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Crwt o Gymru🏴Welsh lad🏴Cyn-ddiffoddwr tân nawr yn diwtor TUC Cymru🏴Former firefighter turned TUC Cymru tutor🏴Rhedeg, seiclo, heicio🏴Running, cycling, hiking🏴 ‘O Arglwydd dyma gamwedd’ - Dic Penderyn - 13 Awst 1831
"We weren't simply passive victims of racism and colonialism. We organised against it." @tajali1.bsky.social reflects on why histories of anti-racist resistance still matter today. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/10...
“Wales is ahead of everybody in having this.” Attendees from our Black History Month event share their reflections on why we need the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan. #BlackHistoryMonth
Over the summer, firefighters control were struggling to take toilet breaks because there weren't enough staff to keep up with the calls. FBU regional treasurer for Wales, Gemma Thomas, spoke to the Senedd this week about the urgent need for investment in FRS control rooms.
🔥 This summer has exposed an unacceptable level of risk that firefighters and the public face. Investment is about political choices. If a political choice is made not to properly fund the fire service, then that is a choice to continue putting firefighter and public lives at risk.
‘…the firefighters who stood on hillsides in full PPE in the glaring heat of the day keeping our communities safe, will want more than talk from today’s event, where Welsh public leaders will get together to learn lessons from this summer.’
NationCymru@nation.cymru · last wk.As we gather at the Climate Resilience Summit, my call to action is simple: Make climate resilience part of every budget discussion, every business case, every infrastructure project, every policy decision ✍️Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Derek Walker
Ann Jennings, the headmistress of Pantglas Junior School, receiving a petition from concerned parents in 1964 about the potential danger of the tips above the school. The headmistress took the petition to Merthyr Council but the parents' fears were ignored. #Aberfan
On Question Time last night, I talked about the extractive economic model that has left Wales - and many other nations - impoverished *because they were so rich in resources*. You can see the problem simply by looking at the map: the infrastructure looks like a drainage system.
Firefighters who tackled a chemical dump blaze more than four decades ago are seeking tests for exposure to toxic chemicals, following renewed attention prompted by Michael Sheen’s documentary wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uTO
This👇what a f****d up world we live in…
Russ Jones@russincheshire.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, and while his kids "negotiate" a Ukrainian peace deal, he's paying Putin to breach sanctions. Hegseth is live-streaming an execution by firing squad, and gave the UFC a binding contract to train the US military in hand to hand combat.
‘…And then there were my children. They had already lost their home, their friends, their entire normal life in Ukraine. They were finally settled in school here. I didn’t want to move them again. I wanted them to have some stability…’
NationCymru@nation.cymru · 3w agoWe’re not discussing some abstract political theory here. We’re discussing real families, real children, real homes and the possibility of sending people back to countries they fled ✍️Yuliia Bond wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uMT
We’re not discussing some abstract political theory here. We’re discussing real families, real children, real homes and the possibility of sending people back to countries they fled ✍️Yuliia Bond wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uMT
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
Just some of the images of the time…
CerithG🏴@cerithg.bsky.social · 3w agoWe’ve been here before. In 2013 Spanish firefighters refused to help evict an elderly woman in A Coruña and adopted the slogan ‘Rescatamos Personas No Bancos!’ In solidarity and against the cuts being imposed by the coalition government of the day UK firefighters went with #WeRescuePeopleNotBanks
We’ve been here before. In 2013 Spanish firefighters refused to help evict an elderly woman in A Coruña and adopted the slogan ‘Rescatamos Personas No Bancos!’ In solidarity and against the cuts being imposed by the coalition government of the day UK firefighters went with #WeRescuePeopleNotBanks
Spanish Firefighters Refuse To Evict 86-Year-Old Woman
Spanish Firefighters Refuse To Evict 86-Year-Old Woman
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CerithG🏴@cerithg.bsky.social · 3w agoYou have to be a particularly vicious piece of greedy to inflict this on anyone never mind an 87 year old! ‘…a legal glitch allowed her landlord, investment company Urbagestión, to raise her rent from €500 to €2,650. It was later lowered to €1,650 - still €300 more than her monthly pension.’
You have to be a particularly vicious piece of greedy to inflict this on anyone never mind an 87 year old! ‘…a legal glitch allowed her landlord, investment company Urbagestión, to raise her rent from €500 to €2,650. It was later lowered to €1,650 - still €300 more than her monthly pension.’
Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.
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“It's a feeling that goes beyond the place where you live.” Our Activist Development Programme leader Humie speaking on Welsh identity at our webinar. #blackhistorymonth
Badenoch claims £2,700 a month from the taxpayer to rent a grade II-listed farmhouse with six bedrooms. The property sits within the highest council tax bracket, costing over £4,000 in council tax a year, which the Essex MP also claims on expenses. "Best welfare" is being an MP.
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 3w ago"The best welfare is a well-paying job" says Kemi Badenoch, proving she still doesn't understand what words mean.
A packed festival in a Welsh city will take place this autumn as a major celebration of political history and working-class activism
Historic festival returns this autumn to mark 187 years since Chartist Rising
Amelia Jones A packed festival in a Welsh city will take place this autumn as a major celebration of political history and working-class activism. Newport Rising Festival 2026 will run from 28 October...
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‘…despite new data showing fire crews do not have the proper protective gear to tackle them. This summer has been a potent reminder of the scale of the threat posed by the climate crisis…’
Inequality News@inequalitynews.bsky.social · 4w ago🙄 What the feck is wrong with our political class...??? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
On this day in 1936, East Londoners stopped Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts at Cable Street. This legacy would inspire generations of anti-racist activists in East London. @tajali1.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177582/
Ninety years ago today, Oswald Mosley tried to march his Blackshirts through the Jewish East End. 🧵 He had thousands of uniformed fascists behind him and 6,000 police clearing the way. But the people of the East End got there first.
Reform UK’s Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK nation.cymru/news/reform-...
Reform UK's Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK
Martin Shipton Reform UK’s leader in Wales works part time for an organisation that helps foreign migrants obtain visas to work in the UK, we can reveal. Helen Jenner recently took over from Dan…
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"I don't think they've got anything to do with patriotism... I think that this is small penis behaviour, quite frankly" Ash Sarkar on the far right racist thugs #bbcqt
A Reform UK shadow minister in the Senedd has been slammed for "polluting" 20mph collision evidence with "words that aren't actually true" ✍️Emily Price
Reform MS slammed for ‘polluting’ 20mph evidence with ‘words that aren’t actually true’
Emily Price A Reform UK shadow minister in the Senedd has been slammed for “polluting” 20mph collision evidence with “words that aren’t actually true”. Deputy minister for transport Mark Hooper levell...
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‘A revival of grassroots anti-racist movements is long overdue…..attuned to the changing circumstances of 2026. Racism is not experienced equally. Class, gender and geography all matter. A hijab-wearing Muslim woman is more likely to be a victim of Islamophobia than a Muslim man.’
Britain’s far-right violence comes to us direct from the 1970s. But so does the solution | Taj Ali
Young men punched in the street, mosques attacked: Britain badly needs an anti-racist uprising. Let 70s Asian youth movements provide the inspiration, says Taj Ali, author of Come What May, We’re Here...
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