Billy Bragg
@billybragg.bsky.social
Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Seasons greetings Bluesky buddies. Whoever you are, wherever you are, I hope you’ll be spending some time in the next few days with people you care about and who care about you.
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
December 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Seasons greetings Bluesky buddies. Whoever you are, wherever you are, I hope you’ll be spending some time in the next few days with people you care about and who care about you.
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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And may every day be another wonderful secret.
December 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And may every day be another wonderful secret.
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Far right scum have been out harrassing the homeless on the streets & they are proud of it.
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
Far Right SCUM harass the HOMELESS
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Far right scum have been out harrassing the homeless on the streets & they are proud of it.
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
The folks at @calaisappeal.bsky.social are doing everything they can to stand up to the hate 🙏 please stand with us 🙏
www.youtube.com/shorts/bxFVG...
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‘But but… something something… Mamdani… intifada…something something’
State Dept. nominee espoused antisemitic views, downplayed the Holocaust
Jeremy Carl, a Trump administration nominee for a senior position at the State Department, has expressed a range of derogatory views of the Jewish community, characterizing in writings and public inte...
www.yahoo.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
‘But but… something something… Mamdani… intifada…something something’
Having been born on this day in 1957, I am somewhat susceptible to tv adverts we see at this time of year, ones that use the festivities of the 1970s as a means of evoking nostalgia for Christmases gone by. I think this one may have gone a bit too far however.
December 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Having been born on this day in 1957, I am somewhat susceptible to tv adverts we see at this time of year, ones that use the festivities of the 1970s as a means of evoking nostalgia for Christmases gone by. I think this one may have gone a bit too far however.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
Kirsty MacColl - As Long As You Hold Me
YouTube video by PassionateFriend
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
Really looking forward to taking a trip down Mermaid Avenue with Woody and Wilco and playing a solo set of my own at Wilco's SolidSoundFest, June 26-28 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA! ✨ For tickets and info visit solidsoundfestival.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Really looking forward to taking a trip down Mermaid Avenue with Woody and Wilco and playing a solo set of my own at Wilco's SolidSoundFest, June 26-28 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA! ✨ For tickets and info visit solidsoundfestival.com
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“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…”
TLDR: It was never about drugs
TLDR: It was never about drugs
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
“Oil… oil… oil… oil… oil… oil…”
TLDR: It was never about drugs
TLDR: It was never about drugs
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
The horrific antisemitic terrorist attack in Bondi Beach is shocking in its brutality and utterly inexcusable. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
As it happened: terror attack at Bondi beach Jewish festival kills 11, with one gunman dead and another wounded
Further 29 people in hospital, after attack on Sydney beach where Hanukah event was taking place
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The horrific antisemitic terrorist attack in Bondi Beach is shocking in its brutality and utterly inexcusable. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage".
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The fascists are organising a carol concert in London to "draw attention to unchecked immigration and the fading of our cultural heritage".
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
What would Woody do?
Write an anti-fascist Xmas carol and sing it at the counter demo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRd...
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Not to worry, I'm sure the Trump Administration's antisemitism task force will be looking into this pronto and coming up with measures to counteract this trend.
Survey of GOP voters: nearly four in ten (37%) "believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe. Younger men are especially likely to hold this view (54% of men under 50 vs. 39% of women under 50)." www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/repu...
Republican voters and conspiracism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
“Conspiracism” is the neologism that Nancy Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead have invented to describe what they call “conspiracy theory without the theory,” that is, the classic Trumpian claim that “a l...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Not to worry, I'm sure the Trump Administration's antisemitism task force will be looking into this pronto and coming up with measures to counteract this trend.
Some thoughts on Christian Nationalism
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
Put Christ Back Into Christmas
The guy who preached empathy and condemned fear of others? I'm all for it.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Some thoughts on Christian Nationalism
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
All my guitar heroes are less-is-more kinda players and Steve Cropper was a master of that style
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
Green Onions
One of the greatest rhythm guitar players of all time has left us
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
All my guitar heroes are less-is-more kinda players and Steve Cropper was a master of that style
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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Megyn Kelly says that simply murdering the survivors of a strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat isn't enough. She would prefer that they be subjected to extended torture to heighten their pain and agony. Megyn has captured the essence of what it means to be MAGA.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Megyn Kelly says that simply murdering the survivors of a strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat isn't enough. She would prefer that they be subjected to extended torture to heighten their pain and agony. Megyn has captured the essence of what it means to be MAGA.
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📢 Migrant Workers' Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 AM
📢 Migrant Workers' Rights – National Emergency Demonstration
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM
📍 Birmingham City Centre
Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees.
Pass it on.
Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
New @equatormag.bsky.social: @naomiaklein.bsky.social on how the Surrealists transformed the wreckage of history into revolutionary art – and what their example can teach us about the fight against fascism today www.equator.org/articles/sur...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...