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Satwat Rehman

@satwatr.bsky.social
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Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland. Co-chair of Scotland’s Just Transition Commission (Posting here in a personal capacity).

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
here's footage of Mamdani alongside city workers filling the 200,000th NYC pothole since the start of his term This is part of his push to spotlight city workers and inform New Yorkers that all the fixes they ask for "should be directed to the real heroes, City Workers, who can be reached via 311"
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍 @foescot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
URGENT 🚨 Demand your MSPs vote for a moratorium on AI data centres before Wed 16 Sept! This Wednesday, MSPs will vote in the Scottish Parliament on a proposal to stop massive data centres. Urge your MSPs to be on the side of their communities - not big tech firms: act.foe.scot/data-centre-...
People outside the Scottish Parliament protesting against so data centres, with signs and banners. Text: Demand MSPs vote to stop AI data centres. On Wed 16th Sept, MSPs will have their first chance to vote to stop massive AI data centres. Email your MSP today to vote in favour of a moratorium!
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Very much looking forward to reading this and hearing @tajali1.bsky.social talk about our history of resistance in the UK with @talatyaqoob.bsky.social in Edinburgh on 25th September @lighthousebks.bsky.social
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You know it's a strange political moment when @naomiaklein.bsky.social and I are on the cover of the Financial Times. Our piece explores how climate change is fueling a new form of futureless fascism, and the public investments needed to shift course. Gift link: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 05/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: Patriot Platform, a new far right group launched by Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Daniel Thomas (AKA Danny Tommo) has blockaded the port and several roads in Dover. The masked men are from subgroups of PP, including Sussex, Essex, and South East Patriots Here’s all you need to know.
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Miriam Brett @miriambrett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Drill, baby, drill won’t change the geological and economic challenges facing the North Sea. In our new blog, @jujupepe.bsky.social explores four reasons why economic prosperity and energy security will only come from a green transition.
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Four reasons more drilling won't save the North Sea
Sustained economic prosperity and energy security will only come from a green transition.
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One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk · 27/08/2026
We’re delighted that @satwatr.bsky.social Chief Executive of One Parent Families Scotland, has been re-appointed as Co-Chair to Scotland’s new Just Transition Commission. Our full statement: opfs.org.uk/get-involved... #JustTransition
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland @sccscot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Think Scottish Government should do more to improve ordinary people's lives *and* tackle the #climate crisis? Like & share our🧵if you want action on this. Read our blog on what should be in the 5-year plan (Programme for Government) 👉 www.stopclimatechaos.scot/programme-fo...
A large group of people standing outside on grass, in front of a modern building. Many people hold up placards. In the crowd there is someone dressed in a fluffy panda costume and someone in a cargo bike basket.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
‘More North Sea drilling won’t lower energy bills’ As Andy Burnham considers opening more oilfields, I talk to Scotland’s leading energy expert. He says the UK’s privatised oil and gas industry has failed the public, the country and workers. Only corporations benefit In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
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‘More drilling won’t lower our bills’: Scotland’s top energy expert on the North Sea
As Andy Burnham prepares to rule on whether to open more oilfields, our Writer at Large speaks to Dr Ewan Gibbs, Glasgow University’s authority on…
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The problem with commentators reacting to the Jason Arday tragedy by sternly pointing out "people need to reflect on their own role in this" is that the people who really do need to reflect on their own role in this, never reflect on anything.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 11/08/2026
We spend the hour with Bryan Stevenson of Equal Justice Initiative. In 2018, the organization opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, to tell the history of millions of enslaved Africans who were trafficked across the Atlantic. The museum just opened an exhibition in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Bryan Stevenson on the “Enduring Evil of Slavery” and Trump’s Attempt to Rewrite History
We spend the hour with civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative. In 2018, the organization opened the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, t...
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ourpower.bsky.social @ourpower.scot · 11/08/2026
Orkney is showing us how to rewrite the rules of what's possible for councils. The local council is building its own wind farm and starting in 2028, it will generate £3.3 million every year, funding things like local schools and transport. We need that thinking everywhere.
A two-part image comparison. The top image shows a damaged road with potholes. The text above reads, "We keep hearing there's no money for local improvements." The bottom image features a wind turbine on a grassy hill, with the text, "But what if there is?" The Our Power Scotland logo is visible.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 03/08/2026
Please help Ahmad & Samar continue their love story by welcoming their first child in Gaza, through all the severe challenges that entails they appreciate your support for.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Paul Gilroy - once again - nails it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Social Power Is Built Before It Is Seen: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2026) thetricontinental.org/newsletteris...
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Social Power Is Built Before It Is Seen: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2026)
While popular energy can fill streets and win elections, social power is the patient, organised capacity of the working class to transform society and make dignity the common sense of the age.
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ourpower.bsky.social @ourpower.scot · 02/08/2026
Scots are being short changed with too much wealth filling either the pockets of distant private shareholders or other countries’ treasuries. Let's take our power back! www.ourpower.scot/take-action
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Take action - Our Power Scotland
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Designer Hasan @designer4hasand.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
You have always been our support, especially whenever we needed you most. ❤️ Only £40 remains—the final step we need to secure our rent and keep our family safe for another month.🥹 PLEASE help to reach the goal.
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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A just transition cannot be judged by emissions reductions alone. It must also raise living standards, reduce poverty and tackle inequality. 📖 Read the full briefing here:
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Scotland's Just Transition: Priorities for the new Parliament
Our assessment of the key policy priorities for the new parliamentary term.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Did you know a barrister is facing prison just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has existed since 1670. We can't let it be silenced in court now. Add your name to help protect Britain's juries: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Britain's Juries
Juries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Time now is for active solidarity and support and standing strongly against the far right. Don't justify, no capitulation. Call it out in parliamentary chambers, call it out everywhere. Condemning should be the start of opposing and defeating, not the end.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
White writing on pink poster with a megaphone. Stand up to Racism Edinburgh posted for a rally/demo on27 June at 1 pm in Leith. Details to follow. Poster says Reclaim our Streets. Leith is anti-racist. Edinburgh is anti-racist.
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One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk · 19/06/2026
OPFS has joined a coalition of leading charities calling for an emergency Scottish parliamentary committee on child poverty. Single parent families are among those most at risk of poverty in Scotland.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I am asking again, for shares and if possible donations to help Samar during her pregnancy. She provides an update on the chuffed page. Please click through and read 🙏🏽 chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Our Baby Deserves Safety: Help Ahmad& Samar to Start Again
Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves and their growing family. Please read their story and consider supportin...
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Lawmanity @lawmanity.com · 18/06/2026
NEW EPISODE REMINDER: Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social, CEO of @opfs.org.uk, on the realities facing single parent families and what it would take to make justice more accessible. Swipe to read some of Satwat’s insightful reflections ➡️ 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
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OPENING SLIDE: (1) “Sometimes the issue isn’t with how lawyers are trying to test the law or to support people to realise their rights through the law. It’s the flaws that are built in by the lawmakers. And some of those aren’t flaws which are unintentional. Some of that might be exactly what they want the policy to do.”(2) “Due to the fact that resources are so limited in so many schools, if they’ve got children who’ve got additional needs, or who may be playing out the impact of early life trauma… parents will tell us that sometimes they haven’t even got as far as walking back home and through the door before the school will phone to say: ‘We don’t have the staff, we don’t have the resource. It’s not safe. Can you come and pick your child up?’ What parent is going to say no? (2 cont’d) …So there’s a fundamental there about that child’s not receiving an education… [But these are] parents who are also being expected to be looking full time for work, enter work, and increase their hours… and if they don’t meet [those conditions], they would be sanctioned.” (5) “If [single parents] can actually experience [dignity, fairness, and equity] – not just in the law, [but in how] what’s in law can drive how society behaves – you’d begin to see the beginnings of justice… The law would recognise that there is more than one type of family, and they’re all equally valid, equally important – but actually require different things.” listen to the episode for more!
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 17/06/2026
“Their shameful and constant demonisation of New Scots and racialised communities has contributed to people being targeted, intimidated and abused while empowering the thugs who are doing it” 
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Reform UK activist claimed to know that Northern Ireland migrants would be targeted
Concerns have been raised after a Reform UK campaigner claimed he knew in advance that migrants in Belfast would be targeted following the heinous attack on Stephen Ogilvie. Reform UK said it has “repeatedly and unequivocally condemned violence, intimidation and criminal damage”.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I am asking again, for shares and if possible donations to help Samar during her pregnancy. She provides an update on the chuffed page. Please click through and read 🙏🏽 chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Our Baby Deserves Safety: Help Ahmad& Samar to Start Again
Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves and their growing family. Please read their story and consider supportin...
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Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Me and @satwatr.bsky.social joined the thousands strong anti-racist crowd at Glasgow's Buchanan Street Steps yesterday. We vastly outnumbered the fascists, but one Nazi is too many Nazis. Fascists are not welcome in our streets.
Thousands of anti fascist demonstrators gather at Buchanan Street steps in GlasgowThousands of anti fascist demonstrators gather at Buchanan Street steps in Glasgow. A 'Nae Nazis' sign can be seen at the front, as well as rainbow and Palestine flagsKate and Satwat in the crowdImage shows police surrounding a group of fascists with Union Jack flags
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Kate Nevens (she/her) @katenevens.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Migrant care workers keep Scotland’s social care system running. Earlier this week, I was proud to stand in solidarity with @unison.org.uk and care workers protesting at Parliament against the cruel visa changes that would leave families in limbo after building their lives here.
Kate stands with fellow Green MSP Iris and a UNISON activist outside parliamentKate signing the UNISON pledgeKate with a crowd of UNISON activists and care workers who hold signs saying 'keep the promise'Kate with fellow Green MSP Iris
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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow
Photo of a small group of mostly men wearing black, with masks and balaclavas, surrounded by a Police Scotland cordon in the bottom of the photo, in the foreground. In the background, a very large colourful crowd of people with saltires, trade union banners, and hand-made signs in support of migrants and against racism have turned up to gather to show solidarity, and the far right guys were hoping to thwart that. They didn't.
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PJ @septemberrising.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Glasgow now, there is no place in Scotland for racism or fascism.
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One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk · 12/06/2026
At One Parent Families Scotland we are heartbroken and deeply concerned by the outbursts of racist disorder, violence and threats this week. Families are being cut off from the essential support they need as many parents are telling us they are afraid to travel.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
“Protesters expressing legitimate concerns“
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Star Wars: Army of Stormtroopers
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 11/06/2026
Following an investigation by The Ferret into the risks it poses for babies and toddlers, commissioner Nicola Killean said she was “seriously concerned” that children were still being placed in “dangerous environments"
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Children's commissioner calls for end to ‘dangerous’ homeless accommodation for children
Politicians and advocates call for action due to “serious concerns” that children are still being placed in “dangerous environments” when their families are homeless.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
‘Samar is suffering from malnutrition during her pregnancy & urgently needs proper nutrition, vitamins, medical follow-up, & basic care.Your support is not only helping a pregnant mother. It is helping a baby girl begin her life with a better chance & a healthier future’ chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Our Baby Deserves Safety: Help Ahmad& Samar to Start Again
Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves and their growing family. Please read their story and consider supportin...
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please can you donate and/or share? We need $400 for ongoing medical expenses and food for Samar.
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Lawmanity @lawmanity.com · 09/06/2026
🎙️ New Episode: Law, Poverty, and Political Power, with Satwat Rehman Our next one-on-one guest interview is with Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social : anti-poverty campaigner and One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk Chief Executive 🎧 Listen here ➡️: podfollow.com/lawmanity/view
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Please can you share/donate to Khaled and family? Although attention may have shifted away from Gaza, the situation for families is still very difficult. www.gofundme.com/f/help-abeer...
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Donate to Help Khaleds Family Survive in Gaza and Achieve Their Dreams, organized by Noor S
Help Khaled's family to survive and complete their dreams out of G… Noor S needs your support for Help Khaleds Family Survive in Gaza and Achieve Their Dreams
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
chuffed.org/project/1591... Please please donate if you are able to and/or share. The need is great for Samar to receive the medical care and nutrients she needs whilst she is pregnant.
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Help Ahmad & Samar escape the war & build a safe, dignified future
Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves.  Please read their story and donate!
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
“Palestine will not be at the 2026 World Cup. The national team has never qualified for the competition, because producing a suitable squad has been close to impossible in the face of occupation, blockade, and now genocide.” Another vital contribution by @mohamhawish.bsky.social.
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As Long as There Is Football • EQUATOR
Palestine’s pitches are in ruins, but the game lives on
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please can you donate and/or share? We need $400 for ongoing medical expenses and food for Samar.
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One Parent Families Scotland @opfs.org.uk · 01/06/2026
Today, OPFS joins @jrf-uk.bsky.social and partners across Scotland to call for a stronger Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. Around 30% of single parent families live with the devastating consequences of child poverty, something we see every day through the families we support.
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The Child Poverty (Scotland) Act – time to go further?
Scottish Parliament set a high bar with the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act — but the Act's final delivery plan in March, by its own admission, doesn't go far enough.
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It has been a while since we have provided an update. Happy news - Samar is expecting a baby! She needs our support for medical expenses and food to keep her and baby healthy. Please do donate what you can. Thank you. chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Help Ahmad & Samar escape the war & build a safe, dignified future
Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves.  Please read their story and donate!
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Satwat Rehman @satwatr.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
It has been a while since we have provided an update. Happy news - Samar is expecting a baby! She needs our support for medical expenses and food to keep her and baby healthy. Please do donate what you can. Thank you. chuffed.org/project/1591...
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Help Ahmad & Samar escape the war & build a safe, dignified future
Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves.  Please read their story and donate!
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So that’s two of the “Raise the Colours” organisers now charged with violent crimes & a fifth of the 2024 race rioters with domestic abuse. Makes you wonder whether “innocent patriotism” & “protecting women & girls” are just covers for thuggish racism & misogyny?
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Imagine we were asking British employers why it is they are singularly failing to create jobs worth having instead of stigmatising ‘NEETs’.
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