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Pulling together a list of anti-migrant vigilante / street patrol groups in the UK. Got a big list so far but let me know if you've come across any in case I've missed one! Thanks!

"This matters because the alternative (continued polarization, dehumanization, violence) benefits only those who profit from endless conflict."

Two Years After October 7th, Grief Unites Palestinians and Israelis Two years after one of the region’s darkest days, a small, determined group refuses to let grief harden into hate. Bridges are being built between people who once saw only enemies across the border.

"The question is whether solidarity across that divide can help shift the conditions that create the inequality in the first place.They need international communities to protect the space for dialogue rather than demand ideological purity."
www.themiddleeastuncovered.com/p/two-years-...

"I hear death chants at Glastonbury and see posters saying “destroy Israel” at San Fermín. From Hamas to the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, people are shouting, “May your village burn.” And I think: my village did burn. Are these chants the best we can wish for one another?"

@standing-together.bsky.social

What is the Role of Empathy?

"At a certain point, self interest and then shared interest does become the culture of solidarity and compassion. And that changes the story and you might feel more empathy."
open.spotify.com/episode/2Idd...

YouTube video by Vitalijs Neudahins EastBam - Aka Aka (original video with high quality audio)

youtu.be/aljhUGhdOLo?...
In Vorbereitung der nächsten Radioséance zum Sammelband
"Unearthing the Music. Footnotes on Sonic Resistance in Non-democratic Europe 1950–2000". Alexander Pehleman (Zonic), einer der Herausgeber, ist mein Gast.
Am 13.10.25, 22.00 @FSK
www.spectorbooks.com/book/unearth...

det is aber fancy hackenporsche

Hast du bitte mal link für diese Gegendemo?

@unroll.skywriter.blue

Sans paywal
archive.ph/EFkf6

“Minister Chikli has proven himself to be a diaspora minister in name only.In our darkest hour, he has ignored the views of the vast majority of British Jews, who utterly & consistently reject Robinson and everything he stands for”
Article comes w/ bonus of many examples proving TR is an antisemite

@unroll.skywriter.blue

UK mosque set ablaze with two people inside, police investigating suspected hate crime | CNN A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.

This is a terrible hate crime.
#stand_up_against_rascism
edition.cnn.com/2025/10/05/e...

@unroll.skywriter.blue

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime' Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

This is grim. Solidarity with my Muslim brothers and sisters.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israel to spend up to $4.1M to bolster support among Christians in western US, filings show - Jewish Telegraphic Agency San Diego firm contracted to geofence churches, recruit pastors and tour an “October 7th Experience” exhibit as part of Israel's expanded global outreach efforts.

Das dazu aus den USA - Schulterschluss mit Evangelikalen. Keile treiben, lib. Stimmen marginalisieren.
www.jta.org/2025/10/03/i...

Bravo.

my feed tonight is full of police rounding up people. At first I thought this was in the UK

"a kind of unspoken assumption that antisemitism needn't be a prime concern of the left bec. it is discussed often by the right- for their own reasons -leaving the left free to downgrade or ignore it.But antisemitism can be as lethal as any other form of hate; its victims deserve equal solidarity.

Excellent points by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
1st on pol. violence: "We need to be unbending on this. No anger justifies the murder of innocents. None."
2nd: "we should be wary of those who seek to use a wicked act such as this to advance a pol. agenda."
3rd: blind spots around antisemitism

A moving read, in every sense of the word.
"Before Oct 7 we misread the intentions of the other side; after Oct 7 we misread the intentions of our side..The two disasters that befell us are intertwined. Nir Oz and the State of Israel will not be rehabilitated as long as Gaza is not rehabilitated."

Danke dir für den Post!

Article by nir Hasson, Haaretz, Oct.03.25: Two Years After the Massacre, I Look Back in Disbelief. I, Too, Missed the October 8 Surprise The Hamas massacre fomented a trauma whose reverberations will be felt for decades to come. But the ensuing Israeli campaign of atrocities in Gaza destroyed the foundations on which the State of Israel was built

Here the article by @nirhasson.bsky.social in English @haaretzcom.bsky.social
archive.ph/GZzHp

archive.ph/p3mHz

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The far right is very good at creating division&hate. Let's not let them succeed.
"Tommy Robinson is a voice of prejudice and division. There should be cross-party and multi-faith pressure on the Israeli government to withdraw its invitation."

"Einige der Autor*innen sind Mitglieder des Netzwerks Wissenschaftsfreiheit. Andere sind vor allem als Anti-Woke- bzw. Anti-Trans-Aktivist*innen bekannt. Wir haben daher gute Gründe anzunehmen, dass sich eine Fachzeitschrift hier für die politische Propaganda [...] instrumentalisieren lässt".

Ian Thompson’s new book Synths, Sax & Situationists explores the legacy of soixante-huit through the music of bands like Cheval Fou, Barricade, Maajun and Fille Qui Mousse...

Michel Faber on Situationism and the French Rock Underground

buff.ly/8tc4Bdm

#Merz, der über "kleine Paschas" und "Die [Flüchtlinge] lassen sich die Zähne machen!" spricht, der tönt "Links ist vorbei!", der gegen Bürgergeldempfänger*innen, gegen arme Menschen zu Felde zieht, der Sozialneid, Rassismus und Klassismus schürt, möchte "Spaltungen überwinden". Na dann fang mal an.