Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/10/202622 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could. 21881173480
Reposted by Daniel G. Williamsnawr-abertawe.bsky.social @nawr-abertawe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Rhodri Davies: NAWR Abertawe Volcano Theatre Photographs by Syd Howells 0103
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026More and more, particularly in liberal democracies, we are seeing immigration policies leveraged as a way to punish and censor speech.jacobin.comTrump’s Politicized Deportations Are Becoming the Global NormThe politically driven attempt to deport war critic Leonid Ragozin from Latvia shows that liberal democracies are starting to employ the very Trumpist and Putinist measures they claim to despise. 1169
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨 Plaid Cymru won't stand by while 2 in 5 children in Wales are living in poverty. That's why we're piloting a child payment for everyday essentials, to give children a better start in life. Now the UK Government must play its part to make sure it works ✊ 04518
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Mae'n annerbyniol bod 2 o bob 5 plentyn yng Nghymru yn byw mewn tlodi. Byddai cynllun peilot taliad plant Plaid Cymru yn cefnogi teuluoedd gydag arian tuag at bethau hanfodol, gan roi dechrau gwell mewn bywyd i blant. Nawr, mae rhaid i Lywodraeth y DU chwarae ei rhan i sicrhau ei fod yn gweithio. 0137
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsLouvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 20/08/2026✨ NEW BLOGPOST ✨ “A very promising Female attendant.” | Ann Davies. In this blogpost, I explore the life of Ann Davies, an attendant at Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum. hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-very-pro... #Wales #History #histmedhellohistoria.substack.com“A very promising Female attendant.” | Ann Davies.In this blog post, I explore the life of Ann Davies, an attendant at Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum. 13313
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day in 1917. “Nobody's free until everybody's free.” 210233
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNicki @nickinjr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Far right on the march and Lula’s failures: key drivers of Flávio Bolsonaro’s Brazil surge www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comFar right on the march and Lula’s failures: key drivers of Flávio Bolsonaro’s Brazil surgeExperts say strength of evangelical church and stubbornness of Lula, 80, also helped propel Jair Bolsonaro’s son to first-round election win 001
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsCharles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 06/10/2026truthout.org/video/far-ri...truthout.orgFar Right Makes Gains in Brazil in First Round of Presidential Race“The momentum has been with the right since 2018,” says Brazilian philosopher Rodrigo Nunes. 101
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsAde Hodges @adehodges.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Steve Reich is 90 today 😍😎 youtu.be/9zPrgy-OhFw?...youtu.beDifferent Trains: America—Before the warYouTube video by Steve Reich - Topic 1143
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsFair Trade Wales / Cymru Masnach Deg @fairtradewales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thank you to everyone who joined our 'Meet the Movement' event at the Senedd!🤝☕ With Kenyan coffee farmer Martin Kinyua and Deputy First Minister Sioned Williams MS, sponsored by Kiera Marshall MS. #FairtradeFortnight 001
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Westminster has neglected Wales for too long. Plaid Cymru was given a mandate by the people of Wales to stand up and demand the fairness that we’re owed. Andy Burnham must respect that mandate and give our nation the tools we need to thrive. 03212
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today’s the day! 🏴 Our Annual Conference is live from Llandudno. Watch all the speeches live from wherever you are 👇 www.youtube.com/live/gQPbnoy...youtube.comPlaid Cymru Annual Conference 2026 – Friday (with English translation and BSL)YouTube video by Plaid Cymru 1174
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mae'r diwrnod wedi cyrraedd! 🏴 Mae'n Cynhadledd Flynyddol yn cael ei darlledu'n fyw o Landudno. Gwyliwch yr holl araithiau, ble bynnag yr ydych chi 👇 www.youtube.com/live/k0cjQ6e...youtube.comCynhadledd Flynyddol 2026 Plaid Cymru – GwenerYouTube video by Plaid Cymru 054
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dividends paid to UK citizens taxed at rates of 8.75% to 39.35%, lower rate than wages. Dividends mostly go to the top 1%. £6bn a year raised if dividends taxed at the same rate as wages. More if NIC levied. Unlike the US, France, Germany, no UK tax levied on dividends paid to foreign investors.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 12255126
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsFair Trade Wales / Cymru Masnach Deg @fairtradewales.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Diolch i bawb a ymunodd â’n digwyddiad 'Cwrdd â'r Mudiad' yn y Senedd!🤝☕ Gyda Martin Kinyua, ffermwr coffi o Kenya, y Dirprwy Brif Weinidog Sioned Williams AS, a noddwyd gan Kiera Marshall AS. #PythefnosMasnachDeg 111
