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Cllr Hau-Yu Tam 譚巧瑜 🏳️‍⚧️💚🇵🇸🧡🇸🇩
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@greenparty.org.uk Cllr with Evelyn ward, Dep Leader @lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social. Co-chair @greensorganise.bsky.social. Palestine & antiracism campaigner. linktr.ee/tamhauyu
📧 Hau-Yu.Tam@lewisham.gov.uk
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robbryher.bsky.social
A good read by @isaac-kh.bsky.social on #gpconf

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Spirit of Zacktivism
Delegates at this year’s Green Party conference voted for a radical policy to ‘abolish landlords’, reflecting the party’s newfound confidence and an unprecedented membership surge. But can they mainta...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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The Green surge is breaking limits! 😲

Together, we can make hope normal again! 💚
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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transgreens.bsky.social
Even blåhaj is shocked!

We’re growing fast. If you want to make hope normal again:

join.greenparty.org.uk
A photo of an upright Blåhaj looking at the camera as if shocked (Blåhaj is Swedish for "blue shark", and the plush toy is associated with trans community memes). The shark is wearing a badge which reads "Plaid Werdd" (Welsh for Green Party), with "Green Party" written underneath it on the badge.
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
GREENS ORGANISE x THE WORLD TRANSFORMED MANCHESTER 2025

Come chat to GO Co-chair Steve, Emily & other members at our stall (outside Niamos radical arts centre)!

JOIN US TODAY greensorganise.uk

Read Steve's paper on @greenparty.org.uk for TWT assemblies: theworldtransformed.org/twt25/assemb...
Steve Jackson of Greens Organise holding up a banner saying 'Greens Organise' at our stall in TWT Manchester, surrounded by lots of merch and posters saying 'Abolish the billionaire class' Steve Jackson of Greens Organise holding up a banner saying 'Greens Organise' at our stall in TWT Manchester. He is in the background, the GO Banner is in the foreground
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
Greens now dangerously close to 100k members.

But we won't rest till we're the biggest party in England & Wales. JOIN US TODAY join.greenparty.org.uk/@greenparty....

Next are Tories, shooting down at 123k 📉 Reform climbed to 260k if they're not LYING as usual, while Labour struggling at 309k 🥀
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October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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beckysanders.bsky.social
I hope that Lewisham council lends full support for this motion put forward by Green Cllrs @liamshrivastava.bsky.social and @tamhauyu.bsky.social that will see the council observing international law and divest in companies complicit in war crimes and genocide committed in Gaza and the West bank
liamshrivastava.bsky.social Cllr Liam Shrivastava @liamshrivastava.bsky.social · Jul 8
Proud to submit a @lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social motion to @lewisham.gov.uk, committing to divestment from genocide.

Cllrs will also consider a divestment petition signed by over 3000 residents.

Let's make Lewisham an apartheid-free borough! 🇵🇸
councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/documents/s1...
Proposer: Cllr Liam Shrivastava Seconder: Cllr Hau-Yu Tam This Council notes: On 26 January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued provisional measures in the case brought by South Africa against Israel concerning the crisis in Gaza. The Court ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent genocide, ensure its military does not commit genocide, prevent and punish incitement to genocide, and facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. A further ruling by the ICJ on 24 May 2024 set out obligations of third states such as the UK to prevent genocide and ensure humanitarian access in Gaza. The ruling calls on all states to halt the delivery of weapons to Israel that could be used in acts of genocide or other violations of international law. On 19 July 2024, the ICJ ruled Israel to be unlawfully occupying Palestinian land in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. According to LGPS Divest, £65,832,596 of Lewisham’s pension fund is in investments with 30 companies complicit in Israel’s illegal occupation and the aforementioned violations, representing 3.6% of its total fund. On 19 September 2024, the Pensions Investment Committee resolved to explore its proximity, exposure and investment with companies involved in the arms trade, human rights abuse and those that operate within an area considered occupied territory under international law, with a view to reviewing and updating its Responsible Investment policy, to move away from such investments and, to agree on a definition of arms trade. The Council believes 1. We all have a responsibility to stand with Palestinians in the face of genocide and do everything in our power to bring such suffering to an end within a peaceful settlement. 2. In light of numerous rulings by the ICJ, the council is, as an arm of UK government, obligated to observe international law, which includes taking all necessary steps to prevent genocide, as set out in the genocide convention. 3. Stemming from the obligations laid out by the ICJ, councils must avoid procuring from or investing the funds they manage, including Local Government Pension Scheme funds, in companies that facilitate Israel's breaches of international law. This includes arms companies producing weapons and military technology used by Israel in its attacks on Palestinians, as well as financial institutions which finance these arms companies. 4. Councils are free to take human rights and other ethical considerations on board when making financial decisions. The Council resolves to request the Pension Investments Committee to: 5. Disclose and divest all of its pensions investments with companies complicit with Israel’s illegal acts. 6. Exclude companies in the Passive Equity Progressive Paris Aligned Fund (PEPPA) pension fund which are recognised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as being engaged in illegal activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Companies currently in PEPPA’s portfolio that need to be excluded by this standard include Booking.com, Airbnb, and Israeli banks including Bank Leumi Le-Israel and Bank Hapoalim as examples. 7. Write to LCIV requesting the addition of exclusionary criteria to existing funds to meet the above commitment. 8. Invite members of the divestment campaign to address the committee at a future meeting. 9. Formally consult trade unions, representing employees invested in the fund, in investment decisions and explore formal representation of unions in the council’s investment decision processes, including a co-opted seat on the Pensions Investment Committee.
July 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
Thanks Cllr Hau-Yu Tam!

@tamhauyu.bsky.social

#BackZack
The choice is stark: back Zack or stick with the status quo. Transforming reality Vs reforming it. Zack for leader!
July 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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mothinali.bsky.social
📢 Mothin's interview with @OborneTweets
for @MiddleEastEye out now!

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🎥Mothin discusses how he got into politics, the way to beat Reform, how to unite people and more!

🗣️Please share 🙏

Thank you!
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'I'm surprised more Labour MPs haven't left': Mothin Ali in conversation with Peter Oborne
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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July 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
@lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social unequivocally condemns @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's decision to proscribe @palaction.bsky.social as a "terrorist organisation"

We've joined protests & publish this statement ahead of today's Urgent Hearing outcome, which will hopefully stop the ban coming into effect.
July 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
"Ombudsman concluded DWP failings in dealing with Tracie’s PIP claim a “significant contributing factor” in her decision to take her own life in 2020"

@elliereeves.bsky.social, her Lewisham Labour MP, would've voted through these cuts if she could

www.disabilitynewsservice.com/silence-from...
Silence from MP sister of Rachel Reeves over suicide linked to PIP flaws, just as government was seeking cuts
Labour’s chair has refused to answer questions about a disabled constituent whose suicide was closely linked to flaws in the personal independence payment (PIP) system, just as her government was t…
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July 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.

Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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liamshrivastava.bsky.social
It's not just me @lewishamlabour.bsky.social targeted. My @lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social colleague @tamhauyu.bsky.social was falsely accused of organising a Palestine protest and suspended by the party.

This is how Labour shamefully treats those speaking out against genocide.
The Labour party previously subjected another Lewisham councillor, Hau-Yu Tam, to a disciplinary proceeding accusing her of organising a protest at a council meeting in November 2023, which she denies. The council had refused to discuss a motion submitted by Tam to support a ceasefire in Gaza. Tam was given a formal warning despite finding that she did not organise a protest. She told Novara Media that it had a "chilling effect" on dissent among local Labour councillors which had been building at the time. "I think because I got suspended, first of all it had an impact on my voice but collectively it had a chilling effect on how people were willing to speak up. Some who were on the fence stopped speaking completely and some who were more strategic became more canny." Tam left Labour in July 2024 and sat as an independent socialist councillor before joining the Green party.
June 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social
Today, we were out canvassing in Telegraph Hill and Ladywell wards. This time, with two Green Councillors!

This week, @liamshrivastava.bsky.social left the Labour Party and joined us. Now, our two councillors @tamhauyu.bsky.social and Liam will be able to do so much more for residents in Lewisham.
June 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
Overjoyed @liamshrivastava.bsky.social is joining
@lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk!

This now makes 2 of us: a growing Green group taking on the irredeemable @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @lewishamlabour.bsky.social

This fight is on multiple fronts as he likes to say, & together!
liamshrivastava.bsky.social Cllr Liam Shrivastava @liamshrivastava.bsky.social · Jun 25
I have today resigned from the Labour party and joined @greenparty.org.uk

Labour has lost its moral compass and we need a bold, eco-socialist vision to take on the far right.

Statement from me 👇
June 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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mothinali.bsky.social
Big green day out in Suffolk, over 250 volunteers decended on the town of Ipswich for one of the most well organised campaigning events I've ever seen.

@adrianramsay.bsky.social @tamhauyu.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
Friday #EidinthePark hosted by Lewisham Mosque. I wish all celebrating Eid Mubarak—despite our grief & anger at millions being starved & genocided in Palestine, Sudan, Myanmar. We recommit to acting in solidarity to end genocide, while uniting to defend the UK from far right in the streets & in Govt
I am in foreground wearing a maroon tasselled Middle Eastern robe and midnight blue, red and gold flowery headscarf, speaking to a crowd of thousands. There are hundreds of Muslim men and boys from diverse heritages come to pray, kneeling in the foreground and background (you can only see the men from this shot as the genders are segregated). Myself with Imam Shakeel Begg (centre) and local Green member and Mosque member Rashid Sunny day and fairground atmosphere at Eid in the Park - dodgems and Avalanche thrill ride and other activities. Children, young women and families enjoying activities. Local Green member and Mosque member Rashid in the foreground to the right.
June 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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globalgreens.bsky.social
Green Councillor Hau-Yu shared her fears for her constituents - migrant workers who have been racially abused since last summer's riots, following Keir Starmer's immigration speech.

@tamhauyu.bsky.social

#GreenChai

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May 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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pepito96.bsky.social
Pleasure to be With @tamhauyu.bsky.social @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social @deputeeobono.bsky.social at @londongreenparty.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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annieleymarie.bsky.social
London Green Party conference, other brilliant speakers, from left
@charlotteminvielle.bsky.social French Greens in UK @deputeeobono.bsky.social French MP
Diego, ally
@tamhauyu.bsky.social moderator, Councillor
@andrewfeinstein.bsky.social stood against Starmer, etc
@meadwaj.bsky.social economist
May 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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xunlingau.bsky.social
Labour prevent the 1 green councilor for Lewisham @tamhauyu.bsky.social from being on any scrutiny committee. She's the only non Labour councillor on the council.

Clearly they don't want any actual scrutiny. 🫣
Lewisham Labour is running scared. Against 53 Labour councillors in Lewisham, I am the sole opposition councillor and proudly represent the Greens. Tonight I learned that Lewisham Labour has blocked me from being appointed to any scrutiny committee. Read that again: the only councillor who does not have a formal voice in Lewisham's scrutiny process is the lone Green! Scrutiny acts as the vital counterweight to the Executive (i.e., Mayor/Leader & Cabinet), being a critical friend to the decisions of the Frontbench. Although their autocratic decision is constitutional—itself a problem—it is obviously highly anti-democratic and goes against principles of basic equality and natural justice. It is bad for robust policymaking and bad for Lewisham residents. Here you see the institutionalized discrimination and duplicity that pump the heart of the Labour Party. They silence pro-welfare, pro-migrant, pro-Palestine, pro-justice socialist voices who do not sing unthinkingly to their hymn sheet Lewisham Labour is scared because the tearing apart of both 'main' parties at local elections last week—the lowest joint vote share since Labour's founding—shows they are losing! Rather than listen to their electorate, Labour has no ideas and no courage other than to call for reform and strike down their opposition. But then why wouldn't they, when they have so much experience doing that to the global working class every single day? Cllr TAM Hau-Yu 06.05.25
May 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social
The Supreme Court is wrong.

Trans people exist. Billionaires shouldn’t.

Lewisham Green Party stands boldly and unapologetically with the Trans community. Today and always! 🏳️‍⚧️

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
April 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
🏳️‍⚧️ Full solidarity with trans communities & NO QUARTER to transphobes or 'gender criticals'. Yesterday 1000s took to the streets to affirm trans women are women, trans rights are human rights. As ever our Government, their millionaire donor pals & street/keyboard fascists are attacking the WRONG 1%
April 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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lewishamgreenparty.bsky.social
💚 Lewisham Green Party including Cllr @tamhauyu.bsky.social was out on Saturday supporting the local march for Palestine which was celebrating the submission of a 3000+ signature strong petition to #Lewisham council demanding divestment for Palestine!

#divestment
April 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
tamhauyu.bsky.social
📹 We need to HALT dystopian plans for Permanent Live Facial Recognition to be installed in Croydon town centre this summer

A couple wks ago, I teamed up with @croydongreens.bsky.social Cllr Ria Patel to make this video, urging everyone to sign @libertyhq.bsky.social petition: dub.sh/croydon-cameras
April 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM