Graham Platner is a dilettante adventurer reaping the benefits of both a privileged upbringing and his (unearned) image as an average working class man. I wrote about how these converge to grant him impunity www.liberalcurrents.com/graham-platn...

“The danger… is very real. The charges, bogus though they are, carry a sentence of up to ten years in a Russian penal colony.”

Together with almost 140 fellow Labour MPs, I have written to the Foreign Secretary to call for a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements. Our group includes every Labour select committee chair. It’s time to be clear that settlements have no viable economic future (1/2)

« Marjane Satrapi est morte de tristesse » www.lemonde.fr/disparitions.... « Nous ne dissimulerons pas cette émotion profonde et sacrée. »

Like shooting fish in a barrel

"The issue here is not some indefinable evil present in the Israel psyche; it is the bleakly banal cruelty of humanity(. . .). Prisons are places of control and hierarchy and arbitrary power, detention and prisoner camps outside the scope of civil law even more so"

If Starmer were gambling on his own party’s future, that would be an unremarkable political folly. But he’s gambling on the future of millions of nonwhite British citizens and our status as first- or second-class citizens. A shameful and cavalier attitude.

Have heard this from trustees of the NIF, which pulled out. So I’m pretty sure an invitation has been extended. @wedemocracyuk.bsky.social has drafted an open letter opposing the invitation: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F....

Our statement at UKFoST in light of the wave of violent antisemitism in Britain: ukfost.co.uk/solidarity-a... ‘True solidarity is not transactional—helping others if we believe they will help us—but an approach to politics based on joint struggle around shared interests.’

Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha, there it is

🏃 Sabastian Sawe (29 ans) est devenu le premier athlète à courir un marathon en moins de deux heures, dimanche à Londres, où le Kényan a conservé son titre devant l'Éthiopien Yomif Kejelcha et l'Ougandais Jacob Kiplimo ⤵️

I honestly have nothing but withering contempt for people like this. They are consumed by No Bedtime Socialism. It's atomised hyper-individualism masquerading as something collectivist. The people who suffer the most here are staff and consumers due to the impact it has on inflation.

India has banned ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’, citing foreign relations with Israel. Diplomacy must not be a blank cheque for censorship. Stand up for freedom of expression in Israel and India: join Israelis, Indians and allies against the ban. Sign and share: joshualoo.net/censorship

If anyone connected to Blavatnik is reading this, they should tell him that he should expect even bigger protests against him in London this time.