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They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.

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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 3d

Politico has this nauseating quote: "Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Emily Thornberry told the BBC’s The World Tonight: 'If he can help to get us to a position where there’s peace in the Middle East, for heaven’s sake of course he should get the Peace Prize … I’ll wear a MAGA hat personally.'" (2/2)

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 3d

The US arms Israel, so it could stop the genocide whenever it pleased. Yet we're now seeing commentary suggesting that this is somehow down to Trump personally - he is "like a juggernaut" (Guardian). (1/2)

Jenrick, racism and "integration"

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 3d

New Substack post from me about Jenrick and what exactly the right means by "integration".

Jenrick’s comments on Handsworth were plainly racist, based as they were on the idea that if a white person is in a place where they can’t see another white person, something is horribly wrong.

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E-Bow the Letter - Wikipedia

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 13d

Splendid - Wikipedia tries to explain - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Bow_t...

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 13d

The Palestinian Authority, already an Israeli proxy, to go through "reforms" because it isn't supine enough. Resistance to the imposition of this monstrous attack results in continued genocide. And all this is described by the complacent morons of the BBC and the Guardian as a "peace plan". (3/3)

Israeli team out of top Italian cycling race over Gaza war protest concerns

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 13d

Palestinians don't get to vote for their own government until some undefined point in the future, because they aren't proper human beings but Arabs, brown people, children, who can only be trusted to elect their rulers once they have utterly abandoned any hope of justice. (2/3)

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 13d

So, Gaza becomes - a protectorate, a mandate territory, a colony? Ruled over by colonial governors Trump and mass murderer Blair, who rebuild the Palestinians' country to suit the needs of international capital. Arab ruling classes smile and nod. (1/3)

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 15d

Follows from Italian general strike for Gaza and Spanish protests achieving part-cancellation of La Vuelta. Strikes and protests can isolate the apartheid state.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15d

Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team.

Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 17d

Ok. They’ve pissed me off.

I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:

1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17d

Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism—and in the process, have become Israel's most important American allies.

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social reports on God's "blank check."

God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism

Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 20d

Years of nothing to do all day, cooking in the bathroom, dodging racists to get the kids to school, huge sums spent on taxis because the govt won't pay for buses or trains. Nothing like the luxury hotels the right talks about.

CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 20d

Good BBC report on life in asylum hotels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Behind the doors of asylum hotels - what I found when I went inside

A BBC reporter goes into four hotels and speaks to asylum seekers and staff about what daily life is like.

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 24d

On the Trump visit, the right-wing press all but say out loud that Britain has very little power in the world, the govt should do whatever the US wants and no problems with the royals staging Disneyland pageantry for visiting autocrats. Striking change from previous Tory ideas.

Your Party: Don’t fuck this up

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 24d

Straightforward message here to everyone squabbling at the top of the organisation. No to legal action - local groups keep organising - build the organisation - we need transparency at every level.

Race against time: how do we challenge the new far right?

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 26d

Report from Saturday's far right march in London and analysis of how we challenge them.

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 26d

"Unauthorised projection" is a crime now? If cops are using the Malicious Communications Act it looks like one hell of a stretch. We can expect this will never get to court, but legitimate protest gets suppressed and Donald kept happy.

Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles

Britain’s far-right march was years in the making

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · 27d

@leninology.bsky.social on how both Tories and Labour have for years conceded to and promoted the far right for their own ends.

Britain’s largest far-right march was no fringe event—it was fuelled by years of Tory & Labour support for anti-immigration policies, argues Richard Seymour.

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Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century @rs21.bsky.social · Sep 13

As Macron’s government faces yet another crisis, the Bloquons tout movement has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes across France. Some rs21 members joined the actions and report back from the ground

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Block everything: the struggle in France

Why is the Starmer government destroying itself?

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · Sep 12

How has a government so focused on professionalism blundered into disaster? Partly through bending the knee to Trump – so what strategy should parties of the left pursue?

First post in my new Substack - please share, subscribe, comment.

How has a government so focused on professionalism blundered into disaster? Partly through bending the knee to Trump – so what strategy should parties of the left pursue?

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · Sep 12

Handy summary now that Kirk's far right views are being sanitised.

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’

The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events

Warning! The rightwing junktanks behind the Tories’ worst disasters still have the keys to No 10 | George Monbiot

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · Sep 11

The Tufton Street lobbyists behind Liz Truss still play a major role shaping government policy under Starmer.

Who is running the government’s ‘growth school’ for civil servants? The answer surpassed my worst fears, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · Sep 2

"1930s-style autocracy". Gosh, if only there was a simple one-word term for that system of government.

Defiance, desire and devastation: Patti Smith’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you want a Patti Smith song that is deeply moving exactly because of its direct current political relevance in both Britain and the US it's "Citizen Ship", and so they leave it out of their stupid "ranking".

As the punk poet prepares to tour and reissue Horses for its 50th anniversary, we count down the best of her rich, rabble-rousing work

Responding to the racist moral panic

Colin Wilson @colinwlondon.bsky.social · Aug 26

In Britain a racist moral panic is in full swing - building on popular support that combines racism with anxieties around gender and sexuality. My latest for @rs21.bsky.social