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Today,
#CO2
levels measured 425.65 ppm I was born @ 321.59 ppm. (In Jan, Iāll be 60.) In my life it has increased over 100 ppm - though the 60 years before I lived it had increased only 23.27ppm What about you?
www.nature.org/en-us/get-in...
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Whatās Your Birth Carbon?
How much have carbon dioxide levels increased during your lifetime? Start by seeing what levels were like during the year you were born, and learn what we can do to solve climate change.
https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon-footprint-calculator/carbon-by-birth-year/
5 months ago
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The Science Museum in London has an exhibition about the damage climate change is causing to a vital ecosystem in Latin America ā all while taking sponsorship money from oil giants BP and Adani! I've sent a message. Can you pressure them on social media too?
to.350.org/z0OLi
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Stand with Indigenous leaders and share their message!
From the Amazon to the Pacific, Indigenous and traditional Peoples are calling for courage, justice, and real action to phase out fossil fuels at next month's COP30.
https://to.350.org/z0OLi
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We Own It
2 days ago
Our new polling shows that 7 in 10 Brits want the government to use all savings from ending rail privatisation to cut fares or open new rail services. If the government is serious about wanting to "step really confidently towards a new future for the railways", they should: 1/2
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Great British Railways should use savings to cut fares and open new services, majority say in poll
Great British Railways should use savings to cut fares and open new services, majority say in poll.
https://weownit.org.uk/news/gbr-should-use-savings-to-cut-fares-and-open-new-services-majority-say-in-poll/
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Brilliant blog here, supportive of
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Green Socialism - Can the Greens deliver?
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02...
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Can the Greens deliver?
Mass membership growth means something real is happening in the Green Party in England and Wales. People - who I call the watermelons, as they're red inside and green outside - are choosing commitment...
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/02/08/can-the-greens-deliver/
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Cat Hobbs
7 days ago
11 MPs signed up against 14 years of illegal sewageš 1 since I recorded this video š 116 MPs to go š§ Please help by asking them to prove they're not "spineless public servants"
weownit.org.uk/news/is-your...
#117MPsewagechallenge
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The real enemy of clean rivers isn't Thames Water
YouTube video by We Own It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFwpRyP1JNM
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Richard Murphy
6 days ago
Keir Starmer is finished, but is he the only one with a bleak future?
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Keir Starmer is finished, but is he the only one with a bleak future?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
https://youtu.be/gtz57b_9XCc?si=JN2KLBZf7TSzNfFm
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An interesting lecture by anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse, from the Humanist convention 2025, but posted to YouTube only recently,
youtu.be/aw3WRGiJ6xQ?...
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Evolution, history, and the future of religion | Harvey Whitehouse | Humanists UK Convention 2025
YouTube video by Humanists UK
https://youtu.be/aw3WRGiJ6xQ?si=7AVm7Hj0Q7eoWOUp
6 days ago
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From UN news on AI - on the need for public interest technology
news.un.org/en/story/202...
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'Lies Spread Faster Than Facts'āMaria Ressa at the UN #UNGA80 | United Nations
YouTube video by United Nations
https://youtu.be/Yeh3o4aRHCs?si=foW53Nsgooxc9RuF
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Jeffrey Sachs Blasts US Power Grab Over Venezuela, Maduro Capture at Historic UN Meeting | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rTCnOD_szRw&si=wEEllPqvQChzLiFY
about 1 month ago
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Tim Howles
about 1 month ago
Reminder: applications open for a funded doctoral position (2026-2929) with me at Campion Hall, University of Oxford. For those working in the field of ECOTHEOLOGY via systematic, political or applied theology approaches. See here:
lsri.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/applica...
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Richard Sedgley
about 2 months ago
Christianity Was Always for the Poor | David Bentley Hart From the Sermon on the Mount through the Apostolic Age, the first Christians preached against wealth.
jacobin.com/2024/03/chri...
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Christianity Was Always for the Poor
From the Sermon on the Mount through the Apostolic Age, the first Christians preached against wealth.
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/christianity-poor-debt-jesus-moses-wealth?fbclid=IwdGRjcAO7KxljbGNrA7sq12V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHhDknCy9PJyzTXtYYV3S5ASzqJ4GCKoNYWVuR-kwVUL9EQDIWzonZGiL5BmN_aem_tlWnWp15ULPKGyOrBCVaPQ
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Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxwllqz1l0o
about 2 months ago
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Excellent cartoon by Ella Baron
@ellabaron.bsky.social
on Donald Trump following Putinās lead this Christmas āš ...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Ella Baron on Donald Trump following Putinās lead this Christmas ā cartoon
The US president is increasingly taking the Kremlin line when it comes to the war in Ukraine and Europe in general
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/dec/14/ella-baron-donald-trump-vladimir-putin-cartoon
about 2 months ago
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James Ball
2 months ago
Absolutely amazing chart from
@peterkellner.bsky.social
's piece in
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
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IngerAndersen.bsky.social
2 months ago
The new Global Environment Outlook lays out a simple choice for humanity: we can continue down our current path with rising climate impacts, nature loss, degraded land and polluted air - or change direction & secure a healthy planet, people and economies. More on
#GEO7
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www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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A Joint Christian-Muslim Communique on Money and Cryptocurrency in the Contemporary World
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Faith Leaders Reflect on Money, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Financial Technologies, and Economic Justice at Global Consultation in Kuala Lumpur - WCRC
In the face of widening inequality and a rapidly evolving economic landscape, faith leaders, theologians, and economists from around the world convened in Kuala Lumpur from October 2-4, 2024, for a gr...
https://wcrc.eu/faith-leaders-reflect-on-money-cryptocurrency-emerging-financial-technologies-and-economic-justice-at-global-consultation-in-kuala-lumpur/
3 months ago
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Hereās the climate leadership at COP30 š
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3 months ago
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Theos
3 months ago
šØ NEW REPORT šØ We live in divided times. Religion is often seen as the problem. But we see it differently. RE properly understood - as lifelong learning that goes beyond the school classroom - could help us heal our fractured society. Follow along to find out more š§µ
bit.ly/4pbCPSv
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Beyond the Classroom: Informal Religion and Worldviews Education in the UK
Hannah Richās report exploring the places and spaces where people of all ages learn about other faiths outside of the classroom. 13/11/2025
https://bit.ly/4pbCPSv
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Well done
@goodlawproject.org
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3 months ago
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Very grateful for the questions on low flying military aircraft noise by Steff Aquarone on Monday 3 November 2025! Grateful for this from my MP - it is such a loud and aggressive noise.
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
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Low-flying Military Aircraft - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Low-flying Military Aircraft' on Monday 3 November 2025.
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025-11-03/debates/991F6FF6-E96F-49CD-9669-F6AA94D57EE6/details
3 months ago
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24,000+ of us are saying NO to the Governmentās tax breaks for oil & gas giants šø We need thousands more to make them listen. Join me by adding your name today:
38d.gs/djdv
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End tax breaks on oil and gas
Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.
https://38d.gs/djdv
3 months ago
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This will mean a great need for teachers able to teach RE and worldviews.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7...
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3 months ago
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Green party surging as Polanskiās social media strategy w...
Green Party membership has more than doubled, driven in part by its platform messaging on apps like TikTok
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/green-party-surging-as-polanskis-social-media-strategy-woos-the-young
3 months ago
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While the world watches the circus, the country is falling apart
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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While the world watches the circus, the country is falling apart
I have suffered from a very strong feeling of late, which is that it is becoming very hard to escape the theatre of political distraction right now. The lights are bright, the noise is relentless, and...
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11/01/while-the-world-watches-the-circus-the-country-is-falling-apart/
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JB
4 months ago
#Booksky
#Books
#Nonfiction
#Religion
#Evangelicals
#USPolitics
#Christianity
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social
Wow. Great read. Highly recommend.
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Hedy Lamarr
3 months ago
Here's a good book for you, Jake Watch "John Fugelsang - āSeparation of Church and Hateā | The Daily Show" on YouTube
youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?...
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John Fugelsang - āSeparation of Church and Hateā | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
https://youtu.be/tj3OcfMS4AU?si=Qd0v6hoKSnYNzkup
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Gillian Mackay MSP
4 months ago
Rosebank can't go forward. The development would be outrageous climate vandalism. It would do nothing to lower the amount that households are forking out to heat their homes.
@stopcambo.bsky.social
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This shows that
@labourlewis.bsky.social
has more in common with Greensās vision than Labour!
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4 months ago
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Responses from customers invited!
consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector...
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Consultation on strengthening penalties for water company offences - Defra - Citizen Space
This site contains consultations that are run by Defra.
https://consult.defra.gov.uk/water-sector-civil-penalties/strengthening-penalty-powers/
4 months ago
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King to attend first official LGBT event after veterans' campaign
A memorial is unveiled dedicated to gay military personnel and to those who served during the armed forces gay ban.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7m8kzgy77o?ua_linkname=bbcnews_kingtoattendfirstofficiallgbteventveteranscampaign_newsuk&at_campaign=crm&at_objective=conversion&at_medium=emails&at_ptr_name=airship&at_campaign_type=owned&at_ptr_type=media&at_creation=NEWS_NLB_WK43_MON_27_OCT
4 months ago
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EuropeanPowell
4 months ago
My petition should be soaring past the 10,000 mark. Please help me share it as widely as possible. What's at stake is an abnormal proliferation of tax havens and feudal enclaves
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts
To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/729478
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Christian Climate Action
4 months ago
Ecoliberation Theology Seminar Thursday 6th November 7pm-8:30pm Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi..
. Can looking with an ecoliberationist lens give us practical and ethical insights to guide our action? Explore how liberation theology can help us navigate the climate crisis.
#climatejustice
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Ben Wood /|\āļøš¶ļøšā®ļø
4 months ago
I was recently interviewed by Prospect about theological diversity among British Quakers. You can read the full article here.
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Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
https://share.google/tvV9VQdt4V9NK17Gh
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A symbol of the american constitution (which should not be taken to read that the president is above the law and can destroy as he wants?) If this had been done on 9/11 it would have been an act of terrorism undermining democracy ! -
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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East Wing of White House reduced to rubble as part of Trumpās ballroom construction
Despite presidentās promise to preserve it, the eastern section of the building is now completely destroyed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/24/white-house-demolition-east-wing-trump-ballroom
4 months ago
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Late in coming across this, but itās worthy food for thought! āThe dominant culture at the beginning of this millennium would have us abandon the poor to their fate and consider them unworthy of attention, much less our respect.ā A challenge to contemporary politics!
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te of the Holy Father Leo XIV on Love for the Poor (4 October 2025)
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION Ā DILEXI TE Ā OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV Ā TO ALL CHRISTIANS Ā ON LOVE FOR THE POOR [ Multimedia ] _____________________
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20251004-dilexi-te.html
4 months ago
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#FoodSecurity
is the intersection of social justice -
#Foodpoverty
#FoodInequality
; public health - Diet-related
#HealthInequality
; climate change -
#sustainability
; national security; seasonal
#MigrantLabour
& European
#Post-Brexit
relations. Thanks for raising it
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Josh Appignanesi gives an account of a business-led dystopian
#COP29
, in the techno-utopian Dubai last year. Yet heās surprisingly hopeful: - āIf we didnāt have COP, what instead?ā - āInternational meetings are a good thing as the post-war settlement unravels.ā Shellyās
poets.org/poem/ozymand...
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4 months ago
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@ardenthistorian.bsky.social
writes here on the posthumous distortion of Kirkās political project, and his emerging hagiography.
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4 months ago
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A recent 20 minute discussion starter for the
@seaoffaithnetwork.bsky.social
- Exploring Human Flourishing as Secular Spirituality - linking to spirituality as understood by the late Don Cupitt.
sofn.uk/event/explor...
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SOF In Conversation September 2025
YouTube video by Sea of Faith Network
https://youtu.be/Hkhf_94ol5k?si=DwvGPd6A-Q2_-rgj
4 months ago
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David Rothkopf notes that Erika Kirk and Vice President Vanceās āmessage was unmistakable: The future of MAGA is Christian nationalism.ā A worrying future of Christofascism, I think!
www.thedailybeast.com/the-maga-mov...
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The MAGA Movement Is Ready to Dump Donald Trump. Hereās His Replacement
The future of MAGA is Christian nationalism. And that calls for a heavenly figure at the helm.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-maga-movement-is-gearing-up-to-dump-donald-trump-heres-his-replacement/
4 months ago
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A very worrying indicator of the rise of Christofascism is the UK!
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Tax Justice UK
4 months ago
Is this the answer to HMRC's billionaire blindspot šš¤? š§µ 1/5 A new report in the FT shows that HMRC clever 'big data' tech tools enabled HMRC to recoup Ā£4.6billion in unpaid taxes last year. That's more than the entire budget for NHS dentistry!
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Oxfam EU
4 months ago
š¢ EU Billionairesā wealth surges by over ā¬400bn in first half of 2025. Thatās over ā¬2bn a day. šhttps://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
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Neat summary of
#MMT
by
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social
with a valuable and helpful assessment of possible reaction by bond markets. I wish discussion of wealth tax by
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
informed the narrative on MMT and inequality and not taxes āfundingā social goods.
youtu.be/ufst9cxbyZA?...
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What if the UK admitted it uses MMT and turned that into its superpower?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
https://youtu.be/ufst9cxbyZA?si=p_3QtEBf9JG9LEd1
4 months ago
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George Monbiot
4 months ago
Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies? By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
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Climate Tracker
4 months ago
āHumanitarianā visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
#Climate
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āHumanitarianā visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/09/climate-crisis-humanitarian-visa-displaced-pacific-islanders
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www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Two years of hell: A timeline of key events in the Israel-Gaza war
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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-10-06/ty-article-static/.premium/two-years-of-hell-a-timeline-of-key-events-in-the-israel-gaza-war/00000199-2e28-df0a-a3bd-7f7c09e30000
4 months ago
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A 20-Point Peace Plan Without US-UK Colonialism by Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
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A 20-Point Peace Plan Without US-UK Colonialism | Common Dreams
A revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank. This is the moment for honesty, global resolve, and moral clarity.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/20-point-peace-plan-for-gaza
4 months ago
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Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. Iāve signed 38 Degreesā petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-nhs-dentistry-now?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast139049&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=8f5b9451-06f6-4c23-9207-01e4bd60e0cb
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This definition of fascism includes economic neoliberalism. By contrast, Richard Murphy says, āRespect for equality requires an economy of care and not one in which people are simply treated as means of production. āWe are not that. We are people of worthā¦ā
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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What is fascism?
Fascism is not just about Mussolini or Hitler. It is an ideology that divides humanity into āsuperiorā and āinferiorā groups ā with catastrophic consequences. In this video, I explain what fascism rea...
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10/04/what-is-fascism-3/
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@labourlewis.bsky.social
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