Groucho Mac
@scotland70.bsky.social
Bides in Scotland. Interests: politics, history, music. OU veteran.
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UN chief Antonio Guterres says he is “outraged by the Israeli air strikes in Gaza” as global condemnation grows over the killing of more than 400 Palestinians, including many children.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
UN chief Antonio Guterres says he is “outraged by the Israeli air strikes in Gaza” as global condemnation grows over the killing of more than 400 Palestinians, including many children.
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A message from Spain's left-wing government to the UK: take heart from our success on workers' rights. Raising living standards is the key to combating the far right.
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins’: Spain’s deputy PM on the need for workers’ rights
Yolanda Díaz Pérez’s leftwing government has championed employment reform similar to Labour’s proposals – and she tells British business there is nothing to fear
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A message from Spain's left-wing government to the UK: take heart from our success on workers' rights. Raising living standards is the key to combating the far right.
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"If you fall into the dialogue of the far right, the far right wins."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Another plastic MAGA who tasted British freedom of speech.
February 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Another plastic MAGA who tasted British freedom of speech.
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How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
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STUNNING MOVE By Egypt Utterly FLOORS Israel! #DamoRants #IsraelViolatesCeasefire youtu.be/DdexvavmZ7E
STUNNING MOVE By Egypt Utterly FLOORS Israel!
YouTube video by KernowDamo
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February 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
STUNNING MOVE By Egypt Utterly FLOORS Israel! #DamoRants #IsraelViolatesCeasefire youtu.be/DdexvavmZ7E
Anyone else feeling nostalgia for the Thatcher / Reagan era?
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February 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Anyone else feeling nostalgia for the Thatcher / Reagan era?
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Listen to In Solidarity on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2T5vrJm...
In Solidarity - by openDemocracy
Podcast · openDemocracy · In Solidarity is an openDemocracy podcast about people, power and politics, co-hosted by our editors based in London, Abuja and Montevideo and featuring guests from the aroun...
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February 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Labour told to change course as Reform UK surges into polling lead morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
February 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Labour told to change course as Reform UK surges into polling lead morningstaronline.co.uk/article/labo...
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‘Endorsement of ethnic cleansing’
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
February 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
‘Endorsement of ethnic cleansing’
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
Donald Trump’s call for the US to “take over” and “own” Gaza during news conference with Israeli PM Netanyahu prompts condemnations and forceful rejections of the proposal aje.io/l57bot
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We’ve put together a starter pack of alternative media outlets. Follow these to get a different take on the news. 👇
February 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We’ve put together a starter pack of alternative media outlets. Follow these to get a different take on the news. 👇
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Yes please. I'm in! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain’s working week.
Article:
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Website:
www.4dayweek.co.uk
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain’s working week.
Article:
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Website:
www.4dayweek.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Yes please. I'm in! 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain’s working week.
Article:
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Website:
www.4dayweek.co.uk
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent Britain’s working week.
Article:
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
Website:
www.4dayweek.co.uk
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Warning from a Socialist PM.
Starmer?
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“It is the power of those who think that because they are rich, they are above the law and can do anything. That is why, my friends, that is why the tech billionaires want to overthrow democracy.”
www.politico.eu/article/spai...
Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says
“The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.”
www.politico.eu
January 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Warning from a Socialist PM.
Starmer?
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“It is the power of those who think that because they are rich, they are above the law and can do anything. That is why, my friends, that is why the tech billionaires want to overthrow democracy.”
www.politico.eu/article/spai...
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Reuters [Jan 23] -- As many corporations backpedal on DEI initiatives, Costco shareholders almost unanimously (98%) rejected an anti-DEI motion introduced by the activist rightwing group, National Center for Public Policy Research.
Costco's board had already recommended voting against the motion.
Costco's board had already recommended voting against the motion.
Costco shareholders vote against proposal for report on diversity programs
Costco Wholesale shareholders voted against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the U.S. company said on Thursday, against the backdrop of intense scrutiny of such policies.
www.reuters.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Reuters [Jan 23] -- As many corporations backpedal on DEI initiatives, Costco shareholders almost unanimously (98%) rejected an anti-DEI motion introduced by the activist rightwing group, National Center for Public Policy Research.
Costco's board had already recommended voting against the motion.
Costco's board had already recommended voting against the motion.
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You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
January 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
You might expect that one of the world's biggest media organisations admitting to illegal practices in accessing private information about a member of the royal family and a government minister would be front page news across the board, but apparently not.
Morning Bluesky
"Being realistic may once have meant coming to terms with a reality experienced as solid and immovable.
Capitalist Realism, however, entails subordinating oneself to reality is infinitely plastic, capable of reconfiguring itself at any moment"
Mark Fisher 2014
"Being realistic may once have meant coming to terms with a reality experienced as solid and immovable.
Capitalist Realism, however, entails subordinating oneself to reality is infinitely plastic, capable of reconfiguring itself at any moment"
Mark Fisher 2014
January 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Morning Bluesky
"Being realistic may once have meant coming to terms with a reality experienced as solid and immovable.
Capitalist Realism, however, entails subordinating oneself to reality is infinitely plastic, capable of reconfiguring itself at any moment"
Mark Fisher 2014
"Being realistic may once have meant coming to terms with a reality experienced as solid and immovable.
Capitalist Realism, however, entails subordinating oneself to reality is infinitely plastic, capable of reconfiguring itself at any moment"
Mark Fisher 2014
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UK govt must improve the economic condition of the bottom 50%, necessary for building economy and a just society.
1% has more than 70% of the population combined.
The bottom 50% has 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has only 0.5%.
No austerity. Must redistribute.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
1% has more than 70% of the population combined.
The bottom 50% has 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has only 0.5%.
No austerity. Must redistribute.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
Labour hasn’t delivered growth or happiness. It needs an economic reset.
Successive governments have tailored economic and tax policies to impoverish the masses
leftfootforward.org
January 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
UK govt must improve the economic condition of the bottom 50%, necessary for building economy and a just society.
1% has more than 70% of the population combined.
The bottom 50% has 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has only 0.5%.
No austerity. Must redistribute.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
1% has more than 70% of the population combined.
The bottom 50% has 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has only 0.5%.
No austerity. Must redistribute.
leftfootforward.org/2025/01/labo...
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January 15, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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@financialtimes.com
@newstatesman.com
🗺️ @newrepublic.com
@axios.com
@desmog.bsky.social
@politico.com
@theconversation.com
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@financialtimes.com
@newstatesman.com
🗺️ @newrepublic.com
@axios.com
@desmog.bsky.social
@politico.com
@theconversation.com
Check @reuters.com @apnews.com 1st when inflammatory stuff happens!
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Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Without trade unions we wouldn’t have
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
• a minimum wage
• maternity & paternity rights
• pension provision
• holiday & sickness entitlements
victories which have benefited every single person in this country
Join a union. Thank me later👇
youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...
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Germany’s nationalist far right is increasingly looking to ideological allies abroad to give it the legitimacy it craves at home.
Germany’s far right seeks electoral legitimacy from Trump administration
The AfD is using Elon Musk’s endorsement to reach out to Donald Trump — and to appear more acceptable at home ahead of a national election.
www.politico.eu
January 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Germany’s nationalist far right is increasingly looking to ideological allies abroad to give it the legitimacy it craves at home.
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Liz Truss, the Winnie the Pooh of economics.
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
A.A. Milne
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
A.A. Milne
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Liz Truss, the Winnie the Pooh of economics.
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
A.A. Milne
When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.
A.A. Milne
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