I've supported many community pubs and am on the Board of @foxandgoose.org

Always happy to chat with groups looking to take on their local.

Right now, Donald Trump, Kash Patel, Kristi Noem, and other officials are participating in a panel about "Antifa," threatening to "destroy the entire organization [sic] from top to bottom."

This is a good time to revisit our guide to preparing for repression:

crimethinc.com/Safeguarding

Social entrepreneurs could start worker co-operatives with a decent wage and pension for all. Built in exit and succession.

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

Solidarity. Are you in touch with survivors of the Battle of the Beanfield who were subject to the same tactics from the same manual? I'm wondering if their testimony would help. They could also do with their own enquiry.

Same police manual used in both.

barefoot Specialist training for co-operative and community business practitioners. Gain skills, knowledge, and confidence to work as an advisor in the sector. Are you ready to join a new generation of advisor...

Lots of interest in training to deliver peer to peer co-operative business support at #coopcongress Find out more at www.stirtoaction.com/barefoot

Flyer for the Cooperatives Day event, in red and white with the Fox logo and event details as noted in the post.

This Sunday join we're celebrating #co-operatives to mark the UN year of the #co-ops. #IYC2025

Learn about coops from those involved in establishing and running them locally. Enjoy beers from worker-owned @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social's tap takeover, and pizzas and tunes in the garden. #HebdenBridge

In 2003, anti-war activists broke into RAF Fairford to stop US bombers heading to Iraq.

Keir Starmer defended their actions and said it was justified to prevent war crimes.

Now his government is banning Palestine Action for doing the same.

The Prime Minister is a hypocrite.

Our wonderful community pub is in need of an exterior refresh and we are inviting quotes from local painters.

If you are interested in this exciting project, please contact businessmanager@foxandgoose.org by Thursday 19th June to express your interest. 1/2 #HebdenBridge #Todmorden

I was interviewed about co-operative governance by the Corporate Bodies project corporatebodies.substack.com/p/episode-7-...

Tribute to Colin Jerwood Dedicated to the memory of Colin Jerwood

We honor the life of Colin Jerwood, singer of the anarcho-punk band Conflict, who contributed to the resurgence of combative anarchism in the 1980s.

"The more you oppress the more we'll resist
We will win because we have to, we've got nothing to lose no more"

-Conflict, "The Ungovernable Force"

Conflict - The Ungovernable Force (1986) - YouTube Band site: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CONFLICT/28514492762

RIP Colin youtube.com/playlist?lis...

More information on the L&SERWFL Trophy final between Clapton CFC Women's First Team and Dulwich Hamlet Reserves at Maidstone United today 🇵🇸✊

www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/05/25/c...

Dry stone walling

Nice day for dry stone walling. Hopefully I'll be wet stone walling tomorrow. We need rain!

Spain Orders Airbnb to Take Down 66,000 Rental Listings

The Spanish government ordered Airbnb to remove nearly 66,000 listings from its platform, widening a crackdown on tourist rentals as it seeks to alleviate a housing crisis that has become among the worst in Europe.

Fuck yes! My home town! I may have to return

The way predatory people like Musk operate is they get their foot in the door incrementally. Just comply with my email, what’s so hard about that? Then when people give in because they don’t want a hassle, he owns you. Then he comes back next time demanding something much worse.

TheClaptonPress Visit the post for more.

Sad news from theclaptonpress.com. It's closing down on March 7th, due to the press's owner's illness. Clapton had a growing list of books in translation from South America and Spain, and a number of books on the Spanish Civil War. Mail order and trade customers stock up now while you still can.

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest

www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Happening now: Israeli tanks have entered the northern West Bank after 40,000 Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Jenin & Tulkarm areas. There's a real and present danger that these camps will be erased. This genocide must be stopped. By us all. Now!

Kindling Farm seeks architects Kindling Farm seeks architects for the first stage of a hugely exciting project! We are looking for ecologically and socially focused architects to work with us to design the transformation of our bea...

Kindling Farm seeks architects kindling.org.uk/news/kindlin... @kindlingtrust.bsky.social

Years ago I joked that Starmer was a deliberate plant to destroy the Labour Party from within. I have now come to see it as the only plausible explanation.

Trump is a threat to developing countries who owe their debts in dollars YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

The world’s developing countries mainly owe their debts in dollars. Trump is, however, making it harder for them to earn dollars, and is trying to inflate the dollar’s value. The result will be massive poverty.
youtu.be/aYYBmdTOA9E?...

IWW "Sabo Kitty" logo with words, "An injury to one, is an injury to all."

This is a scary time, but also one where people across divisions could in theory link up and offer real solidarity and support to each other.

We have a choice - allow different groups of people to be targeted, or show up and stand with everyone under attack.

Meeeeee

The bastards are out to exploit again The bastards bosses who run the UK's businesses have not been slow to notice what Trump is all about. Nor have their friends in the press been either. As the Telegraph notes this morning: Financial ch...

British bosses are supposedly telling the Telegraph that they want to end protection for minority groups in the workplace. It hasn't taken them long to go full on Trump so that they can enrich themselves at cost to those who need protection and support.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02...

Rachel Reeves says cabinet ‘united’ in backing Heathrow third runway plan – UK politics live Chancellor says she has support of cabinet as climate minister Ed Miliband reported to be sceptical over Heathrow plans

Why experts don't agree with Rachel Reeves that 'Sustainable' Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a "game changer"

It's clear that they are absolutely NOT a get-out-of-jail-free card enabling airport expansion:

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Great starter pack follow list of the full Bylines network and a host of other great small independent news and investigations outlets from @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

Well, this is exciting.

Social Enterprise Yorkshire & Humber represent, promote and connect social enterprises across our region and we've only gone and been shortlisted for large social enterprise of the year!

We find out the results on March 20, wish us luck!