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Michael McKay

@87mckay.bsky.social
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About me 🇬🇧 British citizen|🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish| 🎓 Sociology Graduate Upbringing White Scottish, Dundonian working-class, with Scottish expressions of British and Protestant cultural influences. Location 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dundee, Scotland Politics 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Left-wing Nationalism

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Peter Arnott @peterarnott.bsky.social · 14h
This is terrific.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 7h
Establishment politicians have 3 options for the voter, Neoliberalism, Fascism and Zionism & two of those are mandatory.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 14h
Around 2011 when I was studying the collapse of Rome I said that the USA would have a civil war & break up in 15-20 years & the right wing would be the cause of it. Perhaps the USA could be saved but things look right on track for an either/or situation. Either civil war & divorce or dictatorship.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 15h
Ok but what is a trans woman's biological sex? After hormone therapy they aren't the same as cis men & treating them for conditions like diabetes as cis men is dangerous because they are more female typical.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 20h
Trump to declare martial law over midterm results? @neilmackay.bsky.social @lillyh.bsky.social @anticapitalistmusings.com youtu.be/VXsGe85BqDk?...
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'The country is hurtling to an abyss' | Simon Marks' American Week
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
A new Palestinian-Jewish youth movement!!! 🥹 We’re building critical infrastructure for a future alternative leadership – one rooted in partnership, equality, and solidarity.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Turns out free speech should mean freedom from consequences or you end up with a police state. Who knew?
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Neukölln is a working-class, multicultural district of Berlin that embodies the turnaround in the German left’s fortunes. This has also made it the target of efforts to demonize socialist party Die Linke and disqualify its Muslim voters.
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Neukölln, the Berlin District Where the Left Broke Through
Neukölln is a working-class, multicultural district of Berlin that embodies the turnaround in the German left’s fortunes. This has also made it the target of efforts to demonize socialist party Die Linke and disqualify its Muslim voters.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trump announces new design plans for the white house. @neilmackay.bsky.social @gerryr.bsky.social
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"The president [of Israel], Netanyahu, & the former minister of defence should be put on trial" Nobel peace prize winner Navi Pillay.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 14/10/2026
Companies like Amazon have taken more and more from our communities while giving far too little back. We need to redistribute the wealth. Greens would tax billionaire online retailers to support local communities and high streets.
An amazon logo but the writing has been replaced with "tax". An image of Jeff Bezos with a pound symbol overlayed.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Margaret Thatcher called bin Laden a 'freedom fighter', Mandela a 'terrorist', Pinochet a 'good friend' and trade unions 'the enemy within'. And Jimmy Savile 'Sir'.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@gemmaclark.bsky.social www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...
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Senegal: Brutal Crackdown Violates LGBT People’s Rights
Senegal’s growing crackdown on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people is violating their rights, causing increasing fear and stigma, and should be ended immediately. Mass arrests forced...
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
@neilmackay.bsky.social @gemmaclark.bsky.social @hleehurley.com www.thenational.scot/news/2663137...
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BBC documentary to chart JK Rowling's rise and 'bitter exchanges' on trans rights
The BBC has announced a new two-part documentary about JK Rowling which will explore her rise to global fame and the controversies surrounding her views on Scottish independence, feminism, free speech...
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Jethro Remington @remingtonwy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Jewish voices for peace in Palestine. #FreePalestine
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DMovies @dmovies.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"A powerful reminder that the neocolonial tactics of Zionism are not without precedent, and that British Imperialism has the ability to shape-shift into something equally depraved." Now on various VoD platforms: dmovies.org/2025/12/06/p...
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Palestine 36 - DMovies
Historical drama offers valuable insight into Palestine under British rule, plus it's a tribute to the self-determination of Arabs - from the Sarajevo Film Festival/ now on various VoD platforms
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm not optimistic about the future of Palestinians. I think most western leaders have calculated a Palestinian state would be hostile to the west. Due to this, if somehow a Palestinian state were to occur the west would be all over it from day one or try to install a puppet to serve their interests
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Some Democrats still think the best way to defeat Christian nationalists is to agree with them. @aurelmondon.com @casmudde.bsky.social @neilmackay.bsky.social @gemmaclark.bsky.social
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Gaelic voices filled Glasgow Central Station with song on Sunday night, as part of a special Royal National Mòd event 🎶 The free public performance took place under the station’s iconic clock, bringing Gaelic worship and music into the heart of the city
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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Scotland proudly stands in solidarity with Ukraine. My statement on today’s reports 👇
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Dear Americans, please don't. We've seen what you did to your last country.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Don't expect moral consistency, it's all a series of political calculations. The Houthis are Iranian backed. There's your answer.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is StW's position too. @neilmackay.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @gerryhassan.bsky.social @anticapitalistmusings.com
