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Jim Fagan

@jimfagan1917.bsky.social
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Socialist, retired nurse, anti racist. Walthamstow London

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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
*Cable Street: 90 years on - we fought them then, we’ll fight them now* 🗓️ Sun 4 Oct 📍 Meet Tower Hamlets town hall 11a If you can march with us and join our bloc please meet at 11am at the SUTR gazebo at Tower Hamlets town hall
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez was shot by ICE 10 days ago. The bullet is still lodged in his back. He’s been forced to sleep on the floor and hasn’t been given medication, according to his attorney. Now DHS is claiming he assaulted an agent. Can we trust anything DHS says given its track record?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do socialists want a planned economy? ⭐️A planned society would depend on a huge expansion of democracy. Discussions could establish what skills should be taught, what clothes and equipment are needed, what research to prioritise socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
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Why do socialists want a planned economy?
The free market has desecrated the environment. It has served the wealthy while denying millions the necessities of life.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reform UK swings the axe at nurseries as parents face soaring childcare costs ⭐️Reform UK councillors have voted to shut all ten public nurseries in South Tyneside. But parents and campaigners are refusing to let the council have the final word. 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/reform-...
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Reform UK swings the axe at nurseries as parents face soaring childcare costs
Reform UK’s flagship council has voted to shut all 10 public nurseries in South Tyneside, north east England, where a third of children grow up in poverty.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Restore Britain: a party on the road to fascism ⭐️Don’t wait for Restore Britain to become a fully-fledged fascist party to smash it off the streets socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Restore Britain: a party on the road to fascism
Restore Britain is not just a more racist version of Reform UK. Nor is it a fascist organisation as the British National Party (BNP) was—yet.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s right to confront the fascists, we’ll do it again ⭐️The fascist threat cannot be dealt with through discussion and persuasion alone socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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It’s right to confront the fascists, we’ll do it again
Here are three reasons why Stand Up to Racism was right to chase Restore Britain off the streets.
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-...
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Grift, gain and grab: where does Tommy Robinson's money go?
Uncovering years of criminality, Robinson’s financial record is far from clean
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
socialistworker.co.uk/reviews-and-...
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Grift, gain and grab: where does Tommy Robinson's money go?
Uncovering years of criminality, Robinson’s financial record is far from clean
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Could our universities collapse into bankruptcy? ⭐️With 24 universities at risk of closure this year, higher education is facing a monumental crisis. Camilla Royle looks at decades of underfunding & mismanagement that have pushed the sector to the brink 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/cou...
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Could our universities collapse into bankruptcy?
With 24 universities at risk of closure this year, higher education is facing a monumental crisis. Camilla Royle looks at the decades of underfunding and mismanagement that have pushed the sector to t...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Victory! Institute of Cancer Research strikers win pay rises of up to 52 percent ⭐️Unite union members have won substantial pay increases of 52 percent for lowest-paid, and 17.2 percent on average, after 68 days on strike 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/victory...
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Victory! Institute of Cancer Research strikers win pay rises of up to 52 percent
Striking workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have won a victory that will be life-changing, especially for the lowest-paid. The Unite union members do vital scientific research that help...
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 Far right riding high in the polls, fascists on the streets, racism on the rise: it’s time to get organised. ➡️ We’ve launched a national membership network to build anti-racist organisation in every town and city. Join Stand Up to Racism: standuptoracism.org.uk/join/ #standuptoracism
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CANADA: How Amazon Busts Unions, in Its Own Words jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...
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How Amazon Busts Unions, in Its Own Words
Internal documents disclosed in a British Columbia labor case give us an incredibly detailed look into how exactly Amazon carries out its union-busting operations.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our Chairperson Zoë Lawlor, and colleagues from Shannonwatch and PANA, spoke to RTÉ News from Shannon Airport today where people joined thousands in Dublin and Doonbeg in protest at the visit of racist genocide partner Donald Trump to Ireland. He is not welcome here. #FreePalestine Video RTÉ News
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Scandal hits Reform UK conference—but the far right won’t simply implode ⭐️Farage joined French RN leader Jordan Bardella on stage to announce a new agreement between the British and French far right 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Scandal hits Reform UK conference—but the far right won’t simply implode
The Reform UK party conference got off to a rocky start in Birmingham on Thursday amid another corruption scandal.
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Carole King @carolekingofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As we elders, our daughters, and our granddaughters continue the fight for power, equality, and respect, we hold you in our hearts with love and gratitude. Rest in peace and power, Gloria Steinem. 🤍
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Burnham promises ‘politics done differently’—but what will he really change? ⭐️Burnham’s first speech to the House of Commons as prime minister came just hours after his predecessor Starmer announced he is stepping down as MP socialistworker.co.uk/labour/burnh...
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Burnham promises ‘politics done differently’—but what will he really change?
Burnham’s first speech to the House of Commons as prime minister came just hours after his predecessor Starmer announced he is stepping down as MP
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Resist attacks on the right to choose ⭐Social media accounts connected to Reform UK and Restore Britain show a sharp rise in posts attacking abortion rights socialistworker.co.uk/comment/resi...
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Resist attacks on the right to choose
Social media accounts connected to Reform UK and Restore Britain show a sharp rise in posts attacking abortion rights
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Massive flood in Nepal is a warning of climate change’s consequences ⭐️Martin Empson explains how changing water levels threaten life as we know it 👇https://socialistworker.co.uk/environment/massive-flood-in-nepal-is-a-warning-of-climate-changes-consequences/
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Stop the far right in West London Saturday 29 August New assembly point Wellington Arch 11.30 an
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
London bus strikers say ‘we are not compromising any more’ ⭐️Bus workers voted to reject an offer from bosses last week and to come back out on strike socialistworker.co.uk/news/london-...
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London bus strikers say ‘we are not compromising any more’
North London bus drivers are taking the fight to bus company Arriva over conditions that should be ­unacceptable in any workplace.
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Junk food in schools another symptom of a sick system ⭐️Only 3 percent of the food industry’s marketing budget is spent on promoting fruit and vegetables socialistworker.co.uk/news/junk-fo...
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Junk food in schools another symptom of a sick system
Only 3 percent of the food industry’s marketing budget is spent on promoting fruit and vegetables—junk food makes up 29 percent of its budget
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Britain’s drought—‘We don’t even have drinking water’ ⭐️After one of the driest summers on record, thousands of people in Britain have been left without water. Camilla Royle spoke to residents in east London about living with water shortages. socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/bri...
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Britain's drought—‘We don't even have drinking water' - Socialist Worker
After one of the driest summers on record, thousands of people in Britain have been left without water. Camilla Royle spoke to residents in east London about living with water shortages. Photos by Dav...
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Marina Purkiss, "188 articles on this man, Jason Arday, who was not a public figure, over 9 days" "It was a blood sport for The Telegraph, The Times, The Spectator" "They have blood on their hands for this man"
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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How white academics are protected by a racist system - Socialist Worker
Not one of the hundreds of academics found to have harassed women found themselves pilloried in the tabloids in the way Jason Arday was
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Commission an immediate public inquiry to ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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The racist witch-hunt of Jason Arday
The right celebrated the fall of Cambridge professor Jason Arday with the glee of a colonial hunting party that has just blasted a lone creature into oblivion.
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
*Vigil for Jason Arday* Monday 17 August 6pm, Trafalgar Square We send our thoughts and solidarity to the family and loved ones of Jason Arday. The right wing press and the far right have orchestrated a racist witch hunt which has produced the most tragic result.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Race and class in a seaside town ⭐️As some of the lowest paid workers in Great Yarmouth go on strike for the first time, Pat Meusel spoke to strikers about how they can challenge Restore Britain on its home ground. socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Race and class in a seaside town
As some of the lowest paid council workers in Great Yarmouth go on strike for the first time, Pat Meusel spoke to strikers about how they can challenge Restore Britain on its home ground.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
‘Everything explodes and nothing changes’: Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics ⭐️Judy Cox reviews Hyperpolitics, a popular new book by Anton Jäger that addresses the strange times we are living through socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/eve...
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‘Everything explodes and nothing changes’: Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics
Politics is everywhere. But it can also feel like politics is nowhere—at least nowhere solid and tangible.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Burnham promises change, but can he deliver? ⭐️Labour supporters desperate for change might find something to cheer them up in Burnham's speech. But there were also very worrying signs socialistworker.co.uk/labour/burnh...
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Burnham promises change, but can he deliver?
Andy Burnham has given his first speech since his coronation as Labour leader on Thursday. He promised to deliver the biggest change in 40 years. His criticisms of Margaret Thatcher’s legacy will stri...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
One This Day ⭐️The general strike of 1842—‘Charter or no return to labour’ ⭐️On the anniversary of Britain’s first general strike Judy Cox says the story has lessons for today socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/the...
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The general strike of 1842—‘Charter or no return to labour’
Imagine a mass strike, based on working-class communities confronting the elite during a cost of living crisis. In 1842 a movement began.
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Yet again, the Telegraph ran a spoiler of this public interest story - based entirely on a briefing from Reform. The same as they did when Anna Isaac broke the original story. We all know whose scoop this was @annaisaac.bsky.social
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Hospital roofs replaced by rockets and guns. Buried in the smallprint - Starmer's defence plan means slashing funding for hospitals to pay for bullets and bombs. Will @andyburnham.bsky.social go along with this?
Ar the post pmqs lobby, the pms spokesperson didn't rule out cuts to some hospital building programmes to pay for increased defence spending
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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
@judycox.bsky.social latest "Teach Yourself #Marxism" column for @socialistworker.bsky.social asks "What is an organic intellectual?": socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
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What is an organic intellectual? - Socialist Worker
For organic intellectuals, knowledge is a tool for changing the world rather than just describing it
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Soaring temperatures put vulnerable people at risk ☀️But bosses and the government are resisting demands for greater spending on climate-related adaptations. They say the costs are 'too high.' socialistworker.co.uk/environment/...
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Soaring temperatures put vulnerable people at risk
But bosses and the government are resisting demands for greater spending of climate-related adaptations. They say costs are 'too high.'
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Nigel Farage claims he "cannot be bought". In other news, he has been privately lobbying the Bank of England to drop plans for a state-backed cryptocurrency which would massively hit the profits of his billionaire crypto donors, saying he would be "prepared to go to prison" to stop them
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Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor
Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrency
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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
This week's @socialistworker.bsky.social... Who's streets? OUR streets! The far-right are full of shite!
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Health Workers Against the Far Right Public Statement. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-...
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Health Workers Against the Far Right Public Statement
The NHS relies on and is strengthened by the skill, dedication and compassion of immigrants and the children of immigrants. As we see the rise of the far right threaten our staff, patients and NHS as ...
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Health Workers Against the Far Right Public Statement. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-...
actionnetwork.org
Health Workers Against the Far Right Public Statement
The NHS relies on and is strengthened by the skill, dedication and compassion of immigrants and the children of immigrants. As we see the rise of the far right threaten our staff, patients and NHS as ...
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Jim Fagan @jimfagan1917.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-...
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Health Workers Against the Far Right Public Statement
The NHS relies on and is strengthened by the skill, dedication and compassion of immigrants and the children of immigrants. As we see the rise of the far right threaten our staff, patients and NHS as ...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak on Kemi Badenoch's pledge to scrap the Public Sector Equality Duty: "Kemi Badenoch wants to legalise discrimination. “This proposal would give a future Tory government a free hand to harm your life chances if you’re a woman, gay, black, disabled, or working class."
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