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Chrissy Brand

@chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social
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☆Journalist (world radio, music, podcasts)☆ ☆ Revolutionary socialist ☆ vegan☆ 🏠 Hastings & St Leonards, Manchester (UK) or off travelling🚶🏼‍♀️🌍 ☆Photos on Instagram @ChrissyBrand bsky.app/profile/hastingssutr.bsky.…

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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...
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Alex Callinicos: Zack Polanski must hold not fold over Zionism is racism motion
Zack Polanski should take it as a compliment that he and the Green Party are getting the Jeremy Corbyn treatment.
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Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & … @manchestereveningnews.co.uk.web.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
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Hannah Spencer says Zack Polanski has her 'full support' after leader loses London by-election
The Gorton and Denton MP said the Green party is 'here to stay'
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Q&A: Brian Eno on relaunching Opal Records, 'Music for Airports,' AI and Palestine
Brian Eno, the multi-hyphenate artist, producer, sound designer and political activist best known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music, relaunches his transformative label Opal Reco...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
250,000 on streets: Palestine march shows movement’s breadth and radicalism ⭐️Marchers spoke to Socialist Worker about the Greens, Labour—and where next socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
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250,000 on streets: Palestine march shows movement’s breadth and radicalism
The Palestine movement burst back onto the streets of London on Saturday as 250,000 people joined the 37th national demonstration in three years. There were marches across the world as part of the int...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How can the French revolt win? ⭐️Students, striking workers and activists who participated in the protests rocking the French state spoke to Socialist Worker about where the movement should go next. socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/how...
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How can the French revolt win?
French protesters spoke to Socialist Worker about where the movement should go next
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 10/10/2026
"The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage of Badenoch ... and the utterly dismissive coverage of Polanski, who has significantly improved his party’s standing over the past year, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK" www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/why-the-ho...
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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Stevie Bennett @steviebennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you Holborn & St Pancras. Our second best byelection result ever. 💚
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Apparently Reform are now launching their own website as a full TV station. They are recruiting right now. ... And the question for Ofcom is this: When will you finally clamp down on this client media masquerading as a news channel?" via Reform Are Not Your Friends www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.timeout.com/uk/coolest-n... Faves of mine Central #StLeonards and #Stockport Underbanks are included, fwiw ...
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The 11 coolest neighbourhoods in the UK 2026
With hyped new openings, thriving indie businesses and heaps of community spirit
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Royal Mail since privatisation in 2013 - stamp prices up 107% 💰 - failing to deliver letters, missing statutory targets 📮 - now wants to cut 2500 jobs ⁉️ Absolutely disgraceful Andy Burnham must step in and TAKE BACK OUR ROYAL MAIL www.theguardian.com/business/liv...
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Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 head office and support jobs by end of next year – as it happened
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns energy shock, public debt and AI boom threaten global growth, as Brent crude rises above $101 a barrel and government bond yields rise
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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The Daily Mail captioned pro-Israel agitator Avi Yemini as a pro-Palestine protester clashing with police.
The Daily Mail falsely captioned pro-Israel agitator Avi Yemini as a pro-Palestine protester clashing with police, demanding immediate correction.
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 07/10/2026
You're right, it didn't start on October 7. Palestinian children have been attacking innocent Israeli tanks in Gaza for decades 👀
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro. www.dw.com/en/brazil-th...
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Brazil: Thousands of students march against Bolsonaro
After Flavio Bolsonaro came out on top in the first round of Brazil's presidential election, thousands of people joined student-led protests against the far-right in Rio de Janeiro.
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bplum.bsky.social @bplum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thousands of Cornell Students Protest for Accountability in Rape Case truthout.org/articles/tho...
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Thousands of Cornell Students Protest for Accountability in Rape Case
In a 2025 survey, 35 percent of undergraduate women reported experiencing sexual assault during their time at Cornell.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Previously unseen lobbying shows the oil and gas industry is misleading government on North Sea drilling. For now, it looks like Burnham is listening to them. Only a Green win tomorrow will force them to listen to us. New analysis from Influence Map 👇
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meet the pupils’ blockade: ‘We are young, determined and revolutionary’ ⭐️Some people say the teenagers are too young and they don’t understand anything. But they understand the lot they have been given very well socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Meet the pupils’ blockade: ‘We are young, determined and revolutionary’ - Socialist Worker
Camilla Royle speaks to students on the barricades in Paris
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why Greens were right to pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion ⭐Delegates at the Green Party conference backed a motion that supports a single, democratic state in historic Palestine socialistworker.co.uk/news/why-gre...
socialistworker.co.uk
Why Greens were right to pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion
Delegates at the Green Party conference backed a motion that supports a single, democratic state in historic Palestine
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Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ben Jennings on US bombers withdrawing from RAF Fairford – cartoon
The aircraft have been redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If the “foreign actor” of Iran can recruit petty criminals to unwittingly spark a major security incident outside RAF Fairford, why can't the “foreign actor” of Israel do exactly the same? I unpick the absurd spin on the RAF Fairford arrests: jonathancook.substack.com/p/reporting-...
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Reporting of the RAF Fairford arrests blows a hole in the idea of a ‘free press’
When the establishment media deals with issues in which the West’s war industries are most heavily invested, it happily jettisons even the semblance of critical distance from the state
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Panorama editor who oversaw entirely discredited episode stitching up Jeremy Corbyn with antisemitism smears wins top job at BBC News. Rachel Jupp is feted as a "trusted troubleshooter". In other words: a safe pair of hands, ready to do the British establishment's dirty work.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eyewitness: Spain’s revolt over housing crisis grows ⭐️Protests exploded after cops forcibly evicted an 87 year old disabled woman socialistworker.co.uk/news/eyewitn...
socialistworker.co.uk
Eyewitness: Spain’s revolt over housing crisis grows
The revolt in the Spanish state against landlords and speculators is growing, despite the authorities’ attempts to contain it.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
French socialists say ‘everything is open,’ as protests weaken centre politics ⭐️'It’s an incredible situation,' says Denis from the streets of Paris socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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French socialists say 'everything is open,' as protests weaken centre politics - Socialist Worker
“It’s an incredible situation,” says Denis from the streets of Paris
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The European Correspondent @eurcorrespond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Young men are moving right. Young women are moving left. Across Europe, a growing political gender gap is emerging, driven by changing attitudes towards gender equality, economic insecurity and increasingly, social media.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Reform-run Derbyshire County Council blacklisted a journalist after he exposed its £50,000 fence fiasco. Its deputy leader justified the move with a claim he later admitted was wrong. This is Reform’s answer to scrutiny. Attack the press." via Reform Watch
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From Scotland to Northumberland, Blackpool to Leicestershire, Reform contested six by-elections yesterday. They lost all six. Six contests. Six defeats. Reform are not inevitable. Their bubble has burst😉 Have a great weekend comrades! #NoFascists #RightWingLosers #FailingFarage
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Contested Memory: The German Democratic Republic and Its Erasure
Three decades after its disappearance, the GDR remains the subject of bitter historical dispute. The dominant Western account demonises it, erasing its social achievements, the conditions it faced and...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cornell Seven case exposes widespread violence on university campuses ⭐️At least 50 men were in a group chat that amplified the abuse and did nothing (content warning: sexual assault)👇 socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Cornell Seven case exposes widespread violence on university campuses
A violent attack on a woman at Cornell University in New York State is creating waves of anger across the US and the world (content warning: sexual assault).
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
French student uprising grows in defiance against police brutality ⭐️The revolt could transform the political atmosphere ahead of the presidential election next year 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
socialistworker.co.uk
French student uprising grows in defiance against police brutality
The wave of school strikes across France is growing in size, confidence and anger.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time and time again when I'm knocking on doors people tell me they've still got their kids living at home with them. The extreme cost of housing is putting lives on hold across this country. We need an emergency brake on rents. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Zack Polanski to call for three-year cap on private rent rises
In his speech to his party's conference, the Green leader will frame housing as a key issue of generational fairness.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please watch this crucial discussion about the scale of Earth's energy imbalance. The numbers are shocking. Thanks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tCR...
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12 Hiroshima Bombs Every Second
YouTube video by Facing Future
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do socialists want a planned economy? ⭐️A planned society would depend on a huge expansion of democracy. Discussions could establish what skills should be taught, what clothes and equipment are needed, what research to prioritise socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
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Why do socialists want a planned economy?
The free market has desecrated the environment. It has served the wealthy while denying millions the necessities of life.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘I was arrested 22 times, we demand Ed Miliband lifts Palestine Action ban’ ⭐️Polly was arrested outside the Labour Party conference for holding a sign that read, ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.’ 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/i-was-a...
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‘I was arrested 22 times, we demand Ed Miliband lifts Palestine Action ban’
Polly was arrested outside the Labour Party conference for holding a sign that read, ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.’
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Boycott krill pills. Tell Norway to do the same.
Antarctic krill is trawled for omega-3 pills, pet food and salmon feed. Drop krill products and email Norway's ministers to oppose higher catch limits before it's too late.
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Hastings & Bexhill Stand Up To Racism @hastingssutr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tonight, 30th September at the Jenny Lind in #Hastings Love Poetry Hate Racism #LMHR
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Burnham desperate to prove Britain remains a useful ally of US imperialism ⭐️His embrace of Donald Trump, support for European rearmament and military backing for Saudi Arabia show how Labour wants Britain to remain tied to US imperialism👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/burnham...
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Burnham desperate to prove Britain remains a useful ally of US imperialism
Andy Burnham used his trip to New York this week to show Donald Trump that Britain is a junior partner the US can rely on.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Restore Britain: a party on the road to fascism ⭐️Don’t wait for Restore Britain to become a fully-fledged fascist party to smash it off the streets socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Restore Britain: a party on the road to fascism
Restore Britain is not just a more racist version of Reform UK. Nor is it a fascist organisation as the British National Party (BNP) was—yet.
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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🙄 Who'd have thought that the English Premier League, which was brought into existence by dirty Murdoch money, would turn out to be a corrupt shitfest where certain petro-clubs could simply cheat their way to success and get away with it for years and years and years and years...? #ManCityOops
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
'It's a mystery, isn't it' via Christopher Warner
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our #AUKUS webinar with @scottishcnd.bsky.social starts at 5:00pm! Register 👇
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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The People’s Sewage Refund
💷🌊 We pay for sewage to be properly treated. Yet our waterways are still being polluted. If the service isn’t being delivered, why should we keep paying for it? Demand The People’s Refund. Add your na...
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Chrissy Brand @chrissyfirebrand.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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