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Eithne Quinn

@eithnequinn.bsky.social
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Socio-legal/cultural studies; antiracism; environmental justice.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I quite like the Belgian approach to capping political donations
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The lack of clear communication from our governments about the threats from climate & nature breakdown leaves a vacuum - into which vested interests are pouring disinformation. Governments can’t sit this out and “leave it to the market”. www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
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Check here to see if your MP has signed
For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.
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Garden Court North Chambers @gcnchambers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Wednesday saw Garden Court North, @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social, @onepumpcourt.co.uk & @nexuschambers.bsky.social come together to host the 'Descent into Authoritarianism?' event supporting Rajiv Menon KC amid his prosecution for contempt of court. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq4t...
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Today, far right leaders will try to spread hatred and fear on our streets. We’re all too familiar with the consequences of that politics, how quickly dehumanising rhetoric escalates into real-world violence.
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Garden Court North Chambers @gcnchambers.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
MI5's false and misleading evidence given in the BBC/Beth case, Manchester Arena bombing, and Operation Kenova investigation epitomises why Hillsborough Law's Duty of Candour must apply to the intelligence services. Read Pete Weatherby KC's op-ed below. gcnchambers.co.uk/a-duty-of-ca...
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A Duty of Candour is desperately needed. Ten years on, why is Hillsborough Law stalled? - Garden Court North Chambers
The false narrative run by MI5 officials during the inquiry into Manchester Arena bombing epitomises the need for a full duty of candour.
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Cambridge friends who insist on working on bank holidays: Christa Dierksheide and I will be talking *today* at 4pm in the Sibilla Room at Jesus College about our new book Jefferson's Wolf! We've roped in the lovely Patrick Griffin to ask the questions and Heffers to sell some books. Come if you can!
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought - Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas #AMOC #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Former government lawyer and founding member of Defend Our Juries, Tim Crosland, was invited to give evidence at the Courts & Tribunals Bill Committee hearing in Parliament. The Labour government is attempting to bring about reforms that would significantly reduce jury trials.
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
From me on @politicshome.bsky.social re the new definition: a step forward because official recognition is better than official silence, but weakest when confronting structural racism: 👇🏽 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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The anti-Muslim hostility definition is a step forward — but it's not enough
For years, Britain has argued not only about how to tackle anti-Muslim hatred, but whether it could even be defined in terms that public institutio...
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
3️⃣ Professor @kevinclimate.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing: UK must cut emissions far faster than planned even to limit warming to 2°C. And that's before accounting for mounting evidence that heating has accelerated. Full talk: www.nebriefing.org/expert-brief... #NEB2025
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Reverend Sue Parfitt became a symbol of the Lift The Ban campaign after her arrest in July. She shares her thoughts on the proscribing of Palestine Action. “It’s the duty of all of us to resist.” This video was filmed prior to the announcement that the ban is unlawful.
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University of Manchester Sociology Department @uomsociology.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
VACANCY (2 of 2...) Lecturer in Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social with research expertise in the field(s) of racial inequalities, anti-racism and theoretical debates in ‘race’. Please share - thanks! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Sociology:Oxford Road
The Department of Sociology is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Sociology (Teaching & Research) with qualitative or theoretical research expertise in the fields of political sociology of class and economy or cultural interpretations of class.
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UK American Studies Against the Genocide! @uk-usstudies4pal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🔊 Dear Colleagues & Comrades! We are pleased to announce a network dedicated to addressing the omission of Palestine and the ongoing genocide within UK-based American Studies. We are hosting a symposium in Central London on the 9th May 2026. Abstracts are due on 6th February 2026. Please circulate!
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
New research highlights from 2025! This thread covers some of our latest work on capitalism, imperialism, post-growth and ecosocialist futures. It's all open access, and free PDFs are available via the link at the end of the thread. 🧵
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This evening marks the final event of the @uomsalc.bsky.social Simon Fellowship of award-winning, Manchester-born journalist David Conn at @manchester.ac.uk , who is conducting a project with researchers on ‘Promoting Truth-finding in the Adversarial Court System’ @eithnequinn.bsky.social
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
‘Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions’: incredibly powerful words from Jade Akoum about her family’s fight for justice after the killing of her brother Youssef Makki. The final event of David Conn’s Simon Fellowship @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @eithnequinn.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social
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Eithne Quinn @eithnequinn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Our panel event: 5pm today at Uni of Manchester gcnchambers.co.uk/event/reflec... Feat. Jade Akoum, David Conn, Dr Patrick Williams, Pete Weatherby KC, Prof Eithne Quinn @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @gcnchambers.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social
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Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions: Yousef Makki - Garden Court North Chambers
Pete Weatherby KC will be speaking at the University of Manchester's panel on the unlawful killing of Yousef Makki.
