Llion Wigley
@wigs24.bsky.social
Awdur a golygydd comisiynu https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/ynysoedd-gobaith-wigley/
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November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Erich Fromm once wrote a book called Fear Of Freedom.
Here David Graeber relates some of Fromm's ideas to the modern world of work.
Here David Graeber relates some of Fromm's ideas to the modern world of work.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Erich Fromm once wrote a book called Fear Of Freedom.
Here David Graeber relates some of Fromm's ideas to the modern world of work.
Here David Graeber relates some of Fromm's ideas to the modern world of work.
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100% this.
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
100% this.
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Ellen Ross on the humanitarian activities of a British Quaker, Francesca Wilson, in the Spanish Civil War and beyond.
This piece accompanies Ellen Ross and Tammy M Proctor’s recent article in History Workshop Journal Volume 99.
This piece accompanies Ellen Ross and Tammy M Proctor’s recent article in History Workshop Journal Volume 99.
On Writing and Relief Work
Ellen Ross on the humanitarian activities of a British Quaker, Francesca Wilson, in the Spanish Civil War and beyond.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Ellen Ross on the humanitarian activities of a British Quaker, Francesca Wilson, in the Spanish Civil War and beyond.
This piece accompanies Ellen Ross and Tammy M Proctor’s recent article in History Workshop Journal Volume 99.
This piece accompanies Ellen Ross and Tammy M Proctor’s recent article in History Workshop Journal Volume 99.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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WIN A UNIQUE ARTWORK BY ME, WITH PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
Really nice to be asked by @aniglass.bsky.social to create something new from the artwork of her album Phantasmagoria (which features my photography) for the charity National Deaf Children's Society @ndcs-uk.bsky.social
WIN A UNIQUE ARTWORK BY ME, WITH PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
Really nice to be asked by @aniglass.bsky.social to create something new from the artwork of her album Phantasmagoria (which features my photography) for the charity National Deaf Children's Society @ndcs-uk.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Please RT/repost!
WIN A UNIQUE ARTWORK BY ME, WITH PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
Really nice to be asked by @aniglass.bsky.social to create something new from the artwork of her album Phantasmagoria (which features my photography) for the charity National Deaf Children's Society @ndcs-uk.bsky.social
WIN A UNIQUE ARTWORK BY ME, WITH PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
Really nice to be asked by @aniglass.bsky.social to create something new from the artwork of her album Phantasmagoria (which features my photography) for the charity National Deaf Children's Society @ndcs-uk.bsky.social
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My book Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 has just been published by @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social and is available via the publisher and all good booksellers.
Very happy day! 😊
Very happy day! 😊
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My book Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979 has just been published by @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social and is available via the publisher and all good booksellers.
Very happy day! 😊
Very happy day! 😊
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An anti-war campaign group has denounced UK Government plans that could see new weapons factories opened in Milford Haven and Monmouthshire ✍️Martin Shipton
New weapons factories in Wales 'would increase chances of war' say campaigners
Martin Shipton An anti-war campaign group has denounced UK Government plans that could see new weapons factories opened in Milford Haven and Monmouthshire. They are among at least 13 potential sites a...
nation.cymru
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
An anti-war campaign group has denounced UK Government plans that could see new weapons factories opened in Milford Haven and Monmouthshire ✍️Martin Shipton
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Ymson Ysgrifennydd Cartref
Mae hawliau hyd yr ymylon i bawb
o ryw bobol estron
Pawb a’i hawl? Fy hawl yw hon:
yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
Doed dydd y caffo’r Goron - reoli
heb ryw hawliau gwirion;
ond un hawl a gadwn, hon:
Yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
Mae hawliau hyd yr ymylon i bawb
o ryw bobol estron
Pawb a’i hawl? Fy hawl yw hon:
yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
Doed dydd y caffo’r Goron - reoli
heb ryw hawliau gwirion;
ond un hawl a gadwn, hon:
Yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ymson Ysgrifennydd Cartref
Mae hawliau hyd yr ymylon i bawb
o ryw bobol estron
Pawb a’i hawl? Fy hawl yw hon:
yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
Doed dydd y caffo’r Goron - reoli
heb ryw hawliau gwirion;
ond un hawl a gadwn, hon:
Yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
Mae hawliau hyd yr ymylon i bawb
o ryw bobol estron
Pawb a’i hawl? Fy hawl yw hon:
yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
Doed dydd y caffo’r Goron - reoli
heb ryw hawliau gwirion;
ond un hawl a gadwn, hon:
Yr hawl i fod yn greulon.
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Everyone understands who is most happy about this, and why they are.
