Freelance Journalist
Joined June 2009
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Adem Ay retweeted
Jun 12
Toxic air, coal dust, poisoned water—and communities fighting back.
Adem Ay (@Barkbat) reports from South Africa’s Vaal Triangle, where residents are battling new coal mines and industrial pollution threatening millions.
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Adem Ay retweeted
Apr 21
Excellent article on the fight for transparency over vital environmental information znetwork.org/znetarticle/for…
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Adem Ay retweeted
Apr 19
For Their Eyes Only?
Move along, nothing to see here… ?
Merely food shortages and the impending breakdown of UK society, but keep it quiet, don’t share, don’t panic.
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Adem Ay retweeted
Apr 19
Please read this and share, you think the current chaos is bad, contact your MP and demand the full disclosure, if we prepare now it will be cheaper in the long run and protect the young
Full terrifying story: znetwork.org/znetarticle/for…
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Adem Ay retweeted
WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT OF FOOD.
The day the UK govt was supposed to release a report warning of catastrophic food collapse, it also published data showing England had just had its second-worst harvest on record. So they cancelled the report's launch, calling it "too negative".
ALT an ostrich with its head in the sand
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Adem Ay retweeted
Apr 17
Nature destruction abroad could soon trigger food shortages in the UK.
The government tried to keep this secret. Environmental campaigners want transparency, and some are taking the government to court to get it.
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Adem Ay retweeted
26 Dec 2025
The plan was to stand outside the Houses of Parliament on Guy Fawkes Day with a large inflatable bomb. The protesters would then leaflet MPs as they arrived for Prime Minister’s Questions. But on the day, the far-right ... f.mtr.cool/mzegagigyh
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Adem Ay retweeted
26 Oct 2025
How do you distill the hopes and dreams of nearly one million supporters, build a political party that accurately reflects them, and do so in a matter of months? With its founding conference imminent, and a surprisingly... f.mtr.cool/hriwmbgfjg
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Adem Ay retweeted
24 Oct 2025
Amid a major rift in Your Party, Britain's new left political party, the climate movement is fighting for a democratic revolution rooted in local assemblies. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/1…
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I've written an article for Waging Nonviolence about how climate activists planned to start a political revolution with Your Party, then got ousted in a factional war. Features an interview with Roger Hallam.
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Adem Ay retweeted
5 Dec 2019
Adem Ay last night at The Poetry Cafe reading from his nonfiction story 'My Gilly & Me'. Many thanks Adem! #books @AE_Rawson @CathyEdmunds @mistermysterio @Tobsha_Learner @LiamJHogan @carriganak @MollyKMcLellan @ThadRutkowski @shringcy @Sarah_mm_Evans @writergerry @Barkbat
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Adem Ay retweeted
27 Jul 2018
Political advertising has got smarter. But have we? Should we be changing our online behaviour? Perhaps our #LDNCalling short, Mind Reading Algorithms are Stealing our Democracy! has the answers: vimeo.com/271628392
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It's my new film! Watch it! Tell your friends about it! Use hashtags! Do the things! #MRAFilm x.com/LushLtd/status/9999640…
Mind Reading Algorithms are Stealing our Democracy! This film shows us some of the amazing techniques being employed by advertisers and explains how data from social media is fuelling them. @FatRatFilms player.lush.com/channels/lus… #MRAFilm #DataProtection #GDPR #DataForGood
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Just seen #wearemany - wonderful doc about the Iraq war protests. On the brink of tears throughout - really can't recommend it enough.
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Adem Ay retweeted
13 Apr 2015
We need LegalAid to stand up to the powerful Without equal access to justice there's no justice at all #LegalAidTeam thndr.it/1agem8z
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Adem Ay retweeted
13 Apr 2015
Over 200 000 views on the guardians Facebook page alone. That's a lot of people thinking about #legalaid
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Time to be a hero! Watch this animation and join the Legal Aid Team! theguardian.com/law/video/20…
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