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John Cooper

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Nurse. Therapist.
Socialism. Climate justice.
Birmingham, UK.
It’s later than you think 🌍🍉

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The brilliant Gwenifer Raymond at the Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath on Sunday night.

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November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM

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Malvern Hills from Dead Woman’s Thorn, Ledbury.

November 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM

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Carpenter’s Hill, Beoley

November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM

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Flags do more to divide community

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#BrumTogether #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism

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September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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Norfolk

September 1, 2025 at 10:22 PM

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In the beginning, there was darkness
#Ozzy #BlackSabbath #Birmingham

A row of posters on the window of an empty shop in Birmingham depicting a young Ozzy Osbourne riding on a horse with the caption ‘in the beginning there was darkness’

July 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM

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Delivering #solidarity and chocolates to Birmingham’s resident doctors on the @bma.org.uk picket line at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this morning.
#PayRestoration

Striking doctors on the picket line at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham with a young supporter

July 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM

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Channel 4 News report on Gaza this evening: “Finding food has become a deadly business with 800 people killed in recent weeks at distribution centres”.

BBC News channel covering the same story: “The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation… has faced criticism about how it is rolling out service provision”.

July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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Resident Doctors are not being ‘greedy’. All they are asking for is a clear path to #PayRestoration. I supported them in 2023 and in 2024 and I will be supporting them in 2025.
@bma.org.uk

Resident Doctors on a BMA picket line with a young supporter at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in April 2023.

July 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM

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July 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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Haytor Rocks, Dartmoor

July 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM

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Book Launch!

My old friend and comrade Martin Empson will be in Birmingham to discuss his new book about the German Peasants’ War this week - Wed 18 June, 7pm at The Warehouse.
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The Time of the Harvest has Come: Revolution, Reformation and the German Peasants’ War

Martin Empson

June 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM

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“The only way is to show up and to fight.” #thmt

Screenshot from series 6 of The Handmaids Tale. June is saying “the only way is to show up and to fight.”

May 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #Birmingham #UK #April2025

#unity #solidarity #transcommunity #brumagainsthate #brumunited #noplaceforhate

Image of hundreds of protesters gathering at the Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial on Hurst Street on Saturday 26th April.

BIRMINGHAN STANDS TOGETHER TO BACK TRANS LIBERATION!
Trans rights are human rights!

On Saturday 26 April Birmingham stood in solidarity with the trans community and trans+ voices were heard in the city.

The protest was one of many happening that weekend as protesters took to the streets across the UK.

The previous weekend saw people protesting up and down the country, including thousands that marched through London.

The protests are in response to the recent High Court ruling that has emboldened people who want to attack trans+ rights.

Protesters were joined by former Birmingham poet laureate Jasmine Gardosi who will recited a poem at the event.

The Birmingham event attracted support and solidarity from numerous community groups and trade unions including:
Brum Against Hate
Birmingham Friends of the Earth (BFoE)
UNISON LGBT+
Birmingham Pride Community Foundation
Birmingham LGBT
Trans Central
Lichfield Pride
Trans Pride Birmingham
The Trans Tearoom
Not Your Scapegoat
Birmingham TUC
UNISON Walsall General Branch
Disabled People Against Cuts
Unite Community Birmingham
PCS Midlands
University & College Union (UCU)
UNISON Birmingham
National Education Union (NEU)
We Demand Change
UNISON Black LGBT+

May 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM

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Malvern skies

April 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM

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Malvern

April 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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First Cuckoo!
#Cuckoo #birds
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April 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM

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WE ARE STANDING TOGETHER TO BACK TRANS LIBERATION!
Birmingham protest for trans rights.

Saturday 26 April, 6pm.
Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial, Hurst Street.

Trans women ARE women! Trans men ARE men!
#transrightsarehumanrights.

Many in the trans community will suffer from the Supreme Court ruling.

WE ARE STANDING TOGETHER TO BACK TRANS LIBERATION!

Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial, Hurst Street. Saturday 26th April, 6pm.

Bring flags, banners, placards and love.

07758 191798 for more info.

Trans women ARE women! Trans men ARE men!

ALL welcome.

Image is of the transgender pride flag with logos of supporting organisations:
Trans Pride Birmingham
Brum Against Hate
Birmingham LGBT
Trans Central
The Trans Tearoom
Not Your Scapegoat
Birmingham Pride
Lichfield Pride
University & College Union (UCU)
Birmingham TUC
National Education Union (NEU)
UNISON Birmingham
UNISON LGBT+
UNISON Black LGBT+
Unite Community Birmingham
We Demand Change
Birmingham Friends of the Earth (BFoE)
UNISON Walsall General Branch

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/s/birmingham-stands-together-to-/1185548446703179/

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April 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM

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Last week's Supreme Court ruling was wrong and harmful. Birmingham is making a stand against their decision and for trans rights on Saturday. Join us.
@whatthetrans.com @birminghamtuc.bsky.social
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Fb event: www.facebook.com/events/s/bir...

April 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM

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Kate Osborne MP responds to the recent ruling about the definition of the word “woman”
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April 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM

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Unite Community Birmingham are the latest to support Brum's trans rights protest. See you on Saturday ✊
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
RSVP here: facebook.com/events/s/bir...

April 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍⚧️
Support for the Birmingham trans rights solidarity protest is growing.
Thank you to @birminghamtuc.bsky.social for your support. See you on Saturday.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#TransRightsAreTradeUnionRights