Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community

The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up. I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

Woke up this morning to find that the people of New York City have re-lit the torch of the Statue of Liberty, sending a signal out to the rest of America that Trump's bullying tactics that seek to divide and debase any notion of solidarity among diverse communities can be defeated #TurnUpTheVolume

The performance of Reform representatives in tv debates and the hosility shown them by audiences reveals Farage's party to be a one-trick-pony that can be defeated. open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...

In the United States a scientist is blinded By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell At the first hurdle @billybragg.bsky.social

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

I spoke to Mark Ellen and David Hepworth about my new book Billy Bragg: A People’s History www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oEx...

Exited to announce that Wilco and I will be getting together to perform songs from Mermaid Avenue live for one night only at Solid Sound Festival on June 26, 2026 in North Adams, MA. Call it special, call it historic, whatever you call it: it's one you won't want to miss. 🎟️ SolidSoundFestival.com

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

The MAGA leaders still haven't quite realized what kind of base they have created/emboldened/incited. Talk about Frankenstein and monsters.

20. A song that has many meanings to you Before I had kids I thought this was about selling out your ideals; now I know it's about learning to let love in to make your righteous rage surviveable. My god it's gorgeous. Thanks, @billybragg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCN5...

Shit posting - the closest thing the Trump regime has to an ideology

If history teaches us one thing Never trust a man who would be king Who seeks all power for himself To burnish his prestige and wealth And a nation born in revolution Should know this offers no solution For there can be no liberty Where one man rules with impunity www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfeY...

Imagine if KJP or Psaki had said this about the Republican base: not just that half of them were “deplorables” but that the GOP’s “main constituency is made up of domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and violent criminals”? The media, not just Fox, would be in meltdown. GOP would be screaming!

The fact that top Republicans are already fearmongering about, lying about, the No Kings rallies this Saturday, across the US, tells you how worried they are about public pressure and protest against their reactionary, autocratic, anti-American agenda.

"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org

This afternoon, tune into @iainkey.bsky.social 'In Conversation' with @billybragg.bsky.social exclusively on Louder Than War Radio and Mixcloud from 1pm

@dropkickmurphys.com & @billybragg.bsky.social School Days Over open.spotify.com/track/5yryjH...

This week in my little corner of Bluesky I've been feeling a bit like the guy in the famous H M Bateman cartoon 'The Man Who Suggested We Should Reclaim The English Flag From The Racists'

They didn’t just NOT give Trump the Nobel Peace Prize, they wrote a citation that reads like an anti-Trump rallying cry. (He’s gonna extra-tariff Norway now, isn’t he?)

Delighted to see that some of the beflagged lampposts on my evening walk already have @billybragg.bsky.social stickers on them. Looking forward to reinforcing the message when mine get here!

Kemi Badenoch asked where she would send the 150,000 people she says she would deport every year, replies that it's an "irrelevant question".

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

After many months working on this with @spenwoodbooks.bsky.social and @billybragg.bsky.social himself the books have arrived... It's bloody huge and looks amazing... as a fan since the age of 14 to be able to be an integral part of making this happen still is mind-blowing...

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

This is ridiculous. Police need to get their priorities right. Nothing is going to happen at the PA demo except people holding cardboard signs in silence. Police need to be outside synagogues protecting our Jewish community.

"EXCLUSIVE: Over 30 Human Rights Experts Demand UEFA Expel Israeli Soccer Teams" European soccer’s governing body reportedly paused a vote on suspending Israel after Trump released his 20-point 'peace plan' for Gaza, reports @premthakker.bsky.social

Being Jewish does NOT mean you support what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank. These are entirely different people. Taking out your anger with Israel on Jews living in a different country shows your ignorance - faith and nationality are two very separate things.

Attacking a synagogue on Yom Kippur is a shockingly vile act of antisemitism. My thoughts are with the Jewish community. We must stand together to defend the right of people to practice their faith without being subjected to hatred and discrimination www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

Me on Sky News Breakfast: "Russia was banned (from Eurovision) after the invasion of Ukraine and I think that if we have one rule for Ukrainians and another rule for Palestinians it starts to look like we only care about white-skinned people and not brown-skinned people" news.sky.com/video/musici...

The shooter was a Christian who thought the Mormon Church was the "antichrist"... a focus of evangelical Christian end-times prophecies. He signed MAGA- and evangelical-aligned petitions. He's a *Christian* who attacked his perception of a heresy.

Just when you think #Newsnight is PR for Farage, they line up this trio! ✊🏾 Diane Abbott @hackneyabbott.bsky.social 🎸 Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social 🔮 Palantir 🇬🇧 CEO Louis Mosley - yep, of Oswald & F1 lineage After the NHS @vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Mosley about Palantir, IDF 🇮🇱 & Gaza 🇵🇸 🤯

THIS AIN'T ROCK 'N' ROLL Billy Bragg! To celebrate the publication of my new book about Pop Music, the Swastika & the Third Reich Join lively conversation w/anti-fascist activist @billybragg.bsky.social Moderated by esteemed journalist Miranda Sawyer @roughtrade1976.bsky.social 24.11.25

If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?

If ever there was a time not to normalize Trump’s authoritarian fever dreams, this is it. This should be impeachable. ‘War ravaged’ Portland? He’s insane - & insanely power hungry. The script is set - call an imaginary group a terror group and then send in the troops.

Seattle! The election is coming on fast…& we need to not just elect @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social, but give her a landslide & a MANDATE. We know the big money will be trying to undermine her, & we know we have a council that’s…not ideal. If you believe in Katie, & you should, it’s time to JUMP IN.

Found this in my feed and it moved me tears - someone has come up with incredibly moving images from Gaza to illustrate my song Hundred Year Hunger #RePost charisdanger from Instagram: youtu.be/RjVyaSMPP6I Existence is resistance Edited by me, a filmmaker in diaspora

Grabbing brekko at Coventry station on my way back from Question Time. Didn’t expect to see this stirring evocation of the defeat of fascism adorning the wall of Coffee #1 #AllYouFascistsBoundToLose

It's not fascist to call fascists fascist. It's not "dehumanizing" to say that terrorizing entire groups of people - which ICE does - is evil. No executive order can change these facts. However, people *can* mess things up for fascists by standing up for community and truth. Like this.

Farrige gives the impression he doesn’t trust scientists, but was willing to believe a taxi driver in Buckinghamshire, that Sharia Law is coming to Britain. This guy wants to be PM?! You must be joking! Nice one @billybragg.bsky.social 👏 #bbcqt

"You're suggesting that by leaving the ECHR, this will solve all the problems. Well, we bought a 'leave everything' arguement off your party before and it didn't quite work out... A lot of people have buyer's remorse." ~ @billybragg.bsky.social #JohnDrawsBBCQT #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime

Very sorry to hear that the great Danny Thompson has passed away. That’s his soulful double bass playing that you can hear on ‘Must I Paint You A Picture’ and ‘Valentines Day Is Over’. Rest in peace big fella. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

An incredible Saturday night at Shepherds Bush Empire raising funds for Gaza. 7 brilliant artists & 7 powerful speakers, incl. Palestinian Ambassador, who announced UK recognition of Palestine. Solidarity became celebration. Thank you to all who came for filling the room with love empathy & hope.

“You can’t bomb the truth away” My full speech at Wembley Arena tonight, in London, to 12,000 people at the Together for Palestine concert, paying tribute to murdered Palestinian journalists and their bravery, and calling out the silence and complicity of Western media.

There were a lot of great speeches and performances at #TogetherforPalestine last night, but no one fired up the crowd like @mehdirhasan.bsky.social

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

WTF! Aren’t these the people who have spent the past decade demanding free speech and decrying cancel culture?? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The legendary @billybragg.bsky.social opening the Stop Trump rally with Woodie Guthrie’s ‘You fascists are bound to lose’