Grant Macdonald

Well done to Palestine Action for absolutely rattling those in the UK state that are supporting ethnic cleansing.

In the final minutes I can legally say that. Batshit

The function of public opinion for Labour is to to be weilded as a rhetorical bludgeon when it affirms their own preferences, and ignored or dismissed when it (frequently) doesn't. So of course they're attracted to the idea of literally making up their own public to tell them what they want to hear.

Lool

-- Oi mistah! Is this trine goin' to Newcarstle?

-- Why aye son, all aboard for LORT BURN SPECIALS

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About half the tickets have gone for this.

Chase up your mate who's a maybe and get them to confirm, lest ye miss out.

A truly grim e-mail from my local MP

Short thread on Yvette Cooper's decision to ban Palestine Action. 🧵

So it will be illegal to belong to or even express support for a group engaging in non violent direct action to stop a genocide

But it will still be legal to volunteer for the armed forces committing the genocide, and to express support for them (as most in Westminster and Fleet St do)

Sally Rooney understands exactly what is required from someone of her profession and social standing in this moment. We've seen so much cowardice from so many quarters in recent times that it's almost a shock to be reminded what a person of conscience acting with true integrity looks like.

That @libertyhq.bsky.social had to go to court to defend democracy against both Conservative and Labour governments is shocking.

Now that Labour has FINALLY accepted defeat in this legal challenge the government must now review ALL arrests made under these unlawful powers

Plainly the EU and the UK substantively support the aggression. No doubt they are happy that someone else is carrying it out while they sit back and prattle on about "de-escalation" and a "negotiated solution". Maximum (perceived) strategic gains for minimum (perceived) political cost.

WHO receiving reports of another mass casualty event in Gaza near food site World Health Organization officials said that initial reports point to at least 20 fatalities.

WHO receiving reports of another mass casualty event in Gaza near food site reut.rs/3FSQAEC

Is it not time for a UK/US no-fly zone to shoot down Israeli jets then? 🤔

Chuck Schumer posted this about a week ago:

Hands off Iran

The Pitmen Naturalists 5: Alexander Butters In the fifth instalment of her series of the citizen scientists of the nineteenth-century coalfield, Maureen Flisher traces the journey of a Cramlington miner who made a new life for himself in the US...

Really proud today to publish the latest update in our brilliant volunteer Maureen's series on the 'Pitmen Naturalists'. We're making these all into a booklet which should be available in September, and couldn't be more excited: www.nhsn.org.uk/the-pitmen-n...

Unfortunately I don't think I'm available for this (gutted cos I pure love trains) but yous all should go. 1) This particular event looks great 2) This broader series is great to have in the toon. Tell your mates at Sam Fender this weekend.

On strike

When you not only arm the aggressor state but even refuse to *identify* its aggression, you are contributing directly to the escalation.

Absolutely no mention of Muslims or Iranians. Because they clearly don't matter. Iran is the country being attacked right now ...you would never know it from this statement.

Shireen is right.

Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:

How on earth can the UK sanction two Israeli ministers yet — at the very same time — continue supplying weapons to the very government they serve?

The UK’s position is becoming more absurd by the day. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

Not sure how the World Cup can still happen here a year from now. Which foreign fans are going to fly to the US with the risk of being Gitmoed once they get here??

Protesters march in the streets

Protesters march in the streets

We’re in the streets in downtown Chicago.

Remember when Rebecca Long Bailey got sacked for ‘being antisemitic’ for sharing a Maxine Peake guardian interview and this was treated as normal. Wild few years.

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