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Socialist. Retired teacher. Author of the Pete Kalder books. Loves reading, music and art.
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Fancy a thriller set in a future revolutionary Britain? Try this, my latest novel.
#Writers
#Crimefiction
#Blueskyfiction
www.amazon.co.uk/Their-Blood-...
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Ten years ago, we lost David Bowie. Much missed.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1t...
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David Bowie - Everyone Says 'Hi' (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1t7Ec0_o4&list=RDYg1t7Ec0_o4&start_radio=1&pp=ygUcZGF2aWQgYm93aWUgZXZlcnlvbmUgc2F5cyBoaaAHAQ%3D%3D
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George Monbiot
5 days ago
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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Owen Jones
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Happy New Year. Let’s make 2026 a fairer, more tolerant and less bigoted one than 2025.
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Merry Christmas. Whatever you’re doing - enjoy .c
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Sam Cohen
19 days ago
Remembering Joe Strummer, who had different ideas about immigration than those prevailing in DC these days
youtu.be/SZiPCJrd0_4?...
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Joe Strummer - Bhindi Bhagee
YouTube video by 977Radio
https://youtu.be/SZiPCJrd0_4?si=GOe7fOGxKlZn0bRM
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Oliver
20 days ago
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And happy birthday to Billy Bragg. 68 years old today.
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21 days ago
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Chris Harrison
21 days ago
#weekendsingles
#adventsingles
20. Patti Smith - People Have The Power
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Looking for an alternative Christmas gift? Maybe for someone who fancies a thriller of a more left-wing variety? A story of a detective in a revolutionary Britain. Full of spies, socialism and some sharp suits.
bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/thei...
25 days ago
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We Could Send Letters
28 days ago
Billy Bragg's song written in response to Tommy Robinson's campaign. Wishing all the very best to those attending the Stand Up To Racism and Care 4 Calais counter-rally today.
song.link/y/liRd9pjSBDA
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BILLY BRAGG - PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS by Billy Bragg
Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, albums, podcasts and more.
https://song.link/y/liRd9pjSBDA
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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
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Brian Eno urges support to get Together for Palestine song to Christmas No 1
Lullaby features Palestinian singer, lyrics written by Peter Gabriel and artists including Eno and Celeste
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/dec/11/brian-eno-urges-support-to-get-together-for-palestine-song-lullaby-to-christmas-no-1
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No To Racism
about 1 month ago
We Are Together ✊🏻✊🏼✊✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
@togetheralliance.bsky.social
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Stereogum
about 1 month ago
R.I.P. legendary Stax Records guitarist Steve Cropper
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Booker T. & The M.G.'s Guitarist Steve Cropper Dead At 84
Steve Cropper, the guitarist best known for playing in Booker T. & The M.G.’s, has died. His son confirmed his passing to Variety today. He was 84. Cropper was born in Dora, Missouri on October 21, 19...
https://stereogum.com/2481835/booker-t-the-m-g-s-guitarist-steve-cropper-dead-at-84/news
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Happy birthday to Viv Albertine - of
#TheSlits
and some fabulous solo work. I met her at a launch of her first autobiography a few years back. And yeah, I was star-struck.
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This plus the proposed increase of no-jury trials make for worrying times in the UK.
#justice
#democracy
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/26/secret-courts-palestine-action-cmp-heard-behind-closed-doors
about 2 months ago
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#RandomTelevisionGif
The Wire
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@sutrne.bsky.social
Far right in Newcastle today outside the Newbridge Hotel: “protecting women and children”! How long can we let this go on in the heart of Newcastle?
@sutr.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Michael Warburton
3 months ago
PICASSO at work on his masterpiece - ‘Guernica’ - in 1937. He was born in Málaga - Spain 144yrs ago today.
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Anti-Fascist Collective 👊🏼👊🏿
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Adam Bienkov
3 months ago
"Britian loses" One of the side-effects of the implosion of the Conservative party is how beyond amateurish their entire operation is now. Even at a senior level the quality and experience of the people working for them is just incredibly low
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Superb comp. Totally recommend it.
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3 months ago
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Palestine marches across the world. This one on Cardoba in Spain.
#FreePalestine
#Peace
3 months ago
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Marc Bolan was born this day in 1947 (Mark Feld). And this is one of the greatest singles ever released (IMHO)
#Glam
#PopMusic
#Rock
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcm...
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MARC BOLAN & T.REX - GET IT ON - TOP OF THE POPS - 27/12/71 (RESTORED)
Fully Restored From Archive Tape Marc Bolan & T.Rex - Get It On Top Of The Pops Christmas Prt 2 - 27th Dec 1971
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcmeXlfBGM&pp=ygUPdCByZXggZ2V0IGl0IG9u
3 months ago
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Toto
3 months ago
#Nowspinning
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra – Promises (2021). First time tasting the last harvest—and this is my soundtrack. A breathtaking fusion of ambient, jazz, and orchestral beauty.
#vinyl
#vinylcollection
#vinylcommunity
#recordcollection
#musicsky
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Excellent to see this in some Newcastle pubs.
#standuptoracism
4 months ago
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Marlena Shaw was born this day in 1942. Perhaps her best known number is California Soul, and what a great song it is.
#music
m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUos...
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California Soul
YouTube video by Marlena Shaw - Topic
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CUosSQZSw5c
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Spinoza at a bad dinner party.
4 months ago
Watch Brian Eno, Damon Albarn (Blur), Portishead, Hot Chip, and a bunch of other cool people hold a concert at Wembley Stadium, demand a ceasefire, and an end to the genocide. How is this not all over the news? I think the greatest failure of the 21st century may just be the news media.
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Together For Palestine
YouTube video by Riz Ahmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hk3jH9M65M&list=RD3hk3jH9M65M&start_radio=1
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Why I’m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno
I hope tonight’s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert – and give people courage to speak out about Gaza, says music producer Brian Eno
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/17/gaza-brian-eno-concert-for-palestine-wembley-nelson-mandela
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Why I’m hosting a concert for Palestine at Wembley Arena | Brian Eno
I hope tonight’s gig will have the same galvanising effect as the 1988 Nelson Mandela concert – and give people courage to speak out about Gaza, says music producer Brian Eno
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/17/gaza-brian-eno-concert-for-palestine-wembley-nelson-mandela
4 months ago
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Morning Star
4 months ago
Lies, damn lies, and opinion polls - Who you ask and how you ask matter, as does why you are asking — the history of opinion polls shows they are as much about creating opinions as they are about recording them, writes socialist historian KEITH FLETT
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Lies, damn lies, and opinion polls
FOR anyone on the left, reading political coverage in the mainstream media can be quite a depressing experience. Daily headlines shout that Reform UK leads the latest opinion poll, will certainly win ...
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lies-damn-lies-and-opinion-polls
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Greg Priest
4 months ago
Stephen Jay Gould was born OTD in 1941. “Organisms are not billiard balls, propelled by simple and measurable external forces to predictable new positions on life's pool table.... Organisms have a history that constrains their future in myriad, subtle ways.” 🦫🦋🐋🌱🧠🗃️🧪#HistSTM
#PhilSci
#EvoBio
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Andy Fleming
4 months ago
A gang of incredibly brave British police arrest a 90-something y/o nun for protesting the genocide in Palestine: she's what the British Labour Party, law & state regard as a terrorist supporter.
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The sublime Sonny Rollins was birth this day in 1930.
#jazz
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cneB...
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Sonny Rollins live 65' 68' - Jazz Icons DVD
YouTube video by Terminal Passage
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cneBpjwfxhg&pp=ygUNU29ubnkgcm9sbGlucw%3D%3D
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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷
5 months ago
You fixed it ....beautifully
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Kneecap
5 months ago
Our pals The Mary Wallopers have just been pulled off stage and the PA shut down at VictoriousFest in Portsmouth for taking out a 🇵🇸 flag and saying Free Palestine Speak up against genocide in England and you're treated like a criminal Up the Mary Wallopers 💚🤍🧡 Free Palestine! Free the 6 counties!
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Insta Science
5 months ago
This is how the world should be.
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Sasha Simic
5 months ago
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Anti-racist concerts can stop rise of the UK far right, says veteran activist
Stand Up to Racism organiser says counter-protests alone won’t work and advocates leafleting at football grounds
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/11/anti-racist-concerts-can-stop-rise-of-the-uk-far-right-says-veteran-activist?CMP=share_btn_url&fbclid=IwY2xjawMGzlNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHraJydrWAl5L7Sfm7KTZ3z-vJTQQDsb7pmZ0Sovne4GAOh5C8gKLb-Dn8mfS_aem__VozPF_LKsWK2jDxjrN_Qw
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#StandUpToRacism
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Sasha Simic
5 months ago
04/08/1792 The birthday of Percy Bysshe Shelley
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HT4Ecosocialism
5 months ago
A very happy
#SocialistSunday
to all of you! Let's work together and build
#YourParty
into a collective that can smash
##Genocide
Nu Labour, and Reform!
#Solidarity
! ✊ ✊ ✊ and
#FreePalestine
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Scottish Post-Punk
5 months ago
Happy birthday to Josef K guitarist Malcolm Ross Photo: Lee McPhail
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Searchlight magazine
6 months ago
Epping this Sunday – Searchlight calls upon anti-racists to turn out in their thousands to nip far-right violence in the bud Read more here:
searchlightmagazine.com/2025/07/eppi...
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Epping this Sunday - anti-racists must nip far-right violence in the bud | Searchlight
Anti-migrant protestors confront police in Epping On 7 August last year, in response to direct fascist threats of violence against organisations helping mig ...
https://searchlightmagazine.com/2025/07/epping-this-sunday-is-a-vital-test-for-anti-racists/
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The Guardian
6 months ago
Cast member displays Palestinian flag at end of Royal Opera House performance
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Cast member displays Palestinian flag at end of Royal Opera House performance
Flag held up during curtain call for Il trovatore, with attempts to remove it allegedly resisted A Palestinian flag was unfolded on stage at the Royal Opera House in London by a cast member on Saturday night during a curtain call. The incident is said to have taken place during the encore of Il trovatore, with attempts made to remove the flag allegedly being resisted. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jul/20/cast-member-displays-palestinian-flag-at-end-of-royal-opera-house-performance?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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