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Songwriter, mandolin player, resilient optimist
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It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
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This week's column.
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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April 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You have to read this article.
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
You have to read this article.
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"The forces we are up against have made peace with mass death. They are treasonous to this world and its human and non-human inhabitants."
By @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Genius
April 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Genius
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If 2025 is the beginning of a new era, maybe this is the first essential piece of writing. A small masterpiece in its own way; full of nostalgia, principle and, most of all, foreboding....
TODAY: BRAND NEW CANADRIAN HYDRA Nathan Munn observes the chaos across the southern border. "To a working-class kid like me who had never travelled any great distance, America was always more of a concept than a place." flaminghydra.com/r/6ab1c03c?m...
On guard
Nathan Munn, reporting from Canada
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April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If 2025 is the beginning of a new era, maybe this is the first essential piece of writing. A small masterpiece in its own way; full of nostalgia, principle and, most of all, foreboding....
My take on White House meltdown? Trump got sucked in by JD Vance. It's Vance who has scuppered the deal and he looked pretty pleased about it. Horrifying to watch it in real time....
February 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My take on White House meltdown? Trump got sucked in by JD Vance. It's Vance who has scuppered the deal and he looked pretty pleased about it. Horrifying to watch it in real time....
Almost worth a trip to Leeds in itself! :)
If you're at a loose end in Leeds this Thursday, I'm giving a free talk on the Northern Star and the Chartist movement for the Ford Maguire society at the Swathmore, LS3 at 7pm. Free entry, all welcome!
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Event: Leeds and the Northern Star (1837-1852)
I’m stoked to be delivering a FREE lecture on the Northern Star in Leeds this Thursday 27th February at the Swarthmore Education Centre, in association with the Ford-Maguire History Society, …
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February 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Almost worth a trip to Leeds in itself! :)
By some margin the greatest British political journalist of this age.....please listen, this is where we are going....
On LBC this morning, I spoke about why we should be far more worried the power Elon Musk is accruing, especially in light of his Open AI moves.
The normalisation of his actions and activity by quite a bit of the US and even UK media is a big part of the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnt...
The normalisation of his actions and activity by quite a bit of the US and even UK media is a big part of the problem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGnt...
Elon Musk's main aim is 'world domination' | Lewis Goodall on LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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February 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
By some margin the greatest British political journalist of this age.....please listen, this is where we are going....
Up early for a flight to Glasgow for Celtic Connections....God, I hate flying...feels like being processed at Folsom Prison...with barely hidden hysteria and panic as an extra ...people half running everywhere...aaarghh!!
January 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Up early for a flight to Glasgow for Celtic Connections....God, I hate flying...feels like being processed at Folsom Prison...with barely hidden hysteria and panic as an extra ...people half running everywhere...aaarghh!!
How big is a blank page of white paper? Sometimes, when the writing fever is burning, its a tiny scrap. Other times it's a sheer icy wall stretching to the sky. After 18 months of performing, rehearsing and recovering, i'm about to re enter the real creative process :) Regular reports incoming here
January 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
How big is a blank page of white paper? Sometimes, when the writing fever is burning, its a tiny scrap. Other times it's a sheer icy wall stretching to the sky. After 18 months of performing, rehearsing and recovering, i'm about to re enter the real creative process :) Regular reports incoming here
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Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
The Contrarian | Substack
Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication. Launched 13 hours ago.
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January 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability
Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com
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True to its long history of exploitation and obfuscation, Meta makes it as hard as possible to delete your Facebook account. It keeps changing the procedure. In some cases it directs you to the wrong tabs. But this video by Gauging Gadgets provides a simple guide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZIJ...
How to Delete Facebook Account Permanently on Desktop, Laptop, Mac, or Chromebook
YouTube video by Gauging Gadgets
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January 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
True to its long history of exploitation and obfuscation, Meta makes it as hard as possible to delete your Facebook account. It keeps changing the procedure. In some cases it directs you to the wrong tabs. But this video by Gauging Gadgets provides a simple guide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZIJ...
It's long gone twilight for this key generation of musicians. I always enjoyed Peter, Paul and Mary...probably the first 'folk' music i ever heard
Peter Yarrow, singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. cnn.it/4gGn8Pp
January 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's long gone twilight for this key generation of musicians. I always enjoyed Peter, Paul and Mary...probably the first 'folk' music i ever heard
Timing and perspective are such key yet random factors in the way of things. So for example, the very qualities that made Biden, at the age of 78 the right guy to take on Trump in 2020, are the same qualities that meant he was unable to see it was time to step down well before 2024....
January 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Timing and perspective are such key yet random factors in the way of things. So for example, the very qualities that made Biden, at the age of 78 the right guy to take on Trump in 2020, are the same qualities that meant he was unable to see it was time to step down well before 2024....
It's hardly surprising that Trump and gang are being mean to Keir Starmer....they are bullies and he's a nerd. I don't imagine Mandelson will have much luck either; that camp high englishness doesn't cut much mustard in Queens or Pittsburgh
January 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It's hardly surprising that Trump and gang are being mean to Keir Starmer....they are bullies and he's a nerd. I don't imagine Mandelson will have much luck either; that camp high englishness doesn't cut much mustard in Queens or Pittsburgh
my favourite Xmas song
Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December (1974) youtu.be/U9TByT3QlWc?...
Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December (1974)
YouTube video by jan novák
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December 24, 2024 at 9:33 PM
my favourite Xmas song
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Dylan blog posts do not get any better than this - Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings and Bob Dylan. MUST READ
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Dylan Duets
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings's Woodland
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December 24, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Dylan blog posts do not get any better than this - Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings and Bob Dylan. MUST READ
open.substack.com/pub/shadowch...
open.substack.com/pub/shadowch...
Woke up wondering; if I was a work of Art, which one would I be? Oil painting, watercolour, miniature etc etc. Decided I was an unfinished sketch ( at worst, a doodle). Pencil or charcoal though? That is the question...
December 21, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Woke up wondering; if I was a work of Art, which one would I be? Oil painting, watercolour, miniature etc etc. Decided I was an unfinished sketch ( at worst, a doodle). Pencil or charcoal though? That is the question...
The 2020s are starting to resemble the 1920s...paging Mr Billy Flynn for Mr Luigi Mangione... He's going to need some of the old Razzle Dazzle!..I knew that phrase 'they had it coming' reminded me of something...
youtu.be/A-c9uQh7ECg?...
youtu.be/A-c9uQh7ECg?...
Chicago cell block tango Broadway version
YouTube video by antonina rusetskaya
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December 11, 2024 at 12:06 PM
The 2020s are starting to resemble the 1920s...paging Mr Billy Flynn for Mr Luigi Mangione... He's going to need some of the old Razzle Dazzle!..I knew that phrase 'they had it coming' reminded me of something...
youtu.be/A-c9uQh7ECg?...
youtu.be/A-c9uQh7ECg?...
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My first thought as I watched the events in South Korea was…could this happen here? I wrote about it first and today I spoke with an expert on the National Emergencies Act for the next ‘On Democracy’ tomorrow. Check out my post and I’d love you to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
December 5, 2024 at 12:42 AM
My first thought as I watched the events in South Korea was…could this happen here? I wrote about it first and today I spoke with an expert on the National Emergencies Act for the next ‘On Democracy’ tomorrow. Check out my post and I’d love you to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
A tremendous and rare victory for democracy in South Korea. The key seems to have been the quickness of response; both from the public and the institutions like the Assembly which raced to oppose the martial law edict in powerful unity. Delay would have been fatal. Both sides will be taking notes..
December 5, 2024 at 8:05 AM
A tremendous and rare victory for democracy in South Korea. The key seems to have been the quickness of response; both from the public and the institutions like the Assembly which raced to oppose the martial law edict in powerful unity. Delay would have been fatal. Both sides will be taking notes..
If you're wondering whats happening in South Korea and why Martial Law has been declared, this piece explains it brilliantly. With all eyes on Trump's first 100 days, this crisis of democracy could be the first of many...
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:47 PM
If you're wondering whats happening in South Korea and why Martial Law has been declared, this piece explains it brilliantly. With all eyes on Trump's first 100 days, this crisis of democracy could be the first of many...
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"Speculation is not the function of journalism. It is what an anxious brain does, worrying about all the ways things could go wrong, sending the worrier into a panicked and angry state,” writes Noah Hawley:
Journalism’s What If Problem
Too many reporters are writing fiction.
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December 1, 2024 at 2:18 PM
"Speculation is not the function of journalism. It is what an anxious brain does, worrying about all the ways things could go wrong, sending the worrier into a panicked and angry state,” writes Noah Hawley:
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“He had such a strong core of self…”
Remembering George Harrison, who passed away on this day in 2001, friends, collaborators and family pay tribute to The Beatles’ dark horse:
www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...
Remembering George Harrison, who passed away on this day in 2001, friends, collaborators and family pay tribute to The Beatles’ dark horse:
www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...
George Harrison Remembered
Friends and collaborators pay tribute to The Quiet One.
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November 29, 2024 at 11:54 AM
“He had such a strong core of self…”
Remembering George Harrison, who passed away on this day in 2001, friends, collaborators and family pay tribute to The Beatles’ dark horse:
www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...
Remembering George Harrison, who passed away on this day in 2001, friends, collaborators and family pay tribute to The Beatles’ dark horse:
www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...