Mikesiva
@mikesiva.bsky.social
Caribbean man 🇯🇲 lover of cricket and track and field athletics. Student of history, dislikes oppression. Free Palestine 🇵🇸!
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After the treaties: a social, economic and demographic history of Maroon society in Jamaica, 1739-1842 - ePrints Soton
eprints.soton.ac.uk
My PhD thesis on the Maroons of Jamaica, after they signed treaties with the British colonial authorities, featuring Nanny and Quao, Cudjoe and Accompong, and other leaders of resistance against British slavery, can be downloaded free here:
eprints.soton.ac.uk/423482/
eprints.soton.ac.uk/423482/
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Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
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A victory for common sense
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
High court rules ban on Palestine Action is unlawful – live
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A victory for common sense
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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Not a story you will see many MSM national newspapers leading on. Their owners would never approve.
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Not a story you will see many MSM national newspapers leading on. Their owners would never approve.
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Nice to have some good news. The Palestine Action ban was transparently and cynically confected, a nasty little piece of political chicanery. Yvette Cooper, Keir Starmer and his entire government should feel deep shame, but I don't doubt they'll contest the decision.
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Nice to have some good news. The Palestine Action ban was transparently and cynically confected, a nasty little piece of political chicanery. Yvette Cooper, Keir Starmer and his entire government should feel deep shame, but I don't doubt they'll contest the decision.
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"more than 4 months after [the ceasefire] was agreed, Palestinians continue to be killed while Israeli restrictions still affect the lives & health of people across Gaza"
As the head of Amnesty says, Israels genocide has not stopped
As the head of Amnesty says, Israels genocide has not stopped
February 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
"more than 4 months after [the ceasefire] was agreed, Palestinians continue to be killed while Israeli restrictions still affect the lives & health of people across Gaza"
As the head of Amnesty says, Israels genocide has not stopped
As the head of Amnesty says, Israels genocide has not stopped
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Fletton & Woodston (Peterborough) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
February 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Fletton & Woodston (Peterborough) Council By-Election Result:
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
➡️ RFM: 29.4% (New)
🌍 GRN: 27.6% (+16.2)
🌳 CON: 21.8% (-11.8)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-31.2)
🔶 LDM: 4.4% (-0.7)
No TUSC (-1.9) as previous.
Reform GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
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📌 ICYMI — Did Keir Starmer’s Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/did-keir-starmers-government-just-accidentally-admit-its-complicity-in-israels-war-crimes/
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/did-keir-starmers-government-just-accidentally-admit-its-complicity-in-israels-war-crimes/
Did Keir Starmer's Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public, appear to acknowledge for the first time that Israel's actions have broken international law
bylinetimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
📌 ICYMI — Did Keir Starmer’s Government Just Accidentally Admit Its Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/did-keir-starmers-government-just-accidentally-admit-its-complicity-in-israels-war-crimes/
Two statements by Government ministers, one private and one public…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/13/did-keir-starmers-government-just-accidentally-admit-its-complicity-in-israels-war-crimes/
Solidarity with Albanese!
February 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Solidarity with Albanese!
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⚡️NEW: Palestine Action has won a High Court challenge to the UK gov't.'s decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist org. Co-founder Huda Ammori brought the case after former Home Sec. Yvette Cooper imposed the ban last July, placing the group on par w/ ISIS & al Qaeda & criminalizing support...
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
⚡️NEW: Palestine Action has won a High Court challenge to the UK gov't.'s decision to proscribe the group as a terrorist org. Co-founder Huda Ammori brought the case after former Home Sec. Yvette Cooper imposed the ban last July, placing the group on par w/ ISIS & al Qaeda & criminalizing support...
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On the vote to proscribe Palestine Action, Liberal Democrat MPs abstained.
Stop gaslighting people.
When it mattered, you didn't show up.
Stop gaslighting people.
When it mattered, you didn't show up.
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
On the vote to proscribe Palestine Action, Liberal Democrat MPs abstained.
Stop gaslighting people.
When it mattered, you didn't show up.
Stop gaslighting people.
When it mattered, you didn't show up.
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Zack Polanski, "2,600 have been arrested for standing with Palestine Action"
"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"
"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Zack Polanski, "2,600 have been arrested for standing with Palestine Action"
"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"
"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"
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Czech Republic, which has been a staunch supporter of Israel throughout its extermination campaign in Gaza, has joined the smear campaign with the foreign ministry restating the false claim about Francesca Albanese and demanding her resignation:
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Czech Republic, which has been a staunch supporter of Israel throughout its extermination campaign in Gaza, has joined the smear campaign with the foreign ministry restating the false claim about Francesca Albanese and demanding her resignation:
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council have said they are 'deeply concerned' by the High Court ruling that the Palestine Action ban was 'disproportionate'
Board of Deputies attacks High Court Palestine Action ruling
www.thenational.scot
February 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Palestine Action Has Defeated the Government: What Happens Next?
Police forces that made arrests under the Palestine Action ban could be hit with a wave of lawsuits following the group’s “monumental victory” in court, legal experts have said.
novaramedia.com/2026/02/13/p...
Police forces that made arrests under the Palestine Action ban could be hit with a wave of lawsuits following the group’s “monumental victory” in court, legal experts have said.
novaramedia.com/2026/02/13/p...
Palestine Action Has Defeated the Government: What Happens Next? | Harriet Williamson
The group’s proscription as a terrorist organisation was unlawful and ‘disproportionate’, judges have ruled. But the fight isn’t quite over yet. Harriet Williamson reports.
novaramedia.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Palestine Action Has Defeated the Government: What Happens Next?
Police forces that made arrests under the Palestine Action ban could be hit with a wave of lawsuits following the group’s “monumental victory” in court, legal experts have said.
novaramedia.com/2026/02/13/p...
Police forces that made arrests under the Palestine Action ban could be hit with a wave of lawsuits following the group’s “monumental victory” in court, legal experts have said.
novaramedia.com/2026/02/13/p...
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The Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group last year was unlawful, a three-judge panel at the High Court has ruled.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The Home Office’s decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist group last year was unlawful, a three-judge panel at the High Court has ruled.
tinyurl.com/3dfb54ns
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So the Palestine Action ban has been ruled unlawful by the UK courts.
The government knew this would be the case at the time but they were willing to go against the law in an attempt to deny people their human rights.
All to support a genocidal regime who gives them money.
The government knew this would be the case at the time but they were willing to go against the law in an attempt to deny people their human rights.
All to support a genocidal regime who gives them money.
February 13, 2026 at 10:21 AM
So the Palestine Action ban has been ruled unlawful by the UK courts.
The government knew this would be the case at the time but they were willing to go against the law in an attempt to deny people their human rights.
All to support a genocidal regime who gives them money.
The government knew this would be the case at the time but they were willing to go against the law in an attempt to deny people their human rights.
All to support a genocidal regime who gives them money.
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High Court squashes Palestine Action ban: a huge victory for freedom of protest and a humiliating defeat for the Labour government.
A huge embarrassment too for the hundreds of MPs (Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP) who voted for, or abstained, on the ban despite knowing it was wrong.
A huge embarrassment too for the hundreds of MPs (Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP) who voted for, or abstained, on the ban despite knowing it was wrong.
February 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
High Court squashes Palestine Action ban: a huge victory for freedom of protest and a humiliating defeat for the Labour government.
A huge embarrassment too for the hundreds of MPs (Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP) who voted for, or abstained, on the ban despite knowing it was wrong.
A huge embarrassment too for the hundreds of MPs (Labour, Liberal Democrat and SNP) who voted for, or abstained, on the ban despite knowing it was wrong.
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Who can forget the images of elderly vicars and blind wheelchair users being dragged away from peaceful protests?
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/high-court...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/high-court...
High Court rules that you can't pretend retired vicars and disabled people are terrorists
In a decision that should spell the end of Yvette Cooper’s political career, the High Court has ruled the ban on Palestine Action is unlawful.
www.councilestatemedia.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Who can forget the images of elderly vicars and blind wheelchair users being dragged away from peaceful protests?
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/high-court...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/high-court...
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The High Court has confirmed what we all knew: proscribing Palestine Action was unlawful.
The state must stop using “counter-terror” powers to criminalise solidarity and intimidate working-class people out of protest.
The Labour government must lift the proscription now and drop every case NOW.
The state must stop using “counter-terror” powers to criminalise solidarity and intimidate working-class people out of protest.
The Labour government must lift the proscription now and drop every case NOW.
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The High Court has confirmed what we all knew: proscribing Palestine Action was unlawful.
The state must stop using “counter-terror” powers to criminalise solidarity and intimidate working-class people out of protest.
The Labour government must lift the proscription now and drop every case NOW.
The state must stop using “counter-terror” powers to criminalise solidarity and intimidate working-class people out of protest.
The Labour government must lift the proscription now and drop every case NOW.
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The high court has ruled the UK government acted unlawfully in order to protect a genocidal state.
The rights of British citizens were taken taken away, thousands arrested, many charged simply for holding a sign.
The labour government behaved like despotic regime so now must correct it's failures
The rights of British citizens were taken taken away, thousands arrested, many charged simply for holding a sign.
The labour government behaved like despotic regime so now must correct it's failures
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The high court has ruled the UK government acted unlawfully in order to protect a genocidal state.
The rights of British citizens were taken taken away, thousands arrested, many charged simply for holding a sign.
The labour government behaved like despotic regime so now must correct it's failures
The rights of British citizens were taken taken away, thousands arrested, many charged simply for holding a sign.
The labour government behaved like despotic regime so now must correct it's failures
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He abstained in the vote
This ruling shows that proscribing Palestine Action was a grave misuse of terrorism laws.
Labour must accept its mistake, drop its appeal and stop wasting taxpayers' money on suppressing civil liberties.
Labour must accept its mistake, drop its appeal and stop wasting taxpayers' money on suppressing civil liberties.
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
He abstained in the vote
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Good news today. The UK government proscription of Palestine Action has been deemed unlawful by the High Court. That should end the brutal persecution and prosecution of Palestine supporters, of course. It should also lead to grave consequences for Keir Starmer and his terror cabinet.
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Good news today. The UK government proscription of Palestine Action has been deemed unlawful by the High Court. That should end the brutal persecution and prosecution of Palestine supporters, of course. It should also lead to grave consequences for Keir Starmer and his terror cabinet.
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such democracy! so liberal!
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
such democracy! so liberal!
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Indian author Arundhati Roy withdraws after jury head Wim Wenders says film festival should 'stay out of politics'
Arundhati Roy pulls out of Berlinale over 'jaw-dropping' stance on Gaza
Indian author withdraws after jury head Wim Wenders says film festival should 'stay out of politics'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Indian author Arundhati Roy withdraws after jury head Wim Wenders says film festival should 'stay out of politics'