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@CWUnews socialist 🇺🇦✊️http://labourunions.org.uk feminist 🏳️‍🌈 lesbian she/her trans ally🏳️‍⚧️ mystical theology research Mary Queen of Palestine pray for us

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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The flag of the @ukrainesol.bsky.social in yhe bombed ruins of the NGPU union office in Pavlohrad
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read this - Ukraine resisting Russian bombing and how the UK must support www.opendemocracy.net/putin-ukrain...
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Putin’s next target? Russia won’t stop at Ukraine, Labour conference warned
Russia won’t stop at Ukraine, Labour conference warned
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Few would disagree with the idea Pip - plagued by basic errors, widespread wrongful rejections, and, in extreme cases, deaths - needs an overhaul. What exactly that overhaul should entail, however, will be less easy to agree on.” My analysis of the Timms review: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Pip review is an opportunity – and headache – for Andy Burnham
Attempts to add conditionality to Pip would be opposed by campaigners and Labour backbenchers
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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Join us outside the Russian Embassy in London on 8 July, 6pm to demand freedom for Ukrainian prisoners held by Russia. We’ll call for the release of POWs and civilians, including the detained Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers. 🇺🇦
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"The system completely failed Lyra and has failed our family and has failed Northern Ireland...people are afraid to tell the truth" www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
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Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee
Family of woman who died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry say justice system has failed her
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
All of us are migrants, says pope as he rounds off tour of Spain in Tenerife www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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All of us are migrants, says pope as he rounds off tour of Spain in Tenerife
Pontiff urges leaders to do more to welcome refugees and tells people smugglers to expect ‘divine justice’
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KP McDonnell @wildecard.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026
Why isn't this on every BBC news broadcast?
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is the new reality for us 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/reform-...
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Reform UK bans promotion of LGBTQ and Pride events at Essex libraries
A spokesperson for Save Our Libraries Essex said: “This is very disturbing and alarming news.”
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Check out the 'Dignity of Workers in the 21st Century' publication www.csan.org.uk/csan-launche...
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CSAN Launches
Caritas Social Action Network is proud to launch its latest publication, Dignity of Workers in the 21st Century. At a time of rapid economic and technological change, the publication explores the chal...
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Victoria J Barnett @vjbarnett.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This is just an astonishing interview with Patti Smith. Really fine.
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Labour Hub @labour-hub.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Ukrainians join Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza Ukrainian volunteers in the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza say their participation is a call for humanitarian access, international accountability and solidarity against occupation, reports the European Network for Solidarity with…
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Ukrainians join Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza
Ukrainian volunteers in the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza say their participation is a call for humanitarian access, international accountability and solidarity against occupation, reports the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine. Two representatives of Ukrainian human rights activism have announced their participation in the international civilian mission to Gaza, joining volunteers from across the world in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid and challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. Nina Potarska is a Ukrainian sociologist, feminist political economy researcher and director of the Centre for Social and Labor Research, as well as a member of the Global Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership.
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again | Bill McKibben www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again | Bill McKibben
With his stand against Trump, the pope has shown the far right doesn’t have a monopoly on Christianity. If people of good faith push hard, the future could be redefined
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is what is going on www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 19/04/2026
#OtD 19 Apr 1943 the Warsaw ghetto uprising broke out in earnest when Jews fought back against Nazi attempts to deport them to the Treblinka extermination camp. Although defeated after 27 days it was the biggest armed Jewish rebellion of the Holocaust stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9062...
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Pleased to speak at the Labour 4 Trans Rights reception on behalf of @CWU news last night in Parliament. A great event!
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Rest in peace - and power! Belle Harris
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
But the 'boomers' have it all apparently.....read this 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘People are so judgmental’: the growing cohort of over-55s facing homelessness
Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing
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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Brilliant thread on Cromwell in Ireland.
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
All you need to know about (lack of) accountability and transparency in our economic system www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Contractor that cut back ancient oak in London park identified
Document shows partial felling last year, which led to legal action against Toby Carvery, was done by Ground Control
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Eastern European bloc on the Together march in London today
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This survey was contradicted by other objective evidence last year - suprised its taken so long to be withdrawn. Need to ask how come (and for what purpose) it was promoted ? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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YouGov withdraws survey said to show rising church attendance in England and Wales
Research suggested resurgence in Christianity, especially among young people, but some respondents found to be fraudulent
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
What a world we are living in - betting on destruction and death www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story
Emanuel Fabian says his routine report became focus of wager with $23m at stake on online prediction platform
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Read this - the reality of war and displacement in Donbas open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/i...
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In a transit centre in Pavlohrad the horror of war is written on pensioners' faces
Sian Norris reports from the Donbas on the devastating situation facing internally displaced people fleeing the frontline
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This (unfortunately) is spot on observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Why Labour lost the minority vote in the Gorton and Dento...
It wasn’t sectarian politics that cost the party support, but the same class disaffection reshaping working-class voting across Britain
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Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice @ccstp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🌍 🌱 Explore how to care for our common home in an interconnected world at this Lenten day of reflection on 21 March in Hallam Diocese. CCSTP steering group member @mariaexall.bsky.social will be one of the speakers alongside Bishop John Arnold. dioceseofsalford.org.uk/lenten-day-o...
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Lenten Day of Recollection - Bishop John Arnold & Hallam Diocese - Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Hallam Diocese are pleased to announce an environmental and spiritual discussion during Lent, posing the question: “everything is connected – how do we care for our common home?” The Right Reverend Jo...
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war
‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipments
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Out with the Southwark Labour team this morning
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
A self defeating workers policy born from our self defeating policy of Brexit www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts
Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 18/02/2026
RIP Jesse Jackson
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CNN @cnn.com · 14/02/2026
Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. cnn.it/4tH3r0O
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Tony Annett @tonyannett.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The percent foreign born in the US is the same now as late 19th/early 20th century. But this had little political effect at the time. The big issues were inequality, worker rights, and corporate concentration. Same as today, really. Immigration is a distraction.
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
This is it
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The attack was organised by 'the anti meta physical front' - think Hume would have been sympathetic www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Edinburgh tomb of philosopher David Hume vandalised with ‘satanic’ symbols
Tour guide reports drawing of naked woman pointing knife at baby and coded writing at Old Calton burial ground
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 26/01/2026
A little extra love to Minnesota nurses today.
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I’m struggling to find the right words for the heartbreak and rage of seeing a five-year-old child detained by ICE. But I’m not surprised. Trump’s political agenda has always been to terrorise the most vulnerable. This is the reality of far-right rule, and it’s what Reform wants in the UK.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21/01/2026
NEW: Over 2,000 clergy members from around the country signed onto a letter to Congress, demanding an investigation into ICE agent Jonathan Ross’s killing of Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
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Clergy are raising holy hell about ICE
Standing outside of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s office, one clergy member said, “the blood of Renée Good is on his hands.”
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 21/01/2026
Grateful to the folks at Mini Super La Chiquis for the warm hospitality today. Let’s keep showing up for our neighbors, Minnesota.
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TUC Global @tucglobal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The TUC is supporting the @ituc.bsky.social campaign to free trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. Lee was the general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions until it was dissolved following his arrest for pro-democracy activities. #FreeLeeCheukYan Defending democracy is not a crime!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades. Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in. Cashing in on cruelty.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 07/01/2026
We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump Administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to public safety.
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Labour Unions @labourunionsuk.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Sending our congratulations to @andrea4gs.bsky.social on her election as General Secretary of UNISON. Our thanks to Christina McAnea for all her work within TULO and the wider movement to win a New Deal working people and deliver the Employment Rights Bill.
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James Asser MP @jamesasser.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I recently met with Stonewall Housing, an organisation that provides specialist support for LGBT+ people facing homelessness. LGBT+ people are disproportionately affected by homelessness and Stonewall Housing has seen a significant increase in demand for their services from 2024 to 2025.
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
A timely reminder this
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LabourStart @labourstart.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
GLOBAL: Employees, activists launch 'Make Amazon Pay' actions across more than 30 countries www.turkiyetoday.com/business/emp...
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Employees, activists launch 'Make Amazon Pay' actions across more than 30 countries - Türkiye Today
Over one thousand Amazon employees warn about rapid AI rollout and climate impact while organisers plan Black Friday to Cyber Monday protests
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 28/11/2025
Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive. Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Chart showing Change in annual income in cash terms (left-hand side) and as share of income (righthand side), as a result of tax and benefit policy changes announced since Autumn Budget 2024, by income vigintile: UK, 2029-30
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
www.opendemocracy.net/en/ukraine-r...
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‘I’ll die as a gay man’: LGBTQ rights in a time of war
Ukraine’s LGBTQ+ soldiers are coming out and demanding change for their community, but progress remains slow
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Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice @ccstp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"Dilexi Te declares that love for the poor is at the cutting edge of contemporary spirituality and central to the renewal of the Church." CCSTP steering group member Maria Exall invites us to explore the Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te, in this blog. ccstp.org.uk/articles/202...
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Dilexi Te: Love for the poor – the power of the powerless - Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice
CCSTP steering group member Dr Maria Exall shares an overview of Dilexi Te in this blog. She will also be speaking at our webinar exploring the exhortation on Monday 17 November.
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MariaExall @mariaexall.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Unions support Trans Day of Remembrance lgbtiworkers.org/resources/ne...
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Transgender Day of Remembrance: Defending trans people in the workplace
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