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"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value" - Albert Einstein.
Antifa.
Another world is possible.
Antifa.
Another world is possible.
Rachel Reeves will boost Farage and his fascist friends - by delivering a budget built on a dangerous fairy tale.
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rachel Reeves will boost Farage and his fascist friends - by delivering a budget built on a dangerous fairy tale.
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
It's the household budget analogy. The dirty secret of every billionaire-friendly government since Thatcher.
Top economist @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explains..🧵
The year-end issue of the Beano features a cartoon about Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos escaping Earth to live amongst the stars, but not before stealing our air and water to take with them.
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The year-end issue of the Beano features a cartoon about Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos escaping Earth to live amongst the stars, but not before stealing our air and water to take with them.
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Don’t worry, there’s a happy ending! 🧵
Iceland did something after the 2008–09 crash that the US, UK and EU pretend is impossible as Trump and his vile ilk ride rough shod over our democracies.
It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians.
And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. 🧵
It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians.
And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. 🧵
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Iceland did something after the 2008–09 crash that the US, UK and EU pretend is impossible as Trump and his vile ilk ride rough shod over our democracies.
It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians.
And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. 🧵
It confronted and punished its corrupt bankers and failed politicians.
And rebuilt a fairer society from the rubble. 🧵
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
This is the unbelievable story of the man who said those famous words, Frederick Douglass.
Born a slave. Died a global resistance leader. 🧵
This is the unbelievable story of the man who said those famous words, Frederick Douglass.
Born a slave. Died a global resistance leader. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
This is the unbelievable story of the man who said those famous words, Frederick Douglass.
Born a slave. Died a global resistance leader. 🧵
This is the unbelievable story of the man who said those famous words, Frederick Douglass.
Born a slave. Died a global resistance leader. 🧵
A revolution started in the UK today.
To disrupt the disinformation and division of the billionaire media standing between us and another and better world.
You can be part of it.
mediarevolution.org
#MediaRevolution
To disrupt the disinformation and division of the billionaire media standing between us and another and better world.
You can be part of it.
mediarevolution.org
#MediaRevolution
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A revolution started in the UK today.
To disrupt the disinformation and division of the billionaire media standing between us and another and better world.
You can be part of it.
mediarevolution.org
#MediaRevolution
To disrupt the disinformation and division of the billionaire media standing between us and another and better world.
You can be part of it.
mediarevolution.org
#MediaRevolution
Let's live the lives we are meant to - joyful lives surrounded by community and nature, both of which we are part of and totally dependent upon.
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Let's live the lives we are meant to - joyful lives surrounded by community and nature, both of which we are part of and totally dependent upon.
This is what politicians and media invariably get wrong.
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is what politicians and media invariably get wrong.
Why do Americans believe they can’t have nice things?
Stellan Skarsgård nails it.
Stellan Skarsgård nails it.
October 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Why do Americans believe they can’t have nice things?
Stellan Skarsgård nails it.
Stellan Skarsgård nails it.
This work spread.
Rent strikes snowballed across London. Hundreds of streets stood together.
That grassroots organising broke Mosley’s hold on the East End — and in 1936, when the fascists marched, the people were ready.
Rent strikes snowballed across London. Hundreds of streets stood together.
That grassroots organising broke Mosley’s hold on the East End — and in 1936, when the fascists marched, the people were ready.
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This work spread.
Rent strikes snowballed across London. Hundreds of streets stood together.
That grassroots organising broke Mosley’s hold on the East End — and in 1936, when the fascists marched, the people were ready.
Rent strikes snowballed across London. Hundreds of streets stood together.
That grassroots organising broke Mosley’s hold on the East End — and in 1936, when the fascists marched, the people were ready.
This is Phil Piratin — the 1930s activist who showed us how to beat today's fascists and racists as they try to tear down democracy in the US and the UK.
From rent strikes to the Battle of Cable Street, Piratin proved that when communities organise, fascism runs away.
From rent strikes to the Battle of Cable Street, Piratin proved that when communities organise, fascism runs away.
October 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is Phil Piratin — the 1930s activist who showed us how to beat today's fascists and racists as they try to tear down democracy in the US and the UK.
From rent strikes to the Battle of Cable Street, Piratin proved that when communities organise, fascism runs away.
From rent strikes to the Battle of Cable Street, Piratin proved that when communities organise, fascism runs away.
What's the definitive meme of life in 2025 and why is it this one?
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
What's the definitive meme of life in 2025 and why is it this one?
Crazy how well some threads do on Bluesky vs X.
George Orwell vs Elon Musk:
📈 1,200 likes on Bluesky
📉 155 likes on X
What's going on?
George Orwell vs Elon Musk:
📈 1,200 likes on Bluesky
📉 155 likes on X
What's going on?
October 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Crazy how well some threads do on Bluesky vs X.
George Orwell vs Elon Musk:
📈 1,200 likes on Bluesky
📉 155 likes on X
What's going on?
George Orwell vs Elon Musk:
📈 1,200 likes on Bluesky
📉 155 likes on X
What's going on?
ACT UP in the 1980s saw HIV-positive people lying down in the streets, blocking trading floors, storming the FDA.
They were disruptive, outrageous and nonviolent.
They forced the world to act and saved millions of lives
They were disruptive, outrageous and nonviolent.
They forced the world to act and saved millions of lives
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
ACT UP in the 1980s saw HIV-positive people lying down in the streets, blocking trading floors, storming the FDA.
They were disruptive, outrageous and nonviolent.
They forced the world to act and saved millions of lives
They were disruptive, outrageous and nonviolent.
They forced the world to act and saved millions of lives
The women of Chipko in India wrapped their arms around trees for days on end to stop logging.
No weapons, no power, no backing.
But their courage forced the government to ban clear-cutting, inspired India’s first environmental protections and an entire ecofeminist movement.
No weapons, no power, no backing.
But their courage forced the government to ban clear-cutting, inspired India’s first environmental protections and an entire ecofeminist movement.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The women of Chipko in India wrapped their arms around trees for days on end to stop logging.
No weapons, no power, no backing.
But their courage forced the government to ban clear-cutting, inspired India’s first environmental protections and an entire ecofeminist movement.
No weapons, no power, no backing.
But their courage forced the government to ban clear-cutting, inspired India’s first environmental protections and an entire ecofeminist movement.
A few dozen people prayed for peace in a church in totalitarian East Germany.
The police surrounded them. The pastors refused to close the doors.
From those prayers sprang the Monday demonstrations - hundreds of thousands marching without violence.
A month later, the Berlin Wall fell.
The police surrounded them. The pastors refused to close the doors.
From those prayers sprang the Monday demonstrations - hundreds of thousands marching without violence.
A month later, the Berlin Wall fell.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A few dozen people prayed for peace in a church in totalitarian East Germany.
The police surrounded them. The pastors refused to close the doors.
From those prayers sprang the Monday demonstrations - hundreds of thousands marching without violence.
A month later, the Berlin Wall fell.
The police surrounded them. The pastors refused to close the doors.
From those prayers sprang the Monday demonstrations - hundreds of thousands marching without violence.
A month later, the Berlin Wall fell.
A few hundred Just Stop Oil protestors threw soup at paintings, disrupted sports events and sat in roads.
Risking arrest and jail, they transformed global awareness about the real criminals - the fossil fuel bosses burning down our collective future for profit.
Risking arrest and jail, they transformed global awareness about the real criminals - the fossil fuel bosses burning down our collective future for profit.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A few hundred Just Stop Oil protestors threw soup at paintings, disrupted sports events and sat in roads.
Risking arrest and jail, they transformed global awareness about the real criminals - the fossil fuel bosses burning down our collective future for profit.
Risking arrest and jail, they transformed global awareness about the real criminals - the fossil fuel bosses burning down our collective future for profit.
Standing Rock Water Protectors was a small Indigenous-led encampment that stopped a major US oil pipeline.
It grew into a global solidarity movement for land and water rights, reshaping environmental justice activism.
It grew into a global solidarity movement for land and water rights, reshaping environmental justice activism.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Standing Rock Water Protectors was a small Indigenous-led encampment that stopped a major US oil pipeline.
It grew into a global solidarity movement for land and water rights, reshaping environmental justice activism.
It grew into a global solidarity movement for land and water rights, reshaping environmental justice activism.
In 1990s Serbia, a small group of young students repeatedly mocked dictator Slobodan Milošević with mock funerals, sit-ins & graffiti.
They used humour to spark a mass movement called Otpor! that brought down a dictatorship.
They used humour to spark a mass movement called Otpor! that brought down a dictatorship.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In 1990s Serbia, a small group of young students repeatedly mocked dictator Slobodan Milošević with mock funerals, sit-ins & graffiti.
They used humour to spark a mass movement called Otpor! that brought down a dictatorship.
They used humour to spark a mass movement called Otpor! that brought down a dictatorship.
Or Palestine Action in the UK.
A few dozen activists have repeatedly shut down arms factories linked to Israeli weaponry — through sit-ins, paint, and rooftop occupations.
Their pressure has already forced Elbit Systems to abandon several UK sites.
A few dozen activists have repeatedly shut down arms factories linked to Israeli weaponry — through sit-ins, paint, and rooftop occupations.
Their pressure has already forced Elbit Systems to abandon several UK sites.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Or Palestine Action in the UK.
A few dozen activists have repeatedly shut down arms factories linked to Israeli weaponry — through sit-ins, paint, and rooftop occupations.
Their pressure has already forced Elbit Systems to abandon several UK sites.
A few dozen activists have repeatedly shut down arms factories linked to Israeli weaponry — through sit-ins, paint, and rooftop occupations.
Their pressure has already forced Elbit Systems to abandon several UK sites.
One teenager. A cardboard sign.
Skipping school to sit outside parliament when nobody else would.
Within a year, millions were striking from school across the world.
Governments declared climate emergencies.
Skipping school to sit outside parliament when nobody else would.
Within a year, millions were striking from school across the world.
Governments declared climate emergencies.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
One teenager. A cardboard sign.
Skipping school to sit outside parliament when nobody else would.
Within a year, millions were striking from school across the world.
Governments declared climate emergencies.
Skipping school to sit outside parliament when nobody else would.
Within a year, millions were striking from school across the world.
Governments declared climate emergencies.
Mass marches show the world who the good guys are.
But they don’t topple tyrants by themselves — because marchers pack up and go home.
Ask the million who marched against the Iraq War in 2003.
But they don’t topple tyrants by themselves — because marchers pack up and go home.
Ask the million who marched against the Iraq War in 2003.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mass marches show the world who the good guys are.
But they don’t topple tyrants by themselves — because marchers pack up and go home.
Ask the million who marched against the Iraq War in 2003.
But they don’t topple tyrants by themselves — because marchers pack up and go home.
Ask the million who marched against the Iraq War in 2003.
The #NoKings marches are scaring the hell out of Trump and his fellow fascists.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The #NoKings marches are scaring the hell out of Trump and his fellow fascists.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
But history tells us exactly what MUST come next to destroy his vile regime.
Because a society that starves the many to feed the few always ends the same way.
And every revolution begins the same way - when ordinary people refuse to be exploited any longer.
And every revolution begins the same way - when ordinary people refuse to be exploited any longer.
October 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Because a society that starves the many to feed the few always ends the same way.
And every revolution begins the same way - when ordinary people refuse to be exploited any longer.
And every revolution begins the same way - when ordinary people refuse to be exploited any longer.
Trump. Increasingly brazen corruption. The right of the far right. Oligarchs funding culture wars. Tech and crypto making some of the worst people on the planet into billionaires.
It’s not just chaos, it’s what happens when inequality reaching a breaking point.
It’s not just chaos, it’s what happens when inequality reaching a breaking point.
October 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Trump. Increasingly brazen corruption. The right of the far right. Oligarchs funding culture wars. Tech and crypto making some of the worst people on the planet into billionaires.
It’s not just chaos, it’s what happens when inequality reaching a breaking point.
It’s not just chaos, it’s what happens when inequality reaching a breaking point.
The result is what Peter Turchin calls elite overproduction.
Too many people with money and ambition, too few positions of power.
Some start breaking the rules (sound familiar?).
Others start breaking the system.
Too many people with money and ambition, too few positions of power.
Some start breaking the rules (sound familiar?).
Others start breaking the system.
October 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The result is what Peter Turchin calls elite overproduction.
Too many people with money and ambition, too few positions of power.
Some start breaking the rules (sound familiar?).
Others start breaking the system.
Too many people with money and ambition, too few positions of power.
Some start breaking the rules (sound familiar?).
Others start breaking the system.