Phil
Socialist. Retired teacher. Author of the Pete Kalder books. Loves reading, music and art.
- Reposted by PhilDHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range. And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
- Never Forget. Never Again. #HolocaustMemorialDay Two very powerful books which I passionately recommend.
- Reposted by Phil🚨EMERGENCY PROTEST 📍 Tomorrow 6pm, Trafalgar Sq. LDN Yesterday ICE shot and killed Alex Pretti, the second ICE murder in two weeks in Minneapolis. People are rising up across the US in response. #standuptoracism
- Post a picture YOU took, just a picture, NO description
- Reposted by PhilGregory Bovino LITERALLY cosplaying a SS officer...
- Reposted by PhilMinneapolis groups call for ‘general strike’. "...several local unions—including Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28—have lent their support to the strike." www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...
- Reposted by PhilRobert Jenrick illegally rushed through planning permission to try help a billionaire avoid £45m in property tax. But he is sick of seeing Asylum Seekers break the law. Because that’s only for him and his rich buddies.
- Top 10 all-time favorite vocalists? Off the top of head David Bowie Paul Weller Aretha Franklin Poly Styrene Marvin Gaye Nina Simone Joe Strummer Stevie Wonder Diana Ross Lesley Woods
- Top 10 all-time favorite vocalists? Off the top of my head David Bowie Vashti Bunyan Françoise Hardy Judee Sill Beth Gibbons Gillian Welch Mark Hollis Natalie Mering Frank Sinatra Nick Drake Elizabeth Fraser Tom Waits (the early years) Lana Del Rey I know that's a bakers dozen #musicsky
- Ten years ago, we lost David Bowie. Much missed. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg1t...
- Reposted by PhilI'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
- Reposted by PhilBBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
- Happy New Year. Let’s make 2026 a fairer, more tolerant and less bigoted one than 2025.
- Merry Christmas. Whatever you’re doing - enjoy .c
- Reposted by PhilRemembering Joe Strummer, who had different ideas about immigration than those prevailing in DC these days youtu.be/SZiPCJrd0_4?...
- Reposted by Philvia Barry Page
- And happy birthday to Billy Bragg. 68 years old today.
- Reposted by Phil#weekendsingles #adventsingles 20. Patti Smith - People Have The Power
- Looking for an alternative Christmas gift? Maybe for someone who fancies a thriller of a more left-wing variety? A story of a detective in a revolutionary Britain. Full of spies, socialism and some sharp suits. bookmarksbookshop.co.uk/product/thei...
- Reposted by PhilBilly Bragg's song written in response to Tommy Robinson's campaign. Wishing all the very best to those attending the Stand Up To Racism and Care 4 Calais counter-rally today. song.link/y/liRd9pjSBDA
- Reposted by PhilWe Are Together ✊🏻✊🏼✊✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 @togetheralliance.bsky.social
- Reposted by PhilR.I.P. legendary Stax Records guitarist Steve Cropper
- Happy birthday to Viv Albertine - of #TheSlits and some fabulous solo work. I met her at a launch of her first autobiography a few years back. And yeah, I was star-struck.
- This plus the proposed increase of no-jury trials make for worrying times in the UK. #justice #democracy www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
- #RandomTelevisionGif The Wire
- #RandomTelevisionGif The Shield
- @sutrne.bsky.social Far right in Newcastle today outside the Newbridge Hotel: “protecting women and children”! How long can we let this go on in the heart of Newcastle? @sutr.bsky.social
- Reposted by PhilPICASSO at work on his masterpiece - ‘Guernica’ - in 1937. He was born in Málaga - Spain 144yrs ago today.
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- Reposted by Phil"Britian loses" One of the side-effects of the implosion of the Conservative party is how beyond amateurish their entire operation is now. Even at a senior level the quality and experience of the people working for them is just incredibly low
- Superb comp. Totally recommend it.
- Dennis Brown: Money In My Pocket [Part 1] youtu.be/O1VbRLBY6vA?... ROOTS ROCK REBELS: WHEN PUNK MET REGGAE 1975-1982 Out of stock at Cherry Red but reduced by 15% on Amazon for a limited time: www.amazon.co.uk/ROOTS-ROCK-R... @garycrowleyonair.bsky.social @punkandnewwave.bsky.social
- Palestine marches across the world. This one on Cardoba in Spain. #FreePalestine #Peace
