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Tom Blackburn

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You wouldn't even know the sun was up unless there was a press release on it

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 8h
It’s grimly hilarious that our government’s McCarthyist crackdowns on opposition have got so bad, so idiotic and so malicious that they may have now bullshat themselves into prosecuting the national security advisor’s wife for a terrorist offence, over a tweet.
Camilla Turner
@camillahmturner
X.com
Burnham's national security adviser
'considers quitting'
Jonathan Powell cited 'exhaustion and stress' amid controversy over wife's social media post regarding Palestine Action
The Telegraph
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 13h
The Labour right thinks everyone is as infatuated with Israel as they are. It's bizarre bsky.app/profile/solo...
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
The Labour Party’s refusal to work with the Greens unless they renounce anti-Zionism exposes the hollowness of the Burnham project.
tribunemag.co.uk
Burnham is Attacking Local Councils to Defend Israel
The Labour Party’s refusal to work with the Greens unless they renounce anti-Zionism exposes the hollowness of the Burnham project.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I wrote this for Tribune: bsky.app/profile/trib...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I wrote for Middle East Eye on the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, and where the Greens go from here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/chin...
middleeasteye.net
Chin up, Zack! It was never going to be plain sailing for the new-look Greens
The party should not allow the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to become a referendum for its entire project; its convictions have altered the political landscape for the better
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I wrote for Middle East Eye on the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, and where the Greens go from here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/chin...
middleeasteye.net
Chin up, Zack! It was never going to be plain sailing for the new-look Greens
The party should not allow the Holborn and St Pancras by-election to become a referendum for its entire project; its convictions have altered the political landscape for the better
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Israeli forces deliberately demolished homes, schools, mosques and roads... The scale of Israel’s systematic demolition has fueled fears among many Lebanese that Israel is seeking to permanently empty the territory of its population.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
Israel’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon Intensified After the Cease-Fire
Much of Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon has been leveled, according to a Times analysis. The majority has been destroyed by Israel since the April truce.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Last night's show is now on Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/radiom29/sun... bsky.app/profile/tomb...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
On now: bsky.app/profile/tomb...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
On the radio from 8-10pm tonight with tunes from Mogwai, REM, Lift to Experience, My Bloody Valentine and Cloud Nothings. Listen here: radiom29.com/player
radiom29.com
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
On the radio from 8-10pm tonight with tunes from Mogwai, REM, Lift to Experience, My Bloody Valentine and Cloud Nothings. Listen here: radiom29.com/player
radiom29.com
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
ICYMI: bsky.app/profile/tomb...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've written a new post for the Patreon on the libidinal appeal of fascism, and why it matters in the present political moment: www.patreon.com/malaiseforev...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've written a new post for the Patreon on the libidinal appeal of fascism, and why it matters in the present political moment: www.patreon.com/malaiseforev...
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Staff at Radio Rwanda were given thirty years in prison for their role in enabling genocide, and rightly so.
Natalie Lisbona & @NatalieLisbona
X.com
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION for the Mail on Sunday::
I had direct access to people inside Gaza's education system or those that had been through it who are desperately fighting Hamas's grip on their children's minds.
One mother, "Shireen," told me of the moment she realised that ideology had reached her own young son:
"When I become a martyr, I will receive houris."
Her ten year told her told her.
At enormous personal risk, Gazan educators and parents are fighting back—trying to teach life instead of martyrdom. These are brave people you rarely hear about and must be applauded.
Their warning is urgent: the space for independent education is disappearing.The brave Gazans daring to condemn Palestinian schools that teach their children to 'slit the throats of Israelis'... even in so- called grammar lessons
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote this for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on Burnham's rebadged Help to Buy and why, in the post-ZIRP era, it likely won't have the effects the government is hoping it will: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/burn...
tribunemag.co.uk
Burnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing Policies
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote this for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on Burnham's rebadged Help to Buy and why, in the post-ZIRP era, it likely won't have the effects the government is hoping it will: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/09/burn...
tribunemag.co.uk
Burnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing Policies
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
tribunemag.co.uk
Burnham Must Not Repeat the Tories’ Disastrous Housing Policies
Labour’s new homeownership scheme is a copycat of Help to Buy: subsidising renters to purchase properties at inflated prices.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on Ed Miliband's conference speech - both on what it included and, perhaps more tellingly, what it left out: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...
middleeasteye.net
Miliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a side
The UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on Ed Miliband's conference speech - both on what it included and, perhaps more tellingly, what it left out: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/mili...
middleeasteye.net
Miliband speaks of a Middle East policy shift - so it's time to pick a side
The UK government cannot credibly tell Palestinians and their supporters that they were right about Gaza, while simultaneously enabling Israeli atrocities
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sunday night's show is now on Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/radiom29/sun... bsky.app/profile/tomb...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On now: bsky.app/profile/tomb...
