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Jonty
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Grandfather, Earth Protector, Climate Activist, Live Music Lover, #AntiRacist #AntiFacist #SystemChange #ExtinctionRebellion

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redjont.bsky.social
If you are not at the table, you are on the menu. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲

www.weforum.org/stories/2026...

#NewWorldOrder #StopTheHarm #Justice
Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada
Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.
www.weforum.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:59 AM
redjont.bsky.social
What an evil cabal!! 🤮

www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...

#StopTheHarm #Oligarchs #Justice #FreePalestine
'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
www.thenerve.news
January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
redjont.bsky.social
UK govt’s own assessment links biodiversity loss & ecosystem collapse to national security risk. This isn’t niche environmentalism — it’s about food, water, stability & safety. Why isn’t this being shouted from the rooftops?

www.gov.uk/government/p...

#ClimateEmergency #ActNow #ClimateJustice
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:33 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Asking Oxfam to ‘just do aid’ is like asking doctors to hand out painkillers but never mention the disease. Poverty isn’t an accident, it’s engineered. Naming that isn’t politics, it’s honesty.

#Inequality #StopTheHarm #SocialJustice
oxfaminternational.bsky.social Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 2d
3K billionaires control $18.3 trillion, and this concentration of wealth is reshaping democracy itself. Billionaire money changes who gets heard, who decides, and who gets left behind.
Read the evidence: www.oxfam.org/en/resisting... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:51 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Chris Hedges is sounding the alarm again. This isn’t about panic, it’s about pattern recognition: weakened institutions, criminalised dissent, hollowed-out elections. You don’t have to agree with everything to see the warning signs.

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#Democracy #Justice #IceOutForGood
The Last Election
The presidential election in 2024 may be the last free vote taken in the United States. Dictatorships only hold elections with predetermined outcomes or do not hold them at all. Trump is no exception.
substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:49 PM
redjont.bsky.social
The numerous attempts by activists in flotillas, to break the siege on Gaza, are a potent reminder that hope comes through acts of resistance and that we must never accept the status quo.

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#FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide #NoArmsToIsrael
The Flotillas to Gaza Are the World’s Conscience
The numerous attempts by activists in flotillas, to break the siege on Gaza, are a potent reminder that hope comes through acts of resistance and that we must never accept the status quo.
substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
redjont.bsky.social
‘Very historic time’: US protests have jumped since Trump’s first term
Data shows 133% increase from 2017 to 2025 as anti-ICE and No Kings protests push mobilization against White House

#IceOutForGood #StopTheharm #Justice #AntiFacist
January 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Springsteen isn’t playing safe. Again.
He named the violence, named Renee Good & warned of the dark forces afoot just as he did on tour last year. When artists with nothing to gain still speak, it’s not posturing. It’s solidarity. Silence is how this spreads.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bruce Springsteen Blasts Trump at Surprise Benefit Gig: 'ICE Should Get the F-ck Out of Minneapolis'
Bruce Springsteen appeared at the Light of Day charity gig to jam with Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, and delivered some pointed political remarks.
www.rollingstone.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
redjont.bsky.social
This is what leadership looks like!! 💚

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@governorwalz.mn.gov

#IceOutForGood #SocialJustice #StopTheHarm
Governor Walz Addresses Ongoing Federal Presence in Minnesota
YouTube video by Office of the Governor of Minnesota
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January 17, 2026 at 4:37 PM
redjont.bsky.social
The US civil rights movement still sets the bar for activism. Not because it was noble, but because it was organised, disruptive, collective, and willing to endure repression. Rights weren’t granted, they were forced.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#Protest #SocialJustice #AntiRacist
Claudette Colvin’s life should teach us this: resistance is collective, and it never stops | Gary Younge
Colvin, who died this week, made a stand on an Alabama bus nine months before Rosa Parks. When we met, her message about the struggle was clear, says professor of sociology Gary Younge
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
redjont.bsky.social
People didn’t just lose tents on the Strand. They disappeared. Clearing encampments without ensuring safety isn’t compassion, it’s displacement. Making homelessness invisible doesn’t make it end.
@bigissue.com

www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

#SocialJustice #BigIssue
Dismantling of London tent village sparks fears for safety of former residents
The homeless tent village near Adelphi Terrace in Westminster was cleared by the local council before Christmas.
www.bigissue.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
redjont.bsky.social
NASA confirms the planet is still breaking heat records, but isn’t allowed to say why. The data survives. The truth is censored. That’s what climate denial looks like in power.

www.commondreams.org/news/trump-c...

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #AntScience
NASA Releases Global Temperature Data Without Mentioning 'Climate Change' | Common Dreams
NASA released its findings on 2025 temperatures, but unlike previous agency statements, this one does not mention climate change—in line with the Trump administration's sweeping war on science.
www.commondreams.org
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
redjont.bsky.social
"Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism.  And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated, and isolated, joy is a fine act of insurrection."

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Hope in the Dark: the Untold HIstory of People Power
January 16, 2026 at 3:54 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Stunning photos here from @theatlantic.com

www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

#IceOutForGood #Ice #NVDA #Minneapolis #Justice
Photos: Minneapolis Neighborhoods vs. ICE
In recent days, federal immigration agents continued enforcement actions in Minneapolis and St. Paul, while state officials fight the Trump administration in court and local residents confront the mas...
www.theatlantic.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Without wind on the grid, prices last year would have been almost 50% higher.
#WindPower #SustainableEnergy #ClimateJustice
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Reform says Britain is broken & then continues to recruit the people who helped break it ...... you really couldn't make it up
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
redjont.bsky.social
They’ve fucked our rivers, neglected the pipes, left thousands without water and looted tens of billions from bill payers.
Renationalise now. Not a penny in compensation

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
South East Water boss in line for £400,000 bonus despite outages
Exclusive: David Hinton, who faces calls to resign, will receive payout regardless of performance if he stays until July 2030
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Trump is now threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to crush anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis, troops against civilians. This is the tyranny the 2A crowd claimed to fear. Yet they’re silent, or cheering. It was never about liberty. It was about who gets targeted.

#IceOutForGood #2A #Justice
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Not all unrest is ideological. Some of it is about survival.
Iran’s protests are being fuelled by climate-driven water collapse, empty dams, dry taps, “day zero”. Climate breakdown is destabilising societies from the ground up.

e360.yale.edu/features/ira...

#ClimateEmergency #ClimateJustice
After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up
Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpump...
e360.yale.edu
January 15, 2026 at 2:26 PM
redjont.bsky.social
This is deadly serious. A US push to ramp up Venezuelan oil could burn 13% of the world’s remaining 1.5°C carbon budget from one expansion alone. It’s some of the dirtiest oil on Earth. This isn’t energy security, it’s climate sabotage.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#ClimateEmergency #ActNow
US plan to exploit Venezuela’s oil could eat up 13% of carbon budget to keep 1.5C limit
Exclusive: ClimatePartner analysis shows how move would risk plunging Earth further into climate catastrophe
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:32 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Worth reading. This is what preparedness looks like: local groups, visible action, no waiting for permission. Feels uncomfortably relevant to the UK right now
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#Protest #IceOutForGood #Communitypower
Hyperlocal and highly visible: the power of freeway overpass protests amid Trump 2.0
Since Trump retook office, protesters across the US are sending messages that are hard for drivers to miss
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Shell and Equinor’s Rosebank deal could dodge £1.3bn in UK tax, according to @globalwitness.org I’ll still pay mine! Capitalism reliably overproduces private jets and underproduces public goods. We don’t lack solutions, we’re trapped in a system that blocks them.

#ClimateJustice #SystemChange
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
redjont.bsky.social
This should be of very great concern to anyone in the UK!!
goodlawproject.bsky.social Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 8d
Palantir have been awarded a contract for NHS data.

Yes, the same Palantir that supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.

We can’t let a company like this take control of our healthcare system

Find out if your local trust is using Palantir 👇
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January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
redjont.bsky.social
Heba hasn’t died yet, but it appears the government is willing to let her. That’s the horror. People voted, however desperately, to end the Tories’ cold, punitive politics. What they got instead was the same machinery, still running, under Keir Starmer.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM