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Journalist and other things, based in London and Cairo

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  1. Festet tweet
    21. aug. 2020

    Excited to say that 'Now We Have Your Attention' - a story about our current age of political crisis, as told by those who are living it - is out in paperback on Sep 3rd from & . Includes a brand-new prologue, pre-order here!

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    2. sep.

    "The ultimate, hidden truth of the world, is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." —David Graeber

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  3. Retweetet
    31. aug.

    Yet another cycling skill that has been lost over the years.

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  4. Retweetet
    27. aug.

    Grimly sympathetic BBC portrait of possibly violent, allegedly Neo-Nazi-linked vigilantes operating illegally to evict people from empty second homes. Landlords are, it seems, the real victims of the Spanish housing crisis, and these thugs are its heroes

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    26. aug.

    Egyptian writer Tawfiq Al Hakim with a cat on each shoulder

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  6. Retweetet
    24. aug.

    Join the "Protest in The Park" on Bank Holiday Monday to demand equality for striking Royal Parks key workers. Aug 30, 11am Speakers Corner, Hyde Park; march to Royal Parks HQ. Donate to strike fund by scanning QR code at end of video

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    26. aug.

    🛑SOS🛑I’ve been working with a civil society group for the past week to get high risk civilians out of Kabul. We have funded flights, secure escorts to it—the only issue is getting them through the US gates of Kabul airport. I’ve tried every contact I know, please help. DMs open

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  8. Retweetet
    25. aug.

    On 20 October, we publish 's YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEFEATED, collected writings by the Egyptian writer, blogger and activist who has been imprisoned by every Egyptian regime in his lifetime (and remains in prison, where he wrote a fair bit of this book).
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    24. aug.

    glad we've decided the reason universal credit is an abysmal scheme is its poor branding. upscaling the tesco value range as 'the hearty food company' thinking, but make it the welfare state

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Labour pledge to replace Universal Credit with new name to end the 'stigma' - but don't promise to reverse £20-a-week cut
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    23. aug.

    Αἰωνία ἡ μνήμη!

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  11. Retweetet
    24. aug.

    Be the class war capybaras you want to see in the world

    Meanwhile in Argentina, capybaras have infiltrated one of the richest gated communities - "who have destroyed manicured lawns, bitten dogs and caused traffic accidents"
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    20. aug.

    🚨VICTORY ALERT🚨 On 4 August the gave until August 30th to end outsourcing or face an campaign. Today LSHTM announced that outsourced cleaning and security staff will be brought IN-HOUSE!🔥 Outsourced workers organised, stood up, fought and WON!

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  13. 20. aug.

    Egyptian journalist Hisham Fouad has been jailed for more than two years by 's dictatorship, without being convicted of any crime. Please sign the petition for his release () and check out the action toolkit here ()

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  14. 20. aug.

    "If you want to gauge where post-Covid, post-Brexit London could go next, Alvarez and her allies are the ones to watch" has spent years following the struggle over Tottenham's Latin Village, and his analysis of what's at play here is spot-on

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  15. 20. aug.

    If you want to support outsourced workers in their struggles for fair pay and basic rights, check out some of the trade unions that have been at the forefront of labour organising in this area, such as , and ✊

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  16. 20. aug.

    Most outsourced government workers here don't face the kind of immediate violence that the Kabul embassy guards are threatened with. But they do have to battle precariousness and official indifference all their working lives - and that too can be deadly

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  17. 20. aug.

    It's how full-time workers at the heart of government - without whom the state could not function - end up getting paid poverty wages and denied basic employment rights like occupational sick pay. When they complain, ministries simply shrug and say it's not their problem

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  18. 20. aug.

    The outsourcing of 'facilities management' contracts at UK government ministries - nearly always to the lowest bidder - is designed to save money by stripping workers of economic security, while adding a layer of management that shields the real employer from responsibility

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  19. 20. aug.

    The state washing its hands of responsibility for its employees like this is scandalous, but it's just an extreme version of what many outsourced government workers in the UK - cleaners, caterers, security guards - face every single day

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  20. Retweetet
    19. aug.

    🔥 TUI Drop Deportations National Day of Action🔥 ✊Join a local action on Sat 28th Aug outside a TUI store to demand that they end their violent collaboration with Home Office deportations! (1/8)

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  21. Retweetet
    20. aug.

    rare footage captures the moment of a journalist being born

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