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Andreas Bieler

@abieler.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Economy, Labour and resistance to exploitation. Blogs at andreasbieler.blogspot.co.uk Views my own!

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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Building the Confront Carney’s CEO Summit Protest, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/buil...
socialistproject.ca
Building the Confront Carney’s CEO Summit Protest
The September 14 demonstration against Mark Carney’s CEO summit was a big boost for the Left. Some 2,000 people participated in the Confront Carney’s CEO Summit protest in Toronto, which included a “C...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We’ll Take Those Odds: The Left and the Polarization of Options, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/well...
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We’ll Take Those Odds
Sam Gindin is one of the most exacting and capacious thinkers on the socialist Left today. With decades of experience in the labour movement as research director for the Canadian Auto Workers (which m...
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Christine Ferguson @cferguson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Solidarity to @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social as they fight what have clearly been proven to be unnecessary and disproportionate cuts within an institution that remains the wealthiest university in Scotland. Victory to the strikers! www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/five-we...
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Staff at the University of Edinburgh start five-week strike — UCU Edinburgh
Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at the University of Edinburgh today (Monday) start five-weeks of strikes in a dispute over £140million cuts and compulsory redundancies. The strike f...
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Passionate, inspiring speech @heidialexander.bsky.social The trains (rolling stock) on our railway are still privatised and they're the most profitable bit 💰💰💰 Today the government announces Great British Railways will start OWNING TRAINS for benefit of passengers + public! 🚄🎉🚄🎉🚄🎉
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Lilian Edwards @lilianedwards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Excellent thread on the illusion, hubris and negligence behind the non existent Edinburgh University financial crisis. This reminds me so much of Nottingham, and Dundee. Why can uni VCs get away with acts that would get company CEOs sacked?
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Tell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this Budget
Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget.
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI and the Class Struggle, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/ai-a...
socialistproject.ca
AI and the Class Struggle
The notion that so-called Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are destined to degrade human labour, if not destroy it altogether, has become a commonplace. In a report published in 2023, Goldman...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Government is proposing to change company law to allow them to hold online-only AGMs. Support hybrid AGMs and help keep companies accountable. Email your MP today: action.shareaction.org/page/200751/... #SaveOurAGMs @ShareAction action.shareaction.org/page/200751/...
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Email your MP - Corporate accountability shouldn't come with a mute button
In person AGMs play an important role in holding powerful companies to account. The UK Government is proposing changes that could allow companies to hold their AGMs entirely online. Online-only AGMs...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How Amazon Busts Unions, In Its Own Words, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/how-...
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How Amazon Busts Unions, In Its Own Words
Nearly ninety years ago, Ford kept its own private security force on the payroll for whenever they needed to beat up union supporters. Having traded in the brass knuckles and baseball bats of the earl...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Can you take 2 mins to respond to Ofwat's consultation to demand they BLOCK the water bill hike. If water companies can't survive without hiking our bills, let them go bust and bring them into public ownership. Deadline: midnight Thurs 24th Sept weownit.org.uk/NoBillHike
weownit.org.uk
Ofwat: No to water bills hike, let them go bust - Respond by midnight on Thursday 24th September
Demand that Ofwat says no to bill hikes. Let water companies go bust and bring them into public ownership for nothing.
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Palestine Unions: Global Call for Worker Action Against Genocide, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/pale...
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Palestine Unions: Global Call for Worker Action Against Genocide
The Palestinian labour movement reiterates its solidarity with workers across the world resisting all forms of oppression and calls for global action to end complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide and...
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CSSGJ @cssgj.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We are pleased to host Tanja Nijmeijer for her book launch 'Into the Jungle: My Life as a Guerrilla in Colombia' on 21th September at 6pm (UK time). Please join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/centre-for... @abieler.bsky.social @oliverdodd.bsky.social @sinembal.bsky.social
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Tanja Nijmeijer: My Life as a Guerrilla in Colombia – Book Launch
A rare firsthand account of life inside the FARC: Tanja Nijmeijer launches her new memoir.
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Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Blogging on our article "Totality must be defended* with @chrishesketh.bsky.social published in Progress in Human Geography, we make available Aníbal Quijano's text Redefinición de la dependencia y proceso de marginalización en América Latina @ingridhk.bsky.social 1/
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From Locality to Totality - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist ...
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Adam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Karel Kosík's classic *Dialectics of the Concrete* assists in parsing contemporary debates on conjuncturalism and totality in and beyond economic geography - blogging with @chrishesketh.bsky.social on our new article in Progress in Human Geography @stuartelden.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social
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From Locality to Totality - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist ...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 18/09/2026
🚨This government wants mayors to oversee private water companies Without OWNERSHIP, this plan only foists the blame for failures onto local leaders. @angelaeagle1.bsky.social MP read our open letter on why you MUST give leadership AND ownership to local leaders: weownit.org.uk/mayors/ownership
Image with a picture of Environment Secretary Angela Eagle, with text that says "Open letter to Angela Eagle and regional mayors: NO to local oversight of private water companies, without local ownership"
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hallo 👋 Ich habe gerade die Petition "Justice for Pedro: Unabhängige Betroffenenhilfe und Aufklärung nach Polizeigewalt" unterschrieben. Bist Du dabei? Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/ju...
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Justice for Pedro: Unabhängige Betroffenenhilfe und Aufklärung nach Polizeigewalt
Hallo 👋 Ich habe gerade die Petition "Justice for Pedro: Unabhängige Betroffenenhilfe und Aufklärung nach Polizeigewalt" unterschrieben. Bist Du dabei? Jetzt unterzeichnen ✍️
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The People’s Emergency Briefing – A missed opportunity, see andreasbieler.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-... @morton.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social
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The People’s Emergency Briefing – A missed opportunity!
Across the UK, the People’s Emergency Briefing is currently being screened to large audiences. It is intended as a wake-up call just in tim...
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CSSGJ @cssgj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Please see CSSGJ 2026 Seminar Series and Andy Higginbottom's ongoing Capital Vol. 3 talks. Join us for six seminars, a special annual lecture exploring questions of social and global justice and four Marx's Capital lecture series. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/centre-for... @abieler.bsky.social
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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔗 socialeurope.eu/fair-labour-...
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Fair Labour Mobility Must Mean Fair for Workers
Some 950,000 Europeans move to another member state each year, and many land in jobs beneath their qualifications.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We can do it better. We need public ownership. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
actionnetwork.org
Water Belongs to All of Us - Back the People's Plan for Water!
Privatisation has broken our water system. Evidence shows public ownership can bring fairer, cleaner and cheaper water. That’s why I'm backing the People’s Plan for Water. Join me:
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For me, it comes down to this: when compounding crises threaten our water supply, do we want corporations and billionaires in control of it?
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ein Naturparadies vor der Küste Patagoniens – doch jetzt drohen Öl- und Gas-Terminals. Die deutsche Bundesregierung könnte Unternehmen diese Klima- und Naturzerstörung durch eine Staatsgarantie erst ermöglichen. Jetzt dagegen unterzeichnen ✍️ weact.campact.de/petitions/wa...
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Walparadies retten: Kein Gas-Deal mit Argentinien!
Ein Naturparadies vor der Küste Patagoniens – doch jetzt drohen Öl- und Gas-Terminals. Die deutsche Bundesregierung könnte Unternehmen diese Klima- und Naturzerstörung durch eine Staatsgarantie erst e...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
250 Years of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and US Independence, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/250-...
