David Bowie Died 10th January 2016 Fergus Greer bromide fibre print, 2001 Nationak Portrait Gallery

Report: There Still Time To Convert To Christianity Before Christmas Starts — theonion.com/report-there...

Composer Hanns Eisler was a lifelong communist and self-described Jacobin. His music provided the soundtrack for both the tragedies and triumphs of German antifascism. jacobin.com/2018/10/hann...

ONE WEEK TO GO 👇 Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine. Hear from the authors: Prof. Adam Hanieh, Dr Robert Knox, Dr Rafeef Ziadah ⏰26 Nov | 17:00–18:30 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/events/resis... @versobooks.bsky.social

Save the Wyndham Road footbridge www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/2561899...

@garyseconomics.bsky.social : "You cannot allow the richest people in your society to take a bigger and a bigger share in economies with almost no growth and not expect ordinary families to get poorer"

Brian Eno: "I'd like the whole taxation system to be fairer, which means rich people paying more tax and poor people paying less tax... people know that somethings wrong, they know that rich people don't pay much tax compared to their incomes"

William Morris - artist, poet, designer, craftsman & socialist Died 3rd October 1896, aged 62 His doctor famously stated that his death was "simply being William Morris and having done more work than most ten men".

Gardening jobs for October

Blowy Bournemouth this morning

Blowy Bournemouth

So 10yrs after @arusbridger.bsky.social launched the #KeepItInTheGround campaign & 6yrs after @katharineviner.bsky.social's #climate pledge The @theguardian.com finance editor @nilspratley.bsky.social is still writing apologetics for the fossil fuel industry!!! Here's a short 🧵on how dumb this is!

New info page myth-busting Reform UK's climate denial - and more importantly flyers available to take those messages into communities around the country.

Jobs for the September garden

Raymond Williams - novelist, critic, teacher, socialist. Born in Llanfihangel Crucornau, Wales on 31st August 1921.

August Bank Holiday, Great Yarmouth C. A. Mellon, 1931 Oil on canvas Bristol Museum & Gallery

Lovely presents from my family

Good luck explaining to your grandchildren why we crossed known climate tipping points. “Oh, we wanted to let big companies pollute for free,” won’t have much appeal.

Who's who?

No, me neither www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

16th August 1819 A peaceful demonstration in Manchester was attacked by armed cavalry, killing 15 people and injuring more than 600. The struggle for democracy has been long and costly. The struggle continues. #Peterloo

Bertolt Brecht - poet, dramatist and communist Died 14th August 1956

11-year-old wildlife campaigner Amaya Edwards saw a seal killed by a flying ring. Now she’s leading a campaign to ban them from beaches, and she won’t stop until real change happens.

National Union of Mineworkers banner Artist unknown, 1946-47 Textile & paint North Lanarkshire Museums #SocialistSunday

August Greetings Haymaker at Church Farm Horace Mummery, c. 1900 Oil on canvas Bruce Castle Museum

“In opposition, Labour vowed to introduce a right to roam. In govt, it U-turned on this promise… its plan to create 9 new ‘river walks’ is a paltry compensation.” Excellent Guardian leader on why we need a right of access to all rivers @righttoroam.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Very flat, Norfolk

Famine John Charles Dollman, 1904 Oil on canvas Salford Museum 🇵🇸

Oxfam's Reaction to IPC famine alert in Gaza #Gaza Read here www.oxfam.org.uk/mc/a3wue9/

So upsetting. Our youngest writer wrote about this recently, see below for link:

A Stubble Field near Ludham, Norfolk Edward Seago, 1950 Oil on hardboard Norfolk Museums Service

Sand Competition at Cromer Muirhead Bone, 1937 Pen, ink & watercolour on paper Aberdeen Art Gallery #Cromer #Norfolk

A Norfolk Farm Argent Brierley, 1940s Oil on canvas Rugby Art Gallery & Museum

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached. They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others. Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further. #UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

Manhattan On Alert Following Sunrise Unaccompanied By Languid Clarinet Music — theonion.com/manhattan-on...

If your space stands for justice, show it. Start your journey to becoming an #ApartheidFreeZone (AFZ) today by clicking the link below — and check out our brand new interactive AFZ map! bdsmovement.net/apartheid-fr...

Eric Ravilious Born 22nd July 1903

We need action, not empty words. The UK government must show real backbone by immediately halting all arms exports to Israel - whether direct or indirect - including components for F-35 fighter jets.

At last. This really is excellent news! Something the EU had asked for a very long time ago. Looks like Yvette Cooper now lost that battle to limit it to 12 months. Good. It's high time young Brits and Europeans can get to know each other again.

huuuuuge excitement in oxfordshire at the prospect of a summer spent waving sarcastic placards at JD Vance/snubbing him in farm shops www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Israel has banned all foreign journalists from entering Gaza to record the situation on the ground… …so the world is reliant on reports from the few brave Palestinian journalists who are still trying to operate in a war zone and are frequently targeted by the IDF.”