Denise Brown
@deniseeb.bsky.social
Teacher, writer and occasional beachcomber. 🇮🇪🇪🇸
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Magnificent peroration to Simon Schama’s @financialtimes.com weekend essay on defending freedom of speech in the era of Trump - with help from Milton, Jefferson et al.
on.ft.com/4gSqvDw Simon Schama: What America’s Founders can teach Trump about liberty
on.ft.com/4gSqvDw Simon Schama: What America’s Founders can teach Trump about liberty
October 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Magnificent peroration to Simon Schama’s @financialtimes.com weekend essay on defending freedom of speech in the era of Trump - with help from Milton, Jefferson et al.
on.ft.com/4gSqvDw Simon Schama: What America’s Founders can teach Trump about liberty
on.ft.com/4gSqvDw Simon Schama: What America’s Founders can teach Trump about liberty
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I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/
August 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
August 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
August 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
August 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...
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Also an olive tree, keys to symbolise Palestinian homes dispossessed, a bag of flour
July 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Also an olive tree, keys to symbolise Palestinian homes dispossessed, a bag of flour
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“That’s the red line”: protesters gather outside parliament in London, all in red, marking the red line that has been crossed in Gaza.
The protest was organised by NGOs including Oxfam and MSF aje.io/jzhyu9?updat...
The protest was organised by NGOs including Oxfam and MSF aje.io/jzhyu9?updat...
July 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“That’s the red line”: protesters gather outside parliament in London, all in red, marking the red line that has been crossed in Gaza.
The protest was organised by NGOs including Oxfam and MSF aje.io/jzhyu9?updat...
The protest was organised by NGOs including Oxfam and MSF aje.io/jzhyu9?updat...
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Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
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If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place
Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Shame on the UK Gov for not only *not* speaking out against the genocidal horrors being perpetrated every day in Gaza, but also for choosing to turn the force of the law on those who do speak out. #PalestineAction
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Shame on the UK Gov for not only *not* speaking out against the genocidal horrors being perpetrated every day in Gaza, but also for choosing to turn the force of the law on those who do speak out. #PalestineAction
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NEW: 549 Palestinians now killed in the last 30 days.
Itself shocking. But, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS KILLED AT A FOOD AID STATION.
A unique war crime. Firing squads using aid as bait.
Palestinians in #Gaza face two choices: starve to death, or risk death to get food.
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Itself shocking. But, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS KILLED AT A FOOD AID STATION.
A unique war crime. Firing squads using aid as bait.
Palestinians in #Gaza face two choices: starve to death, or risk death to get food.
🧵
June 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NEW: 549 Palestinians now killed in the last 30 days.
Itself shocking. But, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS KILLED AT A FOOD AID STATION.
A unique war crime. Firing squads using aid as bait.
Palestinians in #Gaza face two choices: starve to death, or risk death to get food.
🧵
Itself shocking. But, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS KILLED AT A FOOD AID STATION.
A unique war crime. Firing squads using aid as bait.
Palestinians in #Gaza face two choices: starve to death, or risk death to get food.
🧵
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Gomez: “I have been deeply disturbed by reports of federal agents detaining people in public places, apparently without showing warrants or evidence that those they are taking into custody are in the country illegally. This situation is not worthy of a great nation.” angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r...
Panic is not an immigration policy
This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes.
angelusnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Gomez: “I have been deeply disturbed by reports of federal agents detaining people in public places, apparently without showing warrants or evidence that those they are taking into custody are in the country illegally. This situation is not worthy of a great nation.” angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r...
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Archbishop Wester: “As Catholics, we believe that all human beings have God-given rights and dignity
that cannot be trumped or ignored. Regardless of why people immigrate (and there are many legitimate and compelling reasons why they do), the human rights and dignity immigrants must be respected.”
that cannot be trumped or ignored. Regardless of why people immigrate (and there are many legitimate and compelling reasons why they do), the human rights and dignity immigrants must be respected.”
June 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Archbishop Wester: “As Catholics, we believe that all human beings have God-given rights and dignity
that cannot be trumped or ignored. Regardless of why people immigrate (and there are many legitimate and compelling reasons why they do), the human rights and dignity immigrants must be respected.”
that cannot be trumped or ignored. Regardless of why people immigrate (and there are many legitimate and compelling reasons why they do), the human rights and dignity immigrants must be respected.”
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Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
June 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.
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Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, on Catholic Solidarity with Refugees: "We need to help our society recognize that these are the type of people we want among us." www.jrsusa.org/resource/cat...
Catholic Social Teaching and Solidarity with Refugees and Immigrants at a Time of Uncertainty: A U.S. Perspective
Cardinal McElroy reflects on Catholic social teaching and the U.S. responsibility to uphold the dignity and rights of refugees and immigrants with JRS/USA and CMS/NY.
www.jrsusa.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, on Catholic Solidarity with Refugees: "We need to help our society recognize that these are the type of people we want among us." www.jrsusa.org/resource/cat...
Books of the year 5:
There are Rivers in the Sky,
Elif Shafak
*****
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There are Rivers in the Sky,
Elif Shafak
*****
💙📚
June 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Books of the year 5:
There are Rivers in the Sky,
Elif Shafak
*****
💙📚
There are Rivers in the Sky,
Elif Shafak
*****
💙📚
April 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
