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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 4d

UK big four banks on course to pocket annual profits of more than £45bn.

Bank branches vanishing. Profits from high charges, low interest rates on savings, scandals, speculation.

Govt must levy windfall taxes on banks.

British banks to land £45bn profit bonanza

Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest will report results for the third quarter over the next few days, with HSBC releasing figures the following week.

www.thisismoney.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21d

One-third of UK children grow up in poverty, higher risk of dying young.

In some areas 62% of children live in poverty.

Children’s education, health, future employment prospects destroyed.

Caused by govts - austerity, low wages, spending cuts, fiscal rules.

Poverty is a political choice.

One-third of UK children grow up in poverty with higher risk of dying young

Children in the most deprived areas of the UK face higher death rates as childhood poverty continues to rise, according to research.

www.nursinginpractice.com

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Aug 31

How to prove Israel is not a settler colony even as it pursues 'Greater Israel' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-prove-israel-isnt-settler-colony-even-it-pursues-greater-israel

How to prove Israel is not a settler colony even as it pursues 'Greater Israel'

Israel's advocates wage a propaganda war, framing Palestinians as the 'colonisers' while erasing Zionism's colonial roots and cloaking conquest in myths of return and indigeneity

www.middleeasteye.net

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Aug 31

Israel’s three largest arms corporations, which all supply the Israeli military, have been allowed by the UK government to exhibit at the DSEI London arms fair in September:

🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries
🇮🇱 Rafael

caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...

Campaign Against Arms Trade

caat.org.uk

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Aug 11

“These activists are putting their bodies on the line to defend British democracy.”

@graceblakeley.substack.com on the civil disobedience campaign in London that led to hundreds of arrests of senior citizens:

zeteo.com/p/uk-palesti...

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Jake L @jaykayell.bsky.social · Aug 13

The many issues with the current Labour government laid out clearly by @graceblakeley.substack.com

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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · Aug 13

👉NEW -- Landmark complaint issued against UK Lawyers for Israel

by John McEvoy

Exclusive: UK Lawyers for Israel has waged a campaign against solidarity with Palestine. The group is now being referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
www.declassifieduk.org/landmark-com...

Landmark complaint issued against UK Lawyers for Israel

Exclusive: UK Lawyers for Israel has waged a campaign against solidarity with Palestine. The group is now being referred to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 10

For over 45 years, neoliberal and neoclassical economics have dominated UK policy — and failed us. In a new series, I explain why they fail, and show how you can argue back with reason and evidence. Economics should serve people, not markets. Let’s take it back.

youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...

Neoliberal economics is a con and total rubbish – so we're going to tear it apart

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

youtu.be

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Why running a country isn’t like running a household youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU?... Politicians love to say the government must “live within its means” – just like a household. But this analogy is completely wrong. In this video, I explain why.

Why running a country isn’t like running a household

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

youtu.be

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Jul 3

Anyone who wants to take on the Tories, Reform and this failing Labour government is a friend of mine.

Looking forward to seeing what this looks like in practice.

Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.

Join us. The time is now.

Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

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Carmen Williams @cwlon.bsky.social · Jun 29

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Carmen Williams @cwlon.bsky.social · Jun 29

Signed and shared. Unjustifiable laws need to be challenged.

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𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 [𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍] @michaelredacted.com · Jun 29

Hundreds sign legal experts’ open letter demanding no proscription of Palestine Action

Add your signature for democracy and the right to resist A Palestine Action protest in 2024. Hundreds of people have signed an open letter written by legal experts – and anti-apartheid campai…

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Mary Geddry @magixarc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Trump’s “brilliant” #Iran strike is already falling apart. $6 billion in bombs dropped, stockpiles quietly moved, and now Trump is begging Xi to keep the oil flowing. The U.S. isn’t leading, it’s doing #Netanyahu’s muscle work. New piece up. #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...

Operation Midnight Hammer: The $6 Billion Empty Hole

As Trump’s cartoonish Iran strike unravels, America stumbles from world leader to Netanyahu’s punch-drunk bouncer, while Xi Jinping waits for his next desperate phone call.

open.substack.com

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Jun 18

"This mission of getting food has become a killing point for Palestinians.. when we [ask] people why are you risking your lives they say we are starving, our kids are starving, we have no other option"

Rushdi Abualouf on people continuing to be killed when they try to collect food

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Carmen Williams @cwlon.bsky.social · Jun 17

#BBCbias works against democracy and, ultimately, humanity. Its shameful “reporting” of the Gaza genocide is fully exposed in this comprehensive study by @cfmnuk
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-is…

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Jun 13

Last week: "deliver peace through strength."

This week: "time for diplomacy."

Starmer can't cosplay the Army General one week.

And then pretend to be the global Diplomat the next.

Total lack of moral legitimacy.

The Prime Ministers approach is both foolish & dangerous

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Alex Scott-Samuel @dralexss.bsky.social · Jun 13

Rachel Reeves finally gets the message. But when will she discover that every penny of public expenditure is newly created by @bankofengland.bsky.social and thus requires neither taxation nor borrowing?

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · Jun 6

BritCard - brought to you by Palantir.

All part of a repression ready, gift-wrapped surveillance state for Farage to pick up and run with.

Remember kids - authoritarianism is OK when it has a friendly font 👌🏾

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Jun 4

My call for an independent inquiry into the UK's role in Gaza has passed its 1st reading in Parliament.

We will establish the truth over the UK’s complicity in genocide - and we will bring about justice for the Palestinian people.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Jun 2

This week, I am presenting my Gaza Inquiry Bill to uncover the truth about this country’s complicity in genocide.

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Carmen Williams @cwlon.bsky.social · May 28

#BoycottCarrefour
#DontBuyApartheid

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Desarma Madrid @desarmamadrid.bsky.social · May 28

📣 Hoy acaba la Semana de Acción Global contra Carrefour📣

‼️NO dejemos de exigir a Carrefour que ponga fin a su complicidad con el genocidio y apartheid del pueblo palestino ‼️

#BoicotCarrefour
#BoicotIsrael

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+972 Magazine @972mag.bsky.social · May 20

As Israel destroys Gaza, Israelis and Palestinians gathered in Beit Jala not only to mark the catastrophe of 1948, but to elevate living Palestinian testimonies.

Read more, by Dikla Taylor-Sheinman

www.972mag.com/joint-nakba-...

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