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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This weeks @socialistworker.bsky.social is Out! After the hounding of Professor Jason Arday - The racists won’t defeat us 30,000 join mass vigil in London for #ProfessorJasonArday. socialistworker.co.uk Buy it. Read it. Sell it.

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 03/08/2026

Funny how often a complete prick dies on the same day as a nice person who made people smile, and you really get to see the difference between the two ways people react.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 18/07/2026

I have many friends who are interested in the Victorian period, and many who appreciate rebellious women from any era - this new book by Judy Cox should be an absolute treat...

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 10/07/2026

Well they aren't talking about old Binface anymore are they?? #justsaying

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

'Southwark Bridge by Moonlight' (1887) by John Atkinson Grimshaw (Private collection)

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 30/06/2026

So, farewell then, Humphrey Smith - Owner of Samuel Smiths. If you can't say anything nice about someone don't say anything at all.

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This week's @socialistworker.bsky.social... Who's streets? OUR streets! The far-right are full of shite!

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Racist #Farage and Nazi "Tommy Robinson" can incite a racist mob to attack black people and burn their property and they are free to spread their poison but if you say you're against #Israel's #genocide....

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 11/06/2026

What a wonderful thing Reddit is. Before it how on earth were people able to express that the change of colour on the subscribe button on their free podcast app is clearly the worst event in human history since Perl Harbour and thats just the bloody breaking point now?

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 11/06/2026

I don't quite get Hammers business model. They cram every potboiler release with extras, have a YouTube channel and yet are still able to release something like this BlueRay magazine stacked with more content for geeks like me. I don't get how they do it but I love that they do!

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

You can always tell when The Stranglers have been in to return their books.

A stack of books with their spines showing. Gordon Brown, Texture, Lakes, Sun

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Happy 60th Eric Cantona...who knows how to kick racism out of football

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 17/05/2026

Great special from Dark Corners. I'd have Dark Eyes and The Return of the Vampire higher and much as I love Black Cat I'd go for Son of Frankenstein for #1, a sensational performance. Bela was a good leftie who had to leave Hungary for his part in the 1919 revolution. youtu.be/_EwZFIxT_0M?...

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Bela Lugosi's Top Ten Horror Films

YouTube video by Dark Corners Reviews

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 12/05/2026

Not only is this fantastic in it's own right but it has absolutely enraged the hate filled waste of blood and organs that is Graham Linehan. Hope it doesn't aggravate his already problematic blood pressure to the point it does him a proper mischief. I really do. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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Irish TV to air Father Ted instead of Eurovision final in protest against Israel’s inclusion

National broadcaster RTÉ accused of antisemitism for decision to screen satirical 1996 Eurovision episode in boycott of contest

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#MayDay2026 greetings to all workers of the world. "We have been nought. We shall be all. #HappyMayDay #InternationalWorkersDay #mayday #InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay2026 ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

19/04/1943: The #WarsawGhettoUprising began, showing that even in the worst possible conditions, people can fight their oppressor. Glory to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto. #NeverAgain Zog nit keyn mol performed by @russchandlermusic.com and Rachel Weston youtu.be/WGBxDQsLS9k?...

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Zog nit keyn mol (The Partisans Song) by Russ Chandler ft. Rachel Weston

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 07/04/2026

Is this the most "World holds it's breath" moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 04/04/2026

100+ anti-racists faced down 30 or so flag-shagging zeros in Sheffield today. Including a spontaneous song session from people going to the Session Festival. Now that's what I call folk music!

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 29/03/2026

What a day - half a million strong! Yaxley-Lenon and Ketamine Elon and Trump and whats-her-name Badenoch and Farage and the rest of the sewer dwellers and flag-shaggers got no conspiracy theory to cover this - YOU are the ones who don't belong here. #TOGETHER we are DYNAMITE!

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 19/03/2026

I'm playing a couple of sets at the Sheaf View this Saturday. Folks songs, protest songs, Music Hall, ragtime and all sorts of shenanigans. Kick-off is 8pm and it's free. The way I look at it is if you don't come you'll only end up wasting that time enjoying yourselves.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 14/03/2026

Had fun playing at the Together Alliance rally in Sheffield today. No messing about, everyone down to London for the 28th.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 01/03/2026

They'd bomb our cities and kill our leaders too if it suited them.

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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

🏰 #SongSheetSaturday 🏰 "It's a Bit of a Ruin that Cromwell Knocked About a Bit" (1921) Performed by the incomparable Marie Lloyd, Queen of the Music Hall who brought this witty number to life, poking fun at England's crumbling historical sites with her trademark cheeky charm #MusicHall

Sheet music cover for 'It's A Bit of A Ruin That Cromwell Knocked About A Bit' sung by Marie Lloyd. Inset full length photograph of Marie Lloyd. British Music Hall Society Archive image.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 22/02/2026

Happy 100th birthday Kenny. I'm sorry you were so unhappy. You don't half cheer me up. youtube.com/watch?v=E86p...

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The Ballad of the Woggler's Moulie

YouTube video by Kenneth Williams - Topic

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 13/02/2026

You are incapable of feeling shame, Starmer so I'm not going to bother wishing it on you. Just go to Hell and take the rest of the Labour party with you. Respect to all the ordinary folks who put it on the line to challenge this disgusting law. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

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Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful in ‘monumental victory’

Judges have ruled that the Labour government’s ban of Palestine Action was unlawful. The co-founder of Palestine Action, Hudda Ammori, brought a legal challenge to the proscription of the non-violent ...

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 03/02/2026

Lots of Labour peeps furious that Lord Mandeldson did some insider dealing with Epstein over the 2008 financial crash. They'll livid when they find out Tony Blair lied through his teeth to get into a war that killed two million Iraqis in order to suck up to the US President.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 01/02/2026

I am currently reading Jane Eyre. I have never come across a fictional character I dislike more than St. John Rivers. More than Count Dracula or anyone from any Victor Serge novel I've read or anyone. What a KNOB.

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 11/01/2026

Ripple in still water, When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow. You who choose to lead must follow, But if you fall, you fall alone. If you should stand, then who's to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you home... youtu.be/QmMjY6tXaEo

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Grateful Dead - Ripple (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Grateful Dead

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 08/01/2026

I used to do fundraising for Haven House. And in the last couple of years I have learnt what dying looks like. I hate the Labour Party with every fibre of my being. I hope the bastards making these decisions die in fear and pain. They deserve it. socialistworker.co.uk/news/lack-of...

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Lack of funding devastates end of life care

Labour has caused a crisis in hospice care. And as hospices close down, it's a disaster for families which need them, like Nathan's.

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

One Solution- #revolution

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

On this day in 1890, writer and revolutionary Victor Serge was born. Originally an anarchist, Serge travelled to revolutionary Russia and became a Bolshevik and revolutionary socialist. Read more about his life here: bit.ly/3n17r8G

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 30/12/2025

"In a statement the International Guild of Pigs and Associated Farmyard Swine or the GPAS pointed out that they are sentient and show signs of self preservation but that doesn't seem to get them many rights." I wonder what Claude tastes like barbecued?

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 29/12/2025

A glorious rendition of Joe Morley's "A Georgian Breeze" from Chris Sands with Alexis Rogerson on fortepiano. Chris tells me this was one of the first banjo tunes he ever heard, it was played to him by the chap he bought his first banjo from! #ClassicBanjo #Banjo #BanjoFeed youtu.be/tQik4DcTckM

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A Georgian Breeze by Joe Morley - Ragtime Banjo with Fortepiano!

YouTube video by Chris Sands

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Steve White @steveprotest.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Your grandad shot at nazis taxed the rich and built the NHS You mum fought for equality and fairness, nonetheless we sleepwalked into the arms of bastard billionaires Now you hang flags from lampposts and mouth pantomime prayers

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 25/12/2025

The best GSfC of the Gatis era? No arch winking at the camera or is it real or not Scooby Doo business. Atmosphere, character and chills. Nice one! A Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002p1v6 via @bbciplayer

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A Ghost Story for Christmas - The Room in the Tower

Roger has been haunted by a recurring dream, a mysterious house and an unseen terror. He becomes disturbed as they become reality. What is lurking in the room in the tower?

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 18/12/2025

Just had a chap in to fix my satellite dish. "To be honest" I told him "there's only one channel watch on this." His face split into a grin and he asked "Talking Pictures?" "Yes" I said to which he replied "I hear that all the time!" #TrueStory @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

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Russ Chandler @russchandlermusic.com · 09/11/2025

It's that day when I share this song I produced for an organisation called No Glory a few years back. The donkeys are wearing poppies the lions should wear something else. youtu.be/DaMhuefxiNw?...

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Remembrance Day: Why I'll wear a dandelion instead of a red poppy

YouTube video by nowarglory

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