Bill Bowring

@billbowring.bsky.social

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Bill Bowring @billbowring.bsky.social · 4d

Marjorie Cohn: Security Council Shamefully Grants Colonial Domination Over Palestine to the US truthout.org/articles/sec...

Security Council Shamefully Grants Colonial Domination Over Palestine to the US

A UN Special Rapporteur has decried the resolution as a violation of Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.

truthout.org

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 4d

A number of @echr.coe.int cases have changed UK law for the better, Professor @billbowring.bsky.social tells talk.tv 🎥

Enabling the Sunday Times to tell people the truth about the #Thalidomide scandal is just one example.

There are many more👇

🔗 go.coe.int/USuVc

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

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Climate Change @euclimate.bsky.social · 19d

Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal: Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes – Announcements

https://www.europesays.com/2551728/

The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) is a tribunal that prosecutes climate crimes by states and corporations.…

Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal: Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes - Announcements - EUROPE SAYS

The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) is a tribunal that prosecutes climate crimes by states and corporations. In the latest iteration of the

www.europesays.com

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EUROPE SAYS @europesays.bsky.social · 19d

Radha D’Souza and Jonas Staal: Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes - Announcements - EUROPE SAYS

The Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) is a tribunal that prosecutes climate crimes by states and corporations. In the latest iteration of the

www.europesays.com

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 5 more Jonathan Portes, Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Bill Bowring, Michael H. Whitworth, Mary Margaret McCabe, Christina Pagel, Steven H. Seggie

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23d

Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23d

Andrew to be stripped of naval title, says UK defence secretary

Former Duke of York to lose honorary rank of vice-admiral a week after having royal title of prince removed The former Duke of York will lose his naval title, the defence secretary has said, as King Charles looks to draw a line under the ongoing scandal over his brother’s relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will be stripped of his honorary rank of vice-admiral, which he was given in 2015 and has retained even after giving up other military positions in 2022, John Healey confirmed on Sunday. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 24d

Empathy is weakness - Musk.

Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt.

Choose one.

Empathy is weakness - Musk. Image one.

Death of empathy is an early and most telling sign of a culture falling into barbarism. - Arendt. Image two.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 24d

NEW

An instance of the royal prerogative

Why an Act of Parliament was not needed to remove the title from the former Duke of York

By me

Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/an-instanc...

Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/an-i...

An instance of the royal prerogative

Why an Act of Parliament was not needed to remove the title from the former Duke of York

emptycity.substack.com

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 24d

What a nasty small minded article about one of the most gifted and consequential people never to have become PM. And the problems with Reform go way beyond "the crime of wanting to reduce immigration"

Michael Heseltine is making a bid to
become the fresh new face of
Remoanerism. Earlier this month
'Hezza' wowed the wets at Tory
conference with a speech to the effect that
Reform are 'equivalents to the fascists in the
30s' for the crime of wanting to reduce
immigration. This week, having acquired a
taste for the spotlight, he has spoken to the
Times from his Northamptonshire stately
home, setting out his stall in even greater and
more tedious detail. Aged 92 and still a Tory
peer, he hopes that his 'final contribution' to
public life 'may be to try to stop Nigel Farage' -
not out of any personal vanity, you understand,
but 'for the welfare of this country.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 24d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Bill Bowring , and 7 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Bill Bowring, John L. Cotter, Will Lowe, Graham Dutfield, Mark Priestley, Glen O’Hara, Pauline Stafford, Tim Leunig

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 24d

A Brexiter writes...

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24d

Emails reveal that Jeffrey Epstein was investigated for money laundering.

A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for "every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses" dating to 2003.

She even called one of Epstein's most important clients.

Jeffrey Epstein Was Investigated For Money Laundering, Emails Reveal

A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for “every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses” dating to 2003, the emails show. She even called one of E...

www.bloomberg.com

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers, Bill Bowring , and 1 more Jonathan Portes, Steve Peers, Bill Bowring, Maria Sobolewska

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 26d

Further updates on the ignominious end to Lam's ignominious policy. Good to hear Badenoch say "But we have a principle. We don’t believe in making things retrospective." Let's hope all Britain's parties follow that principle. And for a less punitive & vindictive approach to immigration more broadly

Tories will not deport legally settled people, Badenoch clarifies

Katie Lam spoke ‘imprecisely’ in stating large number of people would ‘need to go home’, says Conservative leader

www.theguardian.com

Bill Bowring @billbowring.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks for posting, Maia! I very much like pages 12-13, and the case studies, especially Corsica, enduring fascination

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 28d

Protesters against the ban on Palestine Action are planning 18 more demonstrations next month…

[thousands have been] arrested after holding handwritten cardboard signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action”.

news.sky.com/story/more-t...

More than a dozen Palestine Action protests planned next month despite ban on group

More than 2,100 people have already been arrested under terrorism laws for flouting the ban, campaigners say

news.sky.com

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National Lawyers Guild @nlg.org · 28d

— all stemming from a political protest. He told Truthout in August that while the defendants faced serious state charges, they were yet to be federally indicted, despite the federal government publicly threatening prosecution. This left the defendants in a “legal limbo.”

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National Lawyers Guild @nlg.org · 28d

Xavier de Janon, director of Mass Defense for the National Lawyers Guild, said the NLG is “very concerned” with the treatment of the Prairieland 17 given the large number of individuals charged, the surveillance and raids conducted to arrest them, and the “extreme nature of the charges”

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National Lawyers Guild @nlg.org · 28d

The NLG has raised the alarm about the Prairieland defendants.

https://truthout.org/articles/these-dallas-residents-are-on-the-front-lines-of-trumps-war-against-antifa/

These Dallas Residents Are on the Front Lines of Trump’s War Against “Antifa”

If convicted, people who showed up to a protest could face “decades of prison time,” the National Lawyers Guild says.

truthout.org

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 28d

Palestine Action supporters appear in London court on terror charges

The 27 are among 47 accused of holding placards supporting the banned organisation at London protests

More than 2,000 people have been arrested since Palestine Action was proscribed

www.thenationalnews.com/news/uk/2025...

Dozens of Palestine Action supporters appear in London court on terror charges | The National

The 27 are among 47 people accused of holding placards supporting the banned organisation at London protests

www.thenationalnews.com

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 28d

Demonstrations across 18 towns and cities next month, demanding an end to the ban on Palestine Action.

Individuals accused of supporting the now-banned group, currently held in prison awaiting trial, are due to begin rolling hunger strikes this Sunday.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

UK-wide protests against Palestine Action ban planned

Palestine Action was banned after alleged attacks on an Israel-based defence firm’s UK site and two planes at RAF Brize Norton

www.independent.co.uk

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The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org · 28d

ICE’s crackdown in Chicago reflects a deeper reshaping of the immigration system toward a singular focus: removing people with little or no review.

As ICE Raids Chicago, Trump Moves to Deporting People with Little to No Review

Far from the cameras, the administration is deeply reshaping the immigration system toward a singular focus: deporting people with little or no review.

www.themarshallproject.org

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Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland @soclawireland.bsky.social · 28d

Our statement of solidarity with Fahad Ansari in the face of persecution by the British State.

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Maïa Pal @maiapal.bsky.social · 29d

New here and a bit lost! But glad to be away from the other site…

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EJIR @ejir.bsky.social · 29d

In their new EJIR article, @maiapal.bsky.social
and Claire Vergerio introduce the idea of “woven and warring cosmologies” through the cases of Louis XIV and revolutionary Corsica.

You can read the full publication here: t1p.de/aeh1h

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Historical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · Oct 24

BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online!

Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!

Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism

Deadline extended to 27 May! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025

www.historicalmaterialism.org

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Oct 21

A critical view of the EU Commission proposals on classified information, by Emilio de Capitani - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/10/why-...

Why the European Parliament should reject (or substantially amend) the Commission’s proposal on EU Information Security (“INFOSEC”): (1) The issue of “classified information”

Emilio De Capitani , Former EP Official (1985-2011) Secretary of the LIBE parliamentary Committee (1998-2011). Affiliated to the S...

eulawanalysis.blogspot.com

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Socialist Lawyers Association of Ireland @soclawireland.bsky.social · Oct 10

SLAI is backing Catherine Connolly for the Áras. Vote #ConnollyForPresident!

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Sep 24

“Frustrate”

Please will someone in the HO send their new boss on a training course led by people with lived experience who have survived trafficking so she can discover whether she has a heart of stone or a heart of flesh or is just out of her depth in the complication of immigration visas

Jonathan Tranter @jonathantranter.bsky.social · Sep 23

"Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to change modern slavery laws to prevent migrants from making last minute attempts to 'frustrate a removal' after her bid to appeal in a trafficking case was thrown out by the court of appeal" 💀 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Mahmood vows to change modern slavery laws after bid to deport Eritrean man thwarted

Appeal court rejects home secretary’s attempt to appeal against blocking of return of man to France under ‘one in, one out’ deal

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Sep 13

Good to see my colleague @gsamaras.bsky.social on Channel 4 News discussing the dangers posed by the far-right racists marching through London today - and the need for the government to push back on their hatred and lies. [about 8 minutes in]

www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

Channel 4 News - Sat 13 Sep 2025

Channel 4's flagship news programme. Including the weather.

www.channel4.com

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · Sep 13

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