Lisa Cumming

Grid interviews legendary activist George Lakey on his inspirations, the current political moment and what keeps him motivated - Grid Magazine George Lakey has seen his fair share of grim political moments. He has, after all, spent nearly seven decades fighting for civil rights, peace and environmental justice. At 87, Lakey recognizes that n...

"All the victorious struggles I’ve looked into deeply have had moments when it really looked hopeless."

George Lakey

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Pursue engagement at the cost of credibility and you’ll deserve neither and lose both.

Arrest after cyclist pushed off Sandown seawall on Isle of Wight The woman, in her 60s, had been cycling along Culver Parade in Sandown, police say.

This is the second such story in a couple of days.

I often think how easy it would be for someone to shove me into the road when I’m cycling.

The design of our infra (shared paths, low social safety) and the intersection of anti-bike culture & misogyny enable this.
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On the 80th Anniversary of the World's First Atomic Attack, Hiroshima’s Youngest Survivors Call for Disarmament On the 80th Anniversary of the World's First Atomic Attack, Hiroshima’s Youngest Survivors Call for Disarmament

"He likens the sharing of hibakusha stories to the passing of a flame from one lamp to the next, keeping the fire burning without end."

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Writing a conflict trend analysis with Word constantly buffering offset by hearing children playing in the street. They are currently singing to a cat.

Drawing Circles: Reflections on Hiroshima Day and European rearmament Eighty years on from the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima, the UK and Europe are rearming at breakneck pace, including with more US nuclear weapons. Kirsten Bayes reflects on the waning of arms con…

"Let the signals we send be those of peace, and the knots we tie symbolise how our fates are bound inextricably together."

Kirsten Bayes

A beautifully written reflection via @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social that connects many dots.

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2025/08/06/d...

The audio can be heard as "flashes"

Elon Musk's Grok AI is amplifying the conspiracy theory.

The X site continues to present a clear and present danger to the national security of our country, in both its acts and omissions, being a site which amplifies conspiracies & defends unlawful hatred

Israel’s assault on humanitarian norms | Letter Letters: Dr Lee Mordechai and Prof Liat Kozma of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem respond to an article from a senior aid official in Gaza

"For us, as Israeli citizens who believe in the sanctity of all human life, the current moment represents our own failure, alongside the failure of international law, the international community and most media outlets."
My colleagues Liat Kozma and Lee Mordechai

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Yinon Cohen, Professor for Israel and Jewish Studies (Columbia)
Lihi Ben Shitrit, Professor for Israel Studies (NYU)
Dov Waxman, Professor for Israel Studies (UCLA)
and myself - Reader in Israel Studies (SOAS)

have all described Israel's onslaught on Gaza as Genocide.

Material realities: Who needs ‘critical minerals’ and at whose expense? - Global Justice Now Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by UK play no major role in the green transition - and are driven in a large way by militarisation.

🚨 NEW: Over half of minerals designated as ‘critical’ by the UK play ‘no major role’ in the green transition, our research reveals 🚨

Our new briefing finds the often-harmful mining of these resources is being driven in a large way by militarisation

www.globaljustice.org.uk/resource/mat...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

People talking about learning lessons from history when those masters of war dropped bombs on children as today's masters of war continue to drop bombs on children.

Devastating footage of a flash flood destroying a village in Uttarakhand, northern India, today. Such events will become increasingly severe and more frequent as global temperatures rise. Posted by Channel 4 on IG.

Pink peace crane hanging against the bark of a tree.

"On his way home, Iida, the survivor and guide, stopped by a monument dedicated to the children killed. Millions of colorful paper cranes, known as the symbol of peace, hung nearby, sent from around the world."

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#Hiroshima

1945: Letters from Hibakusha On August 6 and 9, 1945, the US dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, killing between 129,000 – 226,000 people by the end of the year. Many suffer from debilitating diseases...

"The survivors—known as hibakusha—continue to endure the devastating effects of the atomic bomb."

www.1945project.com

#Hiroshima

Staff assaulted in Epping in 'racially aggravated' attack Two hotel workers are left with serious injuries as a result of the attack during a protest.

Staff at the Epping hotel were left seriously injured in a racially aggravated attack

It seems that the violent criminal 'protestors' responsible may have mistaken the hotel staff for asylum seekers

Obviously threats + violence against asylum seekers or staff is wrong
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It is generating intimidation and threats + some violence against refugees, migrants & minorities, hotel workers + others

that (i) some people feel they can threaten, intimidate, harass or attack asylum seekers [obviously wrong in itself]

+ (ii) apply that sweepingly to people who look foreign

Nick Timothy MP has criticised the police for protecting a man delivering food to a hotel from intimidation + violence. He + Max Tempers both seem to assume they can intuit immigration status (that he must be an asylum seeker without the right to work) simply from a man's appearance (ethnicity)

Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’ Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says

'Researchers concluded that the use of language about race and immigration by media and politicians has helped shape “the increase in reactionary politics and backlash against antiracism which has emboldened the far right in this country”.'

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

Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

"...people are fundamentally egalitarian but are led to collapses by enriched, status-obsessed elites..."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When you strip away humanity

I am going to set out some of what I see as the legitimate concerns of people who came to Britain & of ethnic minorities born here re policy, discourse & politics around migration, identity and race. Let me know if you have such concerns that you would like/want/expect to see acknowledged/addresses

Ohhh just heard this. Can still recite every word of Each Peach Pear Plum. And there's nothing cosier in the world reading the Jolly Christmas Postman with a wee one snuggled up.

As our count of confirmed Russian military deaths in Ukraine surpasses 121,500, we take a look at how the Kremlin’s campaign to memorialize fallen soldiers has spread to the nation’s schools and even kindergartens.

Read our full report: en.zona.media/article/2025...

Another family in Kyiv killed by russia in a strike on the night of July 31st. A mother, a father, and their 2-year-old son🕯

Trump orders two nuclear submarines to ‘appropriate regions’ after Russian Security Council deputy chairman’s ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’ — Meduza U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines to “the appropriate regions” following what he denounced as “foolish and inflammatory statements” by Russian Security…

The ongoing war of words between Donald Trump and Dmitry Medvedev now involves two nuclear submarines.

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“While these groups offer a sense of belonging, it’s crucial to recognize that they can equally lead to division and distress in personal relationships outside of conspiracy communities.”

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“On July 30, as people approached trucks distributing aid near Zikim, in north #Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire on them,” says Caroline Willemen, MSF Project Coordinator in Gaza.

“People were wounded in the gunfire and in the crush as crowds panicked and ran.”

Thames View (Barking & Dagenham) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 36.1% (-25.9)
🌍 GRN: 29.9% (New)
➡️ RFM: 21.3% (New)
🌳 CON: 12.6% (-10.6)

No CPA (-8.1) or TUSC (-6.6) as previous.

Labour HOLD.
Changes w/ 2022.