Ron Fassbender
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Photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK.
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Ron Fassbender
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· May 10
'Stop Arming Israel' protest at the Foreign Office in London, UK last night. It followed a report co-authored by @progintl.bsky.social into weapon sales & accusations that Foreign Secretary David Lammy has misled Parliament.
Freedom of expression in England's culture sector under threat from ‘structural’ political pressure, report warns
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Freedom of expression in England's culture sector under threat from ‘structural’ political pressure, report warns
Testimonies from arts workers claim that expressions of solidarity with Palestine and support for the rights of transgender people are being disproportionately stifled
www.theartnewspaper.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Freedom of expression in England's culture sector under threat from ‘structural’ political pressure, report warns
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/02/f...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/02/f...
EPA Images’ Gaza photojournalist Haitham Imad honoured at press awards - photoarchivenews.com/news/epa-ima...
EPA Images’ Gaza photojournalist Haitham Imad honoured at press awards - Photoarchivenews
'“The price for them in blood and treasure and peace of mind has been high. Many other fellow journalists and friends have lost their lives or been injured to be able to inform from Gaza. ...'
photoarchivenews.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
EPA Images’ Gaza photojournalist Haitham Imad honoured at press awards - photoarchivenews.com/news/epa-ima...
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How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
In the London Borough of Camden, where PM Keir Starmer's constituency is located, there's been a 48% increase in rough sleeping since 2021/22 & a continuing huge shortage of affordable housing. Another epic fail by the most unpopular Prime Minister on record? 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The numbers of rough sleepers in Camden rise as temperatures drop
As the temperature falls, Camden Council's outreach team begins its regular count of rough sleepers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In the London Borough of Camden, where PM Keir Starmer's constituency is located, there's been a 48% increase in rough sleeping since 2021/22 & a continuing huge shortage of affordable housing. Another epic fail by the most unpopular Prime Minister on record? 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New FOI data shows air quality budgets cut drastically as campaign group calls for their restoration - envirotecmagazine.com/2025/11/18/n...
New FOI data shows air quality budgets cut drastically as campaign group calls for their restoration | Envirotec
Families led by Mums for Lungs outside the High Court during Dieselgate trial (photo credit: Ron Fassbender). The budget for local councils to tackle air po ...
envirotecmagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New FOI data shows air quality budgets cut drastically as campaign group calls for their restoration - envirotecmagazine.com/2025/11/18/n...
'UN report details how major corporations are enabling and profiting from the Israeli occupation and violence against Palestinians' -
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
How the world enriches from the blood of the Palestinians
UN report details how major corporations are enabling and profiting from the Israeli occupation and violence against Palestinians.
progressive.international
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
'UN report details how major corporations are enabling and profiting from the Israeli occupation and violence against Palestinians' -
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
UN Special Rapporteur:
"The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel."
www.un.org/unispal/docu...
"The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel."
www.un.org/unispal/docu...
Report: "Gaza Genocide: a collective crime" by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (A/80/492) Advance unedited version - Question...
20 October 2025 To learn more about Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the Question of Palestine, click here to visit the dedicated webpage. Eightieth session Agenda item 72 (c) Pro...
www.un.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UN Special Rapporteur:
"The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel."
www.un.org/unispal/docu...
"The ongoing genocide in Gaza is a collective crime, sustained by the complicity of influential Third States that have enabled longstanding systemic violations of international law by Israel."
www.un.org/unispal/docu...
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The new documentary "Gaza: Journalists Under Fire" honors the remarkable bravery and work of Palestinian journalists reporting on the Gaza genocide, including those who have been killed by Israel simply for sharing the truth.
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/film...
#Palestine #Israel
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#Palestine #Israel
Film Review: Reporting under fire in Gaza
The new documentary “Gaza: Journalists Under Fire” honors the remarkable bravery and work of Palestinian journalists reporting on the Gaza genocide, including those who have been killed by Israel...
mondoweiss.net
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The new documentary "Gaza: Journalists Under Fire" honors the remarkable bravery and work of Palestinian journalists reporting on the Gaza genocide, including those who have been killed by Israel simply for sharing the truth.
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/film...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/film...
#Palestine #Israel
It’s time to resist the populist retreat on climate action -
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
It’s time to resist the populist retreat on climate action
We must be louder, bolder and more confident in calling out the lies of net zero sceptics
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
It’s time to resist the populist retreat on climate action -
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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EXPOSED: The Scandal That Could Bring Down Keir Starmer's Government
EXPOSED: The Scandal That Could Bring Down Keir Starmer's Government
This is BIG
www.doubledown.news
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
EXPOSED: The Scandal That Could Bring Down Keir Starmer's Government
‘The BBC’s Language Around Local Palestinian Journalists Reveals Its Egregious Double-Standard’ - [Paywall]
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‘The BBC’s Language Around Local Palestinian Journalists Reveals Its Egregious Double-Standard’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Usually reporters close to a story and source are celebrated for their insight – in Gaza, it is framed as ‘bias’, argues former BBC journalist Karishma Patel
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September 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
‘The BBC’s Language Around Local Palestinian Journalists Reveals Its Egregious Double-Standard’ - [Paywall]
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The United Nations calls it a genocide: Starmer still can’t -
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/th...
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/th...
The United Nations calls it a genocide: Starmer still can’t
JVL welcomes the UN Report on Genocide in Gaza published today. The Report concludes, based on both the compilation of…
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The United Nations calls it a genocide: Starmer still can’t -
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/th...
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/statement/th...
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says
The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says -
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship -
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New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship
The draft “Code of Ethics” was published by the Museums Association earlier this week
www.theartnewspaper.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:36 AM
New draft guidance for UK museums calls for ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels sponsorship -
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/n...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/05/n...
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The self-proclaimed populist has won a leadership contest a year after the party’s best election result ever. These are the challenges that lie ahead.
Zack Polanski becomes Green party leader – what happens next?
The self-proclaimed populist has won a leadership contest a year after the party’s best election result ever. These are the challenges that lie ahead.
tcnv.link
September 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The self-proclaimed populist has won a leadership contest a year after the party’s best election result ever. These are the challenges that lie ahead.
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Met Office stats confirm summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
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The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 is the warmest on record for the UK
Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
www.metoffice.gov.uk
September 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Met Office stats confirm summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK.
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
The UK’s mean temp of 16.10°C surpasses the previous record of 15.76°C and pushes the summer of 1976 out of the top 5 warmest summers.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
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The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide:
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genocidescholars.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The IAGS has declared that Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide:
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967 - theconversation.com/israels-kill...
Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967
Since October 2023, Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed nearly 200 journalists. But the targeting of media predates the current conflict.
theconversation.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967 - theconversation.com/israels-kill...
Reuters photographer Valerie Zink resigns, accusing agency of 'enabling' killing of Palestinian journalists
#GazaGenocide
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#GazaGenocide
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Reuters photographer resigns, accusing agency of 'enabling' killing of Palestinian journalists
Valerie Zink accuses news outlet of 'betrayal' for echoing Israeli accusations against slain journalists
www.middleeasteye.net
August 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Reuters photographer Valerie Zink resigns, accusing agency of 'enabling' killing of Palestinian journalists
#GazaGenocide
www.middleeasteye.net/news/reuters...
#GazaGenocide
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Amnesty report:
Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policy
#GazaGenocide
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policy
#GazaGenocide
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policy
Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip, systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life, Amnesty International sai...
www.amnesty.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Amnesty report:
Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policy
#GazaGenocide
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Israel/OPT: New testimonies provide compelling evidence that Israel’s starvation of Palestinians in Gaza is a deliberate policy
#GazaGenocide
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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The NUJ has deplored the deliberate killing of Al-Jazeera journalists.
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"This is a horrific attack. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the murdered journalists and their colleagues." [1/3]
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"This is a horrific attack. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the murdered journalists and their colleagues." [1/3]
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...
Palestine: NUJ deplores killing of Al-Jazeera journalists
The Israeli government has admitted to killing five Al-Jazeera journalists and media workers in an airstrike on a tent outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza last night.
www.nuj.org.uk
August 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The NUJ has deplored the deliberate killing of Al-Jazeera journalists.
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"This is a horrific attack. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the murdered journalists and their colleagues." [1/3]
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...
Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said:
"This is a horrific attack. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families of the murdered journalists and their colleagues." [1/3]
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/pal...
US tech companies have always had a hard-on for profiting from genocide. See, for example, Edwin Black's 'IBM and the Holocaust'.....
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
One afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, met with the commander of Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief’s agenda: moving vast amounts of top secret intelligence material into the US company’s cloud.
Meeting at Microsoft’s headquarters near Seattle, a former chicken farm turned hi-tech campus, the spymaster, Yossi Sariel, won Nadella’s support for a plan that would grant Unit 8200 access to a customised and segregated area within Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
US tech companies have always had a hard-on for profiting from genocide. See, for example, Edwin Black's 'IBM and the Holocaust'.....
With Epstein's mate Mandelson appointed UK ambassador to the US, and now this 👇, I fear the rumours that Satan is Keir Starmer's favoured choice for next Archbishop of Canterbury are probably true ...
🔴 Starmer & The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power & the Press in Britain
The PM has signalled the direction of his Government by hiring a former Sun Editor – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
The PM has signalled the direction of his Government by hiring a former Sun Editor – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain
Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications adviso...
bylinetimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
With Epstein's mate Mandelson appointed UK ambassador to the US, and now this 👇, I fear the rumours that Satan is Keir Starmer's favoured choice for next Archbishop of Canterbury are probably true ...
Interested to see what, if any, impact the new Age Verification checks implemented by @bsky.app in the UK - to comply with the Online Safety Act from 25/7/25 - will have on its apparently terminal decline ....
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Interested to see what, if any, impact the new Age Verification checks implemented by @bsky.app in the UK - to comply with the Online Safety Act from 25/7/25 - will have on its apparently terminal decline ....