Ben
@criticaldip.bsky.social
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The crime of genocide didn't exist until after WW2. It was something we decided was real, needed to be identified and punished. Even if we've been spectacularly bad at putting it in practise, we conceptualised it.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The crime of genocide didn't exist until after WW2. It was something we decided was real, needed to be identified and punished. Even if we've been spectacularly bad at putting it in practise, we conceptualised it.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
I think it's about time for a CEO crime of murder-by-Economy.
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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
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Plaid have won a massive victory in the Caerphilly by-election beating Reform comfortably.
The Labour vote has totally collapsed.
It seems that in Caerphilly more people feared those who oppose immigration than the immigrants themselves.
The Labour vote has totally collapsed.
It seems that in Caerphilly more people feared those who oppose immigration than the immigrants themselves.
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Plaid have won a massive victory in the Caerphilly by-election beating Reform comfortably.
The Labour vote has totally collapsed.
It seems that in Caerphilly more people feared those who oppose immigration than the immigrants themselves.
The Labour vote has totally collapsed.
It seems that in Caerphilly more people feared those who oppose immigration than the immigrants themselves.
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Who will blow the whistle on the scandalous suppression of the facts about public money creation? The definitive truth is staring us in the face but neither economists, civil servants, politicians nor media (@benchu.bsky.social?) will acknowledge it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Who will blow the whistle on the scandalous suppression of the facts about public money creation? The definitive truth is staring us in the face but neither economists, civil servants, politicians nor media (@benchu.bsky.social?) will acknowledge it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
August 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
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The Home Secretary says “This isn’t about Palestine.”
But everyone can see the truth.
They’re arming a genocide and criminalising those who speak out.
This is how fascism begins.
We must stand up. For Palestine. For all our rights. For democracy.
But everyone can see the truth.
They’re arming a genocide and criminalising those who speak out.
This is how fascism begins.
We must stand up. For Palestine. For all our rights. For democracy.
Yvette Cooper is asked about her decision to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation and she claims she received detailed security assessments & advice & is in receipt of disturbing information that the rest of us don't know about
August 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The Home Secretary says “This isn’t about Palestine.”
But everyone can see the truth.
They’re arming a genocide and criminalising those who speak out.
This is how fascism begins.
We must stand up. For Palestine. For all our rights. For democracy.
But everyone can see the truth.
They’re arming a genocide and criminalising those who speak out.
This is how fascism begins.
We must stand up. For Palestine. For all our rights. For democracy.
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When they don't have a case, they lie.
HOME OFFICE DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN OVER PALESTINE ACTION BAN EXPOSED
@declassifiedUK has revealed that Home Office insinuations that Palestine Action supports violence and receives funding from Iran were refuted by its own internal assessments.
In full: www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
@declassifiedUK has revealed that Home Office insinuations that Palestine Action supports violence and receives funding from Iran were refuted by its own internal assessments.
In full: www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-how...
Revealed: How Palestine Action was banned
Exclusive: Documents seen by Declassified reveal serious concerns within the UK government and MI5 about proscribing Palestine Action.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When they don't have a case, they lie.
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Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
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Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.
This is not how a democracy behaves.
We will not be silenced.
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27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
July 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
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I know where I stand. I stand with Palestine Action.
July 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know where I stand. I stand with Palestine Action.
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We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
July 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are all Palestine Action 🇵🇸
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Thanks to the Daily Fail.
Always appreciate the love. 😘
Always appreciate the love. 😘
July 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Thanks to the Daily Fail.
Always appreciate the love. 😘
Always appreciate the love. 😘
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On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
June 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power.
Well said.
Well said.
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I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap — and had the Labour whip removed.
I voted against cuts to winter fuel payments.
And I’ll vote against any attack on disability benefits.
Austerity 2.0 is a political choice — and I will always oppose it.
I voted against cuts to winter fuel payments.
And I’ll vote against any attack on disability benefits.
Austerity 2.0 is a political choice — and I will always oppose it.
June 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap — and had the Labour whip removed.
I voted against cuts to winter fuel payments.
And I’ll vote against any attack on disability benefits.
Austerity 2.0 is a political choice — and I will always oppose it.
I voted against cuts to winter fuel payments.
And I’ll vote against any attack on disability benefits.
Austerity 2.0 is a political choice — and I will always oppose it.
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As the US edges closer to bombing Iran, Israel killed over 51 starving Palestinians at a so-called aid site today.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
June 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As the US edges closer to bombing Iran, Israel killed over 51 starving Palestinians at a so-called aid site today.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
And the UK government says nothing. Still arming Israel. Still enabling genocide.
End all arms sales. Sanction Israeli war criminals. Stop being America’s poodle.
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Update from Greta:
They’ve been kidnapped by Israeli forces
They’ve been kidnapped by Israeli forces
June 9, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Update from Greta:
They’ve been kidnapped by Israeli forces
They’ve been kidnapped by Israeli forces
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Shocking lack of parliamentary scrutiny on trade deals means UK seems on brink of signing this with Gulf States without publishing a human rights impact assessment or securing binding commitments on labour rights, environment or animal welfare standards.
Yet more #BrokenPromises
Yet more #BrokenPromises
Dismay as UK prepares to sign ‘values-free’ £1.6bn trade deal with Gulf states
Exclusive: Trade unions and human rights organisations fear environment and human rights being pushed aside
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Shocking lack of parliamentary scrutiny on trade deals means UK seems on brink of signing this with Gulf States without publishing a human rights impact assessment or securing binding commitments on labour rights, environment or animal welfare standards.
Yet more #BrokenPromises
Yet more #BrokenPromises
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Left: "And the only person that can prove to you that it isn't true has decided to stay silent" @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Right: Sangita Myska, "There are lasting contractual restrictions that prevent me from discussing the circumstances surrounding my departure.. I remain legally silenced"
Right: Sangita Myska, "There are lasting contractual restrictions that prevent me from discussing the circumstances surrounding my departure.. I remain legally silenced"
May 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Left: "And the only person that can prove to you that it isn't true has decided to stay silent" @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Right: Sangita Myska, "There are lasting contractual restrictions that prevent me from discussing the circumstances surrounding my departure.. I remain legally silenced"
Right: Sangita Myska, "There are lasting contractual restrictions that prevent me from discussing the circumstances surrounding my departure.. I remain legally silenced"
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Oh so rehabilitation instead of punishment works NOW okay
The model Denver Police may adopt is based on correcting behavior by teaching appropriate skills and procedures to an officer after they commit a violation.
Denver Police moves to prioritize education over punishment for offending officers
The planned overhaul to how the city disciplines officers is opposed by the Office of the Independent Monitor and the Citizen Advisory Board.
denverite.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Oh so rehabilitation instead of punishment works NOW okay
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"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
BREAKING: Pope Francis Dies at 88. Here's How He Should Be Remembered
The late pontiff was a progressive pope who was outspoken on Trump, Gaza, the climate, and more.
zeteo.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"almost every night since Oct 2023, even during his hospitalization, Pope Francis made a daily phone call to the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip to check on their safety and offer words of prayer and support. His last public act, the day before he died, was to call for a ceasefire in Gaza."
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Important to note the Potemkin villages they're going to set up each time someone with a soul goes down to monitor the conditions of the concentration camp are part of the war crime itself. The audience for this propaganda is MAGA rubes, not The Hague, which will be indifferent.
Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.
April 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Important to note the Potemkin villages they're going to set up each time someone with a soul goes down to monitor the conditions of the concentration camp are part of the war crime itself. The audience for this propaganda is MAGA rubes, not The Hague, which will be indifferent.
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Good day to bury bad news ⤵️
A major overhaul of the NHS pay structure to encourage better recruitment and retention of nursing staff has been stopped by the UK government.
"It is now clear that ministers and the government are not in fact ‘on the side of nurses’.
#SaveOurNHS
#FairPayForNursing
A major overhaul of the NHS pay structure to encourage better recruitment and retention of nursing staff has been stopped by the UK government.
"It is now clear that ministers and the government are not in fact ‘on the side of nurses’.
#SaveOurNHS
#FairPayForNursing
April 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Good day to bury bad news ⤵️
A major overhaul of the NHS pay structure to encourage better recruitment and retention of nursing staff has been stopped by the UK government.
"It is now clear that ministers and the government are not in fact ‘on the side of nurses’.
#SaveOurNHS
#FairPayForNursing
A major overhaul of the NHS pay structure to encourage better recruitment and retention of nursing staff has been stopped by the UK government.
"It is now clear that ministers and the government are not in fact ‘on the side of nurses’.
#SaveOurNHS
#FairPayForNursing
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Last year we showed how more than 60% of the donations accepted by Streeting were from companies and individuals with links to private health. He has since bagged a further £58,000 from private health care interests. goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org
April 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Last year we showed how more than 60% of the donations accepted by Streeting were from companies and individuals with links to private health. He has since bagged a further £58,000 from private health care interests. goodlawproject.org/health-secre...