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Graham Mellors

@gmellors.bsky.social
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Interested in education and politics. Socialist. Ex-LP. Free, free Palestine! Forest fan. Nottingham born. Adopted Mancunian.

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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Regular Wednesday rally in Didsbury, Manchester. Usual positive response from passers-by. Funds raised for the wonderful @amostrust.bsky.social
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop Academisation and Bring Back Democratic Local Supervision of Schools. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
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Stop Academisation and Bring Back Democratic Local Supervision of Schools
We are witnessing the final blow to the possibility of a return to a role for local democracy in education. Instead the Labour government is reviving a Tory policy to move all schools into multi-acade...
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I've signed the trade union statement against the illegal war on Iran Backed by 18 national organisations Add your name > actionnetwork.org/forms/trade-... #NoWarOnIran
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Trade Unionists - add your name now
Add your name to the trade union statement against the illegal war on Iran.
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Sheffield Nablus live-link concert October 2025 chuffed.org/project/shef...
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Sheffield Nablus live-link concert October 2025
Hi. Did you come last year?
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Kneecap are not the story. Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story. ✊️ www.nme.com/news/music/m...
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Massive Attack: "Kneecap are not the story. Gaza is the story. Genocide is the story"
Massive Attack have issued a statement on the ongoing Kneecap controversy, stressing that “Gaza is the story” and “genocide is the story”.
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
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Block Trump from addressing Parliament
I've just signed 38 Degrees' petition calling on Trump to be banned from addressing the UK Parliament during his state visit later this year. Will you join me and add your name too?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
5. If you listen only to corporations, you’re a dupe. Of course, they'll justify the harmful things they want. Of course, they'll tell you that rules are too onerous, taxes too high and subsidies too low. It takes spectacular political naivety to take them at their word. ... Oh, hello Mr Starmer.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
4. Forgive me if I'm wrong about this, but I have a vague memory of hearing about a political system that enacts the will of the people, not the will of corporations. I have a feeling there was a name for it, perhaps beginning with D? But it all seems a long time ago, so I might have misremembered.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
3. Why not? Well, Keir Starmer has been so good as to explain it: these policies came about as a result of his "conversations with leading CEOs”. This is a bill for corporations, not for us. How long will it be before we discover that it was drafted by a Tufton Street junktank?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
2. It's an extraordinary thing, this bill, drafted with no input whatever from anyone with environmental expertise. In fact, inputs from professional bodies and scientists working on environmental issues appear to have been systematically struck down. The government does not want this scrutiny.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
In Manchester now
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/04/2025
Activists and students across countries in the Middle East and North Africa organised protests in support of Palestine, as Israel continues its attacks on Gaza.
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 14/02/2025
Majority of Israelis Support Trump’s Proposal to Relocate Gaza’s Population to Other Countries Some 70% Israelis support “Arabs from Gaza should relocate to another country.” Most Jewish Israelis believe this is a “practical plan that should be pursued.” Most Arab Israelis oppose it is.gd/1LjCQU
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Majority of Israelis Support Trump’s Proposal to Relocate Gaza’s Population to Other Countries
Approximately seven out of ten Israelis support the idea that "Arabs from Gaza should relocate to another country." Most Jewish Israelis believe this is a "practical plan that should be pursued." Most...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 11/02/2025
A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect | Steve Pottinger @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Poor coverage of Gaza at the BBC: failures of journalism
A BBC report on the ceasefire in Gaza fails to fact check Israeli violations, while obscuring key context – this isn’t journalism, it’s neglect
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Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
It pains me to say this as the son of a Holocaust survivor who has lectured on genocide prevention at Auschwitz where my mom lost dozens of her family, but Israel is seeking ‘lebensraum’ to create a Greater Israel & is using genocide & ethnic cleansing to do so with the active support of the West 😢
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It's not a demolition site it's a mass grave. It's not a demolition site it's a crime scene. It's not a demolition site its a homeland. It's not a demolition site it's Palestine. It's not a demolition site it's a genocide.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Israel is using the cover of a supposed "Ceasefire" to prepare for its next ethnic cleansing onslaught
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Exclusive: Almost one in ten teachers working in some of England’s largest multi-academy trusts are unqualified, new analysis by Education Uncovered reveals today. www.educationuncovered.co.uk/news/173241/...
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Bit surprised there hasn't been more interest in the below, especially given the current academies debate. And this seeming to be a part, as the piece and recent investigations argue, of "a move of spending away from classrooms, and towards highly-paid managers".
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris #climate agreement is an act of environmental vandalism & shows what the fossil fuel industry can buy with their $75m donation to his campaign. But it’s important to remember leaders across US are already taking stronger climate action & the economic case is clear
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect? Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse? Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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LEGAL FEES SUPPORT FOR MANCHESTER PRO-PALESTINE ACTIVIST
*🚨CALL TO ACTION: LEGAL FEES SUPPORT FOR MANCHESTER ACTIVIST🚨*
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
There is no evidence that Keir Starmer believes Palestinian life has any worth.
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Samuel Sweek 🇵🇸🇱🇧 @samuelsweek.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
The violent arrest of @stwc.bsky.social organiser Chris Nineham by the Met Police at today’s national march for Palestine is a dangerous affront to our right to peaceful demonstration. Our right to protest is sacred and authoritarianism must be resisted.
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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Cold, tired, after kettle on train back to West Mids to be with younger kid (15) who’s been alone today while I marched with 10,000s to tell Labour to stop facilitating regime which slaughters teens & children by the 10,000s. V conscious of reports of teens same age being targeted & held by police.
Image shows placard with watermelons & Lebanon flag, reads “stop butchering babies”
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 15/01/2025
“It seemed as though the occupation forces were aiming to cause as much destruction and bloodshed as possible before an imminent ceasefire agreement in Gaza,” he added.
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 15/01/2025
The Final Hours–Israel Unleashes ‘Hell’ on Gaza as Ceasefire Looms “In a scene resembling hell, last night was one of the bloodiest and most difficult nights for the Gaza Strip due to the unprecedented escalation in Israeli airstrikes, bombings” Abu Zakari wrote for Al-Jazeera Arabic is.gd/bsHx12
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Gaza on the Brink: Israel’s Final Brutal Assault Before Ceasefire
As negotiations for a ceasefire progress, Israel's bombardment of Gaza intensifies, leaving widespread destruction and loss of life.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
“Thousands of sixth form college teachers are on strike after being denied a pay rise given to other teachers. Their walkout shows that workers wanting fair treatment from this government will have to fight for it” @graceblakeley.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/sixt...
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Sixth Form Teachers Are Striking for Justice
Thousands of sixth form college teachers are on strike after being denied a pay rise given to other teachers. Their walkout shows that workers wanting fair treatment from this government will have to ...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Gig workers forced to pay fee to receive wages. YoungOnes charges gig workers 4.8% of wages to be paid in one minute, 2.9% to be paid in 3 days, or wait 30 days. At Emma Sleep workers await November/December wages. Execs don't have to wait. Govt must prosecute www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘So immoral’: gig economy workers forced to pay fee to receive their wages
Retail assistants on low pay using YoungOnes platform docked cash or told to wait up to 30 days for earnings
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Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Important piece by @johndickenssw.bsky.social at @schoolsweek.bsky.social Transparency re these investigations is surely fundamental. schoolsweek.co.uk/mps-demand-a...
