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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 10h

Just for info, the green party is also a mass democratic party from the ground up..

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 14h

The fact that they call this a ceasefire shows how ignorant and indoctrinated they are

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20h

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

www.monbiot.com

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 23h

On the 6th of October Israel had about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Today, *after the exchange* Israel holds at least 9,000 prisoners, most of them have not been charged.
Conditions in prisons became intolerable after Oct 7. Torture and starvation are standard.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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David Chriscole @devilishaccord.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, this is the best Trawl Meets yet. ❤️

Anyone who wants to actually hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social without him being interrupted because "he's saying the quiet words out louds", then THIS is the podcast for you.

There's so much packed into this episode.

PS: join.greenparty.org.uk 💚

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

Is he admitting he has a personality disorder?

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d

The UK Green Party is surging in popularity, breaking the 100,000 member mark over the weekend.

Amazing what happens when you take a clear moral and political stance on genocide.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.

No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.

Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if thats true:

"Corbyn promised grassroots democracy with members deciding the policies. The Reality was different.

Decision-making quickly centralised around a small Westminster circle. Membership structures and communications went out under Corbyn’s authority alone."

shorturl.at/BRqGD

Why the rift? What's the road ahead?

Supporters of the YOUR PARTY project say how we can build OUR PARTY

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

That's not my opinion. That's the opinion of many.

Notice no one is actually responding to my main point though either.

Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

I know they're not on the left but many think they are, or that they are "progressive".

Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

Doesn't stop people thinking they are though

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest problem is that Labour did a pact with the private sector.

As Rachel Reeves said before the election, "the fingerprints of the private sector are all over our manifesto".

Labour essentially agreed to prioritise profits over people:

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became party of business

An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies

www.opendemocracy.net

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 1d

Council housing pays for itself in a short space of time.

Can anyone explain to me in plain English why the gov cannot build council houses itself?

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

Is this a broken promise to protect the people against Fascists?

bsky.app/profile/unra...

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 4d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 2d

A collapsing planet leads to hard choices but people do not want to hear it.

This then encourages populist politicians who we vote for because they tell us everything's fine.

We have to persuade people somehow we can improve their lives without endless growth and consumption.

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 4d

shouldn’t the members elect the leader at their first conference?

Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 4d

"IDF will continue to occupy Gaza whilst terrorising its citizens - who will live on the rubble of their former homes."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 5d

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 6d

Looks like the Greens are likely to hit 100,000 members pretty soon. Quite an astonishing growth rate.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d

We just hit 93,000 members.

We're polling on average higher than we have ever before.

Over 1000 people joining a day!

Join our movement.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Join the Green Party

Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 6d

UK ministers have for two years constantly defended and underplayed Israel's genocide in parliament.

Here's @JennyChapman referring to "allegations" of attacks on schools and hospitals and calling on "all parties" to cease, without mentioning the word "Israel".

#DCUKparliament

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Mark in Devon @markindevon.bsky.social · 7d

www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone...

Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became party of business

An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies

www.opendemocracy.net

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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