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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 18h

From 90,000 members to 95,000 in a day. The Green surge is here - join today!

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 2d

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Thou shalt put all these war criminals on trial at the Hague.

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Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 3d

Yep. This is exactly what happens.

Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 3d

If the right accuse the left of something (terrorist sympathising, communism, antisemitism etc) the media will ask the left to defend themselves from that charge.

If the left accuse the right of something (racism, fascism, colonialism), the media will ask the left to justify that charge.

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 3d

This is a party with virtually the same number of MPs as Reform (4 v. 5).

The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

I know Greta Thunberg said the story isn't about her.

But it's really important she speaks out and tells exactly what abuse she received.

When the world sees what Israel is capable of doing to her, they will know the horrors they inflict on Palestinians are all true.

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 3d

This rather hard hitting video of a police officer being questioned about his role in arresting peaceful protesters and watching it land is well worth a view.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 3d

Just keep watching.

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Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 3d

Buy a copy of ‘Unsung’, folks. It’s an incredible volume of poetry. Really.

Emma Purshouse @emmapurshouse.bsky.social · 3d

I'm in the top ten again at Waterstones in Wolverhampton! How lovely.

Waterstones Wolverhampton @waterstoneswton.bsky.social · 3d

Out latest Waterstones #Wolverhampton best-sellers, with Richard Osman and SenLinYu again out in front, a good week for #Twilight fans, and weekend events for @emmapurshouse.bsky.social's Unsung and Jake Perry's Nights in Gold Satin help keep them in the Top 10!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

A few people control our power, our public services and our wealth.

It's time to take it back.

My longer chat with @owenjones.bsky.social about @greenparty.org.uk plans to build on our success.

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He’s Got Starmer Scared w/. Zack Polanski

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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Tàmhas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🇪🇺 @scozia.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely this. Eloquently stated.

Ungagged! @ungagged.bsky.social · 4d

Superb messaging here. Scottish (and UK) politicians take note. #ZohranMamdani

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Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 3d

❤️❤️❤️

BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3d

Greta Thunberg has just been released and she is back on the warpath, exactly like our leaders should be.

Israel will never silence her or the billions who oppose them.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview

The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

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Olli Lönnberg @tiaranon.bsky.social · 3d

I hope this opens some eyes. Not holding my breath though. 😔

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 4d

Italian journalist abducted from the flotilla describes how Israeli prison guards unleashed dogs into cells, poured bleach on mattresses, and overcrowded cells
such that it was impossible to lie down.

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That night the guards were even more violent. The consul had just left, having gathered more deportation signatures, when special forces burst in. They stormed the cells, pointed rifles at us with laser sights, and called roll. In some cells, they unleashed dogs. In one, they found the word “Palestine” spelled out using scraps of pepper and water. To erase it, they poured bleach on the floor — prisoners slept on mattresses soaked with it.

That night, as punishment, they overcrowded the cells: from ten people to fifteen, leaving no space to lie down. We turned the mattresses sideways so we could all rest our heads. In my cell were Maso Notarianni and a Lombardy Democratic Party councilor, Paolo Romano.

I had the feeling I was in a truly barbaric place, and hoped this barbarity would soon end.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

I'm very concerned about all the #GlobalSumudFlotilla detainees, but especially Hannah Schafer, who seems likely to be held in extended detention in Israel. Israeli armed forces have committed grave and multiple breaches of international law in attacking the flotilla and mistreating its crew.

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Billy @billym007.bsky.social · 4d

A wee song for the fascists out there.
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Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died

YouTube video by Huppelplopp1848

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

Israel is still holding more than 200 people from nearly 40 countries in a prison where it is starving and abusing them, and the world is completely ignoring it.

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 5d

“Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.”

They’re enabling a genocide and silencing opposition. This is authoritarianism.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.

www.bbc.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

Free Greta Thunberg, Free Mandla Mandela, Free Tadhg Hickey and free the hundreds of others Israel holds.

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Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 4d

Sweet Jesus. Nazis are bad, but *whining* Nazis are the worst.

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Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 4d

Robin's right. AND, by cutting folk adrift from the potential of their own creativity, you diminish them. It's no accident.

Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 4d

I think this is dismissive - many people have curiosity removed from them through childhood - leaving school believing science , poetry, art - are not things they are allowed to be part of and terrified that if they try to engage they will be admonished for not understanding things the “right” way

"The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious.
Incuriosity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is."
-Stephen Fry

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poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · 4d

Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! 😊

poets and prattlers @pandemonialists.bsky.social · 6d

Two days away! And it's on Zoom, so in the comfort of your own* home, too!

*Or somebody else's. Just make sure they're OK with that.

A pink and yellow poster. Text reads: Top-notch spoken word. Yes We Cant. John Osborne, 7.30pm Sunday 5th October 2025. 'Alf Ender Beth Hartley. A pay-as-you-feel event

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Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 4d

Indeed.

Steve Pottinger @bigstevepoet.bsky.social · 4d

I'm with Jane, to be honest.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

Jane Goodall said she’d like to send off to another planet: Musk, Trump, Putin, Xi & Netanyahu. 🚀

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 5d

"The system that has caused such destruction of nature is the same system that rips us apart from each other." - @rachelmillward.bsky.social

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 5d

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again...

'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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