Dave Middleton
@davmidd.bsky.social
Founding member of Critical Mass Magazine (https://criticalmassmag.org). Unrepentant socialist. Occasional photographer (resistance.photos). Freedom for Palestine, tackle climate emergency now, fight injustice, inequality, poverty.
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Choosing between Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting is like choosing between the Kray twins.
Both choices are criminally dangerous to the country — but I’m not sure if Wes gets his suits paid for by Lord Waheed Alli.
Both choices are criminally dangerous to the country — but I’m not sure if Wes gets his suits paid for by Lord Waheed Alli.
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Choosing between Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting is like choosing between the Kray twins.
Both choices are criminally dangerous to the country — but I’m not sure if Wes gets his suits paid for by Lord Waheed Alli.
Both choices are criminally dangerous to the country — but I’m not sure if Wes gets his suits paid for by Lord Waheed Alli.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
@criticalmasszine.bsky.social produces an intelligent commentary on the political situation. And, guess what? You can subscribe for free. Thats right. FREE. Our gift to the left. That’s an offer worth taking up. criticalmassmag.org/sign-up/
Congratulations to @plaidcymru.bsky.social Brilliant and uplifting victory in Caerphilly. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social is finished. Reform are in retreat. Forward to the Senedd elections.
October 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Congratulations to @plaidcymru.bsky.social Brilliant and uplifting victory in Caerphilly. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social is finished. Reform are in retreat. Forward to the Senedd elections.
Still seeing the left tearing into each other whilst Reform are quietly building momentum. It won’t matter who is most pure when fascists are in charge of your country. Wake up people. We need to start working together or there will be no democracy left to save.
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Still seeing the left tearing into each other whilst Reform are quietly building momentum. It won’t matter who is most pure when fascists are in charge of your country. Wake up people. We need to start working together or there will be no democracy left to save.
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Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.
But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.
Join us: yourparty.uk
But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.
Join us: yourparty.uk
October 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Great discussion at TWT on how the left must unite — Your Party and the Greens — to keep Farage out of Downing Street.
But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.
Join us: yourparty.uk
But unity isn’t uniformity. Your Party will be truly anti-imperialist: no diplomatic ties with a genocidal, apartheid Israeli state and no greenwashing NATO.
Join us: yourparty.uk
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So MAGA UK voters, surprise, surprise there is no fraud, no waste, no asylum seekers gaming the system. Watch your council tax used for banning books in libraries & to stop all anti discrimination practices so the tax evading party can give tax cuts to their rich friends. Reform are liars.
Leicestershire’s Reform UK group says council tax is expected to rise despite manifesto pledge to lower it
www.harboroughmail.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So MAGA UK voters, surprise, surprise there is no fraud, no waste, no asylum seekers gaming the system. Watch your council tax used for banning books in libraries & to stop all anti discrimination practices so the tax evading party can give tax cuts to their rich friends. Reform are liars.
Good to see Americans on the streets opposing Trump. Are there any eye witness accounts on here?
October 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Good to see Americans on the streets opposing Trump. Are there any eye witness accounts on here?
The entire system seems wired to prevent social justice. Politics is a game played by the rich with the rest of us as pawns. How do we create a world where every life matters? I’m curious to hear your thoughts.
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The entire system seems wired to prevent social justice. Politics is a game played by the rich with the rest of us as pawns. How do we create a world where every life matters? I’m curious to hear your thoughts.
@criticalmassmag.bsky.social puts out a weekly newsletter for lefties. Why not give it a try? Let me know what you think. criticalmassmag.org/newsletter-2/
Peace in Gaza? - Critical Mass Magazine
As a ceasefire is announced in Gaza the real work of freeing Palestine begins. We are motivated by love not hate and that is why we will win.
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October 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@criticalmassmag.bsky.social puts out a weekly newsletter for lefties. Why not give it a try? Let me know what you think. criticalmassmag.org/newsletter-2/
Is it really so beyond the realms of possibility that we could create a world where there were no wars, no hunger, no poverty and no homelessness ?
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Is it really so beyond the realms of possibility that we could create a world where there were no wars, no hunger, no poverty and no homelessness ?
The ceasefire is a start but we need to keep the pressure on to get a just settlement for the Palestinian people.
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The ceasefire is a start but we need to keep the pressure on to get a just settlement for the Palestinian people.
If you follow this link you can hear an audio of me reading this article. That may, or may not, be a treat.
February 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you follow this link you can hear an audio of me reading this article. That may, or may not, be a treat.
This is what a Labour Government is allowing to happen to universities in Wales. And Starmer always said that Labour in Westminster would learn from Wales. An important article from @criticalmasszine.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is what a Labour Government is allowing to happen to universities in Wales. And Starmer always said that Labour in Westminster would learn from Wales. An important article from @criticalmasszine.bsky.social
It’s pretty difficult to say much that hasn’t been said already about Trump. But I tried to focus on what he’s done and how it might impact Europe.
January 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s pretty difficult to say much that hasn’t been said already about Trump. But I tried to focus on what he’s done and how it might impact Europe.
In what is a real sign of the times moment a lot of people simply shrug that a Trump ally, serial liar and genuinely nasty piece of work is poised to become the next PM. @criticalmasszine.bsky.social warned before the last election that this might happen. Polls now prove us right.
January 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In what is a real sign of the times moment a lot of people simply shrug that a Trump ally, serial liar and genuinely nasty piece of work is poised to become the next PM. @criticalmasszine.bsky.social warned before the last election that this might happen. Polls now prove us right.
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Strengthening the employment rights bill ✊
A rally 3 years on from the P&O sackings
22 March | 11am
@neunion.bsky.social HQ, WC1H 9BD
Register here: bit.ly/ERBrally22March
A rally 3 years on from the P&O sackings
22 March | 11am
@neunion.bsky.social HQ, WC1H 9BD
Register here: bit.ly/ERBrally22March
January 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Strengthening the employment rights bill ✊
A rally 3 years on from the P&O sackings
22 March | 11am
@neunion.bsky.social HQ, WC1H 9BD
Register here: bit.ly/ERBrally22March
A rally 3 years on from the P&O sackings
22 March | 11am
@neunion.bsky.social HQ, WC1H 9BD
Register here: bit.ly/ERBrally22March
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Everyone who is shocked that Trump would contemplate forcing Palestinians off their own land would do well to remember this is exactly what happened when Israel was created. If you think it would be abhorrent to do it today, you must also agree it was abhorrent to do it then.
January 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Everyone who is shocked that Trump would contemplate forcing Palestinians off their own land would do well to remember this is exactly what happened when Israel was created. If you think it would be abhorrent to do it today, you must also agree it was abhorrent to do it then.
I’ve an interest in this article because I’m the author. But beyond that it is vital that people realise just how bad anti-protest legislation is
January 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I’ve an interest in this article because I’m the author. But beyond that it is vital that people realise just how bad anti-protest legislation is
Lots of people claim to be for PR. I think that could be a massive mistake and wrote in @criticalmasszine.bsky.social to explain why. The only thing that has changed is that parties of the right have become more common. Read this article and tell me I am wrong criticalmassmag.org/can-pr-save-...
Can PR save democracy - Critical Mass Magazine
Reading Time: 9 minutesWith the news that Unite the Union have voted to endorse proportional representation (PR) for parliamentary elections the British left have, once again, started to get excited ...
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January 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Lots of people claim to be for PR. I think that could be a massive mistake and wrote in @criticalmasszine.bsky.social to explain why. The only thing that has changed is that parties of the right have become more common. Read this article and tell me I am wrong criticalmassmag.org/can-pr-save-...
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December 5, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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Thanks for posting this. A really interesting article. What it shows is that when a field is entirely dominated by a particular world view that it is incredibly difficult for alternate views to be heard. In this case the word genocide has been appropriated by Jewish scholars loathe to expand it.
“The founders of genocide studies seemed committed to the ethos of never again for anybody—‘except for the Palestinians.’”
No paywall:
jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
No paywall:
jewishcurrents.org/can-genocide...
Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide in Gaza?
A discipline born from the study of the Holocaust faces its contradictions as Israel stands accused of the “crime of crimes.”
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January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thanks for posting this. A really interesting article. What it shows is that when a field is entirely dominated by a particular world view that it is incredibly difficult for alternate views to be heard. In this case the word genocide has been appropriated by Jewish scholars loathe to expand it.
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Re reposting. So very sorry ❤️
It is one of my favorites
It is one of my favorites
For all of those who have posted my cartoon with my signature cut off, here is the original.
January 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Re reposting. So very sorry ❤️
It is one of my favorites
It is one of my favorites
Britain is the 6th wealthiest country in the world and yet successive governments have attacked the elderly, poor, disabled, and anybody else who cannot fight back. Well perhaps the rest of us should fight back on their behalf. #fightpoverty
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Britain is the 6th wealthiest country in the world and yet successive governments have attacked the elderly, poor, disabled, and anybody else who cannot fight back. Well perhaps the rest of us should fight back on their behalf. #fightpoverty
Yes we must suffer so the rich can amass more wealth than they can possibly spend. It’s called capitalism. And until we replace it the process will go round and round.
Endless money printing and war spending. Massive wealth transfer to the 1% who own more than 50% of shares, massive inflation and debt for everyone else.
The #market performance over the last two years has pretty much surpassed anything on record.
January 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yes we must suffer so the rich can amass more wealth than they can possibly spend. It’s called capitalism. And until we replace it the process will go round and round.