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Leviticus 19:34: When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The BBC was birthed at the heights of British Empire, and very much designed to inform the subjects of the realm about that world. How should I expect them to report on a project which, by definition, would diminish the powers of the British State? Pat Kane ✍️
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thinking outloud. @neilmackay.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @gerryhassan.bsky.social @gemmaclark.bsky.social
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Marxism is clearly influenced by both Judaism & Christianity. The fall of man detected in the rise of private property, the criticism of wealth & war as the corruption of human morals, the belief in the community of believers to transform the world & the tension of followers vs statism. 👇
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When Wilhelm Marr changed judeophobia into antisemitism he did so by arguing that the Jews were not a religious community but a people united by blood. This meant even if they converted to Christianity they still had "Jewish blood", the Nazis promoted the same framing, and so did the Zionists!
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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kevin McKenna bewailing the closure and merger of many catholic churches in Glasgow one of which is the one my parents dragged me to every Sunday. I won't be sad to see it close. I refused to go back after a pervy priest tried to get me to talk about wanking. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2662358...
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The day Glasgow’s Irish Catholic heart was told half its churches must go
Half of Glasgow's Catholic churches face closure under radical archdiocese plans. Kevin McKenna examines what will be lost and why it matters
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Black Scottish workers have called on both governments to take a 'zero-tolerance approach' against far-right politicians 'spreading lies and hatred' about migrants
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Israel has reacted with fury after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a lead investigator who determined that the country was committing genocide in Gaza
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Not even close. Israel is rumoured to be close to civil war by the CIA & it's over Haredi Jews not joining the IDF rather than anything to do with the treatment of Palestinians.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I maintain the 90s was part of a long 1980s, where neoliberalism entered its golden age. Everything is born to die, the golden age had to decay before neoliberalism died, and the 21st century is that period of decay and death for neoliberalism. Nostalgia is fear of what comes next.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Needless to say that the west will continue to support Israel, in part to keep Israel pro-western, while doing nothing meaningful to deliver a Palestinian state due to geopolitical calculations around Russia & Iran. Ukraine will continued to be backed to stop Russian influence in Eastern Europe.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ukraine & Gaza risk becoming one conflict. Iran is helping Russia in Ukraine, Ukraine subsequently supports the overthrow of the Iranian government. Hamas also has a close relationship to Putin, with Putin viewing a Palestinian state as a potential Russian sphere of influence in the middle east.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The Imperial Federation Map (1866) by Walter Crane, showing the trade routes of the British Empire. What is noteworthy is the figure of Atlas crushed below the figure of Britannia wearing a yellow sash reading "Human Labour."
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You can preorder An Injury to All here.
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An Injury to All
From the picket lines of the Miners' Strike to the Amazon warehouses of today, the British working class has been pushed from the center of political life to its margins, though not without a fight. But how did a force that once shaped nations become invisible?Historian Ewan Gibbs reconstructs what was lost—and what wa
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today’s Daily Record has a feature about my research on the closure of Cardowan colliery in Lanarkshire. It was pivotal in the build up to the 1984-85 miners’ strike and breaking union power. For more on Cardowan, read my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Both of these happened. @neilmackay.bsky.social
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Of all the adverts ...
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Merica! youtube.com/shorts/oC7tH...
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‘Astonishing that THIS is on the news'
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Richard, Toad the Just, Earl of Sausagetoad 🇬🇧 🇺🇸🌊 @richardlordtoad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They all knew, but sucked-up anyway...
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/10/2026
I don’t think Zohran Mamdani has committed genocide
Four freedoms guy
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The right looks for allies while the left looks for traitors. @neilmackay.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @gemmaclark.bsky.social @gerryhassan.bsky.social
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/10/2026
Wynn's Law remains undefeated.
Contrapoints saying "They don't want victory, they don't want power, they want to endlessly 'critique' power."
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Halachic Left @halachicleft.org · 07/10/2026
🕯️ For those looking for a 10/7 commemoration honoring all life lost in the last three years, Israelis for Peace in NYC is holding a vigil at 7pm in Union Square tonight.
Israelis for Peace 
Octboer 7, 7pm
Union Square

Three Years Since October 7
Mourn the Dead
End the Bloodshed
Candlelit Vigil

Organized by Israeli activists. All are welcome. Please do not bring flags or signs.
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Michael McKay @87mckay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Notably there doesn't appear to be any serious anger about the genocide itself, just that Haredi Jews don't do military service. I can see Israel eventually moving to the right of Ben Gvir if you can imagine such a thing. novaramedia.com/2026/10/07/i...
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Israel at Risk of Civil War and State Collapse, CIA Report Says
A CIA report has said Israel is at risk of civil conflict and state collapse as its genocide in Gaza and attacks on Iran and Lebanon take their toll.
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