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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 1d

We all need to start listening.

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Netpol @netpol.org · 4d

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
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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

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 2d

Greta and fellow Sumud flotilla humanitarians speak after their release from Israeli detention.
This is the sort of leadership the world desperately needs right now.

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“No One Can Say We Didn’t Know”: Greta Thunberg, Others Speak After Israeli Detention | AC1G

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 2d

💕 I am blown away by Greta Thunberg’s courage. They covered up her arm to hide her injuries, she refused to make it about her after 72 hours of Israeli torture and determined, delivered another plea for world leaders and media to grow a conscience. This is what world leadership looks like:

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 2d

Green members at their conference this weekend were exuberant. But can @zackpolanski.bsky.social and team meet soaring expectations? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - me for @theguardian.com

Good and bad news for Zack Polanski: the Green conference was a joy, but now hopes are stratospheric | Adam Ramsay

Members loved hearing from a leader who boldly reflects their views and isn’t afraid of the rightwing press. How far can he take the party?, says journalist and Green party member Adam Ramsay

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AnEasierAffair @aneasieraffair.bsky.social · 3d

Long read but explains one helluva lot about Farage and his links to the Kremlin.
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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being a distant colleague, insiders told Byline Times that Reform's former Welsh leader, convicted of bribery, was a close Farage aide and worked on the Kremlin's plan to crush Ukraine

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Tristan Strange @tristanstrange.bsky.social · 3d

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Mass arrests at Palestine Action protest: ‘I’m 73 and never hurt a fly' | The View From ...

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

Italian journalist Lorenzo D’Agostino describes Greta Thunberg wrapped in an Israeli flag “like a war trophy,” mocked, beaten & humiliated. Ben Gvir oversaw detainees treated “as terrorists.” Read his account of what happened after activists were illegally detained on the Global Sumud Flotilla ⬇️

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 3d

The two faces of home secretary Shabana Mahmood

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'The law must be obeyed': Home Secretary backs Palestine Action arrests as she unveils new powers to police protests

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Heartening to see so many people here at the demo #Gaza

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Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 3d

Nearly 500 people have been arrested at a pro-Palestine Action protest attended by hundreds in London on Saturday 4 October.

It comes as Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announces police will now be granted broader powers to restrict repeated protests.

#GazaGenocide #PalestineAction

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Barbara Cooney @barbaracooney.bsky.social · 4d

Love this. The UK Government's impermissible ban (according to the UN Head of Human Rights) on Palestine Action and assiciated protests now receiving international condemnation.

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Protestors in Rome hold signs against genocide and the Palestine Action ban, in solidarity with those facing arrest in Trafalgar Sq today.

The movement against genocide is global, and it rejects labelling those who disrupt the Israeli weapons industry as 'terrorists'.

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LiLBazula 👻 @lilbazza.bsky.social · 4d

This is going to be leading the news all day with back to back condemnations from politicians, yes?

David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social · 4d

Arson attack at Sussex mosque.

Men run for their lives from fire after arson attack at mosque

There has been a fire at a mosque. A man was seen escaping with his life after the fire starts

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

The Met are really pissed at keep having to spend limited time & resources arresting people who clearly pose only a threat to the Israeli regime & their zionist apartheid genocidal project. This is part of gov't response to that. It's a validation that DourJ juries right to protest yesterday. Encore

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d

Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
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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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Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social · 8d

Nigel Farage is accusing Starmer of inciting violence against him, by calling Reform racist.

Meanwhile Farage literally hugged Lucy Connolly because she incited violence and pleaded guilty to racism.

Absolute MELON!

Farage accuses Starmer of inciting VIOLENCE against him!

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Son of Eric @spiritof44.bsky.social · 4d

A BLIND ELDERLY man using a mobility cane is ARRESTED for holding a sign which read "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

#PalestineAction #GazaGenocide

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

Truro - No arrests
"The actions of Devon & Cornwall Police today exposes the policing priorities of the Metropolitan Police and this Government. The protest in Truro shows that it is down to individual police forces to choose where they direct their resources.
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Police change of tack at Palestine Action protest in Cornwall

However, a man who heckled a silent vigil was cuffed and taken away after hitting a police liaison officer

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4d

London now.

Country next.

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Greens ‘on track’ to supplant Labour as favourite party in London, says Zack Polanski

Exclusive: poll asked voters to rank parties on how favourably they felt about them, with strong support in capital and among younger voters

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

Please start using your Bluesky account more. No more posts for over 3 months.
Some of us don't agree with supporting X & Meta.
People are missing out on all your good work.
Thanks

Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

Come on @novaramedia.com
Thanks for all your good work, BUT
Please start using your 🦋 account, support stuff which isn't X or Meta, then we can share stuff and get your message out there.

Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

If AI can be used to ensure every person on the planet is fed adequately, has a roof over their heads, lives in peace and has their human rights protected then I'm all for it.

If not it's just a means for the powerful to consolidate their power & subjugate the rest of us.

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The Information Apocalypse Has Arrived

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Michael Sheldon 🌎 @michaelsheldo.bsky.social · 4d

Great interview. Nice to hear @zackpolanski.bsky.social quoting @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Would love to see an international progressives coalition.
This is a global crisis after all.
These 2 are hitting a nerve and the billionaires aren’t happy.

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'Helping Fascist Farage Into Power is My Red Line' | Zack Polanski Interview

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

Lift the Ban will be escalating the campaign around the UK and in London in November.

Sign up to take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/lift-t...

Lift The Ban

Thousands of people have been arrested for opposing the government’s absurd ban on Palestine Action and for standing against UK complicity in genocide. In November, the campaign will take action all a...

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