I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.

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Maybe because it wasn’t actually a u-turn? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Navya Randhawa, 48, told reporters that she hadn’t intended on wasting the session, and was less interested in making a political statement than she was getting that thing on her arm looked at. Read this & other exclusive articles on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/134399...

As @richardjmurphy.bsky.social says, we could nationalise water for £20 The co.s are bust - they'd cost us £1 each The debts would be reduced & held by the gov't, but would be much cheaper to service than the private sector Consumers & environment MUCH better off www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnqP...

Check out this from We Own It. weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...

Don't fight the DWP alone, do it with friends! Benefits Tips Social Wed July 16・6:00pm The Proud Trust 49-51 Sidney St M1 7HB Join us for our hybrid Benefits Tips Social - an evening of disability-related Benefits tips and peer support. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/benefits-t...

2010 - 2025: HMRC didn't collect £500bn in taxes. Govt wants to attack tax abuse, is increasing HMRC budget, but cuts planned down the line. Budget 2025-26: £6.8bn 2026-27, £7.3bn 2027-28, £7.1bn 2028-29, £6.9bn How will the cuts help? Watch the Minister's reply. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUzR...

And Still We Rise! #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #DisabilityPride

@phm.org.uk @gmcdp.bsky.social Great badgemaking session today.

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 UN criticises Starmer's benefit cuts, warning that measures will 'increase poverty rates' As MPs go to vote for the final time later today, the bill is receiving international criticism from the United Nations news.sky.com/story/un-cri...

UN Human Rights body asks for clarification on the compatibility of the new welfare reform bill with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities www.rightsnet.org.uk/welfare-righ...

#BinUCBill Across the UK on Wednesday 9th July, Unite Community activists will be out across the UK protesting against the Universal Credit Bill Here are a list of protests Join one if one Is near you dpac.uk.net/2025/07/unit...

Recession, Repression, Regression Forever Austerity.

🩺 Today we launch our new ‘right to health toolkit’ — a practical guide to help individuals and organisations campaign for health justice across the UK. Explore how rights can support your work justfair.org.uk/the-...

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨 The United Nations is calling for the UK Government to stop the Universal Credit (PIP) Bill because it will 'deepen the signs of regression' in disabled people's human rights. tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

'Further issues related to the social security system, including... people with disabilities, have been the subject of intensive debate in the UK... it is important to ensure that any additional measures do not increase the poverty of children in families that include people with disabilities'

A very good thread. Note, it remains possible that the Courts will refuse to allow Yvette Cooper to proscribe Palestine Action. The High Court on Friday held that there was, in effect, a serious question to be asked about the lawfulness of her decision.

#BinUCBill Email/lobby your MP ahead of the third reading of the UC Bill on Wednesday 9th July How your MP voted on 2nd reading of the bill Link here www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

What’s happened today should be a clear confirmation for those people who did yet not understand how horrific, repressive & monstrous the British state has become/has always been

Many amendments have been tabled for the third reading of the Universal Credit and Personal independence Payment Bill. There are now 18 pages of detailed amendments, some on behalf of the government and some on behalf of those opposing the bill. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/many-pi...

🏦 A true human rights economy requires restructuring international financial systems to align with human rights principles. Tax Justice Network's report outlines how to reshape our economy to reflect these principles and protect everyone. Time for systems change. 🔗 taxjustice.net/repor...

Deadline to apply is rapidly approaching, Monday 7th July!

And Still We Rise. GM Disability Pride March Saturday 5th July Defiance and Joy! manchesterdpac.com

Yesterday was disappointing, of course, but there is still a long way to go. We fight on, knowing that without all the hard work of disability activists everywhere there would have been no changes, no concessions, at all.

Wrote a piece for Novara about the cuts to Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment in the context of our interconnected struggles for liberation.

None of these pieces discuss progressives' frustration with Labour being *culturally* indistinguishable from the Tories. Labour has embraced - often accelerated - the cruelty, authoritarianism and hypocrisy of the Tories and we wanted better.

"Later in the process" Mr Streeting? You only allowed parts of two days for all consideration of the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill #bbclaurak

🤔 #FreePalestine 🇵🇸

Manchester Disability Pride Route Announced📢 Saturday 5th July manchesterdpac.com Manchester Disability Pride Route Saturday 5th July Assemble Outside Boots Market Street 11:30am 12:00pm Head West on Market Street maps.app.goo.gl/59hs6cG9fNa6...

The Universal Credit and PIP Bill and Green Paper are the wrong policy approach and harmful. The ‘concessions’ do not alter this. We ask MP’s to vote the bill down on Tuesday. Please continue to seek ways to talk to MP’s and their staff to give them this message.

#WelfareReformBill Joint statement rejecting “concessions” in the welfare reform bill by @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social @dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social @nsunnews.bsky.social Mad youth demand & Taking The PIP

This will be crucial tomorrow. We need 20 MPs plus back on side to sign the revised amendment (with 40–50 supporters). One of the main reasons rebels think they “won”—more work support—has collapsed. DWP officials told the BBC the plans are undeliverable. Still #TakingThePIP

Could the media please stop equating not slashing disability benefits quite so much with potentially needing to hike taxes in the autumn? This narrative fuels hate against disabled people. The public purse isn’t just benefits and taxes—there are countless other spending choices.

Screenshotted from Angela Rayner’s Twitter…. Dying to work indeed…..

These concessions will create an unfair, two tier system. It’s completely unacceptable and I will still be voting against the Bill on Tuesday as it stands.

Disabled people’s lives will be increasingly in danger because of MPs’ failure to understand the risks posed by the assisted dying bill, devastated activists warned on Friday after the legislation was approved by the House of Commons. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/this-bill-op...

The point is that there is a growing number of PIP claimants, and there is a way to tackle it in the longer term - improving the state of the nation's health. That looks like the emergency to me. #r4today

It's not MP's Starmer needs to talk to it's disabled people and our orgs, the fact his entire discussion with MP's of his own party shows he has learnt nothing. He is playing politics with our lives and does not even respect us enough to involve us. Kill The Bill.

🚨BREAKING 🚨 Our new polling finds overwhelming majority of British public reject REJECT cuts and will increase pressure on the NHS 💥51% say of PIP recipients say they would be less active upon losing their payments💥 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/public-...

It’s not just the UC & PIP bill, it's how they are doing it, every dirty trick in the book. WED 09/07 Committee of the whole House (ie unable to scrutinise and have outside expert witnesses) and remaining stages As money bill it then becomes law on 9th Aug Lords cannot stop it. Kill The Bill

Lisa Nandy: "Lots of my constituents worry about coming off PIP & into work because its so hard.. to get back onto it" Except PIP isn't related to employment & plenty of disabled people on PIP do work. Nandy just told a bare faced lie.

It is remarkable how susceptible humans are to lying. We make extraordinary efforts to give the benefit of the doubt to simple and harmful liars. Stop wasting time on it. Fight and destroy liars. Do not tolerate them.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... 9,699 signatures! Let's get this to 10,000...