Jan Clements
janocee.bsky.social
Jan Clements
@janocee.bsky.social
Media lawyer, former Guardian and Observer legal manager. Brighton sea swimmer and busker raising funds for MSF.
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New report: "Life in the world’s most polluted town" covering the huge lead contamination in #Kabwe, Zambia, its terrible impacts on children and the case for corporate accountability

By @actsa-uk.bsky.social
#pollution
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New report: Life in the world’s most polluted town - The origins of lead contamination in Kabwe, its impacts on children, and the case for corporate accountability
Four mothers tell their stories alongside the medical, legal and moral case for corporate accountability by Anglo American in a new report about lead contamination in Kabwe, Zambia, by Action for Sout...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Nearly 700 people have contacted their MP to push for safer streets in just a few days! We have the chance to influence the upcoming Road Safety Strategy and improve streets for everyone. Please write to your MP today 🌻https://act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/174678/action/1?ea.tracking.id=bsky
Support a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create Safer Streets for All
Far too often, people walking, wheeling or cycling experience avoidable danger. Write to your MP today, urging them to call on the Government to adopt Living Streets and The Bikeability Trust's five k...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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To watch the entire West back Israel's non-existent 'right' to board a vessel in international waters and abduct its crew and passengers on the might-is-right principle is to witness the Death of International Law - again! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
British-flagged yacht operated by pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition was making symbolic attempt to deliver aid
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June 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The real murder epidemic
May 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw
May 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The @theguardian.com view on rising sea levels: adaptation has never been more urgent

- Stark warnings about threatened coastal areas should prompt fresh efforts to protect those most at risk

#climatecrisis
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The Guardian view on rising sea levels: adaptation has never been more urgent | Editorial
Editorial: Stark warnings about threatened coastal areas should prompt fresh efforts to protect those most at risk
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May 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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May 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Refugee and migrant groups join with hundreds to warn against 'politics of division'

In an open letter more than 350 groups - coordinated by Asylum Matters - say they are speaking up for 'meaningful and enduring contributions' of migrants

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Migrant groups join forces with hundreds to warn against 'politics of division'
In an open letter more than 350 groups - coordinated by Asylum Matters - say they are speaking up for 'meaningful and enduring contributions' of migrants
www.mirror.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
#palestine #theguardian
The turning point that wasn't: the way the world talks about Israel's war has changed. Nothing else has | Nesrine Malik
An air of complicity has prompted new rhetoric from UK and EU leaders. But it won’t redeem them – or change history’s course, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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May 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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The EBU has shown itself to be hypocritical by allowing Israel to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. Serious doubt must be cast on the voting system. I’m calling for all right minded countries to boycott Eurovision next year. Eurovision is a disgrace end of story!
May 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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It is incredible that Israel is even in the contest let alone coming second with the UK audience voting Israel 12 points.
Sick
May 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Eurovision fully becomed the musical version of sportswashing. Musicwashing doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Plucky old(lol 1948) Israel finishing 2nd with all those public votes.

Do fuck off you bunch of genocidal cunts
May 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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One of UK’s biggest supermarkets to stop all trading with genocidal Israel!
May 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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BREAKING: The Co-op AGM has just voted for a motion to “cease all trading with Israel”
This is a big victory for our movement. We must maintain the pressure to ensure the policy is enforced.
Boycotting Israeli goods is now the policy of one of the largest supermarkets in the UK.
May 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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May 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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On VE Day, remember the war – but can we resolve to honour all who fought in it? | Gary Younge
On VE Day, remember the war – but can we resolve to honour all who fought in it? | Gary Younge
The heroism of soldiers from India, Africa and the Caribbean is too often airbrushed, as is the struggle of those who resisted colonial powers, says writer and sociology professor Gary Younge
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May 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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It was announced today by the European Commission that Coca-Cola will change some of its labelling practices to remove misleading recycling claims, after BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation and its members lodged a greenwashing complaint to the Commission in 2023 which we supported. (1/5)
May 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How ‘out of touch’ Tony Blair became a serious threat to climate action
Even before his call for a net zero ‘reset’, there had been criticism of ex-PM’s lucrative links with fossil fuel nations
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May 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Your School House Rock moment......
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM