Reposted by Deborah EwingBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Corporation Tax is set at 25%. But HMRC collects just 13.2%. This is mostly because companies like Amazon, McDonalds, Starbucks, Vodafone, BP, Shell... Pay little or none at all. Make the billionaires pay their tax and raise £80bn a year This is how Burnham could raise money 13391116
Reposted by Deborah EwingDemocrats Organizing For America @democratsofa.bsky.social · 17/07/2026She had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health," and that "he was abusive in their relationship." So they knew they were sending a crazy violent man with a gun out to fill their jail quota.rawstory.comKiller ICE agent's ex-wife throws him under the bus: 'Not going to lie for him'The ex-wife of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot 26-year-old Colombian man Joan Sebastian Guerrero came forward to the Portland Press Herald to reveal her story about him ... 17342071607
Reposted by Deborah EwingDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/07/2026A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.theguardian.comUS has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research findsUS, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says 13626346
Reposted by Deborah EwingFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Ranvir Singh, "Are you still as a party in favour of legalising drugs, and how would that benefit society?" Zack Polanski, "Yes we are. The war on drugs is failing. It's pushing people with addiction to drugs into back alleys, that's fuelling gangs able to sell these drugs" 2439574
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 17/07/2026substack.com/@deborahlewi...substack.comCan we be trillionaires too?(not in a million years) 000
Reposted by Deborah EwingNBC News @nbcnews.com · 14/07/2026New York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centers.nbcnews.comNew York to impose the country’s first statewide moratorium on data centersThe order will pause state permitting for new large data centers and direct state regulators to create standards that address environmental impacts, energy demand, water usage and other factors, the g... 259108032790
Reposted by Deborah EwingCenter for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 14/07/2026“Mahmoud Khalil filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing administration officials, pro-Israel groups and a conservative think tank of colluding to suppress his constitutional rights.” Read the full story below. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/n...nytimes.comMahmoud Khalil Accuses Trump Officials of Conspiring Against Him (Gift Article)Mr. Khalil will now have to convince a judge that the defendants coordinated to take action against him and other pro-Palestinian activists. 19431
Reposted by Deborah EwingZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Tax the rich. Rent controls. Nationalise the water companies. Join the Green Party. Join.greenparty.org.ukjoin.greenparty.org.ukJoin the Green PartyJoin the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet. 22767160
Reposted by Deborah EwingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The Government is now set to raise the state pension age to 68 in 2037 - seven years earlier than originally planned www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comMillions forced to work longer under state pension age extension planTreasury officials have told the Office for Budget Responsibility that the state retirement age will rise to 68 seven years earlier than legislated 539154
Reposted by Deborah EwingGlobal Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 09/05/2026A compelling commentary on the Kenya case that criminalized post-abortion care. There is a girl at the centre of this case. Seventeen. In pain. Bleeding. Afraid. She went to a clinic for help. She was arrested instead.hapakenya.comA hospital bed is not a crime scene - HapaKenyaA 17-year-old girl in Kenya sought medical care but met a prison cell. This highlights the gap between legal rights & criminalized healthcare. 3217115
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 09/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...open.substack.comIsrael Kills Palestinian as His Wife Gives Birth, Tortures Peace Activists, and Orders Thousands of West Bank Trees Be UprootedZeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech in the West. 000
Reposted by Deborah EwingDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 05/05/2026‼️We'll be LIVE at 6.30pm this evening‼️ Uncovering the human cost of the illegal war on Iran. With our editor Phil Miller, chief reporter John McEvoy and our co-director Laura Pidcock with economist Dr Carolina Alves. Join us on X, YouTube and Facebook. youtube.com/live/1AgQTn9...youtube.comLIVE: Uncovering the true cost of the illegal war on IranYouTube video by Declassified UK 03323
Reposted by Deborah EwingDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Attention all men. More of this, please. 540172895697
Reposted by Deborah EwingTribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Matt Kennard’s Irregular Army is a forensic account of how the War on Terror remade the American military, normalising the barbarism and abuses that we see today.tribunemag.co.ukTrail of DestructionMatt Kennard’s Irregular Army is a forensic account of how the War on Terror remade the American military, normalising the barbarism and abuses that we see today. 073
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Stop fuelling genocide: awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/pe...awethu.amandla.mobiPetition to Parliament: Act Against Apartheid Israel, Stop Fuelling Oppression!1. We support South Africa’s commitment to human rights, international solidarity, and the struggle against oppression everywhere. 2. South Africans know from our own history that international ... 000
Reposted by Deborah EwingBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026On April 21st all the 27 EU leaders will vote on whether to suspend the EU's Free Trade agreement with Israel. The EU HAS to stop its dealings with Israel who commits endless War Crimes. Otherwise they are all as guilty as Israel. 391329362
Reposted by Deborah EwingTribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Next week, MPs will vote on a bill to give police unprecedented powers to ban recurring protests, turning a fundamental freedom into a privilege granted by the state. It must be opposed. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/prot... 0149
