Tom Blackburn
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Tom Blackburn
@tomblackburn.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Wrote this for Tribune on the new left party, its prospects, tasks and challenges:
The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s reactionary Labour government has created a generational opportunity in British politics. Rebuilding the Left will be difficult — but this could be a start.
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Tom Blackburn
@tomblackburn.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (-1)
LAB: 19% (-1)
CON: 19% (+3)
LDM: 12% (=)
GRN: 10% (+1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 13-14 Aug.
Changes w/ 6 Aug.
RFM: 31% (-1)
LAB: 19% (-1)
CON: 19% (+3)
LDM: 12% (=)
GRN: 10% (+1)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 13-14 Aug.
Changes w/ 6 Aug.
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Tom Blackburn
@tomblackburn.bsky.social
· Aug 14
The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s reactionary Labour government has created a generational opportunity in British politics. Rebuilding the Left will be difficult — but this could be a start.
Party Time
The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s reactionary Labour government has created a generational opportunity in British politics. Rebuilding the Left will be difficult — but this could be a start.
tribunemag.co.uk
Tom Blackburn
@tomblackburn.bsky.social
· Aug 14
The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s reactionary Labour government has created a generational opportunity in British politics. Rebuilding the Left will be difficult — but this could be a start.
Party Time
The unpopularity of Keir Starmer’s reactionary Labour government has created a generational opportunity in British politics. Rebuilding the Left will be difficult — but this could be a start.
tribunemag.co.uk
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Running Dog
@runningdog.bsky.social
· Jun 30
Its lawful speech to have an offensive/shock value band name like "Kneecap". I would disapprove of calling a band Kneecap, Suicide Vest, Lynch Mob, Pogrom, Nail Bomb, or Punishment Beating or White Hoods on taste/ethics. I guess Guillotine or Executioner/Hangman might be more defensible in context.
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Tom Blackburn
@tomblackburn.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Having been vilified and spied on when he was an active politician, Tony Benn was patronizingly dismissed in his later years.
A new collection of Benn’s writings shows why his democratic socialist vision was such a powerful threat to the status quo.
A new collection of Benn’s writings shows why his democratic socialist vision was such a powerful threat to the status quo.
The British Establishment Still Fears the Ideas of Tony Benn
Having been vilified and spied on when he was an active politician, Tony Benn was patronizingly dismissed in his later years. A new collection of Benn’s writings shows why his democratic socialist vision was such a powerful threat to the status quo.
jacobin.com
Tom Blackburn
@tomblackburn.bsky.social
· Jun 28
Having been vilified and spied on when he was an active politician, Tony Benn was patronizingly dismissed in his later years.
A new collection of Benn’s writings shows why his democratic socialist vision was such a powerful threat to the status quo.
A new collection of Benn’s writings shows why his democratic socialist vision was such a powerful threat to the status quo.
The British Establishment Still Fears the Ideas of Tony Benn
Having been vilified and spied on when he was an active politician, Tony Benn was patronizingly dismissed in his later years. A new collection of Benn’s writings shows why his democratic socialist vision was such a powerful threat to the status quo.
jacobin.com
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I'm seeing a lot more of my far left friends posting things like "both parties aren't the same after all" and "there are meaningful ideological divisions even amongst capital/the right/etc". which is good! We should move with the times. but I'm seeing less contrition about it than I'd hope
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🔴 NEW: UK’s £32m Investment in Peter Thiel-backed Autonomous Weapons Firm Revealed Amid Deepening Ties to Trump Administration.
Me, for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
Me, for @bylinetimes.bsky.social:
bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/u...
UK's £32m Investment in Peter Thiel-backed Autonomous Weapons Firm Revealed Amid Deepening Ties to Trump Administration
The contracts, seen by Byline Times, include £7 million for a fleet of near silent 'ghost drones'
bylinetimes.com
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Owen Dowling
@owenjdowling.bsky.social
· Feb 21
The Communist International’s Failure Still Haunts the Left
Although it ended in tragic defeat, the Communist International was one of the most ambitious exercises in transnational political activism ever conceived. Its rise and fall gives us a crucial window ...
jacobin.com
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Gareth
@gareth.entertainium.co
· Feb 21
Protests and boycotts are killing off the arts in Britain | Lisa Nandy www.independent.co.uk/voices/lisa-...
Lisa Nandy: Protests and boycotts are killing off the arts
The arts are central to our chance to live richer, larger lives – but they’re at risk from self-defeating virtue signalling that has become a feature of our times, says culture secretary Lisa Nandy
www.independent.co.uk