Ten years ago, we lost David Bowie. Much missed. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1t...

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.

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.

Happy New Year. Let’s make 2026 a fairer, more tolerant and less bigoted one than 2025.

Merry Christmas. Whatever you’re doing - enjoy .c

Remembering Joe Strummer, who had different ideas about immigration than those prevailing in DC these days youtu.be/SZiPCJrd0_4?...

via Barry Page

And happy birthday to Billy Bragg. 68 years old today.

#weekendsingles #adventsingles 20. Patti Smith - People Have The Power

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...

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

We Are Together ✊🏻✊🏼✊✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @togetheralliance.bsky.social

R.I.P. legendary Stax Records guitarist Steve Cropper

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.

This plus the proposed increase of no-jury trials make for worrying times in the UK. #justice #democracy www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

#RandomTelevisionGif The Wire

@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

PICASSO at work on his masterpiece - ‘Guernica’ - in 1937. He was born in Málaga - Spain 144yrs ago today.

"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

Superb comp. Totally recommend it.

Palestine marches across the world. This one on Cardoba in Spain. #FreePalestine #Peace

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...

#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

Excellent to see this in some Newcastle pubs. #standuptoracism

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...

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.

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 morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lies...

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

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.

The sublime Sonny Rollins was birth this day in 1930. #jazz m.youtube.com/watch?v=cneB...

You fixed it ....beautifully

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!

This is how the world should be.

04/08/1792 The birthday of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸

Happy birthday to Josef K guitarist Malcolm Ross Photo: Lee McPhail

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...

Cast member displays Palestinian flag at end of Royal Opera House performance