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@michaelsheldo.bsky.social

Standing up for diversity, equity, inclusion, climate & social justice. InterBeing. Growing fruit & veggies. Parkrunner. Born at 319 ppm. Dyslexic. Woke not broke. Silence is consent Inaction is complicity NO DM'S

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Amnesty urges Met police not to arrest protesters supporting Palestine Action Rights group warns freedom of expression could be violated, as first people are charged with showing support for banned organisation

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07.08.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does this strategy involve talk about invoking the 25th?

06.08.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Three things the rest of the world can do.
Boycot, boycot, & more boycot.
Then lets throw in a bit of divestment & a good handful of sanctions too.
I know athletes will be working their socks off for '28 but at what price for participating in bolstering a fascist regime?

06.08.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms | Letter A letter from 52 scholars including Tariq Ali, Judith Butler, Angela Davis, Naomi Klein and Avi Shlaim

'Palestine Action ban is an attack on fundamental freedoms'

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

06.08.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Leading global scholars sign letter urging UK to end Palestine Action ban Naomi Klein and Angela Davis among those demanding stop to β€˜attack on fundamental freedoms’ of assembly and protest

Naomi Klein and Angela Davis among those demanding stop to β€˜attack on fundamental freedoms’ of assembly and protest
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

06.08.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine Action has β€˜disturbing’ plans for future, Yvette Cooper claims β€˜I would say to people, this is not a non violent organisation,’ the home secretary warned ahead of a mass planned protest

Weapons of mass destruction?

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05.08.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A stairwell with a wrought-iron banister, large gilt-framed paintings of clouds on the walls and a suspended sculpture of a bride clinging to a rope. A headline reads: "Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan Lair."

A stairwell with a wrought-iron banister, large gilt-framed paintings of clouds on the walls and a suspended sculpture of a bride clinging to a rope. A headline reads: "Inside Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan Lair."

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s seven-story Manhattan townhouse, the sex offender hosted the elite, displayed photos with presidents and showcased a first edition of β€œLolita,” according to previously unreported photos and letters. nyti.ms/3GXMlrZ

05.08.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1534    πŸ” 551    πŸ’¬ 191    πŸ“Œ 79
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How Labour MP Kyle triggered 4am police raid on a constituent β€” for writing to him about Israel’s genocide Brighton-based writer Greg Hadfield writes about latest episode in Starmer regime’s β€˜lawfare’ against anti-genocide campaigners Chris Henry (left) and Peter Kyle, with Baroness [H…

Peter Kyle mp is vice president of Labour Friends of Israel.
I wonder why he felt the need to set the police on someone who obviously cares passionately about other human beings and is no threat to you or me?

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04.08.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Supreme Court just dropped a hint about its next big Voting Rights Act case In a pending case on Louisiana’s congressional map, the justices ordered briefing on whether it’s constitutional to intentionally draw majority-Black districts.

This should be getting lots more attention than it seems to be getting.
If SCOTUS strikes out sect. 2 of Voting Rights Act it will mean a lot more loading of the political dice for Grand Old Pedo Protector Party.

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

04.08.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From the rest of the world’s perspective the US is just rolling over with little resistance. Faith in turn around midterms seems very misplaced. Even if Trump is replaced the regime controls all the leavers of power. Mass non violent resistance needs to begin now, incl. GS, assisted by global BDS.

04.08.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former magistrate, 81, faces six months in jail for Pales... Cornish pensioner arrested at Truro cathedral falls foul of government’s labelling of direct action group as a terrorist organisation

Former magistrate, 81, faces six months in jail for Palestine Action vigil

More than 200 people arrested for supporting Palestine Action, a group recently proscribed by the Labour government. It was the first time in her life that she had been arrested.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

30.07.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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The campaign to lift the ban on Palestine Action makes the front page of the Telegraph.

Within the report, a retired Met officer says the system will be tested to the limit if thousands take part.

Join us on Saturday to oppose genocide and the unjust law. Together, we will win!

04.08.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Concerns protest could β€˜impede Sydney drivers’ solved by getting basically the whole city at the protest

Concerns protest could β€˜impede Sydney drivers’ solved by getting basically the whole city at the protest

"Turns out roughly a hundred thousand people wanted to cross the bridge at the time of the march" said one organiser

Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

03.08.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 618    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

Totally ashamed that my government is fine with this, when it could do so much more to stop the Genocde.
Heartbreaking.

02.08.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive! Ex-Israeli spy: Epstein was running a blackmail op for Israeli Military Intelligence. YouTube video by Narativ with Zev Shalev

This video from Zev is even more relevant today and worth watching than it was 5 years ago.
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02.08.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guessing there are no bars on the upper story windows in that cushy prison.
Mmmmm?

02.08.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely worth a listen this one.
πŸ‘€ opening.
@wajali.bsky.social doing many great interviews on his Left Hook Substack.

02.08.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israel’s atrocities in Gaza
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Airbnb guest says images were altered in false Β£12,000 damage claim Woman wins apology and refund of almost Β£4,300 after claiming host’s photos were digitally manipulated

Airbnb? Choose an alternative.
Don’t support any organisation that is fine with supporting the illegal settlements in the West Bank and the apartheid Israeli regime.
#Airbnb

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02.08.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Reform

Reform

Only one party mentioned in BBC UK Politics headlines today

01.08.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 116    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 12
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Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance US banks have already pulled out of NZBA, the UN environment programme’s finance initiative

Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance.

They all support Trumpism and chase profits whilst humanity and planet earth face crisis.

Can't expect banks to voluntarily accept social responsibility, it must be imposed by law.

02.08.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 17

Apparently, Trumps soon to be appointed new Labour Stats chief will not be relying so much on statistics… She will occasionally be collating an album of drawings, poems and sketches documenting just how amazing the jobs market is.

01.08.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jury orders Tesla to pay $329m to plaintiffs in deadly 2019 Autopilot crash Case opens door to other costly lawsuits after jury held that the car company bore significant responsibility in the crash

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

01.08.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And then.....?
She has all the required qualifications for working for the Trump regime.

01.08.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump UK visit: who really sold the US embassy? Reality Check finds out if President Trump was right about the Obama administration selling the building.

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01.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What the Corbyn comeback tells us is the 'anti-semitism' trope can no longer be used effectively as a political cosh.
People care more about saying no to genocide than being labeled an anti-semite.

31.07.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday, I published an article about yourparty.uk

I want to issue a public correction and a sincere apology for an error.

In that article, I said 500,000 people had signed up. That was incorrect.

It is now 600,000 β€” and counting.

Real change is coming.

30.07.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1402    πŸ” 393    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 46

Via Defend Our Juries just now: High Court Grants Full Legal Review of Palestine Action Ban in 'Blow to Yvette Cooper'

Full legal review set for September. High Court cites β€˜recipe for chaos’ if legality of order isn’t reviewed as soon as possible, according to Defend Our Juries

30.07.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Defend Our Juries: Today the High Court granted permission to Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, to bring a full judicial review against the order of the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, proscribing the group as a β€˜terrorist organisation’

30.07.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palestine Action co-founder wins permission to challenge ban Huda Ammori argued that home secretary’s decision to proscribe group under terrorism laws was β€˜abuse of power’

https://
I stand with Palestine Action challenging this abuse of power by UK Labour government.
#PalestineAction
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/30/palestine-action-co-founder-wins-permission-to-challenge-ban?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

30.07.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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