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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 11h

The world stops for the flotilla!

“As calls for accountability grow louder all over the world, the Sumud Flotilla has become a symbol of peace, resistance and solidarity.”

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The world stops for the flotilla!

"As calls for accountability grow louder all over the world, the Sumud Flotilla has become a symbol of peace, resistance and solidarity."

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 11h

Latin America stands against Gaza genocide

“Various governments in the region have called for respectful and humane treatment of their fellow citizens at the hands of Israeli authorities.”

labouroutlook.org/2025/10/08/l...

Latin America stands against Gaza genocide

"Various governments in the region have called for respectful and humane treatment of their fellow citizens at the hands of Israeli authorities."

labouroutlook.org

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that needs to be deradicalised

This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel's demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism

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Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that needs to be deradicalised

This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel's demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism

jonathancook.substack.com

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 13h

Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes www.declassifieduk.org/why-tony-bla...

Why Tony Blair governing Gaza would result in more war crimes

Soldiers who served under his command in Iraq got away with sexually assaulting prisoners, in scenes similar to Israel’s torture of Palestinians.

www.declassifieduk.org

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

Your Party Needs More Leaders, Not Less - Grace Blakeley graceblakeley.substack.com/p/your-party...

Your Party Needs More Leaders, Not Less

Building a powerful, democratic movement is the only way to beat the far right.

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20h

Treasury pushing for weakening of protections for England’s national parks & national landscapes to make it easier for developers.

Once lost, they are lost for ever

Rehabilitate empty homes.

Ever thought about building houses on the estates of the rich? Can't they live in smaller houses?

Green groups criticise plans to weaken protections for English national parks

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 13h

Michael Heseltine Leaves No Prisoners When Describing Reform UK And Those Who Support Them

For a Tory to be so perceptive, one needs to be sat down with smelling salts.

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Michael Heseltine Leaves No Prisoners When Describing Reform UK And Those Who Support Them - Dorset Eye

For a Tory to be so perceptive, one needs to be sat down with smelling salts. Go for it, Michael. They are waking up, very slowly. Brexit Supporting Reform UK Voter Admits That He And They Don’t Have ...

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About | Novara Media

#BBCScum
#IsraeliScum

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The Israeli Military Strategies the BBC Doesn’t Want You to Know About | Novara Media

The Dahiya doctrine and Hannibal directive are key to making sense of Israel's actions in Gaza over the past two years, and yet the BBC hasn't mentioned them once in its coverage since 7 October 2023....

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them | Novara Media

The question should be, why the fuck would anyone want to win these gobshites over?

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How Can Labour Win Over the Flag Protesters? We Asked Them | Novara Media

Out of work, unable to get an NHS appointment and furiously angry at migrants and the government – has Keir Starmer ever spoken to the people he’s trying to win from Nigel Farage? Rivkah Brown did, ou...

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

The latest revelations about Charlie Kirk's murder are insane www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/the-latest...

The latest revelations about Charlie Kirk's murder are insane

Charlie Kirk’s grieving friend Candace Owens has been doing the job of the FBI recently.

www.councilestatemedia.uk

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

Israel attacks another flotilla AGAIN

#IsraeliScum

www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

Breaking video: new flotilla already under severe Israeli attack, crews kidnapped

Israel detains activists and confiscates aid carried on the Freedom Flotilla as legal group warns of further action

www.thecanary.co

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 18h

I don't understand why I see things so differently. I see a health insurance industry that thinks it's entitled to charge people 1/3rd of their income for healthcare. That industry shouldn't be "fixed." It should be burned to the ground and its ashes pissed on.

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Dave Wagstaff @oldcleeful.bsky.social · 13h

Best not to protest though, apparently Keir thinks it's not British ..

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 13h

Online Safety: ‘Protect kids’ is pretext for rights erosions | openDemocracy

The usual 'Oh, won't someone think of the childrens?'

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Online Safety: ‘Protect kids’ is pretext for rights erosions

We all want accountability for Big Tech, but the OSA’s moralising aims are hurting LGBTQ+ people and sex workers

www.opendemocracy.net

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 14h

We, as white people only make up 15% of the total world population. We are the 'minority', but we hold the privilege and the power of everything and expect 85% of the world to join us

John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 14h

Wait until she hears as of 2025, white people make up approximately 15% of the global population. Will blow her mind. If she still wishes to use the term, we as white people are the real 'minority'

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 14h

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press www.plutobooks.com/product/a-mo...

A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness - Pluto Press

A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine

www.plutobooks.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

1,611 homeless Britons died last yr, including 11 children & babies under the age of one.

Contrary to Suella Braverman, homelessness isn't a lifestyle. It is a failure of society.

Yet govts cut wages/benefits, public services, local council funding; no curbs on profiteering.

How civilised are we?

'Abject failure' as UK's homeless deaths rise - including children

The government's homelessness minister, Alison McGovern MP, has described the increased number of deaths as an "abject failure that cannot be tolerated".

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John Earle @skembear.bsky.social · 19h

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

This won't end well

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk