Board of Peace - Season 1

An excellent description of the absurdist and costly charade that is the #LiftTheBan trials Theatre of the Absurd A tale of the plea hearings of the 'Lift The Ban' placard holders open.substack.com/pub/lizsmith...

Everyone knows Andy Burnham would have the best chance of beating Reform in Gorton and Denton. Fixing the selection to keep him off the ballot would be an affront to party democracy - and a sign nasty factionalism is a higher priority than reversing the rise of Farage and Reform

Proud to be an executive producer on 'American Doctor', the film about 3 US doctors who volunteered in Gaza, which premiered at Sundance. I knew early on that their stories needed to be told and I'm delighted Zeteo could help bring those stories to the screen. festival.sundance.org/program/film...

📌 ICYMI — A Year of Living Dangerously in Trump’s America I no longer feel safe to speak or act freely in a country where people are being arbitrarily detained and killed and where the truth is becoming whatever Donald Trump says it is, reports Alexandra Hall Hall 🔗 https://bylinetimes.com/2026…

The military has a duty and an oath to defend the Constitution. Honor it.

The Israeli bill to "strengthen transparency and public oversight of the Council for Higher Education in Israel" has nothing to do with transparency or public oversight. Its purpose is to eliminate the independence of Israel's higher education system archive.ph/Hw2GV @haaretzcom 1/2

NOBODY is talking about that! EVERYBODY is asking WHERE THE HELL are the FULL Epstein files? You know, that BIGLY DEADLINE you MISSED... And WHY are you sending ICE out to the streets to KILL and BULLY everyday Americans? THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Investigating elected officials for speech is not law enforcement but intimidation. If governors and mayors can be investigated for criticizing federal actions, neither elected officials nor anyone else is truly free to speak. #holdfast

'My US Citizenship Did Not Protect Me': Community Hearing Details ICE Horrors in Minneapolis www.commondreams.org/news/minneso...

‘An open letter to my fellow Labour MPs: if not the full Hillsborough Law, what is this government for?’ labourlist.org/2026/01/open...

Iran’s Great Uprising: A Struggle for Bread and Freedom! A statement by the Solidarity with the Iranian Workers Movement Committee. The Beginning of the Protests On December 28th, protests started at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and quickly spread to 180 cities across all 31 provinces. This has become…

Starter pack of those who frequently comment and campaign on Social Security policy ... If you're interested in social security policy, follow these accounts and, as ever, let me know any good omissions ... go.bsky.app/S8a5jDX

"However hard he thumps the table about “delivery”, radicalism is not on Starmer’s agenda. It never was. He and his little men play politics as a game where the instructions are handed down from others" 🎯 from Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Appointing Tony Blair to a 'Board of Peace' is like appointing Harold Shipman to a Board of Health

"The UK social security system is one of the least generous in Europe. It is neither generous nor ballooning – despite the hyperbole of right-wing media and politicians." My new piece for @labour-hub.bsky.social labourhub.org.uk/2026/01/14/o...

Tens of thousands of people in Kent and Sussex have repeatedly been left without water. Their water company is now under investigation. Why are water companies failing us again and again? Because we privatised what is an essential public service. @dhnnjyn.bsky.social explains.

Liverpool born and raised and a Hillsborough survivor himself, Ian Byrne has been a tireless campaigner of the Hillsborough Law over the years. Starmer must not renege on this manifesto commitment. He must deliver the law in full and without exception. Solidarity with Ian and all campaigners.

📢 March for Palestine - route announcement! Join the Palestine Coalition on the streets of London for the first national march for Palestine of 2026. 📆 Saturday 31 January ⏲️ Assemble 12 noon 📍Russell Square to Whitehall

Genuine question: is it time to start a European boycott of US goods and services? Or at least of US companies that have donated to Trump?

From the man who brought us Brexit - soo we really trust his judgement?

🟨 Print Edition — Peter Oborne’s Diary – Telling Silence The collapse of mass party membership and the long assault on trade unions have left both the Conservatives and Labour hopelessly dependent on donor cash. The post Peter Oborne’s Diary – Telling Silence appeared first on Byline Times Shop. …

Zohran Mamdani’s early success isn’t accidental. From scrapping corruption-era policies to hiring people who actually know how to wield power, his early moves offer a blueprint for how Democrats can govern with competence and values. Read @ryanlcooper.com's latest: zeteo.com/p/zohran-mam...

These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all. They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America. They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.

If Trump is on a secret mission to get all political factions in the EU (and the U.K.) to unite in opposition to the US, to stand up for themselves and to think rationally about how to adapt to the “Chinese century” he’s really killing it.

“Trump has ramped up immigration raids all over the country, while launching larger, concentrated militarized assaults on blue cities…” @andrewperez.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social break down Trump’s increasingly violent war on America, as Democrats stay silent. Read: zeteo.com/p/trump-war-...

🔴 For Better or Worse? Is Nostalgia for the 1970s Really Justified? As the global right claims the UK has 'gone to the dogs' over recent decades, our intergenerational panel looks at what life in the country really 🔗 https://www.bylinesupplement.com/p/for-better-or-worse-is-nostalgia

"This Week in Democracy – Week 52: A Year of Abuses, Violence, Corruption, and Outright Fascism" Capping off a year of Zeteo's project to document the ongoing growth of authoritarianism in Trump's second term. (No other media organization did this, by the way!)

I see the issue of alleged antisemitism on the left is again under wide discussion. Please can I recommend this podcast where Rachel Shabi argues why it’s so important that the left both understands and fights antisemitism whilst challenging bad faith allegations. youtu.be/GAJ9KMnxKGQ

🟨 Letter from America: the first of a regular monthly column by @therickwilson.bsky.social the legendary cofounder of the @lincolnproject.us The Wolves Are Out subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/a...

With far right politics on the rise, it's more crucial than ever that we unite to reject division and racism. Join @togetheralliance.bsky.social’s national demonstration. 📅 28 March 📍 Central London ➡️ Sign-up here: togetheralliance.org.uk

Letter sent by JVL to the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner in support of Chief Constable Guildford and his decision to ban the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending the match with Aston Villa last November regretting his enforced resignation www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/in-s...

Trump Escalates His War on America as Dems Debate What Words They Can Say The president is launching increasingly violent invasions of blue cities. Meanwhile, Democratic elites are concerned some might say: ‘Abolish ICE.’ Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-war-...

Forced face scanning of a U.S. citizen with zero cause, just bald racial profiling. This is tech fascism.

What happened to Renee Nicole Good isn't generating a fraction of the outrage at what happened to Charlie Kirk. But it should.

Another example of how Reform UK is a party of the few, for the few.

Limiting jury trials will only weaken our democracy. Instead of diluting these plans, the Government must scrap them entirely.

The scapegoating of migrants is divisive and dangerous, and must never be used as clickbait. Instead, the Home Office must roll back its reckless deportation plans and promote Britain as a beacon of diversity.

The UK’s existing arms ban to Israel was already riddled with loopholes, but the idea that the UK is now considering resuming ‘business-as-usual’ by resuming arms exports to Israel and re-opening trade talks is chilling. www.newarab.com/news/rights-...

The right to protest is a basic civil liberty - and must be treated as such. We stand with other civil society groups to condemn the Government's plans to add more restrictions to this democratic right. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Since the ceasefire, a child is killed everyday by Israeli strikes on Gaza. But instead of banning all arms sales to Israel, the UK Government is considering resuming the ones it suspended last year. There is no justification to sell any weapons to Israel, a genocidal state.

As more people defect from Twitter, a starter pack for UK socialist opinion on Bluesky Apologies to those I've missed - please do reply with suggestions ... go.bsky.app/4YbDaS9

Good to see Reform falling back in Wales (Nathan Gill effect?) And Greens surge to third. Labour now in fourth. Hard to overemphasise how monumental that is. Labour has won every election in Wales since 1999. Losing and being pushed into 4th is bigger than Labour's rout in Scotland in 2015.

Opinion | "Our reliance on migration for economic stability and adequate care for our ageing population is obvious and undeniable," writes Andrew Fisher. Read more: trib.al/ouyDj8G

US intervention would both co-opt the movement and almost certainly foreclose any real possibility of justice or democracy.

"Congratulations, we are cutting migration. But we have persistently high NHS waiting lists, a shortage of social care, collapsing universities, missed housebuilding targets, lower economic growth and higher taxes." My new column for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/fall...

Out of control? No, our social security is among the lowest in Europe Is it Government ignorance, weakness or ideological agreement that drives it to let the right set the terms of debate, asks Andrew Fisher. The UK social security system is one of the least generous in Europe. It is neither…

Protesters With Palestine Action Placards Handed £100 Fines Rather Than Face Prosecution – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/01/14/p...

Under Trump's watch, a DHS agent shot a protestor in the face with a non-lethal round at close range, fractured his skull, and then dragged him around as he choked and bled. He is now permanently blind in his left eye.