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Cllr Claire Miller (she/her) @cllrcmiller.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📽️🍿 Community energy screening and discussion Power Up! by @takeoneaction.bsky.social watch two short films about power and who owns it - Wed 10th June In partnership with Grassmarket Community Project and The Crannie as part of Great Big Green Week

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Power Up! Film Screening, Discussion And Collective Poetry Making - Take One Action!

As part of the Great Big Green Week, Take One Action and Grassmarket Community Project are partnering for a special community cinema screening exploring energy and who owns it, from […]

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Join @globaljusticenow.bsky.social for this free public meeting, which sounds like an eye-opening, must-attend event! We'll be there to learn how to contest the approval of massive AI data centres in Scotland – which would be at the huge expense of our climate change goals ...

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

There are just a handful of places left for this tomorrow evening! It's going to be exciting, come down.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Join Take One Action and friends next month to explore what it might look like to have a radical social centre in central Edinburgh, and to explore together all the different things that a space like this could offer! Find out more: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/how-do...

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How Do You Make A Radical Social Centre? - Take One Action!

Join Take One Action and friends to explore what it might look like to have a radical social centre in central Edinburgh, and to explore together all the different things […]

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

🌻Community amidst chaos: Programmed by five wonderful young people from Hot Chocolate Trust! Following delicious food and a screening of Knit's Island, the young people will lead us in conversation around the importance of nurturing community in both virtual and physical spaces. 🎟️ > bit.ly/43TkEbK

A still from Knit's Island showing five video game characters in survival outfits standing in a line, facing the camera and interacting with each other. Bottom left is an image from the walls of Hot Chocolate Trust showing colourful drawings on a graphic colourful background. Text reads: Film screening & community-creation with the young people of Hot Chocolate Trust & food provided by Beirut. Sunday 9 November, 3-6pm, Hot Chocolate Trust, The Steeple Church.

A still from Knit's Island showing a video game character in survival gear standing in a church adorned with paintings of saints. Bottom left is an image of the Steeple Church showing an arched, intricately-designed window. Text reads: In the midst of these increasingly polarised and individualistic times, come in out of the storm for a while and join some of the young people from Hot Chocolate Trust to simply share space to talk together, play together, make together, eat together, dream together. Share thoughts on the film, make new friends from an audience of strangers, and explore together how we might create some community amidst the chaos!

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Alyssa from Living Rent Dundee connects the radical spirit of 'Red Skirts on Clydeside' and the Glasgow Rent Strikes to parallel, lesser-known strikes in Dundee too! ✊🏡 Join us at 3pm on Saturday 8 November at Steps Theatre in Dundee 🎟️: takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-skirts-on-clydeside-dundee/

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If this all sounds like more of what you need, there's still time to catch Real Utopias for our final festival weekend this year in Dundee: don't miss out! Tickets and full programme 🎟️: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/events/?regi... 📸 Kat Gollock & Ingrid Mur

A photo of a black and white keffiyeh hanging in front of a group of people gathered around tables. Colourful boxes of text read: “Great festival and amazing set of participator organisations.” TOAFF25 Inverness audience member; "You've given me back some hope" TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience member.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We're overjoyed that our festival has been such a source of hope, inspiration, and connection for you! 🥹

A photo of a row of people sitting in a darkened cinema, thoughtfully. A green box with text in it reads: I'm speechless! These films gave me so much to reflect on. I came to learn and I've left completely absorbed, inspired, and ready to take positive action/initiatives for our shared future. Thank you for this opportunity. TOAFF25 Inverness audience member.

