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Eric the Green (and Red)

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global citizen NOT "consumer"; based in Scotland (where born); lived in Zimbabwe, South Africa & France; pro human and nature rights; work for socl/envnmntl charity; loathe settler-colonialism; #RestorativeClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #FoodSovereignty

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · May 24

¡No pasarán! This is the only acceptable response to Trump jackbooting freedom of speech and academic independence. The UK is already far down the same road, alas. Fascism must be called out. en.birmiss.com/no-pasaran-w...

"¡No pasaran!": What does this political slogan mean?

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Hyper-Normalisation and the Criminalistion of Protest bellacaledonia.org.uk/2025/10/06/h...

Hyper-Normalisation and the Criminalistion of Protest

The UK government is planning to clamp down even harder on peaceful protest against the genocide in Gaza. Given their support of the Israel — through the supply of weapons parts, troop training and…

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Alternative Editorial: How To Beat Hopelessness thealternative.org.uk/dailyalterna...

Alternative Editorial: How To Beat Hopelessness — THE ALTERNATIVE

Some weeks it’s harder than others to look at the news headlines. This week’s brutal murders at a Manchester synagogue , were only made worse by the inadequate , sometimes appalling commentary the...

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Everything Before AND After October 7 Explains Why October 7 Happened
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Everything Before AND After October 7 Explains Why October 7 Happened

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Israel's Playbook: Why I Don’t Trust This New 'Ceasefire'
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Israel's Playbook: Why I Don’t Trust This New 'Ceasefire'

(And airing some more of Israel's dirty laundry)

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Tell Ecuador and Peru: Stop the Cross-Border Oil Expansion! amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

Tell Ecuador and Peru: Stop the Cross-Border Oil Expansion! | Amazon Watch

Call on the Presidents of Ecuador and Peru to cancel their cross-border oil deal and Governor Newsom to take meaningful action to end California’s reliance on Amazon crude.

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

The Parliamentarians for a Fossil-Free Amazon call for a moratorium on new oil and mining projects – starting with Indigenous territories. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10...

The Rainforest Spoke. Amazonian Legislators Listened. | Amazon Watch

In the face of inaction and paralysis of countries in making significant progress to address the climate crisis and its principal driver – fossil fuels – a worldwide coalition of legislative leaders h...

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda
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Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all.

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

New bamboo bioplastic outshines traditional plastic and decomposes in just 50 days! www.goodnewsinstead.com/science/new-...

New bamboo bioplastic outshines traditional plastic and decomposes in just 50 days!

Plastic has woven itself into the fabric of our everyday lives, offering unparalleled strength, durability, and versatility at a low cost. However, this remarkable material has also posed significant

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Liberation for Palestine and the Palestinian People without Tony Blair and Trump www.change.org/p/liberation...

Liberation for Palestine and the Palestinian People without Tony Blair and Trump

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Scots demand real land reform as research reveals overwhelming public support for change raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/11/s...

Scots demand real land reform as research reveals overwhelming public support for change

Press release from REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform (11 Oct 2025) SCOTS DEMAND REAL LAND REFORM AS RESEARCH REVEALS OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CHANGE Largest ever public consultati…

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 1d

Standing Firm: The Highlands & Islands Community Refuses to Look Away
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Standing Firm: The Highlands & Islands Community Refuses to Look Away

(If you’ve received this article by email, please click on the title to read the latest version.

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

Labour Made Britain’s Protest Laws Worse — And It’s Already Backfiring youtu.be/d6y4RabnWf0?...

Starmer Tried to Protect Israel’s Image — And Destroyed His Own Instead

YouTube video by KernowDamo

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

Israel Droned Flotilla Activists And Then Abused Greta Thunberg
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Israel Droned Flotilla Activists And Then Abused Greta Thunberg

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

'This attack is being exploited to silence pro-Palestine, anti-Zionist protesters. I renounced Israeli citizenship in protest in 2001 when I was living in Australia. I’ll not participate in a media circus that perpetuates the myth that Israel represents all Jews.' open.substack.com/pub/avigail/...

Why I Refused the BBC’s Invitation to Discuss ‘Jewish Safety’

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

A 400-Word History of Capitalism
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A 400-Word History of Capitalism

Humans were not corrupted by capitalism. They created it because they were corrupt in the first place. Capitalism has been accused of creating today’s selfishness, individualism and narcissism, but th...

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

An urgent call to protect civilians in Gaza and the West Bank. www.fairtrade.net/uk-en/get-in...

Fair Trade Statement on Palestine

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

Meditative Degrowth: Sometimes The Smartest Act of Defiance Is To Stay Still
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Meditative Degrowth: Sometimes The Smartest Act of Defiance Is To Stay Still

125 million years ago an exceptionally long, baking hot summer began to sweep through the Celestial Mountain in the Tien Shan alpine range spanning modern-day Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajik...

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Greenpeace Africa @greenpeaceafrica.org · 13d

🚨 BREAKING: Greenpeace activists are taking action at the African Energy Week in Cape Town.⁣
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They are there to present Big Oil with the big, beautiful and destructive climate bill for the damages they have caused across Africa.⁣
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#Makepolluterspay

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

Write to your MP: Divest our pensions from risky fossil fuels! actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...

Write to your MP: Divest our pensions from risky fossil fuels!

UK pensions invest £88 billion in fossil fuels, causing the equivalent of 80% of the annual emissions of the entire country through fossil fuel funding alone. This puts both our planet and pension sav...

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag
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BREAKING: Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag

Released flotilla activist says Israeli authorities "dragged little Greta Thunberg by her hair... beat her" and "made her suffer"

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 9d

On The Manchester Synagogue Attack youtu.be/URQw1aXsqLY?...

On The Manchester Synagogue Attack

YouTube video by Caitlin Johnstone

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 15d

NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement
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NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Helped Broker Israeli Security Agreement

Jeffrey Epstein used his political network and financial resources to help broker a security cooperation agreement between the governments of Israel and Mongolia, according to a trove of leaked emails...

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING: Spain joins the Hague Group to hold Israel accountable over Gaza
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BREAKING: Spain joins the Hague Group to hold Israel accountable over Gaza

Comprising 34 countries, Spain has announced its intention to join the Hague Group to hold Israeli occupation accountable for genocide

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 15d

More evidence emerges of Israel’s ‘serious and alarming’ abuse of Dr Abu Safiya
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More evidence emerges of Israel's 'serious and alarming' abuse of Dr Abu Safiya

Israel has repeatedly used torture, including beatings and electric shocks, against Dr Abu Safiya alongside denial of essential medical care

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Eric the Green (and Red) @rerics.bsky.social · 15d

Israel and its supporters are evil beyond description. 'Water crisis and toxic waste: Israel is committing an ‘environmental genocide’ in Gaza as part of the erasure of Palestinian life' www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Water crisis and toxic waste: Israel is committing an 'environmental genocide' in Gaza as part of the erasure of Palestinian life

Alongside the genocide of Palestinians throughout Gaza, Israel is committing an environmental genocide on an unprecedented scale.