The anti-genocide protests are not made against the Jewish community. They're not even made against Israel per se. They are primarily against *our own government*, and it's complicity in the genocide being carried out by the Israeli state. The home secretary's remarks should be seen in that context.

I'll say it again. Our horror at the Gaza genocide and at the atrocity in Manchester comes in both cases from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity in the face of both these evils as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.

My tired scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

'So how do you start a conversation with someone shouting abuse, I ask? It all starts with “would you like some cake?” Heston replies.' goodapocalypse.substack.com/p/cake-or-de...

Food, medical care, in-facility stores. There's 💰 to be gained from the business of immigration detention. Find out more in the launch of Conlon and Hiemstra's new book, plus discussion with Prof Ruben Andersson, on 21 October, 5-6pm BST. Register here ⬇️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

My daily scream into the abyss: Aaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh

The UK-France agreement uses a former EU member state as a return destination without the Common European Asylum System safeguards. Blog: blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centr...

Yes, I want something better! I've finally joined a political party - obviously the Green one!

A difficult but important read scroll.in/article/1086...

And 'some are thugs, but not most of them'. What are you trying to defend here? And then the person talking about how the govt needs to listen to people's concerns (I can't remember the exact wording).

I got into Gogglebox through my brother in law, but seeing a few of their stars' responses to the far right rally has put me off, e.g., 'the person I know who went is not a far right fascist'. They might not be, but nevertheless they purposely attended an obviously far right fascist rally. So...

'A moving testament to the transformative impact of open hearts and open minds, illustrating that even in the face of adversity, a community can emerge as a guiding light for those seeking refuge and a sense of belonging' m.youtube.com/watch?v=p3LE...

A Israeli soldier who was attached to the GHF "relief" operation, and was ordered to shoot at the crowd: "The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children". Haaretz.

Let me elaborate my disagreement with @zackpolanski.bsky.social in a 🧵. The scenes on our streets are not "the consequences of decades of austerity" but of centuries of racism propagated by the British ruling classes to rationalise the social order they have constructed at home and abroad.

For the next fascist demo we need to organise lots of lovely joyful anti-fascist activities that are not about physically turning up to face them. I’m talking street parties, discos, community events that drown them the hell out.

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The number of groups now signed up to blockade Britain's largest arms fair on its opening day, 9 September, has now reportedly risen to 75. Dubbed "The Big One", campaigners say if Starmer won't challenge the industry's complicity in genocide in Gaza, then they'll do it themselves #TheBigOne

Strangely calming to see it explained this way www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"At the end of the day... we live on a floating rock, just get on with it". Absolute legend.

A defiant George Monbiot avoids arrest amid wave of pro-Palestine Action protests @georgemonbiot.bsky.social said it's "an Orwellian situation in which people calling for peace are arrested under the Terrorism Act, while the UK actively assists Israeli state terror" www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

A friend alerted me to the UK government's response to a petition calling for a stop to financial and other support for asylum seekers. It starts with 'We are grateful to everyone who took the time to sign this petition.' FFS! @zoejardiniere.bsky.social petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

I know I hold a lot of privilege and feel bad for complaining, but I feel like I'm suffocating. I'm just waiting out the next couple of decades before I can be out of here.

Governments (Labour and Conservative) create and trade on fears. Why be humane when there's money to be made... 🤮

❤️🖤❤️ Tonight! ❤️🖤❤️ Join us at 6:30pm! We look forward to seeing you at the online launch of the National Day of Solidarity to End Immigration Detention 2025 Come and find out how you can get involved! Booking information ⬇️ righttoremain.org.uk/17-july-onli...

The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study By Janelle Spira, Hannah Wright, Kemi Komolafe & Christina Kushnir *Free to access in the International Journal of Human Rights* doi.org/10.1080/1364...

While this is good news, this Government line is depraved. ‘Ministers hope the first enforced returns to Syria could take place before the end of the year, with a senior Home Office source adding that they "wouldn't say it's a million miles away".’

The Home Office decision to resume processing asylum applications from Syria is welcomed, but this should never have been paused in the first place. Lives have hung in the balance for the last 6 months. No one should be left in limbo when safety is at stake. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Ruling upheld: the Home Office is required to consult @medicaljustice.org.uk in relation to immigration detention policies affecting vulnerable people (‘adults at risk’).

1/🧵 @manchestereveningnews.co.uk has published a dedicated article based on our new report: “This system destroys you”: Children trapped in adult asylum hotels by the Home Office. This report is a call for change - and we’re grateful to the MEN for helping it reach more people. 👏

This is a dark day for human rights in Britain. We urge campaigners to read our guidance and look out for more help in the coming week. netpol.org/2025/06/26/p...

We've now had a full year of the new Government, so we've reviewed the good, the bad and the downright ugly from the first year of its asylum policy. What's your verdict on the first 12 months?

The IDF is an organisation. An organisation that is currently enthusiastically engaged in a genocide of an unarmed and imprisoned civilian population. Calling for the death of that organisation would seem to be both reasonable and morally imperative

What a sad pathetic man who stands for absolutely nothing. An empty vessel rattling noisily for whatever lobby is closest to power and gets to drop their mean spirited bigotry into him first

This BBC statement defames Bobby Vylan. "Death to the IDF" is not antisemitic. Declaring this to be so is antisemitic, because it conflates Jewish people as a whole with a genocidal army. People's fury is directed at heinous crimes, not the ethnicity of the perpetrators.

One day historians will situate the British state banning the wearing of a Palestine Action t-shirt alongside it crushing anti-colonial movements and banning the Irish flag, rather than engaging with popular demands to end injustice. All under the premiership of a former "human rights lawyer"

Just had a brilliant chat w @thecivilfleet.bsky.social podcast💙 Anyone looking for the best interviews & insight on UK & European immigration politics should be subscribed! And look out for my episode, talking about my report for @carladenyer.bsky.social on breaking up the Home Office out v soon!

Why is Wes Streeting able to talk about what was said at Glastonbury But not able to comment on reports of IDF soldiers being ordered to kill Palestinians queuing up for food?

Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems lobbied the Home Office for a retrial after criminal charges against Palestine Action’s co-founders were dismissed. www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-arms...

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action: "She cites activists previously cleared by courts for actions against UK military bases trying to stop war crimes in Iraq, East Timor and Yemen, “but as soon as it’s done for Palestine that’s it, you’re branded as a terrorist." www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

"We also broke into an airbase to stop war crimes. Thankfully, we were two nice white boys" - impassioned argument against proscribing Palestine Action by Dan Woodhouse and Netpol's Sam Walton novaramedia.com/2025/06/27/w...

I don't understand why people are still having children! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Another example of how it’s never been a question of money, but one of power. Labour insists on portraying itself as ‘tough’ and the only version of ‘tough’ they know is rightwing. They could be ‘tough’ on billionaires, on greedy Big Tech companies etc But no, gotta be tough on those asylum seekers

Fund Local Authorities to provide decent community-based accommodation for everybody in need of it, instead of funnelling public money into private pockets to run hell sites. See the brilliant @asylummatters.bsky.social Communities Not Camps campaign!

This. EVERYONE has a right to decent, humane, housing + that includes people in the asylum system. Instead we're treated to a dystopian nightmare: endless rounds of demonisation, scapegoating, + cruelty, whether for disabled people, people of colour, poor people, or refugees. Make it make sense!

Online launch of the 'No Access to Justice 2' research is Monday 23rd June 2025 from 10 – 11am Presentation of findings and opportunity for questions and discussion. Register at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/798092... Report is here: justice-together.org.uk/articles/no-...

New from Free Movement: Legal aid crisis worsens with shortage of immigration and asylum advice throughout the UK | Sonia Lenegan

An amazing organisation!

@nandosigona.bsky.social Hello, my PhD research is on social work with care leavers seeking asylum. I'm reading 'Outsourcing the ‘best interests’ of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the era of austerity' and was wondering if you have published the FOI questions and responses. Thank you.

Big news! We’ve secured a debate in Parliament on child poverty next week. We need your help to get your MP in the room to speak out about No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), one of the most harmful policies facing migrant families. 📝 Email your MP now: act.praxis.org.uk/email-MP-NRP...

Hostile immigration policies and government rhetoric are making people feel safer in exploitation than in support. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...