Michael Lavalette

@michaellavalette.bsky.social

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Emeritus Prof Liverpool Hope Uni, visiting Prof at Unis of West Attica (Athens) and Bethlehem (Occupied West Bank). Editor-in-chief of Critical and Radical Social Work journal. Socialist activist. Regularly write at Counterfire.org .. more

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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · Apr 25

Very grateful to Dominic Alexander for a typically insightful review of The Fiery Spirits…. www.counterfire.org/article/the-...

The Fiery Spirits: Popular Protest, Parliament and the English Revolution – book review

The Fiery Spirits is a very important new analysis of the English Revolution looking at how some radical parliamentarians combined with mass protest to drive events, finds Dominic Alexander While t...

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Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Apr 4

Local county elections and, in Preston, there are 4 independent socialist candidates

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Apr 4

I did this interview with Holocaust survivor (and Palestinian activist) Stephen Kapos …

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Apr 2

Election week 1 video round up.

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Mar 18

Last night Israel murdered 80 children in 50 minutes. Let that sink in.

80 in 50 minutes

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Mar 15

I know where I stand on austerity.

That's why I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap, opposed the means-testing for winter fuel payments, & will vote against cuts to welfare & disability benefits.

Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, the government should tax the rich.

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John Rees @johnwrees.bsky.social · Mar 15

Very impressive 25th national demonstration for Palestine today…

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 15

Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now.

Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.

What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
🇷🇸

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · Mar 14

Route map for tomorrow's march for Palestine.

📍 Assemble 12 noon, Piccadilly (Green Park)
📢 Rally at Whitehall

See you on the streets! #StopArmingIsrael

March for Palestine: Route Map. 15 March 2025. Map shows route starting by Green Park tube station moving down Piccadilly towards Piccadilly Circus, turning onto Haymarket and ending on Whitehall.

Graphic with logos of Palestine Coalition members. Text reads: "National demonstration. 12 noon Saturday 15 March. Freedom for Palestine. No to ethnic cleansing. Stop arming Israel. Piccadilly (Green Park) to Whitehall."

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Mar 13

A longer version of my interview with Ian Angus is here: www.counterfire.org/article/why-...

Why we need to stop capitalism’s runaway train: Interview with Ian Angus

Michael Lavalette spoke to leading ecosocialist Ian Angus about capitalisms’ ecocide, Trump and what we need to do stop global heating I wonder if you could tell us about your history of activism?

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Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Mar 6

Israeli troops selling loot stolen from Gaza and Lebanon, investigation reveals - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-troops-selling-lootings-gaza-and-lebanon

Israeli troops selling loot stolen from Gaza and Lebanon, investigation reveals

Testimonies indicate that senior officials were not concerned with the theft, with some even partaking in the looting

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Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Mar 5

My interview with socialist-environmental activist Ian Angus

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Dr Lauren Wroe ~ she/her @lauriewroe.bsky.social · Feb 25

Myself and @drleona.bsky.social have edited a new Special Collection for Critical and Radical Social Work:

'Race, Class and the Weaponisation of Child Safety'

- now available online!

Editorial here: shorturl.at/nj4O9

Links to the other papers in the thread below (almost all Open Access!) 👇

Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety

"Race, class and the weaponisation of child safety" published on 24 Feb 2025 by Policy Press.

shorturl.at

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Feb 14

My interview with a Palestinian from Tulkarem in the West Bank - looking at the horrors being inflicted in the city by occupation forces www.counterfire.org/article/they...

‘They are destroying everything’: Israeli invasion of Tulkarem refugee camp

Michael Lavalette interviews Mohammed Amara, a resident of Tulkarem refugee camp, who describes the violence inflicted by the Israeli state and settlers Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · Feb 10

Half of Generation Z think that Britain is a racist country and only a tenth would risk their lives to defend it in a war, landmark research for The Times has shown

Gen Z think UK is racist and have lost faith in the police and NHS

www.thetimes.com

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Charlotte Church @charlottechurch.bsky.social · Feb 8

🇵🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Join me at Cardiff's iconic Llandaff Cathedral for a night of Welsh and Palestinian music to raise funds for Gaza.

With Gwenno, Kareem Samara, Voya, Mari Mathias, Tom Emlyn, Côr Cochion and more! 🎵

Tickets are now on sale 🎟️ linktr.ee/whenisurvive

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Feb 3

Israeli army attacks have forced nearly three-thirds of Palestinian residents from their homes in the occupied West Bank's Tulkarem refugee camp, according to a local official.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qjmqqv

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Feb 3

If you have 10 minutes you really need to watch this. It looks at Starmer's authoritarian turn against our basic and fundamental rights.

Watch it, share it and let's get it out so we can defend our right to protest.

youtu.be/2k6pmbagWKM?...

Keir Starmer's SHOCKING Authoritarian Move

YouTube video by Double Down News

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Jan 31

Now 15 trade unions join calls demanding an inquiry into Met's handling of Palestine march

Trade unions warn that heavy-handed policing, followed by the construction of false media narratives, are not acceptable from the Met Police
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

Trade unions call for inquiry into Met & Palestine march

Trade unions warn that heavy-handed policing, followed by the construction of false media narratives, are not acceptable from the Met Police

www.thecanary.co

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jan 31

Israel’s forcible shutdown of the UN’s humanitarian work in Gaza and the occupied West Bank would put the ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at risk, warns the UN Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) aje.io/7u5jv2

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jan 31

Yesterday I attended the Westminster vigil to remember the victims of Bloody Sunday.

53 years on, justice is still denied and the fight for truth and accountability continues.

Michael Lavalette @michaellavalette.bsky.social · Jan 27

www.counterfire.org/article/a-de...

A decade of attacks on our democratic rights – a timeline

The police attack on the Palestine movement last week is a dramatic escalation of repression, but it’s been ten years in the making, explains Shabbir Lakha Here’s a timeline of legislation and prec...

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Stop the War Coalition @stwc.bsky.social · Jan 27

Watch Chris Nineham's address to the packed emergency Defend the Right to Protest rally held on Saturday in response to the oppressive policing and arrests at our national Palestine protest on 18 January.

#RightToProtest #DropTheCharges

www.stopwar.org.uk/article/chri...

Chris Nineham addresses rally: Palestine, defend the right to protest

Chris Nineham was violently arrested while acting as chief steward on 18 January national Palestine protest...

www.stopwar.org.uk

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Rev Steve Openshaw @steveopenshaw.bsky.social · Jan 27

Remembering the victims of genocide... Jewish, Cambodian, Rwanda, Bosnian, Darfari, Palestinian & more.
How did we let it happen?
Why do we continue to remain silent.
'Never again for anyone'!

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jan 26

"I’d crawl if I had to. What matter is that I go back and check on my home."

Displaced Palestinians eager to return to northern Gaza aje.io/24ul7y

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · Jan 25

Musk joins German far right's opening rally remotely, instructs Germans to stop feeling guilty and reminds them how impressed Caesar had been with German tribes' ability to fight.

Could not make this up.

Elon Musk bei AfD-Wahlkampfauftakt in Halle (Saale) zugeschaltet

»Seid stolz, Deutsche zu sein«: Von einer Videoleinwand sprach der Techmilliardär Elon Musk zu AfD-Anhängern. Der Trump-Berater verbreitete seine Erkenntnisse über die »deutsche Kultur«, in der Messeh...

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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · Jan 25

To defend Palestine we must defend the right to protest.

To defend Palestine we must defend the right to protest

The Met Police lied about disorder to justify mass arrests and intimidate sitting MPs We are entering new and...

www.stopwar.org.uk

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jan 25

"Every day, the occupation [army] arrests 30 to 40 or even 50 new prisoners."

Israel has arrested more Palestinians than it has released as a result of its ceasefire deal with Hamas ⤵️ aje.io/kqftig