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World BEYOND War condemns Israel’s obstruction of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and the detention of unarmed civilians delivering food and medicine to Gaza.
From Rome to Buenos Aires, thousands join nonviolent protests rejecting this unlawful siege ✊ and we stand with them! buff.ly/C8kz3wf
From Rome to Buenos Aires, thousands join nonviolent protests rejecting this unlawful siege ✊ and we stand with them! buff.ly/C8kz3wf
Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes
Thousands marched in cities across the world following the interception of the flotilla and detainment of activists including Greta Thunberg
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
World BEYOND War condemns Israel’s obstruction of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla and the detention of unarmed civilians delivering food and medicine to Gaza.
From Rome to Buenos Aires, thousands join nonviolent protests rejecting this unlawful siege ✊ and we stand with them! buff.ly/C8kz3wf
From Rome to Buenos Aires, thousands join nonviolent protests rejecting this unlawful siege ✊ and we stand with them! buff.ly/C8kz3wf
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The UK recognizes a Palestinian state while it keeps arming Israel, trading with Israel, and turning a blind eye to new illegal settlements that make a Palestinian state impossible.
Recognition without accountability is hypocrisy.
Recognition without accountability is hypocrisy.
September 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The UK recognizes a Palestinian state while it keeps arming Israel, trading with Israel, and turning a blind eye to new illegal settlements that make a Palestinian state impossible.
Recognition without accountability is hypocrisy.
Recognition without accountability is hypocrisy.
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What’s happening in Sudan is a war on women. Gendered violence is a strategy. A war crime. And while the world looks away, women and girls endure brutality with no exit.
The 51% - Sudan war's devastating impact on women and girls
Sudan is now facing famine as civil war continues to ravage the country. It’s become the world's worst humanitarian crisis; displacing close to 13 million people. This as rape is being used as a…
buff.ly
September 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What’s happening in Sudan is a war on women. Gendered violence is a strategy. A war crime. And while the world looks away, women and girls endure brutality with no exit.
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Angela Rayner should’ve been sacked.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Angela Rayner should’ve been sacked.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
From backing the two-child benefit cap, cutting winter fuel & disability benefits to defending a government enabling genocide in Gaza — she repeatedly chose the government & its harmful policies over the working class & labour movement she claims to represent.
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With the acquisition on 7 Aug of the French forestry portfolio, Woodland Invest, Gresham House partnerships now become the second largest owner of privately-owned rural land in Scotland with more land than Buccleuch Estates. andywightman.scot/2025/08/gres...
Gresham House is now Scotland’s 2nd largest landowner - Land Matters
In October 2024, I published a blog highlighting the sale of a 2539 hectare (ha) portfolio of 16 woodland properties across Scotland owned by a French investment fund, Woodland Invest, based in Paris....
andywightman.scot
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
With the acquisition on 7 Aug of the French forestry portfolio, Woodland Invest, Gresham House partnerships now become the second largest owner of privately-owned rural land in Scotland with more land than Buccleuch Estates. andywightman.scot/2025/08/gres...
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💥The fight goes on 💥
We are pleased to say that our case against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance will be heard in full in November.
This is just the beginning, and we’re ready to fight it, together.
We are pleased to say that our case against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance will be heard in full in November.
This is just the beginning, and we’re ready to fight it, together.
July 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
💥The fight goes on 💥
We are pleased to say that our case against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance will be heard in full in November.
This is just the beginning, and we’re ready to fight it, together.
We are pleased to say that our case against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance will be heard in full in November.
This is just the beginning, and we’re ready to fight it, together.
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The Isle of Eigg is an inspiring example of a Scottish island owned by local people as a result of a community buyout in 1997. They are a successful exercise in self-government & community power & have chosen to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The Isle of Eigg is an inspiring example of a Scottish island owned by local people as a result of a community buyout in 1997. They are a successful exercise in self-government & community power & have chosen to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
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State pension age could rise to 74 amid warning of UK 'tsunami of OAP poverty'.
Male life expectancy in poorer areas such as Blackpool is 73 years. Is the plan to kill off the working class?
Inequitable distribution of income prevent people from saving. Govts won't address it
Male life expectancy in poorer areas such as Blackpool is 73 years. Is the plan to kill off the working class?
Inequitable distribution of income prevent people from saving. Govts won't address it
State pension age could rise to 74 as damning warning issued
A revived commission will try to get agreement on how to tackle how to get people to boost their pensions savings - but the state pension age is also being looked at again
www.mirror.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
State pension age could rise to 74 amid warning of UK 'tsunami of OAP poverty'.
Male life expectancy in poorer areas such as Blackpool is 73 years. Is the plan to kill off the working class?
Inequitable distribution of income prevent people from saving. Govts won't address it
Male life expectancy in poorer areas such as Blackpool is 73 years. Is the plan to kill off the working class?
Inequitable distribution of income prevent people from saving. Govts won't address it
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One of these days a senior politician will actually say something positive about the 10 million people living and working in the UK who happen to have been born abroad, but that day is not today
Immigration, deprivation and time spent online having ‘profound impact on society’, Rayner says – UK politics live
Immigration, deprivation and time spent online having ‘profound impact on society’, Rayner says – UK politics live
Deputy PM urges government to acknowledge people ‘real concerns’ and flagged deprivation where worst riots erupted last summer
An attempt by three former MPs to force the UK government to hold an inquiry into the impact of Russian disinformation on the Brexit vote and other recent elections has failed at the European court of human rights.
The Strasbourg court ruled on Tuesday that countries had a “wide margin” in determining how to tackle attempts at electoral interference, and ruled against a case brought by Ben Bradshaw, Caroline Lucas and Alyn Smith. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
One of these days a senior politician will actually say something positive about the 10 million people living and working in the UK who happen to have been born abroad, but that day is not today
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
Yvette Cooper- Proscribe the IDF
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
It is our sincerely held belief that the atrocities and tactics use...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/yv...
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Pepe Mujica lived in a one-room farmhouse and gave away 90% of his salary. Uruguay’s former president showed us another way is possible one rooted in simplicity, dignity, and peace. We honor his life, his legacy, and his radical belief that the worst negotiation is still better than the best war.
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Pepe Mujica lived in a one-room farmhouse and gave away 90% of his salary. Uruguay’s former president showed us another way is possible one rooted in simplicity, dignity, and peace. We honor his life, his legacy, and his radical belief that the worst negotiation is still better than the best war.
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“If the EU is serious about defeating Russia – not just on the battlefield, but geopolitically – then the bloc must confront the real source of the Kremlin’s power: oil and gas exports.”
Me for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
Me for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
Rearmament may look like an easy fix to Europe’s security problems.
But military Keynesianism is a dead end both economically and politically, argues @tribunemagazine.bsky.social’s @graceblakeley.substack.com.
But military Keynesianism is a dead end both economically and politically, argues @tribunemagazine.bsky.social’s @graceblakeley.substack.com.
Europe Can’t Rearm Its Way to Security | by Grace Blakeley - Project Syndicate
Grace Blakeley warns that boosting defense spending will crowd out vital investments and sustain Russia's fossil-fuel revenues.
www.project-syndicate.org
May 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“If the EU is serious about defeating Russia – not just on the battlefield, but geopolitically – then the bloc must confront the real source of the Kremlin’s power: oil and gas exports.”
Me for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
Me for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
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One country in the #Eurovision2025 Grand Final is NOT a European country. And should not be in Eurovision. Can you spot it?
May 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
One country in the #Eurovision2025 Grand Final is NOT a European country. And should not be in Eurovision. Can you spot it?
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Median UK annual wage for employees is £30,252.
Net pay of £25,301 attacked by corporate profiteering. Hard to survive, raise family even with two wage earners.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Net pay of £25,301 attacked by corporate profiteering. Hard to survive, raise family even with two wage earners.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National Statistics
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data.
www.ons.gov.uk
May 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Median UK annual wage for employees is £30,252.
Net pay of £25,301 attacked by corporate profiteering. Hard to survive, raise family even with two wage earners.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Net pay of £25,301 attacked by corporate profiteering. Hard to survive, raise family even with two wage earners.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Can't revive economy without boosting purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
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There was no excuse for the BBC to follow Israel in treating the head of UNRWA as though he is aligned with terrorism. This kind of craven journalism just makes Israel's job of genocide easier.
My latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/jeremy-bow...
My latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/jeremy-bow...
Jeremy Bowen's interview with Gaza aid chief was shameful – and he knows it
There was no excuse for the BBC to follow Israel in treating the head of UNRWA as though he is aligned with terrorism. This kind of craven journalism just makes Israel's job of genocide easier
jonathancook.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
There was no excuse for the BBC to follow Israel in treating the head of UNRWA as though he is aligned with terrorism. This kind of craven journalism just makes Israel's job of genocide easier.
My latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/jeremy-bow...
My latest article: jonathancook.substack.com/p/jeremy-bow...
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"We urge all states to take concrete steps to uphold the ICJ’s findings and to ensure an end to Israel’s illegal occupation."
We have signed this open letter urging world leaders to uphold international law and work towards a lasting and just peace. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
We have signed this open letter urging world leaders to uphold international law and work towards a lasting and just peace. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
End Israel’s unlawful occupation of Palestine, Quakers urge world leaders
Quakers and others are urging world leaders to uphold the UN General Assembly’s resolution that Israel must end its unlawful presence in Palestine.
www.quaker.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"We urge all states to take concrete steps to uphold the ICJ’s findings and to ensure an end to Israel’s illegal occupation."
We have signed this open letter urging world leaders to uphold international law and work towards a lasting and just peace. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
We have signed this open letter urging world leaders to uphold international law and work towards a lasting and just peace. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Today's front page 📰
'Echoes of Enoch Powell': Keir Starmer panned over immigration speech
'Echoes of Enoch Powell': Keir Starmer panned over immigration speech
May 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Today's front page 📰
'Echoes of Enoch Powell': Keir Starmer panned over immigration speech
'Echoes of Enoch Powell': Keir Starmer panned over immigration speech
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Cis allies and other onlookers, this excellent essay provides context to help understand the current moment for LGBTQ+ people — especially for those of us in the transgender demographic — and illustrate where we're likely going if we fail to alter trajectory.
Please read it.
Please read it.
Okay friends. Today I am writing a thread that I have been thinking about for a long, long, long time. It's really, really important.
It is also very heavy. Cis people, read this. Look with your eyes open at it. Sit with it. Feel it. Absorb it.
Trans people, take care.
This is about history.
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It is also very heavy. Cis people, read this. Look with your eyes open at it. Sit with it. Feel it. Absorb it.
Trans people, take care.
This is about history.
🧵
May 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Cis allies and other onlookers, this excellent essay provides context to help understand the current moment for LGBTQ+ people — especially for those of us in the transgender demographic — and illustrate where we're likely going if we fail to alter trajectory.
Please read it.
Please read it.
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EHRC announces trans toilet issue ‘solved’.
A spokesperson for the Commission, Falcon Kisser said: ‘We have arranged for an accessible toilet to be placed on top of a Welsh mountain for trans use. Only 8 hours trek from the nearest hand basin. All UK trans people should only use this facility.’
A spokesperson for the Commission, Falcon Kisser said: ‘We have arranged for an accessible toilet to be placed on top of a Welsh mountain for trans use. Only 8 hours trek from the nearest hand basin. All UK trans people should only use this facility.’
April 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
EHRC announces trans toilet issue ‘solved’.
A spokesperson for the Commission, Falcon Kisser said: ‘We have arranged for an accessible toilet to be placed on top of a Welsh mountain for trans use. Only 8 hours trek from the nearest hand basin. All UK trans people should only use this facility.’
A spokesperson for the Commission, Falcon Kisser said: ‘We have arranged for an accessible toilet to be placed on top of a Welsh mountain for trans use. Only 8 hours trek from the nearest hand basin. All UK trans people should only use this facility.’
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
April 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8
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NEW: Labour have abandoned working-class voters and left a 'political vacuum' for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to exploit, the head of a union industry body has said
Labour accused of letting Reform UK exploit working-class voters by abandoning them
LABOUR have abandoned working-class voters and left a “political vacuum” for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to exploit, the head of a union…
www.thenational.scot
April 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
NEW: Labour have abandoned working-class voters and left a 'political vacuum' for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to exploit, the head of a union industry body has said
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"The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become." www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
We left it to the Supreme Court to decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong
The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become, writes Good Law Project founder Jolyon Maugham KC
www.independent.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become." www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
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Necessary imports currently obtained from the core can be substituted with South-South trade, swap lines, and regional planning wherever possible.
April 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Necessary imports currently obtained from the core can be substituted with South-South trade, swap lines, and regional planning wherever possible.
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"Two hundred children and 100 women were killed in one day. Altogether, about 400 civilians were killed, and the number of dead is not yet final." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Ignoring massacres in Gaza City while protesting for democracy in Tel Aviv | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"Two hundred children and 100 women were killed in one day. Altogether, about 400 civilians were killed, and the number of dead is not yet final." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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Q. What is the point of a Labour government that leaves everyone poorer, but especially the poorest?
A. Nothing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A. Nothing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns
Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Q. What is the point of a Labour government that leaves everyone poorer, but especially the poorest?
A. Nothing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A. Nothing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...