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@hughfoy FRSA

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Interested in-Gospel and Dharma shaped Living and Politics-Anti Violence-Democratic Socialistm-Mindfulness/Meditation|Celtic FC supporter|Programme and Partnership Director at Charity +Counsellor|Former Social Worker And School Teacher| 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇮🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸

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𝐊𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐎'𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐒.𝐉. @kohsj.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Spectacular jump in number of satellites since 2020. Now, of approx. 15,000 satellites orbiting our planet, over 11,000 are controlled by one individual - Elon Musk. Extremely dangerous to allow anyone to acquire so much power. Utter madness to allow Musk to do so! www.youtube.com/shorts/WWNCl...
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The Number of Satellites Launched Into Space
YouTube video by The Brain Maze
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 6h
I watched him as a kid and at that time he was without a doubt the best right back in the world and chose to stay at Celtic. Had a telepathic understanding of when to pass to Dalglish! An absolute legend and in my 7th decade he is still my favourite ever Celtic player.
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 9h
Nick Cave Elvis Costello Paul Simon David Byrne Van Morrison The Blue Nile Billy Bragg Christy Moore Hue and Cry Del Amitri
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Jimmy Reid Foundation @reidfoundation.bsky.social · 17h
UK is 20th out of 21 countries on health equity. Scotland is the worse in the UK. CHES report on health equity in Scotland addresses inequities in power, money, and resources that give rise to inequities. It also seeks to overcome blocks in delivery. www.bmj.com/content/395/...
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Health equity in Scotland
The UK is unhealthy. For healthy life expectancy, it ranks 20th out of 21 high income countries—only the US is lower.1 Within the UK, health in Scotland is worse than in England, Wales, and Northern I...
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 17h
Just saw trailer for the new Narnia film-the use of stairway to heaven by led zeppelin in the soundtrack is genius! No idea if the film is any good yet!
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
You can preorder my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, at a reduced price from @CaltonBooks. A great way to support Glasgow's radical bookshop who recently sent some fascists packing!
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An Injury to All : The Unmaking of the British Working Class
FOR A UNITED WORKING CLASS
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“Just 34% of teachers have confidence in the Scottish Government to meet its ambitious poverty targets, which were set in 2017..in the Scottish Parliament.” I sat on the Parliament initiated first independent poverty and inequality commission in Scotland!They have no chance of meeting those targets!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“When one reaches the highest degree of human maturity, one has only one question left:How can I be helpful” ST TERESA OF AVILA
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
On holiday and binge watching blue lights with Mrs Foy! A programme that reminds us how good the bbc can and should consistently be. If only its news coverage could return to the same quality as this!
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Simon Hewitt @leedshewitt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It is both the case that Putin is a vile despot, and also the case that opposition to Putin is being talked up in the service of the Western European military-industrial complex.
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Does any city result offer anything about the outcome of the league until their sanction is confirmed? But how should the player act?how do players distinguish what playing football means whilst this hangs over their employers. Bizarre situation!
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
When we talk about taxing the super-rich this is what we mean... Only 0.03% of the UK population has wealth of more than £10 million. & someone with £11,000,000 would pay just £20,000 with our Wealth Tax proposal.
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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 11/10/2026
Today is the last day of #ChallengePoverty Week 2026. Across the country, people of faith will be taking time to remember the injustice of poverty. We would like to thank them - and everyone who has supported #CPW this week. Together, we can build a better #Scotland.
Challenge Poverty Week logo. Care and Prayer. Cartoon of hands rising up, holding heart-shaped cutouts.
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Anthony Barnett @anthonybarnett.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"In a world where nation-states are completely unmoored from the aspirations of their citizens and the diktats of international law, we the people must band together and navigate the future in the flotillas and caravans of hope and solidarity".
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The same piece of research also suggests over a third (37%) of all British Christians believe the racist Great Replacement conspiracy theory (that an elite is deliberately replacing Europe’s white population with Muslim migrants)
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Christian nationalism in Britain is being driven largely by people who rarely attend church and are more concerned with defending the country’s Christian heritage, according to research www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Header: The Episcopal Church with the Episcopal shield / logo 

Text: “The Episcopal Church has long formally opposed the death penalty, and more recently we have called for an immediate moratorium on its use,” Rowe said in a statement. “The idea of live-streaming a firing squad execution is reprehensible in the extreme and will cause moral injury to everyone involved. We need to ask ourselves who we have become as a nation when senior officials decide to make a spectacle of state-sponsored violence.”

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A statue of Nelson Mandela is unveiled in Glasgow on Friday. Designed by sculptor Alan B Herriot, the statue stands on a plinth of South African granite in Nelson Mandela Place. On August 4, 1981, Glasgow became the first in the world to award Mandela the Freedom of the City. 𝘝𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘖: 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops @usccbofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
USCCB President Condemns Plans for Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter's Execution as ‘a Barbaric Promotion of a Culture of Death’ Read the full release at: ow.ly/8pBo50ZWhiV
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
For people still wondering what fascism is, Hegseth’s proposal to livestream an execution and Trump’s “love me” ad are useful introductions. (2/3)
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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 09/10/2026
So far in Trump’s second term, ICE has arrested more than 8,500 children. Many of those children have been detained in locations where lawyers and family members couldn’t find them. This article was published in partnership with @us.theguardian.com www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/i...
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ICE Has Arrested Twice As Many Children This Year
In total, more than 8,500 kids have been arrested by ICE in Trump’s second term.
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Great news about Jota!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Congratulations brother. Wonderful to hear you have had all your hard work rewarded.
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Broad coalitions defeat far-right hate — and history shows us how. This is what we must do now. @tajali1.bsky.social 🔗 Read the full piece: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Large crowd protesting racism, central banner reads "DON'T LET RACIST FARAGE AND REFORM DIVIDE THE COUNTRY," surrounded by anti‑racist placards and an overlaid quote urging ordinary citizens to defeat racism.
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Ulrich Schmiedel @ulrich-schmiedel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The symposium issue on "'Race' and 'Religion' in the Law of Migration: Comparing E.U. and U.S. Contexts" I co-edited with Rose Cuison Villazor is finally out! Lots of it makes for grim reading, but it's stellar scholarship. Have a look (open access):
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Volume 25 – Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the seeds of real fascism are being nurtured daily in the death agony of the American Empire and its current crypto fascist leadership and among its billionaire business elite!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Up to 50 serving officers with Police Scotland are currently suspended over allegations of violence against women and girls.A Freedom of Information request by STV revealed….constables, six sergeants and two inspectors” THE HERALD
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The ICJ says Israel is an apartheid state. An independent commission of inquiry of the UN says its committing genocide. @sdoughtymp.bsky.social : "We have a strong & ongoing relationship with Israel" Yes, you're siding us with a genocidal apartheid state. Is that why you entered politics?
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Glasgow book launch. The Glasgow book launch for my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is being held at Glasgow University at 6pm on Thursday 29 October. You're all welcome! Sign up here 🔽 It's free!
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An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class
Join us on Thursday 29 October for this event which is part of the University of Glasgow's Festival for Social Sciences offering.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 06/10/2026
#OtD 6 Oct 1971 30 people including @PeterTatchell held a sit-in at the Chepstow pub in London organised by the Gay Liberation Front, in protest at it refusing to serve LGBT+ people. Police evicted them but landlord agreed to stop discriminating stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1140...
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“When I became manager at Manchester City they never owned the ground or the club shop and I had to sell Shaun wright Phillips to stop the club going bust” Stuart Pearce Quite a journey since 2005!
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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Get the book: www.plutobooks.com/product/revo...
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Revolutionary Theology - Pluto Press
A comprehensive engagement with the work of James Hal Cone, offering new insights into white supremacy, black power and the function of religion in society
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
‘We swept a lot under the carpet’: Vichy regime film hits home in France of 2026
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‘We swept a lot under the carpet’: Vichy regime film hits home in France of 2026
Movie about Nazi-collaborating administration strikes chord during what director calls ‘time of great uncertainty’
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Fascists did not seize power; power was handed to them by conservative elites who thought they could use the energetic thugs to break the left and then tame the radicals. Prof Robert O. Paxton “The Anatomy of Fascism”.
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The Left needs to stop having its Friday night séances around the revolution and start organizing... If you have a class perspective on politics, you start with: what is the structure of capitalism today? What is its occupational makeup? What is its geographical map?" VIVEK CHIBBER
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"The effectiveness of capitalist ideology does not lie in convincing people that the system is just or benevolent, but in persuading them that it is permanent, unchangeable, and that any attempt to alter it will only lead to something worse." VIVEK CHIBBER
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Can’t share this often enough! “Fascism is the hyper-charging of a reactionary cocktail of ideas – nationalism, racism, misogyny, homophobia, authoritarianism, militarism – so as to create an active political force opposed to progressive movements and radical change.” NEIL FAULKNER
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Richard Coker “Timor Mortis: How We Live With Death”
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The best analysis of the Garvaghy road I’ve yet to hear. (Bit of swearing might need headphone!) youtu.be/yjECjVGGIFw?...
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She Asked the Orange Order Why Force Garvaghy Road?
YouTube video by Maximilien Robespierre
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
Prisoners freed early in England and Wales risk living on the streets, say probation officers
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Prisoners freed early in England and Wales risk living on the streets, say probation officers
Warning of a lack of hostel places for 2,000 criminals due to be released over the next month to ease overcrowding Hundreds of prisoners are due to be released early from jail on Thursday amid warnings that many will have nowhere to live and the probation system will struggle to monitor them. About 2,000 criminals including domestic abusers and violent offenders are to be freed over the next month, with another 3,000 in stages over the next year to ease overcrowding. The number was reduced from 6,000 after an intervention by the prime minister, Andy Burnham. Continue reading...
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Are we about to watch the State that owns Manchester City take the current “fake news” mantra (so dominant of right wing populist leaders who no longer value truth nor facts) and apply it to a legal decision that clearly evidences their malfeasance? Football and City fans deserve better than this!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hannah Arendt articulated fascism as the temporary alliance of the “elites”, and “mob”.Neither of whom represents the vast majority but the power from the former’s organised money and the latter’s power amplified in the contemporary use of social media makes this alliance more deadly than ever!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My views remains fans and players have no involvement in decision making at this level. Nothing yet on systemic collusion by players in what has been released. How could there be? unless tax loopholes were used or off the books direct payments they knew about?
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
IN GAZA:Unemployment has reached 78 per cent. GDP per person fell to $212 last year — barely 17 per cent of its pre-genocide level — while less than 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s cropland remains accessible and undamaged. Recovery and reconstruction will cost at least $71.5 billion!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Man City exemplifies why fans we need to differentiate now between “our team” as a football club and as a bought business”In reality what “the owners” have done is nothing to do with the players or the fans. It’s about corporate greed and State sports washing neither of which is controlled by fans!
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@hughfoy FRSA @hughfoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Always rated Pulisic highly but there are moments when we are reminded that at the most fundamental level it’s a team game and individual focus when it goes wrong limits a team tactically and weakens it
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Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace @sistersofpeace.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Introducing Peace Communities—a new virtual space by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace for young adults (ages 18–40) to connect, reflect, and discuss how we can build a more just and peaceful world together 7:00 PM ET (Second Tuesday of every month!) www.csjp.org/news/peacecomm
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 28/09/2026
"To invoke God's name in order to justify violence or oppression is to profane that name. Nothing that disfigures human dignity can claim to be inspired by God." #PopeLeoXIV
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