Alex Holmes
@alexcholmes.bsky.social
Labour Councillor for Valentines Ward, Ilford 🌹 | @IlfordNorthCLP Secretary | If you're a constituent, get in touch at [email protected]
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I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.
December 8, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.
Hugely symbolic that as crowds tear down a statue of Hafez al-Assad in a Damascus suburb, Druze flags are being proudly waved. After decades of a violent regime doing its best to fuel sectarian divisions, Syrians of all faiths are welcoming its demise.
Meanwhile in Syria, Syrians destroy the statue of Hafez al-Assad in the center of the city of Jaramana in the Damascus countryside.
December 7, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Hugely symbolic that as crowds tear down a statue of Hafez al-Assad in a Damascus suburb, Druze flags are being proudly waved. After decades of a violent regime doing its best to fuel sectarian divisions, Syrians of all faiths are welcoming its demise.
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Swaida, a city in southern Syria which is home to the Druze religious minority, are out in the thousands demonstrating their support of the Syrian rebellion against the Assad regime.
The sectarian divisions that Assad was successful in fueling amongst Syrians is falling apart.
The sectarian divisions that Assad was successful in fueling amongst Syrians is falling apart.
December 6, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Swaida, a city in southern Syria which is home to the Druze religious minority, are out in the thousands demonstrating their support of the Syrian rebellion against the Assad regime.
The sectarian divisions that Assad was successful in fueling amongst Syrians is falling apart.
The sectarian divisions that Assad was successful in fueling amongst Syrians is falling apart.
Yesterday we gathered as a local community in Valentines Park to unveil a memorial tree to commemorate the 1984 massacre of thousands of Sikhs in India, the Sikh genocide. We shall never forget 1984.
November 24, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Yesterday we gathered as a local community in Valentines Park to unveil a memorial tree to commemorate the 1984 massacre of thousands of Sikhs in India, the Sikh genocide. We shall never forget 1984.
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The fight back in Tower Hamlets continues with the opposition winning a series of votes to take over a series of committees - including SDC off the former chair who is so corrupt he wrote to the former owner of a strip club asking for £100k to keep their licence
November 20, 2024 at 10:28 PM
The fight back in Tower Hamlets continues with the opposition winning a series of votes to take over a series of committees - including SDC off the former chair who is so corrupt he wrote to the former owner of a strip club asking for £100k to keep their licence
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky: