substack.com/@leemarsden/... in this sustack post I make a case for using terms to explain and understand rather than as weapons to demonise our opponents.

substack.com/@leemarsden/... Reflections on John 17: 1-11. Jedus' prayer, unity, faithfulness, and some inspiring Irish trade unionists.

open.substack.com/pub/leemarsd... My short piece on the UN, inspired by a talk by Jane Kinninmont (picture), chief executive officer of United Nations Association - UK.

open.substack.com/pub/leemarsd... Short bio on Lanza del Vasto, a servant of peace.

open.substack.com/pub/leemarsd... My post on Trump and nuclear weapons.

substack.com/@leemarsden/... My post on Why old people are leading the way for peace and justice.

open.substack.com/pub/leemarsd... On the anniversary of Corrie ten Boom's birth, I have been reflecting on finding rest in a time of war.

The government confirms (again) that it has long known its occupation of the Chagos Islands is illegal, and that it seeks to end it to avoid a “legally binding ruling”. #DCUKparliament

substack.com/@leemarsden/... Thoughts on use of British bases for US attacks on Iran.

Any attack on Iran would be a violation of international law, the law permanent members of the UN Security Council are supposed to uphold. UK must not let its bases be used in such an attack, which will result in more suffering for the Iranian people and damage UK national interests.

"Dream of peace. Peace is rational and reasonable. War is irrational in this age, and unwinnable. " (Jesse Jackson).

Starmer's militarisation agenda is receiving vast, uncritical coverage by the mainstream media. The steady drip drip of a war narrative is designed to boost UK arms sales, increase warfare expenditure at the expense of welfare, overseas assistance, and peacebuilding initiatives. It must be resisted.

A £240m defence contract without tender. Their fingerprints all over our health care data. A meeting in the USA but without any minutes. Everything around Palantir stinks. www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

Starmer, Morgan McSweeny, and the whole New Labour project Mark 2 need to go now.

A great day for justice. Given these verdicts, we need to question why they were held in prison for 18 months whilst presenting no threat to the general public. Now is the time to end the proscription of direct action groups or individuals challenging the war machine.

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New Labour Mark 2 or Green Party. Tough call.

Three F-35 jets were delivered from Britain to Nevatim airbase in Israel despite a ban on exporting the aircraft's parts directly to Israel. Is it legal? www.declassifieduk.org/campaigners-...

This is proper journalism - actually investigating and holding the powerful to account. UK believes that international law and legal processes only apply to countries that they are not allied to or trade with. Blair's insistence on protecting war criminals makes him ideal for Trump's Board of Peace.

3 Church of England Bishops standing with embattled, indigenous Christians in Palestine and speaking truth to power about UK complicity in their oppression. Praying that the voice of @bishopnorwich.bsky.social is amplified in Parliament and that UK Government listens and acts at last.

Well done to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for refusing to play the establishment's games. Genocide is only divisive when seen through the eyes of its perpetrators and their apologists.

Most politicians are liars - but every so often, someone exposes the truth Paul Holden's The Fraud meticulously documents Starmer's lies - and the Gorton and Denton by-election is another chance to do that, writes the Green Party's Jamie Driscoll www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...

Thank you @bishopnorwich.bsky.social and fellow Bishops for speaking truth to power. The British Government is ill served by politicians doing impressions of Pontius Pilate or Horatio Nelson. Everyone knows what is happening in the Occupied Territories. Keir Starmer needs to act now.

Pro-Israel lobby groups have flown British MPs out to the country at least 56 times since the Gaza genocide started. www.declassifieduk.org/friends-of-i...

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Will the armada sailing towards Iran be enough to distract attention from the Epstein files?

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Just wondering if there are any plans by the British Government to reduce immigration by, I don't know, maybe 12,300?

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Obnoxious Peacemaking – Black Sheep and Prodigals share.google/2oFf3WEk65cy... Martin Luther King, the obnoxious peacemaker, and the kidnap of the Venezuelan president.

Why have Americans sold their democracy for a mess of pottage?

"The system is killing prople already. Sanctions are the price we pay for freedom" (Desmond Tutu). Tutu's retort to Margaret Thatcher justifying support for South Africa on the grounds of 'constructive engagement'. The same holds trust today for Keir Starmer's support for Israel. Stop arming Israel.

The Trump peace plan for Gaza is a continuation of the colonial project. Palestinians are not to be trusted to govern their own affairs, only white men, headed up by war criminal and disgraced former UK Prime Minister Blair and other grifters. Netanyahu has already ruled out a Palestinian state.

Airbnb and Expedia among firms tied to West Bank settlements: UN report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/airbnb-and-expedia-among-firms-tied-west-bank-settlements-un-report