Lesley
@lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social
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Jewish by birth, Quaker by choice, Green by necessity. Zone of Interest covers my local WMD base USAF Lakenheath, that's preparing a nuclear Holocaust 42 miles near my hometown of Norwich. www.lakenheathallianceforpeace.org.uk
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lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social
It's a week since I woke up expecting to be part of a global sigh of relief, rather than a global gasp of horror & dread. Resistance is FERTILE, serious & organising brilliantly.
Some of us drowned our shock in pints, tears and stitches, making craftivist plaques. They say: Don't let the bustards get you down, Live adventously, Not my circus, Hope, Utopia now, Good things happen when good people do something
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citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
Breaking: Group of women place CEO of Anglian Water under Citizen’s Arrest for one hour outside Coulsdon South Station this morning with evidence the CEO may be committing crimes of public nuisance.

When British Transport Police finally turned up they escorted Thurston away, but did not arrest him.
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milestaylor.bsky.social
INCORRECT HEADLINE: Reporters refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules

CORRECT HEADLINE: Pentagon launches sweeping effort to censor the news, kicks out major media outlets
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globaljusticenow.bsky.social
The UK-Colombia deal is letting British companies undermine human rights and the environment using corporate courts.

Colombia faces $13 BILLION in cases - for protecting the environment and Indigenous peoples rights.

Learn more and sign our petition 👇

act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4230
UK: Stop Corporations Exploiting Colombia
The UK-Colombia investment deal is letting British companies undermine human rights and the environment, using shadowy 'corporate courts'. Colombia is facing a total of $13 billion in cases. In most, ...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
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drandrewboswell.bsky.social
Seriously super news that Cllr Cate Oliver has defected to @norwichgreenparty.bsky.social & @greenparty.org.uk

Cate is a long standing and respected local former Labour councillor

Spectacular #GreenSurge has started - a long way to go yet.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social

join.greenparty.org.uk
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elliechowns.bsky.social
A quarter of the average UK energy bill last year was profit for the big energy companies.

Meanwhile, almost three million households in England suffer fuel poverty.

No one should be choosing between heating and eating while energy companies rake in billions.
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.
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rbreich.bsky.social
Everything is for sale.
juddlegum.bsky.social
1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
Quid Pro Presidency
Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…
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anatosaurus.bsky.social
Just continuously reminding myself, and out loud here in case it's of any help to others, that bravery is not the absence of fear but rather a determination to act despite fear.
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
"I have never seen such drought or scarcity of rain as this year... We used to get snow up to a metre high. Now, it's been 10 years since we've seen any.

#Lebanon 🇱🇧
#ClimateEmergency
Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir
Lebanon's hydroelectric plants tied to the Litani basin have been shut down, causing financial losses and intensifying electricity rationing.
www.reuters.com
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europeangreens.eu
The EU is on track to do its part to protect the climate by 2050 but we can’t stop pushing for it!

🇪🇺 Next week, the European Council is discussing climate targets that they will bring at COP30.

We urge them to make them ambitious.
To protect the climate is to protect Europe.
The EU must stay on track." It shows a line graph of EU net greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2050. The pink line represents actual emissions from 1990 to 2020, showing a steady decline, with the 2020 actual emissions slightly below the 2020 target (marked with a yellow dot). A dotted blue line projects further reductions toward the EU’s climate goals: the 2030 target, the 2040 target, and the 2050 target, which reaches net zero. Text at the top says, “We’re halfway, we can’t stop now.” The source is the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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unep.org
53 million people rely on high-risk tropical forests for water, food, jobs, and disaster resilience.

Tripling investments in these forests can drive growth and boost the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.

Find out how: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
As if they keep writing all these headlines - and our membership numbers and polling just keeps shooting up. 🚀

Now at 110,000. Over 55% increase in just one month!

Lower bills. Fund NHS. Tax the super rich.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes. Greens who want to save the world by destroying britain
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Great to speak to Kleidianny Ferreira Sousa (Association of Women Babassu Coconut Breakers) & Silvianete Matos Carvalho (Assema): defending their biome against British-bank funded multinational firms. Thanks to @actionaiduk.bsky.social

#PlanetaryBoundaries #Agroecology #IndigenousRights
Three women with Assema flag
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
On my trip to Ukraine, great to have the chance to catch up with MP Yuliia Ovchynnkova, follow member of the International Parliamentary Alliance for the Recognition of #Ecocide
www.ecocidealliance.org
Two women in front of historic building
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rbreich.bsky.social
Donald Trump thinks he’s all powerful. It’s up to us to remind him on October 18th that he’s not.

We will show him who really has the power in this country — and we will do it peacefully. nokings.org
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demcath.bsky.social
Sunak saddled us with 25 year contracts with Freeports that's why Labour says we can't join the single market. And my local MP confirmed it. We have been really stitched up. UK Freeports are incompatible with EU ones because companies pay no tax on customs and excise.
lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social
🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them: 38d.gs/rezg
Sign the petition: Save our National Parks
🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:
38d.gs
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jasoncliff.bsky.social
Here’s the phone number for the U.S🇺🇸 Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
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jasoncliff.bsky.social
The phone number for the US 🇺🇸Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
“Only with a combination of decisive policy & civil society action can the world tip its trajectory from facing existential Earth system tipping point risks to seizing positive tipping point opportunities.” - Prof. Tim Lenton, @gsiexeter.bsky.social

#ClimateEmergency
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Widespread mortality of warm-water coral reefs under way, as world reaches first tipping point With global warming set to breach 1.5°C, world dangerously close to further catastrophic tipping points T...
news.exeter.ac.uk
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rbreich.bsky.social
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.