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mae Cymru’n mynnu Bargen Newydd 🏴 Mae ein galwadau ar Burnham yn glir: yr un pwerau â’r Alban, mwy o gyllid a hyblygrwydd, a llais cryfach i Gymru. Pwerau at bwrpas: i dyfu ein heconomi a gwneud bywyd yn well i bobl ledled ein cenedl ✊ 0176
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsGolwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · 02/10/2026Galw am ‘Fargen newydd i Gymru’ ar drothwy cynhadledd Plaid Cymru Hon fydd cynhadledd gyntaf Plaid Cymru ers iddyn nhw ddod i rym yn y Senedd #gwleidyddiaeth ✍️ Alun Rhys Chiversgolwg.360.cymruGalw am ‘Fargen newydd i Gymru’ ar drothwy cynhadledd Plaid CymruHon fydd cynhadledd gyntaf Plaid Cymru ers iddyn nhw ddod i rym yn y Senedd 032
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As the Brazilian presidential election draws closer, Lula is in a very tight contest with Flávio Bolsonaro, son and heir of the Bolsonaro dynasty. The election is a struggle between Brazil’s democratic forces and the return to power of a reactionary bloc.jacobin.comBrazil’s Presidential Election Is Going Down to the WireAs the Brazilian presidential election draws closer, Lula is in a very tight contest with Flávio Bolsonaro, son and heir of the Bolsonaro dynasty. The election is a struggle between Brazil’s democratic forces and the return to power of a reactionary bloc. 0139
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed... "How will you pay for it?" The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts... "How much do you need?" It doesn't have to be this way. 209122683898
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Mae'r amserlen nawr ar gael! 📅 Ymunwch â ni yn Llandudno ar 2–3 Hydref ar gyfer Cynhadledd Flynyddol Plaid Cymru - ein cynhadledd gyntaf ers ein buddugoliaeth hanesyddol yn yr etholiad ym mis Mai. Dysgwch fwy 👉 plaid.cymru/cynhadledd Cofrestrwch 👉 plaid.cymru/cynhadledd_flynyddol_2026 054
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trump and Republicans are terrified of policies that curb their own wealth and power, and the wealth and power of the oligarchs that bankroll them. That's why they're amping up the fearmongering about "socialism." 12037711422
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On this day in 1940, Marxist philosopher Walter Benjamin died while attempting to flee occupying Nazi forces. Benjamin was one of the most influential cultural theorists of the last century, and his Marxist commitments run right through his dazzling intellectual legacy. 16130
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems 191796793
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsElection Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 16/09/2026🐉 | Now we've had the first post-election Senedd polls, I've relaunched the Senedd Nowcast ahead of the 2030 election. For the first time, you can input your own projections just like with the GB Nowcast! electionmaps.uk/nowcast/sene... 03510
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026After socialist party Die Linke won Berlin’s election, centrist politicians lined up to call it antisemitic. The claims are baseless but serve as excuses for the Greens and Social Democrats to refuse a coalition with the left-wing party.jacobin.comGerman Centrists Are Smearing Die Linke as AntisemitesClaims that socialist party Die Linke threatens Jewish life in Berlin are shameful lies. Sadly, many desperate German politicians would rather make cheap antisemitism accusations than address the cost-of-living issues that drove Die Linke’s victory. 24318
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563915736
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNationCymru @nation.cymru · 18/09/2026Nearly £5m is being provided to councils across Wales to help people struggling with food poverty and the cost of livingnation.cymruNearly £5m announced to tackle food poverty and hardship in WalesNation.Cymru staff Nearly £5m is being provided to councils across Wales to help people struggling with food poverty and the cost of living. The Welsh Government said the £4.8m funding would support e... 064
Reposted by Daniel G. Williamsᴡᴇ ʙᴜɪʟᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄɪᴛʏ @webuiltthiscity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This genuinely made me laugh out loud today 104037816
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault. 433126790
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...app.prospectmagazine.co.ukFarage and the £130m even his detractors have missedGB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing 351312650
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Reform leaders in Wales: Mark Reckless: Tory, then UKIP, then Tory (again), then Independent, then Brexit Party, then Abolish the Welsh Assembly (his own job), then Independent (again) and then Reform Nathan Gill: 10 years for accepting pro-Kremlin bribes Dan Thomas: arrested for assault 25535176
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNationCymru @nation.cymru · 15/09/2026A Reform UK Member of the Senedd has defected to Plaid Cymru, accusing her former party of having ‘no interest’ in governing Wales and being more concerned with ‘division, opposition and headlines’wp.meReform MS defects to Plaid Cymru in attack on party's approach to WalesNation.Cymru staff A Reform UK Member of the Senedd has defected to Plaid Cymru, accusing her former party of having “no interest” in governing Wales and being more concerned with “division, oppositio... 93212
