Cailean Smith
@smithissmith.bsky.social
Artist, Photographer, Lyricist, Singer, Anarcho Syndicalist, Drugstore Cowboy.... Northern Noir
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Day two of our 48 hr strike over plans to sell the Observer has kicked off! See you on the picket line.
Thank you to wonderful @pperry.bsky.social and Grayson, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Rosie Boycott, Jeremy Deller and @paulwaughmp.bsky.social for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
Thank you to wonderful @pperry.bsky.social and Grayson, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Rosie Boycott, Jeremy Deller and @paulwaughmp.bsky.social for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
December 5, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Day two of our 48 hr strike over plans to sell the Observer has kicked off! See you on the picket line.
Thank you to wonderful @pperry.bsky.social and Grayson, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Rosie Boycott, Jeremy Deller and @paulwaughmp.bsky.social for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
Thank you to wonderful @pperry.bsky.social and Grayson, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, Rosie Boycott, Jeremy Deller and @paulwaughmp.bsky.social for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
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Thank you @rebeccalongbailey.com for your in-person support yesterday. We’re happy to welcome more MPs today!
#savetheobserver 🙏🏻
#savetheobserver 🙏🏻
December 5, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Thank you @rebeccalongbailey.com for your in-person support yesterday. We’re happy to welcome more MPs today!
#savetheobserver 🙏🏻
#savetheobserver 🙏🏻
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December 5, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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Day two of our 48 hr strike over plans to sell the Observer has kicked off! See you on the picket line.
Thank you to wonderful @Philippa_Perry and Grayson, @MichaelRosenYes, @RosieBoycott, @jeremydeller and @paulwaugh MP for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
Thank you to wonderful @Philippa_Perry and Grayson, @MichaelRosenYes, @RosieBoycott, @jeremydeller and @paulwaugh MP for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
December 5, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Day two of our 48 hr strike over plans to sell the Observer has kicked off! See you on the picket line.
Thank you to wonderful @Philippa_Perry and Grayson, @MichaelRosenYes, @RosieBoycott, @jeremydeller and @paulwaugh MP for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
Thank you to wonderful @Philippa_Perry and Grayson, @MichaelRosenYes, @RosieBoycott, @jeremydeller and @paulwaugh MP for coming down yesterday ⬇️💪🧡
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Q: what’s unusual about today’s @guardian front page?
(Answer below)
(Answer below)
December 5, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Q: what’s unusual about today’s @guardian front page?
(Answer below)
(Answer below)
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What Polly Toynbee says! ⬇️
(Also, everyone, come down to Guardian HQ today for more @shattenstone.bsky.social loud hailer action. He does excellent comedy chants too 😂)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OK...
(Also, everyone, come down to Guardian HQ today for more @shattenstone.bsky.social loud hailer action. He does excellent comedy chants too 😂)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OK...
Guardian and Observer journalists strike over proposed newspaper sale
YouTube video by KBC Digital
m.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:37 AM
What Polly Toynbee says! ⬇️
(Also, everyone, come down to Guardian HQ today for more @shattenstone.bsky.social loud hailer action. He does excellent comedy chants too 😂)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OK...
(Also, everyone, come down to Guardian HQ today for more @shattenstone.bsky.social loud hailer action. He does excellent comedy chants too 😂)
m.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OK...
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Bob Lambert didn't just spy on animal rights campaigns in the 1980s. In the 2000s he formed the Muslim Contact Unit. Nobody asked why Special Branch, the intelligence gathering arm of the Met, was running a community outreach project.
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/uk...
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/uk...
‘An honorary Muslim’: The police spy who monitored London's mosques in plain sight
As undercover officers, Bob Lambert and his fellow detectives adopted the identities of dead children and had relationships with women they spied on. Then they turned their attention to British Muslim...
www.middleeasteye.net
December 5, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Bob Lambert didn't just spy on animal rights campaigns in the 1980s. In the 2000s he formed the Muslim Contact Unit. Nobody asked why Special Branch, the intelligence gathering arm of the Met, was running a community outreach project.
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/uk...
www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/uk...
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Thank you to @channel4news.bsky.social for this report from yesterday’s day of strike action.
See you later for day two!
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
See you later for day two!
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
Guardian and Observer journalists strike over proposed sale
Journalists at the Guardian and Observer newspapers went on strike today over the planned sale of the Observer.
www.channel4.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:55 AM
Thank you to @channel4news.bsky.social for this report from yesterday’s day of strike action.
See you later for day two!
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
See you later for day two!
www.channel4.com/news/guardia...