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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING: The government has tabled their plan to restrict repeat protests. Demonstrations could now banned based on the 'cumulative disruption' that previous protests have caused in the area - regardless of if they have been organised by the same people or not. This is worse than we feared.
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Government's repeat protest restrictions worse than feared - Liberty
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms
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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship: 'A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre Supervisors: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social @sadiahabib.bsky.social & Kerry Pimblott Apply by Fri 14 Nov 2025 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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[HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [HUMS Bicentenary PhD] A reparatory history of the Manchester Royal Exchange in collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
NEW: Reflecting on Manchester Criminal Prosecutions 📅 17 Nov, 5pm 📍Sam Alex Building Book: ow.ly/ibxU50Xe7zX University of Manchester School of Social Sciences School of Arts, Languages and Cultures @uomlaw.bsky.social CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity Garden Court Chambers
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
📢IN 3 WEEKS: 'You Ought To Know' - Reclaiming Black British Music His and Herstories 📅6 Nov, 6pm 📍 @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Join us to hear Karen Gabay's research findings documenting the stories of artists underrepresented in the history of the Manchester music scene. 🎫 ow.ly/aGbX50WY6hQ
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JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Please listen shows.acast.com/in-it-togeth...
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In It Together: The Joint Enterprise Podcast
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Congratulations to Keir Monteith KC, a @uomsalc.bsky.social Simon Industrial and Professional fellow, on his recent promotion to Honorary Professor of Law. Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk... @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social @uomlaw.bsky.social @eithnequinn.bsky.social
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Our government and media are complicit in enabling racist violence, our latest report shows. One year since the racist riots broke out across the UK, violence which has continued since, those in power cannot continue to deny their enabling role. Read the report here 👉 www.runnymedetrust.o...
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A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media
A hostile environment: language, race, surveillance and the media is the second of two reports analysing parliamentary and media debates from 2010-2024, and shows how large sections of these debates encouraged widespread hostility to migrants.
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
UK Gov is trusting private capital to save us from climate breakdown—covering up to 90% of the cost👇 Some on the right will agree with this approach. BUT it only works if companies are incentivised to do the right thing. How then can Gov justify giving 84% tax relief for oil & gas investment? 👇👇
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Art Not Evidence @artnotevidence.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
A huge thank you to Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social for supporting our campaign and his insightful thoughts on the connection to Kneecap’s current situation. We're in absolute agreement. Read his full statement below!
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Eithne Quinn @eithnequinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision
Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
On this day in 1970, 20 million Americans—10% of the population at the time—took to the streets to demand change. Without the internet! With our political systems unable to shake the grip of fossil fuel and big agriculture lobbyists, maybe it'll take mass mobilisation to secure our future?
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The History of Earth Day - Earth Day
Discover Earth Day's 50-Year Legacy, Uniting Billions Annually on April 22. Explore the Movement's History.
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Eithne Quinn @eithnequinn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
My new piece in Solicitors Journal on racism in the criminal legal system. www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/jo...
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Joint Enterprise and tackling racial bias
Eithne Quinn, a Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at The University of Manchester, shares her thoughts on racial bias and injustice concerns related to the application of Joint Enterprise secondary lia...
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
NEW: Jailed for 8 Years for a Group Chat – Challenging Institutional Racism in the Courts In his annual lecture at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social Keir Monteith KC will examine how a 17-year-old ‘law student-to-be’ was wrongly convicted. 🗓️ 1 May ⏱️ 5pm 📍Roscoe B Book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/jailed-for...
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A vital theme of my new book: how did liberal institutions--news outlets, professors, non-profits--help lead us to this authoritarian moment? What can we do about it? This is one of the most important interviews I've done: www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Q&A: Alec Karakatsanis on the Media’s Role in Spreading ‘Copaganda’
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The article I wrote for Alliance Mag is now public! "From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network The mythical Atlas carries the world on his shoulders. This one tries to put it under its thumb." www.alliancemagazine.org/analysis/und...
From undermining democracy to destabilising the climate: a brief history of the neo-liberal Atlas Network

The mythical Atlas carries the world on his shoulders. This one tries to put it under its thumb.