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNationCymru @nation.cymru · 15/09/2026Reform UK's leader in Wales has stood down after being arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviourwp.meReform UK Wales leader stands down after arrestNation.Cymru staff/agencies Reform UK’s leader in Wales has stood down after being arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour. Dan Thomas said he was leaving the leadership... 42821
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsTAFF 💕🐷🐄🐑🐥🪿🙏Annibyniaeth 🏴 @vegan-4-indy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Nothing in the main UK BBC news about Dan Thomas, resigning as Reform Wales leader, after arrest on suspicion of assault! .....after all, that would put reform uk in bad light, wouldn't it 🤦♂️! 041
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Mae gan ein cenhedloedd yr hawl i benderfynu ar eu dyfodol eu hunain. Heddiw, mae Plaid Cymru, yr SNP a Sinn Féin yn ymrwymo i gydweithio i adeiladu dyfodol tecach i'n cenhedloedd a'n cymunedau ✊ 13417
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Our newsroom reacts to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein’s historic agreement 👇 🗣️ 'This must be looked back on as a catalyst' 12910
Daniel G. Williams @danielgwydion.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So sorry to hear this. Get the UCU lawyers involved. I’m not sure that this is legal. Great respect and appreciation for all that you do x 010
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNewyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 13/09/2026Mae Prif Weinidogion Cymru, Yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon wedi trefnu cyfarfod yng Nghaerdydd er mwyn rhoi pwysau ar Lywodraeth y DU i ganiatáu’r hawl i gynnal refferenda dros annibyniaeth. newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/arwe...newyddion.s4c.cymruArweinwyr Cymru, Yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon i gynnal cyfarfod i drafod annibyniaethMae Prif Weinidogion Cymru, Yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon wedi trefnu cyfarfod yng Nghaerdydd ddydd Llun er mwyn rhoi pwysau ar Lywodraeth y DU i ganiatau’r hawl i gynnal refferenda dros annibyniaeth 052
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNationCymru @nation.cymru · 13/09/2026The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s governing parties are set to sign a joint declaration calling for their nations to be given the right to hold independence referendumswp.meFirst Ministers to sign joint independence declaration in CardiffCraig Paton and Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s governing parties are set to sign a joint declaration calling for their nations to be give... 26028
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hard to shake the impression that the overriding sentiment in Tories and Labour to the Reform donations was envy rather than concern about our democratic system…. 15575173
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascismIn a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other 331535607
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/09/2026Tens of thousands march across Germany to protest far-right party AfD aje.news/978h6k 5363100
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsFiona McLees @mclees-fiona.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is a lovely sketchbook I was assessing yesterday - by Welsh artist Calvert “Richard the Rev” Jones, largely of maritime scenes. He lived in Swansea so many are of the sea there in 1828-1831, elegantly rendered. But there’s a couple of nice bonuses in the book… 813546
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsJudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 12/09/2026Amazing. The BBC just led with the £36m donation to Farage without mentioning that the donor is a convicted criminal. 46735217
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"The Burning Towers Foreshadowed a Burning World – Viet Thanh Nguyen on the 25 Years After 9/11" On this anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author describes how the horrific 9/11 attacks exposed both the power and vulnerability of the U.S. empire and its imperial citizens.zeteo.comThe Burning Towers Foreshadowed a Burning World – Viet Thanh Nguyen on the 25 Years After 9/11On this anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author describes how the horrific Sept. 11 attacks exposed the simultaneous power and vulnerability of the American empire and its imperial citizens. 18475114
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could. We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power. If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.epi.orgUnions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they couldNew Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente... 302115563682
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsPlaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Clean, cheap energy - owned by Wales to benefit Wales 🏴 Mae Plaid Cymru yn cynnig cwmni ynni glân newydd i greu swyddi, gostwng biliau a buddsoddi yn ein cymunedau 💪 14322
Reposted by Daniel G. WilliamsNationCymru @nation.cymru · 05/09/2026Predictably, Farage is seeking to dismiss the latest exposé as a left-wing plot, but his position is undermined by the authenticity of the footage. Let’s hope that his nefarious financial dealings lead to his undoing ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1sum 0123