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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 4h

South Africa co-chairs The Hague Group, a coalition formed in January 2025, focused on holding Israel accountable through legal, diplomatic and economic measures beyond the ICJ proceedings.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire

President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.

www.aljazeera.com

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 18h

Wild honeybees have been officially listed as endangered in the EU – the first time their decline has been formally recognised.

Dr Arrigo Moro tells us why their survival matters for biodiversity, agriculture, and food security. ⤵️

Wild honeybees now officially listed as endangered in the EU

The wild cousins of beehive honeybees are disappearing – here’s why that matters

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

Millions more homes in Great Britain at risk of flooding.

Some towns may need to be abandoned as homes and businesses struggle to get insurance.

Inadequate flood defences.

Yet houses being built in flood prone areas, planning deregulated

Farage/Trump deny climate change.

Towns may have to be abandoned due to floods with millions more homes in Great Britain at risk

Every constituency projected to be at greater risk, with many areas likely to be uninsurable, Guardian investigation finds

www.theguardian.com

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Sami Eerola @eerolasami.bsky.social · 18h

Miksi näin käy aina laitaoikeistolaisten puolueitten nuorisojärjestöille?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 19h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

NHS caught using invasive surveillance tech on mental health wards - without patient's consent

Growing numbers of NHS trusts are using Oxevision, which enforces blanket, 24-hour surveillance on mental health patients.

More from Starmer's authoritarian government.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

NHS caught using invasive surveillance tech on mental health wards - without patient's consent

Growing numbers of NHS trusts are using Oxevision, which enforces blanket, 24-hour surveillance without ongoing informed consent

www.thecanary.co

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 1d

NHS doctor targeted by Israel lobby says "the death threats are worse than ever"

The Zionist lobby have been targeting, doxxing, and sending death threats to Dr Rahmeh Aladwan - to the point where she fears for her children's lives
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

NHS doctor targeted by Israel lobby says "the death threats are worse than ever"

The Zionist lobby have bee targeting, doxxing, and sending death threats to Dr Rahmeh Aladwan - to be point where she fears for her children

www.thecanary.co

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 19h

Otherwise known as Hail the Emperor
www.aljazeera.com/video/quotab...

Peace summit was a “Middle East wedding for Trump”

“I think most leaders there were there for him [Trump] as much as or perhaps more than they were for the ceasefire plan.

www.aljazeera.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 19h

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 20h

According to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), settlers have attacked Palestinians nearly 3,000 times in the occupied West Bank over the past two years.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

Mapping the rise in Israeli settler attacks across the occupied West Bank

With more than 1,000 settler attacks in the first eight months, 2025 is on track to become the most violent year yet.

www.aljazeera.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

The document at the heart of the deal leaves much undefined, & neither side agreed the fine print of each term. That vagueness was important to getting both sides to sign on, but it also means some of the most difficult diplomatic work is just beginning. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Trump convinced Netanyahu to take a deal. Can he keep him onboard?

U.S. presidents from Bill Clinton to Joe Biden have found the strong-willed Israeli leader difficult to work with, and even Trump administration officials have been frustrated by some Israeli military strikes they see as undermining U.S. policy.

www.reuters.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed
Gaza's local health authority said the Israeli military killed six Palestinians in two separate incidents across the enclave on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israel says it opens fire on suspects in Gaza, local authorities report six killed

Israel's military said it opened fire on Tuesday to remove a threat posed by suspects who approached its forces in the northern Gaza Strip, and health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire.

www.reuters.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Love the Jewish Network For Palestine. So many prominent antizionists and academics. Glad to support them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBC2...

What the Gaza 'Peace Deal' is really about

YouTube video by The Crispin Flintoff Show

www.youtube.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu’s US schmooze went from 'hugging the bear' in 23 to 'riding the elephant' 25, Marwan Bishara
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8s9...

Netanyahu’s US schmooze went from 'hugging the bear' to 'riding the elephant': Marwan Bishara

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

www.youtube.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I've been told I am a leftist extremist too.
Hilarious.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 1d

I think tariffs hurt consumers, police shouldn't wear masks, and the President must obey the law - and shouldn't use his office to run personal profit-making schemes on the side.

This apparently makes me a radical Marxist.

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely agreed

EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

If you support Starmer, you are supporting Zionism, and you are supporting neoliberal austerity policies, you are also supporting the dismantling of the foundations of the Labour Party, and Blue Labour’s purging of the left. You are supporting a war criminal who does whatever Trump wants him to do

Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

Let them try. Given the scale of the ecocide, the toxic soils, air and water, this will take decades, generations and Trump & co will be long dead.

Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 4d

American troops paid by US taxpayers being used to prepare the ground for a real estate development that will enrich Trump, Kushner, Netanyahu, Blair, etc.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 4d

Trump sending 200 US troops to Gaza and allowing Qatar to build a base in Idaho is not going to go over well with the AMERICA FIRST MAGA movement.

Clearly, he no longer cares, but this will likely cause more fractures.

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Richard Burgon MP @richardburgon.bsky.social · 1d

ID cards are a threat to civil liberties, to data security & risk people’s private info being handed to US tech giants for profit.

They’re also a total waste of time and money when the government should be focused on people's real priority: tackling the cost of living crisis.

In Parliament today.

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

It is no wonder we are disgusted. Two main parties are complicit in genocide, another party is Trumpian with a Trumpist agenda, and there is a political vacuum on the left. Hopefully the Greens can help fill it.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Carolin Lucas, "The level of disgust and distrust in the population is like nothing I've ever seen before"

"It's really dangerous and scary"

"It's so important there is a voice out there offering hope and solutions and isn't afraid to say what it thinks"

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s not forget when the Tories were last in office - according to international Human Rights Watch - the UK was on course to make the list of countries that abuse rather than protect human rights

We need to protect the ECHR, not leave it

youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 1d

Nesrine Malik: "Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 1d

He's such a control freak.

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El MoJo (Car Free Routes) @carfreeroutes.bsky.social · 2d

People like this are a serious threat to society

Humanity Must Win @humanitymustwin.bsky.social · 7d

Ellison should be surveilled. He funds the IDF. #genocide fortune.com/2024/09/17/o...

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

fortune.com

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Freethinkers United @freethinkersunited.bsky.social · 2d

Israel's war crimes must NOT go unpunished!
#ArrestIsrael

A Ceasefire Won’t Bring Back the Doctors Israel Killed

Watch ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ the documentary that the BBC refused to air, to understand why Gaza must now heal without its healers.

zeteo.com

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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday in London 600,000 people reflected the Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/we-o...

We oppose genocide; our governments oppose us

Throughout the world people are marching in their tens and hundreds of thousands. These are the humanitarians of the world…

www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk

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Dianne Woodward @diannewoodward.bsky.social · 2d

It's going to be interesting.

MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 2d

This bubble pop is going to be epic

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