ianb
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Anti-austerity, anti-fascist. Mostly social science. Send me data.
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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And this is the book the Times are reporting on.
The Fraud
Using a cache of hitherto unseen documents and exclusive insider accounts, this sensational new book tells the story of how a shadowy group, Labour Together, came to the cusp of delivering Sir Keir St...
orbooks.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
And this is the book the Times are reporting on.
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The UK doesn’t have First Amendment free speech protections, but the Brits don’t GAF‼️
September 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The UK doesn’t have First Amendment free speech protections, but the Brits don’t GAF‼️
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Highly sus Yankee behavior has freaked out sensible and cautious Finns… who now save 7.3% of their income! This is a nation that fears the future.
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Highly sus Yankee behavior has freaked out sensible and cautious Finns… who now save 7.3% of their income! This is a nation that fears the future.
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Petition: Higher tax on income of £400,000, and exit tax if they move to another country petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... Deadline 6 November
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Petition: Higher tax on income of £400,000, and exit tax if they move to another country petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... Deadline 6 November
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Tax wealth, increase wages & benefits - economy boosted
Give money to wealthy, disappears off-shore - economy fails
"TUC hits back at banking boss who suggested public-sector pay should be curbed because the economy falling"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/its-...
Give money to wealthy, disappears off-shore - economy fails
"TUC hits back at banking boss who suggested public-sector pay should be curbed because the economy falling"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/its-...
‘It’s time for a grown-up conversation about taxing wealth’
UNIONS called for a “grown-up conversation” about taxing wealth, banks and gambling companies today, after data showed Britain’s economy has flatlined.The TUC also hit back at a banking boss for sugge...
morningstaronline.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Tax wealth, increase wages & benefits - economy boosted
Give money to wealthy, disappears off-shore - economy fails
"TUC hits back at banking boss who suggested public-sector pay should be curbed because the economy falling"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/its-...
Give money to wealthy, disappears off-shore - economy fails
"TUC hits back at banking boss who suggested public-sector pay should be curbed because the economy falling"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/its-...
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We live in the age of Rancid Capitalism where you are charged more and more for services that don't work because the same people own them all and there is no choice.
There is only one solution destroy the system and get rid of the parasites in charge.
There is only one solution destroy the system and get rid of the parasites in charge.
July 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We live in the age of Rancid Capitalism where you are charged more and more for services that don't work because the same people own them all and there is no choice.
There is only one solution destroy the system and get rid of the parasites in charge.
There is only one solution destroy the system and get rid of the parasites in charge.
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In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.
Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.
The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.
Sign the @divideclass open letter demanding action on education and inequality in Brighton & Hove: www.classdivide.co.uk/take-action-...
Support our open letter on education inequity — Class Divide
Sign our open letter calling for urgent action to address education inequality in Brighton & Hove. Add your name and stand for change.
www.classdivide.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sign the @divideclass open letter demanding action on education and inequality in Brighton & Hove: www.classdivide.co.uk/take-action-...
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Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her funding plans for schools through to 2029.
And thanks to you -- we won back billions for schools.
There's a long way to go. But today, we're celebrating a win for schools.
And thanks to you -- we won back billions for schools.
There's a long way to go. But today, we're celebrating a win for schools.
June 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her funding plans for schools through to 2029.
And thanks to you -- we won back billions for schools.
There's a long way to go. But today, we're celebrating a win for schools.
And thanks to you -- we won back billions for schools.
There's a long way to go. But today, we're celebrating a win for schools.
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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In Manhattan, ICE officers were forced to flee inside 26 Federal Plaza
June 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In Manhattan, ICE officers were forced to flee inside 26 Federal Plaza
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
Can anyone tell me what this article argues? I can't get round the paywall.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Why Gen X is the real loser generation
Don’t cry for millennials or Gen Z. Save your pity for those in their 50s
www.economist.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can anyone tell me what this article argues? I can't get round the paywall.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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This was a conscious, deliberate project by Osborne and Cameron, not for any real reason but because it struck them as the type of things Tories should do. The political/media class jointly crushed and annihilated the anti-austerity movement that grew organically to resist it, working hand in hand.
May 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This was a conscious, deliberate project by Osborne and Cameron, not for any real reason but because it struck them as the type of things Tories should do. The political/media class jointly crushed and annihilated the anti-austerity movement that grew organically to resist it, working hand in hand.
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Bank chiefs to Reeves: Ditch ring-fencing to boost UK economy.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
Bank chiefs to Reeves: Ditch ring-fencing to boost UK economy
The bosses of HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group and Santander UK have told the chancellor the moment has come to abolish bank ring-fencing in an explosive letter obtained by Sky News.
news.sky.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Bank chiefs to Reeves: Ditch ring-fencing to boost UK economy.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
Speculative part of banking was ring-fenced from retail after the 2007-08 crash to contain crashes.
Most post-crash reforms now reversed, govts push deregulation.
Playing with fire. People will bear the cost of reckless practices.
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Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
April 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
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Truly mad that this is not more widely understood. Inflation is not just about tariffs and interest rates. Climate change is also driving inflation - and it is not going away. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Tariffs will raise prices. But the climate crisis is the real inflation risk | Mark Blyth and Nicolò Fraccaroli
As temperatures rise and countries back off their decarbonization efforts, we must confront a reality central banks can’t correct
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Truly mad that this is not more widely understood. Inflation is not just about tariffs and interest rates. Climate change is also driving inflation - and it is not going away. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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And it shows...
Labour has had FOUR times the private healthcare donations of every other party
Evidently, the private healthcare sector thinks Labour is the right horse to back for advancing its interests, namely NHS privatisation
www.thecanary.co
April 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
And it shows...
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He did it. He crashed the entire economy. In exactly 90 days.
April 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
He did it. He crashed the entire economy. In exactly 90 days.