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Country Standard - The Progressive Journal for Rural Communities since 1935 - Sharpen the sickle! The fields are white; 'Tis the time of the harvest at last.'

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Twenty-five years ago today, @MebyonKernow launched the Declaration for a Cornish Assembly campaign. It was backed by over 50,000 people. Two-and-a-half decades on, the campaign for greater self-government continues. Join us in this campaign.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar responds after federal officers search her home | CNN Politics

Federal officers executed a search warrant early Monday at the Washington, DC-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democrat who has been the persistent target of ire from President Donald...

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Jill Segger@quakerpenOct 9
Where will the buck stop with this one? Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error theguardian.com/politics/202…

Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error

Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data

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Angela Eagle DBE
@angelaeagleOct 9
Hoad's Wood in Kent has been cleared of almost 40,000 tonnes of illegal waste. Illegal waste sites are a blight on our communities, and this government is taking decisive action to clean them up.
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En París suena La Internacional tras la masiva movilización de estudiantes secundarios contra el gobierno de Macron.
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Nick Lloyd@Civil_War_SpainOct 9
Group of Austrian and German International Brigade volunteers resting in Benissa, Alicante, September 1937. From book "Voluntarios austriacos en la España republicana". Wonder what they're listening to. Erich Wolf, holding the record, later survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen.
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Manuel Bompard
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La jeunesse de France envoie un message au monde entier. Bravo !
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Farmers Weekly@FarmersWeeklyOct 5
Tories vow to scrap Natural England and EA in Defra overhaul ebx.sh/ZTTJCA
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Reform MP buys £800k second home in Wales two days after questioning their impact willhaywardwales.substack.co…
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L'insoumission
@L_insoumissionOct 2
🔴 « Communistes, nous appelons à voter pour Jean-Luc Mélenchon le 18 avril 2027 ! » – Plus de 300 communistes signent une tribune pour se rassembler autour de la candidature de Jean-Luc Mélenchon Notre article ⤵️ linsoumission.fr/2026/10/02/…

« Communistes, nous appelons à voter pour Jean-Luc Mélenchon le 18 avril 2027 ! » - Plus de 300...

Ce vendredi 2 octobre, plus de 300 communistes appellent à voter pour Jean-Luc Mélenchon. « Nous souhaitons le rassemblement le plus large de la gauche autour

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Morning Star@M_Star_OnlineOct 2
Tomorrow's front page: They did not pass Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: morningstaronline.co.uk/subs…
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Reform UK demands British made buses -as Swedish Volvo bus parked at rally doncasterfreepress.co.uk/new…

Reform UK demands British made buses -as Swedish Volvo bus parked at Doncaster rally

The deputy leader called for “brilliant British made buses” - with the Volvo vehicle parked outside

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Revolt is spreading in France and antiracism is at its core. Students at Henri IV School in Paris sing "We are all antifascists".
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Past Tense@_pasttense_Oct 3
#OnThisDay in London anti-fascist history, 1937: mass opposition prevents British Union of Fascists marching into Bermondsey wp.me/p74yfw-KP

Today in London anti-fascist history, 1937: mass opposition prevents British Union of Fascists...

On October 3rd 1937, the British Union of Fascists (BUF) gathered at Millbank, Pimlico, to hold a march to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the BUF. It was a year almost to the day after the famo…

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Will Hayward
@WillHayCardiffOct 2
EXCLUSIVE Reform MP Sarah Pochin asked a question about the impact second homes have on rural areas, just 48 hours before buying a £800k second home in Wales… Full story in pinned tweet:
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Clarion House Nelson @wcmlibrary @UNISONNorthWest @The_TUC @nowak_paul
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This exercise should also take place in the Sizewell/Leiston area so those closer to the nuclear sites can learn from the experience. Given all the Sizewell C road closures etc, emergency services need to demonstrate they can "respond effectively to a real incident" at Sizewell B
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