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There’s a better life and you think about that don’t you? Trade union organiser & @Living_Rent . Views my own.
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If this wis a bottle of champagne nobody would bat an eyelid. Instead of berating a 22 yr old working class lad done good, we'd be better served discussing the deep cuts to addiction support services. Otherwise, we're letting those in power off the hook.
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Art School is so wanky that when I say I’m ‘finishing my piece’ people assume I’m working on an artwork, when really I’m just eating a fucking sandwich.
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When I slag off the English please note I am never ever talking about this man
luv england, luv the missus, hate apartheid, luv my carling
nuff said
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How on earth does a statue of Engels go against solidarity with the Ukrainian people? Engels is literally German, this statue was installed with a celebration of Manchester’s collective history featuring local trade unions and anti-poverty campaigns. People have lost their minds
Just in from
@HOME_mcr
about their Soviet-era Engels statue from eastern Ukraine:
“In light of the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army, we are in discussions with the co-commissioners of the artwork
@MIFestival
and the artist Phil Collins about how best to respond.”
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I went to view a flat in Govanhill which was filthy and the bathroom was covered in damp and mould. Not to state the obvious, but how the hell do we live in a country where it's legal for landlords to list flats for rent in that state. We all know it happens but it's not normal.
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If you (like me) are being bombarded by notifications about online sales from major chains like ASOS, GAP etc please please please don’t buy during this time. There is a human being at the other end of this, who shouldn’t be working in a warehouse. The clothes can wait.
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just a relaxing sunday night listening to the sound of helicopters, fireworks and folk singing about killing Irish catholics cos their team won
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She logged on, she slayed!
Jeremy Corbyn's wife Laura Alvarez in group aiming to unseat Sir Keir Starmer at next election
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Lots of very bizarre people replying to my video for Scottish Labour, calling me an actor, a fake, a unionist, a red Tory. I’m none of these things, I’m a young woman who is absolutely sick of watching untold misery being inflicted onto the communities that I love.
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Very tired of people acting like ‘it’s just Celtic and Rangers fans fighting again’ when there is any kind of sectarian bother. The orange order is institutionalised bigotry and they are excused for it, anti-catholic hatred is very real- they are not ‘just as bad as each other’.
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It really isn’t too much to ask for the leader of the Labour Party
@Keir_Starmer
to stand up for workers rights. If workplaces aren’t safe workers shouldn’t be there, and we should encourage everyone to assert their right to walk off unsafe sites.
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Full solidarity to the catholic community and those standing in peaceful protest to the many orange marches passing Catholic Churches. Many children will be making their first holy communion today, no community should be subject to vile racism, we all have a duty to call it out.
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when working class people from different backgrounds stand together in solidarity and unity, there is nothing we can’t achieve ❤️
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Last year, Corbyn spent an afternoon listening to young hospitality workers in Glasgow. (This went unpublicised) He listened and to our stories and took seriously our concerns about low pay and zero hours contracts. Corbyn has our back, we need to have his. 💪
#GE19
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If you want Labour to win this election, that’s great (!) but we need *your* help to make it happen. Talk to your friends, colleagues and family, and if you can volunteer for door knocking and phone banking. Many seats are under 500 votes away, every person we talk to counts! 💪
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Long live the left wing tradition of having the wokest position online being more important than any real organising
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Police using force to breakup the peaceful protest in pollokshields, led by the community and plenty of families and children there. Yet this is how the police respond to non-violent action, causing more harm than good. All power to the protesters standing against detention.
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Loyalist thugs taking over a refugees welcome protest in George Square should make us all ashamed. Time for us all to oppose this in full force.
Refugees and asylum seekers are welcome on our streets, racists and fascists are not.
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Getting a wee tasty pay rise and my work properly valued cause my union fought for it. Things we love to see! 😍
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As many people have pointed out, to get an abortion in the UK you need two doctors to sign off that having a child would be detrimental to your wellbeing. This needs to go, women shouldn’t need to justify our reasons to a stranger, we know what’s best for our bodies and lives.
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Why I’m voting Labour.
In 2014, Stella voted Yes because she believed it would bring hope and transformation to her community.
Next month, Stella is voting Labour because only a Labour government will end austerity, ban zero-hour contracts and scrap Universal Credit.
When Labour wins, Scotland wins.
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Just watched a polis who had been speaking to a homeless man turn round to his pals and say ‘I felt like fucking jailing him’. Do you get why we don’t trust you
@PoliceScotland
when you show destain towards vulnerable people?
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Gave my all last year for a socialist labour government, we were beat but I don’t regret all the stress. The path to winning these polices in Scotland is no longer through a British route to socialism, we must shape a potential indy Scotland in the interest of the working class.
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The unite election was as much about an organising vs servicing model of trade unionism as it was about left vs right. Unite members have voted against making deals with employers over ‘sandwiches and beers’ and for a fighting union willing to back workers all the way.
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My grandpa was as cheeky as he was left wing and I’m just going to miss him so much. We lost a true gent today. ❤️
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Hi Twitter - I’ve made a 20 page publication! ‘She Town’ explores the relationship between the working class women of Dundee and the city’s industrial heritage, featuring interviews across past and present workplaces. Copies are £10 plus p&p, let me know if you fancy one. 😊⚡️🪧
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Cuba has one of the highest quality of free education and healthcare in the world. In Cuba your rent is 10% of your income and once you pay off your home you own it. In Cuba there are very few homeless people and there is full employment. Does that sound like a regime?
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It is so incredibly boring to see trade unions only analysed through the lens of the Labour Party. These elections are about so much more: whether we empower shop stewards, whether we adopt an organising or serving model, whether we actively grow as a movement or manage decline.
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We don’t fuck about in Dundee. 💥💥💥
Dundee CLP nominates:
• Rebecca Long-Bailey to be leader of the Labour Party
• Richard Burgon to be deputy leader of the Labour Party
• Matt Kerr to be deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party
This CLP nominated Jeremy Corbyn in 2015 and 2016.
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A Low Emission Zone without improving public transport will punish many working class people. I’d like to see politicians attempt to get home from the city centre late at night or get in for a 6am shift, it’s impossible. This is why many low paid workers drive or rely on lifts.
The Glasgow Greens say they would back the Low Emission Zone being expanded beyond the current city centre boundaries, & for the emissions limit being lowered.
Transport spokeswoman
@ChristyMearns
says the LEZ won't just help quality of life, but the climate crisis too.
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Humza Yousaf telling Labour- 'You're the reason we had an economic crash', is exactly why the SNP do not deserve your vote. Anyone who thinks that Blair's uninspiring policies crashed the economy doesn't have a socialist bone in their body.
#bbcqtdebate
#bbcqt
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We all voted SNP in 2015 and so far absolutely fuck all has happened regarding independence or socialism. Labour are the one this time round, the only party with policies for the working class. My SNP MP lives in a castle chick x
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It’s yersel!
“There is one group in the world responsible for this climate emergency, it’s the rich.”
Capitalism and wealth is hurting the environment, says this
#bbcdn
audience member.
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Protesters who’ve been bused in shouting at random Glaswegians for doing normal things like driving or getting a train is not the one
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What the fuck is wrong with people in London.. I just tried to give three separate people my all day ticket for the tube and they all completely ignored me. Absolutely mortified but also... do people not talk to each other here ?!?!
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These three guys are having a very normal one outside tk maxx
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OMG i got the job !! i am going to be a college lecturer delivering community learning courses in the arts 😭
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My work opened at
@RoyalScotAcad
New Contemporaries and I won the
@natlibscot
purchase prize for moving image!! My work will be available to view from tomorrow in person at the RSA and online. So chuffed that my work will be part of the national library’s collection!!
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A man on the street looked at my jumper and called me a ‘fenian bitch’ today, happy St Patrick’s day!🍀
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So happy to get to introduce
@jeremycorbyn
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It's both depressing and predictable how one election defeat has de-radicalised a number of self described socialists. Although the language of socialism gained popularity, it's clear that the ideology is not understood by the many. We need to take political education seriously.
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Been trying to pin down why this photo made me angry and I think this is why. SNP talk of social justice yet cut services and refuse to do anything bold the in Scottish parliament. I’ve lived in Dundee for 3 years now and addiction, poverty and homelessness is only getting worse.
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There are plenty of labour policies I agree with but absolutely no chance I will be voting for a labour party that denies the right of scottish determination. Looks like it'll be a vote for the greens for the first time ever.
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The voice of my social anxiety that lives in the back of my brain
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I'm from the east end of Glasgow where they deliberately walk through a catholic area once a month causing absolute carnage. Make no mistake- the order aren't simply 'pro-Britain' but anti-Catholic.
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For the first time in my life I have a recognised union in my workplace and union branch. It makes a difference knowing that you’re not alone. That you have people to offer help and support when you need it and you can raise issues without backlash. Everyone should have this!
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Many are sharing important stories of women who seek abortions under difficult circumstances, but I would also say, women don’t need to justify terminating a pregnancy to anyone. Abortion, for whatever reason, is a medical decision every woman deserves to make for themselves.
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There is a lot to be said for what has been built by anti-detention and anti-eviction activists in Glasgow over the past few years. These campaign networks are crucial to facilitating actions like today, and have also built a class confidence in taking direct collective action💪
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Be there tomorrow to oppose fascism and reclaim the square !!
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Is it weird to experience an overwhelming sense of relief that it’s getting dark by 9pm again? Give me crunchy orange leaves, homemade soup and a crisp breeze pronto
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In years to come we will look back at BDS in the same way we now view South African anti- apartheid movement- as a solidarity action against injustice and murder. To any ‘socialists’ tweeting about watching Eurovision- I hope you feel embarrassed and consider your actions.
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Sharon Graham literally wrote a 10,000 word manifesto which clearly outlines a political strategy for building workers power. But aye I’m sure she’s just a daft wee woman who doesn’t know what she’s talking about. 💁🏻♀️
@AaronBastani
@UniteSharon
@UKLabour
She does indeed represent Unite members, which is why she needs a political strategy as well as industrial strategies, but she does not have one. Political threats are OK provided you have clear political demands & a strategy for delivering them
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Both my primary and secondary schools were right next to private schools, and I will tell you this- the weans were raised to look down their noses at us from an early age, making snide comments and pushing us out of their way, even in primary. Private schools entrench inequality.
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Of course all climate protestors aren’t posh- in Glasgow I’ve met many working class young people who are so articulate on the climate. But middle class people coming into our city to shout at people for driving, when public transport infrastructure is terrible, is unhelpful.
@ronanburtenshaw
@stellarossssa
Please don't adopt the right wing reactionary suggestion that climate protesters are all posh
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I’m currently coming off anti-depressants and it’s horrible- I feel like poop. Social media distorts the truth and makes everyone else’s lives look better than yours. Sharing this in the hope we can remember that everyone has their own shit to deal with so be kind!! ✌️💪🌸💐🌹🌼
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Not a single one of the 300 flats are social housing. These are luxury build to rent flats, the last thing Glasgow needs more of!
Phase one of the plan to transform the Shawlands Arcade site on Glasgow’s Southside has been approved.
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It’s hilarious to hear Starmer talk about being the first person in his family to go to university and having a dad who worked in a factory like it’s a novelty. Congratulations on having a normal life experience, I’m sure it took several focus groups to figure out the phrasing
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You really must watch the documentary on BBC Scotland about the Timex dispute, one of the last major industrial disputes in 1993. Since the Timex factory closed, Dundee has seen a rise in low paid precarious jobs. It wasn’t trade unions that killed Timex, it was globalisation.
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I’m always surprised when English comrades don’t know anything about the Irish civil rights movement. For many of us in Scotland, republicanism is how we got into left wing politics- we’ve known that Britain is rigged and corrupt for a long time. ☘️🇮🇪
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This flat wasn't cheap either! I asked the letting agent why there was so much mould and he seemed a bit shocked and affronted I'd asked him in front of a group of other people viewing it. Again, this is not normal!
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When will male 'comrades' get it into their puny little brains that women are the MAJORITY of the working class.
Oh, marvellous. As if we hadn’t done enough to antagonise our northern heartlands, we’ve now alienated the whole of Yorkshire.
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Looks like months of non stop flat hunting has finally paid off and I finally have a flat!! In Dennistoun !!!! Going for a pint 🤠
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Getting a flat in glasgow at the moment is war. Had a viewing tomorrow cancelled, then emailed about another flat posted an hour ago and was called 5 mins later asking me to view it tomorrow morning. Do landlords know no peace? Will I have to sacrifice my firstborn for a flat ???
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We had our first Dennistoun
@Living_Rent
AGM! In its first year the branch has doubled in membership, won member defence cases and ran a brilliant campaign to re open wellpark community centre. Last night I was elected as the new branch chair and I cannot wait to get stuck in!💪
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Over the past year I’ve been working on a community photography project based in the Gorbals through Street Level Photoworks. The exhibition opens on Thursday 1st September with a reception from 6-8, and is on until the 25th in the foyer at Trongate 103. 📸
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Anyways my video is on 50K and rising💅💅💅People are being arseholes because they are either threatened by class politics or opinionated young women. 🙅🏻♀️
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I got to vote in my first ever union ballot today for a deal that will dramatically improve my work conditions and pay. Joining a trade union, standing up for your rights, going on strike... it all works!
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With the housing market the way it is not everyone can simply choose to live somewhere else if they don't like it. Someone in a more precarious housing situation will be forced to take that flat because they can't afford or can't get somewhere better. Landlords are parasites
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Went for an appointment at the job centre and was told the maximum amount universal credit can contribute towards rent in Glasgow is £350 for 1 bedroom in a shared flat. The average rent for a two bedroom between two is £543. What planet do these tory bastards live on?!
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Scottish Labour just finished an election rally with Bandiera Rossa... Jim Murphy could never !!
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Me on why we need rent controls !!!
MSPs have passed a legislation which will freeze rents and ban evictions for at least six months.
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Out for dinner for my birthday today🥳 and drinking wine *inside* a restaurant for the first time in months! Had a lovely day with my family all together again. Feeling spoiled and very lucky❤️
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The absolute state of Glasgow council slagging off workers going on strike.
@theSNP
why yous acting like tories ??!!
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Back to waitrose.
The biggest unknown in British politics: If a deal passes today or next week, where does this movement go?
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This summer I came off anti-depressants and started living alone for the first time. Feeling good about life and excited about the future ❤️
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Really think we could win some serious seats in Scotland, I remember in 2017 voting Labour was frankly uncomfortable. Now I'm proud to ask people to vote labour because we know it represents real and lasting change for our communities. 💐🌹🌻
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Can we please stop pretending that women are listened to or valued in regards to mental health. Women are romanticised, called hysterical, liars, attention seeking and the root of women’s trauma is often ignored. There is no benefit to being a mentally ill woman over a man.
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Happy to have signed this urging
@ScottishLabour
and the UK left to back our demand for a Scottish independence referendum. Pls sign if u are a Scottish labour member and support !!!
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Why the hell is Labour Glasgow Central candidate
@Faten4Glasgow
speaking at a Tory meeting ?! Absolutely disgusting behaviour, a kick in the teeth to all the activists who campaigned for Labour in her constituency.
Brilliant event in Mount Vernon with Annabel Goldie and supporters - the fight back starts now!
Honoured to welcome Faten Hameed to
@ScotTories
family as well. As a former Labour candidate Faten knows we're the only party that'll beat the SNP and move Scotland forward 🏴💪🇬🇧
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This might be challenging to a very small but vocal nationalist demographic in Scotland. But the truth is this, many people are lending their votes to Labour in this election. If that upsets you, maybe consider why so many feel left behind by the yes movement.
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Depression
What’s something that isn’t Scottish but FEELS Scottish to you?
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I mean, shy away from this all you like- these people don't control the Labour Party anymore. The question at hand is this, Do you think Labour caused the financial crisis in 2008, or was it actually in fact, hyper-unregulated capitalism?
I'm afraid the hard truth for Labour is that they were planning cuts deeper and harder than Margaret Thatcher. Those are them facts 👇
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I’d like to take a moment to say how much of a fucking legend Bryan is. He was the first to encourage me when I joined the trade union movement 8 years ago, as he’s supported many young workers. No one is kinder, friendlier or cares more deeply about fighting injustice.❤️
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Solidarity with all the brave people in Ukraine and Russia resisting war. Russia has no right to invade Ukraine, NATO and the west are no friends of peace. These can both be true at the same time. Sadly it is working-class people who pay the price for warmongering, not the rich.
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