Poland’s culture ministry has set up a special department, headed by a former military intelligence officer, to prepare for the evacuation of the country’s most important artworks and other cultural artefacts in the event of a Russian invasion.

Paula Rego (Portugal-England), the exile, 1963

On #WorldRefugeeDay, Palestinian climate campaigners, Rescue workers, @thunberggreta.bsky.social, civil society & activists launch #MadleenDeclaration! We call for a unified movement for a #FreePalestine & #ClimateJustice palclimateinstitute.org/madleen-decl... Follow bsky.app/profile/palc....

Hannah Arendt was a groundbreaking political thinker, refugee, and influential philosopher. Don't miss the premiere of "Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny” this Friday, 27 June on PBS! Details: www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

Albert Einstein was a refugee too. He escaped Nazi Germany in 1933 and was granted asylum (and later citizenship) in the United States. He arrived by boat.

Claude Forthomme, Darfour la tente des refugies

Ahmad Kalij, Réfugiés

Tamara de Lempicka, The Refugees, 1931

Nizar Ali Badr Refugees

Nizar Ali Badr (Latakia, Syria) Refugees found pebbles

World Refugee Day should be every day not only on 20th June cos every day people escape persecution,war, violence,genocide. Also many of us might become a refugee cos there are dark times or some of us were the refugees so give a refuge for the refugees and don't be a racist. #StandWithTheRefugees

#WorldRefugeeDay We are a growing movement of 600+ organisations, institutions and businesses demanding for a fairer, more compassionate system for refugees. We refuse to accept the broken status quo. Get involved. Join the #FairBeginsHere movement. togetherwithrefugees.org.uk

World Refugee Day 2025: ‘Let Us Choose Solidarity. Let Us Choose Courage. Let Us Choose Humanity’ americasvoice.org/blog/world-r... via @americasvoice.bsky.social

Starmer is a hypocrite.

Keir Starmer. Lying hypocrite.

The Sudan war has displaced over 16,000 people in a week The Sudan war has displaced more than 16,000 people over the course of a week due to escalating violence in numerous areas, according to the United Nations’ migration agency via The New Arab on June 19th. Fighting in the west and south of…

Odesa, Ukraine. Russia is a terrorist state!

Holocaust survivors-Stephen Kapos or dr Gabor Mate are full of dignity, bravery and compassion. They experienced extreme hell and suffering during Holocaust and now they defend oppressed Palestinian people and their freedom, justice and liberation. 🇯🇴🍉 #StopTheGenocideInGaza

Trans rights are human rights

Putin and Netanyahu are war criminals. Why are they still on the loose? They should be in jail.

In recent months, the Israeli military has attacked Lebanon, Syria, and now Iran. STOP ARMING ISRAEL

While starving and then killing Palestinians as they risk their lives to access food, the Israeli military is simultaneously invading the entire occupied West Bank and now, bombing Iran, risking regional war.

This is what happens when the US gives unlimited weapons and funding to the Israeli government.

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

Ukrainian actor-turned-drone operator Yurii Felipenko killed in combat at age 32. Yurii appeared in numerous Ukrainian TV series and performed at Kyiv's Academic Drama Theater. He voluntarily joined the 429th "Achilles" unmanned systems regiment in 2024. 📷y.felipenko/Instagram

A mini-festival celebrating the world of Palestinian theatre, dance and music is to be platformed once again at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe following a 10-year break 👇

"Stop Genocide. Viva Freedom Flotilla" Seen in Paris

I've got my Polish stories as a playwright from Poland based in London but British theatre behaves like it is a xenophobic Brexit in a theatre itself and tries to erase Polish stories but also other Central European and Eastern European stories. #discrimination

I appreciate that my own personal hobbyhorse of Lithuanian literature is more of a niche interest - but Polish literature is not niche in a country with 700k Polish residents and hundreds of thousands more with Polish heritage

Polish is the second most spoken language in the United Kingdom and has been for some years, and yet for some reason the huge surge of interest in Polish literature in Britain has yet to arrive? What’s wrong with this country 🇵🇱📚

This week’s Hamlet 🐷👇

Fuck ICE Gestapo men.

While ICE kidnaps families, Israel wipes them out. “A poem by a young Iranian poet Parnia Abbasi who, along with her family, all civilians, was killed today in a brutal and unlawful Israeli attack in the Sattarkhan neighbourhood of Tehran.” www.pamenarpress.com/post/parnia-...

More than 80 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Saturday. This includes some 25 who were killed while trying to collect aid at GHF distribution sites.

⚡️Ukrainian actor Yuriy Felipenko killed on the front line. Felipenko was well known for his role in the 2024 television series “A Promise to God” before joining the Achilles Strike Drone Battalion in April 2024.

Very uncertain, barbaric times. There are wars, genocides, bombs, dead or alive- starving, injured people. Be a human with a moral backbone and support the oppressed.

'I want my art to give a voice to Afghan women' BBC News #Afeganistão #Afghanistan #Afganistán #Афганистан #アフガニスタン #अफ़ग़ानिस्तान #أفغانستان #阿富汗 #افغانستان

"The Reckoning empowers us to look closely and to see with new purpose," said Professor Rory Finnin. "It is a dynamic work of art that brings Ukrainian voices to the fore and challenges us to listen and respond to them, with urgency and moral clarity.” www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Elisabeth Efua Sutherland is a Ghanaian performance artist who explores the complexity of heritage, identity, social interactions and culture #WomensArt

One of the world’s oldest film studios, the #Odesa Film Studio, was damaged in a Russian missile strike on the night of June 10. The attack destroyed parts of the studio’s historic sets, damaged costume and prop storage. Source: MFA of Ukraine

Footage of the destruction caused by Israeli attacks on buildings in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

Tehran.

Theatre feature: Palestine comes to London - Keith Mckenna looks at upcoming Palestinian theatre productions coming to the UK. www.britishtheatreguide.info/features/pal...

★★★★ Review: The Reckoning – Challenging, artfully constructed indictment of Russian war crimes in Ukraine 👇

Mustafa Sheta ran The Freedom Theatre in a refugee camp in Jenin - then he was arrested by Israeli forces in 2023. Just a month after his release, their show Return to Palestine opens in London... @hollyomahony.bsky.social interviews Sheta about the realities of making theatre under occupation

The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in #Ukraine Arcola theatre, London by Mark Lawson The horrific reality of russia’s invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burton’s play www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/j...

Dr Gabor Mate is a truly remarkable man. He always says such a wise things. Listen to dr Gabor Mate who stands with the oppressed Palestinian people.

Abolish the parasitic, racist monarchy. They enslaved black people.