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Arshad Khalid FRSA
@ethikeen.bsky.social
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#Fairtrade | #SocEnt | #Sustainability | #TechForGood | #SocEntsIndex 2022 | RSA Fellow | Founder Ethiqana.com 🇵🇸
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ethikeen.bsky.social
This is happening in 2025 in the UK. Political interference? Judicial subversion?
Call it what you will but this is NOT a good look for a liberal democracy!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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ethiqana.bsky.social
Happy #SocialEnterpriseDay! Social enterprises solve real problems—whether #FairTrade, community support, environmental action, or sustainable employment. Purpose before profit. Proud members of @socialenterpriseuk.bsky.social That's #BusinessForGood. We're in this together. #SocialImpact #socent
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
This. We're living through a manufactured crisis of hate. Migration has always existed. Hate is the choice we're being sold. Fear sells. Division is profitable. But every act of solidarity is resistance. Reject it. #SolidarityOverHate #HumanRights #ChooseHumanity
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Right-wing populism sells fear. Migration is natural. Hate isn't. We're being sold a narrative of division, but we can & MUST reject it. Choose #SolidarityOverHate #HumanRights #ImmigrationMatters #ChooseHumanity #RefugeeRights
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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zackpolanski.bsky.social
British.
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ethikeen.bsky.social
Interesting how the Western media claims to be "FREE" but this is what happens in the background, as #ArwaMahdawi explains...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
US marketing companies are helping to rebrand the genocide in Gaza | Arwa Mahdawi
Reports say PR teams are working busy rewriting history in real time – not that the American media needs the help
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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shared-interest.bsky.social
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September 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
ethikeen.bsky.social
There are still leaders in the world who have a moral compass & a spine!
#KeirStarmer could learn a LOT from #PedroScanchez #Spain

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Pedro Sánchez: Europe’s response to war in Gaza has been a failure
Spanish prime minister says double standards over Gaza and Ukraine threaten to undermine the west’s global standing
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
Systemic #racism, #colonialism, #imperialism - any of these terms fit for what the West is doing (or not doing) in #Gaza

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoning, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
Systemic #racism, #colonialism, #imperialism - any of these terms fit for what the West is doing (or not doing) in #Gaza

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam
Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoning, says Shada Islam, a commentator on EU affairs
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social is saying what all of us have been thinking! Spot on in today's @theguardian.com ...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
ethikeen.bsky.social
If this was a "western" country, the UK Govt would be throwing its doors open...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The Gaza students with scholarships to UK unable to take up their places
Visa obstacles threaten to dash the hopes of 40 students due to start in September. Here are some of their stories
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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If the king of Belgium can speak the truth about Gaza, why can’t Europe’s cowardly politicians? | David Van Reybrouck
If the king of Belgium can speak the truth about Gaza, why can’t Europe’s cowardly politicians? | David Van Reybrouck
EU leaders should have said what Philippe did months ago. He has highlighted their complicity, says philosopher David Van Reybrouck
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ethikeen.bsky.social
Make no mistake, the so-called "civilised" West is complicit in the #genocide that is unfolding on our phone screens every day. The barbarism, the inhumanity is absolutely incalculable.
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story
Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
This captures the absolute brutality & dehumanisation with which the #genocide is going on in #Gaza #Palestine...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ben Jennings on Israel’s strikes on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza – cartoon
The key hub for humanitarian efforts is being targeted by the IDF amid mounting warnings of starvation in the Gaza Strip
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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owenjones.bsky.social
The BBC has played a scandalous role in Israel's Western-facilitated genocide.

History will be damning indeed.

New column 👇

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The BBC has alienated everyone with its Gaza coverage. After this latest failure, who will be left to defend it? | Owen Jones
The decision to take Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone off iPlayer was not necessary – and has opened it up to further accusations of bias, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action."
They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
Once again, the so-called "civilised West" has shown that it only cares if it is one of them...

Utterly shameful conduct by David Lammy, FCDO and the entire UK Government!

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
July 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
ethikeen.bsky.social
Sorry #KeirStarmer, you & your cabinet have shown your true colours. You're a bunch of #RedTories, nothing you say can redeem yourselves. Whether it's #immigrants, #InternationalLaw, #HumanRights, #Palestine - you're definitely on the wrong side of history.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer says he ‘deeply regrets’ island of strangers speech
Immigration speech was criticised for echoing Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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oliver48.bsky.social
via @huddersfieldtuc.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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notoracism.bsky.social
Chris Blumel:
Describing the spray painting of a military plane at Brize Norton as ‘disgraceful vandalism’ whilst supporting the bombing of civilian infrastructure by Israel shows just how morally bankrupt Keir Starmer is.
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
The political centre sees the US and Israel’s war on Iran as a crisis to be managed, while the gap between their detached politics and bloody rhetoric widens, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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pscupdates.bsky.social
PSC statement in response to Israel’s latest attacks on Iran.

Read here: palestinecampaign.org/events/emerg...
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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charleskeener.bsky.social
Gideon Levy: “Are you sure that Israel has the moral right to prevent such a mission from reaching Gaza? We should salute the 12 activists, including Greta Thunberg, who are attempting to reach Gaza on the Freedom Flotilla aid ship. “It's an act of conscience, an act of courage.”
June 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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samantharatnam.bsky.social
Love, strength and power to all those brave souls aboard the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, facing incredible threats right now.

We are with you ❤️
June 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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owenjones.bsky.social
I think it's clear.
June 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM