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Socialist John

@socialistjohn.bsky.social
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I’ve spent my life speaking truth to power. Organising workers is in my blood. I’ll not be silent while there is life in me. “Solidarity” is my middle name ✊

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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is something close to my heart. Please share this graphic — it could save someone’s life. Prostate cancer symptoms can be easy to miss. Don’t ignore changes. Speak to your GP. #ProstateCancer #MensHealth #CancerAwareness
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Vote Greenb
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
just saying how it is in the real world
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The elections are over. Now the real work continues. Barnet UNISON will keep fighting low pay, outsourcing and inequality. We will not be silenced or bullied into backing away from campaigning for outsourced workers delivering essential public services. #BarnetUNISON
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I’m a #Leftie
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Photos from today’s housing demonstration with the Barnet UNISON banner. Housing is a trade union issue. Homes for people, not profit. #Solidarity #HousingJustice
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Solidarity with Ameen Hadi, UNISON rep and Nelson Mandela Award winner. The far right think they can intimidate trade unionists. They’re wrong. Trade unionists stand together. ✊ Sign and share: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de... #Solidarity #UNISON
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Outsourced cleaners keep buildings clean and safe — but we’re treated differently to council workers. ✅ Paid later ❌ No sick pay ⏳ Wait ~6 months for LLW uplift Barnet Council: put fairness into contracts. Pay LLW from announcement date. #LivingWage #Outsourcing #UNISON
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Tottenham speaks up. Bernie Grant wouldn’t have looked away while young people’s lives were at risk in state custody. David Lammy must urgently intervene on the reported Gaza hunger strikers: independent medical oversight, contact with lawyers/families, and action to prevent a death.”
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Money for Agencies & Capita – Not Staff/Services 💸 Money for agencies & Capita – but not for our members or services. Barnet UNISON exposes unfair spending priorities. 👉 Read the full story: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2025/07/3... #SaveOurServices #BarnetUNISON
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Barnet spent £27m on Capita + £24m on agency staff last year = £51m wasted. Insourcing would cost just £17.5m. Stop outsourcing. Bring services home. ✊ #BringingServicesHome
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
❌ Outsourcing hurts Barnet’s school meals service. ✅ It’s bad for workers. Bad for children. Bad for equality. 📰 Read the facts: www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/2025/07/1... #InsourceNow #BarnetUNISON #SchoolMeals
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
📣 Our members are struggling — not because they don’t work hard,
but because they’re not paid fairly. 
We demand action on poverty wages. 
💥 The crisis is real. So is the fight. 
#CostOfLivingCrisis #BarnetUNISON
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Night workers face serious health risks — yet no proper shift allowance. Our claim demands 1⅓× pay for nights. 📰 Newsletter ➡️ www.barnetunison.me.uk/wp/wp-conten... #LGC25 #FairPay
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Schools & Council workers listen up to the latest #BarnetUNISON Podcast😀👇 Make sure you “Use Your Vote!” on National Pay offer @unisontheunion #LowPay #TaxTheRich #UNISONLGC25
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
#DivideAndRule as always 😡
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our amazing NHS wouldn't be the same without the dedication of staff from around the world. Generations of immigrants have cared for us, bringing vital skills & compassion. A cornerstone of our communities! ❤️ #ThankYouNHS #DiversityIsStrength #UNISON
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
#TaxTheRich
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare #TaxTheRich #WealthTax
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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 20/04/2025
Sunday #Solidarity Shout Out 📢 🔥200 gone. 1,200 sold so far. 800 left. Get yours here: bit.ly/BirminghamSolidarityBadge #BirminghamBinStrikes #StrikeMap
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Support #BrummieBinWorkers ✊
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
History informs us that there are always options to #Austerity If you haven’t watched @KenLoachSixteen Spirit of 45 then do so now 👇✊ youtu.be/_c86Gwsb5LY?si… #taxtherich
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The Spirit of '45 - Official trailer
YouTube video by Dogwoof
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare #TaxWealthNotWork #WealthTax
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Seriously…Politicians need to get out of the #WestminsterBubble to understand that   77 pence hourly rate  increase to the National Living Wage is not enough 👇 #WelfareNotWarfare #TaxWealthNotWork #WealthTax
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #WelfareNotWarfare #TaxWealthNotWork
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #WelfareNotWarfare
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting accepted £53,000 from private health recruiter pre-NHS job cuts Despite Streeting claiming that recruiters were ripping-off the NHS. Donors invest, return is govt contracts. Must criminalise receipt/payment of political donations. archive.ph/KMpLk
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Wes Streeting takes £53k from private healthcare recruiter before NHS job cuts
WES Streeting accepted over £50,000 from a firm involved in private healthcare recruitment just weeks before axing thousands of NHS jobs ...
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
#TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #WelfareNotWarfare
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare #TaxTheRich #WealthTax 👇👇👇👇
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Mainstream political parties in UK have failed. We need a new political party which puts the needs of the “many” before the needs of the “few” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
theguardian.com
All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
#NoToAusterity #TaxTheRich #WealthTax
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop tax breaks for Amazon and other huge corporations
I just signed the petition calling on Rachel Reeves to close tax loopholes and stop handing out subsidies to tech giants that don't need them, like Amazon. Will you sign too?
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Chicago !
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
#NoToAusterity #TaxTheRich #WealthTax
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Blue Girl @blugrlredtwn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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Paula Peters @paulapeters19.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
#WelfareNotWarfare 📢DPAC Day Of Action 📢 📢Wednesday 26 March 2025 📢Welfare Not Warfare 📢 End Labour War On Disabled People Join DPAC. Join the Action ✊🏼
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In red text dpac day of action 
Wednesday 26 March 2025 
In Blue and Red Text: Welfare Not Warfare 
Red text End Labour War on Disabled people 
Deceipts Rachel reeves as a thief stealing disability benefits
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I stand with @ucu.org.uk against proposed redundancies and exploitative fire-and-rehire practices at Coventry University. This is an attack on hard-won rights & protections. It must be stopped or the tactic of moving workers into subsidiaries with worse T&Cs will spread across HE.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
There is no economic need for any austerity or welfare cuts. Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect between £500bn and £1,400bn of taxes That doesn't include £bns lost due to corporations shifting profits offshore. Indulgence of corporations/rich is cause of misery for millions.
leftfootforward.org
UK governments are failing to curb corporate tax abuses and leaving people to pay the price
Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Giant corporations shifting profits to low/no tax havens to dodge taxes. Globally US$1.42 trillion profit shifted. US$348bn a year tax dodged. UK a big loser. UK govts do little to curb corporate tax abuses. People pay more, services cut, welfare rights lost. Who governs? People v Corporations.
leftfootforward.org
UK governments are failing to curb corporate tax abuses and leaving people to pay the price
Governments remain obsessed with austerity and choose not to inconvenience the rich or curb tax abuses by corporations.
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
👇👍✊
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
#GeordieBankHoliday ✊ at last well done #NewcastleUnited #ToonArmy 😄
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
#TaxTheRich
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Regulator accused of letting hedge funds control Thames Water. TW shares worthless, shareholders won't invest. Lenders in control, want public money, will continue to extract cash. OFWAT approved price hikes, likely to suspend fines. Must nationalise to end crisis. archive.ph/vr4UK
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Regulator accused of letting hedge funds control Thames Water
Allegation comes as utility waits for Court of Appeal decision over £3bn emergency loan
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Trifid Duane of Canada🍁🇨🇦 @trifidofcanada.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Socialist John @socialistjohn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
#NoToAusterity #TaxTheRich
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The UK economy contracted by 0.1% in January. Can't build a sustainable economy without improving the purchasing power of the bottom 50%. Need redistribution of income/wealth; not more austerity, real wage cuts, erosion of welfare and services. Must abandon neoliberal policies.
theguardian.com
UK economy shrinks unexpectedly in blow to Rachel Reeves
ONS data showing 0.1% fall in GDP in January comes less than two weeks before chancellor’s spring statement
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Barnet UNISON @barnetunison.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#NoToAusterity #TaxTheRich
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Taj Ali @tajali1.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
'What you are running here is not a factory, it is a zoo. But in a zoo, there are many types of animals. Some are monkeys, who dance on your fingertips. Others are lions, who can bite your head off. We are the lions, Mr Manager.' — Jayaben Desai, 1976-78 Grunwick strike leader
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Barnet UNISON @barnetunison.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#NoToAusterity #TaxTheRich
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