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/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/3mmjy44ldwc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mm27tsorsc2eMartin Lux sums up yesterday‘s two marches https://youtu.be/1fgSnzZmUW0?si=BF3nBO5O944ovgbo17 May 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm27tsorsc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mlya4zch3k27Checking in with Tommy’s march. Seems the neo-Nazis of Patriotic Alternative are there (see pic) while Ryan Bridge of Raise the Colours has been nicked.16 May 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlya4zch3k27https://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mlgmssajt225I believe none of Your Party’s 24 candidates in England have been elected. Of the groups they backed, Newham Independents have won 24 seats and Aspire in Tower Hamlets have kept the mayoralty but is still counting councillor votes. None of other groups they backed have got more than a couple seats. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgmssajt225https://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mlgbn33aec2n#Lewisham council results are coming slowly. Greens have taken New Cross Gate so far. The Socialist Party’s front, TUSC, came last there with 73 votes (was an area with a small Socialist Party presence on the estates back in the 1990s).09 May 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgbn33aec2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mlars2uals2bI don’t know if I’ve ever had such a hard time voting as I do today. On one hand, it seems inconceivable to put a ❎ next to Labour, after two years of demonising migrants and accommodating the far right while keeping social policy locked in to harmful austerity.>>07 May 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlars2uals2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mky5ji2dqc2dCc @joshuafrank.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky5ji2dqc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mkvcvflbbc26I don’t know what it is I say that gets me on so many blocklists.02 May 2026 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvcvflbbc26https://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mknxffmrns2dOnce again George Galloway is organising with fascists. (David Cleese was one of the key spreaders of Islamophobic rumours that sparked the 2024 summer pogroms in the UK.) https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/04/george-galloways-workers-party-joins-nazi-linked-unn-for-ukrainian-embassy-stunt/29 Apr 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknxffmrns2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bobfrombrockley.bsky.social/post/3mkddzxmizc25On the so-called International Anti-Fascist United Front and recent Porto Alegre conference, by @chriszeller.bsky.social: https://leftrenewal.org/articles-en/zeller-against-whom-en/ via @danielmang.bsky.social25 Apr 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:c2plsk5a2p5te6ecjjppm2ee/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkddzxmizc25