Nick Dearden
@nickdearden.bsky.social
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Director of Global Justice Now. Author of Pharmanomics. Opinions my own.
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In December the government gave in to Trump. Their Pharma deal will cost the NHS billions of pounds - and patient lives. Today weâre joining @JustTreatment to launch legal action. Support us here đ
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-nh...
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Crazy. Singer is the original vulture. He bought Argentinian debt for peanuts just so he could hound the country into default, even seizing a naval vessel as part of the blackmail đ
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He offers nothing but pain while he sucks countries dry.
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âThose promoting the rush for hyperscale AI datacentres seem to be living in a parallel reality where the last 50 years of climate science hasnât happened, and where we arenât already experiencing the signs of climate breakdown.â
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity
Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/18/uk-datacentres-plan-to-burn-gas-to-generate-electricity
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Just Treatment
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Weâre suing the government to protect the NHS! We are challenging the governmentâs unlawful power grab over NHS drug price controls â and we need your help to take them to court.
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-nh...
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Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Campaigners threaten legal action over UK-US deal on prices NHS pays for drugs
Two campaign groups claim that change to how NHS treatments are approved amounts to âunlawful power grabâ
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/18/campaigners-threaten-legal-action-over-uk-us-deal-on-prices-nhs-pays-for-drugs
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In its desire to stop MPs having any say over the Pharma deal with Trump, we think the government has exceeded its legal authority. Weâre challenging them. Some nice press coverage today đ
www.politico.eu/article/lega...
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Campaigners threaten legal action over Britainâs NHS deal with Donald Trump
Just Treatment and Global Justice Now accuse ministers of breaching parliamentary protocol as they rewrite NHS drug-pricing rules.
https://www.politico.eu/article/legal-action-nhs-drug-pricing-deal-donald-trump/
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In December the government gave in to Trump. Their Pharma deal will cost the NHS billions of pounds - and patient lives. Today weâre joining @JustTreatment to launch legal action. Support us here đ
www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-nh...
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Comparing a genuine hate march with a protest against genocide and war crimes is obscene. Yet the PM, the police and the media are all at it today. They will be remembered for their complicity in the crime of the century. Undeterred, we will resist them.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/star...
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Starmer warns Britain 'in a battle for its soul' as police gear up for day of controversial marches on London's streets | LBC
Prosecutors have been told to consider whether placards displaying certain phrases amount to stirring up hatred at the marches on Saturday
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/starmer-warns-controversial-marches-london-5HjdZFs_2/
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And he approved a deal with Trump only 5 months ago which is going to lead to the NHS spending ÂŁ9bn a year more on Big Pharmaâs overinflated drugs.
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Dale Vince
7 days ago
This is culture washing a nation committing crimes against humanity - its leader is wanted as a war criminalâŚ..FFS. Meanwhile Israelâs representative in this show is found to be breaking the rules by lobbying for votes.
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Dale Vince
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Itâs incredible to me that we allow a nation committing Genocide, whose leaders talk openly of Ethnic Cleansing, whose army routinely targets and murders children, aid workers and journalists - are allowed to take part in something like Eurovision.
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/isra...
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Israel booed at Eurovision semi-final as singer given strict formal warning
Israeli singer Noam Bettan, 28, was told off by Eurovision bosses over his interaction with fans
https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/israel-eurovision-semifinal-genocide-warning-b1282105.html
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Jeremy Corbyn
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Palantir has been granted âunlimited accessâ to NHS patient data. This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide. We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.
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Big Pharma, backed by Western governments, continues to imperil a pandemic treaty because Pharma profits matter more than millions of lives. Weâve seen that play out once. Never again. Big Pharma is not your friend.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the WHO pandemic treaty: the westâs fantasy negotiations have put the world at risk | Editorial
Editorial: After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-who-pandemic-treaty-the-wests-fantasy-negotiations-have-put-the-world-at-risk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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A government of the elite, by the elite, for the elite.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trump heads to China to spread the gospel of American tech while emulating Xi Jinping on AI
Tim Cook and Elon Musk, among other tech CEOS, will accompany the US president on a trip to China
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/12/trump-china-ai-big-tech-xi-jinping
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Palantir and other consultants granted unlimited access to some of our identifiable medical data. Madness. End these toxic contracts.
www.ft.com/content/8ce1...
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NHS to grant Palantir contractors âunlimited accessâ to patient data
Staff from consultancy firms drafted in to work on Federated Data Platform project set to benefit
https://www.ft.com/content/8ce1b9be-1d51-466b-90de-54bff1a504ca?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Just three UK data centres will account for more than 1% of the UKâs carbon budget by 2033. Itâs like building several international airports. No wonder theyâre lying about it. Weâve got to stop this madness.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres
Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystokeâs Lincolnshire plans show similar error
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/09/google-developers-significantly-misstate-carbon-emissions-of-proposed-uk-datacentres
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âThe Cabinet collectively endorsed and enacted this self-destructive strategy, and many Labour MPs supported it. Changing the leader, while necessary, will not be enough unless there is also a fundamental change in directionâ Too right
@jontrickett.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/the-...
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The Collapse of Starmerism
Todayâs local election results make Keir Starmerâs position untenable. But removing the prime minister is not enough. The political project he leads must fall with him, writes Tribune chair Jon Tricke...
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/the-collapse-of-starmerism
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Netanyahuâs name must be mud in the White House. Heâs fractured Trumpâs coalition so profoundly. When Tucker Carlson starts to sound like a member of the Palestine solidarity movement, something big has shifted.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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âThey have screwed each other pretty badlyâ: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance
Israeli PM says he has âfull coordinationâ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/09/tensions-emerge-bejamin-netanyahu-donald-trump-alliance
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People saying âwhatâs Hackney Council going to change in the Middle East?â donât understand politics. If these elections mean a different Labour leadership, itâs entirely possible they could change Britainâs position on Palestine. Itâs a very reasonable theory of change.
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Rob Ford
12 days ago
If Labour react to this pattern by saying "we need to win back votes from Reform" they risk making a major misdiagnosis, one which could make their current troubles even worse.
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What matters today is not whether the Greens win 4 or 5 councils. Itâs whether Labourâs stranglehold on the progressive vote is broken. If Labour can no longer take left wing votes for granted, that changes everything.
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âThe price the NHS pays for medicines will never be on the table for any trade agreementâ A government pledge made 3 months before they signed a trade agreement to change the price the NHS pays for medicines.
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âNever entrust your country to people who keep insisting theyâre grown up.â Just brilliant
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As Labour heads for a wipeout, a lesson: never fall for the 'adults in the roomâ line again | Aditya Chakrabortty
Presenting himself as a serious, sensible âgrownupâ was essential to Starmerâs rise to power. His premiership has revealed how hollow that message is, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/06/labour-wipeout-adults-in-the-room-con-job-keir-starmer-elections
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A terrifying insight into apartheid Israel. An Israeli general is shocked that Palestinians resist so little, while an Israeli paper says the army works hand in hand with settlers âcarrying out daily pogroms.â Yet British complicity continues.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli army chief says West Bank troops âkilling like we havenât killed since 1967â
Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/israeli-army-chief-unequal-enforcement-palestinians-west-bank
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Global Justice Now Scotland
14 days ago
SCOTLAND RESISTS BIG TECH POWER âđ˝ Come along to our free summer activism conference! đ13 June, Edinburgh Including:
@nickdearden.bsky.social
Dr Samer Abdelnour
@thecommongreen.scot
@rachaelrevesz.bsky.social
Book your tickets now đđź
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/scotla...
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Pleased to host the latest CounterPower on Syria and the New World War with the brilliant Elif Sarican and Mazen Gharibah
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxg...
