Paul Barbour

Veteran, CWU Postie, PAFC supporter, Marxist, Family Man, Atheist

[Red Sox @RedSox]

YOUR 2026 RED SOX ARE POSTSEASON BOUND!

[Hüseyin Dogru @hussedogru__]

Today we remember Víctor Jara, renowned Chilean musician and member of the Chilean Communist Party, tortured and executed by the US-backed Pinochet dictatorship on this day in 1973.

His torturers crushed his hands and mocked him, forcing him to sing and play the guitar. To this day, Jara's music inspires people throughout Latin America and beyond to fight for the right to live in peace.

[Trojan Records @trojanrecords]

Happy National Ska day! What tune will you be spinning to celebrate? Check out our playlist for some inspiration here https://t.co/PUvYAJG4Ne

[Marcus Origa @Markos_Fari]

PETER TOSH AND BOB MARLEY.

Stars that needed their own universes to blaze and wail
We avoided an eclipse when the comet broke up into meteors
We were blessed with showers of thunder and lightning
400 years of history were amplified

[Macklemore @macklemore]

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

[2 Tone Dublin @TwoToneDublin]

A classic for your Saturday afternoon.
Long Shot Kick De Bucket, The Pioneers 🖤🏁

#2ToneDublin

[Kavita Algu @KavitaAlguMD]

On this day 49 years ago, 30 year old Steve Biko was beaten to death by South African police.

Biko had been a medical student himself. The police who killed him were not the only ones responsible for his death, but so are the doctors who were supposed to care for and advocate for him while he was in custody.

Dr. Ivor Lang examined him while he was slurring his speech, not moving his body properly, and not making urine.

Dr. Lang falsified records, certifying that he found "no evidence any abnormality or pathology".

Dr. Benjamin Tucker, the chief district surgeon, also then examined Biko. He consulted with Dr. Colin Hersch who was concerned about brain injury and ordered a test of the fluid around Biko's brain and spine.

The test showed enormous amount of blood (a normal test of this fluid would have no blood).

Drs Lang and Hersch falsified medical records to indicate the test result was "normal".

At times some of the doctors did recommend transfer to hospital, which the police denied.

Biko collapsed. Dr. Tucker signed off on transferring him over 1,000km away.

Biko was transferred with no medical monitoring, no medical escort, and handcuffed and without clothing, in the back of a police vehicle.

No medical handover was given to the receiving medical team and Biko did not get any significant medical treatments.

He was left completely alone and unmonitored and died on the floor of his cell.

South Africa's professional physician bodies found no misconduct on the part of the doctors involved in Biko's death.

7 years later, a group of doctors took the South African Medical and Dental Council to the Supreme Court who ruled against the council, forcing them to hold disciplinary hearings.

Dr. Tucker was found guilty of disgraceful conduct and was stripped of his license. He was reinstated years later.

Dr. Lang was found guilty of improper conduct. He received a mild caution. He kept working until his retirement.

There were no findings against Dr. Hersch and no action was taken against him.

Steve Biko was killed by a violent racist system, from the police, to the doctors, and the medical organizations that protected them. But he left us with his words and he left us with his legacy.

It is up to us to continue his work of dismantling systems of oppression and building a world we believe in.

He has had a great impact on my own thinking, like millions of others. May he rest, and may his legacy continue to grow through us all.

[PuNk and Stuff @PunKandStuff]

Terry Hall

[THE Blaze @blazey_blaze]

39 years today since the assassination of one of reggae’s foundation stars Peter Tosh. Today, we remember the Mystic Man.

[sportified @sportified25]

🚨When South Africa mocked Devon Malcolm’s concussion and unleashed the most terrifying 9-wicket revenge spell in Test history🚨

Devon Malcolm, usually the most mild-mannered man in the dressing room, walked out to bat as a tailender.

South African pacer Fanie de Villiers hurled a brutal, spiteful bouncer straight into Malcolm’s helmet.

The impact knocked him down and sent pieces of protective padding flying.

The South African fielders crowded around, laughing and chirruping at his misery.

Malcolm stood up, looked their slip cordon dead in the eye, and uttered four chilling words:

“You guys are history.”

They thought it was a pathetic, empty threat from a number eleven.
Minutes later, Malcolm took the new ball and unleashed pure venom.

Bowling with terrifying, unplayable pace, he ripped through their batting order to take 9 for 57, the sixth-best bowling figures in Test history.

South Africa crumbled, and England stormed to victory.

They provoked a gentle giant with cheap mockery…

only to unleash the most ferocious bowling assault in English cricket history.

[Mike Bones @mrmikebones]

1963 ska magic from Prince Buster: “Enjoy Yourself.” Pure early Jamaican sound that influenced generations.

[🫧 Laurent Potelle 🐝 🔻 @Laurent_Potelle]

Cette basse, ce charleston, ces violons, ces cuivres, cette guitare... ❤️

[Paul Barbour @paulsoviet]

@DaBeard1957 @PeteBritish @PaulEmbery Again what books were you reading at 8 years old ?
Was it warlord? Battle? Commando? Or real books….

[Paul Barbour @paulsoviet]

@DaBeard1957 @PeteBritish @PaulEmbery At 8 years old? 🤣 please enlighten me in your reading choices….

[Paul Barbour @paulsoviet]

14 years to undo hey…..the bloody irony……

[Andrew Griffith MP @griffitha]

In my first week as Shadow Chancellor, we Conservatives have put forward a fully costed plan to increase defence spending to 3%.

John Healey resigned because he said that’s what we need. Now he can act, but isn't.

Only Conservatives are serious about protecting our country.

[. @LouiseRawAuthor]

Olympia, 1934- the Blackshirts first mass gathering.

Carefully stage-managed, but still, when Mosley entered with huge pomp & fanfare and began to speak, he was booed & heckled.

A few incredibly brave antifascists had got in

They were savagely beaten by blackshirt thugs.
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[Sara Mary 🇬🇧 @saniyafatma1278]

Happy 100th Birthday to the Legendary Mel Brooks 🎂🍕💵🍾

[Paul Barbour @paulsoviet]

@ScouseReports @PeteBritish @PaulEmbery You know the historical connotations…….

[Paul Barbour @paulsoviet]

@FlafScotland Vilified by the ruling classes and hounded by their media lapdogs……a working class hero….