Rebecca Marie Wilks
@rebeccamarie.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering housing, devolution and the criminal justice system. 🏳️🌈 (She/They)
Get in touch! rmwilks@protonmail.com
Get in touch! rmwilks@protonmail.com
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“When I Got There, She Was Sitting In An Armchair On The Rubble Of Her House" - Swansea Activist Dee Murphy On Israeli Apartheid & Her Arrest In The West Bank -
Reading Time: 11 minutesOn 31st May, seventy-year-old English teacher and grandmother Dee Murphy, a long-time resident of Swansea,…
voice.cymru
I recently interviewed Dee Murphy, 70, who was detained at gunpoint by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to Masafer Yatta in May.
I wrote this as an introduction to the situation in MY for those unfamiliar, and an update for those who are.
voice.cymru/when-i-got-t...
I wrote this as an introduction to the situation in MY for those unfamiliar, and an update for those who are.
voice.cymru/when-i-got-t...
Who doesn't want a bailiff-free Britain?
Today @acornunion.bsky.social took over the CCUA conference in Leeds - a yearly event where council officials mingle with the unregulated cowboy bailiff firms they hire to collect council tax debt and carry out evictions.
Today @acornunion.bsky.social took over the CCUA conference in Leeds - a yearly event where council officials mingle with the unregulated cowboy bailiff firms they hire to collect council tax debt and carry out evictions.
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Who doesn't want a bailiff-free Britain?
Today @acornunion.bsky.social took over the CCUA conference in Leeds - a yearly event where council officials mingle with the unregulated cowboy bailiff firms they hire to collect council tax debt and carry out evictions.
Today @acornunion.bsky.social took over the CCUA conference in Leeds - a yearly event where council officials mingle with the unregulated cowboy bailiff firms they hire to collect council tax debt and carry out evictions.
They're saying she's the worst camera woman of all fime
September 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
They're saying she's the worst camera woman of all fime
Watchers of the @traditionalscrench.bsky.social stream will remember this poor old faded rose of a building from my appearance talking about Porth High Street. She lives!!(?)
Hyfryd bod y gymuned yn dod ei gilydd i brynu'r adeilad hardd hon i'w hadfer yn ganolfan eto.
Amazing to see a Rhondda community coming together to buy and transform their own beautiful community building.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Amazing to see a Rhondda community coming together to buy and transform their own beautiful community building.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Inside abandoned frozen-in-time cinema and bingo hall that’s become an eyesore
The bingo podium still remains untouched while dusty cinema seats sit in dusty red rows in front of posters advertising drinks for 80p
www.walesonline.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Watchers of the @traditionalscrench.bsky.social stream will remember this poor old faded rose of a building from my appearance talking about Porth High Street. She lives!!(?)
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Bailiffs are scum, we don't want them in our communities and we don't want them in our country.
We urge every one of our supporters to join ACORN, because this union is fighting to kick bailiff leeches out of Wales.
We urge every one of our supporters to join ACORN, because this union is fighting to kick bailiff leeches out of Wales.
NEW CAMPAIGN 🚨
Right now, people are pushed into poverty when councils send in bailiffs for council tax debt.
But there’s another way.
Together, we can stop this. Together, we can have dignity not debt. Together, we can make Britain Bailiff Free👇
🔗 acorntheunion.org.uk/bailiffs/
Right now, people are pushed into poverty when councils send in bailiffs for council tax debt.
But there’s another way.
Together, we can stop this. Together, we can have dignity not debt. Together, we can make Britain Bailiff Free👇
🔗 acorntheunion.org.uk/bailiffs/
September 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Bailiffs are scum, we don't want them in our communities and we don't want them in our country.
We urge every one of our supporters to join ACORN, because this union is fighting to kick bailiff leeches out of Wales.
We urge every one of our supporters to join ACORN, because this union is fighting to kick bailiff leeches out of Wales.
I recently interviewed Dee Murphy, 70, who was detained at gunpoint by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to Masafer Yatta in May.
I wrote this as an introduction to the situation in MY for those unfamiliar, and an update for those who are.
voice.cymru/when-i-got-t...
I wrote this as an introduction to the situation in MY for those unfamiliar, and an update for those who are.
voice.cymru/when-i-got-t...
“When I Got There, She Was Sitting In An Armchair On The Rubble Of Her House" - Swansea Activist Dee Murphy On Israeli Apartheid & Her Arrest In The West Bank -
Reading Time: 11 minutesOn 31st May, seventy-year-old English teacher and grandmother Dee Murphy, a long-time resident of Swansea,…
voice.cymru
August 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I recently interviewed Dee Murphy, 70, who was detained at gunpoint by Israeli forces while on a humanitarian mission to Masafer Yatta in May.
I wrote this as an introduction to the situation in MY for those unfamiliar, and an update for those who are.
voice.cymru/when-i-got-t...
I wrote this as an introduction to the situation in MY for those unfamiliar, and an update for those who are.
voice.cymru/when-i-got-t...
Checking in with friends in Gaza and writing up an interview with an ISM volunteer detained by Israel in the morning; working at retail day job in the evening. I am doing mental muscle confusion on myself at all times
August 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Checking in with friends in Gaza and writing up an interview with an ISM volunteer detained by Israel in the morning; working at retail day job in the evening. I am doing mental muscle confusion on myself at all times
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Do you live in Cardiff/South Wales, and you're also faced with bullying from landlords and letting agents? Fill out our enquiry form and we'll get in touch with you: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact/defe...
Member Defence – ACORN
acorntheunion.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Do you live in Cardiff/South Wales, and you're also faced with bullying from landlords and letting agents? Fill out our enquiry form and we'll get in touch with you: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact/defe...
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In July, we decided to try to meet Nikki and Sion's landlord again by visiting the address listed in their contract - which is in Newport. A group of us went with Nikki, who brought with her all the necessary documents and evidence to make it easy for the landlord. At last, we met the man! (5)
August 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In July, we decided to try to meet Nikki and Sion's landlord again by visiting the address listed in their contract - which is in Newport. A group of us went with Nikki, who brought with her all the necessary documents and evidence to make it easy for the landlord. At last, we met the man! (5)
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A little thread 🧵
Over the past couple of months, ACORN Cardiff have been taking on the case of our members Nikki and Sion, whose deposit has been unfairly withheld by their landlord for 8 months!
Content warning:
- Profanities
- Threats of violence
- Physical aggression
(Not committed by us)
(1)
Over the past couple of months, ACORN Cardiff have been taking on the case of our members Nikki and Sion, whose deposit has been unfairly withheld by their landlord for 8 months!
Content warning:
- Profanities
- Threats of violence
- Physical aggression
(Not committed by us)
(1)
August 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A little thread 🧵
Over the past couple of months, ACORN Cardiff have been taking on the case of our members Nikki and Sion, whose deposit has been unfairly withheld by their landlord for 8 months!
Content warning:
- Profanities
- Threats of violence
- Physical aggression
(Not committed by us)
(1)
Over the past couple of months, ACORN Cardiff have been taking on the case of our members Nikki and Sion, whose deposit has been unfairly withheld by their landlord for 8 months!
Content warning:
- Profanities
- Threats of violence
- Physical aggression
(Not committed by us)
(1)
Reposted by Rebecca Marie Wilks
Alaa and Maysam are starving with their families in Northern Gaza. Please donate if you can, and equally importantly, spread their campaign far and wide:
chuffed.org/project/1286...
chuffed.org/project/1286...
Help My Family Evacuate Gaza
Hi everyone,
chuffed.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Alaa and Maysam are starving with their families in Northern Gaza. Please donate if you can, and equally importantly, spread their campaign far and wide:
chuffed.org/project/1286...
chuffed.org/project/1286...
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Gaza Soup Kitchen work to feed the people currently being starved by the Israeli govt. If you’d like to join me in donating, here’s their website: gazasoupkitchen.com
Gaza Soup Kitchen
Serving food not conflit
gazasoupkitchen.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Gaza Soup Kitchen work to feed the people currently being starved by the Israeli govt. If you’d like to join me in donating, here’s their website: gazasoupkitchen.com
Alaa and Maysam are starving with their families in Northern Gaza. Please donate if you can, and equally importantly, spread their campaign far and wide:
chuffed.org/project/1286...
chuffed.org/project/1286...
Help My Family Evacuate Gaza
Hi everyone,
chuffed.org
July 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Alaa and Maysam are starving with their families in Northern Gaza. Please donate if you can, and equally importantly, spread their campaign far and wide:
chuffed.org/project/1286...
chuffed.org/project/1286...
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"She had decided that in the grim calculus of risks for her family, the hope of getting a little food finally outweighed the risk of losing the adult who held their lives together."
A Palestinian mother in Gaza: “My children have become skeletal, skin and bone. Even the slightest effort makes them dizzy. They are asking for food, and I have nothing to give. I can’t lie and say I’ll bring them something when I know I won’t be able to.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"She had decided that in the grim calculus of risks for her family, the hope of getting a little food finally outweighed the risk of losing the adult who held their lives together."
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"We leave you with some of the images of the man made famine in Gaza where more than 100 people, including children, have died of malnutrition. The Israeli blockade has plunged the strip into a starvation crisis rarely seen in modern history"
Never again, right?
Never again, right?
July 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"We leave you with some of the images of the man made famine in Gaza where more than 100 people, including children, have died of malnutrition. The Israeli blockade has plunged the strip into a starvation crisis rarely seen in modern history"
Never again, right?
Never again, right?
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i love that "pension commission to look at why four-in-ten fail to save enough" goes live the same day as "water bills to rise 30%"
July 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
i love that "pension commission to look at why four-in-ten fail to save enough" goes live the same day as "water bills to rise 30%"
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🚩 TOMORROW IN CARDIFF!
The yearly commemoration of the Welsh volunteers in the International Brigades will be taking place at the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Alexandra Park, in Cathays, Cardiff.