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the radio from 8-10pm tonight with tunes from Earth, The Fall, Broadcast, Muslimgauze and Pharoah Sanders. Listen here: radiom29.com/player/
radiom29.com
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On the radio from 8-10pm tonight with tunes from Earth, The Fall, Broadcast, Muslimgauze and Pharoah Sanders. Listen here: radiom29.com/player/
radiom29.com
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've relaunched my old Patreon and I'll be writing 2-3 articles a month on there for the foreseeable. £5 a month gets you access to everything. I've started with an article on the coming Labour conference, and why Palestine will remain at the centre of it: www.patreon.com/malaiseforev...
patreon.com
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference | Tom Blackburn
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference by Tom Blackburn on Patreon. Join Tom Blackburn's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've relaunched my old Patreon and I'll be writing 2-3 articles a month on there for the foreseeable. £5 a month gets you access to everything. I've started with an article on the coming Labour conference, and why Palestine will remain at the centre of it: www.patreon.com/malaiseforev...
patreon.com
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference | Tom Blackburn
Palestine is still the issue at Labour conference by Tom Blackburn on Patreon. Join Tom Blackburn's community for exclusive content and updates.
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David Timoney @fromarsetoelbow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It says something about our times that "tap into" is regarded as admirable initiative rather than parasitism. The Blair family increasingly look like the British equivalent of the Trump family in their lack of talent, hyper-confidence and ability to sniff out easy money.
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The Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
His head is shaped like the orange jewel from Columns
A screenshot from the Sega Mega Drive game Columns
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Tribune @tribunemagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Beneath the row over Reform donors there is a simple fact: our system is one in which politicians can be bought.
tribunemag.co.uk
Under Capitalism, Democracy is Always For Sale
Beneath the row over Reform donors there is a simple fact: our system is one in which politicians can be bought.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Forgot to plug this on here sooner, but I wrote this for Tribune earlier this week:
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on the likely coronation of Andy Burnham and why it'll take more than a change of figurehead to dig Labour out of its hole: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/repl...
middleeasteye.net
Replacing Starmer with Burnham is not enough to save Labour
The removal of an unpopular leader leaves many questions unanswered, including how to reunite a deeply divided party
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I wrote this for Middle East Eye on the likely coronation of Andy Burnham and why it'll take more than a change of figurehead to dig Labour out of its hole: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/repl...
middleeasteye.net
Replacing Starmer with Burnham is not enough to save Labour
The removal of an unpopular leader leaves many questions unanswered, including how to reunite a deeply divided party
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I've written about Starmer's resignation for Tribune:
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I've written about Starmer's resignation for Tribune:
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Wrote for Middle East Eye on the Makerfield by-election and the Labour leadership contest that's likely to follow: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/can-...
middleeasteye.net
Can Andy Burnham offer Labour a new destiny?
The mayor of Greater Manchester and potential UK prime minister has more charisma than Keir Starmer, but critics lament he's a political weather vane
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Wrote for Middle East Eye on the Makerfield by-election and the Labour leadership contest that's likely to follow: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/can-...
middleeasteye.net
Can Andy Burnham offer Labour a new destiny?
The mayor of Greater Manchester and potential UK prime minister has more charisma than Keir Starmer, but critics lament he's a political weather vane
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Pleased to have written this for Tribune:
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Pleased to have written this for Tribune:
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I wrote for Middle East Eye about last week's elections and the existential crisis now facing the Labour Party: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/afte...
middleeasteye.net
After electoral collapse, UK Labour risks political oblivion
A new leader may dislodge Starmer, only to discover that the social foundations underpinning the party machinery have permanently eroded
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I wrote for Middle East Eye about last week's elections and the existential crisis now facing the Labour Party: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/afte...
middleeasteye.net
After electoral collapse, UK Labour risks political oblivion
A new leader may dislodge Starmer, only to discover that the social foundations underpinning the party machinery have permanently eroded
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Breaking my silence round these parts to say I'm currently at a loose end for work. If anyone knows of any (paid) writing or editing gigs they think I might be a decent fit for, I would appreciate being kept in mind
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Breaking my silence round these parts to say I'm currently at a loose end for work. If anyone knows of any (paid) writing or editing gigs they think I might be a decent fit for, I would appreciate being kept in mind
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Cheers, much appreciated
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-...
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Tom Blackburn | The Guardian
<p>Tom Blackburn is a founding editor of New Socialist</p>
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
newsocialist.org.uk/author/tom-b...
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Tom Blackburn
Tom Blackburn for New Socialist.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Tom Blackburn
Tom Blackburn is a founding editor of <cite>New Socialist</cite>. He lives in Greater Manchester.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Some links to my previous output: tribunemag.co.uk/author/tom-b...
tribunemag.co.uk
Tom Blackburn
Articles by Tom Blackburn.
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
It's trying to do a few things at once - text, images, video - so that's part of it
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I know I've used this account little enough as it is, but I'm also on Upscrolled and hope to make more use of that
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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Next edition goes out this Monday from 8-9pm. You can listen live here: radiom29.uk/player/
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