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'Settlers have systematically tried to obscure the fact of dispossession. Most prominent amongst the discursive strategies used has been the denial that they encountered Indigenous societies at all'
Read an excerpt from Settler Colonialism by Sai Englert:plutobooks.com/blog/empty-la…
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“There’s a movement over here called ACORN… People have faced 15-20 years of having to share their homes with strangers. People don't want to live like that any more.”
- Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the @RMTunion👊
Absolute all time classic performance of music
Hella - “Biblical Violence” live at Shibuya O-Nest in Tokyo, Japan 5/7/2004. Taken from the “Concentration Face” DVD, but specifically this set is so magical youtu.be/4PafUgFiaaw
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Advice for landlords who are worried about what today's rent freeze announcement means for their portfolios. 🧵A thread:
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Somebody once told me to read the first word of my last 450 tweets. Oh god it's been over a year
So much hard work went into this from such a great bunch!!! Unamended motion, backed *unanimously* = another win! Just can't stop. Won't stop. Join us!
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We went undercover to catch estate agents ADMITTING they help landlords refuse people on benefits, despite knowing it's UNLAWFUL
This is why we need @lpoolcouncil to vote tomorrow to take up policies and practices to end DSS discrimination
Join ACORN. Link to our petition to end housing benefit & UC discrimination in Liverpool is in the article and we have some fun actions coming up on this campaign
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I have found this frankly wonderful archive of a Northern Ireland primary #school disco in the 1960s while working on a report and it might be the best thing I’ve ever seen.
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So two weeks ago, ACORN members paid a visit to have a word. About an hour later we had assurances that work would be completed, and the very next day, contractors began turning up and repairs are finally underway. ✊️
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I have something to say about the garlic press. It’s inefficient, wasteful and a ballache to clean up. Creates more mess and trouble than it saves under the guise of being quicker and easier. It’s duplicitous and it’s been getting away with it for too long.
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But it's one thing to introduce franchising, it's another to use the model to its potential and create a bus network that works for us. Here is what we want Taking Back Our Buses to look like
1 demand (nearly) down, 4 to go!
🚨 Huge #TakeBackOurBuses update! 🚨
@MetroMayorSteve has publicly recommended @LpoolCityRegion votes to adopt bus franchising next week 🥳
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A piece I wrote about Liverpool's "regeneration" for the few & Labour's role in the creation of it👇
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Please sign and share!!!
Our petition is now live, follow the link or scan the qr code to sign, and tell @MetroMayorSteve @LpoolCityRegion to #TakeBackOurBuses acornuk.good.do/northwest/pe…















