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@joan12s.bsky.social
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Socialist, feminist. Trade union, Labour, community and Covid Action activist, lives in Lambeth, London.

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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Brixton Market is at risk of being bought by private equity developers, which could push out independent traders and bring in chain stores. Locals are launching an emergency counter-bid to bring it into community ownership by June 22. Sign here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/bu...
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Back the community bid to keep Brixton Market independent
Private equity developers are trying to buy Brixton Market. Support the local traders' emergency counter-bid to keep it in community hands before the June 22nd deadline. Add your name to the petition:
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Andy Burnham on X: "Politics isn’t working for places like ours. I will change that. #AndyBurnham #ForUs https://t.co/N6RsOlVkob" / X
Politics isn’t working for places like ours. I will change that. #AndyBurnham #ForUs https://t.co/N6RsOlVkob
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Too often, outsourcing comes at the expense of our services and the workers who keep them going. If you want public services to work for people, not just profit, sign the Record of Support for Labour’s insourcing pledge. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/of...
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Official Record of Support: Back the Biggest Wave of Insourcing in a Generation
Outsourcing companies frequently compete to win public contracts by reducing costs: it's a race to the bottom on the pay, terms, and conditions for their workers. This has a knock-on effect for servic...
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Covid Action UK @covidactionuk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Register at tinyurl.com/55vmbtas #covidactionuk #covidaware #covidconscious
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sign up to Labour Unions' new Reform UK Watch email, keeping an eye on what Reform MPs are up to in Parliament. labourunions.org.uk/reform-watch/
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REFORM UK WATCH
Reform UK now have 8 MPs, representing thousands of people, from Runcorn to Romford and beyond. But what are those...
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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
We went to Buckingham Palace this morning as #KingCharles has left to meet with Trump on his #StateVisit. Starmer sending the King to wine & dine with the warmonger-in-chief, whilst allowing the US use of UK airbases to conduct strikes, not just makes us complicit but emboldens #Trump.
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Covid Action Campaign Call on Monday 13 April Register at tinyurl.com/3t976nft
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I just signed a @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social petition - Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/gu...
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Guarantee a Fair and Open Selection for the Gorton and Denton By-election
Labour can win in the Gorton and Denton by-election if we lead with our values and allow a fair, democratic and open selection for our candidate. Sign the petition below calling on the Chair of Lab...
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this water stitch-up and demand a public consultation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org
Stop the water stitch-up!
Stop the stitch-up! The Government wants to push through water legislation, locking in a failed privatised system for decades without giving the public a say. I’ve signed the petition to stop this wa...
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Covid Action UK @covidactionuk.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Register at : bit.ly/zcabjan26
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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Don’t block the assisted dying bill from passing in the Lords
The public wants it. MPs voted for it. The House of Lords must not block it. Sign the petition to support the Assisted Dying Bill
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Fed up with Farage? Me too. I’ve signed the Never Nigel Pledge. Add your name today, and help show that division and hate have no place in our communities. secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/170649/... @hopenothate.org.uk
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Take the Pledge: “I’ll never vote for Nigel Farage”
Join thousands across Britain taking the Never Nigel Pledge. Say no to hate and division and help stop Reform UK from tearing apart our communities. Let's show there is strength in standing together f...
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Labour must learn from Caerphilly and reconnect with its mainstream - or devastating losses like this one will become the norm. I’m backing @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social to unlock the transformative potential of the Labour Party: labourmainstream.nationbuilder.com/join
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Become a Member
Mainstream is the home for Labour's radical realists. For everyone who knows that to transform the country and win again in 2029, Labour must offer the country not just a programme, but a vision of ...
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
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England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
BBC News - Four arrests after Trump and Epstein images projected on Windsor Castle www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Four arrests after images of Trump and Epstein projected on Windsor Castle
Police said four people remain in custody after the "stunt," which coincided with the US president's arrival in the UK.
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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson. Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word. This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
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Covid Action UK @covidactionuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Correct link for the excellent and interesting campaign call on Monday 8 September is bit.ly/ccseptsw #covidactionuk
Covid Action campaign call

Let’s clear the (indoor) air!

Unsafe indoor air is a workplace health and safety issue; an access and inclusion issue. Failure to act is seriously damaging public health, the economy and education. So, what can we do? Sally Witcher, founder of Inclusive New Normal, discusses safe-indoor-air activism. Come and share ideas and opportunities.

