As countries around the world recognize a Palestinian state, Israel is doing everything it can to prevent the possibility of any future state. One way it plans on doing that is through financial strangulation. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/isra... #Palestine #Israel

I’ll believe this is sincere once I know that Lord Glasman, a man who told Steve Bannon that ‘progressives are the enemy’ has been consinged to oblivion. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

More of this kind of thing please. 🇮🇹🇵🇸 🍉🍕

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The size of the demonstrations and strikes from Sydney Harbour Bridge to Termini Station is starting to be reminiscent of 1989 #Lichterketten #WeThePeople

General strike in Italy for Palestine, here’s the amazing view from the top of Termini station in Rome. The people – not the government – stand for solidarity and justice (da Matteo Pucciarelli)

"Gaza City – September 22, 2025: Forced displacement of civilians continues as Israeli forces advance into... Gaza City. Palestinians, carrying their belongings, travel southward along Al-Rasheed coastal road..." Photographer: Saeed Jaras/ Anadolu" www.threads.com/@said.m.jara... (1/2)

"I trust that the UK Government will take the right decision. Please, don't let me choose between my family and my education, because it's impossible for me to be separated from them." www.thenational.scot/news/2548316...

Jonathan Lear’s work on Radical Hope in times of cultural devastation has been a guiding star in recent years. A giant of an intellectual, clear and with an oeuvre that knows knowledge, when clear and careful, is medicinal, kindly and true enough to live by. Rest in Peace

People ask, does he really believe this stuff? But that question is not relevant. To Trump, words are not "true" or "false" - he doesn't believe or not believe in their veracity. Words only "help Trump" or "harm Trump". So, what he believes is that saying this will benefit him. And that's far worse.

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Here's your first look at tomorrow's front page 🗞️ A historic moment as UK recognises the Palestinian state – but Swinney says Starmer must go further

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"Above all, this moment belongs to the people of Palestine. It is the fruit of more than a century of struggle, sacrifice, steadfastness, and love of our homeland. It is because of their resilience that the State of Palestine is being recognised here today." www.thenational.scot/news/2548329...

She was called Palestine Before the British ruled in Palestine #FreePalestine

Speaking from Gaza, Manar Al Houbi told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show she was informed just days before her evacuation from Gaza that her family would not be allowed to come with her – despite the Labour Government allowing other students' families to enter the UK.

“The Home Office has been approached for comment.” These are International Students on scholarships for dependents - so ‘refugee’ quote is mixing this up with equally egregious but separate decision to scrap family reunion #BBCLaurak @ScotNational www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This sounds familiar See also under ‘how countries with First Past the Post systems inexorably move to the right’.

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Rethinking language education in the school curriculum in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

First students evacuated from Gaza to study in UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Word this world Let words be Lest we forget #GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

Ethics and spirituality in higher education embracing self-development and presence Study of spiritual matters may be in decline, but it still has the power to improve our lives and our organisations By Dr Ann Marie Mealey

21st September

To recap, Trump signed a proclamation saying that after midnight tonight, no one with an H-1B visa may enter the US unless they have paid $100,000. However, anonymous White House officials are saying it doesn't apply to people with current H-1B visas — yet there is NO official guidance! None!

"Earlier this week, I was denied entry into Israel while on a humanitarian parliamentary delegation..." ...says a Jewish MP who has been to Israel many times. Israel is no friend of the UK nor any humanitarian principle.

It's easy to dismiss this sort of thing as performative, but this performance is so much better than the alternatives.

Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europe, Russia and the January 6 insurrection bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...

This is genocide, of that there can be no doubt. Our governments must end their complicity in this murderous slaughter. 🚫 Stop funding Israel ❌ Stop arming Israel Boycott. Divestment. Sanctions. Now!

Gaza’s population decimated, literally

We were human then We remained human #GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

Mahmood has already demonstrated herself to be worse than Patel. That's depressingly impressive considering how short of a time she has been Home Secretary. With her current trajectory she is going to make Braverman look like a "woke leftie" by the end of the year. www.thetimes.com/article/6219...

Trump administration says Syrians in the US must leave the country within 60 days or face arrest and deportation.

A Green party staffer tells me 1,376 people joined the Greens on Thursday (Your Party chaos definitely helped) Total membership was about 63,000 before the leadership election. It's now over 75,000

They’re betting everything on “this time even tougher than ever we promise” on immigration to save Starmer. I’d say brace for a proper BNP-style conference speech.

"In recent weeks, Reform leader Nigel Farage has learned for sure what he must have already assumed: that nothing he says about the treatment of refugees, however far beyond the bounds of acceptability it may go, will get challenged by Keir Starmer."

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We need to be very clear about this. Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

We used to be told that 'under any other leader, Labour would be 20% ahead'. Under its current leader, it isn't even getting to 20% in the first place.

I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot

“Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology” Like cruelty, hypocrisy is the point. Don’t look for logic, the only logic is domination. Their placards not yours. Their genocide not your peace movement

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’ Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

The govt knows perfectly well that many people arriving from France have been victims of trafficking/ modern slavery en route- Libya being a particularly egregious location for this- & it’s completely dishonest to suggest otherwise, or strip protections from victims to serve its Reform-lite agenda

Portugal to recognise Palestinian state on Sunday - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/portugal-recognise-palestinian-state-sunday

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