Steve Howell
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Writer/contributor @thenation @bigissue. Pre-order 'Cold War Puerto Rico' via my website. Substack, sign-up free here: https://t.co/j0cQUyLk0g
Welshpool, Wales
Joined March 2009
Cold War Puerto Rico - the story of how Washington used the tools of 'McCarthyism' to keep its Caribbean fortress as a colony. Most of the people on the cover of my new book were imprisoned multiple times in the 1950s as J Edgar Hoover orchestrated a red scare on the island. 1/3
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You won’t see this in the news, but it’s why people will be deprived of services and face increasing poverty.
In a one-hour speech, Reeves glossed over the arms budget - and yet she plans to increase it by more than NHS spending and is cutting cash for education. The £2.3bn for lifting the two-child benefit cap is peanuts by comparison. Check out the details: https://t.co/tVdwNj4VSN
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BREAKING In a late addition to today’s actions, these two heroes have decided to take action outside weapons manufacturer BAE Systems’ Newport facility. BAE Systems is a major player in the Israeli arms trade and is responsible for producing weapons parts used in genocide.
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My mandate as UN Special Rapporteur was pleased to intervene this week in the UK High Court judicial review proceeding, challenging the proscription of Palestine Action by the UK Government https://t.co/aNWfKSxNgc
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These figures are shocking. They show the government's capital spending over a 6-year period. Cumulatively, Reeves plans to spend £166.4bn on arms - nearly quadruple the amount for education (£43.8bn) and double the NHS investment (£82.9bn). More here: https://t.co/tVdwNj4VSN
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In the latest UK budget ‘military spending rising 8.43% to £90 billion in 2026-27, compared to a 6.14% increase for health and the allocation for education shrinking by 0.68%. The 2026-27 arms budget includes £25.9 billion of capital spending, which is a rising proportion of the
In a one-hour speech, Reeves glossed over the arms budget - and yet she plans to increase it by more than NHS spending and is cutting cash for education. The £2.3bn for lifting the two-child benefit cap is peanuts by comparison. Check out the details: https://t.co/tVdwNj4VSN
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In a one-hour speech, Reeves glossed over the arms budget - and yet she plans to increase it by more than NHS spending and is cutting cash for education. The £2.3bn for lifting the two-child benefit cap is peanuts by comparison. Check out the details: https://t.co/tVdwNj4VSN
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Hateful headlines in the Sun and other papers are designed to deflect from the real Budget story. Reeves has hit workers hard to pay for a massive increase in arms spending, NOT for the relatively small amount needed to lift children out of poverty. See: https://t.co/tVdwNj4VSN
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And the effect is fully felt today here in Puerto Rico, as mainstream popular sentiment literally rages against "communists" & "socialists" & the independence ideal even while over 50% of our pop is on welfare & we are literally bankrupted by colonialism
Cold War Puerto Rico - the story of how Washington used the tools of 'McCarthyism' to keep its Caribbean fortress as a colony. Most of the people on the cover of my new book were imprisoned multiple times in the 1950s as J Edgar Hoover orchestrated a red scare on the island. 1/3
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Is this going to be a regular thing for the Sun: with every Budget we get the verdict on it from the Chancellor's uncle? But why stop at uncles? Why not get the views of aunties, parents, grandparents, cousins, nephews, nieces? The Sun treats its readers like morons, but then...
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves’ uncle Terry Smith has spoken to The Sun to criticise her Budget "It’s the worst Budget I’ve ever heard - and I’m 73, so I have been around for quite a few. Rachel is my niece and is a lovely person, but government is totally out of their depth"
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In a one-hour speech, Reeves glossed over the arms budget - and yet she plans to increase it by more than NHS spending and is cutting cash for education. The £2.3bn for lifting the two-child benefit cap is peanuts by comparison. Check out the details: https://t.co/tVdwNj4VSN
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Who the hell do these US presidents think they are going around "closing the airspace" of sovereign states? Obama did it with Libya. Now Trump goes down the regime change path. #SolidarityWithVenezuela
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Who the hell do these US presidents think they are going around "closing the airspace" of sovereign states? Obama did it with Libya. Now Trump goes down the regime change path. #SolidarityWithVenezuela
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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro slams Marco Rubio after the Secretary of State accused him of drug trafficking without evidence. “If you want to put me in an orange jumpsuit, try it — but this nation won’t kneel” before the US. “No Colombian is to blame for whatever happened
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Thanks to everyone who joined the action in #Welshpool today and to the shoppers who won't buy products from Israel. Diolch yn fawr.
Hardy @PSCMontgomerys1 campaigners were out in Welshpool today urging shoppers not to buy Israeli products. Our #DontBuyAparthied leaflet was well received - helping to make the boycott bite on United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
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"Members of Congress in both parties are questioning the authority and wisdom of Trump potentially dragging the U.S. into yet another regime change war. The question is whether their voices are making a difference." @RStatecraft on growing US opposition to war with Venezuela.
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Hardy @PSCMontgomerys1 campaigners were out in Welshpool today urging shoppers not to buy Israeli products. Our #DontBuyAparthied leaflet was well received - helping to make the boycott bite on United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
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PSC Director @BenJamalpsc explains why we’re marching for Palestine today and why it’s so important we continue to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people 🇵🇸
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Is this going to be a regular thing for the Sun: with every Budget we get the verdict on it from the Chancellor's uncle? But why stop at uncles? Why not get the views of aunties, parents, grandparents, cousins, nephews, nieces? The Sun treats its readers like morons, but then...
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves’ uncle Terry Smith has spoken to The Sun to criticise her Budget "It’s the worst Budget I’ve ever heard - and I’m 73, so I have been around for quite a few. Rachel is my niece and is a lovely person, but government is totally out of their depth"
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Join Paul Holden the author of @StarmertheFraud & me in Manchester, Liverpool & Birmingham in early December to discuss Starmer’s Labour, the people who fund it & those who crafted its reactionary agenda. The startling revelations are even more shocking than you might imagine
#TheFraud is going on the road! Grab your tickets now to hear Paul Holden lay bare the sensational intrigues, stratagems, and deceits that helped deliver Sir Keir Starmer to Downing Street. https://t.co/FDCRdFkc2t
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