Roma
@roma-natters.bsky.social
Freelance journo, terrified of the climate crisis, generally opinionated.
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Read my piece on the DSEI arms fair in the New Internationalist here - and join the National demo for Gaza on 10th October in London
#shutDSEIdown
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#shutDSEIdown
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Flogging bombs as Gaza burns
For the arms industry war is a business opportunity. Roma Robinson reports on the opposition to London’s DSEI UK, one of the world's biggest arms fairs.
newint.org
September 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Read my piece on the DSEI arms fair in the New Internationalist here - and join the National demo for Gaza on 10th October in London
#shutDSEIdown
newint.org/arms/2025/fl...
#shutDSEIdown
newint.org/arms/2025/fl...
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CALL-OUT: did you witness police violence at the arms fair protest on 9 September? netpol.org/2025/09/11/c...
September 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
CALL-OUT: did you witness police violence at the arms fair protest on 9 September? netpol.org/2025/09/11/c...
About 50 protestors have been kettled - including at least three journalists (including me!) not part of the protest #shutDSEIdown
September 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
About 50 protestors have been kettled - including at least three journalists (including me!) not part of the protest #shutDSEIdown
Police using force on protestors at #shutDSEIdown
September 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Police using force on protestors at #shutDSEIdown
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July 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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They're doing this because they're scared.
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
They're doing this because they're scared.
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If you can watch this and then think ‘I won’t share because that might be putting myself on the line’ then you know what you’d have done if you were in Germany when your Jewish neighbours were being loaded into to cattle trucks. Nothing. Please share - it’s our ‘I’m Spartacus moments
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone.
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You're going to need a bigger prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
YouTube video by Double Down News
www.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you can watch this and then think ‘I won’t share because that might be putting myself on the line’ then you know what you’d have done if you were in Germany when your Jewish neighbours were being loaded into to cattle trucks. Nothing. Please share - it’s our ‘I’m Spartacus moments
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We stand in unequivocal support with Palestine Action and the outrageous decision by this government to try to proscribe them.
WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION
WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION
June 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We stand in unequivocal support with Palestine Action and the outrageous decision by this government to try to proscribe them.
WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION
WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION
We are all #PalestineAction demo in Manchester now
June 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We are all #PalestineAction demo in Manchester now
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June 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Grateful to see my MP there, hopefully to be joined by many more over the course of this vote
🚨NEWS🚨
15 Labour MPs joined us today to take a public stand and say they are voting NO to disability benefit cuts. More need convincing - we don't think any MP could vote for these cuts with a clear conscience.
📷Photo: David Mirzoeff
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/labour-...
15 Labour MPs joined us today to take a public stand and say they are voting NO to disability benefit cuts. More need convincing - we don't think any MP could vote for these cuts with a clear conscience.
📷Photo: David Mirzoeff
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/labour-...
June 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Grateful to see my MP there, hopefully to be joined by many more over the course of this vote
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in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries
Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.
www.cbsnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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International aid ship en route to Gaza will be stopped, warns Israeli military
International aid ship en route to Gaza will be stopped, warns Israeli military
Madleen, with Greta Thunberg on board, reaches east Mediterranean a month after drone attack on separate aid vessel
www.irishtimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
International aid ship en route to Gaza will be stopped, warns Israeli military
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The final section of this interview is so powerful. Dr Haj-Hassan refusing to let the BBC “two-side” the genocide in Gaza.
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
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"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
May 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The final section of this interview is so powerful. Dr Haj-Hassan refusing to let the BBC “two-side” the genocide in Gaza.
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide their opinion on whether they are committing a genocide".
The eloquence in her rage is extraordinary.
2/2
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British nationals have served in some of Israel’s “craziest” units in Gaza where they view Palestinians as “rats” and “animals”.
The UK police apparently has no interest in holding them accountable.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-british-...
The UK police apparently has no interest in holding them accountable.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-british-...
