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Steph Pike

@spikeword

Poet, feminist, socialist, activist. On the committee of Manchester People's Assembly. My book 'Pétroleuse' is published by Flapjack Press

 Manchester, England
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Joined October 2011
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Solidarity with our @GMSTWC activist Steph Pike seen here in background being manhandled and arrested for reading her poem 'Palestine Action' Comes after the arrest of someone for reading a @MichaelRosenYes poem. Is public poetry now terrorism? End this madness @andyburnham
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BREAKING: ANTI-GENOCIDE SUPPORTERS ARRESTED AT WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES COURT. The Met have begun arresting people under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act, as well as others who were setting up a small stage and reading poems as part of the planned event. More to follow.
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We are witnessing a continent-wide rearmament programme and a war driven cost of living crisis has already begun. But trade unionists and anti-war activists are responding. Thousands will be coming to London on 20 June to the international conference against war. Make sure you are one of them. 📽️ Watch and share our new conference video and get tickets via the QR code at end🔽
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Sir Mark has every right to practice his politics as a private citizen. But if he wants to make them part of his public role, then he is obliged to resign as a police officer and run for elected office himself tribunemag.co.uk/2026/05/mar…
Mark Rowley’s Right-Wing Crusade

Mark Rowley’s Right-Wing Crusade

By attacking the Green Party and the Palestine movement, the Met Commissioner has exposed the reality of the force he oversees: a cesspit of reaction which now wields extraordinary power over public...

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@TheCanaryUKApr 18
Shocking scenes in Manchester as police use horses and pepper spray to repress the anti-racists - while far-right Britain First are free to march through one of the most cities in the UK, without recourse. WTF???
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Thanks to the @TheCanaryUK for catching this on camera. Far right and Iranian monarchists disrupting our anti-war meeting in Manchester this evening Are they pro-war? Seriously?
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Our journalist @MaddisonW92 was at a @STWuk event where a contingent of Zionist thugs turned up - and proceeded to try and storm the event AND assault people attending. Shocking. Unsurprising.
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⚖️ POLL - do you support the hunger strikers? Please repost after voting.
82%Yes
18%No
7,615 votes • Final results
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Join the LGBT+ Supports Palestine bloc on the Manchester Pride parade this Saturday. Meet in Castlefield Bowl at 11.30 @GMSTWC
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Packed Manchester leg of our Stephen Kapos tour: Trump, Imperialism and the Middle East Thanks to @GMSTWC for organising and to all the fantastic speakers Next week Stephen travels to Preston and Liverpool, 29 and 30 July – details on our website
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The government plans to proscribe the non-violent direct action group Palestine Action. This repressive step will further undermine all of our civil liberties and democratic freedoms. Join me using @PSCupdates action to message your MP to oppose it. palestinecampaign.eaction.on…
Write to your MP: Oppose plans to proscribe Palestine Action

Write to your MP: Oppose plans to proscribe Palestine Action

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My take on Starmer’s winter fuel payments u-turn counterfire.org/article/star…
Starmer’s retreat on winter fuel payments shows protest works

Starmer’s retreat on winter fuel payments shows protest works 

With the U-Turn on winter fuel payments, now is the time to increase the pressure on Starmer’s government, argues Steph Pike  Having spent the last few months defending the decision to cut winter...

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Our message to London 👇
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Fund the Fightback: Power the 7 June National Demo

Fund the Fightback: Power the 7 June National Demo

We’re taking to the streets on 7 June to say no to austerity. Help us fund the protest and power the fightback!

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Diane Abbott MP launches 7 June demo with blistering critique of Labour leadership at People’s Assembly press conference thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/20…
Diane Abbott MP launches 7 June demo with blistering critique of Labour leadership at People’s...

Diane Abbott MP launches 7 June demo with blistering critique of Labour leadership at People’s...

“The people who run Starmer knew how to smash the left – but they hadn’t really thought through running the country” Diane Abbott MP launches 7 June demo with blistering critique of Labour leadership...

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Austerity under fire as MPs, trade union leaders, and activists hold press conference thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/20…
Austerity under fire as MPs, trade union leaders, and activists hold press conference

Austerity under fire as MPs, trade union leaders, and activists hold press conference

The People's Assembly will hold a press conference this Thursday, 15 May, to announce a huge anti-austerity march in London on Saturday, 7 June 2025 Leading trade unionists, MPs, and campaigners will...

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Absolutely shameful racism by @Keir_Starmer today! Scapegoating migrants, cutting benefits to disabled people, supporting a genocide - Starmer is a stranger to humanity! Join the resistance - join the @pplsassembly National demo in London on June 7th
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Austerity, Not Immigration, Has Broken Britain thepeoplesassembly.org.uk/20…
Austerity, Not Immigration, Has Broken Britain

Austerity, Not Immigration, Has Broken Britain

Statement by The People’s Assembly Against Austerity Keir Starmer says Britain “risks becoming an island of strangers.” But the only strangers here are the out-of-touch politicians and the milliona...

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The Tories are dead! Long live the Tories! My article on Starmer’s brutal welfare cuts counterfire.org/article/star…
Starmer’s attack on the disabled

Starmer’s attack on the disabled

Starmer's move to cut disabiltiy benefits is indefensible and will mean disaster for thousands, argues Steph Pike If refusing to abolish the benefit cap, the two child limit, and withdrawing the...

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Support the GMT strikers! @AndyBurnhamGM you need to decide whose side you’re on - the bosses or the workers! @Tony2Wilson
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#CeaseFireNow - Workplace Day of Action - Thursday 28/11.  The TUC and unions are supporting the workplace day of action on 28 November.calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon. Share your photos with us. Join us in taking action ⏩ unsn.uk/4fU5tTy
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The anti-war movement will intensify our work against war and in solidarity with the people of Palestine and Lebanon. We will be on the streets of London again this Saturday demanding an end to the Gaza genocide, for hands off Lebanon and for an end to the arming of Israel. Our statement on Iran's missile attack on Tel Aviv 🔽
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