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Quite a lot can be explained by the plain fact that our leaders and their hangers on are *enraged* that they can’t send people to prison for doing things that aren’t illegal, and they see this as a very serious problem that needs to be resolved, urgently.
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Quite a lot can be explained by the plain fact that our leaders and their hangers on are *enraged* that they can’t send people to prison for doing things that aren’t illegal, and they see this as a very serious problem that needs to be resolved, urgently.
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The type of person who is reliably more enraged by the latter than they ever are by any of the former, probably is not a very good or decent person. At all.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The type of person who is reliably more enraged by the latter than they ever are by any of the former, probably is not a very good or decent person. At all.
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If I was a Sensible Moderate with Centrist politics, I’d probably want to have devoted at least somewhat more time to saying I disapprove of genocide, facilitating genocide and draconian crackdowns on protests against genocide, than I had to bitching about protests being childish and self-indulgent.
December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If I was a Sensible Moderate with Centrist politics, I’d probably want to have devoted at least somewhat more time to saying I disapprove of genocide, facilitating genocide and draconian crackdowns on protests against genocide, than I had to bitching about protests being childish and self-indulgent.
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"The important question is not whether a genocide has been taking place in Gaza, but how it happened and how it was allowed to happen."
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Gaza: The Reckoning
The debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The important question is not whether a genocide has been taking place in Gaza, but how it happened and how it was allowed to happen."
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You specifically do not use Bobby Sands to deflect criticism from a genocide of the people who smuggled this message of solidarity out of Nafha prison in 1981
www.hungerstrikes.org/documents/na...
www.hungerstrikes.org/documents/na...
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
You specifically do not use Bobby Sands to deflect criticism from a genocide of the people who smuggled this message of solidarity out of Nafha prison in 1981
www.hungerstrikes.org/documents/na...
www.hungerstrikes.org/documents/na...
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A gentle reminder that the genocide and illegal activity by Israel in Palestine continues barely untroubled by a "ceasefire"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel approves 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the move was about blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
A gentle reminder that the genocide and illegal activity by Israel in Palestine continues barely untroubled by a "ceasefire"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Member of a genocidal political party thinks people opposed to genocide are not good
(TBC I don't think proscribing them was proportionate or wise but they are not good people and not deserving of even critical support)
December 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Member of a genocidal political party thinks people opposed to genocide are not good
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There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m on hunger strike in a British prison. This is why | Amu Gib
Our demands are simple – and they start with stopping the flow of arms to Israel, says activist Amu Gib
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There has been a relentless, cacophonous campaign to stigmatise pro-Palestinian activists. But the inconvenient truth is that these are just ordinary people of good conscience who see the horrors of Gaza and simply cannot bear to stand by and do nothing.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
They booked a bunch of 14 year old models to come to a Mar A Lago party, told them to dress sexy and tried to ply them with alcohol.
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Again, we are not "at risk" of creating a Trumpian politics in four or five years when Farage wins. Farage looks likely to win because everyone has spent the last decade - at least - creating the same reactionary, racist political system as Trump. It's already here.
🔴A British academic and his wife have been told their cousin can't come to the UK for Christmas.
Despite sending over 100 pages of evidence, the Home Office said that they could not prove "a genuine relationship".
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/t...
Despite sending over 100 pages of evidence, the Home Office said that they could not prove "a genuine relationship".
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/t...
'They've Ruined Christmas': Nigerian Student Blocked By Home Office From Visiting UK Family for Holidays
British academic and his Nigerian wife repeatedly stopped from hosting family members, including at their own wedding, due to visa restrictions brought in by Keir Starmer's Government
bylinetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Again, we are not "at risk" of creating a Trumpian politics in four or five years when Farage wins. Farage looks likely to win because everyone has spent the last decade - at least - creating the same reactionary, racist political system as Trump. It's already here.
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"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
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By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?
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Funny isn't it that all the people tone policing protests against genocide never say "you should follow my example of protesting genocide the correct way."
December 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Funny isn't it that all the people tone policing protests against genocide never say "you should follow my example of protesting genocide the correct way."
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The UK government would rather watch its own citizens die of starvation than allow criticism of a genocidal government on the other side of the world.
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The UK government would rather watch its own citizens die of starvation than allow criticism of a genocidal government on the other side of the world.
