Middle aged anti-fascist and left libertarian in South London. In to: dub, country and western, critical theory, Yiddish, black history, internationalism, trade unions, salt beef. Fan of: Omar Aziz, Bayard Rustin, Hannah Arendt, Cesaria Evora.https://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3muc2rzpjzc2jOn Zelensky’s fawning message to Netanyahu (and the terrible responses to it) https://radicaldumpling161.substack.com/p/no-perfect-victims-no-innocent-states https://radicaldumpling161.substack.com/p/no-perfect-victims-no-innocent-states?r=u6mo4&utm_medium=ios30 Aug 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc2rzpjzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mu6g7uortk2jAnother sharp post on fake anti-imperialism https://josephgrosso.substack.com/p/the-asymmetry-of-anti-imperialism28 Aug 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6g7uortk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mtuc2phu6c2vI think this does a good job of getting at what’s wrong with the sort of vacuous identity politics that afflicts the online left without falling into class reductionism. Could be a bit more explicit about how that way of thinking can (and has in her case) lead to antisemitism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuc2phu6c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mtqrolbukc2aI’d noticed the UK right has imported the bizarre US conspiracy theory about the Fabians, but I hadn’t realised how far it’d gone. This post is also good on the Reform/Restore beef, now Restore have given the far right game away (“you were only meant to blow the bloody doors off”). [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqrolbukc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mt26vo27gk2bQuestions to which the answer is yes:  [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt26vo27gk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mrzjatzufc2yI think Labour was right to reinstate Abbott, but her speech last month shows why she should’ve retired long ago. She thinks that the toppling of Assad a coup and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is actually a NATO campaign against Russia and the the US is responsible for both. Such an insane worldview. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzjatzufc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mryyssoto22yBizarre far right plot against a Muslim gathering near Ipswich https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/07/far-right-security-outfit-claims-our-guys-arrested-for-muslim-festival-terror-scare/ (GBNews has previously been stirring up outrage about the gathering.)01 Aug 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mryyssoto22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mq6a5gkack2cBeautiful photos of an inspiring struggle [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6a5gkack2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mq5xffwlec2lMedia needs to stop using the word “protest” for this kind of thing. It’s a lynch mob not a protest. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5xffwlec2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mq4nkeat3s2gPrioritising Red Wall-friendly optics to fight right-wing populism too often leads to complicity with bigotries leftists aren’t immune to. My quibble: not only white men dabble with misogyny, antisemitism, transphobia etc. When non-white activists do, it also hurts the multiracial coalitions we need [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 07:58 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4nkeat3s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mpw7zicftk2oThis is problematic reporting. Wagenknecht may once have been a figure of the (Stalinist) far left, but she’s long since left it, literally leaving Die Linke (the Left Party) to create a right wing crossover party, so BSW allying with the far right isn’t news and not a “horseshoe” move. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpw7zicftk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mpgf4dpxrk2eImportant, forensic analysis of the organised (not spontaneous) nature of the June Belfast pogroms, and the complicity of the police (HT @3r1ng.bsky.social) [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgf4dpxrk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mohz6wl4mk2qAnn Furedi hanging out with a bunch of thugs who invaded a council meeting. Cc @pabloite.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohz6wl4mk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mohrtgozec27Eva Kotchever/Eve Adams Anarchist, librarian, bookseller, bartender, journalist, agitator, salonist, deportee, language teacher. Mława, Chicago, NY, Warsaw, Gdańsk, Paris, Nice, Drancy, Auschwitz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Kotchever [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohrtgozec27https://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mofifw32oc2fGood summary and concise analysis of the current far right wave in the UK and the anti-fascist response. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofifw32oc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mobqbttja22sPosting this from my archive in honour of Roy Hattersley https://brockley.blogspot.com/2020/01/from-bobs-archive-hattersley-benn-foot.html https://brockley.blogspot.com/2020/01/from-bobs-archive-hattersley-benn-foot.html?m=114 Jun 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mobqbttja22shttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mneoay67hk2pOne of last night’s rioters, moustached man next to the Restore Britain T-shirt guy, was Luke Jahn of National Rebirth https://hopenothate.org.uk/case-files-national-rebirth-party/03 Jun 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mneoay67hk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mn2yfjfonc2eAs I posted one of Martin Lucy’s recent videos the other day, here’s a nice mini bio of him plus a recent interview about class warfare today https://diyconspiracy.net/martin-lux-class-warfare/30 May 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn2yfjfonc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mmjy44ldwc2pA guest on Gilles Peterson‘s radio show mentioned Miles Davis wanting to collab with Jimmy Hendrix and Prince, said that if he was around today he’d probably want to work with someone like Bad Bunny. I thought, no not Bad Bunny, but I wondered who today he would want to work with. What do you think?23 May 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmjy44ldwc2p