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In September,Israeli Govt’s minister Gamliel on Channel 7 News,”We have already completely annihilated 75% of entire [Gaza] Strip.There remains 25%,which, as you know….we are now taking over [the city of] Gaza-there will be nothing left there that would really [have]the potential to be habitable.”

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

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The British Labour party once led the way in establishing a welfare state to protect those unable to support themselves and their families. Now, a Labour gov't is being taken to task by an international body this country was instrumental in setting up, for undermining the rights of disabled people.

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep International activists, journalists and lawyers deported from Israel after attempting to breach the 16-year maritime blockade of Gaza as part of a humanitarian flotilla have alleged being subjected to brutal physical and verbal abuse by Israeli forces during their detention. The alleged abuses included sleep and medication deprivation, beatings, having automatic rifles pointed at their heads, dogs set upon them, having to sleep on the floor, being subjected to insults and being made to watch footage of the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023. Continue reading...

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention

Books Are For Everyone: A Banned Books Week Reading List Banned Books Week—October 5th to 11th—is an annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the aspiration that books should be accessible to all. In recognition of Banned Books Week 2025, Haymarket is...

For #BannedBooksWeek, we’re highlighting the unjust censorship of political books which impacts countless incarcerated readers each year.

For every book purchased from this reading list, we will be sending a book to someone who is incarcerated.

Byline Podcast: Farage "Thick As Thieves" with Reform's Russian Stooge Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes joins Adrian Goldberg to discuss the links between Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and the party's former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, who has admitted acce...

NEW EPISODE: "Thick as thieves"

Exposing #Farage links with Reform's Russian stooge.

@goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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#OtD 6 Oct 1976 the Thammasat University massacre took place in Thailand when state forces and far-right royalist mobs murdered dozens of student demonstrators who were protesting against the return of military dictator Thanom Kittikachorn stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1066...

Pope Leo, after Trump critique, urges Catholics to help immigrants Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies.

Pope Leo urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Sunday to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. For @reuters.com:

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0 If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism “the ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction … no longer exists”.
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BREAKING: US President Trump says Israel "temporarily stopped bombing" Gaza as 17 Palestinians killed in new Israeli attack in Gaza City.

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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

Sign the Petition Church at the Crossroads: Responding to the Calls of Palestinian Christians

I've signed up to this statement from Western church leaders and ordinary Christians expressing solidarity with Christians in Palestine. It makes an interesting read to inform our prayers and actions on behalf of that troubled land and its people.

Have enjoyed reading “Doing Supportive Psychotherapy” by John Battaglia. Interesting read for any counsellor.

Solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters at this terrible time. Thoughts and prayers with the people of Salford and the community at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue! Anti-Semitism must be challenged and organised against at all times!

Best Jimmy Johnstone Quotes: 13 of the most interesting things said about the Celtic legend on football and his Parkhead legacy — The Scotsman Here are 13 of the best quotes about Celtic legend Jimmy ‘Jinky’ Johnstone legend on, what would have been, his 81st birthday.

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Trump’s pressuring the UK to axe the 2% Digital Services Tax (DST) on tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Google — one of the few taxes they actually pay.

Scrapping DST could cost us £5.2bn. Starmer is apparently ready to cave.

📧 Write to your MP today.
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Labour need to address the starmer leadership very soon or they will go the way of the Tories. Our politics has changed dramatically starmer is seen as a failed PM with no credibility.

4. We pay again and again for a failure to raise taxes. It’s a false economy, for which we suffer in multiple ways.
Fair Taxation Saves Us Money.

Injustice at home. Genocide abroad. The far-right rising across Europe.

We are at a critical juncture - and we need a real alternative, now.

Join us at yourparty.uk/join and help change politics, forever.

'Greedy and ruthless' businessman fined over a man's death among Reform UK's latest donors – HOPE not hate In 2006, “greedy and ruthless businessman” George Ruttle was fined over a man’s death and, in 2022, his company was fined after putting workers at...

More recently in 2022, Ruttle’s company was fined more than £66,000 after leaving workers at risk of a potentially fatal 30 foot fall.

Ruttle is just one of Reform’s dodgy donors. Read the full story here 👇

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Taoiseach accuses Israeli government of ‘genocidal intent from day one’ in Gaza Irish leaders to push for peace in Palestinian territory and for a vote on sanctions on Israel at UN General Assembly

Taoiseach accuses Israeli government of ‘genocidal intent from day one’ in Gaza

Looking forward to learning from this new book, ft. the work of my friend Azmeera Hammouri-Davis

Burnham's pathway to the Leadership I read Labour's rulebook - and here's what I found

I took a look at Labour's Rulebook to see whether there was a viable pathway for Burnham to displace Starmer. open.substack.com/pub/jolyonma...

Putting to one side the lies about what people claiming asylum get (asylum seekers whose accommodation provides meals get £9.95 cash support each week), they should be allowed to work while their claims are processed. It was the last Labour govt that stripped them of this right.

Lisbon Lions: why Celtic’s historic 1967 European Cup win was a defining moment for the Irish diaspora in Scotland How the iconic – and unexpected – footballing triumph at Portugal’s Estádio Nacional restored the pride and self-belief of a marginalised community.

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If the question is “How does a social democratic Govt prove it has the leadership to fight the rise and causes of far right support?” The answer is most certainly not Keir Starmer! This is a time for trusted leadership not failing politicians who have lost their moral authority!

Recognising Palestine is not a substitute for stopping the genocide.

When I was in the West Bank, No Other Land’s Basil Adra told the devastating truth.

The Iron Man tells it like it is! In one memorable chapter in the excellent George Connelly biography Celtic’s Lost Legend, the great Fifer and his closest pals in the famed Quality Street Gang, Davie Cattenach and Davie Hay,…

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THE TOP TEN CELTIC BOOKS As Celtic fans we are hugely fortunate to have a terrific number of Celtic books related to the club to admire. I have over 150 of them at least and whether it’s biographies, histories or eve…

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Farage's Big Immigration Crackdown Is Already 'Falling Apart'. Here's Why The Reform leader's claim it will save taxpayers more than £234bn has already been debunked.

Farage's Big Immigration Crackdown Is Already 'Falling Apart'. Here's Why

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