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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organisations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: allout.lgbt/4xtuI7i
allout.lgbt
Türkiye: Free the jailed LGBT+ activists
Police in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thoughts on the Mass Rape at Cornell University chrishedges.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
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Thoughts on the Mass Rape at Cornell University
The Chi Pi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt / AFP via Getty Images)
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our history. We keep marching on 💚 #CableStreet90 #TheyShallNotPass
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Germany: Protect the North Sea and its harbour porpoises! actions.eko.org/a/germany-pr...
actions.eko.org
Germany: Protect the North Sea and its harbour porpoises!
Harbour porpoises are among the smallest marine mammals, once abundant in the North Sea, and recognizable by their cute little squeaks they make when surfacing. They are shy and rely heavily on echolo
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm horrified, overwhelmed, angry and scared about the climate impacts around the world. I have committed to taking more climate action this year. Will you join me? act.350.org/sign/not-giv...
act.350.org
We're not giving up
The UN just confirmed the world is on track to breach 1.5°C of global heating. Despair is exactly what coal, oil and gas companies are counting on. Let’s make sure we’re not giving them that. Every fr...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Raucous, joyouse scenes at the demo of the UCU workers and students of Dundee and Edinburgh University, protesting the cuts to thousands of jobs: "Management has already pushed through hundreds of hidden redundancies, with some classes doubling in size over the past couple of years as a result."
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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Scottish Parliament concourse full to the brim for the rally by striking branches fighting cuts and defending jobs. Speakers from UCU Dundee, Edinburgh and GCU branches striking today, cross party MSPs, students supporting the strikes and @DrJoGrady #SaveHE #StopTheCuts
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 01/10/2026
"You are the reason we do." Jo Grady to the students who joined staff outside the Scottish Parliament. Managers want to use you in this fight. You refused. Support every dispute: educationitsours.org
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Solidarity!
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 01/10/2026
Hundreds gathered outside the Scottish Parliament today. UCU general secretary Jo Grady brought solidarity to striking staff at Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow Caledonian. We stand with you. ✊
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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Day 5 of the UCU workers' strike against massive job cuts by highly remunerated senior management. “We are looking at hundreds of job losses, dozens of course closures ... Without even mentioning the removal of opportunities for people up and down Scotland." Jo Grady, UCU President, 01.10.2026
A pop-art depiction by Roy Lichtenstein of a blonde blue-eyed woman crying. Accompanying text highlights the worsening teaching conditions and likely impact on student education.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Solidarity!
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amazing turnout for our joint rally with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social at Holyrood. Thank you to all of the MSPs from the Greens, Labour, Lib Dem’s and SNP. Thanks to @ucuscotland.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk for supporting all of our efforts to stop cuts to universities across the country. No more cuts!
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Global Justice Now @globaljusticenow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR 🙅‍♂️ We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir. Read the open letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Text reads: 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call on governments and the European Commission to SCRAP Palantir contracts. Palantir provides support to warmongers, drains our public wealth, deepens our dependence on tech billionaires. WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Urgent: Justice for Sara, a trans woman murdered in Colombia. Two suspects were arrested, but a year and a half later the case has stalled and they could be released. Join us and sign the petition by local partners. Sign & share! ➡️ allout.lgbt/4rGkeAo
allout.lgbt
Justice for Sara and all trans lives in Colombia!
Urgent: Justice for Sara, trans woman murdered in Colombia. A suspect is in custody; a year later, we demand justice! Join us and sign the petition by local partners. Sign & share!
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta and X silenced dozens of LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye's government asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts. allout.lgbt/3V09QHo
allout.lgbt
Meta and X: Stop blocking Turkish LGBT+ groups
Türkiye ordered Meta and X to block dozens of LGBT+ groups,Meta and X blocked dozens of Turkish LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sig...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
megaphone.org.uk
Save Daisy Hill Hospital
Daisy Hill Hospital serves communities across Newry, Mourne and the surrounding rural and border areas. Decisions about its services affect patients, families, staff and the future of local healthcare...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meta and X silenced dozens of LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye's government asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts. a.allout.org/s/P8DJd/
a.allout.org
Meta and X: Stop blocking Turkish LGBT+ groups
Türkiye ordered Meta and X to block dozens of LGBT+ groups,Meta and X blocked dozens of Turkish LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts:
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Together Alliance @togetheralliance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s hard to believe it’s been six months. From firefighters and teachers to politicians, trade unionists, and families — chanting, dancing and filling the streets with hope. The biggest anti-racist march in UK history. We must keep marching on.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've signed this petition calling on the NI Executive to ban power-hungry data centres in Northern Ireland - will you sign too? @actnowcampaigns.bsky.social my.actnowni.org/petitions/no...
my.actnowni.org
Sign Now: No Power-hungry Data Centres in Northern Ireland
I've signed this petition calling on the NI Executive to ban power-hungry data centres in Northern Ireland - will you sign too?
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just wrote to to Goldsmiths management demanding an end to the lockout. Take action now with @strikemap.org & @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social: actionnetwork.org/letters/endg... #Endthelockout #Goldsmiths
actionnetwork.org
End the lockout at Goldsmiths
Write to Goldsmiths management demanding an end to the lockout.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I just wrote to delegates of @academic.oup.com demanding they reinstate finance operations jobs. Take action now with @strikemap.org: actionnetwork.org/letters/rein... #OxfordUniversityPress #StrikeMap
actionnetwork.org
Reinstate finance operations jobs at Oxford University Press
Write to delegates of Oxford University Press delegates demanding they reinstate finance operations jobs.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Ask your MP to support the 'Abuse doesn't fly' campaign!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask your MP to support the 'Abuse doesn't fly' campaign!
No one wants to have aggressive or disruptive passengers on their flight. They can cause delays and are a safety risk. But once the plane is in the air, there is not much that can be done. That's why...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: CAF Scotrail. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/caf-...
actionnetwork.org
CAF Scotrail
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. (CAF) has been shortlisted to provide ScotRail’s new suburban train fleet. CAF is listed in the United Nations database of complicit businesses due to i...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Debunking the far right - pre war Nazi Germany rs21edinburgh.substack.com/p/debunking-...
rs21edinburgh.substack.com
Debunking the far right - pre war Nazi Germany
This was no worker’s paradise
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Northern Ireland has been asked to provide medical care for two critically injured children from Gaza and their families. If you agree we should help, sign the petition and share it with your friends. my.actnowni.org/petitions/al...
my.actnowni.org
Northern Ireland has been asked to help two critically injured children from Gaza
Northern Ireland has been asked to provide medical care for two critically injured children from Gaza and their families. Sign the petition if you agree we should help.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I have written to my MSPs inviting them to learn more about how to address pensioner poverty in Scotland. With 130,000 older people living in poverty in Scotland will you join me and @independentage.bsky.social and invite your MSPs? campaigns.independentage.org/page/201335/...
campaigns.independentage.org
Write to your MSPs inviting them to learn more about pensioner poverty in Scotland
I have written to my MSPs inviting them to an event to learn more about pensioner poverty in Scotland. With 130,000 older people living in poverty its important during Challenge Poverty Week that MSPs...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Northern Ireland has been asked to provide medical care for two critically injured children from Gaza and their families. If you agree we should help, sign the petition and share it with your friends. my.actnowni.org/petitions/al...
my.actnowni.org
Northern Ireland has been asked to help two critically injured children from Gaza
Northern Ireland has been asked to provide medical care for two critically injured children from Gaza and their families. Sign the petition if you agree we should help.
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Israel is blatantly defying international law and the UN as a whole. Sign the petition urging UNGA President Rahman to suspend genocidal Israel from the UN ➡️ loom.ly/HrqDS8M
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 22/09/2026
Fancy another #UnionWin🏆? Go on then How about a huge 52% increase of pay for lowest paid staff? When workers fight back, they win When our movement uses its social weight together, we win When one group of workers wins, we all win Victory to @unitetheunion.bsky.social #StrikeMap
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop Trump’s attack on wolves! actions.eko.org/a/stop-trump...
actions.eko.org
Stop Trump’s attack on wolves!
Majestic, intelligent, and fiercely loyal, gray wolves live in devoted family packs—led by an alpha pair who mate for life and raise their pups as a tight-knit unit.Among them is the Mexican gray wolf
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling their legal work a crime. Sign now and demand their release: a.allout.org/s/P3D8Q/
a.allout.org
Türkiye: Jailed for running LGBT+ charities
Police in Türkiye raided homes overnight and jailed people for running LGBT+ organizations, calling legal work a crime. Add your name and demand their immediate release.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not your scapegoat transpreacher.substack.com/p/not-your-s...
transpreacher.substack.com
Not your scapegoat
Comments from Trans Rights Rally
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms! action.eko.org/a/meta-big-t...
action.eko.org
Meta and Big Tech: don't allow the spread of disinformation on your platforms!
When Bolsonaro was president, he almost destroyed the Amazon. Now, his son could be elected to start Bolsonaro 2.0 and finish the job. Recent research by Ekō just exposed that Meta AI, Gemini, Grok an
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
UCU - Five-week strike at Edinburgh University at start of new academic term www.ucu.org.uk/article/1464...
ucu.org.uk
Five-week strike at Edinburgh University at start of new academic term
Members of the University and College Union Scotland at Edinburgh University will strike for 25 days over five weeks from 28 September in a long running dispute over £140m cuts and 1,800 job losses.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I just signed a @FaithfulAmerica petition: Cancel the contract for the proposed Alexandria ICE facility. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org
Cancel the contract for the proposed Alexandria ICE facility
The England Airpark Authority Board has signed a contract to convert decommissioned military barracks at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana, into a 528-bed detention facility for migrant childre...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Review | A Short History of Trans Misogyny revsoc21.uk/2026/09/16/r...
revsoc21.uk
Review | A Short History of Trans Misogyny
rs21 - revolutionary socialism in the 21st century
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran: Cancel your US tour! action.eko.org/a/ed-sheeran...
action.eko.org
Ed Sheeran: cancel your genocide-friendly tour
Macklemore stood on stage with pop superstar Ed Sheeran and said two words: "Free Palestine."Days later, Ed Sheeran dropped him from his remaining US shows.Ed Sheeran chose warmongering billionaires o
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I just signed this petition calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to say NO to reviving the Keystone XL pipeline. Sign and share it too: act.350.org/sign/no-kxl-...
act.350.org
No pipelines on a burning planet. No to Keystone XL!
Donald Trump is threatening to revive the Keystone XL pipeline, even as our communities are reeling from a summer of fossil-fueled heatwaves, wildfires and smoke. But Keystone XL was a bad idea when i...
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 18/09/2026
🚨The government has finally responded to our ten demands for change for the #NHS. The new Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper has refused our request to meet with patients impacted by the crisis and her dept won't show it's willing to prioritise the NHS over corporate profits.
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just signed @rainbowmigration.bsky.social’s call for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum to access specialist support and advice. Add your name too, it only takes a minute. www.rainbowmigration.org.uk?utm_source=b...
rainbowmigration.org.uk
Home - Rainbow Migration
No one should face the asylum system alone.Become a monthly donorNurbolotWe’re proud to share ‘Nurbolot’, a powerful short film commissioned by Pink Noise,
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump: hands off the forests! actions.eko.org/a/trump-hand...
actions.eko.org
Trump: hands off the forests!
For 25 years, a law protected 59 million acres of forests in the US – some of the last truly wild forests on the planet – and just a few weeks ago, Trump signed off to end this protection.Now, pristin
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
greens.scot/datacentres
greens.scot
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland
Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland -
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Russian LGBT Network is being forced to shut down after 20 years of life-saving support to queer people in Russia. Add your name to this petition calling for safe passage and visas for LGBT+ people at risk: allout.lgbt/4h8MlTX
allout.lgbt
Russia's crackdown on LGBT+ people is accelerating
The Russian LGBT Network was forced to shut down after 20 years of saving lives. As danger grows, LGBT+ people in Russia urgently need support. I signed calling for safe passage and visas for those at...
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Ekō @eko.org · 15/09/2026
We did it! A million signers at stoptheracetoreplace.org?bsky -- still time to add your name and share this campaign widely...
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop Musk’s Space base actions.eko.org/a/stop-musk-...
actions.eko.org
Stop Musk’s Space base
Every year, tens of millions of birds fly thousands of miles across North America, stopping at Pecan Island to rest and feed along their epic migration.Snow geese arrive in enormous flocks. Endangered
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Slovakia's interior minister personally rejected a same-sex marriage that was legally performed in Austria, even though the EU's top court says it must be recognised. I signed this petition calling on the EU to act. Will you add your name too? a.allout.org/s/v0qyx/
a.allout.org
Defend equality and LGBTI+ lives in Slovakia
Slovakia's interior minister personally rejected a same-sex marriage that was legally performed in Austria, even though the EU's top court says it must be recognized. I signed this petition calling on the EU to act. Will you add your name too?
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
US Congress: Protect National Monuments! actions.eko.org/a/us-congres...
actions.eko.org
US Congress: Protect National Monuments!
Endless red-rock canyons recording 200 million of Earth’s history, an estimated 100,000 archaeological sites that hold the memory of Native Nations, and endangered species from the Mexican spotted owl
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lesliecunningham.bsky.social @lesliecunningham.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I just signed a @FaithfulAmerica petition: Cancel the contract for the proposed Alexandria ICE facility. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org
Cancel the contract for the proposed Alexandria ICE facility
The England Airpark Authority Board has signed a contract to convert decommissioned military barracks at England Airpark in Alexandria, Louisiana, into a 528-bed detention facility for migrant childre...
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