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Over 100 famous names have offered their public support for our campaign to stop the sale of the Observer
Thank you Tilda Swinton 🙏💪🧡
Thank you Tilda Swinton 🙏💪🧡
December 4, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Over 100 famous names have offered their public support for our campaign to stop the sale of the Observer
Thank you Tilda Swinton 🙏💪🧡
Thank you Tilda Swinton 🙏💪🧡
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Who was Brian Thompson, slain CEO of UnitedHealthcare?
Who was Brian Thompson, slain CEO of UnitedHealthcare?
The 50-year-old had climbed up the ranks of the health insurance giant over 20 years and lived in Minnesota
* Manhunt under way after UnitedHealthcare CEO killed
* New York shooting – latest updates
For 20 years Brian Thompson, the healthcare…
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Who was Brian Thompson, slain CEO of UnitedHealthcare?
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Each year the IWA holds a Week Against Unpaid Wages, in addition to a permanent campaign. A report on this year's activities is up on the IWA website. iwa-ait.org/content/week...
December 4, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Each year the IWA holds a Week Against Unpaid Wages, in addition to a permanent campaign. A report on this year's activities is up on the IWA website. iwa-ait.org/content/week...
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I think ‘stop being a lying prick because we’ve already had that for (at least) 14 years’ might be a good start.
"Politicians' language is so important when people are desperate to hear tangible things that are going to improve their life."
Is the key to success for Labour how it "sells its narrative"?
Is the key to success for Labour how it "sells its narrative"?
What does Keir Starmer need to achieve with his ‘plan for change’ speech?
The Prime Minister will give a speech this week which he says will outline the “next phase” of his government, while critics have called it a “reset” after just five months in power.
articles.globalplayer.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I think ‘stop being a lying prick because we’ve already had that for (at least) 14 years’ might be a good start.
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Thank you Armando. 🙏💪🧡
1/ Support today for journalists fighting for the future of The Observer, threatened by The Scott Trust’s plan to sell to Tortoise Media. Tortoise, though respected, is a small, loss-making venture and the sale risks The Observer becoming a stripped-down website behind a paywall. Worse..
December 4, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Thank you Armando. 🙏💪🧡
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Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
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@influxpress.bsky.social
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@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
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@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
December 4, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Please , if you are able , support Independent publishers who are doing most of the heavy lifting in finding great new writers!
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@saraband-books.bsky.social
@influxpress.bsky.social
@galleybeggars.bsky.social
@peepaltreepress.bsky.social
And many more
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The brilliant @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and Jeremy Deller on our picket line.
Thank you for your support 🙏🧡💪
Thank you for your support 🙏🧡💪
December 4, 2024 at 11:20 AM
The brilliant @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and Jeremy Deller on our picket line.
Thank you for your support 🙏🧡💪
Thank you for your support 🙏🧡💪
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Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the threat to press freedom
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the threat to press freedom
A second term for Trump has chilling implications for critical independent journalism and the media the industry
Donald Trump’s second term promises to deliver historic threats to US press freedom – directly from the Oval Office.
The president-elect…
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the threat to press freedom
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Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike. Why?
GMG insists the Guardian is not for sale… but wants to offload the Observer onto a digital start up that has yet to post a profit and lost £16m between 2018 & 2022. GMG has a trust fund of £1.3bn - why won’t it invest?
GMG insists the Guardian is not for sale… but wants to offload the Observer onto a digital start up that has yet to post a profit and lost £16m between 2018 & 2022. GMG has a trust fund of £1.3bn - why won’t it invest?
December 4, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Today Guardian and Observer journalists are on strike. Why?
GMG insists the Guardian is not for sale… but wants to offload the Observer onto a digital start up that has yet to post a profit and lost £16m between 2018 & 2022. GMG has a trust fund of £1.3bn - why won’t it invest?
GMG insists the Guardian is not for sale… but wants to offload the Observer onto a digital start up that has yet to post a profit and lost £16m between 2018 & 2022. GMG has a trust fund of £1.3bn - why won’t it invest?
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Thanks to Philippa and Grayson Perry, and Rosie Boycott for coming down to support us ✊
December 4, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Thanks to Philippa and Grayson Perry, and Rosie Boycott for coming down to support us ✊
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December 4, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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Jeremy Corbyn: The longer Britain continues to drag its feet, the more the case for reparations grows
Jeremy Corbyn: The longer Britain continues to drag its feet, the more the case for reparations grows
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
thecorbynproject.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Jeremy Corbyn: The longer Britain continues to drag its feet, the more the case for reparations grows