Andia
@afarro9.bsky.social
Community volunteer and campaigner with legal and arts training, love & wonder forever, committed to peace ن
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Andia
@afarro9.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Hello everyone, lovely to join BlueSky, looking forward to posting essential info and connecting with fellow members 🌿🕊️🙏🏼 #peace #community #campaigning #activism #democracy #civility #diversity #equality #justice
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As the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike enters its 48th day — surpassing the 1981 Irish Republican hunger strike — the eight political prisoners in British jails are now at risk of death.
Bodies as Barricades
As the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike enters its 48th day — surpassing the 1981 Irish Republican hunger strike — the eight political prisoners in British jails are now at risk of death.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
As the Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike enters its 48th day — surpassing the 1981 Irish Republican hunger strike — the eight political prisoners in British jails are now at risk of death.
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Adnan Hussain, independent MP for Blackburn, said:
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Minister says government not mistreating Palestine Action activists on hunger strike
Commons leader denies allegation and says government ‘not trying to break bodies’ after doctor said prisoners were dying
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Adnan Hussain, independent MP for Blackburn, said:
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
“Remand is not punishment. It is not meant to break bodies or silence dissent.
“Yet we are witnessing conditions so severe that these young people feel driven to risk death simply to be heard.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns
Hundreds of doctors, dozens of MPs and thousands of everyday Britons call on the justice secretary to intervene.
www.aljazeera.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Palestine Action hunger strikers are ‘dying’ in prison, UK doctor warns
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
A doctor in contact with the activists says six are at a critical stage, two of whom have refused food for almost seven weeks.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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These are not people serving sentences. They are people awaiting trial. And yet the conditions they describe – prolonged pre-trial detention, restrictions on communication, isolation – are indistinguishable from punishment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
In Common: Palestine Action saga reveals the fiction of the law
Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Megan Davidson, policy communications officer at Common Weal.
www.thenational.scot
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
These are not people serving sentences. They are people awaiting trial. And yet the conditions they describe – prolonged pre-trial detention, restrictions on communication, isolation – are indistinguishable from punishment.
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
www.thenational.scot/news/2570995...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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#Israel, European Union's "good ally" - as described by @ec.europa.eu's @kajakallas.bsky.social" rapes its captives:
"...Palestinian journalist Sami al-Saai, who was detained in an Israeli prison, recounts harrowing details of violent sexual assault and torture."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Qh...
"...Palestinian journalist Sami al-Saai, who was detained in an Israeli prison, recounts harrowing details of violent sexual assault and torture."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Qh...
Palestinian journalist speaks out about being raped and tortured in Israeli jail
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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December 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
#Israel, European Union's "good ally" - as described by @ec.europa.eu's @kajakallas.bsky.social" rapes its captives:
"...Palestinian journalist Sami al-Saai, who was detained in an Israeli prison, recounts harrowing details of violent sexual assault and torture."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Qh...
"...Palestinian journalist Sami al-Saai, who was detained in an Israeli prison, recounts harrowing details of violent sexual assault and torture."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Qh...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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“I have estimated statistically that the #prohibition of #drugs produces 10,000 #homicides a year. It’s a moral problem that the #government is going around killing 10,000 people a year.”
—Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
—Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“I have estimated statistically that the #prohibition of #drugs produces 10,000 #homicides a year. It’s a moral problem that the #government is going around killing 10,000 people a year.”
—Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
—Dr. Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics
#DrugProhibition #ProhibitionBlunder #EndTheWarOnDrugs
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“#Druguse, legal and illegal, is principally a #health problem which is best dealt with not by driving it underground with #prohibition tactics, but by having it out in the open to allow for #treatment and #education.”
— United States Court of Appeals Judge Juan Torruella
#DrugProhibition
— United States Court of Appeals Judge Juan Torruella
#DrugProhibition
December 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“#Druguse, legal and illegal, is principally a #health problem which is best dealt with not by driving it underground with #prohibition tactics, but by having it out in the open to allow for #treatment and #education.”
— United States Court of Appeals Judge Juan Torruella
#DrugProhibition
— United States Court of Appeals Judge Juan Torruella
#DrugProhibition
#ReadPalestineWeek was last week, but there is an ongoing need to continue reading and resisting, with beautiful works available to read and share bsky.app/profile/trac...
#ReadPalestineWeek begins today! We’ve made #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar ebook free for download
tracepress.org/products/arabi…
Please read Palestinian poems out loud, in public, & in community…& visit publishersforpalestine.org for full list of free / fund-raising books for Gaza.
tracepress.org/products/arabi…
Please read Palestinian poems out loud, in public, & in community…& visit publishersforpalestine.org for full list of free / fund-raising books for Gaza.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#ReadPalestineWeek was last week, but there is an ongoing need to continue reading and resisting, with beautiful works available to read and share bsky.app/profile/trac...
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
“Streeting throws around insults at resident doctors and the BMA, but compare his £225K donations from private health related sources with the pay of resident doctors starting at £19.91ph..."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/were...
“Streeting throws around insults at resident doctors and the BMA, but compare his £225K donations from private health related sources with the pay of resident doctors starting at £19.91ph..."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/were...
‘We’re ready to meet him any time’
HEALTH SECRETARY Wes Streeting put himself on the warpath with the BMA union today, saying he has “had it” while accusing doctors of “juvenile delinquency” and being “moaning minnies” as they prepare ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
“Streeting throws around insults at resident doctors and the BMA, but compare his £225K donations from private health related sources with the pay of resident doctors starting at £19.91ph..."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/were...
“Streeting throws around insults at resident doctors and the BMA, but compare his £225K donations from private health related sources with the pay of resident doctors starting at £19.91ph..."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/were...
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Mike Scott of Notts Keep Our NHS Public said:
"Over £40bn of debt is still to be repaid years later. To make a profit, private companies overcharge the NHS, whereas the public sector can build at cost so there's no possibility that private could be cheaper."
westbridgfordwire.com/the-nhs-is-s...
"Over £40bn of debt is still to be repaid years later. To make a profit, private companies overcharge the NHS, whereas the public sector can build at cost so there's no possibility that private could be cheaper."
westbridgfordwire.com/the-nhs-is-s...
The NHS is struggling – Is private finance the answer or the problem? | West Bridgford Wire
Mike Scott, Chair of Nottingham and Notts branch of the NHS campaign group Keep Our NHS Public writes in response to this recent article Budget 2025 legal
westbridgfordwire.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Mike Scott of Notts Keep Our NHS Public said:
"Over £40bn of debt is still to be repaid years later. To make a profit, private companies overcharge the NHS, whereas the public sector can build at cost so there's no possibility that private could be cheaper."
westbridgfordwire.com/the-nhs-is-s...
"Over £40bn of debt is still to be repaid years later. To make a profit, private companies overcharge the NHS, whereas the public sector can build at cost so there's no possibility that private could be cheaper."
westbridgfordwire.com/the-nhs-is-s...
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
“Thousands are being treated in spaces never designed for care, while staff do the impossible under intolerable pressure. National guidance says corridor care is unacceptable. So does basic decency."
www.pressreader.com/uk/morning-s...
“Thousands are being treated in spaces never designed for care, while staff do the impossible under intolerable pressure. National guidance says corridor care is unacceptable. So does basic decency."
www.pressreader.com/uk/morning-s...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
“Thousands are being treated in spaces never designed for care, while staff do the impossible under intolerable pressure. National guidance says corridor care is unacceptable. So does basic decency."
www.pressreader.com/uk/morning-s...
“Thousands are being treated in spaces never designed for care, while staff do the impossible under intolerable pressure. National guidance says corridor care is unacceptable. So does basic decency."
www.pressreader.com/uk/morning-s...
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The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' to be divvied up between private interests. It's OUR service & must remain THE NHS providing healthcare for all.
We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.
Watch 👇👇👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUj...
We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.
Watch 👇👇👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUj...
The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' - it's a public health service
YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The NHS isn't an 'ecosystem' to be divvied up between private interests. It's OUR service & must remain THE NHS providing healthcare for all.
We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.
Watch 👇👇👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUj...
We won't let Alan Milburn, Streeting & this govt downgrade our NHS to just 1 provider amongst private companies.
Watch 👇👇👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWUj...
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The Saviour of the world is about to be born. Will the animals help our owl to discover the Joy of Christmas?
Watch the full animation at cofe.io/TheGrumpyOwl. 🦉
You're invited to share in the joy of Christmas too - find a local church service or event at AChurchNearYou.com.
Watch the full animation at cofe.io/TheGrumpyOwl. 🦉
You're invited to share in the joy of Christmas too - find a local church service or event at AChurchNearYou.com.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Saviour of the world is about to be born. Will the animals help our owl to discover the Joy of Christmas?
Watch the full animation at cofe.io/TheGrumpyOwl. 🦉
You're invited to share in the joy of Christmas too - find a local church service or event at AChurchNearYou.com.
Watch the full animation at cofe.io/TheGrumpyOwl. 🦉
You're invited to share in the joy of Christmas too - find a local church service or event at AChurchNearYou.com.
Check out Restore The Music, trying to keep and widen access to music learning for young people, they are amazing restorethemusicuk.com/what-we-do #music #youth #culture #SaveTheArts #access
What We Do — Restore the Music
We run events that give kids a chance to perform, and to be inspired by incredible artists and music brands. We also hold an annual Gala Fundraiser to raise crucial funding for our grant programme.
restorethemusicuk.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Check out Restore The Music, trying to keep and widen access to music learning for young people, they are amazing restorethemusicuk.com/what-we-do #music #youth #culture #SaveTheArts #access
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We’re all looking for a little magic at Christmas 💫
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We’re all looking for a little magic at Christmas 💫
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
Stories bring joy, comfort and connection. And you can help to share the #MagicOfBooks with the children who need it most.
Donate today to make a difference this Christmas - and beyond:
https://bit.ly/4hTWKCT
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SIGN OUR PETITION: We have fought against ISDS before - and won. Now it's time to ramp up the fight and end ISDS in our trade and investment deals for good ✊🏼
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
UK: Call Time on Corporate Courts
The UK has just been sued, via corporate courts, for halting a controversial coal mine. It follows the government saying in its trade strategy that it would continue inserting Investor-State Dispute S...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
SIGN OUR PETITION: We have fought against ISDS before - and won. Now it's time to ramp up the fight and end ISDS in our trade and investment deals for good ✊🏼
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4490
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"This is climate finance in reverse: huge payments to fossil fuel corporations from governments with the temerity to try to stop an existential crisis."
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"This is climate finance in reverse: huge payments to fossil fuel corporations from governments with the temerity to try to stop an existential crisis."
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Clear eyed explainer on ISDS - and why we need to mobilise against it - from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret court - and taxpayers are on the hook for costs.
Why? Because of Investor State Dispute Settlement, written into the UK's trade and investment deals.
It's time we get rid of ISDS - for good.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Why? Because of Investor State Dispute Settlement, written into the UK's trade and investment deals.
It's time we get rid of ISDS - for good.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Billionaire oligarch suing Britain over sanctions
Mikhail Fridman was sanctioned by Britain after the invasion of Ukraine because of his investments in Russia’s largest non-state bank
www.thetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The UK is being sued by a billionaire Russian oligarch in a secret court - and taxpayers are on the hook for costs.
Why? Because of Investor State Dispute Settlement, written into the UK's trade and investment deals.
It's time we get rid of ISDS - for good.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Why? Because of Investor State Dispute Settlement, written into the UK's trade and investment deals.
It's time we get rid of ISDS - for good.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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🚨The richest 0.001% (that's 60,000 people) now hold 3x the wealth of the poorest 50% (that's 4,150,000,000 people).
Inequality is out of control. #TaxTheSuperRich.
bit.ly/4rP4SJm
Inequality is out of control. #TaxTheSuperRich.
bit.ly/4rP4SJm
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🚨The richest 0.001% (that's 60,000 people) now hold 3x the wealth of the poorest 50% (that's 4,150,000,000 people).
Inequality is out of control. #TaxTheSuperRich.
bit.ly/4rP4SJm
Inequality is out of control. #TaxTheSuperRich.
bit.ly/4rP4SJm
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Every £1 spent chasing wealthy tax dodgers returns £30. Every £1 chasing big corps returns £58.
Fran Heathcote (@pcsunion.bsky.social) tells it straight: we can find billions for our schools & hospitals by going after super-rich tax dodgers; but the govt is choosing to let them get away with it.
Fran Heathcote (@pcsunion.bsky.social) tells it straight: we can find billions for our schools & hospitals by going after super-rich tax dodgers; but the govt is choosing to let them get away with it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Every £1 spent chasing wealthy tax dodgers returns £30. Every £1 chasing big corps returns £58.
Fran Heathcote (@pcsunion.bsky.social) tells it straight: we can find billions for our schools & hospitals by going after super-rich tax dodgers; but the govt is choosing to let them get away with it.
Fran Heathcote (@pcsunion.bsky.social) tells it straight: we can find billions for our schools & hospitals by going after super-rich tax dodgers; but the govt is choosing to let them get away with it.
Milestone of 100 million free school meals served in London, watch the community pride and joy in the productive success of caring for our children #FreeSchoolMealsForAll
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December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Milestone of 100 million free school meals served in London, watch the community pride and joy in the productive success of caring for our children #FreeSchoolMealsForAll
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"Palestinian families in Gaza stand in the cold rain, waiting for the meals that keep them going. Even with the ceasefire, daily life is still a struggle, food is scarce, shelters are flooded, and thousands rely on community kitchens just to survive."(TRT World) Please stand with #Gaza
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Palestinian families in Gaza stand in the cold rain, waiting for the meals that keep them going. Even with the ceasefire, daily life is still a struggle, food is scarce, shelters are flooded, and thousands rely on community kitchens just to survive."(TRT World) Please stand with #Gaza
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A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
Quaker climate activist appeals conviction after judge threatens the jury
A Quaker is appealing her climate conviction after a judge threatened the jury with contempt of court if they found defendants not guilty according to their conscience.
www.quaker.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.