Join us and others as we say ¡nae pasaran!
The yearly commemoration of the Welsh volunteers in the International Brigades will be taking place at the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Alexandra Park, in Cathays, Cardiff.
Join us and others as we say ¡nae pasaran!
July 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
🚩 TOMORROW IN CARDIFF!
The yearly commemoration of the Welsh volunteers in the International Brigades will be taking place at the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Alexandra Park, in Cathays, Cardiff.
Join us and others as we say ¡nae pasaran!
The yearly commemoration of the Welsh volunteers in the International Brigades will be taking place at the Spanish Civil War Memorial in Alexandra Park, in Cathays, Cardiff.
Join us and others as we say ¡nae pasaran!
Reposted by Rebecca Marie Wilks
Thinking about the Bayeux Tapestry?
A while back I spoke with artists and historians about community embroidery.
Come see the Palestinian History Tapestry, the Keiskamma Tapestry, Quakers sewing the Peterloo Massacre and more…🪡🇵🇸
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
A while back I spoke with artists and historians about community embroidery.
Come see the Palestinian History Tapestry, the Keiskamma Tapestry, Quakers sewing the Peterloo Massacre and more…🪡🇵🇸
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
The 'new Bayeux tapestries' revealing hidden histories
The 11th-Century embroidery of the Norman Conquest has inspired communities across the world to stitch their own histories in fabric, to powerful effect, writes Sarah Woolley.
www.bbc.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Thinking about the Bayeux Tapestry?
A while back I spoke with artists and historians about community embroidery.
Come see the Palestinian History Tapestry, the Keiskamma Tapestry, Quakers sewing the Peterloo Massacre and more…🪡🇵🇸
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
A while back I spoke with artists and historians about community embroidery.
Come see the Palestinian History Tapestry, the Keiskamma Tapestry, Quakers sewing the Peterloo Massacre and more…🪡🇵🇸
www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
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ACORN Cardiff / ACORN Caerdydd will stand by the families being evicted. If you’re one of those affected or know anyone who is, please can you get them to reach out to us, we stop evictions and stand up for community.
Email: cardiff@acorntheunion.org.uk
Organiser mobile: 07754276426
Email: cardiff@acorntheunion.org.uk
Organiser mobile: 07754276426
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
ACORN Cardiff / ACORN Caerdydd will stand by the families being evicted. If you’re one of those affected or know anyone who is, please can you get them to reach out to us, we stop evictions and stand up for community.
Email: cardiff@acorntheunion.org.uk
Organiser mobile: 07754276426
Email: cardiff@acorntheunion.org.uk
Organiser mobile: 07754276426
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Cardiff Council are trying to kick 17 families out of their homes for alleged links to the 2023 riots.
This is disgraceful behaviour from the council. They have no desire to help those in need and instead look to punish those who were expressing anger over a devastating event in their community.
This is disgraceful behaviour from the council. They have no desire to help those in need and instead look to punish those who were expressing anger over a devastating event in their community.
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Cardiff Council are trying to kick 17 families out of their homes for alleged links to the 2023 riots.
This is disgraceful behaviour from the council. They have no desire to help those in need and instead look to punish those who were expressing anger over a devastating event in their community.
This is disgraceful behaviour from the council. They have no desire to help those in need and instead look to punish those who were expressing anger over a devastating event in their community.
Another push for people in Wales to support ACORN's call for a ban on using bailiffs to collect council tax debt.
The Welsh Government is running a consultation until 23rd July. If you live in Wales, I urge you to sign:
acornuk.good.do/cymru/wales-...
The Welsh Government is running a consultation until 23rd July. If you live in Wales, I urge you to sign:
acornuk.good.do/cymru/wales-...
Join me in supporting the Wales Campaign
ACORN Cymru contains the Cardiff branch of ACORN the union, as well as many other members in other towns and cities across Wales, all fighting campaigns on the issues that matter to them. Join in with...
acornuk.good.do
July 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another push for people in Wales to support ACORN's call for a ban on using bailiffs to collect council tax debt.
The Welsh Government is running a consultation until 23rd July. If you live in Wales, I urge you to sign:
acornuk.good.do/cymru/wales-...
The Welsh Government is running a consultation until 23rd July. If you live in Wales, I urge you to sign:
acornuk.good.do/cymru/wales-...
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Hey. Do you have money? Do you need something to do with that money? How about sending some of it our way so we can continue to help provide food for hungry families in Abertawe?
You get to help people AND stick a middle finger up to government that has reneged on its responsibilities.
Win win! 🏴
You get to help people AND stick a middle finger up to government that has reneged on its responsibilities.
Win win! 🏴
July 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Hey. Do you have money? Do you need something to do with that money? How about sending some of it our way so we can continue to help provide food for hungry families in Abertawe?
You get to help people AND stick a middle finger up to government that has reneged on its responsibilities.
Win win! 🏴
You get to help people AND stick a middle finger up to government that has reneged on its responsibilities.
Win win! 🏴