Anna Gupta
@annagupta.bsky.social
Social work professor at Royal Holloway University of London - equality, social justice, human rights. All views expressed are my own ☮️🕊️🇵🇸🍉
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
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In fact the judgment does not turn on the ECHR (according to the summary)
As clockwork (just hope no-one gets hurt over the weekend.)
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In fact the judgment does not turn on the ECHR (according to the summary)
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"Asylum seekers are not allowed to work while their claims are being processed, which can take months, and sometimes years. They have absolutely no way of supporting themselves during that time, & yes, the State has a legal obligation not to let them starve" Frustrating it needs saying, but it does
From PlayStations to Spanish lessons: Debunking the Asylum “Freebies” List
What the headlines don’t tell you about housing, healthcare, and support for people who arrive with nothing.
open.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Asylum seekers are not allowed to work while their claims are being processed, which can take months, and sometimes years. They have absolutely no way of supporting themselves during that time, & yes, the State has a legal obligation not to let them starve" Frustrating it needs saying, but it does
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The "culture war" is a contest for the collective imagination.
Reactionaries have a clear interest in
(a) promoting a benign view of the prevailing social order and its origins, and
(b) stamping out critical counter-narratives.
It's not a "distraction". It's a vital political struggle.
Reactionaries have a clear interest in
(a) promoting a benign view of the prevailing social order and its origins, and
(b) stamping out critical counter-narratives.
It's not a "distraction". It's a vital political struggle.
Trump complains that the National Museum of African American History discusses "how bad Slavery was."
August 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The "culture war" is a contest for the collective imagination.
Reactionaries have a clear interest in
(a) promoting a benign view of the prevailing social order and its origins, and
(b) stamping out critical counter-narratives.
It's not a "distraction". It's a vital political struggle.
Reactionaries have a clear interest in
(a) promoting a benign view of the prevailing social order and its origins, and
(b) stamping out critical counter-narratives.
It's not a "distraction". It's a vital political struggle.
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Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation.
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Epping asylum hotel CLOSED BY MOB RULE? Where should they go?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation.
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
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Far right groups are threatening to burn down hotels full of refugees at events attended by senior politicians, while people of colour live in fear after being falsely labelled as paedophiles
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Far right groups are threatening to burn down hotels full of refugees at events attended by senior politicians, while people of colour live in fear after being falsely labelled as paedophiles
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
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Far right demagoguery - thanks to crucial, repeated validation from the political mainstream - has painted a target on the back of every man of colour in this country.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters.
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Far right demagoguery - thanks to crucial, repeated validation from the political mainstream - has painted a target on the back of every man of colour in this country.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
Everyone knows what is likely to happen next.
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You can download A Handbook of Integration with Refugees: Global Learnings from Scotland, edited by @esaldegheri.bsky.social, @dx-fisher.bsky.social and @alisonphipps.bsky.social for free here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
A Handbook of Integration with Refugees
This book brings together the voices of academics, practitioners, and people seeking sanctuary to explore the processes of refugee integration. Situated in learnings from Scotland, the book offers the...
www.multilingual-matters.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You can download A Handbook of Integration with Refugees: Global Learnings from Scotland, edited by @esaldegheri.bsky.social, @dx-fisher.bsky.social and @alisonphipps.bsky.social for free here: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Typical of the greedy rich to protest to protect their wealth and against improving the lives of those in poverty
‘Mansion tax’ would stall home sales and fuel exodus of super-rich, experts warn
The chancellor is reportedly planning to levy capital gains on the sale of first properties
www.independent.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Typical of the greedy rich to protest to protect their wealth and against improving the lives of those in poverty
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Poverty obstructs economic recovery.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
Our state has become a guarantor of corporate profits
Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...
leftfootforward.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Poverty obstructs economic recovery.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
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At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family
At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family
Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous journey
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family
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“Merging truth with misinformation is once more straight out of the populist playlook: confuse people until they no longer know what to believe. Then, unable to believe anything at all, they are left only with feelings"
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
Robert Jenrick really needs to get over himself
The BBC is allowing itself to be kicked around like a political football
inews.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Merging truth with misinformation is once more straight out of the populist playlook: confuse people until they no longer know what to believe. Then, unable to believe anything at all, they are left only with feelings"
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...
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What I want for myself and my kids, is a political system built around compassion rather than aggression: built around a global community, rather than isolated groups defined by race, religion, nationality and gender: built around people rather than wealth accumulation: @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Outside Downing Street:
We'll keep raising our voices for Palestine.
End the Genocide.
We'll keep raising our voices for Palestine.
End the Genocide.
August 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What I want for myself and my kids, is a political system built around compassion rather than aggression: built around a global community, rather than isolated groups defined by race, religion, nationality and gender: built around people rather than wealth accumulation: @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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A 2% tax on wealth would only (mildly) affect 20,000 people but would generate £24bn each year that we can spend on fixing the country. End child poverty, improve the NHS, fix our schools and all that good stuff.
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August 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A 2% tax on wealth would only (mildly) affect 20,000 people but would generate £24bn each year that we can spend on fixing the country. End child poverty, improve the NHS, fix our schools and all that good stuff.
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It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yvette Cooper: Some 'don't know the full nature' of Palestine Action
Defending the group's proscription under terror law, she said the organisation was "not a non-violent organisation".
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It is inherently absurd to proscribe a group as terrorists based on acts the public doesn't know about. Terrorism *by definition* involves violence intended to intimidate a civilian population. How can the target population be terrorised by acts they know nothing about?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“Court documents indicate how national security concerns were not a central factor in the Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action.
“Indeed, they barely feature in the government’s open evidence.”
👉 Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
“Indeed, they barely feature in the government’s open evidence.”
👉 Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
Exclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.
www.declassifieduk.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“Court documents indicate how national security concerns were not a central factor in the Home Office’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action.
“Indeed, they barely feature in the government’s open evidence.”
👉 Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
“Indeed, they barely feature in the government’s open evidence.”
👉 Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
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Just a basic fact check. The UK by its own admission exports arms (F-35 parts) capable of being used in Gaza where the IDF has, amongst other things, pursued a vast, genocidal campaign of state terror.
"We" the British people may not support terrorists. But objectively the government does.
"We" the British people may not support terrorists. But objectively the government does.
@alexdaviesjones.bsky.social : "We don't support terrorists in the UK. Would you be asking me that if this was about the IRA?"
Madeley: "... the IRA planted bombs... Palestine Action isn't quite in the same league"
"... we do not support terrorists in this country" #GMB
Madeley: "... the IRA planted bombs... Palestine Action isn't quite in the same league"
"... we do not support terrorists in this country" #GMB
August 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Just a basic fact check. The UK by its own admission exports arms (F-35 parts) capable of being used in Gaza where the IDF has, amongst other things, pursued a vast, genocidal campaign of state terror.
"We" the British people may not support terrorists. But objectively the government does.
"We" the British people may not support terrorists. But objectively the government does.
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Really inconsiderate of Gazan children to choose the school holiday period to starve to death and therefore force Freeman to confront her own complicity in genocide.
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
July 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Really inconsiderate of Gazan children to choose the school holiday period to starve to death and therefore force Freeman to confront her own complicity in genocide.
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
[But don't worry, she succeeds in blaming it all on Hamas and "very bad people."]
archive.ph/6auwd
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Labour mistakenly seem to think that the way to fight the far-right is to become more like them.
They could be more wrong.
Good luck Zack!
They could be more wrong.
Good luck Zack!
We need to make Labour more scared of losing votes & seats to the Green Party than to Reform.
My interview with the Huffington Post about why I'm asking for your vote to be the next leader of the Green Party.
👇🏼
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
My interview with the Huffington Post about why I'm asking for your vote to be the next leader of the Green Party.
👇🏼
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-p...
Exclusive: Green Party Frontrunner Zack Polanski On Trying To Make It From Outside 'Dull' Westminster
And why comments from his leadership rival made him particularly "upset".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
July 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Labour mistakenly seem to think that the way to fight the far-right is to become more like them.
They could be more wrong.
Good luck Zack!
They could be more wrong.
Good luck Zack!
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The right has gone absolutely nuts. The Tory party is chewed up with its brexity failure and the prejudice ticket that once gave it power. Reform’s rise from their ashes is the toxic aftermath. And the media dance along like it’s all so exciting, rather than a goddam nightmare for us all.
July 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The right has gone absolutely nuts. The Tory party is chewed up with its brexity failure and the prejudice ticket that once gave it power. Reform’s rise from their ashes is the toxic aftermath. And the media dance along like it’s all so exciting, rather than a goddam nightmare for us all.
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The shit is really going to hit the fan when M&S realise they have multilingual staff working at the world's busiest airport.
July 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The shit is really going to hit the fan when M&S realise they have multilingual staff working at the world's busiest airport.