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Early retired, left wing, secular jewish anti zionist, feminist, in no particular order. Pining to rejoin. Getting angrier as I get older. Voting Green. Love London, politics, dogs, art, comedy, food . . .
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Israel losing the propaganda war . . . qudsnen.co/when-hamas-v...

Zionism is—and always has been—a project of extermination. There is no liberal version.

The wages of the richest 1% have skyrocketed 182% since 1979.  Meanwhile, the wages of the bottom 90% have seen just 44% growth.  Trickle down economics was always a hoax.

Hamas, or all males aged 14+, or all Palestinians in Gaza? I think we know the answer #displacement #EthnicCleansing www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025...

Stop Funding Hate are calling on M&S to stop advertising on GB News

Deadlock. Hamas will not hold talks with Israel through mediators on any further steps in the fragile, phased ceasefire agreement unless Palestinian prisoners are released as agreed, group official Basem Naim told Reuters on Sunday. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

I've walked under these beautiful trees in #Falmouth almost every day for nearly 25 years. Have we learned nothing from the wanton felling of street trees in Sheffield & Plymouth? Do consider signing the petition if you're local. chng.it/DjhXqwLbwP

GPs being made redundant. No jobs for newly trained GPs. All while there is a massive shortage of GPs. Surgeries unable to hire more GPs- funding only for replacing the, with PAs and pharmacists. It is a huge scandal and NOBODY in the media will talk about it. #socialistsunday

BREAKING: PM Netanyahu says Israel is prepared to resume fighting in Gaza “at any moment” while vowing to complete the war’s goals “whether through negotiation or by other means”. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/eo8lx1

Martha Gelhorn, among the most perceptive foreign journalists to cover the Spanish Civil War. When asked in 1983 of her abiding memory of the conflict, she answered ‘The enormous bravery of the people, absolutely unbelievable bravery under appalling conditions'

Major escalatory milestone in the West Bank: Israel deploys tanks for the first time in over 20 years. A unit of Israeli tanks has been centered in Jenin camp, the occupied West Bank.

I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

Usefully sober fact sheet on Ukraine. Please share with those who need it. understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

Less than a quarter of voters put universities even in their top three choices for more education spending. It's not happening. The sector will be remorselessly downsized and 'rationalised', with only say 15-25 institutions looking like traditional unis by the beginning of the 2030s.

NEW: Thousands of people have marched on the Scottish Labour conference to call for the UK Government to take action against Israel over its illegal actions in Palestine www.thenational.scot/news/2495595...

🚨BREAKING Liberty Investigates & Sky News uncovered AT LEAST 28 universities investigated as many as 113 students & staff over pro-Palestine protests Unis shared students' data & images with police This is a SHOCKING crackdown on the right to protest at university www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUpQ...

A lot of words to avoid saying NEOLIBERALISM failed us, particularly the working class, especially those in former industrialised areas. We get it . . . And the Labour Party is no longer the answer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Choose your fighter

Cowardly decision and important British Jews voice their disgust at the withdrawal of this documentary. 👏✊️🇵🇸 www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/brit...

Any decent human being should be heartbroken over the fate of the Bibas children. What's utterly depraved is pro-genocide propagandists superimposing a manufactured & inflammatory narrative on this tragedy in order to justify the mass murder of more children.

Cowards www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

Absolutely this, which applies as much to the UK Labour Party as it does to the US Dems. Be clear - the failure of the Dems paved the way for Trump. The weakness of the 'soft left' enabled Starmer to destroy a once-socialist-tinged party. #politics #socialism #liberals #gaza

21 Feb 1994. Parliament voted down an opportunity to equalise the age of consent for gay men. Instead they lowered it from 21 to 18, two years older than for heterosexuals. It sent the message that homosexuality was still something that younger adults needed shielding from. #LGBTHistoryMonth

"The first signs that real fur was making a comeback came in January 2024, when the “mob wife” aesthetic became a major social media trend." Yep, ruled by gangsters . . . No wonder fashion reflects the lurch to fascism n failing democracies. 20s n 30s on repeat? www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/fa...

My name is Arnie. I'm a lab x collie & would love to have a quiet home, rural if possible & ideally with a female companion. I like male dogs but not all. I'm easy to walk & love the ball games. Please contact the rescue for more information if you think you can offer me a quiet home to call my own.

On the new episode of our podcast, On the Nose, @aptly-engineerd.bsky.social speaks with @maricohen.bsky.social, Noah Kulwin, and @sidhubaba.bsky.social about the Oscar-nominated film The Brutalist.

It's always the Libraries . . . I'm amazed we have any left. The ones in my borough that have survived are busy and used by the whole community from toddler sessions, students revising, to us oldies needing their toilets and people actually borrowing books 💔 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

#palestine

Hamas said in a statement it “preserved the lives of the occupation prisoners”, provided them with what it could, and “treated them humanely, but their army killed them along with their captors”. Israel cared more about the genocide than their own citizens. aje.io/tn11ld?updat...

One of the most remarkable books I have read. Recommend it but man it is a hard read at times.

When you put the dots into Donald Trump's signature, it looks like a Ku Klux Klan rally. How very appropriate.

#EndTheDuopoly www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

As the wealth gap grows, so too does the health gap. Investing in bold public health services is a matter of life and death. A wealth tax of 2% would raise £24 billion a year for our country to support that investment #TaxTheRich #TaxOurWealth

"In July 2024 the ICJ recognised beyond any reasonable doubt that the occupation that Israel maintains is unlawful.. the occupation is unlawful because it prevents the Palestinians from enjoying the right of self determination" UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese in Berlin today

The United Nations says Israel is making refugee camps in the occupied West Bank unliveable. Laura Khan reporting.

Andrew Whitehead explores the New Left's legacy, shaping peace, student, and liberation movements, with a focus on Hackney figures like Sheila Rowbotham & David Widgery. May 10, 2025, Round Chapel. Tickets via link in bio! #NewLeft #Hackney #SocialMovements #HackneyHistoryFestival

This.

Thames Water, which is over £16 BILLION in debt, has just been granted a £3 billion rescue loan. Last December it was still paying fat dividends to bosses and shareholders. This corporate greed and entitlement needs to be stopped. As I’ve said before: It’s fucking WATER.

BREAKING: German police banned DiEM25's venue where Francesca Albanese was to deliver, today, a speech on Palestine. Our organisers have found another venue and are calling attendees to make their way to it. Help us defend democracy! diem25.org/police-press...