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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
‼️ Did you know that most people seeking safety are banned from working?⁣ ⁣Talented, skilled and experienced people trapped in unemployment by a senseless Government policy. ⁣ ⁣For women seeking safety, this can have harmful consequences, forcing them into exploitative or abusive situations.⁣ 1/🧵
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Join us for a night of big name comedy live on-stage at The Clapham Grand this June! 🌟 Gather your mates and join the crowd at the iconic Clapham Grand to watch @miloedwards.bsky.social, @watsoncomedian.bsky.social Jen Brister, Ali Woods, Tadiwa Mahlunge and more! claphamgrand.com/event/refuge...
A poster of all the comedian's faces in small boxes. The poster says 'Stand up for refugees' in big bold letters, and a microphone is framing the title.
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This sort of dangerous rhetoric is exactly what fuelled the racist riots last summer. The government must change how it speaks about refugees and people seeking asylum. Let's focus on language of unity and community resilience, not division and scapegoating. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Rights groups urge Starmer to dial down anti-migrant rhetoric
Exclusive: 136 organisations tell PM to stop using ‘demonising language’, after his remarks before crime summit
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Our declassified document on nuclear secrecy in today's Daily Mirror. You can read the exclusive story online: mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Image of article in The Daily Mirror. Headline and subheading reads: "US can keep nukes secret in UK bases. Declassified document victory for CND"
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Boycott Bloody Insurance @insuranceboycott.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
EXPOSED💥New report exposes a stark and unsettling reality: Some of the world’s largest insurance companies are deeply complicit in the financing and facilitation of controversial weapons. ▶️ boycottbloodyinsurance.org/reports/
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Join the peace camp at RAF Lakenheath, 14-26 April, and say #NoUSnukes in Britain! More details: cnduk.org/events/laken...
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Join CND Vice-President Jeremy Corbyn MP live from the UN nuclear NPT PrepCom, were we will discuss the prospects of a nuclear weapons-free Middle East. 📅 29 April ⏲️2-3pm Register: cnduk.org/events/a-nuc...
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Join this fantastic conference at Keele University on Wednesday, 2 April, which includes powerful Virtual Reality project of US bombing of Hiroshima. www.keele.ac.uk/davidbruce/e...
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franlou.bsky.social @franlou.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Being vegan is good sh*t. PETA’s new video explains why eating whole and healthy vegan foods is a gift for your gut. petauk.org/40x #VeganIsGoodSht
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Being Vegan is Good Sh*t! - PETA UK
Learn why being vegan is good sh*t, and how ditching meat can keep you “flushed” with health.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
The 25th national march for Palestine has arrived at Whitehall! We will continue to pressure the British government to end its complicity in Israel's oppression of Palestinians and #StopArmingIsrael.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Speaking at today's national march for Palestine, CND's Sophie Bolt paid tribute to Palestinian women, whose survival in the wake of Isreal's deliberate and systematic attacks on their reproductive rights is an act of resilience.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚨 Emergency Demo - 20 March Join the Palestine Coalition outside Parliament to protest the visit of the Israeli Foreign Minister. 📍Parliament Square, London ⏰️ Thursday 20 March, 9am #StopArmingIsrael
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Happy International Women’s Day! Women have always been at the forefront of the struggle for peace and nuclear disarmament! Today, with nuclear threats rising, Women’s voices have never been more important! #IWD2025
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
From Midday Tuesday 11 March to 9am Thursday 13 March, CND’s email system will be down, while we move offices. For any inquiries please call 07968420859 or 07568160999.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
💸Amid calls for more military spending, Britain’s failing nuclear weapons is finally getting the scrutiny it deserves. Rather than cutting overseas aid, increasing taxes or enforcing austerity to foot the bill, Labour should scrap them. Read more 👇 cnduk.org/scrap-britai...
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Scrap Britain's dangerous failing nukes! - CND
Amid calls for more military spending ahead of the Spring Statement, Britain's failing nuclear weapons system is finally getting the scrutiny it deserves. Rather than cutting overseas aid, increasing ...
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Most of the UK supports refugee rights. It's time to act with this in mind, instead of inflaming racial hatred.
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franlou.bsky.social @franlou.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Every child deserves to go to school with a full stomach. I've signed this petition calling on Education Minister Paul Givan to extend free school meals to every primary school child in NI - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns my.actnowni.org/petitions/ex...
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Sign Now: Extend Free School Meals to Every Primary School Child in NI
Every child deserves to go to school with a full stomach. I've signed this petition calling on Education Minister @paulgivan1 to extend free school meals to every primary school child in NI - will you...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Crockett: I am tired of the white tears. When you compare me to Marjorie Taylor Greene or me to Lauren Boebert, there is no comparison. So the only people that are crying are the mediocre white boys that have been beaten out by people that historically have had to work so, so much harder
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It was great to meet up with @lsrplaid.bsky.social yesterday to discuss building opposition to nuclear weapons and military spending hikes.
CND staff with Liz Saville Roberts MP
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Following Trump's grotesque plan for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, we're calling on everyone to get out this weekend and help mobilise for the next national demonstration on 15 Feb. Download the leaflet here: cnduk.org/stop-trumps-...
Stop Trump’s plan for ethnic cleansing – take to the streets on 15 February to march to the US Embassy. 

The grotesque statements by US President Donald Trump – that the US will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and forcibly remove the Palestinian population of more than 2 million – have exposed the long-standing Israeli plan for ethnic cleansing. For more than a year, Israel and its supporters have denied that the true aim of the genocidal assault on Gaza has been the destruction of the Palestinian population, and denial of all of their rights including the right to self determination. Backed and supported by the USA for its own imperial interests, that objective is now explicit.

We must act urgently to stop this monstrous plan. This Saturday 8 February we are asking all oursupporters to be out mobilising for the February 15 demonstration to the US Embassy.

We need hundreds of thousands to join us on the streets of London on Saturday 15 February for a huge march from Whitehall to the US Embassy to send a clear message to the British government and to Trump – freedom for Palestine, no to ethnic cleansing, stop arming Israel.

Palestine Solidarity Campaign,
Palestinian Forum in Britain,
Friends of Al-Aqsa,
Stop the War Coalition,
Muslim Association of Britain,
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
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labouroutlook.bsky.social @labouroutlook.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
"The British public has a right to know about the risk... 59% of the population do not want US nuclear weapons to be sited in Britain again” Sophie Bolt @cnduk.bsky.social writes to the Prime Minister & the Defence Secretary over the housing of US nukes in Britain. labouroutlook.org/2025/02/03/c...
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CND General Secretary writes to Keir Starmer and John Healey over US Nukes in Britain
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt has written to the Prime Minister and Defence Secretary over the storage of US nuclear weapons in Britain.
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Palestine Day 🇵🇸 @palestineday.com · 23/12/2024
There isn’t a single story about Gaza published in Al Arabiya Saudi-owned media. english.alarabiya.net/News #palestine #israel #gaza #palestineday #lebanon #racism #genocide #freepalestine #palestinewillbefree #savepalestine #westbank #jerusalem #holocaust #islamaphobia​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Latest News Headlines | Al Arabiya
Read all the latest news stories out of the MENA region and continents<br/>around the globe with reports from Al Arabiya here.
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Instead of trying to build fortresses we must focus on tackling the drivers of displacement, increase safe routes, and secure people’s right to claim asylum
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21/12/2024
As you read this, Netanyahu is bombing Kamal Adwan Hospital. Reminder that a UN investigation found that ZERO of the 110 hospitals & medical centers Israel bombed had Hamas soldiers or encampments in them. ZERO. qasimrashid.com/p/un-commiss... These are all war crimes. Biden must stop funding them.
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UN Commission: The IDF Is Raping, Killing, & Torturing Palestinians
Legacy media has conducted a near blackout of this damning report and the Biden administration is refusing to act to uphold international human rights law
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We'd like to welcome @cndpeaceed.bsky.social, make sure to give them a follow‬! CND Peace Education empowers young people with knowledge and critical thinking on nuclear weapons and peace issues, through free school sessions and teaching resources.
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Palestine Day 🇵🇸 @palestineday.com · 20/12/2024
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Israel's borders have shifted throughout its history. Action in Syria may reshape them again
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in Syrian territory indefinitely, and that blurs the border with Israel's northern neighbor.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
In case you missed Wednesday's webinar, you can now watch it back on YouTube. Some thoughtful discussion on the implications of Trump's presidency on the war in Ukraine, NATO, and the threat of nuclear weapons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-1d...
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Step back from the nuclear brink: Ukraine, NATO and Trump
YouTube video by CND
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🚨 TOMORROW! Take part in the national day of action for Palestine by joining a rally, stall, or workshop near you: palestinecampaign.org/events/natio...
Graphic  with colours of Palestine flag and logos of the members of the Palestine Coalition. Text reads: "national day of action for Palestine. Saturday 14 December. Take action in your local area to demand an end to complicity + for our government to STOP ARMING ISRAEL"
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Over 700 organisations have signed a letter to the Home Officer, urging them to keep processing asylum claims by people from Syria. Through our services we know that the community is fearful about their future here. It's time to reverse this cruel decision. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
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Yvette Cooper urged to end ‘cruel’ pause on Syrian asylum decisions
Asylum seekers say they are in limbo and charities have expressed ‘deep concern’ as claims paused after Assad regime’s fall
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Well done to South Lakeland and Lancaster District CND for their recent protest at James Cropper PLC - a UK company involved in the F-35 supply chain. These parts are still being indirectly exported to Israel via the US and used in its Gaza genocide. thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/2479521...
activists walk with Palestine flags and a giant model of a paper plane. Text on plane reads: "Tell James cropper: Paper planes not war planes"
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Drone Wars UK @dronewarsuk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Join @dronewarsuk.bsky.social, @cnduk.bsky.social and Oxfordshire Peace Campaign to say US spy drones out of ‘RAF’ Fairford. Online Public meeting - 15th Jan with demonstration at RAF Fairford 22nd Jan. Further details: dronewars.net/2024/12/17/u...
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
There's still time to sign up for tomorrow's webinar on what Trump's presidency will means for the war in Ukraine and NATO. 📅 Wednesday, 18 December ⏲️Starts 7pm Register: cnduk.org/events/step-...
Graphic with missiles and mushroom cloud in the background, logos of CND and Stop the War Coalition, and pictures of speakers. Text reads: "Step back from the nuclear brink: Ukraine, NATO and Trump. 7pm Wednesday 18 December. Webinar. Ann Wright, Retired US colonel; Sevim Dagdelen, German MP; Sophie Bolt, CND General Secretary; Lindsey German, Stop the War Convenor"
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
☮️ CND's 2024 Campaign Review magazine is out now and free to read online: cnduk.org/resources/ca...
Front cover of CND's 2024 Campaign Review magazine. Image shows CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt speaking into a microphone outside RAF Lakenheath. A banner on the fence behind her reads "No US nukes in Britain"Pages 8 and 9 of magazine with images of CND groups. Headline reads "No US nukes"Pages 16 and 17 of Campaign Review. Headline at the top reads "Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Trump is a threat to us all. He’s developed new nuclear weapons and trashed critical arms control treaties. Now, with ultra war-mongers advising him in the State Department, the threat of war and nuclear use is higher than ever. Join us in protesting his inauguration!
Protest the inauguration. Together Against Trump. Monday 20 January, 5pm. College Green, Outside Parliament, London
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🚨 NEW blog post. "The reality is you can’t build sustainable growth on genocide, global militarism and the threat of nuclear war." CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt on Starmer's move to a war economy. cnduk.org/no-to-starme...
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No to Starmer’s war economy
British Admiral Radakin’s pronouncement of a ‘third nuclear age’ made headlines across the world last week. Like Keir Starmer in his Mayor’s Banquet speech, Radakin was whipping up fears about an arra...
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
If I had a dollar for every time I've warned people about this, I'd have a billion dollars.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#NobelPrize: A very moving speech from Nihon Hidankyo's Tanaka Terumi. Hearing from those who experienced the atomic bombings and their aftermath is a powerful call to end the threat of nuclear weapons once and for all.
Tanaka Terumi delivers Nobel Prize speech from podium
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The rebels have liberated hundreds of women, toddlers and babies held in Sednaya prison. They've also released hundred of prisoners some of which were tortured to the point of forgetting their own identity, others held for decades for speaking out against the regime. #freeSyria
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Reuters @reuters.com · 08/12/2024
Syrian rebels declared President Bashar al-Assad's ouster after seizing control of Damascus on Sunday, ending his family's iron-fisted rule after more than 13 years of civil war reut.rs/4f2V5YN
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Syrian rebels topple President Assad, prime minister calls for free elections
Insurgents gained control after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as rebels marched on Damascus.
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