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250 Years of Adam Smith’s <i>Wealth of Nations</i> and US Independence
In March 1776, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was published. Four months later, 13 North American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Both events were in the air. Economists b...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
UK weapons cause death and destruction around the world, from Palestine to Sudan. Is the system which allows for this broken or designed to be ineffective? Email your MP for accountability now - caat.org.uk/email_mp_uk_...
caat.org.uk
CAAT - Email your MP: UK arms export licensing system – broken or ineffective by design?
The government continues to defend its export licensing system, which is supposed to account for “peace, security, human rights and International Humanitarian Law violations” despite UK-produced weapo...
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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I think Nadia is wrong about this. We should focus on how they blocked critical infrastructure while the police failed to use any of the countless powers the last few governments have given them to stop this exact behaviour.
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Artificial Intelligence – part 4: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/arti...
socialistproject.ca
Artificial Intelligence – part 4
This is the fourth and final post in a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of AI hype in order to help us understand some of the dangers we face from AI use and highlight hopeful avenues...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
eneration Z in Iran: A Contemporary Perspective, see socialistproject.ca/2026/09/gene...
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Generation Z in Iran: A Contemporary Perspective
More than 15,000 teenagers answered a call from Nima Tekido, an entertainment producer and YouTube personality, to attend an event at Iran Mall in Tehran in July 2026. Although only 4,000 tickets had ...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 03/09/2026
🚨People vs Palantir - England day of action🚨 On Thu 1 Oct, join protests at 15+ locations across England demanding the government backs the break clause in Palantir's contract & gets them out of our NHS! 📍 Find your nearest protest: www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 02/09/2026
The new Prime Minister has challenged 40 years of privatisation 😮 Let's keep the pressure on for public ownership ✊
Two politicians, quotes on privatization and high bills.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 02/09/2026
Our second local dispute video comes from Nottingham UCU, where members are fighting to protect more than 700 jobs and defend vital courses. They’ve already taken action and are gearing up for more. Please give it a watch and share in solidarity with Nottingham UCU.
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Artificial Intelligence – part 3: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance, see socialistproject.ca/2026/08/arti...
socialistproject.ca
Artificial Intelligence – part 3
This is the third post in a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of artificial intelligence (AI) hype in order to help us understand some of the real dangers we face from AI use and highl...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta...
megaphone.org.uk
Tax the banks — cut our bills!
Getting banks to pay more tax on their profits to help us with the cost of living is common sense. They’re raking in billions while the rest of us are struggling. We've seen this pattern before. The h...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NATO and Potemkin Ankara, see socialistproject.ca/2026/08/nato...
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NATO and Potemkin Ankara
Attendees of the NATO summit in Ankara in early July were anxious. Prior to the gathering, Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the US from the 32-member alliance, primarily because the organization ha...
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Public Services International @psiglobalunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nine Quebec unions have filed a complaint with the International Labour Organization against their provincial government's anti-union law, among them the PSI unions FIQ, APTS, CSQ, SFPQ and SPGQ. 🇨🇦 ✊ #Loi4
publicservices.international
Quebec's anti-union law triggers ILO complaint
Nine Quebec unions say Law 4 violates the ILO Convention on Freedom of Association and the Protection of the Right to Organise.
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wissenschaftler*innen in Deutschland brennen aus 👩‍🎓🚨 Der Grund: Kettenbefristungen. Nun liegt ein neuer Gesetzentwurf vor. Doch der greift zu kurz. ➡️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition von Gewerkschaften und Wissenschaftsverbänden unterzeichnen weact.campact.de/petitions/st...
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Wissenschaft: Dauerbefristung abschaffen!
Wissenschaftler*innen in Deutschland brennen aus 👩‍🎓🚨 Der Grund: Kettenbefristungen. Nun liegt ein neuer Gesetzentwurf vor. Doch der greift zu kurz. ➡️ Jetzt WeAct-Petition von Gewerkschaften und Wis...
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 24/08/2026
Thames Water's creditors say a new Board would "fix the foundations" of the failing utility. Rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, more like. The only thing that will fix the foundations of England's water industry is public ownership. 1/2
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Mass Incarceration in El Salvador: State of Exception, State of Repression, see socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed...
