#OtD 11 Dec 1981 a Reagan-backed death squad massacred around 1000 people in El Mozote, El Salvador. Prior to being killed, many of the victims were tortured and girls as young as 10 were raped by the US-trained troops stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8281...

Tomorrow's front page 📰 'The UK is letting these people die'

Israeli attacks on the occupied West Bank are reaching a critical level. It is imperative we act to call out these heinous attacks, raids, abductions, and violence of the Israeli occupation.

A Guatemalan immigrant held at Camp East Montana here in El Paso has died. He had been held at the facility since September. At least 25 migrants have died in ICE detention this year.

Forest City 1 is a charter city proposal by a network of right-wing libertarians, anarcho-capitalists, centrists, and even so-called green supporters. The Guardian, Spiked, CAPX, the Free Speech Union are signatories, something is going very wrong with UK free zones open.substack.com/pub/european...

Military Diary Case: “Every judicial delay prolongs the never-ending grief” Andrea Godínez @ocotegt.bsky.social #Guatemala #Military_Diary_Case #Caso_Diario_Militar #Pacto_De_Coruptos

In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

Has to be an @theonion.com story?

‘The Books the CIA Burned in Guatemala’ by José Cal @elfaroenglish.bsky.social #Guatemala_PBSUCCESS #Guatemala_CIA #Guatemala_1954_Coup #Guatemala_Democracy #Guatemala_Cold_War #José_Cal

"Ryanair is shutting its frequent flyers members’ club after only eight months because customers exploited its benefits too much." www.theguardian.com/business/202... Go figure!

Forest City 1 Suffolk is the beginning of many more charter cities dependent on deregulated SEZ frameworks, and billions in public money. Find out more here👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/european...

THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR LAND Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones. open.substack.com/pub/european...

What is the point of writing in the midst of genocide? In episode 4 of the PalFest Podcast, Tareq Baconi and Ta-Nehisi Coates consider this and other questions animated by Baconi's new memoir FIRE IN EVERY DIRECTION. Listen at: www.palfest.org/podcast

Tarmac of Tears: Back in Guatemala, Trump’s Deportees Weep Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

This 🧵- important to know what's being said and what's not being said. Whose interests are being served?

Six Guatemalan officials have now been convicted of locking dozens of girls in their cell as a fire consumed them. For eight years, the Hogar Seguro children’s home fire has symbolized a country failing to care for its girls. #efPhoto beta.elfaro.net/en/by-invita...

#OtD 21 Nov 1920 British colonial police in Ireland raided Croke Park stadium during a Gaelic football match and began shooting indiscriminately into the crowd of thousands of people, killing 14, including one player stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9419...

She left footprints of blood outside the Constitutional Court. She underwent surgery to reconstruct her hymen. A doctor injected anesthesia as she read testimonies of genocide. Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo on the role of political art. beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

In Guatemala City, deportees are in tears, disoriented, or greeted by sobbing relatives. People who, in the world of simplistic metaphors, had a dream that they called American. When they leave that place, that dream, if it was one, is over. beta.elfaro.net/en/central-a...

One woman had no family left in Guatemala. Some men were snatched from their jobs. Every deportee was distraught, confused, or angry. When Guatemalans flip the coin of abandonment, they often find brutality on the other side. beta.elfaro.net/en/letter-fr...

🗞️ Tarmac of Tears: Back in Guatemala, Trump’s Deportees Weep Read Issue No. 7 of Central America Monthly: beta.elfaro.net/en/monthly/i...

Whatever about Troy Parrott's first goal, great though it was, the text update from @news.rte.ie was an absolute joy - outstanding...

We join Demilitarise Education's call to End University War Complicity. Sign the open letter urging university leaders to cut ties with arms companies linked to war, human rights abuses, and environmental destruction: ded1.co/how-we-do-it...

Teodoro, from a predominantly Mayan region in Guatemala, is one of hundreds of parents who still have not been reunited with their children after they were separated at the US border under the first Trump administration. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.

79% of homes sold in Dublin this year were bought by landlords, 75% by large landlords. About 1 in 5 TDs are landlords. This is disgusting dog whistling. The problem has never been people seeking asylum. The problem is people seeking to endlessly profit from folks just looking for a home.

They want us to let bygones be bygones, sweep the pesky genocide under the rug. We will never accept this.

No more lies, we need action.

Great episode ...

I expect Labour and Starmer will now pivot away from Reform and start taking their directions from Plaid Cymru.

✡️🇵🇸 THOUSANDS of orthodox Jews have taken to the streets in New York City to protest against the state of Israel. 55,000 Orthodox Jews protested in Manhattan against Israel and its deviant army. Israel is not a Jewish state.

sums it up. headlines on crowd sizes and the feeling that maybe something happens (somewhere else) aren’t action, and getting a bunch of people to show up to a party for nothing isn’t organizing. find your people and build something real.

Why Maccabi Tel Aviv fans with record of violent rampages were really banned - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/why-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-record-violent-rampages-really-banned

Five months before new magistrates are chosen, Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal has been raided amid arrests, a guilty plea, and accusations of bribery. Next year, the top seats at the Tribunal, high courts, and other crucial institutions are up for grabs. beta.elfaro.net/en/elfaro-au...

Honoured to be speaking about my recent experiences in Palestine in London on Friday with the incredible Sabeel-Kairos. You get tickets here! events.humanitix.com/sabeel-kairo...

I've just been listening to the first (?) PalFest podcast featuring Wiam El-Tamami in conversation with Batool Abu Akleen, talking about her new book of poetry, '48Kgs'.. I found it heartbreaking yet inspiring. Do give it a listen on your podcast platform. @palfest.bsky.social

Get his ass ms Rachel

‘Pregnant and trapped: Guatemala’s child sex abuse crisis’ #Anja_Popp, @unreportedworld.bsky.social @channel4tv.bsky.social #OSAR_Guatemala #Canal_Antigua #Guatemala #Guatemala_Indigenous #Guatemala_Indigenas #Guatemala_Abuso_Sexual #Guatemala_Impunity #Guatemala_Impunidad

Naoise's brother is asking Irish people to please contact the government #Speirgorm

GHRC – Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights A recent update from Guatemala Human Rights Commission (GHRC) on justice and human rights contained information on the following: At UN President Arévalo Points to Progress & Admits ChallengesAt a recent speech before the UN General Assembly,…

‘GHRC - Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights’ @ghrcusa.bsky.social #Guatemala #Guatemala_Human_Rights #Guatemala_Justice guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/10/10/g...

GHRC – Attacks on human rights defenders continue in Guatemala GHRC writes that in the past month attacks on human rights defenders, including journalists, have continued. Journalist Carlos Choc has suffered acts of intimidation and has been the victim of a defamation campaign. These acts are…

‘GHRC - Recent Developments in Justice and Human Rights’ @ghrcusa.bsky.social Carlos_Choc #Guatemala #Guatemala_Human_Rights #Guatemala_Justice #Guatemala_criminalisation #Guatemala_criminalization #Carlos_Choc guatemalasolidarity.org.uk/2025/10/10/g...

Clapton CFC has been shortlisted for the Football Content Awards in the category ‘Best Football Club - Women's Football'. If you fancy voting, the deadline is midnight on Sunday night. We're up against four WSL teams… footballcontentawards.com/voting

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If you all could share this on your socials, that would be great. Deadline is 4PM BST

Britain is sending record-high level of weapons to Israel. In June, it sent £400,000 worth of weapons, including bullets, bombs, parts of tanks and guns, and a plethora of weapons that will be used in the genocide in Gaza. www.channel4.com/news/factche...

Two New Videos from Batool Abu Akleen now on our Youtube channel. At the age of 15, Batool won the Barjeel poetry prize. Her widely lauded debut poetry collection, 48kg, published by Tenement Press, was recently listed in the Guardian's Best Recent Poetry roundup. Watch here: m.youtube.com/palfest

The first in a new series of videos following young writers in Gaza. Here, Batool Abu Akleen reads her poem, Judgement Day, from her searingly powerful debut collection. Please watch and share widely. youtube.com/watch?v=mHunLNYShWI&feature=youtu.be