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‘No one should act surprised,’ says UN expert who warned of starvation in Gaza last year Michael Fakhri, UN special rapporteur on the right to food, who sounded the alarm in early 2024, says: ‘Israel is starving Gaza. It’s genocide’

If anyone reading this feels better to dismiss me as antisemitic, I really don't care. I know I'm not, and I know that Netanyahu is a war criminal presiding over genocide in Gaza. One day he will be forced to face that fact, either in a human court or before YHWH

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An open letter to Keir Starmer on Gaza Donald Trump is the only person who can lean on Israel to stop starving people to death in Gaza. Keir Starmer could convince Trump to do that. Trump and Starmer are meeting on Monday, so we don't have...

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As Gaza starves, Netanyahu jokes about McDonald’s with ‘manosphere’ podcasters Nelk Boys | Arwa Mahdawi The Israeli PM went on Full Send Podcast ‘to reach young people’. After his appearance, its YouTube channel lost more than 100,000 subscribers in less than a day

Netanyahu is a war criminal. Not more, not less. He must face justice. Preferably in this world, but undoubtedly in the next.

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An Open Letter Demanding Bold Climate Action I just signed the open letter demanding all MPs take bold action to tackle the climate emergency. Will you join me?

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? Make it illegal to park on someone else's driveway

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Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Sign the Petition Stop Evri from Unfairly Cutting Couriers' Rates and removing work without notice

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Orangutan extinction for gold? Only 800 of them remain, and now a mine expansion could wipe them out. Act now!

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Eurovision: united by... war crimes? URGENT: Click here to ban Israel until this dirty war ends

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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

When you begin to wonder whether KemiKasi's Tories might even have presided over a less destructive rampage across the natural world than Labour, you know it's time to abandon hope...

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Keir Starmer: Stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals I just signed the campaign calling Keir Starmer to stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals

Outrageous. Trump has told the UK that if we want tariff relief we need to buy chlorinated chicken from the US! 🤢🐔 How dare he try and impose poor food standards in Britain. Sign the petition to keep chlorine-washed chicken off our shelves: 38d.gs/chicken-bsk

“This is not serious trade policy or grand strategy,” said Tooze. “The boss hates trade deficits and his team of willing sycophants came up with a formula, however idiotic, that ticked the box.”

And there you have it. Arrogance balancing precariously on stupidity.

Sign the Petition Stop the Shooting of Foxes Across the UK – Demand a National Ban on Inhumane Culling

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More than 50,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run ministry says More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says.

However distasteful it may be to suggest that human lives can be reduced to mere arithmetic, what kind of justification can there be for the idea that 1,200 Jewish lives are somehow vindicated by the loss of 50,000 Palestinian lives?

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When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’ Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Ro...

Sanity. Such a rare commodity just now...

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The UK must clamp down on fake companies The UK is failing to catch international tax evaders selling products on online marketplaces like Temu  – that was the finding of a Sunday Times investigation last weekend.

Thousands of Temu sellers are setting up UK companies then ‘stealing’ the VAT numbers of other, real UK companies to evade tax.

The UK must clamp down on fake companies

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This campaign needs you now Meta: Take down the Trump Gaza video #NoTrumpGaza

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Austerity got us into this mess. More austerity won't get us out...

Judge 'deeply troubled' by PMQs exchange on Gazans settling in UK Lady Chief Justice Baroness Sue Carr says a question asked by Kemi Badenoch and the answer given by Sir Keir Starmer were both "unacceptable".

Sir Keir Starmer should leave the slagging off of judges to his newfound seeming buddy, the Orange Maniac...

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Don't block citizenship for refugees I just signed a petition urging the Home Secretary to reconsider recent rule changes that could prevent some refugees from ever gaining British citizenship. Will you join me and add your name?

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Son saves dad twice with bone marrow and kidney donations Joshua, 23, was travelling in Australia when he got the phone call about his dad's failing kidney.

What a brave and beautiful story...

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We Can Make an Impact. Stop McDonald's at Dover White Cliffs - 200m from School, Threatening Health & Heritage

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Look at Labour’s acts of environmental vandalism and ask: did I vote for this? | George Monbiot Our rivers, our wildlife, the air we breathe: the government is sacrificing all to the insatiable god of GDP – and mocking our objections, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In answer to George's final rhetorical question - no, I bloody well didn't... Did you?

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Mostly civilians were killed in IDF attack on Lebanon village, BBC finds The missile strike on a Lebanese apartment block targeting Hezbollah left mostly civilians dead, BBC finds.

How many blatant lies can Israel and its IDF tell before their atrocities are recognised as such?

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Help ensure that nature is at the heart of the Government's planning reforms I've written to my MP to demand that the UK Government adopts a nature-friendly approach to planning and development. Will you take action too?

The stupid and false opposition of protecting the natural world on the one hand, and economic growth on the other, is just another culture war madness. We kicked the Tories out to stop this idiocy, for goodness sake...! 🙄

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What executive orders did Trump sign on day one? The Republican quickly set about using his new powers to approve executive actions on a host of policy priorities.

And so it begins. The running of the asylum has officially been handed over to its most seriously ill and intractable patients...

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Join the 1.7 million for the recognition of Palestine Sign for lasting peace in the Middle East

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A visual guide to the destruction of Gaza Satellite imagery, maps, video footage and graphics show how Gaza has been left in ruins by Israel’s war against Hamas

A ceasefire that's a year too late... The destruction of Gaza is practically complete, and no doctrine of self-defence can justify it.

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