George Vickers
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After 467 days of horror, a ceasefire deal has been reached to halt Israel's genocide in Gaza. Israel's cabinet will vote by Thursday, and the agreement is expected to take effect on Sunday. @mohamhawish.bsky.social reports for our blog, Palestine Square. palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
What Are the Three Phases of the Gaza Ceasefire Deal?
Palestine Square
palestine-studies.org
January 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
After 467 days of horror, a ceasefire deal has been reached to halt Israel's genocide in Gaza. Israel's cabinet will vote by Thursday, and the agreement is expected to take effect on Sunday. @mohamhawish.bsky.social reports for our blog, Palestine Square. palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
Same for the UK
Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!
December 29, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Same for the UK
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When we introduced fit for work assessments, we were told nobody who was genuinely disabled would be denied disability benefits because there would be safeguards, and then people died because they were denied disability benefits. You see the problem with assisted dying "safeguards" yet?
November 30, 2024 at 4:54 PM
When we introduced fit for work assessments, we were told nobody who was genuinely disabled would be denied disability benefits because there would be safeguards, and then people died because they were denied disability benefits. You see the problem with assisted dying "safeguards" yet?
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📣World Nuclear Victims Forum will be held on October 5 & 6, 2025 in Hiroshima, Japan.
For more info🔗 facebook.com/events/14699...
「核のない未来を！被爆80周年世界核被害者フォーラム」を2025年10月5日-6日に広島市で開催します。ご支援をよろしくお願いいたします。詳細は www.e-hanwa.org をご覧ください。
#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Uranium #NoMoreHibakusha
For more info🔗 facebook.com/events/14699...
「核のない未来を！被爆80周年世界核被害者フォーラム」を2025年10月5日-6日に広島市で開催します。ご支援をよろしくお願いいたします。詳細は www.e-hanwa.org をご覧ください。
#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Uranium #NoMoreHibakusha
November 30, 2024 at 4:20 PM
📣World Nuclear Victims Forum will be held on October 5 & 6, 2025 in Hiroshima, Japan.
For more info🔗 facebook.com/events/14699...
「核のない未来を！被爆80周年世界核被害者フォーラム」を2025年10月5日-6日に広島市で開催します。ご支援をよろしくお願いいたします。詳細は www.e-hanwa.org をご覧ください。
#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Uranium #NoMoreHibakusha
For more info🔗 facebook.com/events/14699...
「核のない未来を！被爆80周年世界核被害者フォーラム」を2025年10月5日-6日に広島市で開催します。ご支援をよろしくお願いいたします。詳細は www.e-hanwa.org をご覧ください。
#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Uranium #NoMoreHibakusha
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There are understandably strong emotions and different opinions in the public and in Parliament on the Assisted Dying Bill.
After carefully considering all the information and the Bill itself, I have decided to vote against it.
My statement for Leeds East constituents.
After carefully considering all the information and the Bill itself, I have decided to vote against it.
My statement for Leeds East constituents.
November 28, 2024 at 10:38 PM
There are understandably strong emotions and different opinions in the public and in Parliament on the Assisted Dying Bill.
After carefully considering all the information and the Bill itself, I have decided to vote against it.
My statement for Leeds East constituents.
After carefully considering all the information and the Bill itself, I have decided to vote against it.
My statement for Leeds East constituents.
Useful summary of the political situation from a chum in Poland
Poland continues to move to the right under the government of Donald Tusk. Latest article in Sidecar for @newleftreview.bsky.social
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Gavin Rae, Contra Populism? — Sidecar
Donald Tusk’s Poland.
newleftreview.org
November 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Useful summary of the political situation from a chum in Poland
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."
November 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Benjamin Zephaniah "If you didn't have troublemakers, most women wouldn't have the right to vote, a black person wouldn't be talking to a white person and I'd be back in slavery. We need troublemakers to challenge the establishment. I want to be one of those people."
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
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Alistair Carmichael MP for Orkney and Shetland met with constituents to listen to their concerns about the continuing slaughter in #Gaza. Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News here is what he had to say after the meeting. Full story in tomorrow's The Orkney News
youtu.be/lWO6zYKPTqo?...
youtu.be/lWO6zYKPTqo?...
Alistair Carmichael MP Speaking about #Gaza
YouTube video by The Orkney News
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Alistair Carmichael MP for Orkney and Shetland met with constituents to listen to their concerns about the continuing slaughter in #Gaza. Filmed by Mike Robertson for The Orkney News here is what he had to say after the meeting. Full story in tomorrow's The Orkney News
youtu.be/lWO6zYKPTqo?...
youtu.be/lWO6zYKPTqo?...
For my Orkney chums, a survey on whether parts of Orkney should be 20mph zones. Put safety first. #20splenty #twentysplenty www.orkney.gov.uk/latest-news/...
Orkney asked for views on 20mph in towns and villages
Welcome to Orkney Islands Council's Website Homepage - Telephone: 01856 873535.
www.orkney.gov.uk
November 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM
For my Orkney chums, a survey on whether parts of Orkney should be 20mph zones. Put safety first. #20splenty #twentysplenty www.orkney.gov.uk/latest-news/...
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November 15, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Fighting fascism in all its forms is a duty
I have faced fascism before, in this very country. I was one of 120,000 Japanese Americans summarily rounded up and expelled from our homes at gunpoint, all for the crime of looking like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor.
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
I spent my childhood behind barbed wire. My parents lost everything. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Fighting fascism in all its forms is a duty
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Right now on Bluesky is a really good time to find and follow other like-minded lefties and well-sorted socialists...
i.e. before any bots & bad faith actors get in and obscure the good uns!
#SocialistCircle
Spread the word and may the #eXodus continue!
i.e. before any bots & bad faith actors get in and obscure the good uns!
#SocialistCircle
Spread the word and may the #eXodus continue!
November 16, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Right now on Bluesky is a really good time to find and follow other like-minded lefties and well-sorted socialists...
i.e. before any bots & bad faith actors get in and obscure the good uns!
#SocialistCircle
Spread the word and may the #eXodus continue!
i.e. before any bots & bad faith actors get in and obscure the good uns!
#SocialistCircle
Spread the word and may the #eXodus continue!
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"An entire generation of children in #Gaza will be erased" theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/16/a...
Another detailed article today from @theorkneynews.bsky.social
Another detailed article today from @theorkneynews.bsky.social
“An entire generation of children in #Gaza will be erased”
As world leaders meet together in Baku pontificating over the climate crisis, ecocide and genocide is being committed in Gaza and the surrounding region. UN Secretary-General António Guterres met w…
theorkneynews.scot
November 16, 2024 at 5:39 PM
"An entire generation of children in #Gaza will be erased" theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/16/a...
Another detailed article today from @theorkneynews.bsky.social
Another detailed article today from @theorkneynews.bsky.social