Monday 8 September 2025 at 6pm BST
Register at https://bit.ly/ccseptsw
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California Department of Public Health @capublichealth.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Traveling soon? Stay protected during the COVID-19 surge by wearing a high-quality mask in crowded or indoor spaces like an N95, KN95 or KF94. Learn more: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
Person wearing a mask sitting by an airplane window, using a smartphone, under a notice from CDPH recommending masks to reduce respiratory virus risk.
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
38d.gs/ohvm Please sign and share #gaza #supportpalestinians
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Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Trump's UK state visit was just announced for 17 September. 💥💥💥 JOIN THE PROTEST! Let's make it absolutely massive. stoptrump.org.uk
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/07/2025
The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.
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U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals. Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
Petition: Call time on corporate courts
The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals. At this very moment, the government is negotiating an investment treaty with India that...
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pu...
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Pull the welfare bill and start again
The government's changes to the welfare bill do not go far enough and in fact will create a two-tier welfare system. It is clear that the law is being rushed through without proper care, consideratio...
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/unaccep...
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Unacceptable 'Concessions' on the Disability Cuts will Permanently
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...
stoptrump.org.uk
Petition: Keir Starmer – Oppose Trump’s war on Iran
Stop Trump Coalition
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Covid Action UK @covidactionuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Register at: bit.ly/tflca #covidactionuk #covidaware #covidconscious
Advert for Campaign Call on 9 June
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
chng.it/tL2t92rkMC Please support, sign and share
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Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
"Unless party members, affiliated unions and MPs stand up and assert themselves to take back control of Labour, in the next period of its history we may not only lose a government. We could also lose a party" Powerful piece by @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late | John McDonnell
Today’s government is unrecognisable from the party I joined as a young man. If we don’t act now, it might be lost for ever, says independent MP John McDonnell
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Meet Reform’s ‘regretters’: the councillors quitting just weeks into the job informuk.org/meet-reforms...
informuk.org
Meet Reform’s ‘regretters’: the councillors quitting just weeks into the job
Inform UK | The truth about the Reform party
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
UK-EU youth mobility scheme is essential to reverse Brexit damage and rocket launch the economy, writes Sir Sadiq Khan 👏 www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
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UK-EU youth mobility scheme is essential to reverse Brexit damage and rocket launch the economy, writes Sir Sadiq Khan
A new UK-EU youth mobility scheme is vital to building a more dynamic, successful and prosperous London for everyone.
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Where did the billions allocated to the failed NHS Test and Trace go?
Covid Action UK calls on the Covid Inquiry to get to the bottom of the issue. Covid Action UK welcomes the Independent Inquiry’s next module on Test, Trace and Isolate. For centuries Test, Trace an…
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
#elections
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Excellent piece by Nadia labourlist.org/2025/05/nadi...
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'We'll never out-Farage Farage on migration – and it'd be wrong to try' - LabourList
Just because some of our voters switched to Reform, it does not mean that their sole motivation is immigration, argues Nadia Whittome MP.
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Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Great news for progressive and sensible Aussies - #Labor (that's how they spell it) seem to have won the election - congratulations Anthony Albanese. #Albanese www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian federal election 2025 live: Labor wins election; Anthony Albanese to be returned as Australia PM; Peter Dutton trailing in Dickson – latest news and updates
Coalition leader Peter Dutton trails ALP candidate in his seat of Dickson
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
#Englishcouncilelections #Farage #Brexit #Reform Wonder if anyone has done a comparison between the Reform voting areas and Brexit Leave.
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Be careful what you wish for! A women's space transformed into everyone's space. ⚧️⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ #trans rights are human rights #trans women are women
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
substack.com/@theantimiso...
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The Anti-Misogyny Club on Substack
My fellow cis women, if you think today's Supreme Court ruling is nothing to do with us, or even that it's a good thing for us, you are *extremely* mistaken If we're serious about dismantling patriar...
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Blessed Be the Protesters! www.thegodpodcast.com/p/blessed-be...
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Blessed Be the Protesters!
Way to go, good humans!
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Next Covid Action Campaign Call, 14 April. Register at bit.ly/catosapr ##covidactionuk #covidaware #covidconscious #konp
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Covid Action UK @covidactionuk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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@joan12s.bsky.social @joan12s.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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