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The latest Labour Left Podcast is out and I’ve been talking about Keir Starmer with Mark Perryman. Mark’s edited the best Starmer book so far - The Starmer Symptom. I think it’s fair to say neither of us are happy!
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October 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The latest Labour Left Podcast is out and I’ve been talking about Keir Starmer with Mark Perryman. Mark’s edited the best Starmer book so far - The Starmer Symptom. I think it’s fair to say neither of us are happy!
youtu.be/qb50qcMmcow?...
youtu.be/qb50qcMmcow?...
The Labour Left Podcast #Lab25 Conference special is with the Campaign Group’s back from exile @johnmcdonnellMP Expect a bit of everything we talk Gramsci, PR, the whip, Ireland, Gaza, coups, Deputy Labour Leadership, conference & much more. Links in the replies. Pls share 1/4
September 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Labour Left Podcast #Lab25 Conference special is with the Campaign Group’s back from exile @johnmcdonnellMP Expect a bit of everything we talk Gramsci, PR, the whip, Ireland, Gaza, coups, Deputy Labour Leadership, conference & much more. Links in the replies. Pls share 1/4
Yesterday Colchester had its 100th Gaza vigil. It was the anniversary that should never have taken place. The country’s mood is moving against the government & its complicity.
Keep pushing. #CeaseFireNow
Keep pushing. #CeaseFireNow
September 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Yesterday Colchester had its 100th Gaza vigil. It was the anniversary that should never have taken place. The country’s mood is moving against the government & its complicity.
Keep pushing. #CeaseFireNow
Keep pushing. #CeaseFireNow
Richard Burgon MP gives his thoughts on the Labour Deputy Leadership contest. 1/2
September 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Richard Burgon MP gives his thoughts on the Labour Deputy Leadership contest. 1/2
How can socialists oppose antisemitism, grapple with the politics of Zionism & support the Palestinian people?
Rachel Shabi is a great starting point to help you learn how to navigate this difficult terrain. #SocialistSunday
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Rachel Shabi is a great starting point to help you learn how to navigate this difficult terrain. #SocialistSunday
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August 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
How can socialists oppose antisemitism, grapple with the politics of Zionism & support the Palestinian people?
Rachel Shabi is a great starting point to help you learn how to navigate this difficult terrain. #SocialistSunday
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ?...
Rachel Shabi is a great starting point to help you learn how to navigate this difficult terrain. #SocialistSunday
youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ?...
Today we were out campaigning to boycott Barclays in Colchester as part of Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Boycott Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Campaign. The conversations brought back memories of our stand against Apartheid in South Africa during the 1980s.
www.palestinecampaign.org
www.palestinecampaign.org
August 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Today we were out campaigning to boycott Barclays in Colchester as part of Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Boycott Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Campaign. The conversations brought back memories of our stand against Apartheid in South Africa during the 1980s.
www.palestinecampaign.org
www.palestinecampaign.org
Socialist Feminist Lynne Segal of Beyond the Fragments fame is the latest guest on the Labour Left Podcast. To see the full episode go to YouTube, Audible, SubStack or your favourite podcast site and just search for the Labour Left Podcast.
Links in replies 1/2
Links in replies 1/2
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Socialist Feminist Lynne Segal of Beyond the Fragments fame is the latest guest on the Labour Left Podcast. To see the full episode go to YouTube, Audible, SubStack or your favourite podcast site and just search for the Labour Left Podcast.
Links in replies 1/2
Links in replies 1/2
Over forty people today on Colchester’s weekly vigil for Gaza. It’s an outstanding achievement for the organisers the they never miss a week. It’s notable that more & more passing motorists are hooting their horn to show their support for Palestine.
#StopArmingIsrael
#StopArmingIsrael
August 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Over forty people today on Colchester’s weekly vigil for Gaza. It’s an outstanding achievement for the organisers the they never miss a week. It’s notable that more & more passing motorists are hooting their horn to show their support for Palestine.
#StopArmingIsrael
#StopArmingIsrael
The latest Labour Left Podcast is out and it’s with Richard Burgon MP the Secretary of the Socialist Campaign Group.
Links to watch & listen in the reply.
Links to watch & listen in the reply.
June 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The latest Labour Left Podcast is out and it’s with Richard Burgon MP the Secretary of the Socialist Campaign Group.
Links to watch & listen in the reply.
Links to watch & listen in the reply.
Well done to the @BritishQuakers your fine example as the first British church to state their belief that genocide is underway in Gaza leads the way.
The tide of opinion across the world is moving against Netanyahu’s Israeli Government.
#StopArmingIsrael!
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
The tide of opinion across the world is moving against Netanyahu’s Israeli Government.
#StopArmingIsrael!
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
June 2, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Well done to the @BritishQuakers your fine example as the first British church to state their belief that genocide is underway in Gaza leads the way.
The tide of opinion across the world is moving against Netanyahu’s Israeli Government.
#StopArmingIsrael!
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
The tide of opinion across the world is moving against Netanyahu’s Israeli Government.
#StopArmingIsrael!
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Is our aim of a United Ireland in sight? Hear Irish historian, activist & film maker Geoff Bell describe the Troubles and consider what will happen next. Links in the thread 1/3
May 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Is our aim of a United Ireland in sight? Hear Irish historian, activist & film maker Geoff Bell describe the Troubles and consider what will happen next. Links in the thread 1/3
Here’s Adrian’s book. It remains one of the best written on this subject. 2/2
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Here’s Adrian’s book. It remains one of the best written on this subject. 2/2
Today is the Hillsborough anniversary. Back in 2017 I had the honour of meeting Adrian Tempany the author of And the Sun Shines Now at our event in Colchester. Let’s remember Hillsborough today & say #HillsboroughLawNow 1/2
April 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Today is the Hillsborough anniversary. Back in 2017 I had the honour of meeting Adrian Tempany the author of And the Sun Shines Now at our event in Colchester. Let’s remember Hillsborough today & say #HillsboroughLawNow 1/2
The hard left is talking to the soft left again. Have a listen to Neal Lawson of Compass & Bryn Griffiths have a chat on the Labour Left Podcast. Links in the thread. 1/3
April 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The hard left is talking to the soft left again. Have a listen to Neal Lawson of Compass & Bryn Griffiths have a chat on the Labour Left Podcast. Links in the thread. 1/3
In 2023 I wrote this for CLPD. We knew Labour’s economic policy under Reeves & Starmer would be a battleground. The time has come to stand up against the policies that harm the vulnerable. Please use the Momentum campaigning tools to demand a policy change. 1/2
March 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In 2023 I wrote this for CLPD. We knew Labour’s economic policy under Reeves & Starmer would be a battleground. The time has come to stand up against the policies that harm the vulnerable. Please use the Momentum campaigning tools to demand a policy change. 1/2
Here’s Rachel’s fantastic book that’s discussed in the podcast. 3/4
March 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Here’s Rachel’s fantastic book that’s discussed in the podcast. 3/4
The latest Labour Left Podcast, produced with Labour Hub, is with Rachel Shabi who discusses her new book and addresses how & why the Left must fight antisemitism.
Watch on YouTube or your fave podcast channel (links below)
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Watch on YouTube or your fave podcast channel (links below)
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March 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The latest Labour Left Podcast, produced with Labour Hub, is with Rachel Shabi who discusses her new book and addresses how & why the Left must fight antisemitism.
Watch on YouTube or your fave podcast channel (links below)
1/4
Watch on YouTube or your fave podcast channel (links below)
1/4
#OTD in 1953 Stalin died. He did huge damage to the international socialist movement. The damage his politics did lasts to this day.
As a teenager I read Orwell’s Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia &1984 these books made a big impression upon me and helped form my politics.
As a teenager I read Orwell’s Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia &1984 these books made a big impression upon me and helped form my politics.
March 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#OTD in 1953 Stalin died. He did huge damage to the international socialist movement. The damage his politics did lasts to this day.
