Facebook reminded me this morning that it is the 11th anniversary of the 2011 successful strike action to protect public sector pensions (Facebook immediately lost any thanks for this memory for refusing to allow me to share, since they thought my post…Read more…
White Notley and Cressing Walk
It has been a while since I have been for (or posted) a country walk for various reasons. Today Gill and I took advantage of a dry and warmish weather forecast to go for this 7.5 mile circular walk in Essex. A map and description is in this Essex…Read more…
Facebook Community Standards (The Curse of Terry Paul?)
I have had a few bizarre messages from Facebook over the years. None stranger than today when I was informed that this post from 8 years ago, had in some way contravened “Facebook Community Standards”. The post is about my preparation the night b…Read more…
Elwy Valley Walk
Off message but over Easter, Gill and I went back to North Wales to see my Mum for her 81st birthday (our Christmas visit has also been cancelled when we caught Covid) and visit other family members.
During the day we would go for walks and this…Read more…
Jubilee Pond run
Off message but I think a lovely picture from a run (more truthfully a very slow jog) on Saturday morning around Wanstead flats and Jubilee Pond (managed as part of Epping Forest by the City of London).
When I first moved to Forest Gate, the pond was …Read more…
Why was this my most liked Facebook Photo in 2015?
Any ideas other than the lovely smile of UNISON Housing policy expert Sylvia Jones? Read more…
‘On the right track’
The British press is the least trusted in Europe – even below non-EU countries such as North Macedonia and Serbia. This may not be a surprising statistic, given the British press’ massive…Read more…
Missing (maybe you didn’t look that hard?)
Off message but love this. Hat tip Neil Black on FB Forest Gate Life. Read more…
15 minute care makeover – if you have elderly relatives or worry about what will happen to you when you get old then watch and weep (then get angry and do something about this)
Please watch, weep, get angry and then do something. Demand change. Join a trade union and the Labour Party. This UNISON video has been watched on Facebook by 3.4 million people.
Watch this clip from Claire Sweeney’s new exploitative ’15 minute …Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look like in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there a memorial for the workers in Haymarket square? Using new tech for this podcast connections Zokos.com planned to be free software Indiana became […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look like in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there a memorial for the workers in Haymarket square? Using new tech for this podcast connections Zokos.com planned to be free software Indiana became […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look like in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there a memorial for the workers in Haymarket square? Using new tech for this podcast connections Zokos.com planned to be free software Indiana became […]Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there…Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look like in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there…Read more…
Cyberunions Episode 92: Alt ‘Rights’: What does labor look like in the age of Trump
Download Ogg Ogg lite MP3 Torrent Update Section This is decidedly not Walton Matt coming in from Chicago Chicago teachers strike Site of Haymarket square, Mayday for the American listeners Is there a memorial for the workers in Haymarket square? Using new tech for this podcast connections Zokos.com planned to be free software Indiana became […]Read more…
UNISONActive on facebook
See our new facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/UNISONActiveblog We’ve had problems with the existing facebook page that we are trying to sort out.Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 4 “West Wickham Common to Hamsey Green” (& a tragic West Ham connection)
Last Saturday I resumed my plan to walk around London along the loop walks after a gap since May. Saturday was better than Sunday since railway and bus links, there and back, are much better. I used the Transport for London (tfl) guide since I couldn’t…Read more…
“Dear Pissed off Voter…why I am going to Vote”
The right to vote is so precious. People have suffered and died for this right. Politics in this country is far from perfect but if you don’t vote, then you betraying these democracy martyrs from the past and present and just giving the thumbs up …Read more…
“tax avoidance, everyone does it”
Brilliant. Tories justifying tax avoidance by rich. Hat tip Wrexham for Labour Facebook. Read more…
Facebook doesn’t care that “Britain First” is a Hitler Worshipping Cult
hat tip Exposing Britain FirstRead more…