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@grannymath.bsky.social

Granny, professor emeritus of mathematics, believes in reason, following international rules and fairness for oppressed peoples. When I ‘like’ a distressing post, it means I’m glad the post has been made, and injustice or cruelty exposed.

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Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade 042587a

Claim: Trump claims the Ontario government ad showing Ronald Reagan strongly opposing tariffs was "FAKE".

Fact check: ❌ FALSE. The Ontario ad was 100% accurate. Every word of the Ontario ad can be found in Reagan's radio address on "Free and Fair Trade".

www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...

24.10.2025 15:39 — 👍 148    🔁 43    💬 3    📌 3

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

09.10.2025 14:45 — 👍 1564    🔁 432    💬 97    📌 23
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Spain has made it a serious crime with up to Life imprisonment if anyone sends arms to Israel.

The rest of the world need to do the same.

No weapons for War Criminals.

09.10.2025 13:11 — 👍 767    🔁 235    💬 14    📌 9
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Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story | CBC News Margaret Atwood has again taken to social media to take aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's ...

"Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.09.2025 22:30 — 👍 33    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon

Bloody hell! I'd better be careful coming back from the allotment wearing pro Palestine clothing and carrying me' trowel.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

29.07.2025 02:06 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains).

Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.

28.07.2025 06:13 — 👍 2436    🔁 483    💬 157    📌 49
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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...

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. They're meeting on Monday, so we don't have long to get the PM to act. Add your name to the open letter now: 38d.gs/07es

27.07.2025 12:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.

Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.

22.07.2025 16:16 — 👍 1711    🔁 817    💬 70    📌 79

Thank you Dawn. As one of your constituents I am pleased to see you are trying to get the government to more effectively condemn Israeli behaviour and start to bring peace and justice to Palestinians.

22.07.2025 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Words are not enough - current actions are not enough - where is our humanity?

Israel’s barbaric killing of civilians and repeated breaches of international law must stop.

Tell me the words that will make you act and I will say them. My plea to my government👇🏾

22.07.2025 16:06 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 6    📌 2
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Israel Expands Offensive in Gaza and Raids a W.H.O. Office

For a while there was too little coverage of the starvation in Gaza and the shootings at aid sites, but what strikes me now is how much coverage (relatively speaking) there is in print and even TV, and yet Israel keeps ratcheting up in plain view.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/w...

22.07.2025 14:37 — 👍 67    🔁 29    💬 5    📌 8

Freeports and SEZs make this a much easier process, why? Because secondary legislation is embedded in all 86 UK free zones, which means zero parliamentary or public scrutiny.
Please sign and share this petition with your friends and family, and across all your social media platforms. Thank you💚

19.07.2025 08:01 — 👍 27    🔁 11    💬 0    📌 0
Portrait photo of Hamzeh Al-Amareen, Manager of a White Helmets Emergency Response Center, who was abducted on Wednesday 16 July while he was on a mission to evacuate a United Nations team in the city of Suwayda at their request.

Portrait photo of Hamzeh Al-Amareen, Manager of a White Helmets Emergency Response Center, who was abducted on Wednesday 16 July while he was on a mission to evacuate a United Nations team in the city of Suwayda at their request.

Hamzeh Al-Amareen, Manager of a White Helmets Emergency Response Center, was abducted on Wednesday while he was on a mission to evacuate a United Nations team in the city of Suwayda at their request.
whitehelmets.org/node/2446

19.07.2025 08:05 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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People aren’t seeing the benefit of renewables because electricity prices are still tied to gas. That means higher bills for everyone, even though more of our power comes from cheaper renewables.

We must break that link to cut energy bills for everyone.

19.07.2025 07:27 — 👍 142    🔁 59    💬 4    📌 1

@commonsspeaker.parliament.uk who can censor MPs?

17.07.2025 01:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it.

This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record.

This is not how a democracy behaves.

We will not be silenced.

08.07.2025 15:06 — 👍 2035    🔁 750    💬 72    📌 80
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The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has called for US President Donald Trump to face criminal prosecution for complicity in genocide for his support of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution mechanism.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xqbca8

12.07.2025 19:06 — 👍 432    🔁 179    💬 14    📌 13
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Every child is precious unless that child is Palestinian The world professes reverence for childhood, but hollow platitudes about universal children’s rights aren’t meant for the colonized.

READ: The world says “every child is precious” — but not if that child is Palestinian.

Gaza’s children are burned alive while the West offers silence, excuses, and weapons. Dina Elmuti rips through the hypocrisy of a world that mourns some kids and murders others.

mondoweiss.net/2025/07/ever...

13.07.2025 21:01 — 👍 144    🔁 93    💬 3    📌 4
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Israeli forces have been bombarding the northern half of the Gaza Strip. Around 40 bombs were dropped on Beit Hanoun on Saturday, while a building near the Islamic University in Gaza City was blown up.

