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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 13h

We are alarmed at reports that photojournalist and writer Shahidul Alam and others have been detained following the interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. We call for their immediate release and safe return.

Read his recent article ⬇️
en.prothomalo.com/opinion/5gzi...

Life on Conscience

This is not about those of us on this ship. It is about Palestinians, particularly Gazans. We have gone way past the time for words and gestures. It is time for action.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 13h

‘Industries’, which rely on theft, are better known as criminal concerns. Fortunately this form of lawlessness is illegal in the EU. Companies indulging in it should be putting many billions aside for the fines. Copyright theft is illegal & artists’ bodies are tracking it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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OneWorld @oneworld.nl · 21h

‘Voor iedere gedode Israëliër, volgen er duizenden van ons’, voorspelde de Palestijnse journalist Malak Hijazi (26) twee jaar geleden. Ze blikt terug op het genocidale geweld waar zij en haar familie aan proberen te ontsnappen: voor, op en sinds 7 oktober 2023.

Journalist in Gaza: ‘De geschiedenis begon niet op 7 oktober’

‘Voor iedere gedode Israëliër, volgen er duizenden van ons’, zei de Palestijnse journalist Malak Hijazi (26) tegen haar vader toen ze twee jaar geleden het nieuws over de Hamas-aanslag hoorden. Ze…

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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 21h

Displacement from Venezuela taught me that class has no borders

Working as a migrant in Germany, I saw how elite migrants bypassed systems that kept the rest of us in precarity

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · 1d

As Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, it has escalated its brutal violence in the Palestinian West Bank, launching nearly 7,500 raids since the start of 2025.

Israel’s campaign of military and settler violence in the West Bank is ethnic cleansing.

What’s happened in the West Bank since October 2023?

Amid the genocide in Gaza, conditions have also been desperate for the region’s largest population of Palestinians

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

"As one of the few Jews on [the flotilla]...they asked me if I was Jewish...threw me in front of the Israeli flag... we were strip-searched & zip-tied & blindfolded, & sent to this detention camp."

Horrifying testimony to Zeteo from freed activist David Adler:
zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 2d

Finally!

It’s high time that we tackle the scourge of benefit-claiming pensioners with their offshore accounts, Cayman companies, tax loopholes and super yachts funding their lavish lifestyles on £201 a week.

Oh, no, wait, sorry… got them mixed up with billionaires again.

Banks ordered to snoop on pensioners in benefits crackdown
New fraud laws aim to claw back £9.6bn by 2030
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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 2d

A violent racist coloniser regime that attacks those who oppose it peacefully. Gandhi would recognise this, as would those who walked with him.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention

Some of those held say guns were pointed at them, they were threatened with dogs and deprived of sleep

www.theguardian.com

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 2d

I expect we'll be seeing a lot more of this.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 2d

A judge who blocked Donald Trump has had her house 'mysteriously' burn down.

But there is no mystery is there?

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amitangshu @amitangshu.bsky.social · 2d

Requesting academics and scholars to amplify this. Please sign the petition.

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 2d

Every signature matters. We’re at 2,775 — let’s reach 3,000 together!

✍️Sign and share now!

#SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity

IOB - Institute of Development Policy @iobua.bsky.social · 7d

🌍 1,555 voices for IOB — but we need more! Every day counts: sign the petition and share it widely so our message to policymakers grows stronger. 💙
👉 https://chng.it/8DhtrFSBpm

#SaveIOB #StandWithIOB #IOBCommunity #GlobalEducation #GlobalSolidarity

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 2d

Signed.

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Rich @mrbusy.com · 3d

I'm sure this has nothing at all to do with it.

www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social · 2d

My publisher, the mighty @ortacpress.bsky.social tell me that the royalty advance on my first book Flower Factory is paid off. Now I can earn hard coin/good screw on it. Learn about the odd combo of raving and tulips in NL, anno 2000. Print, online, please consider buying one? Thank you, Richard xx

A copy of Flower Factory by Richard Foster, held in front of book shelves.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 2d

The subtext here is "Israel is doing what it has to do because of antisemitism, and we ought to support it no matter how high the pile of bodies grows."

This is of course a vile antihuman construction, that smears the Jewish people as much as it smears Palestinian suffering.

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 2d

What a deeply problematic column from Lord Sewell in today’s @thetimes.com. Makes you wonder whether why those on the right are so unwilling to distinguish between objecting to a UN-recognised GENOCIDE and anti-semitism?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 3d

JCB, the excavator maker controlled by Anthony Bamford and family paid £866m dividend.

Tory donor Bamford backed Brexit, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson.

Bamford dynasty subject to HMRC investigation for aggressively minimising UK taxes, using offshore trusts.
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Wealthy UK Family Behind JCB Pays Itself $1.2 Billion Dividend

A billionaire Conservative Party donor and his family almost tripled the annual payout from their business empire, pocketing the windfall as fears grow over UK tax hikes.

www.bloomberg.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Mass protests from Amsterdam to Istanbul denounce Israel’s Gaza genocide

Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: At least 20 incidents linked to anti-migrant protests, racism and the far right in the last two months have exposed rising political tensions across Scotland

They include attacks on mosques, hotels, alleged assaults – and the jailing of a neo-Nazi for slashing a student with a knife

Attacks on mosques and asylum seekers reveal Scotland’s rising far-right threat

www.thenational.scot

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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martindogger @martindogger.bsky.social · 3d

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Massaal Rode Lijn-protest in Amsterdam, organisatie schat 250.000 betogers - nos.nl/l/2585280

Massaal Rode Lijn-protest in Amsterdam, organisatie schat 250.000 betogers

De demonstranten eisen actie van de regering tegen Israël. Amsterdam is volgestroomd met mensen in rode kleding en met rode paraplu's.

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 3d

These cases of extreme, far-right racist violence targeting Muslims and people seeking asylum are being blithely ignored by most media and politicians because they see no political capital in addressing them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man arrested after fire at London asylum seekers' hotel

The blaze is being treated as a hate crime by officers investigating.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Netpol @netpol.org · 3d

The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Amal Chatterjee (migrant, grumbler) @amalkc.bsky.social · 3d

And the far-white continues its campaign ...

NL Times @nltimes.nl · 3d

Three arrested as anti-asylum protest turned unruly in Schiedam

Dutch police intervened in two separate incidents linked to anti-asylum sentiments on Saturday — one involving unrest at a protest in Schiedam and another in Apeldoorn, where small fires and hostil

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Tory MP’s trip to Israel during the genocide in Gaza has been branded 'sickening'

Andrew Bowie registered air travel, accommodation and hospitality for the visit to Israel as costing £4200

Scottish Tory MP took £4k all-expenses-paid trip to Israel in middle of Gaza genocide

www.thenational.scot

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NL Times @nltimes.nl · 3d

Thousands expected to join ‘Red Line’ protest in Amsterdam against Israeli policies

Thousands are expected to march through Amsterdam on Sunday, October 5, in a demonstration known as the “Red Line,”

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