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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
🗣 The Moss Side "joint enterprise" case and miscarriage of justice concerns in the criminal trial system - @david_conn 📆3-4pm, Weds 19 Mar 2025, Uni of Manchester All welcome. Pls share🙏🏾 events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...
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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
📣 Join us & the American Studies Dept for an event w/ @harvard.edu and @leverhulme.bsky.social Visiting Prof Michèle Lamont & Gary Younge on politics & cultural change in the US/UK, w/ a focus on class, race & Trump's presidency. 📅 29 April, 3pm 📍 @alliancembs.bsky.social 🔗 ow.ly/Vij650UU0kM
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
glad to talk to @keeanga.bsky.social @itsmccarthy.bsky.social, @danieldenvir.bsky.social, about our increasingly weird political situation and the role that identity politics plays in it. even if this episode isn't for you, @thedigradio.bsky.social is a gold mine thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
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Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...
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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
📌Exploring carceral intersections of race, class & disability - Margarita Aragon 📆12pm 20 March 2025 (hybrid) @uomsoss.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social @racerootsresist.bsky.social @ersjournal.com @identitiesjournal.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
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Exploring carceral intersections of race, class and disability
Margarita Aragon on processes of race- & class-making in the incarceration of people perceived as mentally deficient in early 20thC Britain.
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CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity @ethnicityuk.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Keir Monteith KC @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social & @eithnequinn.bsky.social argue for reform of joint enterprise law & misuse of rap/drill lyrics in court. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
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Joint enterprise law reform will help solve UK justice system crisis, say experts
Campaigners give evidence on principle under which black people are 16 times more likely to be prosecuted than white people
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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Keir Monteith KC & Professor Eithne Quinn (@eithnequinn.bsky.social) co-authors of ‘Racial Bias & the Bench‘ Report made a submission to Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: "The review should consider the overuse of Joint Enterprise". Read it here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/authors-of-r...
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Eithne Quinn @eithnequinn.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Strong coverage of @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social event. “The Hillsborough Law has the potential to...force public officials to tell the truth proactively and establish a level playing field for victims of disasters", says Pete Weatherby KC, Garden Court North. @hillsboroughsu1.bsky.social
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I was asked for my view on the new paper from Jim Hansen "Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations & the Public Well-Informed?" My full quote is at: climateuncensored.com/has-global-w... Jim's paper is at: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Has Global Warming Accelerated – a short response to Hansen et al - Climate Uncensored
I was asked by Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News for my thoughts on James Hansen and colleagues’ recent paper  Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The University of Manchester and Garden Court North Chambers are set to host a lecture on 13 February 2025, by award-winning Guardian journalist David Conn, on the Hillsborough disaster, and the subsequent legal failings that led to a decades-long fight for justice.
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Guardian journalist to talk about Hillsborough legal failure
A planned lecture by a journalist about the legal failings after the Hillsborough disaster, which led to the families having to fight for justice
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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚨 Authors of ‘Racial Bias and the Bench’ Report make submission to Independent Review of the Criminal Courts 🚨 The co-authors include Keir Monteith KC of Garden Ct & Prof Eithne Quinn of The University of Manchester (@uomsoss.bsky.social) Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/authors-of-r...
Authors of ‘Racial Bias and the Bench’ Report make submission to Independent Review of the Criminal Courts
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Universities must defend the right to protest. That’s why I wrote to @unibirmingham.bsky.social, urging them to drop disciplinary actions against students targeted for peaceful pro-Palestine activism & to review investment policies so they align with international human rights standards.
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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
BREAKING: Helen Pitcher, @ccrcupdate.bsky.social chief, finally quits, saying she's been made scapegoat for Andrew Malkinson failings - graceless resignation after lord chancellor started the process to sack her, but great scoop by Fiona Hamilton in @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
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CCRC chief: I’ve been made scapegoat for Andrew Malkinson failings
Helen Pitcher says ‘a head had to roll and I was chosen’ after resigning as head of watchdog that examines possible miscarriages of justice
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
On CBC last night, I spelt out the moral case to keep on trying, however hard it might be. Defending the living planet is not an option we can abandon. Ultimately, it is all that counts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX2V...
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Author George Monbiot on countering despair amid alarming climate change trends
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
With news of Mick Lynch's retirement, I want to thank him for relentlessly standing up for trade unions and working people. His speeches and highly memorable media interviews have been an inspiration for many, including me. He is truly a once in a generation leader.
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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The thing about James Brown is that he was never gonna put his name on dreck. This is just one banger after another—doo wop, soul, torch song—just amazing.
Lp cover Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag
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