
LGSM
@lgsmpride
The original Lesbians and Gay Men Support the Miners activists featured in the film PRIDE! Solidarity forever!
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http://lgsm.org/ 01-10-2014 13:29:51
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Budget didn't abolish the two child benefit cap. Didn't reverse the winter fuel payment cut for thousands of pensioners below the poverty line. Didn't cut VAT to help the poorest. Govt listened to the rich - no wealth tax or financial transaction tax. leftfootforward.org/2024/10/the-bu…






BREAKING: Trump wins. Emergency protest. Tonight 6pm at the US embassy in London. Stand against #Trump and his racism, bigotry and hatred. #NoToTrump Stop the War Abortion Rights Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament






#DisabilityTwitter I’ve had disabled people contact me recently terrified of forthcoming disability benefit reforms. Telling me they will be homeless, won’t have anything. That they will go out in the street and end their life. Disability News Service Liz Kendall



Average UK state pension (SP), £10,500 a year. In 2022, 110,000 pensioners died from fuel poverty. 28% of over 55-yr-olds have no other pension saved. 23% of 18-34-yr-olds expect to solely rely on SP. Crisis looming. Must align SP with the living wage. leftfootforward.org/2025/01/pensio…


Chancellor Rachel Reeves call for Heathrow airport expansion based on report ordered by Heathrow owners. Data supplied by the airport itself. Methodology previously rejected by Transport Dept as not fit for purpose. Full report not publicly available. theguardian.com/environment/20…

NEW 🚨 | Badges for the bin strike. We have teamed up with Football Lads & Lasses Against Fascism to produce a solidarity pin badge to support the Birmingham Bin Strikers: bit.ly/BirminghamSoli… Help raise £1k for the Brum Bin Strike. #StrikeMap


Massed ranks of police at Orgreave moments before charging at miners #OnThisDay in 1984. The campaign continues for a full public enquiry to establish the truth about that day. We look forward to welcoming the Orgreave Justice campaign to the Durham Miners' Gala on Saturday 12 July.
