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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Exactly. Now is the time for ethical, universal values to return, and overcome the divisiveness of identity politics, whether it is waving the British flag at refugees, or waving the flag of this ethnic minority or that.

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tomorrow, Saturday 05, is the Grunwick conference with speakers Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Dawn Butler MP, and Billy Hayes. Book a place or watch online at sandsfilms.co.uk/sands…

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Come and hear Dawn Butler MP speak at the Grunwick conference Saturday afternoon (Sept 05), at Sands Films, Rotherhithe SE16. Book a place at: www.sandsfilms.co.uk/sands-films-music-room.html

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Ruth Cadbury MP @ruthcadbury.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A strong statement from the Foreign Secretary opposing the E1 settlement project. This is yet another expansion of illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank. They are a breach of international law.

A blue picture with white text of the statement that you can read below https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-statement-on-government-of-israel-launch-of-a-tender-for-the-e1-settlement-project

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Come and hear @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social speak at the Grunwick conference at 12 noon, this Saturday morning (Sept 05), at Sands Films, Rotherhithe SE16. Book a place at: www.sandsfilms.co.uk/sands-films-music-room.html

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Stuart Masters @stuartkmasters.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Change will have to come from outside, from the margins. The desert, not the temple, gave us the prophets. Wendell Berry

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

'Dear Mr. Whitman My sister Bessie & I both thank you very warmly for the present you sent us of your book. Edward Carpenter sent it on to us—we send you our warmest greetings & best wishes for your birthday—we never forget it—& always wish you all good. Your's very sincerely Isabella O. Ford'

Letter from Isabella Ormston Ford to Walt Whitman.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

HERE’S WHAT REALLY HAPPENED The Met Police are desperate to save face following their unjustified attack on peaceful protesters yesterday. 152 people were arrested outside Westminster Magistrates Court, most of whom had a court listing in their name for a “terrorism” charge.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 22/07/2026

"Future generations depend on the decisions made today." Quakers in Britain have called on the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to place peace, equality and climate justice at the centre of his government's policies. ow.ly/Youw50Zrr2S

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Prioritise peace, equality and climate justice, Quakers urge Andy Burnham

Quakers in Britain have called on the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to place peace, equality and climate justice at the centre of his government’s policies.

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has been awarded a doctorate by Strathclyde University, honouring her work in bringing down apartheid and in supporting victims of AIDS. Read her inspiring acceptance speech on our website @quakersocialists.org.uk.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"CND is proud to be among the 55 organisations to have signed this letter, arranged by British Quakers and Rethinking Security, to the outgoing PM over the government's military spending hikes [which will] lose more jobs than create!" rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/open-letter-... via CND

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Rising food prices are one of the clearest examples of the cost of living crisis, and it's something that shoppers have to contend with every week. In @thefabians.bsky.social new pamphlet, I set out what a new Labour government can do to to bring inflation down.

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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

One of the most fascinating chapters of 'We Are Not Machines' describes how Swedish trade unions and companies negotiated to find a win-win solution from automation thanks to the union representatives having seats on the company board. (1/3)

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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

They introduced self-driving trucks which made the mine safer and more productive, while rejecting harmful new tech, like excessive surveillance. (2/3)

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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Sarah O'Connor's new book 'We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work' is an excellent read that reframes the conversations we have about technological change away from binary lists of winners and losers, and towards a discussion of power, politics and humanity. (3/3)

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I hate the crowbaring of military service into debate (as if having served automatically guarantees a higher degree of integrity from the politician in question). We're not the the overly martial United States or indeed the Roman Republic. Make an argument. Don't appeal to machismo &/or flag-waving.

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The best analysis yet of today’s Makerfield by-election by our Salter Lecturer, @richardjmurphy.bsky.social

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It's a controversial by-election tomorrow. Quaker socialist and Green, Ruth Kettle-Frisby, gives her view of Andy Burnham on the Quaker Socialist website: quakersocialists.org.uk

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Ben Wood @cosmichope.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I worry about anyone who isn't 'squeamish' about cutting support for people with complex physical or mental health needs, so it's potentially easier kill or mutilate someone's brother or son. I want a PM to wrestle with the morality of what he's saying. Words fall too easily from Andy's lips.

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Quaker Rupert Read points to a report which praises the ethical values of Zack Polanski and the Greens ("love as a political emotion, compassionate listening to adversaries") but asks that those values underpin all Green policies not just some.

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Yuan Yang @yuanfenyang.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

As an economist, former FT journalist and now Labour MP, l don’t think the bond markets have to fear a change of Labour leadership. The biggest problem for gilt investors and MPs alike is inflation – & it remains our common enemy. My @financialtimes.com op-ed 👇 (1/5) www.ft.com/content/2a64...

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Politicians and the bond markets: lost in translation

Mutual misunderstanding and panicky commentary mask a joint desire to see the UK economy doing better

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Friends World Committee @globalquakers.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Europe and Middle East Section of FWCC has had their annual meeting, 28-30th May online. Over 50 Friends gathered together. If you are intrested, you can read the epistle on the EMES website.

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Read Michael Gilson's lively account of the little-known Quaker Socialist gardener, Richard Sudell. A champion of suburbia and of working-class gardens, he led the National Gardens Guild of which Ada Salter became President quakersocialists.org.uk

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Ol Rappaport in a review on our website has given the highest praise to Rachel Shabi's book 'Off White: The Truth About Antisemitism'. Ol, a Quaker and a member of Reform Judaism, says that, if there is one book that everyone should read on antisemitism, it is this one. Go to quakersocialists.org.uk

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

👇🏽 strongly recommend this if you need a dose of sane, deep insights

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Quakers in Britain Peace Team @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk · 11/05/2026

We found this lecture extremely helpful - thank you @rachelshabi.bsky.social

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Every year the Quaker Socialist Society organises the Salter Lecture. The 2026 lecture delivered by author Rachel Shabi on the topic of The Middle East: A Moral Catastrophe? was very special. If you click on quakersocialists.org.uk, you can find the video of her remarkable lecture and the full text.

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Woodbrooke @woodbrooke.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This year’s Swarthmore Lecture focused on the faith and practice of the first Friends and explored how their complex legacy presents Quakers today with a range of challenging choices and dilemmas. Join these day events to explore the main lecture themes in more detail. ow.ly/xmo350YSs5Q

Portrait of Stuart Masters

Tangled Roots: Engaging with the 2026 Swarthmore Lecture Edinburgh Saturday 4 July 10:00-16:30 (UK time) 40 Oxford Saturday 11 July 10:00-16:30 (UK time) with Stuart Masters

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Only 12 days left now before our 2026 SALTER LECTURE, this time with award-winning journalist, Rachel Shabi. Don't miss this one..! No topic could be more topical, and few topics are as important as this one for the future of the world. For more info, see: quakersocialists.org.uk

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

NEW: "Enter, the Green Party, now in contention for power for the first time ever..." Check out my new #Substack, hot on the heels of the result from the unheard-of (and massive) by-election victory for the #Greens this morning. substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Suddenly, who our next Prime Minister is is WIDE open

Enter, the Green Party, now in contention for power for the first time ever...

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 10/02/2026

Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

“The world is held together by the love and passion of a very few people…”

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Quaker Socialists @quakersocialists.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

A Quaker looks at the promotion of unethical capitalist values by the most popular programme on television.

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

As a resident of Birmingham, I would like to thank @rachelshabi.bsky.social for writing this balanced and clarifying piece about Birmingham's Macabi Tel Aviv fiasco.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv - again

In which our politicians sided with football hooligans and against police chiefs

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