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Mass Incarceration in El Salvador
In March 2022 the Nayib Bukele administration in El Salvador invoked an emergency measure called a
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk
weownit.org.uk
Email your MP - give them the answers for Thames Water
An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Protect nature for the future: make wildfire prevention a national priority
Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire ...
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Jan Willem Goudriaan @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Congratulations @afscme.bsky.social and all public service workers, their families and communities you represent. Your voice so important right now @epsu.bsky.social and the European public service unions proud to work with you and @psiglobalunion.bsky.social for all, not the few #togetherstronger
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AFSCME celebrates 90 years of fighting for working people, retirees and public services
What began as a small group of state workers fighting against the patronage system in Wisconsin 90 years ago has transformed into the AFSCME we know today — a 1.4-million- member labor powerhouse that...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Artificial Intelligence – part 2: The Hype, the Dangers, and the Resistance, see socialistproject.ca/2026/08/arti...
socialistproject.ca
Artificial Intelligence – part 2
This is the second post in a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of AI hype in order to help us understand some of the real dangers we face from AI use and highlight hopeful avenues of e...
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We are devasted to hear the news about Jason Arday. There is so much to say and feel about this tragic story, but for now we share our deepest condolences with Jason's family, friends, and colleagues. He will surely be missed.
Vigil for Jason Arday
Stand Against Racist Witch Hunts

Monday 17 Aug 6PM
Trent Building

Stand Up To Racism
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If Jason Arday were a white middle-class academic, he would not have been hounded by the British press in the way he was. My thoughts are with his loved ones. May he rest in peace.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 14/08/2026
Water companies are trying to hike your water bills AGAIN. Privatisation is not affordable. Andy Burnham must block these bill hikes. Let the water companies that can't survive without hiking our bills GO BUST. Then we take them into public hands for nothing.
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Palantir technologies attack life and liberty. This company has no place in our NHS and the health secretary must trigger the NHS contract break clause. Sign the petition here act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4875
act.globaljustice.org.uk
No Palantir in our NHS
Palantir’s technical support for Israel’s genocidal regime and Trump’s abusive ICE gangs should disqualify it from any role in the UK’s public sector. But it has been handed access to NHS patient data...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Write to the British teams competing in the World Ultimate Frisbee Club Championships asking that they support the Palestinian call for the exclusion of the Israeli team and refuse to play against it: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/wucc
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
Exclude Israel from the World Ultimate Frisbee Club Championships
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Palestinian Human Rights and Civil Society Organizations Call on the International Community to Fulfil its Duties in Protecting the Palestinian People, see socialistproject.ca/2026/08/call...
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Palestinian Human Rights and Civil Society Organizations Call on the International Community to Fulfil its Duties in Protecting the Palestinian People
The escalating violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers, driven by religious Zionist ideology and supported by the Israeli occupying forces in the occupied West Bank on 24 July 2026, resulted in inten...
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Chris McLaren ☢️ @chrismclaren.com · 10/08/2026
Guys, is "it's too hot for fucking camels to survive" some kind of red flag?
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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 10/08/2026
From Julio Cesar Rimac Damian and the Blue Community FEDIP – Frente de Defensa en Proteccion del Medio Ambiente y Derechos Humanos del Peru: THEY DISTRACT US SO WE LOSE OUR WATER, DIGNITY, AND FUTURE. blue-community.net/b...
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Andreas Bieler @abieler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The Iran war is making everything more expensive for us, but some companies are cashing in. Don't think that's right? Sign the petition now demanding they are taxed more on their record profits to help us all with the cost of living. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ra...
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Sign the Urgent Petition - End this rip-off
People in the UK are struggling to get by while some corporations are set to announce record high profits on the back of the Iran war. Join the campaign to demand these war profiteers are taxed so we ...
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