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@rethinkscotland.bsky.social
Lecturer in Community Education at UWS EIS member anti-facist. anti- racist, anti- capitalist. Lover of decolonial, feminist and degrowth perspectives of love, care and social and ecological justice. Radical municipalist and tree hugger ☮️🦋🇵🇸
I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.
The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
newrepublic.com
A Solidarity Tax on Billionaires Could Raise €800 Billion www.socialeurope.eu/a-solidarity...
A Solidarity Tax on Billionaires Could Raise €800 Billion
France is set to make decisive political choices in the coming year. On one side stands a nationalist right wing on the rise, increasingly aligned with business interests, aiming to take power by…
socialeurope.eu
For decades, the General Secondary Education Examination, or "Tawjihi," was one of Gaza's most significant milestones. But now, for the third year, students are taking their exams with no classrooms, no reliable electricity, and barely enough food. mondoweiss.net/2026/06/stud... #Palestine #Israel
Studying for high school finals in Gaza without electricity, adequate food, or a home
For decades, the General Secondary Education Examination, or “Tawjihi,” was one of Gaza’s most significant milestones. But now, for the third year, students are taking their exams with no classrooms,...
mondoweiss.net
The full Spring School 2026 programme is here and it is genuinely something special 🌱 three days. keynotes, workshops, performances, exhibitions, and real conversations, all in Glasgow this May. 📅 26–28 May 2026 · Glasgow West End 🎟️ free to attend · limited spaces 🔗 bit.ly/rielaspring-...
Well done Spain. "The new plan, worth €7 billion, triples government investment in public housing over the next four years. It ensures that subsidised housing cannot be reclassified after a few years. It also includes help for young renters and home buyers" www.euronews.com/business/202...
Spain launches €7bn housing plan to tackle rent crisis
Spain's government on Tuesday approved a sweeping plan to alleviate the country's housing problem, one of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's main political vulnerabilities ahead of next year's elections.
euronews.com
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: A National Vision for Education. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/a-...
A National Vision for Education
Unite Scotland are leading a campaign for a National Vision for Education that is fully funded and values its workforce. If you would like a sector that provides security for its staff and remains op...
actionnetwork.org
Glasgow after the Fire: What should we do about Scotland’s First City? bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/11/g...
bellacaledonia.org.uk
🕯️💔 Palestinian-American Teenager Shot by Israeli Settlers in West Bank Dies of Wounds www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20... 🧵
This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act
Hands Off Our Hospitals: Resisting Palantir and the privatisation of our NHS Join the online briefing at 7PM on Tuesday 20 January with Jeremy Corbyn and campaigners protecting the NHS from privatisation and profiteers. ⏰ Set a reminder: youtube.com/watch?v=chhMKUGCb1k
What Denmark’s Folkemødet can teach us about rebuilding trust in democracy electoral-reform.org.uk/what-denmark... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
What Denmark’s Folkemødet can teach us about rebuilding trust in democracy
This summer, I visited Folkemødet, Denmark’s annual democracy festival held in the coastal town of Allinge on the island of Bornholm. It’s a place where citizens, politicians, NGOs,
electoral-reform.org.uk
We shouldn't need to wear protective clothing to stay warm, dry and healthy in our own home. But since 1 in 4 of us in the UK are living in homes with issues like damp, cold and mould – it's an absurd solution for a very real problem. Demand change – email your MP today. 👉https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
If you are on a lower income, you’re more likely to have issues like damp, mould and cold in your home. Hazmat loungewear is not a real solution to this problem. Explore what we're calling for to #MakeHealthEqual. 👉️https://bit.ly/4nHViVo
The poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. The bottom 50% of the population owns less than 5% of wealth, bottom 20% has 0.5%. Can't reduce child/household poverty and relieve suffering without equitable distribution of income/wealth.
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
Something big is happening in Europe and most people haven’t heard about it yet. EU governments are rushing through a new deportation law. It would make it easier to detain people, send them to countries they’ve never known, and outsource deportations to private companies and third countries.
In 2022, a cocaine conspiracy and a damning corruption inquiry sent shockwaves through the British Virgin Islands What went wrong? And has anything really changed? Our reporter travelled to the BVI to find out 👉 bit.ly/4oHeyCS
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
forever-wars.com
1/ Last week being on campus for 2025, kicking off with our #HWB fair in which students will show off the resources they have created to teach Maths through physically active learning 😊. Check the thread for updates om the excellent resources and ideas.
Good article on another great group challenging fascism in our current climate: Democracy Forward, a progressive legal advocacy group "which has been battling the Trump administration in the courts all year."
‘No One’s Going to Get Out of This Moment Intact by Keeping Their Head Down’
How a powerhouse liberal legal group is challenging Trump 2.0.
politico.com
UK Govt urged to close £2bn tax loophole in car finance scandal Law rewards abuse. Non-bank entities can deduct compensation payments from profits before calculating corporation tax, reducing their bill. Motor finance arms of banks are considered “non-bank entities”.
Ministers urged to close £2bn tax loophole in car finance scandal
Banks and specialist lenders will not pay tax on compensation payouts, sidestepping 2015 rule
theguardian.com
Farage arrives in Scotland today, and it should make our collective stomach heave that this repulsive, dangerous extremist has crossed the border. Amid scapegoating schoolkids and allegations of antisemitism anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
"Farage in Falkirk? It should make our stomachs heave to have him in Scotland"
Nigel Farage’s Falkirk visit sparks outrage, with many Scots saying his presence north of the border should make “our stomachs heave”.
heraldscotland.com
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff. Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%. Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance. Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected. Back to Victorian times.
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
theguardian.com
Another one bites the dust. Farage had a cheek to say, this guys racist posts meant it didn't look good for him. Shame he doesn't analyse his own lifetime long racism in the same way. Reform UK revokes Staffordshire County Council leader's membership - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK revokes Staffordshire County Council leader's membership
It follows an investigation by the party into racist content on social media.
bbc.co.uk