I genuinely shed a tear when he says "We have hope always and we will never give up".

Just like fucking hell man, with all the political nihilism we can all be guilty of in the West to hear someone express such hope in the face of such horror would move anyone surely.

Activist Iyad Burnat being arrested by IDF soldiers while wearing a blindfold and a t-shirt that said "Got human rights? Palestinians don't"

Unarmed peace activist Iyad Burnat standing nearly fore head to forehead in a confrontation with a fully armed IDF soldier

Of all the interviews I've done, this one had the most emotional impact on me. Iyad's dedication to non-violence in the face of years of imprisonment, his son's being shot and his family being murdered is genuinely awe-inspiring.

*SPECIAL* Peaceful resistance in the face of Genocide with Iyad Burnat People Just Do Something · Episode

🚨NEW People Just Do Something🚨 I spoke w/ Iyad Burnat - A Palestinian activist + chair of the popular committee of Bil'in who organize non-violent resistance in the West Bank

We discuss the use of non-violence, the one-state solution + what you can do to help

ep- open.spotify.com/episode/07aa...

Yeah man, sure, that's exactly why those are there...

A note from Watershed CEO on The WECA Mayoral Transport Hustings Watershed CEO Clare Reddington responds to feedback

To be fair I think their statement on this is quite reasonable - www.watershed.co.uk/articles/not...

You expect me to believe you care about global warming when you literally own an "air fryer" with which you no doubt fry the air? You are a monster actually

I’m Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today: The Video Shop at the End of the World Tucked away on a narrow street in Bristol, an Aladdin's cave of DVDs persists despite the odds. For one employee, it's the Hotel California of video shops.

Inside @20thcflicks.bsky.social, a beloved bristol video shop institution, as seen by @daisysteinhardt.bsky.social lwlies.com/articles/20t...

We don't need the money we just want to make them squirm

Eat the horse!

The walking times on Google maps are based on the walking speed of cowards and dawdlers. I will always best them.

The cycling speeds however are seeming based on some Tour De France freak and I will never get anywhere close to beating them

So this is Pelican house where the magic happens. Well probably not in the well postered bathroom... Although one does here tales

Cool we're bringing back the asbo era. Even I managed to get the first warning towards one despite being broadly well behaved and growing up in a small town.

Next stop mosquito alarms

I'm the belly of the beast in that there London. Finally visiting the much hyped Pelican House to have an iftar with comrades and talk about building Apartheid-Free Zones in solidarity with Palestine across this god forsaken capital city of ours.

Jesus Christ man... We have had successive governments implementing increasingly Draconian crackdowns on various forms of protests yet through that an increasingly radicalised reactionary fringe of people becoming determined to hit protesters with their car.

Solidarity with the protesters

The Reel Politik David Lynch Watchlist the core Lynch and Lynch-adjacent works as discussed in episode 323 of the Reel Politik podcast (David Lynch In Memoriam). find out why CAT PEOPLE (1942) comes first by listening here: soundcloud.com/reelpolitikpodcast/episode-323-david-lynch-in / or here: www.patreon.com/posts/episode-323-in-122406380 / or here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_HM9o5KEEQ

there's like 100 David Lynch-directed films listed on Letterboxd (many like a min long) so to compliment our recent episode on him I've compiled this list of what I consider the core ones, plus a few Lynch-starring, Lynch-produced, and otherwise Lynch-adjacent pictures letterboxd.com/jackfraynere...

"The vile left is at the same time too strong and too weak, study finds." - The Guardian

Tried doing some coding using python and a lot of support from both my sister and ChatGPT last night. Is genuinely impressive how with a very very basic understanding of some of the logic and AI help you can do an ok job... I do lack the basics though so results were very hit and miss

Labour would let arts, culture and learning in Wales crumble away to nothing so long as it saves a few pence. Not that it will.

Successful second homes crackdown means homes are £30k cheaper for Cymry, who actually need them.

I'm so lucky to get the opportunity to chat with my friends + comrades who are out in their community, organising, building solidarity with Palestinians + giving people hope. What they've created is properly inspiring.

I urge you to give it a listen + do what you can to get involved

E012: Here comes the neighbourhood: Two parents mobilising Bristol for Palestine People Just Do Something · Episode

TODAYS ep of PJDS is w/ Matt + Sasha on Palestine, the Bristol Apartheid Free-Zone campaign + how to organise your own

I failed as a journo for yrs partly due to a refusal to give up on certain principles. Its such an honour now to produce stuff Im passionate about

open.spotify.com/episode/4efk...

Truly living the dream

It's a bloody great book that

Just read that the WhatsApp group Andrew Gwynne was posting all his comments in had 44 members at its peak.

It's genuinely mental that an MP would be posting things like that in a group that big. What did he think would happen??

Shows how untouchable they think they are.

Women getting the ick about men also just isn't new?

Like it's the punch line in literally 1000s of sitcoms over decades where a female character and the male lead have been dating and she catches him doing something weird / shocking and immediately leaves him and never shows up again

Two nude men are sitting on a couch in a room. In the centre of the room, on a carpet is a bucket of blood. One asks "hey man, why is there a bucket of blood in the centre of the room?" The other man says "I dunno. it came with the house." They pause for a second. The first man says "I thought that would be more of a conversation starter."

Gotta be the classic stack innit

Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins: Trade union organise, investigative reporter, crypto-bro and dread Pirate Roberts apologist.

This was a great episode though tbf so you should get your ears around it

Solidarity Under Siege For more than six decades, the USA has subjected Cuba to a blockade designed to destroy its economy — an act of aggression met with a global solidarity movement that has helped keep the country alive.

My piece about being a unite representative on the @cubasolidarity.bsky.social brigade last May Day is out on @tribunemagazine.bsky.social . I discuss my time there, 60 years of solidarity tours and how the Cuban revolution is still an inspiration to us all

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/01/soli...

Did a talk about Marxist views of ideology for Bristol Transformed's Micro dosing Marxism sessions and showed that video where you're meant to count the passes of a vall and then shouldn't see the man in the gorilla suit... Everyone saw the man in the gorilla suit. Absolutely derailed me.