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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23h
Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.
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The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan
Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
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Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale. Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/how-the-bb...
jonathancook.substack.com
How the BBC sets a trap to make sure leftwing politicians never get a fair hearing
There’s a reason why so few truly leftwing politicians are visible in public life. Because the media’s role is to weed them out, discredit them, place them beyond the pale
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Mark Lawson @marklawsonkernow.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hello Andy Burnham 👋🏻 Hello John Healey 👋🏻 @annagelderdmp.bsky.social 👇🏻 @patrioticmillionaires.org 👇🏻 #WealthTax
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East Surrey Green Party @eastsurreygreens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Only the Greens are talking about rent control.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...
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Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution
Amazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same?
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23/09/2026
The challenges facing our cities may span borders, but so do the ideas that can solve them.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Dave Randall on Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, and the Myth of Political Neutrality - Pluto Press
When Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour for expressing solidarity with Palestine, it reignited a fierce debate about censorship, solidarity, and the cost of so-called political neutral...
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Am I understanding that Robert Kraft, whose hobby is paying for sex with sex trafficked victims, is upset with Macklemore for opposing genocide? And the NFL chose to listen to Kraft?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church of England - to rewild its land. Join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/he...
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Help save nature by rewilding the Church’s massive landholdings!
We need to rewild 30% of the planet to restore nature & protect our wildlife, but Britain is falling behind. So I've signed this new petition calling on one of our biggest landowners - the Church ...
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is Israel’s deliberate policy of ongoing Nakba. To maintain business as usual with the genocidal state of Israel or any of its complicit companies and institutions is to be complicit too. We need you to channel your rage, frustration, and grief into effective, strategic BDS action now.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.unblockaid.org
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Unblock the Aid
Sign our petition demanding equal access to financial services for marginalized communities. Financial access is a human right - help us ensure everyone can receive income, aid, and emergency funds.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The sort of crime we need to fight with all our strength www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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‘They car-bombed my house – there’s not much more they can do’: the astonishing podcast taking on illegal bloodsports
After 20 mutilated animal corpses were left outside a rural primary school, the creators of award-winning podcast Buried began investigating – with a little help from Chris Packham. It plunged them in...
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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With US funding, Hebron squatters advance on Old City
Israel strips Hebron’s planning powers from the Palestinian municipality, then uses them to expand existing squatter communities.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer may be resigning the office of Prime Minister but his legacy of total complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza will follow him forever.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Iraqi farmer killed to hide evidence of two Israeli bases in country: Report - www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraqi-fa…
middleeasteye.net
Iraqi farmer killed to hide evidence of two Israeli bases in country: Report
Locals said shepherd Awad al-Shammari was killed by a helicopter after discovering an Israeli base
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We stand with the Allianz6 against this disgraceful lawfare and abuse of the courts to effectively destroy the lives of activists speaking out against corporate complicity in the Gaza genocide.
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We stand with the Allianz6
Project for Peace and Justice, founded by Jeremy Corbyn. A hub for discussion and action, building solidarity and hope for a more decent world.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is all BULLSH*T, I hope you're all aware 🙄 www.itv.com/news/2026-05...
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
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UNCOVERED: The SECRET Plot To DESTROY Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Double Down News
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/04/2026
We've been investigating the deal between Palantir and the NHS for years. Now we're ready to tell the real story. Listen to The Shadow Contract now 🎧 goodlaw.social/1e69ba
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The Shadow Contract | Good Law Project
Exposing why a US spy-tech firm is at the heart of the NHS Listen on these platforms Support our investigative research Fund more investigations Keep me informed Spread the word
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I'm Joining The Slugrising with @wildcard.land! We're setting the world record for most people dressed as slugs 🐛 Let's tell DEFRA No More Sluggish Progress on PAWS Restoration! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/join-... This should be fun 🤩
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Join The Slugrising: No More Sluggish Progress on PAWS Restoration!
Join The Slugrising: a world record attempt for the most people dressed as slugs! 🐛 On Tuesday 19th May, Wild Card and friends are marching to DEFRA's London office to deliver our 130,000+ signatur...
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
ARGGHHHHH FFS www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fears more than 1,000 toads may have died after Welsh water firm drains reservoir
Conservationists in Denbighshire ‘angry and heartbroken’ after Nant-y-Ffrith site emptied during breeding season
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LiLBazula 👻 🎃 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Except they're not opposing renewables. They're opposing us flogging off still more of our natural resources to rent seeking overseas capital. And we can all click on the article to read this
James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social

I'm shocked, *shocked* that once again the Greens are opposing renewables

Mark O'Neill@radiobeartime.com 

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article..

The Greens are an embarrassment

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'Industrial scale' solar farms attacked by Norfolk's Green The county council's Green leader says solar panels should be locally owned and put on ro...
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9:33 AM: Apr 18, 2026 Everybody can reply
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"Which country in the Middle East has nuclear weapons? It's not Iran, it's Israel... Which country in the Middle East attacked six countries last year? It wasn't Iran, it was Israel." From my Piers Morgan debate with Israeli spokesman Doron Spielman. Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk1...
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 14/04/2026
🏳️‍⚧️ NEW 🏳️‍⚧️ “Further legal analysis” has revealed flaws in the EHRC’s draft guidance, which has now been revised and will be presented to parliament in May: goodlaw.social/xal1
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EHRC forced to change trans guidance after Good Law Project challenge | Good Law Project
Further legal analysis reveals flaws in regulator’s draft guidance, which has now been revised and will be presented to parliament in May
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
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Skip Z🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙 @skipz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting open.substack.com/pub/councile...
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Country that lectures Iran on democracy arrests another 523 people for peacefully protesting
The absurdity surrounding the UK’s treatment of Palestine Action and its supporters has reached new lows.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Read this, it will break your heart but it will remind you once again what we're up against. We can't let the sort of evil already unleashed against the Palestinians to continue to thrive. Systemic change is necessary and is possible. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Eyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow Line
Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Right?
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DecemberRain @decemberrain.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Trump flooding the zone to distract, his long used tactic. So, my response is simple; Trump raped little girls. Trump is all over the Epstein files. Trump killed Americans. Trump is destroying our economy and democracy Trump lost a war he started for no reason. Flood that you little prick.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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International Women’s Day: The Inspiring Resistance of Palestinian Women
In honor of the suffering, sacrifices, and heroic resistance and sumud of Palestinian women, the BDS movement calls on our millions of supporters worldwide to escalate pressure now.
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globaltimoto 🐸 @globaltimoto.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Green Party leader Zack Polanski headlining the biggest UK educators union. This is the kind of onboarding that is going to attract a very broad approval. Hope there will be some videos covering the keynotes. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk join.greenparty.org.uk
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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The Return of the Luddites
Artificial intelligence will supposedly bring great benefits. But what’s driving it is corporate greed.
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The Israeli government is expanding its Gaza playbook to Lebanon and Iran with double-tap strikes—illegal back-to-back airstrikes on a single target.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Trump replaces Kristy Noem as Homeland Security Boss. "He added that Noem will now shift to a newly established position, the Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, which Trump said was a "new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere" 🙄 Say WHAAAAAT??? 🤦‍♀️
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
No, this is not the piece of news I was waiting for this morning 🤦‍♀️😵‍💫https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c62gg44d53xt?post=asset%3A4d405e91-77e8-4ac4-be08-9d31f5a423aa#post
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Iran launches new missile barrage at Israel as US Senate backs Trump's war powers
Meanwhile, a flight chartered by the UK government to bring Britons back from Oman did not take off as planned, and will instead depart today, the BBC understands.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#GildedAge @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 04/03/2026
The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books. Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable. Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org
PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading
Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
They dropped bombs on a school and killed hundreds of children... war criminals!! Friends in the US, you're not angry enough www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Funerals held for students and staff after Iran school strike
Iranian authorities say they were killed in a US-Israeli strike in the city of Minab on Saturday.
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Peace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
IRAN: THE US & ISRAEL'S ILLEGAL WAR OF AGGRESSION Join Jeremy Corbyn, Prof Paul Rogers, Lindsey German and Iranian artist Nilly Brook and more for an online briefing on the repercussions of the US and Israel attacks at 7:30PM on Wednesday 4 March. 🌐Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
'Rule by sheer violence,’ Hannah Arendt wrote, ‘comes into play when power is being lost.’ She continued: ‘The effectiveness of terror depends almost entirely on the degree of social atomisation, the disappearance of ... organised opposition.’
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 03/02/2026
‘The resistance in the Twin Cities has not pushed ICE and CBP away yet, but it has turned a supposed projection of state power into a floundering tool of homicidal violence.’ Stephanie Burt (@notquitehydepark.bsky.social) on Minnesota’s resistance, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
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Stephanie Burt | Organised Opposition
‘Rule by sheer violence,’ Hannah Arendt wrote, ‘comes into play when power is being lost.’ She continued: ‘The...
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I searched the news this morning and nowhere, nowhere I found a mention of the allegations about the Big Orange Turd in the E-files. Are we just going to pretend we didn't see his name all over the frigging thing, and the abominable acts linked to it? It's got to come down. The whole fckn circus.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Always follow the money.. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Private Prison Companies’ Enormous Windfall: Who Stands to Gain as ICE Expands
For years private prison companies have been an important partner for ICE as the government carries out its immigration agenda.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Björk celebrates 60th birthday by publicly detailing lawsuit against Icelandic State share.google/2aEAUWl9jxMq...
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Björk celebrates 60th birthday by publicly detailing lawsuit against Icelandic State
Björk has celebrated her 60th birthday by detailing how proceeds from single 'Oral' have helped bring lawsuits against the Icelandic State.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
How this government is hellbent on scapegoating refugees and increasing their suffering is just unconscionable and utterly DISGUSTING.
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veelavie.bsky.social @veelavie.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Israeli society’s dehumanization of Palestinians is now absolute
In the past, Israel’s moral debate about its military actions may have been narrow and hypocritical, but at least it existed. Not this time.
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