Reposted by Deborah EwingGlobal Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 02/04/2026"Abortion abolitionists" are those who want to charge women with murder for having abortions. Once dismissed as extreme, it's now mainstream. At least 16 abortion abolition bills are being considered in 12 states. The bills aim to eliminate the exemption for women so they can be prosecuted.exposedbycmd.orgAbortion Abolitionists Play the Long Game - EXPOSEDbyCMDNone of the more than dozen bills to criminalize abortion considered this year have passed, but extremists hoping to ban all abortions and put abortion patients on death row continue to flood the zone... 49260151
Reposted by Deborah EwingEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This is not just the government punishing striking workers. It's punishing future workers and all NHS patients. We should be paying NHS staff properly. Full pay restoration now! 716660
Reposted by Deborah EwingGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Just what we don't need. Already, our rivers are overloaded with both human and livestock waste, leading in many cases to #rivercide. Now the government, responding as always to lobbyists, wants to make it worse. Then it wonders why it loses public support. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbyingExclusive: documents chronicle years-long campaign to make it easier to build intensive livestock units 701223498
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Unbelievable. King Charles is STILL set to fly to the US to celebrate with Trump in April. With everything Trump is saying and doing right now - and the hate and chaos he's spreading - this trip must be cancelled. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...you.38degrees.org.ukCall off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independenceWith the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag... 000
Reposted by Deborah EwingZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/03/2026From mandatory ID cards to arresting pensioners for holding up cardboard signs to cosy deals with US tech spy firms: It's good to see lawyers pushing back on their increasingly authoritarian Govenrment. We must protect jury trials. 571949584
Reposted by Deborah EwingGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 10/03/2026NHS executives are having secret meetings with Palantir, while the doctors who actually make the NHS work are protesting. We need to get Palantir out. If you want to be a whistleblower message email hw4fp.uk@protonmail.com, or say no to Palantir 👇 goodlaw.social/78a31e 3197105
Reposted by Deborah EwingJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Scrapping jury trials is an affront to the very foundations of our democracy. From the moment this government was elected, it has come after the civil liberties we all hold dear. This is yet another outrageous assault on our fundamental freedoms. I will be voting against it. 16641176
Reposted by Deborah Ewingrichiebryan.bsky.social @richiebryan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026If Gorton and Denton choose @greenparty.org.uk this Thursday, it will send ripples of hope to every corner of the country 💚 Facism isn't inevitable Another 🌎 is possible! 🙏🏽 537689
Reposted by Deborah EwingNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026About to go on @lbc.co.uk to talk about measles and the steps we need to take to protect #PublicHealth by supporting families to choose vaccination www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEnfield measles cases rise amid outbreak in north LondonHealth experts are urging people to vaccinate themselves and their children against the disease. 714738
Reposted by Deborah EwingRep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 19/02/2026On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage. 40361952715
Reposted by Deborah EwingDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/02/2026One thing other countries can learn from the UK is how terrible an idea privatizing rail is. The UK will renationalize the railways (and has already done so for many lines), and we will hopefully stop receiving spam from all the individual operators. They need to renationalize water next.timeout.comWhen will every major UK rail operator be nationalised?Here’s the full list of operators and the dates they will be taken over by the government. 618047
Reposted by Deborah EwingDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 19/02/2026The Filton 24, who broke into an Elbit factory in 2024, have all been acquitted of the most serious charge of aggravated burglary. Several of them have already been released on bail - after the UK government ignored their hunger strike demanding bail👇 www.declassifieduk.org/how-palestin...declassifieduk.orgHow Palestine Action put the justice system on trialI watched the Filton 6 trial from start to finish. Here's what I saw 010342
Reposted by Deborah EwingZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Nearly 100k people have joined our call to get dangerous US spy tech firm out of our NHS. Palantir's founder has called for the NHS to be ripped up. Now his company has access to millions of patient records. Tell the government to end the contract! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Palantir taking over our public services!Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. 271255649
Reposted by Deborah EwingNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 18/02/2026"Smallholder farmers produce 60% to 80% of coffee, but received just 0.36% of the funds needed to adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis in 2021" If we want to keep enjoying coffee in the #ClimateEmergency, that has to change www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comCoffee-growing countries becoming too hot to cultivate beans, analysis findsFive countries responsible for 75% of world’s coffee supply record average of 57 extra days of coffee-harming heat a year 06640
Reposted by Deborah EwingSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Hani Mahmoud reports that since agreeing to the so called ceasefire Israel has killed over 600 people in Gaza, continues to bomb neighbourhoods & demolish houses, and is still limiting the amount of humanitarian aid that enters Gaza (including food, medical supplies and fuel) 15040
Reposted by Deborah EwingCarol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Here is our updated tracker of the now five-month-old campaign of bombing boats along what the U.S. calls “known narco-trafficking routes” in Latin America and the Caribbean. The death toll is now at least 144 people killed at sea. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comTracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat AttacksThe Trump administration has killed scores of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far. 1108
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 17/02/2026open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...open.substack.comWhy Is Trump Strangling Cuba?How Miami elites may be behind the current blockade causing a humanitarian crisis in Cuba. 000
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Important and worrying analysis of the English High Court ruling on Palestine Action All right to protest will be weakened if the government appeal succeeds. Dare we pin hopes on the Scottish review? www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/202...craigmurray.org.ukPostpone The Celebrations - Craig MurrayOn the face of it the English High Court ruling that the Palestine Action proscription is unlawful makes the decision that the proscription remains in place pending appeal utterly illogical. But what ... 000
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The only connection between Israel and UN resolutions in the history of its existence is violations. 000
Reposted by Deborah EwingJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 30/01/2026We need a government that understands the value of grassroots music venues and the vital role they play in our communities. If we don’t protect them from private developers, we will lose out on a whole generation of musicians. Save MOTH Club! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukJeremy Corbyn backs iconic Hackney music venue in battle against local developmentFormer Labour leader calls on government to do more to protect music venues 223559
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Starmer pledged to scrap student fees (yes I know). In power, he increased them, a false economy with devastating consequences. 011
Reposted by Deborah EwingJeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Your water bills are going up, again. Why? Because private companies think you should pay the price for their negligence and greed. It’s time to end the privatisation rip-off and bring water back into public ownership, now! 12597161
Reposted by Deborah EwingGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Two things to learn from this. 1. The rightwing newspapers are lobby groups whose purpose is to advance the class interest of their proprietors. 2. Lobbyists for the rich and powerful lose their jobs if they are not prepared to lie. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon BriefNearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press 17857369
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Israel Is Preparing Land in Rafah to Corral Palestinians into an Area Under Full Military Occupation open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...open.substack.comIsrael Is Preparing Land in Rafah to Corral Palestinians into an Area Under Full Military OccupationSatellite images analyzed by Forensic Architecture show Israel razing land, compacting the ground, and clearing rubble in Rafah in a way that is not visible anywhere else east of the yellow line. 000
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 15/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/chrished...open.substack.comThe Flotillas to Gaza Are the World’s ConscienceThe numerous attempts by activists in flotillas, to break the siege on Gaza, are a potent reminder that hope comes through acts of resistance and that we must never accept the status quo. 000
Reposted by Deborah EwingBevy Sue @bevysue.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Port Townsend Washington at the ICE/Gestapo protest yesterday. This one shattered me. Photographer - Anna Maria Wolf 351857553
Reposted by Deborah EwingDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 12/01/2026Britain supported Iran’s new Islamic regime in crushing the last remaining opposition to its rule in 1983. At the same time, the UK’s leading official in the country joked about Iran’s torture techniques, declassified files reveal. www.declassifieduk.org/how-britain-...declassifieduk.orgHow Britain helped Iran’s Islamic regime destroy the left-wing oppositionBritain supported Iran’s new Islamic regime in crushing last remaining opposition, while a UK official joked about Iran’s torture techniques. 85634
Reposted by Deborah EwingDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 12/01/2026👀 Our line up is out! We're thrilled to have such an insightful set of speakers for our first ever summit, Challenging the War Machine. Tickets are selling out (low cost tickets available still) if you haven't already, grab your place now 🔗 secure.declassifieduk.org/events 45338
Deborah Ewing @deborahewing.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Derek Penwell's letter to Renée Nicole Good speaks to anyone questioning how to act in the masked face of cruelty parading as law. Dear Renée open.substack.com/pub/derekpen...open.substack.comDear RenéeA letter for the poet killed on a snowy street 010
Reposted by Deborah EwingThe News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 09/01/2026"It's not about someone wearing a hijab. This is about economic collapse. This is about the fury of ordinary people," says Jon Sopel. "The protests have not been crushed. They are spreading. They're getting wider." Is Iran on the verge of revolution? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/iran...thenewsagents.co.ukIran protests: ‘This is about economic collapse and the fury of ordinary people’ | The News AgentsIran has been gripped by national protests, with its population calling for a regime change after economic collapse. Is this a turning point for the country – and the entire Middle East? 23511
Reposted by Deborah EwingTribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 09/01/2026A memoir reflects on a woman’s replicated bus journey across America two decades later, capturing the country’s increasingly stark inequality and greed, along with the unexpected beauty (and expected crappiness) of communal transportation.tribunemag.co.ukRide the BusA memoir reflects on a woman’s replicated bus journey across America two decades later, capturing the country’s increasingly stark inequality and greed, along with the unexpected beauty (and expected ... 051
Reposted by Deborah EwingDictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 09/01/2026#NollaignamBan During WWII Kay McNulty was one of the women who devised processing routines for the ENIAC machine, establishing how artificial intelligence developed. At the public launch in 1946 the women programmers were relegated to the role of hostesses. www.dib.ie/biography/mc... 18161531865