Andia
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Andia
@afarro9.bsky.social
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Community volunteer and campaigner with legal and arts training, love & wonder forever, committed to peace ن
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Hello everyone, lovely to join BlueSky, looking forward to posting essential info and connecting with fellow members 🌿🕊️🙏🏼 #peace #community #campaigning #activism #democracy #civility #diversity #equality #justice
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If privatisation of public utilities is a scam, in healthcare it is a dangerous scam since evidence shows privatisation has worse outcomes for patients (and is more expensive for taxpayers).

So why is Labour increasing privatisation of our NHS?

It has never obtained the permission of voters.
Privatisation is a scam.

It has never been about providing a cheaper, better service.

It has always been about the rich stealing the assets we own and selling inferior services back to us at exorbitant prices

Regulators never regulate

They are always in the pocket of the industries they regulate
PR Hype.

Water firms in England could face harsher sewage fines.

Firms still pay dividends, mega exec pay

Fines have been virtually abolished. Amounts handed back to firms for environmental improvements. They displace investment, improve balance sheet.

Must remove the profit motive. Nationalise.
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#Israël vient déjà de recommencer le blocus de tout aide humanitaire à #Gaza

Le cessez-le-feu et la libération des otages étaient des leurres, l'objectif #d'Israël n'est que destruction et génocide.
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The Government has tabled 67 last-minute amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill.‼️

Rushed through with little scrutiny, it’s a shambolic way to reform the planning system.

It creates confusion, sidelines science and leaves nature dangerously exposed.

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"Privatisation is a failed experiment which takes all our money and pays it out to shareholders."

Time to renationalise the lot, we can pay them, if we there is 'any money'.
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Experts warn of food shortages and civil unrest. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.

This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.

Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? 👇
www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
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“I urge all policymakers to attend.” Prof Michael Mann👇

Please enter your postcode here www.nebriefing.org to check if your MP has confirmed for the National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov, and email them if not.

Understanding the threats & solutions is the first step to protecting the public.
I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?
www.nebriefing.org
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🚨Update: Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, says the IPS will deport another 170 Global Sumud Flotilla participants tomorrow, after already expelling about 170 to Turkey, Italy, and Spain. Out of the 462 people originally detained—including Drop Site journalist Alex...
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Global Sumud Flotilla says dozens of activists detained by Israel on hunger strike - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/global-sumud-flotilla-says-dozens-activists-detained-israel-hunger
Global Sumud Flotilla says dozens of activists detained by Israel on hunger strike
<article data-history-node-id="429704" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/global-sumud-flotilla-says-dozens-activists-detained-israel-hunger" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/global-sumud-flotilla-says-dozens-activists-detained-israel-hunger" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Global Sumud Flotilla says dozens of activists detained by Israel on hunger strike</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Global Sumud Flotilla says 42&nbsp;of the activists detained by Israel during the interception of its vessels are on hunger strike&nbsp;in solidarity with the Palestinian people.</p> <p>“In Gaza, starvation is not a tragedy – it’s a policy. Since October 2023, Israel has pursued a campaign of total starvation: cutting off food, water, electricity and fuel, while targeting the fields, farmers and aid convoys that keep people alive,” the group said in a statement.</p> <p>“As famine spreads and 95 per cent of farmland lies destroyed, dozens of Global Sumud Flotilla volunteers remain imprisoned - refusing to be fed by the same regime enforcing starvation on Palestinians.”</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
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🇺🇸🇵🇸 #BREAKING | Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.
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From our Managing Director, Ben Dickenson

Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism

Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate
@benjitoon.bsky.social @northeastbylines.co.uk
Newcastle says no – a city united in kindness and against fascism
Thousands came together to show the City’s true character: united, diverse, welcoming of refugees, rejecting hate
northeastbylines.co.uk
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🇬🇧🇵🇸 In Brighton, protesters block the city's main thoroughfare in support of the Global Summit Flotilla

(Credit: BrightonPSC)
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THREAD 🧵

#OnThisDay 25 years ago, Israeli forces shot and killed 12-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza as his father tried to shield him from bullets.

The moment shook the world and turned al-Durrah into a symbol of the second Palestinian Intifada ⤵️
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A call to action from David Adler, a volunteer aboard the flotilla
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Tomorrow at the #LabourPartyConference, 70 children from 7 primary schools will be handing in the #FreeSchoolMealsForAll petition with @nochildbehinduk.bsky.social Free school meals for all primary school children would ensure children's health and prodictive education, allowing for equality.
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Labour’s plan for compulsory digital ID risks creating a more authoritarian state.

Under constant surveillance, we would have to pass through digital checkpoints just to live our daily lives — with even more barriers for minorities, migrants and the digitally excluded.
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Your Party has been registered as a political party today.

Founders: Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana
Founded: 24 July 2025
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Today, we purchased a large field tent to accommodate the increasing number of displaced patients.

​Our need for support remains urgent. We were only able to provide a small quantity of medicine, which may only be enough for a few days.

#Gaza
Please, share and support us 🙏🏼❤️‍🩹🇵🇸
gofund.me/6bfa282b
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The recognition of Palestinian statehood is long overdue, but without meaningful action to hold Israel to account, the UK’s actions are insufficient.

The UK has leverage: it must impose comprehensive, Russia-style economic sanctions and ban arms sales.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK recognises Palestine as an independent state
Deeply symbolic move comes seven decades after end of UK mandate in Palestine and formation of state of Israel
www.theguardian.com
The government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill could give businesses the green light to trash habitats and threaten wildlife. Say no to attacks on nature!

If you agree – join me and add your name with @friends-earth.bsky.social👇
foe.uk/tffac #PlanningBill
foe.uk