Adem Ay @Barkbat
Freelance Journalist London Joined June 2009-
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When Albanian protesters created a children's corner with songs, drawings and games, they weren't distracting from the revolution; they were strengthening it. Joy, creativity and community are all important aspects of nonviolent resistance. 🌸🦩
Participants explain the secret to the "good vibes" that have sustained Albania's flamingo revolution as a peaceful protest for 60 days and counting. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/08/albani…
A mother gave birth to a baby with damaged lungs. The doctor accused her of smoking. She'd never touched a cigarette - but she lived 6km from a manganese smelter. She fought it and shut it down. Now the new owner wants to reopen it and bulldoze farmland for two coal mines.
The fight goes on. Full story here by @Barkbat: znetwork.org/znetarticle/to…
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. tinyurl.com/3b6ycuxt
Excellent article on the fight for transparency over vital environmental information znetwork.org/znetarticle/fo…
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. znetwork.org/znetarticle/fo…
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/fo…
Full terrifying story: znetwork.org/znetarticle/fo…
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".
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. znetwork.org/znetarticle/fo…
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
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
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/2025/10/inside…
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. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/10/inside…
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
@lolostaru Thanks for watching @lolostaru - and keep fighting those pesky algorithms!
Here's a direct link too. player.lush.com/channels/lush/… #MRAFilm
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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