Chrissy Brand
@chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social
☆Journalist (radio, music, podcasts)☆ ☆vegan, Internationalist, ecosocialist☆
🏠 Hastings or Manchester (UK)
or off travelling somewhere🚶🏼♀️🌍
🏠 Hastings or Manchester (UK)
or off travelling somewhere🚶🏼♀️🌍
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For November's The Spectrum Monitor, I travelled to Devon to rescue some vintage radios from their Stately Home storage. Also, listening to innovative radio at Somerset House in London.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘No Music for Genocide’ continues boycott of Israel www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
Why more than 1,000 musicians are boycotting Israel with 'No Music for Genocide'
Artists including Lorde, Björk and Massive Attack have joined an international initiative to geo-block their music from being streamed in Israel.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
‘No Music for Genocide’ continues boycott of Israel www.npr.org/2025/11/13/n...
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"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
High blood pressure rates in children nearly doubled in 20 years, global review finds
Poor diet, inactivity and obesity believed to have caused hypertension for millions of under-19s around the world
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November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
"because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind"
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I signed the petition to stop deep sea mining. We need more people to do the same.
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I signed the petition to stop deep sea mining. We need more people to do the same.
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
Will you sign the petition to help amplify all the voices across the globe? >> act.gp/3ySn7Xe
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“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare
The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
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🚨🚨 " Surprise, surprise"; new @bylinetimes.bsky.social report by @nafeez.bsky.social reveals that BBC bias memo fuelling #trump's attack was authored by no else than... lobbyist Michael Prescott tied to #trump's pro-tech giants, #Oracle. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🚨🚨 " Surprise, surprise"; new @bylinetimes.bsky.social report by @nafeez.bsky.social reveals that BBC bias memo fuelling #trump's attack was authored by no else than... lobbyist Michael Prescott tied to #trump's pro-tech giants, #Oracle. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
As families face rising bills, and extreme weather causes devastation around the world, oil and gas companies shouldn’t get a tax break. Tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves to not turn her back on climate and communities. Add your name act.gp/3LrcnFI
Don’t scrap the Windfall Tax
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November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
As families face rising bills, and extreme weather causes devastation around the world, oil and gas companies shouldn’t get a tax break. Tell Chancellor Rachel Reeves to not turn her back on climate and communities. Add your name act.gp/3LrcnFI
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The existence of trans people is not an "ideology", BBC. It is a reality and one which Parliament has recognized.
(Entirely typical of the BBC that, confronted by a populist right attack, they will show willing by dumping on trans people. Weak with the strong, strong with the weak, as always.)
(Entirely typical of the BBC that, confronted by a populist right attack, they will show willing by dumping on trans people. Weak with the strong, strong with the weak, as always.)
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The existence of trans people is not an "ideology", BBC. It is a reality and one which Parliament has recognized.
(Entirely typical of the BBC that, confronted by a populist right attack, they will show willing by dumping on trans people. Weak with the strong, strong with the weak, as always.)
(Entirely typical of the BBC that, confronted by a populist right attack, they will show willing by dumping on trans people. Weak with the strong, strong with the weak, as always.)
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"Catherine Connolly has vowed to make Ireland a republic worthy of its name: using her presidency to champion diversity, the Irish language & the legacy of decolonisation.
Connolly spelt out a leftwing alternative to centre-right orthodoxy in inauguration speech"
"Catherine Connolly has vowed to make Ireland a republic worthy of its name: using her presidency to champion diversity, the Irish language & the legacy of decolonisation.
Connolly spelt out a leftwing alternative to centre-right orthodoxy in inauguration speech"
Catherine Connolly sworn in as Ireland’s president on day of pomp and celebration
New president pledges ‘all voices’ will be heard and vows to promote climate action, tolerance and a Gaelic revival
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November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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"Catherine Connolly has vowed to make Ireland a republic worthy of its name: using her presidency to champion diversity, the Irish language & the legacy of decolonisation.
Connolly spelt out a leftwing alternative to centre-right orthodoxy in inauguration speech"
"Catherine Connolly has vowed to make Ireland a republic worthy of its name: using her presidency to champion diversity, the Irish language & the legacy of decolonisation.
Connolly spelt out a leftwing alternative to centre-right orthodoxy in inauguration speech"
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The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Telegraph has published its "editorial view" on the recent BBC resignations, claiming that they want "to ask legitimate questions about the accuracy of its journalism". If only The Telegraph would hold their own reporting to the same standards. 1/2
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Louder for the people in the back! 🗣️“Serving meat at a climate summit is like handing out cigarettes at a cancer-prevention conference." — Paul McCartney
Louder for the people in the back! 🗣️“Serving meat at a climate summit is like handing out cigarettes at a cancer-prevention conference." — Paul McCartney
Serving Meat at a Climate Summit? Paul McCartney Says It’s Like “Handing Out Cigarettes at a Cancer-Prevention Conference”
Paul McCartney urges COP30 to go vegetarian, warning that serving meat at a climate summit contradicts efforts to protect the Amazon and cut emissions.
vegnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Louder for the people in the back! 🗣️“Serving meat at a climate summit is like handing out cigarettes at a cancer-prevention conference." — Paul McCartney
Louder for the people in the back! 🗣️“Serving meat at a climate summit is like handing out cigarettes at a cancer-prevention conference." — Paul McCartney
BATTLE OF HASTINGS: A MARXIST ANALYSIS. #Hastings SWP meeting Thur 13 Nov
7pm, White Rock Hotel. How the Norman invasion created a ruling class whose grip on wealth & power continues to shape Britain & how that legacy of conquest, enclosure & empire made Britain the world’s foremost imperial power
7pm, White Rock Hotel. How the Norman invasion created a ruling class whose grip on wealth & power continues to shape Britain & how that legacy of conquest, enclosure & empire made Britain the world’s foremost imperial power
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BATTLE OF HASTINGS: A MARXIST ANALYSIS. #Hastings SWP meeting Thur 13 Nov
7pm, White Rock Hotel. How the Norman invasion created a ruling class whose grip on wealth & power continues to shape Britain & how that legacy of conquest, enclosure & empire made Britain the world’s foremost imperial power
7pm, White Rock Hotel. How the Norman invasion created a ruling class whose grip on wealth & power continues to shape Britain & how that legacy of conquest, enclosure & empire made Britain the world’s foremost imperial power
