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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · Apr 2

Yes that's right. Our very own @rachelcdailey.bsky.social will be doing a #TikTokLive on Wed 9 April at 6pm to discuss Labour's vicious cuts to disabled people's benefits. She'll be joined by some very special guests & will be taking your questions. So make sure you join us, too #WelfareNotWarfare

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 13m

Fascism is rising in the North of Ireland, warn activists monitoring the far-right

The Canary spoke to anti-fascism campaigners who have been monitoring social media accounts of extremist groups and infiltrating them
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Fascism is rising in the North of Ireland, warn activists monitoring the far-right

The Canary spoke to anti-fascism campaigners who have been monitoring social media accounts of extremist groups and infiltrating them

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1h

Bridget Phillipson just accidentally justified blocking Israel from peace talks

Phillipson said there's no place for a terrorist group which kills countless civilians and is responsible for inflicting violence.

Who's that, then, wonders @willem-moore.bsky.social
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Bridget Phillipson just justified blocking Israel from peace talks

Bridget Phillipson said there's no place for a terrorist group which kills countless civilians and is responsible for inflicting violence

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1h

The Conservative Party is dead - which under normal circumstances would be hilarious

The death of the Conservative Party has emboldened Reform - but fortunately, Zack Polanski is here to save us (and maybe Jezza and Zarah, too...)
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The Conservative Party is dead - which under normal circumstances would be hilarious

The death of the Conservative Party has emboldened Reform - but fortunately, Zack Polanski is here to save us

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's latest tariff chaos exposed America's biggest weakness

Trump's tariffs keep weakening the US grip on power, and this latest round have shown just how fragile that grip really is - because China has all the cards
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Trump's latest tariff chaos exposed America's biggest weakness

Trump's tariffs keep weakening the US grip on power, and this latest round have shown just how fragile that grip really is

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2h

Paul Holden: why I’ve given exclusive extracts of The Fraud to the Canary and Inside Croydon

Labour Together's targeting of both Inside Croydon and the Canary was genuinely shocking and needs exposing, Paul Holden says in an exclusive column for the Canary
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Paul Holden: why I’ve given exclusive extracts of The Fraud to the Canary and Inside Croydon

The Fraud shows the targeting of both Inside Croydon and the Canary are genuinely shocking, Paul Holden says in an exclusive column

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 2h

For the third day running, Israel violates Gaza 'ceasefire' to maim and murder Palestinians

On the third day of the ceasefire, an Israel drone targeted the Jabalia refugee camp, killing one civilian and seriously injuring others
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For the third day running, Israel violates Gaza 'ceasefire' to maim and murder Palestinians

On the third day of the ceasefire, an Israel drone targeted the Jabalia refugee camp, killing one civilian and seriously injuring others

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 3h

Israel is still holding the bodies of 67 martyred Palestinian children - leaving them in numbered graves

Israel continues to hold the bodies of over 700 Palestinians it has martyred from Gaza - in violation of international humanitarian law
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Israel is still holding the bodies of 67 martyred Palestinian children - leaving them in numbered graves

Israel continues to hold the bodies of Palestinians it has martyred from Gaza in violation of international humanitarian law.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 3h

Far-right fascist protesters are 'fake crusaders' cosplaying people who care about women and children

The far right don't actually care about women and girls - but are playing up their faux outrage to justify their racism.
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Far-right fascist protesters are 'fake crusaders' cosplaying people who care about women and children

Far right fascist protesters don't actually care about women and girls - but are playing up their faux outrage to justify their racism.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 16h

VIDEO: first meeting of Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos and Nakba survivor Antoine Raffoul

Both men survived appalling horrors: Stephen Kapos the Holocaust and Antoine Raffoul the Nakba.

They met at the Palestine march in London today.
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VIDEO: first meeting of Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos and Nakba survivor Antoine Raffoul

Both men survived appalling horrors Stephen Kapos the Holocaust and Antoine Raffoul the Nakba. They met at the Palestine march today

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 19h

Gaza's Ministry of Health tells the Canary 'we do not seek pity, but justice'

Dr Munir Al-Barsh, director of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said 'what is happening is a total collapse of the human right to life'
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Gaza's Ministry of Health tells the Canary 'we do not seek pity, but justice'

Dr Munir Al-Barsh, director of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, said 'what is happening is a total collapse of the human right to life'

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 20h

Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists

The fact that Farage is married to a woman astounds @wordsbyhg.bsky.social - because he has clearly never listened to one.

If he had, he wouldn't speak in the way he does.
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Farage kicking off about vegan tampons shows just how much period stigma still exists

The fact that Farage is married to a woman astounds Canary writer HG - because he has clearly never listened to one

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 20h

BREAKING: activist and content creator Ani Says arrested AGAIN by Met

Ani Says is banned from Westminster. So, she was protesting in Southwark - when cops nicked her AGAIN after Zionists doxxed her.

This time over the word 'coconut'. Yes, THAT word AGAIN.
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BREAKING: activist and content creator Ani Says arrested AGAIN by Met

Ani Says is banned from Westminster. So, she was protesting in Southwark - when cops nicked her AGAIN. this time over the word 'coconut'.

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 23h

VIDEO: Israel raids Al Jazeera West Bank offices - again - despite 'ceasefire'

The supposed 'ceasefire' in Gaza sees an even further intensification of Israel's oppression of occupied Palestinians and the media - specifically Al Jazeera
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VIDEO: Israel raids Al Jazeera West Bank offices - again - despite 'ceasefire'

'Ceasefire' in Gaza sees even further intensification of oppression of occupied Palestinians and media - specifically Al Jazeera

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 23h

IN FULL: the Your Party Liverpool launch with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

You can now watch the full launch of Your Party Liverpool - including speeches from Corbyn and Sultana - on our YouTube.

Link in the article.
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IN FULL: the Your Party Liverpool launch with Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

You can now watch the full launch of Your Party Liverpool - including speeches from Corbyn and Sultana - on our YouTube

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Jeanine Hourani: 'genocide abroad and austerity at home' have sparked Labour's demise

Hourani's media visibility has attracted attention from the Zionist settler-colonial project - but she refuses to be silenced, as a recent speech showed
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Jeanine Hourani: 'genocide abroad and austerity at home' have sparked Labour's demise

Jeanine Hourani's media visibility has attracted attention from the Israeli settler-colonial project - but she refuses to be silenced

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Prosecution rest their case in Bloody Sunday murder trial

A prosecution barrister used proceedings to lay out a set of agreed facts around Bloody Sunday, as the trail reached a milestone
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Prosecution rest their case in Bloody Sunday murder trial

A prosecution barrister used proceedings to lay out a set of agreed facts around Bloody Sunday, as the trail reached a milestone

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Israel refuses to release abducted Palestinian doctors, will not let foreign medics enter Gaza either

Doctors imprisoned without charge, beaten and starved will remain in 'detention' says Israel as it blocks international medical access to Gaza
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Israel refuses to release abducted Palestinian doctors, will not let foreign medics enter Gaza either

Doctors imprisoned without charge, beaten and starved will remain in 'detention' says Israel as it blocks international access to Gaza

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues

The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
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Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues

The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Yvette Cooper is coming for our kids with her dystopian digital ID scheme

In 'The Unlisted', schools collaborate with governments and corporations to force mind-control devices onto children. All very Digital ID...
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Yvette Cooper is coming for our kids with her dystopian digital ID scheme

In 'The Unlisted', schools collaborate with governments and corporations to force mind-control devices onto children. All very Digital ID

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Palestinians wait to see if Israel will uphold prisoner swap ceasefire deal

Israel has violated ceasefire agreements so many times that the latest prisoner swap is watched with bated breath by Palestinian families
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Palestinians wait to see if Israel will uphold prisoner swap ceasefire deal

Israel has violated ceasefire agreements so many times that the latest prisoner swap is watched with bated breath by Palestinian families

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Bad Lads: a harrowing story of how Thatcher's government sent boys to hell

Bad Lads is a play based on the testimonies of men who were held in Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s as teenagers. @rachelcdailey.bsky.social reviews:
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Bad Lads: a harrowing story of how Thatcher's government sent boys to hell

Bad Lads is a play based on the testimonies of men who were held in Medomsley Detention Centre in County Durham in the 1980s as teenagers

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Health disaster in Gaza: hospitals without power, medicines almost extinct

The Director General of Hospitals Dr. Mohammed Zaqout has revealed fully the state Israel has left Gaza's health system in
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Health disaster in Gaza: hospitals without power, medicines almost extinct

The Director General of Hospitals Dr. Mohammed Zaqout has revealed fully the state Israel has left Gaza's health system in

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty do Reform want tampons to be?
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Farage seeks divine intervention against National Trust vegan tampons

Farage's latest dab on his culture wars bingo card does beg the question: how meaty does Reform want tampons to be?

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

The grift: ex-PM Rishi Sunak set to take top tech and AI roles

Eternally underwhelming former Tory PM Rishi Sunak is set to start two advisory roles for tech firms, as the revolving door swings open again
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The grift: ex-PM Rishi Sunak set to take top tech and AI roles

Eternally underwhelming former Tory PM Rishi Sunak is set to start two advisory roles for tech firms, as the revolving door swings open again

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

Return to the rubble: tens of thousands of Palestinians walk towards homes that no longer exist

Waves of people were seen walking along Salah al-Din and al-Rashid streets towards Gaza City, in a scene where tears mingled with hope
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Return to the rubble: tens of thousands of Palestinians walk towards homes that no longer exist

Waves of people were seen walking along Salah al-Din and al-Rashid streets towards Gaza City, in a scene where tears mingled with hope

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