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"A year after a ceasefire deal the Israeli military continues to launch attacks here and across Lebanon on an almost daily basis"
Part of a report by Alex Crawford from southern Lebanon.
Part of a report by Alex Crawford from southern Lebanon.
December 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"A year after a ceasefire deal the Israeli military continues to launch attacks here and across Lebanon on an almost daily basis"
Part of a report by Alex Crawford from southern Lebanon.
Part of a report by Alex Crawford from southern Lebanon.
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Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Reagan funded and armed death squads, left Americans to die during the AIDS crisis, destroyed the economic tools that built the 20th century, his allies committed treason in 1980 (at the bare minimum, above that Reagan might have been involved) and pioneered "own the libs" politics.
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“I worked hand-in-glove with the UAE on the situation in Gaza. They were as constructive a partner as you could have…The idea that that same country is backing the Janjaweed [in Sudan] to be conducting mass rape & murder...& not being held accountable, including by the way by the Biden admin,"
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“I worked hand-in-glove with the UAE on the situation in Gaza. They were as constructive a partner as you could have…The idea that that same country is backing the Janjaweed [in Sudan] to be conducting mass rape & murder...& not being held accountable, including by the way by the Biden admin,"
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Britain did very few good things in its history - namely help defeat the Nazis and establish the Rome Statute defining war crimes & creating the ICC, so it's extra wild to see it want to participate in a new Holocaust so bad that they threaten to dismantle the Rome Statute & the ICC
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending decision to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Britain did very few good things in its history - namely help defeat the Nazis and establish the Rome Statute defining war crimes & creating the ICC, so it's extra wild to see it want to participate in a new Holocaust so bad that they threaten to dismantle the Rome Statute & the ICC
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i literally wrote a list of reasons as to why i hate keir starmer in stephen's replies yesterday.
he ignores ppl telling him, flat out, why they hate starmer so he can keep pretending it's such a mystery.
'centrists' just will not accept that their brand of politics is fucking dead.
he ignores ppl telling him, flat out, why they hate starmer so he can keep pretending it's such a mystery.
'centrists' just will not accept that their brand of politics is fucking dead.
I mean, this is not hard. Come on now. Apart from being hated *because* he's the front for a terrible policy mix universally despised haven't you ever actually *seen* Starmer?! A charisma vacuum. An energy vampire. The sort of fella whose sheer existence makes you feel vicariously embarrassed
December 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
i literally wrote a list of reasons as to why i hate keir starmer in stephen's replies yesterday.
he ignores ppl telling him, flat out, why they hate starmer so he can keep pretending it's such a mystery.
'centrists' just will not accept that their brand of politics is fucking dead.
he ignores ppl telling him, flat out, why they hate starmer so he can keep pretending it's such a mystery.
'centrists' just will not accept that their brand of politics is fucking dead.
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For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence.
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
Harry Stopes | Police Violence in Berlin
In the last six months human rights officials at both the Council of Europe and the United Nations have written to the...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For more than 2 years, police in Berlin - encouraged by city and national politicians - have systematically used excessive violence in an attempt to beat the Palestine solidarity movement into silence.
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
I wrote about this phenomenon for the @lrb.co.uk
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"We're committed to encouraging people to learn the lessons of history".
.... "No, not that lesson"
.... "No, not that lesson"
Holocaust Memorial Day organiser dismissed over link to grassroots Israeli group accusing state of genocide
EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Goldberg departs as Scottish support worker over link to Standing Together organisation
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"We're committed to encouraging people to learn the lessons of history".
.... "No, not that lesson"
.... "No, not that lesson"
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Once you reject the critique of the left (that Starmer was never popular, despite a supportive press, and that 2024 was an anti-govt vote that split the right) you are simply left baffled at the truculent behaviour of British voters.
December 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Once you reject the critique of the left (that Starmer was never popular, despite a supportive press, and that 2024 was an anti-govt vote that split the right) you are simply left baffled at the truculent behaviour of British voters.
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No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
No one can be surprised by the rank hypocrisy of Murdoch's 'Trump is a feminist hero' and 'Ending Roe v Wade was right' Times. But worth noting the difference between when it gets what it wants from the judiciary and when it doesn't.