Peter Hughes

UPDATE: Basel Adra, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” says co-director Hamdan Ballal is receiving treatment in the hospital after being beaten by Israeli settlers, and then Israeli soldiers.

Soldiers “left him blindfolded and handcuffed” at a base last night.

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An eye witness account of the arrest of Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning “No Other Land”, after *he* was attacked by Israeli ‘settlers’.
And lots on the USA’s security breach - as the lies become more blatant, so what’s left of accountability withers.
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twin#1 should definitely aim to join an orchestra

Sending healing vibes, scents and flavours from Umbria…

Alberto Burri, Città di Castello

Lucidity is stored in the balls

I do! I’m dog-sitting near Corciano!

Precisely my expectation:

1. Decimate the ranger personnel.
2. Watch the national parks deteriorate.
3. Declare only privatization can save them.
4. Put hand-picked companies in charge, which will
5. Start selling off land and mineral rights to "save" the parks.

Sounds familiar…

Cavalcanty book cover – Renaissance dude on a scooter.

This went out of print last year. Glad to say it is now back in print & available from Carcanet.
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University announces new scholarships for Palestinian students These scholarships will provide fully-funded support for two Palestinian students, with a particular focus on those impacted by the conflict in Gaza

Masters scholarships for Palestinian students at Sussex. Please disseminate?

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The raid on the Jerusalem Educational Bookstore and arrest of its workers/owners, Mahmoud and Ahmad Muna, is outrageous. It is the only bookstore specializing in issues of Palestine, Israel, and Jerusalem. It is an iconic store that preserves what little is left of Palestinian culture in the city.

Ffs

Something awesome this way comes!

A poetry festival full of ✨🌟💫
Amy Evans Bauer, Amy Cutler, Azad Ashim Sharma, James Davies, Serena Braida, Camilla Nelson, Briony Hughes, Stephen Mooney, Lisa Samuels,
Antony John, Tim Atkins, E.P. Jenkins, Michał Kamil Piotrowski

💙💖💜LINK TO TICKETS IN BIO💛💚♥️

But when it comes to cutting aid budgets no one says “let’s spend less money on Israeli or Egyptian military capacity”. Instead you want to start by taking healthcare and education away from people who have been made vulnerable by the structural injustices you create and benefit from.

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Dear All, we are hoping to raise £250 to publish Lee Duggan's pamphlet, ‘Via Settembre’. This is a link to the GoFundMe with more information about the project. Thanks for your support.

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Can’t wait to see this…

Any woman who needs to travel to find refuge from domestic violence can do so for free on any uk train as of yesterday. The cost of the ticket will be covered by the relevant rail operator. Email railtorefuge@womens aid.org.uk. Feel free to spread the word.

Repost this and spread the word.👇

I can't stop thinking about the totality of this - the very definition of genocide. Culture, homes, infrastructure, society, history - as well as lives, all destroyed, all in full view of the world

Zeus has opinions:

Everything going well.

Jacques Roubaud, Poetic Master of Form and Whimsy, Dies at 92 (Gift Article) He was trained as a mathematician, but he gained fame in France, and won major prizes, for his modern verse.

Good obit — though it leaves out Roubaud's many connections to US poetry & translation — by Adam Nossiter. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/b...

Huge respect for environmental campaigner Chris Packham so I'm reposting his message from the other side. Have to say I couldn't agree more.
#loveactually @chrisgpackham.bsky.social #climatecrisis

Good sound, like a Triumph Bonneville

Assisi illuminated

A b&w photo of a young couple, George and Mary Oppen, and their dog, sitting atop their small, wooden sailboat.

Wandering (sometimes fugitive) activists and poets, George and Mary Oppen, aboard the small boat they lived on in the 1930s.

I'm (re)reading Mary Oppen's Meaning A Life.