Martin Poyner

For some inexplicable reason, this brilliant 1938 anti-Appeasement cartoon by the great David Low came to mind when I looked at the list of the Mega-Powerful / Hyper-Rich at yesterday’s Windsor Castle nosh up for our superhuman masters.

complicit in a freewheeling genocide - pathetic together with her excuse for a party

Homework is basically just teaching kids to have a shitty work-life balance and to work for free outside their contracted hours.

we appreciate everything you do George - more power to you x

"I have a colleague...his fingers were crushed... They showed him a picture of his wife & said 'we're going to gang rape her in front of you if you don't admit you're Hamas.'"

Dr Mark Perlmutter, in Gaza, on what Israel is doing to Palestinian doctors.

My full interview: zeteo.com/p/us-embassy...

The macho, violent culture of Italian fascism was prophetic | Aeon Essays The glamour, bullying and violence of the libertarian alt-Right has a direct political ancestor, and it’s not Nazi Germany

This essay, mentioned by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in his latest article, is chillingly relevant. Written in 2017, it is the warning we all downplayed back then. An unbearable depiction of the hatred for nature, vulnerability & femininity that has taken over in the US aeon.co/essays/the-m...

In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".

The German election — where the far-right AfD doubled its votes & came second — should be a warning for Labour. Working-class communities need tangible improvements & hope — not more austerity or pandering to Reform in a race-to-the-bottom on immigration. We need socialism.

Join the fightback: actionnetwork.org/events/no-th...

The Ceasefire Charade Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every subsequent phase and reignites its military assault.

Chris Hedges - “The Ceasefire Charade”

open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

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Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.

It’s all about labour 🧵

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my favourite musical releases from 2024

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The last photo of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, detained after refusing to abandon his colleagues and patients.

In just one image, we see both the power of Palestinian humanity and the moral weakness of all those complicit in genocide.

End all arms sales to Israel, now.

He dives into the King’s soul, and there scatters
Dangers, doubts, wringing of the conscience,
Fears, and despairs

there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Most of the hostels are super but the warden here is foul.

YouTube video by chunkymark Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur

Turner Prize 2024 Jasleen Kaur youtu.be/6RoLMAf37qY?...

From the great James Baldwin, who we lost on this day in 1987:

Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Sh...

71 years ago, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy.

British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show.

www.declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi...

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Facebook advertising featuring bedding based on a photo of a dead relative and is therefore very cursed.

What’s the matter hon? You haven’t been using your Dead Nan duvet and pillow set.

This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning | George Monbiot As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. You think you’ve seen it all. You really have not. I’m a hard-bitten journalist of 39 years’ standing, but details of this story made me shout, weep and slap my head. This week’s column + 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle Recognizing Zionism’s settler-colonial nature shouldn’t prevent us from reimagining a collective Jewish existence in this land, or taking seriously the fears that are weaponized to justify Palestinian subjugation.

Grappling with Jewish fears in a just Palestinian struggle - https://www.972mag.com/jewish-fears-just-palestinian-struggle/

Israel allying with ISIS affiliated militants to starve Gaza Israel's publicly declared policy of starving Gaza has many elements. One of them is allowing criminal gangs to run rampage - including ISIS.

Israel is allying to ISIS affiliated criminal gangs to starve Gaza.

You can read about this in the Israeli press.

Why isn't this splashed on front pages in the West?

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-all...

Another must-follow. The women who were deceived by spycops and are seeking justice, against the entire bloody establishment. @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social