A photo of a darkened cinema with the Take One Action trailer playing on screen. Colourful boxes of text read: “It inspired me to not give up in my activist activities and stay strong envisioning my utopia :)” and "I laughed, I cried, I wanted action" TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience members.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Here's what you've had to say about our Real Utopias film festivals so far in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness 💬

A photo of a darkened cinema with people watching someone fly the Palestine flag on screen. Text reads: “Really inspired to get back into direct action after feeling jaded and depressed about not being able to make a difference.” TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience member

A photo of three people sitting in cinema seats, smiling and talking. Colourful boxes around them read: “I was moved. It inspired me to be more politically active.” TOAFF25 Edinburgh audience member; “Such a motivating, moving festival, vibe and programme.” TOAFF25 Glasgow audience member

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Grasping with both hands the joy, tenderness and tenacity that jumps through the screen, stay on after the screening for poetry readings and reflections from artist Leyla Hussain to celebrate trans life lived to its fullest! 🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-dundee/

Another still from NINXS: a closeup of a girl putting glittery eyeshadow on. Text around the image reads: poetry and conversation with Leyla Hussain. Leyla Hussain is a Dundonian Scottish-Pakistani and Saudi trans woman specialising in illustration and literature. Spanning video, printmaking, and performance, her work explores trauma, religion, and repression while creating pieces with an air of fantasy.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

💓 All tickets pay-what-you-can (£0-20) 💓 The film will be presented with descriptive subtitles and the introduction and conversation will have live captions. 💓 Audience access fund available to support travel and childcare for folk who need it.

Another still from NINXS, with the director and protagonist Karla lying down and smiling at the camera. Text below the image reads: In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl in Tepoztlán, Mexico.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

💌 NIÑXS in Dundee! Join us at Steps Theatre on 8 November for NIÑXS – a stunningly warm, laugh-out-loud coming-of-age documentary where trans youth get to tell their own stories. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-dundee/

A still from NINXS, with two kids lying on a bed chatting and smiling; one sits in front of a mirror. Text around the image reads: NINXS + poetry and conversation with Leyla Hussain. Sat 8 Nov, 6PM, Steps Theatre.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It's been a joy partnering with Living Rent in Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Inverness, where they've run rousing workshops bringing tenant organising right to our doorsteps. Join us for the final Living Rent screening + event in Dundee! 🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-skirts-on-clydeside-dundee/

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Don't miss your last chance to catch 'Red Skirts' with us and Living Rent in Dundee! Here's what audiences had to say so far: "I am so grateful for the rich radical history that has been bestowed upon us." "Learn from history. Throw enemies in the midden."

An archive image of a rent protest. Text below the image reads: "A 1984 documentary made by the Sheffield Film Cooperative, ‘Red Skirts on Clydeside’ attempts to uncover the buried stories of women’s activism during the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915. Going between the living room, the archive, and the streets, this film traces the radical currents that have always run through Glasgow and politicised the home."

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

🏠 RED SKIRTS ON CLYDESIDE – programmed by Scotland's mighty tenants' union, Living Rent! 👉 Sat 8 November | 3pm at Steps Theatre 🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-skirts-on-clydeside-dundee/

A still from Red Skirts on Clydeside showing three older women sitting in a living room, talking to the camera. Text around the image reads: Red Skirts on Clydeside (1984) + workshop with Living Rent Dundee. Sat 8 Nov, 3PM, Steps Theatre.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Join some of the young people from Hot Chocolate Trust for a workshop exploring how we build community in increasingly polarised, pressurised, and chaotic times! 🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/knits-island-dundee/

A still from Knit's Island, showing a video game character in a cowboy hat standing in front of a glittering sea. Text around the image reads: "plus post-screening workshop with Hot Chocolate. The young people from Hot Chocolate Trust will lead a participatory workshop exploring how to create community amidst chaos, in the hopes that participants will leave feeling able to nurture their own relationships with peers and generate new ones."

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

In 'Knit's Island', three curious film-makers step virtually into post-apocalyptic survivalist game DayZ, and learn from other players how cooperative gameplay can create a sense of community. 🎮

A still from Knit's Island, showing eight video game figures with their backs to us on a dark grassy mound. Text below the image reads: "Three curious film-makers step virtually into post-apocalyptic survivalist game DayZ, and learn from other players how cooperative gameplay can create a sense of community."

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🎮 KNIT'S ISLAND 👉 Sun 9 November | 3pm | Hot Chocolate We're delighted to have a film and post-screening workshop curated by the young people at Hot Chocolate as part of our inaugural Dundee festival! 🤩 🎟️ takeoneaction.org.uk/event/knits-island-dundee/

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

See you there - come and say hi! It's going to be a beautiful weekend, exploring possible futures together and cultivating active hope in a world that can often feel bleak. 🌳⚡❤️✨🌺🌊🐚🌄

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Do come and join us - tickets are pay-what-you-can and we have a travel and childcare fund to help people attend. All films have descriptive subtitles and Power Station and NINXS discussions will have live captioning. ❤️ More on access here www.takeoneaction.org.uk/festivals/ac...

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Information about access provision at Take One Action Film Festials - from subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences to sliding scale ticket prices %

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Then we are finishing up with the gorgeous trans coming-of-age film NINXS, set in rural Mexico, followed by a short reflective writing workshop with readings from Eden Court's Queer Youth Arts Collective ✨ www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-...

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NIÑXS (Inverness) - Take One Action!

In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl in Tepoztlán, Mexico.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

We've paired up with Living Rent Highlands for a screening of archive rent strike film Red Skirts on Clydeside www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-sk... Living Rent will be running a post-screening workshop exploring the politics of home and looking at how the domestic intersects with the political.

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Red Skirts on Clydeside (Inverness) - Take One Action!

A documentary about the hidden stories of women’s activism in the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915, presented by Living Rent.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Back in the cinema🍿- we've collaborated with the awesome Eden Court Youth Cinema Board who have programmed a screening with Japanese thriller Happyend, paired with Scottish short A Different Home - and we'll be hearing from filmmaker Jules Lacave-Fontourcy! www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/happye...

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Happyend (Inverness) - Take One Action!

Eden Court Cinema Youth Board presents Neo Sora's striking feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations, set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Also on Friday evening we will be screening Kenyan documentary How To Build A Library, as well as speculative futures short Space to Breathe. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/how-to... We will also be hearing from Scoraig-based artist Fadzai Mwakutuya

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How to Build a Library (Inverness) - Take One Action!

In Nairobi, Kenya, two women are on a mission to transform and decolonise a dilapidated library into a public space that truly serves its community.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Our opening film is brilliant and galvanising Power Station www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/power-... Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time. We will also have a post-screening discussion with Highland People's Power.⚡💚

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Power Station (Inverness) - Take One Action!

Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

You can explore the programme and book at takeoneaction.org.uk We will mainly be at the lovely Eden Court, though we will have the exciting From Junk To Joy zine workshop at the Highland Zine Bothy on Sunday www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/from-j...

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Take One Action! Film Festivals | See the change you want to be

Take One Action believes small actions lead to big ones, and that we all make a difference. We connect individuals and groups through film, creativity and action - for a better world, starting from Sc...

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Inverness pals! Our Real Utopias festival is starting tomorrow and there's so much going on. The festival will feature films from Mexico to the UK, Kenya and Japan, exploring ideas from community responses to climate change to the power of libraries, tenants’ rights and trans identity and thriving.

A poster with bronze and purple graphics, saying Take One Action Film Festivals 2025, Real Utopias, Edinburgh 17-21 September, Glasgow 25-28 September, Inverness 10-12 October, Dundee 7-8 November

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

The film follows two Kenyan women as they transform a forgotten, junk-filled library in Nairobi into a vibrant hub for citizens. In the same creative spirit, we’ll use exclusively repurposed materials to collage zines. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/from-j...

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From Junk to Joy: Zine Workshop (Inverness) - Take One Action!

Inspired by 'How To Build a Library', this sustainable zine-making workshop invites you to dig into the possibilities of scrap, story, and solidarity.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

🗞️✂️From Junk to Joy: Zine Workshop (Inverness)📖🧶 WHEN: Sunday Oct 12, 2pm at Highland Zine Bothy! ✊Inspired by How To Build a Library, this sustainable zine-making workshop invites you to dig into the possibilities of scrap, story, and solidarity.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

See you there - let's build Real Utopias together!

A group of four smiling and laughing people standing in front of a Take One Action Real Utopias poster

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

All festival tickets are pay what you can, so don't let money be a barrier to attending! We also have a travel and childcare fund. We offer access measures such as live captioning and BSL at many events and descriptive subtitles for all films. More here: www.takeoneaction.org.uk/festivals/ac...

