MariaExall
@mariaexall.bsky.social
@CWUnews socialist 🇺🇦✊️http://labourunions.org.uk feminist 🏳️🌈 lesbian she/her trans ally🏳️⚧️ mystical theology research Mary Queen of Palestine pray for us
“Few would disagree with the idea Pip - plagued by basic errors, widespread wrongful rejections, and, in extreme cases, deaths - needs an overhaul. What exactly that overhaul should entail, however, will be less easy to agree on.” My analysis of the Timms review: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Pip review is an opportunity – and headache – for Andy Burnham
Attempts to add conditionality to Pip would be opposed by campaigners and Labour backbenchers
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Join us outside the Russian Embassy in London on 8 July, 6pm to demand freedom for Ukrainian prisoners held by Russia. We’ll call for the release of POWs and civilians, including the detained Zaporizhzhia nuclear workers. 🇺🇦
"The system completely failed Lyra and has failed our family and has failed Northern Ireland...people are afraid to tell the truth" www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...
Three men found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee
Family of woman who died after being hit by a bullet as she observed rioting in Derry say justice system has failed her
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All of us are migrants, says pope as he rounds off tour of Spain in Tenerife www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
All of us are migrants, says pope as he rounds off tour of Spain in Tenerife
Pontiff urges leaders to do more to welcome refugees and tells people smugglers to expect ‘divine justice’
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Why isn't this on every BBC news broadcast?
Dr Nafeez Ahmed@nafeez.bsky.social · 3mo agoEXCLUSIVE: @bylinetimes.bsky.social exposes the Russian neo-Nazi network – promoted by Tommy Robinson – pushing 'White Lives Matter' propaganda to sow division and race war across the UK and Europe. Founded by a sanctioned oligarch close to Putin bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/r...
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Revealed: The Russian Neo-Nazi Network Pushing ‘White Lives Matter’ Division in Britain – Promoted by Tommy Robinson
As riots spread across Belfast, Tommy Robinson promoted a movement founded by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, which has pushed white supremacist propaganda about the death of Henry Nowak
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Check out the 'Dignity of Workers in the 21st Century' publication www.csan.org.uk/csan-launche...
CSAN Launches
Caritas Social Action Network is proud to launch its latest publication, Dignity of Workers in the 21st Century. At a time of rapid economic and technological change, the publication explores the chal...
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This is just an astonishing interview with Patti Smith. Really fine.
Commonweal@commonwealmagazine.org · 4mo ago“They tried to discredit him, but they didn’t succeed. You can’t take down love.” — Patti Smith on Pope Francis
Ukrainians join Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza Ukrainian volunteers in the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza say their participation is a call for humanitarian access, international accountability and solidarity against occupation, reports the European Network for Solidarity with…
Ukrainians join Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza
Ukrainian volunteers in the Global Sumud Flotilla Mission to Gaza say their participation is a call for humanitarian access, international accountability and solidarity against occupation, reports the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine. Two representatives of Ukrainian human rights activism have announced their participation in the international civilian mission to Gaza, joining volunteers from across the world in an effort to deliver humanitarian aid and challenge the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza. Nina Potarska is a Ukrainian sociologist, feminist political economy researcher and director of the Centre for Social and Labor Research, as well as a member of the Global Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership.
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Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again | Bill McKibben www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Pope Leo has stirred awake a progressive Christianity. It can rise again | Bill McKibben
With his stand against Trump, the pope has shown the far right doesn’t have a monopoly on Christianity. If people of good faith push hard, the future could be redefined
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#OtD 19 Apr 1943 the Warsaw ghetto uprising broke out in earnest when Jews fought back against Nazi attempts to deport them to the Treblinka extermination camp. Although defeated after 27 days it was the biggest armed Jewish rebellion of the Holocaust stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9062...
Pleased to speak at the Labour 4 Trans Rights reception on behalf of @CWU news last night in Parliament. A great event!
But the 'boomers' have it all apparently.....read this 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘People are so judgmental’: the growing cohort of over-55s facing homelessness
Richard Hewett, who was forced to sleep in his car when his relationship broke down, is one of many hit by rising costs and a lack of social housing
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All you need to know about (lack of) accountability and transparency in our economic system www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Contractor that cut back ancient oak in London park identified
Document shows partial felling last year, which led to legal action against Toby Carvery, was done by Ground Control
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Eastern European bloc on the Together march in London today
This survey was contradicted by other objective evidence last year - suprised its taken so long to be withdrawn. Need to ask how come (and for what purpose) it was promoted ? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
YouGov withdraws survey said to show rising church attendance in England and Wales
Research suggested resurgence in Christianity, especially among young people, but some respondents found to be fraudulent
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What a world we are living in - betting on destruction and death www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Polymarket gamblers threaten Israeli journalist over missile strike story
Emanuel Fabian says his routine report became focus of wager with $23m at stake on online prediction platform
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Read this - the reality of war and displacement in Donbas open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/i...
In a transit centre in Pavlohrad the horror of war is written on pensioners' faces
Sian Norris reports from the Donbas on the devastating situation facing internally displaced people fleeing the frontline
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🌍 🌱 Explore how to care for our common home in an interconnected world at this Lenten day of reflection on 21 March in Hallam Diocese. CCSTP steering group member @mariaexall.bsky.social will be one of the speakers alongside Bishop John Arnold. dioceseofsalford.org.uk/lenten-day-o...
Lenten Day of Recollection - Bishop John Arnold & Hallam Diocese - Roman Catholic Diocese of Salford
Hallam Diocese are pleased to announce an environmental and spiritual discussion during Lent, posing the question: “everything is connected – how do we care for our common home?” The Right Reverend Jo...
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US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US grants waiver to allow India to buy Russian oil amid Iran war
‘Stopgap measure’ designed to keep oil flowing into global market as Middle East crisis disrupts crude shipments
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A self defeating workers policy born from our self defeating policy of Brexit www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Drop in overseas workers is ‘car crash’ for UK hospitals and care homes, say experts
Care roles hit particularly hard by UK’s lurch to the right on migration, according to analysis of Home Office data
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Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. https://cnn.it/4tH3r0O
The percent foreign born in the US is the same now as late 19th/early 20th century. But this had little political effect at the time. The big issues were inequality, worker rights, and corporate concentration. Same as today, really. Immigration is a distraction.