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Syria and the New World War
YouTube video by COUNTERPOWER
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxgXEyEx5U
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Israeli army chief says West Bank troops âkilling like we havenât killed since 1967â
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Israeli army chief says West Bank troops âkilling like we havenât killed since 1967â
Leaked remarks by Maj Gen Avi Bluth describe fatal shootings of stone-throwers and different treatment for Jewish settlers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/israeli-army-chief-unequal-enforcement-palestinians-west-bank
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Jeremy Corbyn
15 days ago
I have referred Sky News and GMB to Ofcom over disgraceful and baseless smears that have been made about me. There is nothing antisemitic about supporting the people of Palestine. I will continue to speak out against racism, apartheid and genocide.
novaramedia.com/2026/05/05/j...
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Jeremy Corbyn Reports GMB and Sky to Regulator Over Antisemitism âSmearsâ
The former Labour leader was the subject of âdisgracefulâ claims suggesting that he is responsible for antisemitism in Britain by presenter Cathy Newman and former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries. Har...
https://novaramedia.com/2026/05/05/jeremy-corbyn-reports-gmb-and-sky-to-regulator-over-antisemitism-smears/
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Youâre in a proud tradition Zack. They portrayed Tony Benn as a fascist and a communist, but mostly just stark raving mad. For years, daily hatred spewed from our media, that put his life at risk. You have dared to offer Britain social democracy. And the elite hate it.
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âCritical minerals are quickly becoming the oil of the 21st centuryâ Less a just transition, more an old fashioned resource grab.
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Critical minerals are âoil of 21st centuryâ as demand fuels poverty and pollution in poorer countries
Rush for lithium, cobalt and nickel is ravaging livelihoods, water and health of worldâs most vulnerable, UN study says
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/29/critical-minerals-are-oil-of-21st-century-as-demand-fuels-poverty-and-pollution-in-poorer-countries
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The Tech Barons have a direct line to Keir Starmer it seems, and this piece shows how they are able to influence key regulations, including who runs (and how) the competition regulator.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses
Exclusive: Varun Chandraâs talks with Google, Meta, Apple and others raise fears of âlobbying behind closed doorsâ
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/03/starmer-adviser-varun-chandra-undisclosed-meetings-us-tech-bosses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Israel has killed 2,500 people in Lebanon in the last 2 months, including 177 children. Then thereâs Palestine and Iran. We will not let any British political leader tell us we canât oppose this murderous regime. We will defy you.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...
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US-Israel attacks on Iran: Death toll and injuries live tracker
Preliminary figures are 3,375 people dead in Iran, 2,509 dead in Lebanon, and 28 killed in Gulf states.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/1/us-israel-attacks-on-iran-death-toll-and-injuries-live-tracker
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Israel continues murdering dozens of people every day, part of an ongoing genocide, while the British media is discussing whether weâre allowed to oppose this horror. In the future, everyone will ask âhow could it happenâ
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
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Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill 41 people in 24-hours
Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 increases to 2,659, 8,183 injured.
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/5/2/israeli-air-strikes-kill-10-people-in-southern-lebanon
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'Demanding Israel stops its genocidal rampage on Palestine is clearly not antisemitic, and by trying to draw the comparison, Starmer is belittling antisemitism' Iâm quoted in
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Pro-Palestine coalition condemns Starmer for suggesting ban on marches
UK prime minister accused of 'belittling antisemitism' as Palestine Solidarity Campaign says Nakba Day march will go ahead
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pro-palestine-coalition-condemns-starmer-suggesting-ban-marches
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Theyâve just signed a deal, under pressure from Donald Trump, which will see us hand billions of pounds more of NHS money every year to Big Pharma. Thereâs no more money on the table, so that will mean cuts elsewhere and thousands of lives lost. They have betrayed the NHS.
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Polanskiâs Greens offer hope in the face of Reform. But Britainâs âliberalâ establishment is going all out to destroy him. Silent in the face of genocide, complicit in rising repression and racism, they are determined to send us to hell. Donât let them.
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Wonder if this is connected to the ISDS case said oligarchs have launched? After all Cox loves ISDS, even when cases are being brought against the British government.
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Global Justice Now
20 days ago
đ˘ Global Justice Youth Summer School đ˘ đ 16 â 18 June 2026 đ London Under 30? Our Youth Summer School is free and a chance for you to build your skills in activism and campaigning for global justice. Travel subsidies and accommodation available!
www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/summer...
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Insane. Both Spain and the Netherlands have left the energy charter treaty. But ISDS is literally a law unto itself. We need to abolish the whole system along with all sunset clauses. And why the British govt is signing new ones đ¤Ż
www.iareporter.com/articles/dut...
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Global Justice Now
22 days ago
The collective of NGOs gives a clear, united message to the governments meeting at the Santa Marta conference. We need an urgent exit from ISDS and real, meaningful action to address the climate emergency!
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Balanced Economy Project
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We were delighted to coâorganise Resisting
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Empires with
@globaljusticenow.bsky.social
. A powerful day with activists, researchers and organisers pushing for a fairer digital economy. Grateful to help build the coalitions needed for real structural change.
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A ban on the import of forced labour might well have merit. But under such a ban, we should be prohibiting many US goods. The extent of forced labour practices via prison labour in the US is off the charts. Â
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Second US trade probe targets EU, Canada and UK over forced labour
The US said it would examine whether countries are effectively blocking goods made with
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrzvdqze5xo
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Doesnât sound like America is particularly divided. Sounds like, aside from a few billionaires, they donât want data centres and they donât want AI. And theyâre resisting.
www.ft.com/content/ba4e...
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The great American data centre divide
Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure, putting them at odds with the White House
https://www.ft.com/content/ba4e8e02-11e9-437c-b6a9-89778647a6cc?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Global Justice Now
23 days ago
"We need a medicine system that caters to human need rather than corporate greed: one thatâs controlled by the people of Britain, not by Big Pharma or the White House." Our director
@nickdearden.bsky.social
's latest for
@tribunemagazine.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/big-...
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Big Pharma Is Blackmailing the NHS
American drug companies are pulling investment from Britain in a bid to drive up NHS prices â showing why medicine is too important to be left to the corporate profiteers.
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/big-pharma-is-blackmailing-the-nhs
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Big Pharma Is Blackmailing the NHS Â The government has capitulated to Big Pharmaâs Trump-backed capital strike. The NHS will bear the costs. Â Â Me in
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tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/big-...
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Big Pharma Is Blackmailing the NHS
American drug companies are pulling investment from Britain in a bid to drive up NHS prices â showing why medicine is too important to be left to the corporate profiteers.
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2026/04/big-pharma-is-blackmailing-the-nhs
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Never let the most horrific war crimes get in the way of a good trade and security relationship.
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My colleague
@cleodierickard.bsky.social
is at the Fossil Fuel Treaty conference in Colombia, where weâre organising to phase out the toxic corporate court system which is a major impediment to climate action.
#EndISDS
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âThe changes the government are making to Nice as a result of the US pharmaceutical deal undermine the independence of Nice giving US big pharma the potential of immense influence over our drugs policiesâ Stop Trumpâs Pharma deal.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Dozens of MPs oppose Streetingâs new power to say what NHS pays for drugs
Health secretaryâs âpower grabâ to override Nice comes amid growing concern move may be illegal and benefit big pharma
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/26/mps-oppose-wes-streeting-power-to-say-what-nhs-pays-for-drugs-nice
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The brilliant
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and Nafeez Ahmed at a âstanding room onlyâ session on Technofascism at Big Tech Empires
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Now
@meadwaj.bsky.social
@nsrnicek.bsky.social
and Anita Gurumurthy of
@itforchange.bsky.social
on AI and the Politics of Power at Big Tech Empires
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Global Justice Now
25 days ago
AI isn't just a technology. It's a tool for concentrating power, and most of us never got a vote on that. With
@meadwaj.bsky.social
,
@nsrnicek.bsky.social
and Anita Gurumurthy (
@itforchange.bsky.social
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#ResistingBigTech
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