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Jonty

@redjont.bsky.social
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Grandfather. Climate & political activist. Anti-racist, anti-fascist. Lover of live music and hard truths linktr.ee/xrebellionuk

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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 6h
“Peace in 24 hours” was the promise. But driving up oil prices risks handing Putin more money for his war while everyone else pays more at the pump. Foreign policy should weaken Russia’s war machine, not help bankroll it. #TrumpOut #Corruption #WarMonger #SlavaUkraini
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 7h
Just watched @susanabulhawa.bsky.social 's Oxford Union speech and was incredibly moved. Grief, dignity and fierce eloquence. Her full speech has now been restored after a fight against its editing. Palestinian voices deserve to be heard in their own words. #FreePalestine #OxfordUnion #Justice
electronicintifada.net
susan abulhawa wins fight against Oxford Union censorship
Palestinian novelist's unedited speech confronting Israel's crimes back online after a legal settlement.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What makes someone believe climate change is a hoax? And what changes their mind? This powerful account from a former climate denier explores how legitimate distrust of power becomes fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Perhaps changing minds starts with understanding why people believe. #Truth
thetyee.ca
I Used to Believe Climate Change Was a Hoax | The Tyee
My experience shows why local politicians need to push back against climate denialism.
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's time to end the uncontrolled and unaccountable US military presence in Britain.
Graphic with CND logo and image of B-1 bomber. Text reads: Statement on removal of bombers from RAF Fairford. CND welcomes the removal of US long-range bombers from Britain - this is something we have long campaigned for. This also extends to the removal of US nuclear weapons - now stationed at RAF Lakenheath - US fighter jets, personnel and US military control of RAF bases. It's time to end the uncontrolled and unaccountable foreign military presence in this country.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fair to say the European Greens strongly reject the motion. But it doesn't deny Israelis self-determination: it proposes one democratic state with equal rights for all rather than two ethnonational states. Disagree with that by all means, but represent it accurately pls 🙏
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸🇵🇸 #MediaTellTheTruth
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Greens get to the heart of it: anti-Zionism is not antisemitism, and Judaism is not Zionism. Palestinian freedom and Jewish safety are not competing principles. We must defend both and oppose racism, antisemitism, dispossession and oppression wherever they occur. #FreePalestine #Justice #AntiRacism
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cable Street’s lesson is solidarity in action: communities organising to stop fascists. @sarahsackman.bsky.social’s account of Jewish–Somali mutual support captures that spirit. But recasting it as patriotism & policing sidelines how that victory was won and whom protesters had to confront.
theguardian.com
Ninety years on, the lessons of the antifascist battle of Cable Street have never felt more relevant | Sarah Sackman
With sectarian forces increasingly seeking to divide us, we must come together to fight for security, fairness and tolerance, says Labour MP for Finchley and Golders Green Sarah Sackman
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Last night, country music star Zach Bryan performed at Gillette Stadium wearing a Free Palestine shirt, with drummer Nate Head and guitarist Noah Le Gros with Hind Rajab and Palestine jerseys. Brilliant solidarity following Robert Kraft's banning of Macklemore at the same stadium.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Interesting Jordanian perspective: Palestinian survival on the land is central to Jordan’s own security. Habashneh calls for sanctions on policies driving annexation, sustained support for Palestinian livelihoods, and unity across Jordanian and Palestinian heritage. #Justice #Palestine #Jordan
aljazeera.com
How can Jordan respond to Israel’s escalation across the West Bank?
Settlement expansion, displacement and growing Israeli control would have direct consequences for Jordan.
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/10/2026
See what it’s like to travel in the occupied West Bank, for the nearly 3.5 million Palestinians who live there. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/experi...
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If Europe is drifting towards the politics Reform favours, why wouldn’t closer ties suit it? Farage could welcome cooperation with like-minded governments. Perhaps the awkward question is whether he wants influence in Europe, or another Brexit battle at home. #StopReform #Brexit #EU #Rejoin
politico.eu
‘Thank you, Andy’: Farage gloats as Burnham reopens Brexit fight
The Reform UK leader used a speech in a Brexit-supporting Labour heartland to claim reopening the EU debate presents the “biggest boost” to his career.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
humanitarian relief is becoming a substitute for political accountability. Powerful states enable wars; UN officials negotiate ways to ease the suffering. “Active resignation” captures the danger of making that arrangement normal. #GlabalJustice #UN #Accountabilty
theguardian.com
War, power games and impunity. I watched the farce that is the UN general assembly: what a tragedy, what a mess | Nesrine Malik
Ukraine, Iran, Palestine and Sudan: it has so many problems to confront and fails to do so. Seen up close, it is a study in stasis and decline, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Put it away for 20 years & see what it’s worth then!?! 🤔
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Where do profits go, and who loses the tax revenue? Tax Justice Network’s tracker maps estimated corporate profit shifting and offshore wealth. A useful tool for asking what governments should do to protect public services. iff.taxjustice.net/dashboard?co... #TaxDodgers #MakeCorpsAccountable
iff.taxjustice.net
Tracking tax-related illicit financial flows
Tracking tax-related illicit financial flows
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is Insane!! #TaxWealth #Billionaires #SocialJustice #InEquality
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“No-brainer”? Only if you ignore the brainy bits. UK gas can be cleaner to produce than shipped LNG, but Norwegian pipeline gas is cleaner still, and most climate damage comes when fuel is burned. Rosebank is 90% oil for a global market. Net zero means cutting demand, not opening new fields. #ActNow
theguardian.com
New UK gas and oil projects are a ‘no-brainer’, says EDF boss
Developing North Sea fields does not contradict net zero goals, according to Simone Rossi
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well this is interesting. Ed Miliband says “I don’t think anyone’s intent was” to criminalise the elderly people, vicars & grannies supporting Palestine Action. Yet 3,700+ people have reportedly been arrested. So what exactly did the government think proscription would do? #FreePalestine
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yep, sometimes direct action is needed to stop complicity with a murderous genocide being committed in Gaza. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yep that & Palestine Action activists going hard core!! 😨🇵🇸
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I warned that turning RAF Fairford into a forward base for Trump’s war would bring the danger home. Now armed police, roadblocks and a major security operation surround the base. Whether this incident is linked or not, this is precisely the blowback risk ministers have imposed on Britain. #NoWar
reuters.com
Men arrested in major incident at UK air base used by US
British police arrested several men on suspicion of explosives offences near an airbase used by the US ‌to strike Iranian targets, while Army bomb disposal experts searched vehicles and homes were eva...
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Richard Tice is happy for climate activists who break the law to be prosecuted and jailed. But when an anti-migrant activist allegedly damages a boat at sea, suddenly it’s “doing the job” of the authorities. That isn’t law and order. It’s selective outrage.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reform can demand secure borders without cheering on alleged vigilantism at sea. When a senior MP describes damaging a boat, with an emergency responder reportedly aboard, as “doing the job” of the authorities, he isn’t defending law and order. He’s undermining it. #StopReform #AlwaysAntiFacist
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yep, keep 'em down!! 🤷‍♂️
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I went to two UK festivals this year that were 54% female & non binary bands ...... it's becoming the norm in alternative progressive events. Country music is old school & remains patriarchial. "Good 'ole White Boys" remain supreme. #MoveWithTheTimes
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
El Niño is natural. The dangerous backdrop is not. On an overheated planet, its effects, from drought and floods to hunger and displacement, hit those least responsible hardest. Climate action is also an issue of justice. #ClimateJustice #ElNiño #ActNow
mirror.co.uk
Met Office issues monster El Nino warning over 'biggest event in 100 years'
Met Office expert Adam Scaife says that the impact of El Nino is already being felt worldwide, with sea surface temperatures in the Pacific 3.05C above average this week
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ed Miliband presents foreign ministers with the @nebriefing.bsky.social's case: cascading risks to food, water, economies and security. The Guardian reports it and quotes NEB speaker Richard Nugee. Yet neither mentions the NEB and the full UK security report remains secret. Why? #ClimateCrisis
theguardian.com
UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
El Niño is a natural climate cycle, but it is now unfolding on a hotter planet. That combination can intensify heat, drought, wildfire and flooding, with serious consequences for food, water and livelihoods worldwide. A sobering read on the risks ahead. 🌍 #ElNiño #ActNow #ClimateCrisis
carbonbrief.org
Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ reaches ‘remarkable’ all-time record - Carbon Brief
This year's so-called “super El Niño” is entering into record-breaking territory
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Wouldn't this be amazing? 💚
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Odd that the BBC leads on one billionaire’s opinion. Ratcliffe is a Monaco tax resident whose company has direct interests in North Sea policy. Even the article’s expert disputes his “run out of gas” warning. Interview him, but scrutinise the lobbying, don’t amplify it. #JustStopOil #TellTheTruth
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just when Teddy probably thought things couldn't get any worse!! 😂 #FreePalestine #Justice #Billionaires #EdSheeran
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just when Teddy thought things couldn't get any worse!!! 🤷‍♂️
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The C of E didn’t merely tolerate slavery. Clergy financed slave-trading companies; its missionary arm owned Africans for 120 years, branded them “Society”, tortured them & later received compensation. It even sanctioned an edited “Slave Bible” to teach obedience. Repentance requires repair.
theguardian.com
Fresh evidence of C of E’s role in enslavement uncovered as church wrestles with reparations debate
Register of British Slave Traders shows clergymen financed company that trafficked enslaved Africans on hundreds of voyages
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Britain’s slavery wealth wasn’t confined to plantations or port merchants. It helped capitalise the Bank of England & shaped banking, insurance and public finance. The institutions endured, the wealth accumulated, & the enslaved received nothing. Following the money destroys the comforting myths.
theguardian.com
Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Looks like Ed Sheeran's search for a politically acceptable support act is over. Give Boy George a ring and ask him to bring "We Will Dance Again." Apparently politics at gigs is fine after all, it just depends which politics. #EdSheeran #FreePalestine #Politics #Justice
bbc.co.uk
Will Ed Sheeran cancel his tour as support acts quit?
Sheeran's backing band and all of his support acts pulled out of his US tour, so what happens now?
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No it isn't ..........
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
BBC Breakfast ended its interview with Tim McNally after he claimed that men on Channel boats had “tossed the women out the back”. No evidence, challenge or correction, just “thank you for your time”. Legitimate local concerns do not excuse broadcasting inflammatory claims unchecked. #Piddington
bbc.co.uk
Piddington in Oxfordshire votes to leave UK over asylum plans
Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pure right wing propaganda if you ask me!! What was it parish councillor said about the asylum seeking men throwing women & children off the boats??
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Headline news on BBC breakfast show. BBC should be ashamed of themselves pushing this Reform propaganda!!
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Farage said Reform was “ready to govern” Wales. Months later, its Welsh leader has resigned, an MS has defected saying the party “has no interest in Wales”, and scandal is piling upon scandal. Less a government-in-waiting than a Farage personality cult making it up as it goes along. #StopReform
bbc.co.uk
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Gwent Police said he was arrested on suspicion of assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Macklemore speaks the truth so they have to silence him.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We face not simply a climate “problem” but an ecological predicament: a civilisation built on endless growth and dense fossil energy colliding with planetary limits. Renewables are essential, but so is using less, with the greatest reductions demanded from those consuming vastly too much.
savageminds.co
Humans’ Predicament in 3 Phrases
Why a Sustainable Future Requires Fewer and Less
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Women were not merely passive beneficiaries of Britain’s slave trade. More than 1,100 invested directly, using its profits to secure their own independence and protect their families, while financing the destruction of African families. Oppression on one axis does not confer innocence on another.
theguardian.com
More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade
Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Apparently “keep politics out of music” now means wealthy stadium owners deciding which politics musicians are allowed to express. Macklemore says “Free Palestine” and gets dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour. That isn’t keeping politics out of music. It’s power policing it. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
nytimes.com
Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After ‘Free Palestine’ Remarks
The rapper, a critic of the war in Gaza, made the comments onstage at MetLife Stadium.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI may pose profound future risks. Climate breakdown is already killing people, destroying ecosystems and destabilising food supplies. Governments fret about a hypothetical AI catastrophe while continuing to approve the fossil-fuel expansion driving one in plain sight. #ActNow #NoNewOil #Climate
independent.co.uk
We should be more scared of climate change destroying humanity than AI
With everyone warning of an AI extinction event within a decade, we seem to have forgotten about the climate crisis already here – and its knock-on effects, from financial crises and conflict to new d...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
10 years after Britons voted to “take back control of our waters”, fish populations are in much worse state, says @bluemarinef.bsky.social - 46 of 79 UK fishing catch limits for 2026 were above scientific advice - Celtic Sea cod has declined by 98% since 2016 drive.google.com/file/d/17Yof...
drive.google.com
Apocalypse Now - The Trust Cost of Overfishing.pdf
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A potentially record-breaking El Niño is building on top of a planet already dangerously heated by fossil fuels. It may intensify heat, drought, fire and flooding worldwide. Governments warn us to prepare, while approving more oil and gas. Adaptation without cutting emissions is surrender. #ElNino
bbc.co.uk
El Niño 'supersized' as countries race to prepare for extreme weather, UN warns
The WMO has warned that the natural weather phenomenon could bring disruption to global economies.
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Jonty @redjont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“Britain abolished slavery” is not the whole history. Britain’s Crown, Parliament and merchants built and protected the trade for centuries. After Wilberforce’s first defeated motion, another 648,000 Africans were trafficked. Abolition deserves credit, but it cannot erase perpetration. #Justice
theguardian.com
How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners
Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade
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