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Access - Take One Action!

Information about access provision at Take One Action Film Festials - from subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences to sliding scale ticket prices %

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

On Sunday at 2pm there will be a double screening co-programmed by Exhale Arts, featuring queer post-disaster road-trip movie Asog, and archival Scottish-Palestinian short The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/asog-g...

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Asog (Glasgow) - Take One Action!

This queer road trip through the Philippines encounters typhoon survivors who teach us about grief, joy, and the power of resistance.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

After the screening we'll hear from a brilliant panel including Trans Healthcare Access, the Glasgow Electrolysis Project and LGBT Health and Wellbeing. And that's not all! We have another exciting screening on Sunday, also at GMAC.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

To finish up Saturday we have a screening of the gorgeous NIÑXS in collaboration with @sqiff.bsky.social In this joyous documentary co-authored by its subject, fifteen-year-old Karla tells her coming-of-age story as a young trans girl in Tepoztlán, Mexico. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/ninxs-...

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NIÑXS (Glasgow) - Take One Action!

Fifteen-year-old Karla’s body and mind are undergoing a revolution. Kani shapes eight years of footage into a joyful film.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Next up is double archive film Red Skirts on Clydeside (filmed in 1984, using historical footage), screening in partnership with Living Rent Glasgow, who will run a post-screening workshop looking at how the domestic intersects with the political. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/red-sk...

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Red Skirts on Clydeside (Glasgow) - Take One Action!

A documentary about the hidden stories of women’s activism in the Glasgow Rent Strikes of 1915, presented by Living Rent.

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We'll have a post screening discussion on community power, just transition and the role of energy in building real utopias with our director @rachelhamada.bsky.social and @fraserjfstewart.bsky.social

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Quotes from people who've seen it: “Wow! Creative action is the way forward." “I think I’ll actually do this. This feels possible. I want my street to be a power station.” “Really inspired to get back into direct action after feeling jaded and depressed about not being able to make a difference.”

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Then it's time to get into the films - first up is the energising and hopeful Power Station. Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/power-...

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Power Station (Glasgow) - Take One Action!

Two artists and activists are on a mission to power their street with solar energy, one home at a time.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Thanks again to @takeoneaction.bsky.social for a great event last night, which ran three short films exploring the hidden labour of our tech infrastructures. Great to speak w/ @foxglovelegal.bsky.social too. Below is a checklist to get more involved in tech labour/justice/de-Googling your life.

Dismantling Tech Fantasies pathways to action check list, which has a list of resources to get involved with tech justice. You may be able to get a copy of the list from Take One Action at https://www.takeoneaction.org.uk

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Join us for a session with Dan Edelstyn, co-director of Power Station to explore alternative models of political and independent filmmaking, working with and for communities and side-stepping traditional gatekeepers to craft bold, radical documentaries. www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/crossi...

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Crossing the Line with Dan Edelstyn - Take One Action!

Join us for a session with Dan Edelstyn, co-director and co-producer of Power Station to explore alternative models of political and independent filmmaking.

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Rachel Hamada @rachelhamada.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Excited to moderate this at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Sat as part of our Real Utopias festivals. Come along if you like weird but brilliant shorts exploring the frontiers of tech, and brilliant-post screening conversations with @karengregory.bsky.social, @foxglovelegal.bsky.social and YOU

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Take One Action @takeoneaction.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

⛓️‍💥 DISMANTLING TECH FANTASIES 🌐 Our programmer shares a highlight from our Edinburgh festivals, a shorts programme about interrogating the false promises of AI. Screening at @filmhouseedinburgh.bsky.social on Saturday 20th September, 3PM! www.takeoneaction.org.uk/event/disman...

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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Solidarity is not a slogan; it is a practice. Every bit of progress we’ve made, from trade union rights to migrant justice, was won not because those in power handed it down, but because ordinary people demanded it. And took action to make it happen. ⬇️

on a blue background, with a yellow bird. Text says "Dignity, justice and welcome for all migrants" Art by Migrants in culture

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