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👉NEW -- Fighter jet parts sent through UK airport to Israel

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social & @wereontheditch.bsky.social

Exclusive: As Israel uses F-35 jets to bomb Iran and Gaza, we reveal parts for these warplanes were transported via London last month.
www.declassifieduk.org/fighter-jet-...
Fighter jet parts sent through UK airport to Israel
Exclusive: As Israel uses F-35 fighter jets to bomb Iran and Gaza, we reveal parts for these warplanes were transported via London last month.
www.declassifieduk.org
June 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🎞️ Tomorrow 🎞️

Join @john-mcevoy.bsky.social alongside speakers from @caatuk.bsky.social and @forceswatch.bsky.social to discuss how we can hold the UK accountable for its role in the ongoing devastation in Gaza and Yemen.

🎟️ 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-yemen...
From Yemen to Gaza: How can we hold the UK accountable in 2025?
Join us for an evening of short films and critical discussion about UK involvement in Yemen and Gaza.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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declassifieduk.org
👉NEW -- British firm sent over 1,000 ammo boxes to Israel

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social and @wereontheditch.bsky.social

Exclusive: UK-made munitions containers have been shipped to Israel’s largest arms firm amid the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed.
www.declassifieduk.org/permoid/
British firm sent over 1,000 ammo boxes to Israel
Exclusive: UK-made munitions containers have been shipped to Israel’s largest arms firm amid the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed.
www.declassifieduk.org
June 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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declassifieduk.org
👉NEW -- The blood of Gaza will never wash from Keir Starmer’s hands

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

The Labour government’s suspension of trade talks with Israel is too little too late. Keir Starmer and David Lammy should be in the Hague.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-blood-wi...
The blood of Gaza will never wash from Keir Starmer’s hands
The Labour government’s suspension of trade talks with Israel is too little too late. Keir Starmer and David Lammy should be in the Hague.
www.declassifieduk.org
May 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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👉NEW -- Instro Precision: The UK arms firm sending targeting gear to Israel

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social and The Ditch

Exclusive: Shipping documents expose how Instro Precision has been sending military items to Israel amid the Gaza genocide.
www.declassifieduk.org/instro-preci...
Instro Precision: The UK arms firm sending targeting gear to Israel
Exclusive: Shipping documents expose how Instro Precision has been sending military items to Israel amid the Gaza genocide.
www.declassifieduk.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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👉 NEW -- What happened to Labour Friends of Palestine?

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

Exclusive: Insiders tell Declassified the organisation was allowed to ‘wither and die’ under Lisa Nandy’s stewardship.

www.declassifieduk.org/what-happene...
What happened to Labour Friends of Palestine?
Exclusive: Insiders tell Declassified the organisation was allowed to ‘wither and die’ under Lisa Nandy’s stewardship.
www.declassifieduk.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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📢🇬🇧🇨🇱 With Just over 6 hours to go Alborada Films are 94% of the way towards reaching the crowdfunding target for their forthcoming film 'Britain and the Other 9/11'.

Directors: @john-mcevoy.bsky.social + Pablo Navarrete

Help them tell this story! More info:
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/britain-ot...
Britain and the Other 9/11 - FINISHING FUNDS
A feature-length documentary investigating the hidden role of Britain in the destruction of Chile's democracy and support for Pinochet.
crowdfunder.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Very useful resource for researchers - on the Plan Condor website

Links to state archives relating to Southern Cone dictatorships, which have been declassified

plancondor.org/en/archives

@slaslatam.bsky.social @paulodrinot.bsky.social @sebasmartl.bsky.social @john-mcevoy.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Operation Condor - 50 years on

Join us for two roundtables @slaslatam.bsky.social
🗓️ April 11
⏰ 11-12:30 & 13:30-15

With brilliant Francesca Lessa, @sebasmartl.bsky.social @mollyavery.bsky.social @thomasrath.bsky.social @john-mcevoy.bsky.social @paulodrinot.bsky.social Karinna Fernandez
April 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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👉NEW -- Maersk: The shipping company transporting arms to Israel

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social and @wereontheditch.bsky.social

Exclusive: Fighter jet components are being transported on Maersk ships to an Israeli air force base, cargo documents suggest.
www.declassifieduk.org/maersk-the-s...
Maersk: The shipping company transporting arms to Israel
Exclusive: Fighter jet components are being transported on Maersk ships to an Israeli air force base, cargo documents suggest.
www.declassifieduk.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Exclusive -- F-35 components are being transported on Maersk ships to an Israeli airforce base this week, new documents suggest.

We've mapped the whole supply chain from Texas to Tangier to Nevatim.

Me in @declassifieduk.org with @wereontheditch.bsky.social:
www.declassifieduk.org/maersk-the-s...
Maersk: The shipping company transporting arms to Israel
Exclusive: Fighter jet components are being transported on Maersk ships to an Israeli air force base, cargo documents suggest.
www.declassifieduk.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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👉NEW -- How Israel secretly armed Argentina during the Falklands war

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

Declassified files reveal how Tel Aviv deceived Britain while it supplied Argentina’s anti-Semitic dictatorship with weapons during the 1980s.
www.declassifieduk.org/how-israel-s...
How Israel secretly armed Argentina during the Falklands war
Declassified files reveal how Tel Aviv deceived Britain while it supplied Argentina’s anti-Semitic dictatorship with weapons during the 1980s.
www.declassifieduk.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Exclusive -- Keir Starmer's government held a secret meeting with Israel's largest arms firm Elbit Systems while imposing a brutal crackdown on Palestine Action.

My latest in @declassifieduk.org:
www.declassifieduk.org/labour-held-...
Labour held secret meeting with top Israeli arms firm
Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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👉NEW -- Labour held secret meeting with top Israeli arms firm

by @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org/labour-held-...
Labour held secret meeting with top Israeli arms firm
Exclusive: Home Office met with Elbit Systems amid crackdown on Palestine Action, documents reveal.
www.declassifieduk.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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declassifieduk.org
👉NEW VIDEO -- Israeli General's secret meetings with BBC and Guardian

Declassified journalists Alex Morris and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social discuss how they exposed BBC and Guardian editors meeting with the IDF's former chief of staff in London.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNgB...
Israeli General's SECRET meetings with BBC and Guardian
YouTube video by Declassified UK
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March 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Edgardo Esteban, Falklands/Malvinas veteran & best-selling author is in Cambridge next week

He revealed the harsh treatment of conscripts by Argentina's military regime & how veterans were forgotten after the war.

I'll be chairing - come along!

There'll be English interpretation
March 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Exposed: Britain’s dirty deal with former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. One of the more shameful episodes in our history.

@john-mcevoy.bsky.social @declassifieduk.org
How Britain allowed Pinochet to escape justice for atrocities
25 years ago, the UK government allowed Chile’s former dictator to evade extradition to Spain. Declassified files reveal how the decision was made.
www.declassifieduk.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
john-mcevoy.bsky.social
25 years ago, Britain allowed Pinochet to escape justice for atrocities committed under his regime.

Declassified files now reveal how the decision was made, and expose a secret deal made by Margaret Thatcher during the 1980s.

Me in @declassifieduk.org:
www.declassifieduk.org/how-britain-...
How Britain allowed Pinochet to escape justice for atrocities
25 years ago, the UK government allowed Chile’s former dictator to evade extradition to Spain. Declassified files reveal how the decision was made.
www.declassifieduk.org
March 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
john-mcevoy.bsky.social
Exclusive -- BBC and Guardian editors held secret meetings with Israel's former army chief one month after the Gaza bombing began.

The meetings were seen by Israel as a key avenue for promoting the brutal onslaught in Gaza.

My latest with Alex Morris:
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General
Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza, it can be revealed.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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👉NEW -- BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General

by Alex Morris and @john-mcevoy.bsky.social

Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza.
www.declassifieduk.org/bbc-guardian...
BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General
Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza, it can be revealed.
www.declassifieduk.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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I've reviewed Brigitte Studer's masterful recent history of the Comintern and the "professional revolutionaries" who dedicated their lives to its service, 'Travellers Of The World Revolution' (@versobooks.bsky.social) for @jacobinmag.bsky.social.

jacobin.com/2025/02/comi...
The Communist International’s Failure Still Haunts the Left
Although it ended in tragic defeat, the Communist International was one of the most ambitious exercises in transnational political activism ever conceived. Its rise and fall gives us a crucial window ...
jacobin.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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declassifieduk.org
Over 230 global civil society organisations have called on governments producing F-35 fighter jets to immediately halt all arms transfers to Israel, including the F-35 jets.

caat.org.uk/news/over-23...
CAAT - Over 230 global organisations demand governments producing F-35 jets stop arming Israel
Campaign Against Arms Trade
caat.org.uk
February 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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declassifieduk.org
BREAKING -- Once again, a UK spy plane from Cyprus was in the air today near Gaza as Hamas was releasing hostages.

That's 6 UK spy flights on the 6 days of hostage releases under the ceasefire.

👉 Is the UK spying on Hamas for Israel? www.declassifieduk.org/is-the-uk-sp...
February 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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It's been two years in the making but Pablo Navarrete and I are in the final stages of producing our film, Britain and the Other 9/11, about UK complicity in the destruction of Chile's democracy.

We'd greatly appreciate any support to help us get over the line:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/britain-ot...
Britain and the Other 9/11 - FINISHING FUNDS
A feature-length documentary investigating the hidden role of Britain in the destruction of Chile's democracy and support for Pinochet.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
john-mcevoy.bsky.social
🚨Keir Starmer met with at least twelve arms companies profiting from Israel's genocide in Gaza during his first three months as PM, new data shows.

The companies included Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, and Northrop Grumman, all of which are involved in the F-35 programme.
February 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM