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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better? This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵

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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Beyond chilling. While the proscription of Palestine Action has been struck down and the verdict in the Government appeal against this has not yet been given, escalating these sentences today clearly risks a serious injustice. novaramedia.com/2026/06/12/p...

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Palestine Action Activists Will Be Sentenced As Terrorists, Court Confirms

The judge found that the activists wanted to end ‘British complicity in Israeli war crimes’. Simon Childs reports from Woolwich crown court.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Reform UK wants to shut this down. If it did so, it would throw a million people out of work. Why? because it is beholden to the fossil fuel industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Immigrants & asylum seekers are not our enemies. They are not responsible for the austerity, privatisation, erosion of civic life, thinning of democracy and concentration of power we suffer. But they're being punished for these things. Punished at the behest of the very people who *are* responsible.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Two-tier policing is real and ever-present. Black and Brown people experience it. Women experience it. Pro-Palestine and green protesters experience it. But the last people who would ever experience it are right-wing white men. They are the people with whom the police instinctively align.

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It's hard to convey just how monstrous the privatisation of children's care homes has become. Highly vulnerable children have been turned into cash machines, with devastating impacts on their wellbeing. Please sit down before reading this week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot

Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Sam @samrethinking.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It's actually "fighting age" 😊

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

There's an exceptionalist belief that the UK's immune to the worst political extremes. In reality, we were lucky not to get a fascist government in the 1930s. Now that the world's richest man supports our most extreme political party, we need more than luck. We need to get the money out of politics.

Elon Musk's quote-tweet of a post by Rupert Lowe MP, stating "Only Restore Britain can save Britain"

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Sam @samrethinking.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Why isn't there an international coffee day?

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The message is clear: Muslims are fair game in this country.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

BREAKING Following an attempt by Mr Justice Johnson to prosecute Palestine Action barrister for “contempt of court” after his closing speech mentioned the legal principle known as “jury Equity”, Rajiv Menon has won his appeal. A short🧵

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

These people have a funny way of saying "Environmentalists have been proved right yet again."

"The oil crisis is exactly what the net zero brigade wants"

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

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Double Down News @doubledown.news · 11/03/2026

The reason the media are going after Zack Polanski: His opposition to Israel's genocide & Iran war The media is not your friend

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Dear Shabana,
I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank.
You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to
make a perilous crossing on small boats.”
I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton
and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government
who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division.
When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there
to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done
in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the
flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney.
As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking
points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I
filled water tanks and picked up litter.
What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop
the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country.
Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it.
It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping
migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and
croissants to refugees and food parcels.
When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She
said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for
refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers
whilst risking death on the seas.”
She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on
the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It's a Green Party in Gorton and Denton Vote Hannah Spencer Vote Green 💚

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 26/02/2026

Today is the day. Hope vs hate. Green vs Reform. Vote Green in Gorton & Denton.

GREEN VS REFORM

VOTE GREEN!

Green Party

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🧵Reform's Matt Goodwin has said he is “not part of the establishment”, and criticised the “elite class”. But we found that his definition of “the elite” excludes the bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him /1 bylinetimes.com/2026/02/25/r...

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Reform UK's Matt Goodwin Advised the Wealthiest 1% While Claiming to Stand Against ‘The Elite'

Goodwin's definition of “the elite” includes university professors and civil servants while seemingly excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social, Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform? I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...

Dear Lucy
On the eve of the by-election, your Labour party spokesperson has admitted to the Huffington Post that a
Labour party leaflet has been delivered through doors with your imprint recommending a vote for Labour
by a tactical voting organisation which does not exist.
This is deeply troubling, it is actually lying to voters. Did you approve this? Do you feel the Labour Party
in government should be held to different standards in terms of honesty to the British public?
In your last letter to me you mentioned your ‘very extensive data’ and ‘having spoken to over a third of
eligible voters’ which led you to an understanding that the by election ‘was a contest between labour and
Reform’. Clearly this latest development only tells voters one thing - you will employ any type of
political deception (or in Urdu “Dhoka” ) to win.
You will be very aware that all three real tactical voting organisations are recommending a vote for the
Greens as the best way to stop Reform. Lying to the voters, as you have been caught doing, raises the real
prospect that Reform will be the beneficiaries, something you have said that you don’t want.
As this is such an important issue, for the sake of your own reputation, I would strongly urge you to
apologise to the voters of Denton and Gorton before the polls open in the morning.”
Kind regards,
Zack Polanski
Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In Gorton and Denton, vote for Hannah Spencer & the Greens. There is only one way we will defeat Reform: by working together.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Greens aren’t ’hard left’ or ‘far left’ they’re just left in a nation that’s dominated by rightwing media and rightwing politics

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Sam @samrethinking.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

There's a guy who does my local Parkrun with that level of BO stench. The worst thing is he's a little bit faster than me, so I often run in his slipstream. If the wind conditions are just right I can smell he's somewhere in front of me without being able to see him

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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Billionaires in the Epstein Files gave Millions of political donations to Republicans in the Epstein Files to convince MAGA that the source of all their problems was a drag queen who isn’t in the Epstein Files reading books to children.

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

What's the outcome that terrifies Labour most in the Gorton by-election? Reform winning? Nope. It's the Greens they're most worried about. They'd prefer Reform to win, rather than the Greens.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care. margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...

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Carne Ross @carneross.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What's happening in Syria right now matters to all of us. A women-led democracy is being destroyed; ISIS prisoners are being let loose. My video explainer on what's going on - feel free to share - youtu.be/Huh8cbZ6EjQ

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Syria - Why it matters, to all of us - RIGHT NOW!

YouTube video by Carne Ross

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible. It leads on "sharply contested narratives" It has a dramatic skew to the US government It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

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Donate to Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE, organized by Jac Kovarik

I have been involved in rapid response in the Twin Cities area since the b… Jac Kovarik needs your support for Help Equip Twin Cities Legal Observers with PPE

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Sam @samrethinking.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

You're right, you shouldn't get so mad about trivial stuff like this. I'm a stranger who's made one short reply on a Bluesky thread. You've inferred a hell of a lot of incorrect things from that reply, and got worked up enough about it to call me stupid and a retard. Please take care of yourself

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James Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

After the failure of negotiations in Damascus, a general mobilization has begun in Rojava. Youth from northern Kurdistan appear To have crossed the border to join the defence. it feels like 2014 again, complete with horrific executions of SDF prisoners.

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Sam @samrethinking.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Are you confusing majority rule representative democracy, which many people wouldn't recognise as actual democracy, with the actual democracy that we've seen in Rojava?

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Rojava, the largest actually-democratic project in the world, has entered what might (or might not) be a last desperate stand.

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