Listen to Sh’s story from Gaza, told through Amal: Children in Gaza, like 17-year-old Sh, have not been able to return to school. This year nearly 660,000 students will once again miss the start of the school year, their classrooms turned into rubble and daily struggles to survive. (1/2)

Every year homeless photographers are handed single-use cameras to take photos of London to turn into a calendar they can sell.

UNICEF has warned that Gaza is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. There is no safe corner, no promise of medical care, no proper school routine to anchor them. Childhood itself, curiosity, play, safety, has been turned upside down. (4/5)

Today, Palestinian mothers are denied the ability to feed their children at all. The same systems of control, exploitation, and violence that shaped these earlier injustices enable this one. The right to feed one’s child should not depend on the permission of an occupying power.

In July 2025, the Israeli army made survival even harder by banning all access to the sea, which means no fishing to earn a living, no fresh fish to feed families, and no swimming to cool down. (4/5)

Read these words posted online by Palestinians in Gaza. Let them horrify you. Because this reality is intolerable and it cannot continue. As trucks of aid – food, water, medicine, and hygiene supplies – wait at the border, millions of people are hungry. Stop this catastrophe.

Now in Tel Aviv: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are marching together against the starvation in Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire deal to end the annihilation and return the hostages

The 2012 London Olympics bid promised affordable homes for East London. But they have not materialised. This is the real legacy of the Games.

This week’s Big Issue is out today! 🪧 What modern protest looks like 🏅 London 2012’s true legacy 💷 Brian Cox takes aim at big banks Buy a copy from your local vendor, and read a sneak peek here. 👀https://www.bigissue.com/behind-the-scenes/inside-the-big-issue-the-shape-of-protest-in-2025/

20 years ago London won the bid to host the games based on a promise to regenerate the area serving as a model of social inclusion. This has not happened. The key beneficiaries are professional groups. Here we set out a plan for a community led housing and employment inclusion zone on the park.

#DontForgetGaza Briefing by Jonathan Whittall, Head of OCHA OPT, to journalists in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip While the world’s attention is elsewhere, people in Gaza today are being killed trying to reach food. The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence. is.gd/s8MV0r

Anne Phoenix & John Solomos great talks in celebration of Phil Cohen. Some good optimism

This Palestinian girl in Gaza is mourning her younger brother who was killed by Israeli forces while trying to collect aid from Rafah.

Becky Tunstall’s report looks like a grim but compelling exposition of the state of the nation. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Dock workers in Marseille are refusing to load a ship with military cargo destined for Israel - they need our support. They are doing what’s right, where their government has failed Sign the open letter of solidarity, send a message to these brave workers standing up for Palestine? is.gd/0kzAIv

A group of UN human rights experts is raising alarm over a recently-passed Israeli law that allows children as young as 12 years old to be sentenced to life in prison, saying that the legislation is likely a violation of international human rights law. truthout.org/articles/new... 1/2

Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir

Award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson has released the short film, ‘A Licence to Kill’, calling on the UK government to stop providing Israel with the weapons it uses to commit what Amnesty International described last week as a “live streamed genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza is.gd/HYEnRR

More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and about 290,000 others are “on the brink of death” as Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid aje.io/p407e2

Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately. Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i

We congratulate all who worked on No Other Land on winning an Oscar last night.  May this moment serve as a reminder to all of us to stand in steadfast solidarity with those enduring ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli military in Masaffer Yatta and all of Palestine.

Residents trapped with service charges of up to £8,000 a year to take legal action against government. #sharedownership www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Good people of London, hands are needed! Join us on Snowdrop Sunday 23rd Feb to plant out thousands of snowdrops 'in the green' in the museum garden. Provided: Gardening gloves and tools Instructions Hot drinks and cakes Needed: You! Guaranteed mood lift. Families welcome. See you there 💚

Homes for families not investors - what Labour could learn from other centre-left governments ... My piece for @labour-hub.bsky.social labourhub.org.uk/2025/01/17/h...

Great to run a workshop with the TELCO leadership team on our plans for a community led housing and employment inclusion zone on the Olympic Park @londonclt.bsky.social @emmanuelgotora.bsky.social

Its forecast - 3 tonight in London and - 4 tomorrow. Our community shelter in the museum is operating all weekend. We are now full. ✔️Please check in with people and ask if they need anything ❤️ ✔️always ask before referring to streetlink. ✔️ Check your council's out of hours arrangements

Next Saturday 14th for rent control in London. Meet 1130 Cavendish Square Oxford Circus by @LDNRentersUnion mailchi.mp/londonrenter...

On 5th December we will be holding a protest outside the LLDC offices calling on policy makers to get the promised housing legacy back on track.

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