The British-Israeli soldiers at risk of Gaza war crimes probe
UK nationals are fighting on the frontline in Gaza, helping Israel’s military enforce its “total siege” over millions of Palestinians.
www.declassifieduk.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
British nationals have served in some of Israel’s “craziest” units in Gaza where they view Palestinians as “rats” and “animals”.
The UK police apparently has no interest in holding them accountable.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-british-...
The UK police apparently has no interest in holding them accountable.
www.declassifieduk.org/the-british-...
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Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq is back in court this week to challenge Keir Starmer's decision to keep supplying F-35 parts to Israel.
Watch our report from the Royal Courts of Justice👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqme...
Watch our report from the Royal Courts of Justice👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqme...
Lawyers try to force Keir Starmer to stop arming Israel
YouTube video by Declassified UK
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq is back in court this week to challenge Keir Starmer's decision to keep supplying F-35 parts to Israel.
Watch our report from the Royal Courts of Justice👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqme...
Watch our report from the Royal Courts of Justice👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqme...
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It never ends. Israel is determined to kill, kill, kill. Meanwhile, Israel lies, lies, lies. And the West? The West looks elsewhere, anywhere, everywhere but at the scene of the war crime of the century www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel continues to pound Gaza, at least 70 people killed today
Israel attacks two hospitals in Gaza in 24 hours, as Trump says he is working to end ‘horrible’ war, free all captives.
www.aljazeera.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It never ends. Israel is determined to kill, kill, kill. Meanwhile, Israel lies, lies, lies. And the West? The West looks elsewhere, anywhere, everywhere but at the scene of the war crime of the century www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Pope Leo comes out for press freedom and the release of imprisoned journalists
abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/vid...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/vid...
Video Pope Leo XIV meets the world press
The new pope talked about the importance of freedom of speech and renewed calls for peace during a meeting with journalists on Monday.
abcnews.go.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Pope Leo comes out for press freedom and the release of imprisoned journalists
abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/vid...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/vid...
The "red tent camp" that was evicted this morning from #StPetersSquare has now moved to #AlbertSquare in Manchester and residents of the camp say now they "haven’t been offered any housing."
www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/news/manches...
www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/news/manches...
'Red Tent Camp' of homeless refugees relocates to Albert Square - Mancunian Matters
Refugees evicted from St Peter’s Square this morning have relocated to Albert Square.The homeless “red tent camp” was this morning evicted by Manchester City Council has now moved around the base of t...
www.mancunianmatters.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The "red tent camp" that was evicted this morning from #StPetersSquare has now moved to #AlbertSquare in Manchester and residents of the camp say now they "haven’t been offered any housing."
www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/news/manches...
www.mancunianmatters.co.uk/news/manches...
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🇨🇺"Cuba is an example that a future exists beyond capitalism, and that future is worth fighting for."
I wrote about what key lessons Cuba provides for those of us organizing in the belly of the beast, as well as our collective responsibility to ppl there.
peoplesdispatch.org/2024/06/18/t...
I wrote about what key lessons Cuba provides for those of us organizing in the belly of the beast, as well as our collective responsibility to ppl there.
peoplesdispatch.org/2024/06/18/t...
Three lessons I learned on my visit to Cuba : Peoples Dispatch
The Cuban revolution offers key lessons for progressive people in the United States about how to organize society in a way that favors the majority, and not an elite few
peoplesdispatch.org
June 19, 2024 at 9:24 PM
🇨🇺"Cuba is an example that a future exists beyond capitalism, and that future is worth fighting for."
I wrote about what key lessons Cuba provides for those of us organizing in the belly of the beast, as well as our collective responsibility to ppl there.
peoplesdispatch.org/2024/06/18/t...
I wrote about what key lessons Cuba provides for those of us organizing in the belly of the beast, as well as our collective responsibility to ppl there.
peoplesdispatch.org/2024/06/18/t...