As a teenager I read Orwell’s Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia &1984 these books made a big impression upon me and helped form my politics.
As a teenager I read Orwell’s Animal Farm, Homage to Catalonia &1984 these books made a big impression upon me and helped form my politics.
Reeves is not committed to the redistribution of wealth & income so she has to gamble everything on a ‘magic growth tree’ to deliver for Labour voters. In this context headlines like this 👇 are terrifying as they suggest Labour voters will face yet more pain & little gain. 1/4
February 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reeves is not committed to the redistribution of wealth & income so she has to gamble everything on a ‘magic growth tree’ to deliver for Labour voters. In this context headlines like this 👇 are terrifying as they suggest Labour voters will face yet more pain & little gain. 1/4
Solidarity with Zarah, Apsana and John. I endorse the Momentum statement.
February 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Solidarity with Zarah, Apsana and John. I endorse the Momentum statement.
27 Jan is #HolocaustMemorialDay
Many people of my age cut their political teeth supporting the Anti Nazi League & Rock Against Racism. We opposed Fascism, anti semitism and all forms of racism.
The populist right is on the march so as the poster says we must say “Never Again”.
Many people of my age cut their political teeth supporting the Anti Nazi League & Rock Against Racism. We opposed Fascism, anti semitism and all forms of racism.
The populist right is on the march so as the poster says we must say “Never Again”.
January 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
27 Jan is #HolocaustMemorialDay
Many people of my age cut their political teeth supporting the Anti Nazi League & Rock Against Racism. We opposed Fascism, anti semitism and all forms of racism.
The populist right is on the march so as the poster says we must say “Never Again”.
Many people of my age cut their political teeth supporting the Anti Nazi League & Rock Against Racism. We opposed Fascism, anti semitism and all forms of racism.
The populist right is on the march so as the poster says we must say “Never Again”.
We remember tank man on June 5 1989 literally standing up to the massacre committed by the Chinese Communist Party. Today, we must mark the arrest of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh who stood up to Netanyahu’s ongoing massacre in Gaza.
The cause of justice has no national boundaries.
The cause of justice has no national boundaries.
December 28, 2024 at 11:15 PM
We remember tank man on June 5 1989 literally standing up to the massacre committed by the Chinese Communist Party. Today, we must mark the arrest of Dr Hussam Abu Safiyeh who stood up to Netanyahu’s ongoing massacre in Gaza.
The cause of justice has no national boundaries.
The cause of justice has no national boundaries.
Happy Christmas.
Today anyone who celebrates Christmas should stop for at least a moment to think of Gaza & the Palestinian people.
Next year we must redouble our solidarity with the Palestinian people, do all we can to end the killing & release the hostages.
#CeasefireNOW
Today anyone who celebrates Christmas should stop for at least a moment to think of Gaza & the Palestinian people.
Next year we must redouble our solidarity with the Palestinian people, do all we can to end the killing & release the hostages.
#CeasefireNOW
December 25, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Happy Christmas.
Today anyone who celebrates Christmas should stop for at least a moment to think of Gaza & the Palestinian people.
Next year we must redouble our solidarity with the Palestinian people, do all we can to end the killing & release the hostages.
#CeasefireNOW
Today anyone who celebrates Christmas should stop for at least a moment to think of Gaza & the Palestinian people.
Next year we must redouble our solidarity with the Palestinian people, do all we can to end the killing & release the hostages.
#CeasefireNOW
I can’t believe it was two years ago that I posted this lovely film of Colchester’s striking posties. I still love it as much as the day I posted it. Solidarity at Christmas
December 23, 2024 at 9:55 PM
I can’t believe it was two years ago that I posted this lovely film of Colchester’s striking posties. I still love it as much as the day I posted it. Solidarity at Christmas
The headline was nothing to do with me but I have to admit it did make me laugh rather a lot! Here’s the generous write up. 2/2
December 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
The headline was nothing to do with me but I have to admit it did make me laugh rather a lot! Here’s the generous write up. 2/2