I welcome the news that the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has lost her appeal and failed to block the legal challenge to the proscription of Palestine Action:

The system isn't broken, it's rigged. It's time for real change.

Mean Peace

On today’s workplace day of action 9.10.25 and every day until a just and lasting peace is established, we stand in solidarity with Palestinians.

Israel has kidnapped hundreds of people in international waters. They were trying to break an illegal siege which is starving the people of Gaza. The flotilla is the best of us 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israel-kid...

I’ve been saying for years the Netanyahu does not care about diaspora Jews. If you don’t live in Israel he will happily see you as colateral for his genocide. All my love to all Jews in this sad Yom Kippur. Keep being your feisty loud funny selves 💜✡️

Power to the people. ✊🏽 #endthesiege #endtheoccupation #stopthebombing

BREAKING: Israel has intercepted Global Sumud Flotilla vessels Alma and Sirius, according to activists onboard. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/356qba

DIVERSITY IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION 1/The annual data report tracking #MinorityEthnic teacher nos 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has been published for 2025. Numbers remain stubbornly low with <2% of all teachers being #BAME. Still <1% are in any form of management position. Key points in the 🧵👇🏽 www.gov.scot/publications...

@educatorsforpeace.bsky.social launched the first of our webinar series of professional development last night. Great to so many teachers/educators engage with us on the need to address the rise of #racism & the #FarRight, including challenging conversations dealt with compassion and humanity.

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country? Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide. It undermines police and the law.

Our team have been busy today connecting with different communities to talk peace building. While @nuthmani.bsky.social and @katie-hunter.bsky.social were invited to share our ideas with the Scottish Greens Women’s Network, @jazzawi.bsky.social gave a presentation to the Sunday Assembly conference.

Some of you may have seen this already, if you haven't, watch, then reshare with those you know, should see it. Have a great day guys!

With our msgs of love, unity & justice. It was gr8 to have the opportunity to speak on behalf of @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social in collab with Women Against the Far Right. I spoke about the need for #education not to remain silent in the face of racism & hate. www.thenational.scot/news/2548283...

Speaking at the GGEC rally in Edinburgh today. Write to your Councillors to get Prevent scrapped. www.amnesty.org.uk/blogs/anti-r...

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Why are we still providing military support to a country that has bombed almost every neighbouring state over the past year?

We are a strong group of activist teachers looking to drive change that will transform how we teach and what we teach in a way that empowers leaners and educators. Join our Call to Action: educatorsforpeace.co.uk#call-to-action

My thoughts on the disturbing incident of a young Muslim girl who was racially attacked on Monday after school while walking home in a leafy suburb of Glasgow. I am in disbelief that this is happening in 2025. Everyone has a responsibility to make sure this doesn't become the norm including schools.

Whether it’s attacking hospitals, journalists, aid seekers, aid workers, flotillas Israel’s MO is the same: Deny it Do it again Deny it Do it again Deny it Do it again Until the world shrugs off a new normal

Baby Sock Installation, Byres Road. 8.9.25. @magscotland.bsky.social have created this installation, with each tiny sock representing the name of a child killed by Israel since 2023. 💔🕊️

Big Read news feature is an in-depth interview with me by @neilmackay.bsky.social on asylum, genocidal processes at work and need for leadership against hate. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544663... And www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544581... Read via your library PressReader app

A moving day at the Baby Names Memorial on Thursday outside Parliament with @magscotland.bsky.social We heard powerful words from Ishraa, a Palestinian mother and PhD student, and from Alison Phipps on the loss of colleagues in Gaza’s higher education community. 🌿🕊️

Defend our Juries silent protest, Edinburgh. A wonderful show of peaceful solidarity from protesters and public.

Marcellina Oseghale Akpojotor, artist who combines tiny pieces of ankara fabric to create portraits of Nigerian women #WomensArt

My first piece for @bylines.scot #GlobalCitizenship #SocialJustice #PeaceEducation #ScotEduSky @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social @eisunion.bsky.social

A brilliant article and much needed reminder for me this week in finding hope!

In Germany, scientists have made a breakthrough in treating Parkinson’s by implanting a chip in the brain that sends precise signals to restore movement. A stunning leap in neuroscience—witness the power of innovation and the beauty of science in action. Powerfull content

Mothers Against Genocide Scotland went to the Scottish parliament yesterday with a garland of children's socks which represent just a fraction of the children murdered by Israel. Each sock etched with the name of a child killed. This was to highlight the silence & complicity of our politicians.

With all the depressing reports coming in of a rise in #racist incidents & the rise of the #FarRight,I'm sharing this article I wrote last year.The education sector can't solve everything but has a big role to play in challenging hate and harmful stereotypes. www.thenational.scot/politics/244...

“We’re here to talk about A levels” “Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀

"Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground" final lithograph of Käthe Kollwitz, 1942. The death of her son in battle in 1914 profoundly affected the artist, who expressed her grief by creating many prints on the theme of mothers protecting their children from the horrors of war #WomensArt

Betty Acquah is a contemporary Ghanaian painter who uses the technique of pointillism for her work in oil painting and acrylic #WomensArt

@hazelmpinner.bsky.social hi sent an dm.

Keep the pressure on your MP and education sec. As a gay man who was educated in the section 28 era and experienced the dehumanising campaign against its repeal as an impressionable late-teen, I'm promising you that this is worse for trans youth than S28/2A was for us. This will cost lives.

@hazelmpinner.bsky.social how’s it going? Sent you a dm.

Anti fascist demo in town where up to 100 fascists were allowed to march the streets of Glasgow escorted by the police. There were more of us than them, fascists aren’t welcome in Glasgow.

Breakfast at Riad Sylvia. Marrakesh.

I notice this news story has slipped off the bbc news app. Highlights include that >80% claimants are British, of which >76% are white. So no, immigrants are not coming to the UK for our benefits and neither are they a burden on the economy. #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Holocaust survivor and former refugee Stephen Kapos has spoken about why he is campaigning against the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza ⬇️ Read the full interview: www.thenational.scot/news/2530958...

@ddonnelly.bsky.social I won’t be here to support but if you are or can spread the word. ✊🏽

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws. Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide. This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.

Real change is coming.

There's a military force that's propped up by the most powerful nations in the world and is commiting war crimes, including genocide. What people are clutching pearls at are artists insulting that military force. This world is upside down.

Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now. Sign up here to stay updated: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-t...

Parliament in a nutshell: Yesterday MPs, including Yvette Cooper, celebrated the suffragette legacy of civil disobedience that won women the right to vote.. Only to then vote to designate non-violent direct action group Palestine Action as terrorists. Westminster is broken.