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In 2008, Geoffrey published ‘Gaza: unlock this prison’.

It was one of a number of international interventions: calling for Blair to be tried for invading Iraq, on the war on terror, on the European Court, and more.

He died on 4 November. He was 92.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"Latin America has long been the laboratory where the United States installs friendly right-wing autocrats to stamp out the contagion of freedom and revolution before it reaches US shores."

Read the full edition of our weekly newsletter here ⤵️
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November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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This is how Labour is reducing consumer protections. Listen to the full episode with @ethanshone.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts ⤵️
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October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Pablo Laurta’s far-right Varones Unidos group had the support of national politicians. Then he went on a killing spree.

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October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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An Israeli film festival in Accra, Ghana was called propaganda by a former director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry

Find out more here
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#gaza #palestine #israel #accra #ghana
October 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I spent years reporting on digital IDs like the Brit Card. This is what I found ⤵️
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October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was last week found guilty of leading a failed military coup d'état after he lost the 2022 presidential election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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As Nigel Farage dominates headlines, Jeremy Corbyn is being overlooked by the media – just as he was in 2017. But could there be a shift quietly underway?

Read the full article here ⤵️
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#ukpolitics #ukgovernment #yourparty #jeremycorbyn #corbynism #zarahsultana
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social is the new Green Party leader.

In May, Polanski told @ethanshone.bsky.social: "if your politics does not contain activism and radicalism for change you're doing briefcase politics, and we do not have time for briefcase politics."

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September 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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🔴 Taxpayer payouts for historic child sex abuse paint ‘stark and worrying picture’ for Ministry of Defence, lawyers say
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August 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Inquiry raises questions about MoD failure to stop soldiers exploiting women after it told openDemocracy it issued no sanctions, @sianushka.bsky.social reports.

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August 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Palestinian journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif was killed along with four Al Jazeera colleagues in an Israeli air strike

"This is my will and my final message. If these words of mine reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice."
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August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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"The numbers were small. But at a far right protest in Bristol, we saw a movement that believes it’s winning."

Read the full report from senior investigative reporter @sianushka.bsky.social here ⤵️
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August 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Victims accuse military of ‘cover-up’ after it closed investigation without checking archives or interviewing suspect | Read more from @sianushka.bsky.social ⤵️
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July 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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'Starving children to death won’t win Binyamin Netanyahu the war on Gaza. It will ensure it lasts for decades.'

Read the latest from Paul Rogers here ⤵️
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/israel-gaza-starving-children-to-death-destroy-reputation-security-hamas-us/
July 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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With inequality rife in the UK, there are three main policy areas that a new left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana should focus on

Read the full opinion piece from Paul Rogers here ⤵️
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July 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Patriarchy refuses to die. But women are resisting, as @rahilag.bsky.social explains, in a fascinating conversation that takes us from Riyadh and Russia to Rojava.

Listen to the full episode of In Solidarity here or wherever you get your podcasts
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July 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🔴 BREAKING: Watchdog probing Starmer aide’s secret lobbying

The findings of our extensive investigation into Varun Chandra has prompted the lobbying watchdog to launch an investigation into his former firm, Hakluyt & Company.

Find out more here:
https://bit.ly/4lDa9QX
July 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Rachel Reeves promised to take on the City. Instead, her economic plan reads like it was written by it.

Read the full analysis from @ethanshone.bsky.social here 👇
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text: the corporate takeover of labour is complete image: rachel reeves giving a speech at a podium
July 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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🎧 A tech start-up campaigning against rape has an interesting connection with a former beauty queen who said that sexual assault could be a 'multi-billion dollar industry'

Listen to the full podcast today 👇 https://bit.ly/3GOs9Ze
July 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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A Silicon Valley-style start-up is targeting rape survivors at UK universities, but concerns have been raised by sexual assault experts, universities, students and the police.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/3GCjxVG
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Reform claims to represent the working man, so why are its coffers being filled by 'the elite' it rallies against?

Listen to the full podcast with @ethanshone.bsky.social today 👇
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July 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Our investigation found that 377,000 children in England and Wales have been identified by local authorities as being at risk of domestic abuse in the past five years. 396 of these children have died in the same period.

Read more from @sianushka.bsky.social ⤵️
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June 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"While Trump may feel that his decision to attack Iran looks good to him for now, it means that he has gone fully in with the war aims of Netanyahu’s Israeli government. Any backtracking will be little short of disastrous for him."

Read more from Paul Rogers ⤵️
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June 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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🚨 MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales. We spoke to our senior investigative reporter @sianushka.bsky.social to find out what's next.

Listen to the latest episode of In Solidarity here or wherever you get your podcasts ⤵️
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June 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM