Roger Alan Blackwell
rogera.bsky.social
Roger Alan Blackwell
@rogera.bsky.social
Born 1951, Norwich. UK. Studied science age 14-20. Marxist at 19. Politics, history, philosophy, political economy. Photography 1978, Video 2015. Support the WRP & YS Socialist. Variety of interests.
'He cited UN estimates stating that 1.5 million individuals are vulnerable to cold and rain due to delays in the entry of shelter materials, with approximately 74 per cent of existing tents deemed uninhabitable due to wear and poor quality'
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
'He pointed out that only 23 per cent of winter shelter needs have been met, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without adequate protection.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
‘Displaced people are living without protection from cold or rain, facing a near-total lack of heating supplies and no infrastructure to drain rainwater, raising fears that camps could flood and become centres for seasonal diseases,’ Khairi added.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
‘The humanitarian situation has reached unprecedented levels of severity, particularly in the southern and coastal areas where hundreds of thousands of displaced people are sheltering,’ Mohamed Khairi, GRC operations coordinator and spokesman, said.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
‘Tens of thousands of families remain in dilapidated tents that offer no protection from cold nights or winter rains, while being deprived of basic needs due to the ongoing blockade, continued closure of border crossings, & restrictions on aid entry despite a month having passed'
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
‘Nearly two million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing a worsening humanitarian catastrophe as winter approaches, amid a lack of safe shelters, severe shortages of tents, and limited access to warm clothing and blankets,’ GRC warned in a statement yesterday.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
'The Gaza Rights Centre (GRC) has launched an urgent appeal to provide shelter supplies, blankets, and winter clothing for hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as they are living in worn-out tents.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'It continues to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid provided by UNRWA;

Israel has not allowed entry of at least 600 aid trucks daily as agreed, including 50 trucks of various types of fuel.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
'It has daily and systematically demolished houses inside the Yellow Line – the temporary withdrawal line for Israeli forces;'
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
'Israeli attacks have killed 271 people in Gaza, with more than 90 per cent of them being civilians;

Air strikes also wounded 622 people – 99 per cent of them were civilians;

Israeli forces have arrested 35 Palestinians with 29 of them still in detention;'
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
'HAMAS says that since the ceasefire agreement came into effect last month, Israel ‘has not ceased its daily and continuous’ violations.'
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
'A Palestinian child and his twin sister were critically injured after a toy-shaped bomb left by Israeli occupation forces exploded in Gaza'
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
'The time has come for the working class to take action by demanding its trade unions call general strikes to bring down their capitalist governments replacing them with workers’ governments and socialism.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
'This latest frenzied attack on the BBC is the latest sign of just how desperate the situation is for the Zionist state and its imperialist backers.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
'The complete failure of Zionism to defeat the Palestinian people and the overwhelming support from tens of millions of workers and youth across the US, UK and Europe has created a massive crisis for the Israeli regime and the Trump administration.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
'The Telegraph has been in the forefront of a massive campaign to defund the BBC and turn it over to private media moguls, creating the conditions where even the semblance of an independent news channel is ditched.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'But even their surrender has not proved to be enough for the Zionist regime and its supporters who are now demanding the complete takeover of the BBC to stifle all evidence of the genocidal war waged with the support of US and world imperialism to crush the Palestinian resistance.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
'All these conditions were approved by Davie and the BBC leaders who have completely surrendered to the increasingly desperate Zionist lobby.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'Williamson was accompanied at all times by Israeli officials, forbidden contact with Palestinians and her report had to be submitted for approval before being allowed to be published.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
'Last week an article by Lucy Williamson titled ‘Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war’ was published on the BBC website.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'In June, the BBC announced it had decided not to broadcast the documentary ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ which it had originally commissioned, due to ‘impartiality concerns’.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'This was not the last of the BBC’s ban on programmes revealing the true extent of the Zionist regimes genocidal war crimes in Gaza.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
'....February 2025 the BBC pulled a documentary titled ‘Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone’, a depiction of life in Gaza through the eyes of Palestinian children.'
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM