El niño strength is likely to be very high www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

Chance of El Niño this summer 98% www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

'We are called upon...to decide the question propounded in the Sermon on the Mount, as to whether we will worship God or Mammon. The present day is a Mammon-worshipping age. Socialism proposes to dethrone the brute-god Mammon & to lift humanity into its place' (Keir Hardie, 23 April 1901).

Fascinating lecture by Kurt Bangert here @iarf.bsky.social - youtube.com/watch?v=BOAd... Kurt’s book ‘Muhammad and the Origin of Islam’ (2026) is available at link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Please consider signing this, from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...

Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy. For info see bylinetimes.com/2026/05/14/1...) Petition below:- petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

❗️Support the campaign for Proportional Representation. 60% of the public agree: our voting system needs to change. Now we need to make Westminster listen. If you can, please support our crowdfunder and help build the movement to fix our broken democracy👇 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2026-wake-up...

Today is Nakba Day. You cannot understand what lies at the heart of conflict in the Middle East unless you understand what happened to 85% of Palestinians in 1948. Here Eugene Rogan explains how hundred of thousands ended up as homeless refugees in Gaza

I stand in solidarity with Palestinians who are commemorating the Nakba today. The Israeli Government’s continuing genocide in Gaza is an extension of the Nakba, despite Palestinians having every right to self-determination and to live in peace. #auspol #politas

The bond market is being treated by the media as if it has a veto over any Labour move to the left. The media are, then, complicit in the whole conspiracy to make sure democracy cannot deliver what people want and need so that the wealthy might gain. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ben Habib to Paul Thorpe on donations to Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson from foreign based billionaire Christopher Harborne, "£14,000,000 to the Brexit party" "£5,000,000 payment that Farage took in 2024" "£1,000,000 to Boris Johnson" "£1,000,000 to Nigel Farage"

The Jewish Socialism of The General Jewish Labour Bund compared with Zionism! A fascinating sermon on differing responses to the workers' plight by Rabbi Adam Chalom of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation. #IISHJ youtube.com/watch?v=TzJ2...

Defending UK Democracy 99-percent.org/defending-uk...

Hari Chandra Kamali (Far Western University) on why we need more scholars of religion: "Interspirituality studies in higher education allows for the synthesis of ancient scriptures across religions and cultures, guiding us toward a more humane and ecological world." #TalkAboutHumanities

Progressive Judaism, Zionism and the State of Israel progressivejudaism.org.uk/our-first-bo...

What a lovely interview with @emmyvandeurzen.bsky.social - which promotes her new book! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Online or in person from tomorrow. Tickets needed. cahss.ed.ac.uk/20252026-pro...

How Ossetian Uatsdin became ‘the most successful’ pagan faith in the world oc-media.org/how-ossetian...

#InternationalWorkersDay - India (from 2023) youtu.be/1Ljt5XFdQvc

Humanists UK have been pioneering positive social change for 130 years! From fighting for women's suffrage and decriminalising homosexuality, to abolishing blasphemy laws, and winning equal marriage – learn more on the 130th anniversary of #HumanistsUK. humanists.uk/2026/04/30/h...

Walter Crane‘s socialist artwork, 100 years ago… To celebrate hope again #InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay

Another Walter Crane classic for #MayDay 1894. Though according to the male and female figures in the image, the socialisation in the banner’s “Socialization, Humanity, Solidarity” seems to mean socialisation into gender ideals, rather than socialism!

How did internationalism become a matter of neoliberal trade exploitation and war alliances rather than worker solidarity? Nationalism (in immigration policy, trade protectionism, etc.), isn’t the solution to this neoliberal internationalism, a humanitarian cooperative solidarity is. #MayDay

The 2026 Swarthmore Lecture ‘Tangled Roots: Navigating the Complex Legacy of Early Quakers by Stuart Masters’ - Saturday 2 May, on YouTube. mailchi.mp/woodbrooke/w...

130 years ago: "May Day is above all days of the year fitting for the protest of the disinherited against the system of robbery that shuts the door betwixt them and a decent life" William Morris - @socialistworker.bsky.social www.marxists.org/history/etol...

Inequality kills. People in the wealthiest UK areas have 20 more years of good health than those in the poorest. Healthy life expectancy for Richmond upon Thames man 69.3 yrs, woman 70.3 yrs. Man in Blackpool 50.9 years; woman in Hartlepool 51.2 years. Deaths rising among 25- to 49-year-olds.

Passionate about religious freedom, interfaith respect & liberal religion? Join the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) — uniting voices from all faiths (and none) since 1900. Join here: iarf.net/membership-i... #IARF #Interfaith #Faith #Dialogue #LiberalReligiosity

How cool is this!? youtu.be/aaua5ghidk0

Review: purchase the book from 27 April 2026. secularbuddhistnetwork.org/a-review-of-...

! www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

The actual Jesus, the historical Jesus, preached something closer to a revolution than a religion. Paul, however, preached a religion about Jesus—specifically, about the cosmic significance of Jesus’s death and resurrection, … open.substack.com/pub/jesusmov...

‘The traditional translation of kurios as “lord” and doulos as “servant” hide both the ancient world’s and the New Testament’s enmeshment in slavery … a reason conservative Christians and Evangelicals overwhelming support patriarchal and authoritarian leaders.’ open.substack.com/pub/jesussem...

‘…if we miss the story of the desert, we create an alienation between the world and ourselves, ultimately causing a division within ourselves.’ sarx.org.uk/articles/the...

Thames Water wants to set its own rules. The Board of Ofwat is split over whether to let them. Tip the scales in favour of people and planet: email the Board now, and urge them to reject Thames Water's creditors @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/stop-thames-water%0A

'Church in Wales Governing Body votes to make permanent provision for same-sex blessings'. www.churchinwales.org.uk/cy/news-and-... 'Corff Llywodraethol yr Eglwys yng Nghymru yn pleidleisio i wneud darpariaeth barhaol ar gyfer bendithion o'r un rhyw'. www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Want to end fox hunting? Take 15 seconds to do so: protectthewild.org.uk/trail-huntin...

No more US military aid to Israel | Bernie Sanders www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Military aged men? US brings back mandatory military draft registration www.thecanary.co/global/world...

I think the new #Zacktivist merchandise is a grave mistake, in focusing on identification with a leader (even if an admirable one in @zackpolanski.bsky.social) rather than on principles and on building a grassroots membership movement of the @greenparty.org.uk greenparty-shop.co.uk/product/zack...

It's well past time to do away with Council Tax, a deeply regressive and unfair tax whereby the poorest households end up paying a much larger proportion of their income than the wealthiest do.

Illiberalism is not Inevitable www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Orbán’s vision of Hungary as a Christian nation has always been an illusion. www.truthdig.com/articles/the...

Nick Ross’ letter in the Guardian - The religious right and the perversion of faith. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Has Trump surrendered? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04... Trump threatened genocide yesterday, before backing down last night in a humiliating indication of perhaps the biggest US military defeat in its history if this peace deal does last and is confirmed.