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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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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · Nov 13
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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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 17h
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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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 7h
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Human rights official urges UK to review laws after Palestine Action placard arrests
Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h
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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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 12h
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
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 12h
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
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
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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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 1d
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.
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 1d
🚨 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 @jasoncliff.bsky.social · Sep 10
Here’s the phone number for the U.S🇺🇸 Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121.
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jasoncliff.bsky.social @jasoncliff.bsky.social · Sep 10
The phone number for the US 🇺🇸Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d
“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...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
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.
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 1d
Or as a disciple of #Trump who's waging war on cities that don't vote for him
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 1d
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Top Corporations On Track to Buy 3.9 GW of Renewable Power by 2030, 7.7 GW by 2040

There is #hope, because we have the solutions 🛠️⚖️🔍 to take #ClimateAction.

Read on: www.theenergymix.com/top-co...
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Top Corporations On Track to Buy 3.9 GW of Renewable Power by 2030, 7.7 GW by 2040
Private power consumers in Canada have tacitly committed to buying 3.9 gigawatts of renewable electricity this decade and 7.7 GW by 2040, and virtual power purchase agreements (vPPAs)—which allow companies to procure renewable energy without installi
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo
Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo
Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
UK edges £20m, enough to build about 200 homes. Reparation needed at scale, mostly from the arms companies, and their clients, who've profited massively from the slaughter, and now describe their wares as battle tested.
UK to host international summit on Gaza recovery plan
Representatives from Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Germany and Italy among those to attend conference
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
Friends — something dramatic has happened over the last two weeks.
Sunday thought: the big Reveal
Friends,
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d
The federal food program helping more than 1 in 4 young children access fresh produce, milk, and formula will run out of funding next week.

Over 5 million children could lose food assistance — all thanks to the Trump-Republican shutdown.

The cruelty is endless.
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Joe Mama ™️ @joemama123451.bsky.social · 2d
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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d
Maybe there's something in this Nigel Farage and Nathan Gill Russian bribes story....
Lots of stories about Nathan Gill and Russian bribes.
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 2d
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 2d
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Meanwhile, on Saturday in Norwich:

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‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right
A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 3d
President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20! action.eko.org/a/president-...
President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20!
Right now, the world stands at a crossroads: billionaires are hoarding obscene wealth while millions struggle just to survive.But for the first time ever, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has
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Lesley @lesleyjgrahame.bsky.social · 3d
The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
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