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📸 This morning @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social welcomed Ofer Cassif to the Peace & Justice Project office in London.
Dr Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. We need more brave voices like his to bring about justice for the Palestinians.
Dr Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. We need more brave voices like his to bring about justice for the Palestinians.
November 22, 2024 at 1:32 PM
📸 This morning @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social welcomed Ofer Cassif to the Peace & Justice Project office in London.
Dr Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. We need more brave voices like his to bring about justice for the Palestinians.
Dr Cassif was suspended from the Knesset for speaking out against the genocide in Gaza. We need more brave voices like his to bring about justice for the Palestinians.
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Just to remind everyone of UK’s official approach to the ICC as extracted from a statement to House of Commons in 2022. Let’s see if they adhere to that in regard to recent ICC ruling on Netanyahu et al.
November 21, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Just to remind everyone of UK’s official approach to the ICC as extracted from a statement to House of Commons in 2022. Let’s see if they adhere to that in regard to recent ICC ruling on Netanyahu et al.
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What gets to me most is that the UK government enabled foreign states to loot our essential infrastructure, milking it for profit and leaving it in ruins. Those states must think we're insane.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
What gets to me most is that the UK government enabled foreign states to loot our essential infrastructure, milking it for profit and leaving it in ruins. Those states must think we're insane.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
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WELCOME EVENT 💚
New to #Hackney? New to the Green Party? Or just curious?
Come to our Welcome Event!
Meet like-minded people, hear about our work in Hackney & how to get involved! 🌱
When: 19th Nov, 6:30-8pm
Where: The Old Fire station N16
Details & RSVP:
www.hackneygreens.org.uk/welcome_even...
New to #Hackney? New to the Green Party? Or just curious?
Come to our Welcome Event!
Meet like-minded people, hear about our work in Hackney & how to get involved! 🌱
When: 19th Nov, 6:30-8pm
Where: The Old Fire station N16
Details & RSVP:
www.hackneygreens.org.uk/welcome_even...
November 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
WELCOME EVENT 💚
New to #Hackney? New to the Green Party? Or just curious?
Come to our Welcome Event!
Meet like-minded people, hear about our work in Hackney & how to get involved! 🌱
When: 19th Nov, 6:30-8pm
Where: The Old Fire station N16
Details & RSVP:
www.hackneygreens.org.uk/welcome_even...
New to #Hackney? New to the Green Party? Or just curious?
Come to our Welcome Event!
Meet like-minded people, hear about our work in Hackney & how to get involved! 🌱
When: 19th Nov, 6:30-8pm
Where: The Old Fire station N16
Details & RSVP:
www.hackneygreens.org.uk/welcome_even...
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Ever wondered where British TV news channels find all these young guests with near identical hard-right libertarian views?
Well it turns out a lot of them are being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump billionaires
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...
Well it turns out a lot of them are being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump billionaires
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...
The Pro-Trump Money Pushing Libertarian 'Young Voices' on British TV
Talent agencies funded by right-wing American fossil fuel billionaires are helping to funnel hard right views onto our TV screens
bylinetimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Ever wondered where British TV news channels find all these young guests with near identical hard-right libertarian views?
Well it turns out a lot of them are being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump billionaires
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...
Well it turns out a lot of them are being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump billionaires
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...
Reposted by Andy Wilkinson
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
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This is a war not *just* against the living planet, not *just* against the common good, but against the very nature of material reality. The ultimate expression of power is to say "night is day", and have others believe you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Wright: Trump nominates fracking executive to lead Energy Department - BBC News
Wright is expected to fulfil Trump's campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" and maximise US energy production.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 10:52 AM
This is a war not *just* against the living planet, not *just* against the common good, but against the very nature of material reality. The ultimate expression of power is to say "night is day", and have others believe you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Issue 241 - 'Pan-Africanism' - is out now!
- Leila Tayeb on North African whiteness
- Sophie Lewis and Hilary Wainwright on the politics of marriage
- Our annual guest-edited section in partnership with The World Transformed!
Subscribe today to get your copy
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- Leila Tayeb on North African whiteness
- Sophie Lewis and Hilary Wainwright on the politics of marriage
- Our annual guest-edited section in partnership with The World Transformed!
Subscribe today to get your copy
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September 25, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Issue 241 - 'Pan-Africanism' - is out now!
- Leila Tayeb on North African whiteness
- Sophie Lewis and Hilary Wainwright on the politics of marriage
- Our annual guest-edited section in partnership with The World Transformed!
Subscribe today to get your copy
subscriptions.redpepper.org.uk
- Leila Tayeb on North African whiteness
- Sophie Lewis and Hilary Wainwright on the politics of marriage
- Our annual guest-edited section in partnership with The World Transformed!
Subscribe today to get your copy
subscriptions.redpepper.org.uk
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Bluesky is proving a fantastic relief from the hellhole that Twitter was turned into.
But it's crucial that the most marginalised voices (like those suffering genocide) are here too.
If not, X will remain relevant.
But it's crucial that the most marginalised voices (like those suffering genocide) are here too.
If not, X will remain relevant.
November 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Bluesky is proving a fantastic relief from the hellhole that Twitter was turned into.
But it's crucial that the most marginalised voices (like those suffering genocide) are here too.
If not, X will remain relevant.
But it's crucial that the most marginalised voices (like those suffering genocide) are here too.
If not, X will remain relevant.
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"[..] this is a species [us], beset by a lethal combination of conformity, distraction and a fear of offending powerful interests, actively collaborating in its own extinction."
Given all the current facts, the only logical conclusion.
NEVER give up fighting, but this is where we're at right now.
Given all the current facts, the only logical conclusion.
NEVER give up fighting, but this is where we're at right now.
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:22 AM
"[..] this is a species [us], beset by a lethal combination of conformity, distraction and a fear of offending powerful interests, actively collaborating in its own extinction."
Given all the current facts, the only logical conclusion.
NEVER give up fighting, but this is where we're at right now.
Given all the current facts, the only logical conclusion.
NEVER give up fighting, but this is where we're at right now.
Reposted by Andy Wilkinson
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29 | George Monbiot
What would it witness in Azerbaijan? A species that knows it is destroying itself but is too greedy to change course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Here's my column this week, about the astonishing moment in which we find ourselves: facing the greatest predicament humankind has ever confronted, and doing sweet FA about it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I jiggered the link by stupidly dropping an emoji into it. Here it is without the pratfall.
www.monbiot.com/about/
www.monbiot.com/about/
November 14, 2024 at 11:37 AM
I jiggered the link by stupidly dropping an emoji into it. Here it is without the pratfall.
www.monbiot.com/about/
www.monbiot.com/about/