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Everyone understands who is most happy about this, and why they are.
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Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
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Indentured servitude as government policy? Great! Great news!!
Watching the Mahmood announcement and debate. Tory backbencher (Karen Bradley) suggests putting refugees into debt and making them repay during the rest of their lives. Mahmood says she’ll think about it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Indentured servitude as government policy? Great! Great news!!
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This is horrible. Absolutely appalling.
Who’s advising this Labour Government? Farage, Lowe, Tommy Robinson and the ghost of Enoch Powell?
Who’s advising this Labour Government? Farage, Lowe, Tommy Robinson and the ghost of Enoch Powell?
"Outside of the most exceptional circumstances family reunion, will not be possible [for refugees]" Shabana Mahmood tells MPs
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is horrible. Absolutely appalling.
Who’s advising this Labour Government? Farage, Lowe, Tommy Robinson and the ghost of Enoch Powell?
Who’s advising this Labour Government? Farage, Lowe, Tommy Robinson and the ghost of Enoch Powell?
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When a Labour government sees the approval of Tommy Robinson as more important that the approval of the Labour Party membership, things are probably going wrong
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When a Labour government sees the approval of Tommy Robinson as more important that the approval of the Labour Party membership, things are probably going wrong
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The cruelty is the point. Shameful.
"Outside of the most exceptional circumstances family reunion, will not be possible [for refugees]" Shabana Mahmood tells MPs
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The cruelty is the point. Shameful.
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Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If we don’t signal our virtue every now and again - then so many believe they are utterly alone - “virtue signalling” is not there to say “aren’t I good” but “there are more of us than you might imagine” and “fuck you for demanding that only the brutal and the bullies may speak”
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The billions of pounds to be spent on developing small modular reactors’ on Anglesey would be better spent on insulating Welsh homes and on renewable technologies, according to the group Nuclear Free Local Authorities ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/wfhpTcE
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The billions of pounds to be spent on developing small modular reactors’ on Anglesey would be better spent on insulating Welsh homes and on renewable technologies, according to the group Nuclear Free Local Authorities ✍️Martin Shipton buff.ly/wfhpTcE
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To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
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Is it time for the teapot of Radical Hope? I feel it's time.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Is it time for the teapot of Radical Hope? I feel it's time.
Dyma rai o'r bobl/pethe o'i fewn: hipis, heddychiaeth, diddymu carchardai, Cassie Davies, Angela Davis, Kropotkin a chyd-gymorth, Edward Carpenter, gardd bentrefi, Cylch Cadwgan, comiwnau, William Morris, Alwyn Lloyd, Gwenan Jones, Gwenallt, celfi Brynmawr, CND, Adfer, A. S. Neill, R. J. Derfel...
Ar gael nawr! 📚
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Dyma rai o'r bobl/pethe o'i fewn: hipis, heddychiaeth, diddymu carchardai, Cassie Davies, Angela Davis, Kropotkin a chyd-gymorth, Edward Carpenter, gardd bentrefi, Cylch Cadwgan, comiwnau, William Morris, Alwyn Lloyd, Gwenan Jones, Gwenallt, celfi Brynmawr, CND, Adfer, A. S. Neill, R. J. Derfel...
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Ar gael nawr! 📚
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ar gael nawr! 📚
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
Mae 'Ynysoedd Gobaith' gan Llion Wigley yn olrhain hanes gwahanol fudiadau ac unigolion a geisiodd greu byd gwell yng Nghymru’r 20fed ganrif trwy fentrau iwtopaidd amrywiol.
Dewch o hyd i gopi yn eich siop lyfrau leol! www.gwasgprifysgolcymru.org/book/ynysoed...
@wigs24.bsky.social
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This is a brilliant, and troubling piece by Jannat Ahmed. It's worth listening to and hearing your voice also.
Thank you for being so candid Jannat. I hope the powers that be take note.
Thank you for being so candid Jannat. I hope the powers that be take note.
Some thoughts on the future of Lucent Dreaming from our co-founder Jannat Ahmed.
We appreciate the support we’ve received in every iteration of Lucent and we can’t wait to see what this new season brings 🤍
lucentdreaming.com/thoughts-on-...
We appreciate the support we’ve received in every iteration of Lucent and we can’t wait to see what this new season brings 🤍
lucentdreaming.com/thoughts-on-...
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is a brilliant, and troubling piece by Jannat Ahmed. It's worth listening to and hearing your voice also.
Thank you for being so candid Jannat. I hope the powers that be take note.
Thank you for being so candid Jannat. I hope the powers that be take note.