Podcast by socialist teachers and NEU activists critically discussing all aspects of the UK education system. What's going well and what requires improvement?
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New episode covers the now successful support staff strikes across Bristol, takes a look at Labour's curriculum review and considers if correct flag-worship etiquette should be part of citizenship lessons on.soundcloud.com/7MsefjlV8V…
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7 years ago we were getting in trouble for walking out of school to warn about climate change.
Now kids are once again out of school because of climate change - this time because it's to hot to learn.
This is going to get a lot worse, we need action. Don't ignore us again.
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New this summer! We're launching the BT Cadre Summer School 🌞
A lot of people are committed and active socialists, but don't feel so confident backing up their beliefs. If that's you, join us for this fortnightly series where we'll cover all the fundamentals of socialist politics!
Sign up at tinyurl.com/BTCadreSchool
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Fears are growing for Banff, a baby alpaca who has vanished from Goblin Combe
read the full story here:
bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
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wes streeting impotently banging his porcine fists against the front door of downing street, as keir starmer huddles inside, clutching his complimentary world cup tickets from the child maiming corporation and licking his lips like gollum
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Good to know that double tapping aid workers is ok but you draw the line at voting 10 times.
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i feel like westminster is going to spend so much time talking about banning protest and/or zack polanski that the serious conversation that needs to happen about the failure of prevent to act to stop these extremists despite referrals again and again just isn’t going to happen
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if zack polanski kicks the commissioner of the metropolitan police in the head when they have their meeting, i think everyone should reserve judgement - he deserves support, not second guessing his difficult split second decisions
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A woman speaking during Margaret Thatcher’s funeral:
“Don't you think she did any good?”
“Not a bit of good, not a bit. I'd put a stake through her heart and a garrot around her neck to make sure she never came back.”
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Israel has passed the death penalty solely for Palestinians, enforced through military courts with a 96% conviction rate.
Israeli Minister Ben Gvir popped champagne.
The Israeli government is raising a toast to genocidal apartheid. The UK government is arming and funding it.
Far-right/zionists harassing delegates outside NEU conference. Same crew to the ones who jumped us in Bristol #neu2026
SW comrade called Ofsted: "The big O that doesn't give anyone any pleasure." BBA/Damien Egan ammendment passed. #neu2026
We're here in sunny Brighton. Give us a shout if you want to hang out.
(Thoughts and prayers to all the losers having to work this week)
#neu2026
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OUR STATEMENT📢
In response to @WestofEnglandCA mayor Helen Godwin & @BristolCouncil leader @TonyDDyer
Labour & Greens have agreed on one thing: politicians shouldn’t be held to account by ordinary people
Had enough? Join ACORN: acorntheunion.org.uk/join/
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I spent 48hrs desperately hoping the story of the 2-year-old baby being tortured by the IDF in Gaza was fake news or whatever, because I just couldn't face the truth.
I summoned the stomach to check the sources & video & honestly, it's cast iron.
Utterly beyond depravity.
What else would you do over easter weekend?
👏 FULL PROGRAMME RELEASE 👏
We are extremely excited to announce or full programme for this years festival, which will kick off in 2 weeks!!!
We'll have sessions covering a whole range of socialist topics, always with an aim of how can we organise to win. Covering party politics with the Greens and Your Party, fighting far right extremism locally & globally and looking at the state of Trade Union organising 100 years on from the General Strike. And be sure to make our closing session, where we will confront the biggest issue of our time, rising imperialism. We'll discuss how we can and must organise against it as socialists and how YOU can do it - for a liberated Palestine, Iran and and for the whole international working class ✊️ 🇵🇸 ⚒️
We'll be joined by a whole range of organisers - rank-and-file trade unionists, authors, academics, and leading activists in their fields - as well as organisations from up and down the country including: Palestine Youth Movement (@pymbritain), Greens Organise (@greensorganise), The Bristol Cable (@thebristolcable), Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone (@bristolafz), Workers For a Free Palestine (@workers4pal), Iskra Books (@read_iskrabooks), local union branches, and many more!
All of this comes with not only FREE CHILDCARE ALL DAY for the mini-Marxists out there (all ages welcome!), but for the first time this year a full youth programme aimed at 11-16 year olds interested in left wing and socialist politics. 16s and under all get in free for the festival (but still need to "buy" a ticket on headfirst!)
As well as hours of amazing educational content, we've got great evening entertainment lined up. We'll be kicking off on the Friday night with socialist Shark Tank (i.e. Marx Tank) and on Saturday we have a whole evening of entertainment lined up - a pub quiz, sea shanties workshop, bands, and DJ's late into the night.
Full details of the programming and sessions can be found on our website: bristoltransformed.co.uk/fes…
Festival Tickets: hdfst.uk/e145672
Afterparty Tickets (needed for Saturday evening entertainment): hdfst.uk/e150198
Bristol Transformed is entirely volunteer run - all money goes back into socialist organising in our city and beyond. If you would like to get involved, sign up on the forms on our website.
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If you want to know how disingenuous people are they're on here today clutching their pearls about Bristol Apartheid-Free Zone, a peaceful campaign about talking to your neighbours, when a bunch of actual far-right thugs besieged a pub in Bristol literally yesterday
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What a nonsense this is.
When we were winning back pay for support staff at CST in Bristol - NEU was for them.
When we were saving jobs at ATLP - NEU was for them.
We centre low paid women workers and fight for them.
Desperate stuff from GMB.
If you’re a member of School Support Staff, make sure you’re in the right Union #MembersFirst @GMBLondonRegion @GMB_union