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PAC: Academy probe changes 'hinder transparency'
MPs demand answers after government rowsback on promises to publish academy scandal investigation reports
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Novara Media @novaramedia.com · 11/12/2024
Almost half of all mentions of Islam or Muslims on UK news channels since October 2022 came from a single a source, a new report has found, confirming what many have suspected: GB News is an engine of Islamophobia. @simonchilds.bsky.social reports: novara.media/4fZT5
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Socialist Educational Association @socedu.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
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Schools Bill Attacked by Blair Babe MP
Blog 32. Dame Siobhain McDonagh MP opposes restraints on academies and attacks Labour policy in second reading debate
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Mick Lynch wants a progressive wealth tax with the richest paying the same as everyone else on PAYE, 47%. That would bring in hundred of billions, it is time for the richest to pay what everyone else has been paying their whole lives.
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Israel basked in the illusion it was a European liberal democracy in a hostile Middle East. That illusion is now driwned in the sea of flesh & blood strewn all over Gaza. Good! The 1st step toward a just peace is the ethical fall from grace of the aggressor. www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/01/09/w...
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What to watch out for in the unfolding Palestinian genocide – a video briefing on 9th Jan 2025 - Yanis Varoufakis
Watching, on the one hand, the Israeli soldiers’ video confessions of their genocidal intent and acts and, on the other hand, the Palestinians’ livestreaming of their own deaths and devastation, it is...
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Socialist Educational Association @socedu.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Short films by Palestinian children in Gaza November 2024 | Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange "Palestine Vanguard Media, using equipment funded by SPaCE, present some remarkable short films by Palestinian children in Gaza November 2024" @gmellors.bsky.social youtu.be/iMv2cRskhwI?...
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Short films by Palestinian children in Gaza November 2024
YouTube video by Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Sorry to sound like a broken record here, but, with this whole "grooming gangs" bit going on, there are some additional important bits. Yes, majority of offenders are white. It's easy for likes of Farage et al to try and explain that away based on the demographic make up of the UK though. 1/
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Grooming gangs are not a race, cultural, or immigration issue. They are predominantly a "men issue". Look, I know the whole "not all men" bit before anyone starts, but it's enough, and, as with trying to make grooming gangs purely about "Asians", saying not all men provides cover for abusers. 2/
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
I do not for a second personally believe that the same people who have defended Andrew Tate, a man currently accused of multiple accounts of sexual abuse, care about protecting women and girls. 5/
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Graham Mellors @gmellors.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
At least 45,361 Palestinians have been killed and 107,803 wounded since the start of the war and yet Labour continues to do nothing about it other than support the Israeli government @teamlabouruk.bsky.social @lfpme.bsky.social
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Does that include the Palestinian people suffering genocide and being killed with British-made weapons, David?
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 23/12/2024
We're nearly at the first full calendar year-end of the Gaza war. The normalisation of both (i) the enormous bloodshed (ii) and journalists still not being allowed in by the Israeli govt to report as to what's happening have been some of the grimmer features of the year.
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Four Palestinian journalists were killed by the Israeli military this past week. Out of 95 journalists and media workers killed worldwide in 2024, Israel is responsible for two-thirds of deaths. These are not just numbers, but lives lost in pursuit of truth and justice.
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Anna Fazackerley @annafazack.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Acclaimed Mossbourne academy will face extraordinary safeguarding inquiry after The Observer exposed allegations of emotional harm over two decades. Over 200 parents, students, teachers, local GPs & child psychiatrists have now given testimonials about the trust. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Top English academy trust faces safeguarding review over ‘emotional abuse’ of pupils
Observer investigation into London school has sparked an inquiry into allegations that teachers harmed mental wellbeing of children
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Meanwhile…
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The vile behaviour of the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt . . . yes , it’s day 8 of my top 20 worst fox hunting crimes with @huntsabs.bsky.social . . . #RealBanNow
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Yes, it's a genocide www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwq...
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Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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Un-American @bennevis.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
"Listen to brave Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan speaking truth to UN and to The Powers. She speaks for all of us medical people who have experienced Gaza!" Dr. Mads @drmadsgilbert.bsky.social webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h...
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Tanya Haj Hassan (Medical Aid for Palestinians) on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2024.
Briefing by Dr. Tanya Haj Hassan, Medical Practitioner at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) Charity, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2024.
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