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What Gaza and Israel can learn from Northern Ireland
The Good Friday Agreement proves that once bitter enemies can be brought together
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/what-gaza-needs-now-honest-brokers
3 months ago
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Robert Reich
4 months ago
Trump is running the government and the economy just like he ran his businesses ā straight into the ground.
https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=AXCJAp8jz78ySvJi
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How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=AXCJAp8jz78ySvJi
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Nicola Spurr
7 months ago
Great to see Peter Hain calling out his own Labour Party for the Starmer Governmentās heavy-handed proscription of
#PalestineAction
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@peterhain.bsky.social
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Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says ā UK politics live
Labour peer says he is ādeeply ashamedā his party is backing moves to ban group
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jul/03/keir-starmer-rachel-reeves-welfare-bill-nhs-10-year-plan-west-streeting-uk-politics-latest-news-updates?page=with%3Ablock-6866a2958f085e912e5fe080
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Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre
5 months ago
š§ Big steps forward @ Penton Street! We welcomed trustees
@peterhain.bsky.social
and HE J.N. Mamabolo &
@aamarchives.bsky.social
to tour the Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre site Thrilled to walk up new staircase (bye ladders š) Next up: the lift āæ Opening 2026 ā Europeās first
#AntiApartheid
#museum
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My new book published in a month by
@policypress.bsky.social
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My new book published 28 October by
@policypress.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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My explosive new thriller published by
@muswellpress.bsky.social
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Peter Hain says UK government ādigging itself into holeā over Palestine Action
Peer opposed banning group and says fellow Labour peers and MPs are regretting proscription
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/13/peter-hain-says-uk-government-digging-itself-into-hole-over-palestine-action?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Palestine Action Protests: Arrests - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Palestine Action Protests: Arrests' on Wednesday 23 July 2025.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-07-23/debates/EE9FE2BF-425F-4A14-AF00-71B2F54069ED/PalestineActionProtestsArrests
6 months ago
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
7 months ago
šøšæ Ask your MP to support
@kimjohnsonmp.bsky.social
's EDM on
#Eswatini
#Swaziland
- recognising widespread human rights abuses, the erosion of democratic, trade union and civil rights, and calling on the UK to support the calls for justice and dialogue. Template here:
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Ban on Palestine Action āintellectually bankrupt politically unprincipled morally repugnantā
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Parliamentlive.tv
House of Lords
https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/ff988b72-712a-4143-9786-899cec82dd81?in=16:14:04
7 months ago
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
8 months ago
How Trumpās Manufactured āWhite Genocideā Serves His Populism ā by
@peterhain.bsky.social
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
8 months ago
"Yes, South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, but it is young and economically-disadvantaged black men, who are the principle victims of such violence."
@peterhain.bsky.social
on how Trumpās Manufactured āWhite Genocideā Serves His Populism
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Trumpās Manufactured āWhite Genocideā Serves His Populism - Peter Hain
US President Donald Trump has long embraced a populist political strategy built on white victimhood, and his currentĀ hostility to South Africa reflects that - along with his staged attempt to humiliat...
https://actsa.org/trumps-manufactured-white-genocide-serves-his-populism-peter-hain/
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Co-operative Party
8 months ago
Trust in national politics is broken. But pride in community is strong, and people want more say over what happens where they live. Our new report with
@hopenothate.org.uk
makes the case: If we want to change how people feel about politics, we have to start where hope still exists.
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The Guardian
9 months ago
āWe want to push for moreā: a Chelsea treble would not be enough for Catarina Macario
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āWe want to push for moreā: a Chelsea treble would not be enough for Catarina Macario
Winning Sundayās FA Cup final after an unbeaten WSL season would mean a domestic clean sweep but the US international really wants a Champions League
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/16/we-want-to-push-for-more-a-chelsea-treble-would-not-be-enough-for-catarina-macario?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1747379557
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
9 months ago
Debt crises are colonial legacies - ACTSA was glad to help coordinate this letter
@peterhain.bsky.social
āThis unsustainable debt has grossly affected social and economic development in the country" ~ Malawi High Commissioner Thomas Bisika who signed the letter
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African diplomats urge UK government to back bill to speed up debt restructurings
Countries are struggling to manage expensive loans, with much of debt transacted through London
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/african-diplomats-want-british-government-to-back-bill-to-speed-up-debt-restructurings
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Co-operative Party
10 months ago
Voting is now open for the Co-op Group AGM. It's as easy as opening the Co-op app. Weāre asking Co-op Group members to vote Yes on Motion 8 to continue their historic partnership with the Co-operative Party.
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Anti-Apartheid Legacy Centre
10 months ago
Our trustee
@peterhain.bsky.social
spent yesterday morning with yr12&13
#historians
at Esher 6th Form College, sharing his lived-experience of
#antiapartheid
activism and supporting their learning about
#history
of
#southafrica
, the legacies of colonialism & ongoing struggles. š„ resource to follow
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Philip Green failed to overturn my parliamentary privilege. Here's why that's bad for him and very good for you | Peter Hain
Absolute free speech is a right enshrined in the law, which is fundamental to British democracy. We must defend it, says former government minister Peter Hain
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/10/philip-green-parliamentary-privilege-britain-peter-hain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
10 months ago
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Sir Philip Green loses legal case against UK over use of parliamentary privilege
10 months ago
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Trump, tariffs, inequality and war: We have been warned
President Donald Trumpās tariffs and American nationalism have thrown the world upside down, his antics inviting Kris Kristoffersonās lyric: āA walking contradiction. Partly truth and partly fiction.ā
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2025-04-06-trump-tariffs-inequality-and-war-we-have-been-warned/?dm_source=dm_block_grid&dm_medium=card_link&dm_campaign=main
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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Special War Loan needed to protect national security not cut public services
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House of Lords
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11 months ago
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10 months ago
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Special War Loan needed to protect national security not cut public services
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House of Lords
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11 months ago
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Politics Wales - 16/03/2025
All the latest political news with Nick Servini. With guests Lord Peter Hain, Labour; Luke Young, Citizens Advice; and Derek Walker, Future Generations Commissioner.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00295db
11 months ago
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An opportunity not a punitive benefits system
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11 months ago
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An opportunity not a punitive benefits system
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George Eaton
11 months ago
Why Starmer wants a smarter state rather than just a bigger one (and why this isn't a "British DOGE").
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Why Starmer will champion a smarter state
Labour knows the centre left has the greatest interest in government working well.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2025/03/why-starmer-will-champion-a-smarter-state
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The Guardian
11 months ago
Trump supporter wrongly detained by Ice questions his support for president
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Trump supporter wrongly detained by Ice questions his support for president
Jensy Machado, a naturalized US citizen from Virginia, believes US immigration agency profiles Hispanic people * US politics live ā latest updates A Virginia man who was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents despite beingā¦
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/trump-supporter-ice-detained?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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CNN
11 months ago
More than 25% of men in the US experience rape, violence or stalking by an intimate partner, but itās hard for them to get help. Hereās why and what can be done.
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25% of US men experience abuse, but itās hard to get help | CNN
More than 25% of men in the US experience rape, violence or stalking by an intimate partner, but itās hard for them to get help. Hereās why and what can be done.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/10/health/domestic-violence-against-men-wellness/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2025-03-10T15%3A57%3A37
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Peter Stefanovic
11 months ago
Five of the billionaires who attended Donald Trump's inauguration have lost a combined $210 billion in wealth since then, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Oh dear
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Billionaires at Trumpās Swearing-In Have Since Lost $210 Billion
As Donald Trump took the oath of office on Jan. 20, he was flanked by some of the worldās wealthiest people. The billionaires present that day ā including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg ā h...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/billionaires-at-trump-s-swearing-in-have-since-lost-200-billion
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Guardian US
11 months ago
The Trump administration has taken an axe to US foreign aid, eliminating 83% of programs run by USAid in a sweeping six-week purge of development work that took decades to build up.
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Rubio says 83% of USAid programs terminated after six-week purge
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/marco-rubio-usaid-funding?CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1741637243-1
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Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee
11 months ago
The Chair of the Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee, Lord Carlile of Berriew, today wrote to The Rt Hon Nick ThomasāSymonds MP about the supply of veterinary medicines to Northern Ireland. Read the full letter here:
committees.parliament.uk/publications/46982/documents/242892/default/
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Factchecking Donald Trumpās claims about the war in Ukraine
As US-Russia talks continue in Saudi Arabia, we look at the US presidentās misleading and outright false statements
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/19/factchecking-donald-trump-claims-war-ukraine
11 months ago
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Love the label
@theguardian.com
sketch writer John Crace has attached to the hapless Leader of the Opposition: āKemiKaziā
@kemibadenochmp.bsky.social
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
12 months ago
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āDid they learn nothing?ā: Auschwitz survivor to return German honour over AfD vote role
Albrecht Weinberg āhorrifiedā that MPs relied on far-right party to pass anti-immigration motion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/30/albrecht-weinberg-auschwitz-survivor-return-german-honour-over-afd-vote-role?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
12 months ago
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Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
about 1 year ago
šøšæ Two years on from the murder of human rights defender and lawyer Thulani Maseko ā his killing must serve as a reminder to keep Swaziland's struggle for
#democracy
on our agenda
#Eswatini
Follow us to support civil society activism & sign the Southern Defenders petition:
actsa.org/two-years-on...
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The Guardian
about 1 year ago
āThe gesture speaks for itselfā: Germans respond to Muskās apparent Nazi salute
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āThe gesture speaks for itselfā: Germans respond to Muskās apparent Nazi salute
Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Muskās stated support for far-right * Did Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and whatās the difference? There were angry reactions across Europe to Elonā¦
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-divided-over-musks-apparent-nazi-salute?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Peter Stefanovic
about 1 year ago
Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats' āMeta says itās working urgently to fix a problem with Instagram which results in a "results hidden" message when users search for the terms "Democrat" or "Democrats" Seriously..
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats'
Meta says it is working quickly to resolve the problem, which has prompted accusations of bias on social media.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g32yxpdz0o
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Peter Stefanovic
about 1 year ago
Spanish Labour Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz has said she will withdraw from Elon Muskās social media platform X due in part to the billionaireās behaviour during President Donald Trumpās inauguration
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Spainās Deputy PM quits Muskās X after āgesturesā at Trump inauguration
She joins a list of politicians to announce they are leaving the platform
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-yolanda-diaz-twitter-b2683392.html
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This is my three-point plan for standing up to the far right and the billionaire bullies | Sadiq Khan
Putting pressure on social media companies to tackle hate and misinformation is a start, but thereās more that the centre left can do, writes Sadiq Khan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/18/sadiq-khan-far-right-billionaire-bullies?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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Yet more evidence of the utter disaster of Brexit
about 1 year ago
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My call for a ceasefire based upon justice
parliamentlive.tv/Download/Ind...
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Parliamentlive.tv - Download Available
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about 1 year ago
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Peter Hain urges South Africa to protest Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy
The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has called on Cricket South Africa to challenge the ban on womenās and girlās cricket in Afghanistan before next monthās Champions Trophy
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/08/peter-hain-urges-south-africa-to-boycott-afghanistan-game-at-champions-trophy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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Act now or UK parliament could be next Notre Dame inferno, MPs and peers told
Former Commons leader decries āanother kick of the canā, with restoration plan not to be published until late 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/dec/31/uk-parliament-could-be-next-notre-dame-inferno-unless-restoration-is-expedited?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
about 1 year ago
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fascinating with
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@elunedmorgan.bsky.social
@welshlabour.bsky.social
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The future of Wales (Eluned Morgan)
Podcast Episode Ā· Leading Ā· 30/12/2024 Ā· 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/leading/id1665265193?i=1000681149454
about 1 year ago
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Peter Stefanovic
about 1 year ago
Imagine his shock when someone tells him Labourās record -breaking International Investment Summit just secured Ā£63 billion and nearly 38,000 jobs for the UK
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Robert Reich
about 1 year ago
Donald Trump isnāt the cause of what ails America. Heās the consequence. The real causes go back four decades. Watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0p...
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The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0pRIBRcDk
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