Norwayβs sovereign wealth fund has pulled investments from 11 Israeli companies, citing concerns over Israelβs ongoing war and blockade in Gaza. The fund, the largest in the world, had previously held stakes in 61 Israeli firms.
12.08.2025 09:25 β π 688 π 217 π¬ 25 π 23
Screenshot of BBC news saying police arrest 474 people at Palestine Action ban protest.
What an utter absurdity our Home Secretary has created -
Destroying British free speech, right to protest and with it undermining democracy.
It is not for the government to terrorise the public for political opinions they donβt want to hear.
10.08.2025 06:24 β π 1060 π 364 π¬ 74 π 19
Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja on the arrests in Parliament square,
βI think this is going to go down as one of the most shameful moments in British legal history"
10.08.2025 11:09 β π 815 π 262 π¬ 16 π 9
What is the latest news on this legal challenge? Is @goodlawproject.bsky.social involved in the case?
10.08.2025 18:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper must really be proud of arresting an old woman - free speech at it's finest in Labour's Brexit Britain
09.08.2025 17:01 β π 557 π 235 π¬ 63 π 25
Thousands turn out to protest ridiculous designation of Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
09.08.2025 15:43 β π 927 π 270 π¬ 37 π 8
"Elderly people, a blind man in a wheelchair... they stood beneath statutes of the great leaders of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi & the suffragette Millicent Fawcett. The symbolism was clear"
Sky News reporting on the Met police arresting hundreds of people in London today
09.08.2025 18:52 β π 167 π 95 π¬ 9 π 11
Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott
More than 200 writers request cessation of all trade until people of Gaza given adequate food, water and aid
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Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson are among more than 200 writers who have signed a letter calling for an βimmediate and completeβ boycott of Israel until the people of Gaza are given adequate food, water and aid.
Hanif Kureishi, Brian Eno, Elif Shafak, George Monbiot, Benjamin Myers, Geoff Dyer and Sarah Hall also signed the letter, which advocates the cessation of all βtrade, exchange and businessβ with Israel. Continue reading...
Zadie Smith, Michael Rosen, Irvine Welsh and Jeanette Winterson sign letter calling for Israel boycott
07.08.2025 12:30 β π 239 π 68 π¬ 16 π 9
"Plastic harms human health at every stage of the plastic life cycle," says Dr. Philip Landrigan of @bostoncollege.bsky.social, lead author of a new Lancet report. Worldwide plastic production is on track to double by 2040, and triple by 2060.
07.08.2025 13:12 β π 227 π 106 π¬ 5 π 7
Sections of the U.S. Constitution Missing from Government Website
Articles I, Sections 9 and 10 are inaccessible on Congress-run portal, raising concerns over transparency and public access.
Article I Sections 9 & 10 of the U.S. Constitutionβwhich limit presidential power over tariffs and protect habeas corpusβhave disappeared from Congressβs website. They claim a coding error is to blame.
06.08.2025 15:57 β π 12686 π 6345 π¬ 1371 π 855
Gaza latest: Netanyahu 'decides on full occupation of Gaza' - with security cabinet to meet
Israeli media is reporting that Benjamin Netanyahu has decided on the full occupation of Gaza and is seeking approval from his security cabinet, which is set to meet. Follow the latest on the war in G...
Netanyahuβs reported decision to fully occupy Gaza is yet another declaration of intent to commit war crimes.
This brutal plan will only deepen suffering and entrench injustice. The UK must immediately denounce this plan and take action to protect Palestinian lives and uphold internationalΒ law.
05.08.2025 09:43 β π 79 π 41 π¬ 10 π 3
BREAKING: At least 87 Palestinians, including 52 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclaveβs Health Ministry.
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05.08.2025 10:24 β π 327 π 257 π¬ 15 π 23
The inside story of how America sent nuclear weapons to Britain
Nukewatch UK explains how it tracked the bombs being flown across the Atlantic.
US nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb have just been transported to England, new evidence suggests.
The government doesnβt want the public to know.
Hereβs how Nukewatch UK tracked the bombsβ journey.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-inside-s...
03.08.2025 07:55 β π 304 π 245 π¬ 19 π 17
So let me get this straight: Jack Smith investigates a guy who tried to overturn an election and incited an insurrectionβ¦ and heβs the one being investigated?
Weβre not a serious country. Weβre a banana republic with better brandingβ¦but thatβs going to shit, too.
02.08.2025 18:38 β π 9950 π 3325 π¬ 952 π 269
Israel has attacked the Palestine Red Crescent Society headquarters in Gaza and killed one member of staff.
The IDF has targeted and murdered PRCS medics & workers throughout its 22 month long genocide.
03.08.2025 07:20 β π 111 π 101 π¬ 6 π 6
Only 29% would back Brexit now
03.08.2025 08:39 β π 2607 π 766 π¬ 205 π 66
They might as well look off planet as there's certainly no-one down here they can believe or trust.
01.08.2025 20:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In 21 months the UK has given permission for just 3 Palestinian children to come here for treatment. Majd is the third.
01.08.2025 06:30 β π 37 π 24 π¬ 1 π 1
"The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza, and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest. In most of these cases the victim was under 12 years old"
01.08.2025 08:48 β π 851 π 515 π¬ 40 π 49
DOGE Has Wasted Billions Paying People Not To Work, Report Finds
Democrats did the math on DOGE's "war on waste." It's costing Americans $21.7 billion, they concluded.
DOGE Has Wasted Billions Paying People Not To Work, Report Finds
Democrats did the math on DOGE's "war on waste." It's costing Americans $21.7 billion, they concluded
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/doge-w...
01.08.2025 09:01 β π 345 π 174 π¬ 14 π 9
Will the UN give voting rights to Palestine in September?
31.07.2025 09:05 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Why is this man even being interviewed?
31.07.2025 08:44 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Politics isnβt tribal anymore β teenagers take a whole new view
Labour will let 16- and 17-year-olds vote: adding in the perspective of younger voters may bring much-needed refreshment to political life
"A recent Statista poll shows Gen Z (18β24-year-olds) overwhelmingly support progressive parties.
More plan to vote for the Lib Dems and Greens combined than for Labour, with just 15% backing Reform or the Conservatives."
29.07.2025 20:34 β π 176 π 52 π¬ 15 π 2
Yuli Novak from B'Tselem: "In recent months we have been witnessing a reality that has left us no choice but to acknowledge the truth. Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza strip"
29.07.2025 08:27 β π 90 π 60 π¬ 2 π 1
BREAKING: The confirmed number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks since the start of Israel's war on Gaza has risen to at least 60,034 people, according to the besieged enclave's Health Ministry.
π΄ LIVE updates: aje.io/cf7y8n
29.07.2025 10:22 β π 227 π 169 π¬ 18 π 18
Anyone attending these protests should have to provide DNA and ancestry search results.
27.07.2025 21:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This is what a 79 year oldβs hair looks like. Itβs the least fake photo of him Iβve seen.
27.07.2025 21:39 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Countries denounce Israel but keep trading with it
Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israelβs war on Gaza but wonβt move to stop bilateral trade.
Twenty-eight countries sign statement calling for end to Israelβs war on Gaza but wonβt move to stop bilateral trade.
27.07.2025 18:00 β π 209 π 113 π¬ 13 π 27
I trust international news crews will be accompanying the aid deliveries to record everything they see.
27.07.2025 16:01 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I agree with those questioning the cost of security for the βvisitβ. This is primarily a private commercial visit and bill should be sent to Trump organisation.
26.07.2025 08:19 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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