Farah Ahmed
@farzja.bsky.social
Climate justice and art. Lover of karaoke, gossip, cats, and liberation.
Free Palestine, Free Kashmir
Free Palestine, Free Kashmir
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Q11—In 2024, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan was “privately threatened” by foreign secretary David Cameron, who said he would defund the ICC if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. Does the government condemn the reported threats made by Cameron?
www.declassifieduk.org/70-questions...
www.declassifieduk.org/70-questions...
70 questions the UK government must answer about Gaza
‘Mainstream’ journalists have failed to investigate the UK’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. Here is what every minister should be asked.
www.declassifieduk.org
August 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Q11—In 2024, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan was “privately threatened” by foreign secretary David Cameron, who said he would defund the ICC if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. Does the government condemn the reported threats made by Cameron?
www.declassifieduk.org/70-questions...
www.declassifieduk.org/70-questions...
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US vice president JD Vance is to stay at David Lammy’s country house when he visits the UK on holiday this summer, reports say
JD Vance to stay with David Lammy on family holiday to the UK
www.thenational.scot
August 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
US vice president JD Vance is to stay at David Lammy’s country house when he visits the UK on holiday this summer, reports say
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Six years ago today, India unilaterally revoked Article 370, stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its limited autonomy and laying the legal groundwork for a full-fledged settler-colonial project. At The Polis Project, our mandate is unwavering: we centre communities in resistance.
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Six years ago today, India unilaterally revoked Article 370, stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its limited autonomy and laying the legal groundwork for a full-fledged settler-colonial project. At The Polis Project, our mandate is unwavering: we centre communities in resistance.
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More than 1000 physicists and scientists demand CERN end cooperation with Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-1000-physicists-and-scientists-demand-cern-end-cooperation-israel
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Over a thousand scientists have warned the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) of being complicit in "military and terroristic campaigns in the Middle East."</p>
<p>"As scientists, we cannot tolerate that the current state of war imposed by the Israeli government on Palestinians, alongside the unacceptable toll of lives and affront to human dignity, also compromises the continued peaceful collaboration of Israeli and Palestinian scientists between themselves, and with the rest of the community," the petition read. </p>
<p>The intergovernmental organisation, which operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, admitted Israel as the Organization’s 21st Member State in early January of 2014. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Over 1000 physicists and scientists have demanded <a href="https://twitter.com/CERN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CERN</a> to take action for Gaza.<br>
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Their statement here <a href="https://t.co/gdJa7E9iMI">https://t.co/gdJa7E9iMI</a><br>
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At link below, the expert opinion by Prof Alessandra Annoni & I, in support, on CERN legal obligations in relation to the OPt<br>
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— Luigi Daniele (@luigidaniele10) <a href="https://twitter.com/luigidaniele10/status/1952670312526725516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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August 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
More than 1000 physicists and scientists demand CERN end cooperation with Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-1000-physicists-and-scientists-demand-cern-end-cooperation-israel
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🚨BREAKING: UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned the ban on Palestine Action as a "disturbing" misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation.
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨BREAKING: UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned the ban on Palestine Action as a "disturbing" misuse of UK counter-terrorism legislation.
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
He writes: “I urge the UK Government to rescind its decision to proscribe Palestine Action".
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
July 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
the UK’s Internet age verification law has led to the effective censorship of all LGBT content on Reddit
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
what a shocking and unexpected turn of events!
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“Counter-protesters from Waltham Forest Stand Up To Racism turned up but were kept away from the hotel by police before being escorted away as tempers flared.
A spokesperson from Essex Police told Metro no arrests have been made” So Essex police blocked anti-racists and let the racists carry on
A spokesperson from Essex Police told Metro no arrests have been made” So Essex police blocked anti-racists and let the racists carry on
Absolutely horrific attack. We have been warning that vigilante mobs are being encouraged by the political narrative. Reform, Tories and Labour are all putting real people in danger. It is fascism that is a danger to the country, not people who have moved to the UK. metro.co.uk/2025/07/15/a...
Angry mob launch 'racist attack' on staff starting shift at migrant hotel
A video of the bloodied workers went viral online.
metro.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Counter-protesters from Waltham Forest Stand Up To Racism turned up but were kept away from the hotel by police before being escorted away as tempers flared.
A spokesperson from Essex Police told Metro no arrests have been made” So Essex police blocked anti-racists and let the racists carry on
A spokesperson from Essex Police told Metro no arrests have been made” So Essex police blocked anti-racists and let the racists carry on
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Wow. This is absolutely wild. How much more is our government going to pander to the genocidal Israeli government?
July 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wow. This is absolutely wild. How much more is our government going to pander to the genocidal Israeli government?
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Every hypocrisy of Keir Starmer
deserves to be reposted
again and again and again
meme via Alan Gasparutti
deserves to be reposted
again and again and again
meme via Alan Gasparutti
July 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Every hypocrisy of Keir Starmer
deserves to be reposted
again and again and again
meme via Alan Gasparutti
deserves to be reposted
again and again and again
meme via Alan Gasparutti
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'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Reserve your outrage for Israeli crimes in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-idf-not-antisemitic-reserve-your-outrage-israeli-crimes-gaza
'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Reserve your outrage for Israeli crimes in Gaza
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Punk bands have always been known for crossing the red lines of polite society, for shocking the mainstream. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be punks.</p>
<p>They are not there to give people a warm, fuzzy feeling about the world. For that, there is always James Blunt or Coldplay. </p>
<p>Punks are there to channel the anger and alienation that many feel against the hypocrisy and bigotry of society. And at Glastonbury, both Kneecap and Bob Vylan held a mirror up to the UK over its support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Cue hysteria and confected outrage.</p>
<p>Rapper Bobby Vylan’s chant on a sunny afternoon at the Glastonbury music festival began with the familiar “free, free Palestine”. The crowd chanted along with him, highlighting the widespread support for the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> cause among festival-goers, and among wider <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" target="_blank">British</a> society.</p>
<p>He then said: “But have you heard this one?” As he launched into a chant of “death, death to the IDF”, referencing the Israeli army, the crowd roared the same line back in response.</p>
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July 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
'Death to the IDF' is not antisemitic. Reserve your outrage for Israeli crimes in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-idf-not-antisemitic-reserve-your-outrage-israeli-crimes-gaza
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The planet doesn’t care about where we take CO₂ out of the air, but it does care how we do it. Tree planting or forest restoration should not be used to offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions because it doesn't work.
EU may allow carbon credits from developing countries to count towards climate goals
Exclusive: Green groups furious at plans to let member states buy controversial carbon offsets from overseas
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The planet doesn’t care about where we take CO₂ out of the air, but it does care how we do it. Tree planting or forest restoration should not be used to offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions because it doesn't work.
Week two of unemployment: I don't know how I ever had the time for a full time job around all of my other commitments.
July 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Week two of unemployment: I don't know how I ever had the time for a full time job around all of my other commitments.
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you guys never ask where a Palestinian can be safe and why that isn't Palestine
"where can the Jews go to be safe?"
Folks if that's your concern ask why the United States isn't safe. Why isn't Germany safe. Why wouldn't the U.S. take Jews? What did Germany do to theirs?
How the fuck is any of that a Palestinian's fault
Folks if that's your concern ask why the United States isn't safe. Why isn't Germany safe. Why wouldn't the U.S. take Jews? What did Germany do to theirs?
How the fuck is any of that a Palestinian's fault
June 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
you guys never ask where a Palestinian can be safe and why that isn't Palestine
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In accepting to be led like sheep, European workers were perpetuating their own enslavement to capitalists… They failed to exercise any independent judgment on the great issues of war & peace, and therefore ended up by slaughtering not only colonial peoples but also themselves.
—Walter Rodney
—Walter Rodney
June 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In accepting to be led like sheep, European workers were perpetuating their own enslavement to capitalists… They failed to exercise any independent judgment on the great issues of war & peace, and therefore ended up by slaughtering not only colonial peoples but also themselves.
—Walter Rodney
—Walter Rodney
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Can we take a rest?
June 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Can we take a rest?
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You can’t see rainbows from underneath the rubble. Equally, you cannot in good conscience celebrate Pride in the west while knowing that many of our countries are supplying the arms & funds that are killing queer Palestinians & … their families.
- Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
You can’t see rainbows from underneath the rubble. Equally, you cannot in good conscience celebrate Pride in the west while knowing that many of our countries are supplying the arms & funds that are killing queer Palestinians & … their families.
- Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Jad Salfiti
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A humble, ageless queen who will never learn to prioritise getting to the professional event on time over taking birthday selfies in the garden 🥳
June 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A humble, ageless queen who will never learn to prioritise getting to the professional event on time over taking birthday selfies in the garden 🥳
Keep agreeing to do talks and realising afterwards that people think I'm a *youth* activist. My dudes, I'm 35 on Wednesday. 🥴🫣
June 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Keep agreeing to do talks and realising afterwards that people think I'm a *youth* activist. My dudes, I'm 35 on Wednesday. 🥴🫣
Officially unemployed ☀️
June 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Officially unemployed ☀️
Today is the last day at an organisation I've been in for almost 9 years. My leaving email is pure chaos, I hope my colleagues enjoy the life advice, multiple Spice Girls quotes, memes, and poetry that I've managed to include. Unserious to the very end.
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today is the last day at an organisation I've been in for almost 9 years. My leaving email is pure chaos, I hope my colleagues enjoy the life advice, multiple Spice Girls quotes, memes, and poetry that I've managed to include. Unserious to the very end.
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So apart from wanting to be exempt from environmental laws and to have any current or future fines wavered @thameswater
now also want the right “to raise prices at any time before 2030”.
now also want the right “to raise prices at any time before 2030”.
June 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
So apart from wanting to be exempt from environmental laws and to have any current or future fines wavered @thameswater
now also want the right “to raise prices at any time before 2030”.
now also want the right “to raise prices at any time before 2030”.
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“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” - Benito Mussolini, and he should know.
June 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” - Benito Mussolini, and he should know.