to learn more.
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
w/@abundance-org.bsky.social
💩 Sewage in our waterways, but bailouts for water companies.
🛤️ Delayed trains, but ticket hikes every year.
What if it didn’t have to be like this?
🎧 Listen now to learn more.
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
w/@abundance-org.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
💸 Soaring bills for us, but huge payouts to shareholders.
💩 Sewage in our waterways, but bailouts for water companies.
🛤️ Delayed trains, but ticket hikes every year.
What if it didn’t have to be like this?
🎧 Listen now to learn more.
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
w/@abundance-org.bsky.social
💩 Sewage in our waterways, but bailouts for water companies.
🛤️ Delayed trains, but ticket hikes every year.
What if it didn’t have to be like this?
🎧 Listen now to learn more.
neweconomics.org/2025/10/radi...
w/@abundance-org.bsky.social
Call for Papers for POLLEN Conference... deadline tomorrow!
Theorising the Ecosocialist Transition
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
Barcelona June 29 - July 3, 2026
Theorising the Ecosocialist Transition
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
Barcelona June 29 - July 3, 2026
P040: Theorising the Ecosocialist Transition
Panel presentation and discussion
nomadit.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Call for Papers for POLLEN Conference... deadline tomorrow!
Theorising the Ecosocialist Transition
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
Barcelona June 29 - July 3, 2026
Theorising the Ecosocialist Transition
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
Barcelona June 29 - July 3, 2026
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A Rebuke to Elliot Abrams’ Venezuela Delusions
A Rebuke to Elliot Abrams’ Venezuela Delusions
When the infamous neocon warns about “criminal regimes,” I don’t think of Venezuela. I think of the mass graves, the scorched villages, the secret prisons, and the tens of thousands of Latin American lives shattered under the policies he championed.
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A Rebuke to Elliot Abrams’ Venezuela Delusions
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Capitalism has failed us: radical abundance is the answer.
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Capitalism has failed us: radical abundance is the answer.
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
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Capitalism has failed us: radical abundance is the answer.
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Capitalism has failed us: radical abundance is the answer.
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
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FfS-Dyfi: Filmmaking for a Flourishing Future 🌱
6 PAID places to (re)learn doc filmmaking centring future wellbeing.
For people connected to the Dyfi, Rheidol & Ystwyth watersheds.
Apply by 30.11.25 → FfilmSchool.org
FfS: we can make film better.
@ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social @co2rehub.bsky.social
6 PAID places to (re)learn doc filmmaking centring future wellbeing.
For people connected to the Dyfi, Rheidol & Ystwyth watersheds.
Apply by 30.11.25 → FfilmSchool.org
FfS: we can make film better.
@ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social @co2rehub.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
FfS-Dyfi: Filmmaking for a Flourishing Future 🌱
6 PAID places to (re)learn doc filmmaking centring future wellbeing.
For people connected to the Dyfi, Rheidol & Ystwyth watersheds.
Apply by 30.11.25 → FfilmSchool.org
FfS: we can make film better.
@ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social @co2rehub.bsky.social
6 PAID places to (re)learn doc filmmaking centring future wellbeing.
For people connected to the Dyfi, Rheidol & Ystwyth watersheds.
Apply by 30.11.25 → FfilmSchool.org
FfS: we can make film better.
@ffilmcymruwales.bsky.social @co2rehub.bsky.social
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Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity.
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Why Liberal Abundance is Bullsh*t
Capitalism has created a world of bullsh*t abundance and artificial scarcity, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. The system’s pursuit of profits has put us on…
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity.
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
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Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity.
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Why Liberal Abundance is Bullsh*t
Capitalism has created a world of bullsh*t abundance and artificial scarcity, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. The system’s pursuit of profits has put us on…
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance and artificial scarcity.
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Listen to the latest Radicals in Conversation with the authors of Radical Abundance, @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrh...
Can anyone recommend an email list host, ideally part of a social-solidarity economy initiative, as a replacement for mailchimp?
The latter charges £200pa if you’ve got more than 500 addresses.
The latter charges £200pa if you’ve got more than 500 addresses.
November 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Can anyone recommend an email list host, ideally part of a social-solidarity economy initiative, as a replacement for mailchimp?
The latter charges £200pa if you’ve got more than 500 addresses.
The latter charges £200pa if you’ve got more than 500 addresses.
This is good, but, it doesn't matter whether you were born here or arrived yesterday on a boat.
A basic principle of international solidarity is that we should stand against *all* attempts to divide and exploit us.
British or not, unions should stand up for *all* those who rely on work to live.
A basic principle of international solidarity is that we should stand against *all* attempts to divide and exploit us.
British or not, unions should stand up for *all* those who rely on work to live.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is good, but, it doesn't matter whether you were born here or arrived yesterday on a boat.
A basic principle of international solidarity is that we should stand against *all* attempts to divide and exploit us.
British or not, unions should stand up for *all* those who rely on work to live.
A basic principle of international solidarity is that we should stand against *all* attempts to divide and exploit us.
British or not, unions should stand up for *all* those who rely on work to live.