UK welcome for Israeli military chief responsible for Gaza slaughter AN Israeli military chief who has overseen the slaughter of thousands of Palestinians is visiting the UK.

Today in Glasgow a man is arrested for holding a sign reading "Genocide in Palestine. Time to take action"

Meanwhile the head of the Israeli air force who has overseen the killing of thousands of Palestinians is welcomed to an RAF conference

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If you've wondered why Starmer raced to criminalize support for Palestine Action, this is the smoking gun. Absolutely disgraceful corruption in office on behalf of a foreign power. Meanwhile they're charging 80-year-old retired priests and magistrates with terrorism for carrying protest signs …

'PALESTINE ACTION' EXPLAINED Unacceptable Palestine Action Spraying military planes with paint Acceptable Palestine Action Shooting Palestinians queueing for food

A man in Leeds was arrested for having this sign, which is just a print out of a page of Private Eye magazine.

Courtesy of the Labour Party

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The dictator’s military parade on Saturday is going to be a moment, isn’t it? Will the military put themselves on the side of the dictator , or the right side of history ? #nokings #democracy

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE Support NIH Staff Now!

More than 6000 scientists have signed a declaration condemning "Administration policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe"

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the closest we got to world peace was when everyone was posting about the aurora last year

This is terrifying. It always starts with lists.

That UK-US trade ‘deal’ is a gaslighter’s charter. A bully and narcissist just uses that as a future threat - ‘you wouldn’t want me to go back to how it was, would you?’

Masterworks of the cinema? Really?

YouTube video by Mother Jones The Curious Case of Kash Patel's $25,000

"We have an FBI director who received $25,000 for appearing in a film, executive producing a film, made by a Ukrainian-American-Russian who worked on a propaganda project that was financed, in part, by Vladimir Putin's office."

"Why this isn't a bigger story, I don't know."

EMERGENCY ACTION

Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.

Map and list of nationwide anti-Trump protests on April 19 The 50501 group is planning a series of nationwide protests against the president this weekend.

Good luck at the anti-Trump protests today. Shut Americorps this week I read. They want to turn you all against each other and completely destroy civic society. Resist! www.newsweek.com/anti-trump-p...

Should I prioritise my reputation, democratic values, food safety and online security over selling my car and medicine supplies for a bit less to someone who says he’s my mate? Asking for a country.

Harvard to Trump: Drop Dead

Huge drop in tourism numbers. I wouldn’t even transit via a US airport

A fifth law firm capitulated today and agreed to become a Trump collaborator. Shameful.

Why is it called a US China ‘Trade War’? It’s more like an attack by the US on the global economy - and now more specifically China - for its own ends. Like Ukraine and Russia, China is just defending itself from the corrupt aggressor.

Entering the US is going to be even more fun, isn’t it, while they check your bag for goods you’re smuggling in. By the time they’ve done that and scrolled through your social media feeds there may not be much of the trip left

Really hope not

An attack on Greenland by Trump’s America would mean all other NATO members being obliged to defend it against the aggressor - a fellow NATO member. Can we imagine that?

They want us all to be terrified, the UK did the same to many just after Brexit.

I really worry about what he says about Russia not being a threat to the Baltics or Moldova. Not much evidence for that other than his hunch that they wouldn’t try it

Donald Trump seems to want to turn the USA into the Millwall of geopolitics. Niche UK football ref, but hey, whatever.

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

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Former MP Bob Seely is speaking excellently on @bbc5live.bsky.social about Russia’s short and long term aims. Worth a listen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Ramadan and Lent coincide this year, first time since the 1990’s. Aside from fasting, what else could both cultures do together this month?

Only winners are the military-industrial complex that Trump, Musk, Putin and the tech firms are part of

I so wish that our leaders would fight for peace not just arm us for war. The narrative is all about weapons production; just now they b Radio4 Jeremy Hunt said the UK welfare state would need to be drastically cut to pay for these weapons. I want us to fight instead with values and beliefs #ukraine

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Macron calls crisis summit amid concern over Trump’s plan for Ukraine The French president has invited several EU leaders, as well as Keir Starmer, who officials said would attend if possible

Trump’s insane greed will lead us to war. “One European diplomat said that “it appears Europe is going to be asked to police a deal that it had no direct hand in negotiating. In the meantime, Donald Trump is seeking to take 50% control of Ukraine’s rare minerals”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...