13.07.2025 08:08 — 👍 359    🔁 299    💬 47    📌 29
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Attacks on Palestinians intensifying in occupied West Bank: UN rights body UN office reports 757 settler attacks since January, up 13 percent from 2024, as deaths since January near 1,000.

UN office reports 757 settler attacks since January, up 13 percent from 2024, as deaths since January near 1,000.

15.07.2025 12:00 — 👍 93    🔁 70    💬 4    📌 6
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Videos show dozens of Palestinian-owned vehicles engulfed in flames after Israeli settlers set them on fire at a salvage yard in the village of Burqa, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

15.07.2025 09:06 — 👍 221    🔁 153    💬 12    📌 18
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How Israeli colonization disrupts the Palestinian social fabric in the West Bank The villagers of Taybeh have lived in harmony with the nearby Bedouins for generations. Israeli colonization and the shrinking land available to these communities are now straining social relations, as...

The villagers of Taybeh have lived in harmony with the nearby Bedouins for generations. Israeli colonization and the shrinking land available to these communities are now straining social relations, as Israeli settler violence threatens both.

mondoweiss.net/2025/07/how-...

#Palestine #Israel

14.07.2025 15:05 — 👍 62    🔁 32    💬 3    📌 0
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Gaza War coverage: new report reveals systematic bias against Palestinians The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts

"The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts"

15.07.2025 09:38 — 👍 534    🔁 194    💬 14    📌 13
EU weighs suspending Israel ties over Gaza crisis
Jacopo Barigazzi, Gabriel Gavin
(Politico EU)
BRUSSELS — Suspending part of the EU-Israel Association Agreement could be on the cards over the country’s breaches of its human rights obligations in Gaza.
A leaked draft of the European Union’s list of potential measures, drawn up by the European External Action Service and seen by POLITICO, presents a series of options including the “full suspension” of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which provides for close ties on trade and other areas of cooperation.
Other proposals include the partial suspension of the pact, “i.e., the political dialogue” between Brussels and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which would require the unanimous support of all 27 member countries.
However, the review finds, “the suspension of the trade chapter” of the agreement “would withdraw the trade preferences for Israeli products to enter the EU market and could be decided by qualified majority vote in the Council,” which would be more likely to pass.
A potential ban on all imports from illegal settlements in the West Bank would require full agreement from member states. However, the document states that individual capitals could implement this policy at the national level.
Alternative suggestions include barring Israel from EU programs for students and scientists, such as Erasmus and Horizon, or limiting technical cooperation and memoranda of understanding.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was tasked with drawing up proposals following a meeting of European leaders in June, focusing on what steps could be taken against Israel despite opposition from steadfast allies like Hungary and Germany.

EU weighs suspending Israel ties over Gaza crisis Jacopo Barigazzi, Gabriel Gavin (Politico EU) BRUSSELS — Suspending part of the EU-Israel Association Agreement could be on the cards over the country’s breaches of its human rights obligations in Gaza. A leaked draft of the European Union’s list of potential measures, drawn up by the European External Action Service and seen by POLITICO, presents a series of options including the “full suspension” of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which provides for close ties on trade and other areas of cooperation. Other proposals include the partial suspension of the pact, “i.e., the political dialogue” between Brussels and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which would require the unanimous support of all 27 member countries. However, the review finds, “the suspension of the trade chapter” of the agreement “would withdraw the trade preferences for Israeli products to enter the EU market and could be decided by qualified majority vote in the Council,” which would be more likely to pass. A potential ban on all imports from illegal settlements in the West Bank would require full agreement from member states. However, the document states that individual capitals could implement this policy at the national level. Alternative suggestions include barring Israel from EU programs for students and scientists, such as Erasmus and Horizon, or limiting technical cooperation and memoranda of understanding. The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, was tasked with drawing up proposals following a meeting of European leaders in June, focusing on what steps could be taken against Israel despite opposition from steadfast allies like Hungary and Germany.

the EU is considering full suspension of ties with Israel.

10.07.2025 19:37 — 👍 974    🔁 171    💬 9    📌 33
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That more children living in poverty, more families in work struggling on the lowest incomes and more women traumatised by bureaucracy means must be a matter of when, not if, the two child benefit cap scrapped. Swipe left to see how today’s data on its impact a call to action.

10.07.2025 20:24 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

And make comfortably off pensioners like me pay NI. Older people lucky enough to still be alive (my husband died at 62) cost the state a lot.

05.07.2025 18:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Performative cruelty

05.07.2025 17:41 — 👍 73    🔁 18    💬 1    📌 0
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FIFA and IOC Must Ban the United States and Israel from Hosting or Participating in International Sporting Events En Español abajo Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Must Demonstrate a Commitment to Universal Human Rights by Banning the United ...

"FIFA and IOC Must Ban the United States and Israel from Hosting or Participating in International Sporting Events"

actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

27.06.2025 22:12 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

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