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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 2d

Register to join this conversation we'll be part of on Wednesday evening! ⬇️

Rethinking Security @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social · 20d

📢New event

We see growing hostility & racism in our politics and streets, climate breakdown across the globe, and ongoing war & genocide. Competition & militarism are not the answer.

Join our discussion on 08 October to share ideas for a counter-narrative.

rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/home/events/

A growing movement for health justice - Medact

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 6d

In the past, we have previously campaigned by raising the voice of health workers in isolation – speaking on behalf of communities experiencing injustice. But that approach carries risks.
www.medact.org/2025/blogs/a...

At Medact, we are committed to being a political home for the health community where everyone can come together to learn, grow and take action.

Palantir: Doctors urge major health think tank to cut ties with controversial technology company

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 6d

2. Share the article - Palantir are on the back foot, claiming our accusations are "inaccurate" whilst failing to deny their involvement in genocide www.bmj.com/content/390/...

More than 700 health professionals and campaigners have urged the King’s Fund think tank to cut sponsorship ties with Palantir, a US technology company engaged in business with the Israeli military, t...

www.bmj.com

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 6d

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1. Share the link below on Instagram - Comment and tag @/thekingsfund and comment on their Instagram urging them to cut their ties with Palantir www.instagram.com/p/DPTahd1jKtJ

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: Hundreds of health workers have written to The King’s Fund demanding they cut ties with Palantir, who are currently supplying the Israeli military with advanced AI warfare for use in Gaza. The King’s Fund are health washing one of the world’s most violent companies! 👇

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 8d

Harshana will be talking with us about the process of applying abolitionist principles to their work as a doctor, and introducing us to their new project; 'The Healthcare Diaries zine!

Register to join us!
thehealthcarediaries.wordpress.com

The Healthcare Diaries

Writings and art by health workers and patients about health, medicine, illness and disease

thehealthcarediaries.wordpress.com

Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – October Meeting - Medact Calendar

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 The Abolitionist Approaches to Health group's monthly online meeting is tomorrow Wednesday 1st October, 6pm!

Come along to hear more about the campaign to end the Prevent Duty in the NHS, and for our next learning session with Dr Harshana Sangtani.

www.medact.org/event/abolit...

Join to discuss policing, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.

I was arrested for peacefully protesting against genocide—why our medical leaders need to speak up

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 9d

"[We] need them to raise their own voices loudly and clearly against the genocide and our government’s complicity in it, against the systematic dismantling of the health system in Gaza..." - Fiona Godlee
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

I have never been arrested before, but I went to London’s Parliament Square on 6 September with that as my sole objective. I am now one of over 1400 people, including at least 25 current and former UK...

www.bmj.com

Webinar: TEVA Boycott & Global Health BDS for Palestine | British Islamic Medical Association

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 9d

Join @britishima.bsky.social on Wednesday 1st October at 7.30pm for an insightful webinar with Global Health BDS for Palestine, exploring the ethical, health, and humanitarian reasons behind a TEVA boycott.

britishima.org/event/webina...

Join us on Wednesday 1st October at 7.30pm for an insightful webinar with Global Health BDS for Palestine, exploring the ethical, health, and humanitarian reasons behind a TEVA boycott. Learn why heal...

britishima.org

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 9d

Abolitionist approaches to health show us a different path: one where care is truly universal, not conditional (on one’s legal status). One where we dismantle violent systems and build alternatives rooted in justice, equity and solidarity.
www.medact.org/2025/blogs/t...

Towards abolishing borders and violence in healthcare - Medact

An abolitionist approach to health offers a vision where care is accessible to all, and violence no longer defines the systems that affect our wellbeing.

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 12d

We also endorse the 26th September Appeal and the call to:

🔻 Stand down nuclear forces
🛑 End the arms race
🌍 Commit to total nuclear disarmament by 2045

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 12d

Today is the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

🕊️ To commemorate the day, we are sharing a collage from our Nuclear Weapons Group member Bimal, who is currently pedalling from Hiroshima to Nagasaki for a peaceful world!

Gaza under siege, health solidarity across the globe - Medact

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 12d

Hospitals bombed. Aid blocked. Health workers killed.

Read our new blog and join the emergency demo: Hands off the flotilla today!

📅 Friday 26th Sept
⏲️ 6pm
📍Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
www.medact.org/2025/blogs/g...

As we are entering a new era – built on the principles of health justice, collective care and solidarity – we will continue to campaign for Palestinian liberation.

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 13d

The wonderful Ben, Izzy and Jo will be speaking at our All Member Assembly on Friday 3rd October.

We can't wait to see you at Pelican House (or on Zoom). If you haven't registered, you can do so on our website👇

medact.org/event/ama2025/

Climate justice means housing and energy justice - Medact

Medact @medact.bsky.social · 19d

"The economic and health burdens caused by a broken energy system, coupled with shoddy, inefficient housing, are the most immediate ways people in the UK are being harmed by the climate crisis." www.medact.org/2025/blogs/c...

Broken energy systems and poor housing are the most immediate ways the climate crisis harms people in the UK.

More than 40% of private renters ration energy use to afford bills, study finds

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 22d

“[R]enters must urgently be given the security they deserve so they can ask landlords to fix substandard housing without fear of retaliation.” - Clare Moriarty @citizensadvice.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Citizens Advice says 4.5 million people in England and Wales had to cut use, with some skipping hot meals and wearing gloves inside

www.theguardian.com

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 26d

As part of our Annual Report 2024-25 series, read the powerful stories from Barton House and Nags Head – and learn how health workers and tenants are building power together to win a healthier future for all. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/h...

Homes for Health: How we win Health Justice - Medact

Our work to win health justice is most effective when it is led by the people most impacted by health inequities

War is a global health crisis: community based action can confront it

Medact @medact.bsky.social · Sep 7

We will be here tomorrow. Join us!

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · Sep 4

📖🚨 War is a global health crisis: community based action can confront it.

"To safeguard health in its fullest sense, we must continue to mobilise for welfare, not warfare."

Read Medact Nuclear Weapons Group member Zahraa Kapasi's new piece in the BMJ ⬇️
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

As defence spending swells at the expense of human security, healthcare professionals must recentre health as a global priority, writes Zahraa Kapasi Conflict remains a public health emergency. War ...

www.bmj.com

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Global Energy Embargo For Palestine @palenergyembargo.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Israeli colonial regime is not acting alone. It relies on imported oil & gas to fuel its war machine.

Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide.
✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/

Sign the Petition

Shipping Companies: Stop Fuelling the Genocide in Gaza

change.org

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Medact @medact.bsky.social · Aug 21

"Palestinians must be starved to death on camera, in full view of the world, before the western political class shows a modicum of unease. Even then, it is only suffering inflicted on Palestinian children that appears to evoke discomfort."

Medact @medact.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our trustee James Smith offers a searing critique of the limits of so-called "liberal concern" in the face of Palestinian suffering.
www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/pale...

Humanitarian theatrics won't remedy Israel's strategy of starvation in Gaza

Images of Gaza's starving children force statements of concern, but western leaders substitute action to end Israel's genocide with vague talk of 'humanitarian access'

www.middleeasteye.net