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Tony Staunton
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International Socialist, Climate Activist, anti-racist and trade unionist, organising for system change. Blog https://emotionalclimate.org
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📢 Workshop: Stopping Britain's nuclear nightmare

From Faslane to Devonport, Britain's nuclear nightmare is spread across Britain. This workshop at CND's conference will hear from leading anti-nuclear activists on how we reverse the tide.

Register today: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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🚨CND statement: Trump's nuclear testing will start a nuclear arms race - it must be stopped.
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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We do agree with Unite that a fully funded workers' plan for jobs is an essential part of a rapid transition from fossil fuels.
But it is disappointing that they pushed through an amendment to Motion 75 implying that delaying climate action may be a viable option - it clearly is not.
Motion 75 Year of trade union climate action 2025–2026 – TUC Congress Motions
congress.tuc.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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It's great to have TUC recommitting to supporting a year of trade union climate action and days of action on 14/15 November during COP30.

Thanks to @bfawu.bsky.social for bringing Motion 75, seconded by @fbunational.bsky.social

Find out here how to get involved:
Help build a trade union year of climate action
In 2024, the TUC voted to back a Year of Trade Union Climate Action, engaging with community and climate justice groups - now reiterated in Motion 75 passed this year. It will kick off this autumn, wi...
cacctu.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Defend Our Juries figures arrested in escalation of state repression

👇A Statement released by the group says “This level of political repression is not what we expect in a democracy"

socialistworker.co.uk/news/defend-...
Defend Our Juries figures arrested in escalation of state repression - Socialist Worker
Five members were arrested in a dawn raid on Tuesday morning
socialistworker.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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My new video…

Why Atmospheric Jet Stream Blocking Events are Rapidly Worsening Extreme Weather with Global Warming

youtu.be/xR2PSGlFHaI?...

#ClimateCrisis #climate #ClimateEmergency #weather #WeatherAlert #storms #droughts #floods #heat
Why Atmospheric Jet Stream Blocking Events are Rapidly Worsening Extreme Weather with Global Warming
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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IMPORTANT READ
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It sounds like the plot of a far-fetched disaster movie, but AMOC collapse could lead to 'ice age' winters in the UK, with Arctic sea ice on our shores.

And of course every disaster movie starts with scientists' warnings being ignored...
AMOC collapse - what you need to know
The headline: new research shows high risk of dangerous climate tipping point New research has shown that the ocean circulation system which maintains Atlantic weather systems, including our mild clim...
www.campaigncc.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Donald Trump is the most ruthlessly antilabor president since before the Great Depression. If the labor movement does not fight harder than it has since he regained the presidency, its future will be dire, Erik Loomis writes.
Opinion | It’s Labor Day. And Trump Is the Most Anti-Union President in Decades.
Why the labor movement needs to act like its future is under grave threat.
nyti.ms
September 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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A history of Israel’s march rightwards

👇Each time Israel fails to crush the Palestinian resistance, it fuels a more right wing version of Zionism that promises more extreme solutions
A history of Israel’s march rightwards
Israel is led by a far right government that is determined to carry out genocide. But the problem runs far deeper than the likes of Binyamin Netanyahu.
socialistworker.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Arctic sea ice grows and shrinks during the year (seasonal cycle). It reaches its annual minimum extent at the end of every summer (early-mid September).

Currently, 2024's sea ice extent is already below the minimums from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decadal averages [JAXA data]
August 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Why revolutionary socialists argue for open borders

👇Some on the left say we need to reasonably manage migration—but borders don't benefit the working class
Why revolutionary socialists argue for open borders
Hostility to immigration, once confined to the far right, now dominates political debate. Migrants are banned, detained and deported.
socialistworker.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Zarah Sultana just took aim at Corbynism - and people should pay attention

Sultana has quite rightly highlighted the numerous mistakes that were made under Corbyn's Labour - because they mustn't be made again
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Zarah Sultana just took aim at Corbynism - and people should pay attention
Zarah Sultana has quite rightly highlighted the numerous mistakes that were made under Corbyn's Labour - because they mustn't be made again
www.thecanary.co
August 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Hurricane Erin has restrengthened into a Category 4 storm and will pass about 275 miles offshore of North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Thursday, bringing dangerous sea conditions.
Hurricane Erin back at Category 4, will bring dangerous surf to East Coast
Life-threatening waves and rip currents are expected along the East Coast this week, with Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks under an evacuation order.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Victory for anti-fascists in Islington against the far right

👇The fascists had targeted the hotel because it is being used to house refugees. It will take sustained organising by anti-racists to force them back
Victory for anti-fascists in Islington against the far right - Socialist Worker
The fascists had targeted the hotel because it is being used to house refugees. They were attempting to whip up fear and hatred with claims that refugees and migrants are a threat to women and…
socialistworker.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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The images of emaciated babies coming out of Gaza are horrendous and Israel's deliberate starving of the Palestinian people is one of greatest crimes in human history.

Israel's allies cannot ignore these sickening scenes.
'You can see his bones': In Gaza, parents struggle against child starvation and Israeli war crimes denial
Mohammed al-Mutawaq's mother Hidaya counters Israeli dismissals of her child's malnutrition because of his 'pre-existing health problems'
www.middleeasteye.net
August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 5th lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 310,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,160,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,990,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,740,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
August 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Good statement by Durham Miners Gala on Reform UK.
Reform capitalises on disillusionment with mainstream politics, but the only solutions they offer are worse cuts and cruelty in the service of the wealthy. And their outright denial of the climate crisis endangers all our futures.
DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK
Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
www.durhamminers.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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🚨 Emergency demo - UPDATED LOCATION!

Tomorrow's demo will now take place at Parliament Square! Join us in condemning nuclear-armed Israel's illegal attacks on Iran and to call out its nuclear hypocrisy!

Read moret: https://cnduk.org/israel-must-stop-bombing-iran-de-escalation-is-critical/
June 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Ahead of CND's protest at the Devonport Dockyard on 7 June, CND Vice-Chair Tony Staunton explains the dangers faced by those living near the base, and how the area remains one of the country's most disadvantaged despite the billions spent on nukes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfvP...
EXPOSED: The shocking dangers of living next to a nuclear base!
YouTube video by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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The No to War - No to NATO network is hosting an open meeting as part of the opposition to the NATO summit at The Hague.

📅 22 June
⏲️ 10am
📍The Hague

More details: https://cnduk.org/events/open-meeting-of-the-no-to-nato-no-to-war-network/
Open meeting of the No to NATO - No to War Network - CND
22 Jun 2025 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - CND, as part of the ‘No to War – No to NATO’ network, invites you to this open meeting as part of the opposition to the NATO summit at The Hague. The crisis in NATO’s European heartlands has not prevented NATO’s continuing and expanding global role, its military operations, its increasing presence on every continent, [...]
cnduk.org
May 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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📢 Online event - 12 June

Join CND for an evening of discussion with Annie Jacobsen, the bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, the chilling minute-by-minute account of how a nuclear war would unfold: https://cnduk.org/events/nuclear-war-a-scenario-online-event-with-annie-jacobsen/
May 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Ahead of CND's protest of Britain's nuclear weapons at the Devonport Dockyard on June 7, we held a webinar to discuss the dangers facing those living nearby, and the alternative jobs that could be created to bring genuine peace and prosperity

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLtz7nCOe3M
May 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Ahead of CND's protest at the Devonport Dockyard on 7 June, Plymouth residents will be lobbying local MP and Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard, to call for a meeting over the dangers posed by the shipyard that maintains Britain's nuclear fleet.

Read more: plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
May 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM