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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · Jan 16

I just sent the following letter to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice:

Dear Shabana Mahmood

I have just read the amazingly lucid and well articulated open letter from 5 women imprisoned, in my view pointlessly and maliciously, in HMP Send.

theecologist.org/2025/jan/15/...

Prison is criminal

An open letter to Shabana Mahmood, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, about prisons from Just Stop Oil activists currently behind bars.

theecologist.org

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 6h

We don't need/want our trains without staff.
We don't need/want to order our food only through an app!
We don't need/want supermarkets without cashiers.
No matter how convenient AI may appear, we don't want soulless lives without human connection!

Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 7h

#DecentHomesStandard
#FoodBankBritain

www.housing.org.uk/our-work/qua...

Decent Homes Standard

In September 2025, the government consulted on reforming the Decent Homes Standard, including the introduction of a Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for the social rented sector.

www.housing.org.uk

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 7h

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jonathon-p...
#JonathonPorritt
#LoveAngerAndBetrayal

Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Derby

Jonathon Porritt introduces his new book which asks: "What good are science and rational persuasion if no one is paying attention?"

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 7h

news.exeter.ac.uk/research/new...

‘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

Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 7h

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jonathon-p...
#JonathonPorritt
#LoveAngerAndBetrayal

Jonathon Porritt: 'Love Anger & Betrayal'. Speaker Tour, Derby

Jonathon Porritt introduces his new book which asks: "What good are science and rational persuasion if no one is paying attention?"

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 7h

In #HouseofLords tonight I was talking about the tech mess of eVisas and asking how #DigitalID could possibly be different?

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666253...

UK’s error-prone eVisa system is ‘anxiety-inducing’ | Computer Weekly

People experiencing technical errors with the Home Office’s electronic visa system have spoken with Computer Weekly about the psychological toll of not being able to reliably prove their immigration s...

www.computerweekly.com

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

www.yourparty.uk/assemblies/

Assemblies | Your Party

Assemblies Your Party is coming to you! We’re building a different kind of political party: one run by and for the people, not the billionaire class. From this weekend onwards, we are hosting mass reg...

www.yourparty.uk

Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct...

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

www.theguardian.com

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 8h

Earth Energy Imbalance

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

fwcc.world/world-quaker...
#FWCC

World Quaker Day 2025 a success – FWCC

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 8h

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ca...

Climate Cafe

Share coffee and cake with other people who care.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Pardon me if I delay celebrating this vile cretin losing until those poor Sandy Hook families he victimized for cheap publicity see all of the cash. I don't trust him for a second.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Alex Jones, who has been ordered to pay $1.4 billion in damages to the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.

abcnews.go.com

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 9h

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In conversation with Jonathon Porritt

Liz and Jonathon discuss their work documenting stories of Just Stop Oil activists, the evolution of the campaiging group Defend Our Juries and the battle to protect our planet and human rights.

lizsmithpage75.substack.com

Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 10h

@acornunion.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Renter's union Acorn have taken over a bailiffs meeting because, well, fuck bailiffs.

If you hate wankers - which is what the Canary style guide insists we call bailiffs - then Acorn has a protest for you today

www.thecanary.co

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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 13h

The devastating floods in Western Alaska are a stark reminder that climate change disproportionately impacts Indigenous communities despite them contributing the least to the crisis.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 20h

youtu.be/NyubRIfOuW8

Gaza: Grief and Action

YouTube video by Joe Holtaway

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Packham: I'm frightened
(Owen Jones Visits Green Party Conference)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds3R...

They DIDN'T Kick Me Out! Owen Jones Visits GREEN PARTY Conference

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 20h

youtu.be/NyubRIfOuW8

Gaza: Grief and Action

YouTube video by Joe Holtaway

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 1d

NOT DONE YET
Ceasefire (ticked)
END Occupation_ (unticked)
END Apartheid _ (unticked)
REBUILD Ghazal (unticked)
The Hague. D(unticked)

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Rajan Naidu 📎 Ⓥ @rajannaidu.bsky.social · 2d

When 12 people were killed in Charlie Hendon's attacks, world leaders thronged to Paris for a solidarity march, but no world leader has organised a march to protest killing more than 67,173 civilians, 20,179 children, 376 UN aid workers, and 254 journalists in Gaza ... and counting.
#GazaHolocaust

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