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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Dec 11

If you are a socialist, or a communist, or an anarchist, or a climate activist, or covid cautious, I want to follow you. Are you there?

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Nov 22

We are a police state, with poverty as deliberate policy, we defend apartheid & arm genocidal regimes, we ignore international law, we break treaties, we host global corruption, our covid-19 response failed, we promote racist hostility: we are a failed state.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 20h

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 13h

Any short lived immunity we are getting should be coming safely from vaccines and not from infections that carry post infection risks e.g. like cardiovascular risk.

COVID infection = Post infection risks

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 1d

Words matter, they really do…
and the BBC cant play ignorant, they know this…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/bias...

Biased BBC, blinkered Bowen

Two years on from October 7th 2023 and more than 77 years on from the Nakba, even our seasoned and…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 1d

Oops! Thread fix to follow…

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Dec 24

Why do the Editors at CNN frame this story in this way?

We're seeing everyone fall into line behind Trump.

This is how Hitler got started...

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Dec 24

CNN is accutely aware of this, but does it anyway. This very article continues:

"With Trump, the differences between serious policy proposals and rhetorical flourishes intended to stoke media attention or energize his base are not always clear."

Next...

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 1d

If you think Israel will allow a viable, independent Palestinian state to exist, you haven’t been paying attention (since 1948).

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 1d

With yourparty.uk up & running, the benefit of hindsight, Greens making the right noises, a bunch of small socialist parties & a smattering of independents ready to form a coalition, policies in this thread have the best chance yet of becoming law.

We have to make it happen! #SocialistEveryday

The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Feb 22

Considering austerity, cancelled winter fuel payments, support for genocide and war in Ukraine, I believe it's no exaggeration to say that Starmer's fascist coup against 'dangerous allotment-keeping jam-maker' Jeremy Corbyn has likely already cost thousands of lives. How many more? #CouldHaveHad

The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · May 30

In 2015, after just two months as an MP, Starmer voted to oust Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in the first chicken coup. In an attempt to unite the party, Corbyn promoted him to the shadow cabinet.

Contrast that to Starmer’s actions expelling the left… #NeverStarmer

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Nov 24

How sweet, global warming is like a blanket keeping us warm at night...

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Dec 24

Trump talks openly about the invasion of Canada, Mexico, Greenland, & Panama but CNN uses words like 'teasing,' 'taunting' & 'entertaining' to minimise the madness. This is how media enables fascism. This is how Hitler got started. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/23/p...

Trump is teasing US expansion into Panama, Greenland and Canada | CNN Politics

President-elect Donald Trump appears to be entertaining an American territorial expansion that, if he’s serious, would rival the Louisiana Purchase or the deal that netted Alaska from Russia.

edition.cnn.com

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 1d

Moral outrage has really lost its way…

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inblacknwhite @imagetree.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.

Assata Shakur
#socialistsunday

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 2d

It's inexcusable that the 'herd-immunity' lie is still being peddled by mainstream media - especially the state broadcaster. This specific story is the single worst take, in so many ways, I have ever seen. Mitigations are easy. Covid is potentially very dangerous.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Up to their necks in it...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein while prime minister

The ex-PM confirms he met Epstein in 2002, six years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Can't afford to watch TV? Stare at a puddle and pretend. #HowStarmerThinks

The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Struggling to buy gifts this Christmas? Help loved ones appreciate what they already own by wrapping one of their possessions. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Can't afford a turkey this Christmas? Simply wrap a balloon in brown paper and pretend. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Stay warm at night by wrapping sheets of tin foil around your limbs as metal pyjamas. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

If you can't afford to feed the kids, hide them under restaurant tables where they can hoover up the diner's droppings. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Homeless people would be happier if they just pretended they were having a night out. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Poor families can eat out by visiting bins behind takeaways and licking packaging wrappers. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

A bin bag full of leaves is cheaper than a mattress and will last all week if you don't move while sleeping. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · Jul 23

Socialist Book Club.

Add your recommendations to this #SocialistBookClub thread (books about socialism or anarchism or wider reading).

Post the title, author and a one sentence summary or review. Likes can help compile a list of top titles.

Don't forget to use the #SocialistBookClub hashtag. 🧵

The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Two cardboard boxes are cheaper than shoes and will last a child all week if they avoid playing football. #HowStarmerThinks

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly - more broken pledges.