your previous statements make it appear that you are not an anti-zionist, therefore your “condemning the genocide” is insufficient without staunch opposition to the ethno supremacist ideology and ongoing settler colonialist project that produced the genocide. additionally, you seem more preoccupied with criticizing anti zionists (who took a lot of heat in the early days post 10/7) than you are with using your voice and platform to advocate for an end to the system of domination that has violently subjugated Palestinians for decades. If you truly believe in liberation, set your personal ego and resistance to criticism aside, in order to genuinely reflect on your own beliefs and how they have been expressed online
A Palestinian student from Gaza defeated Tommy Robinson in the Oxford Union debate on Islam.
Arwa Elrayess, the president of the debating society, did Palestine and Britain proud 🇵🇸🇬🇧
One thing you can absolutely guarantee in life.
When Labour ministers talk about difficult choices, it's never the rich and powerful that will be taking a hit.
Nah. For 400 years, int’l law has been the province of the powerful; the genocidaire, the war criminal, the colonialist, the racist. Decolonisation started to change that. The ICC was supposed to be part of that process. But it’s losing to reactionary forces, like Israel
very cool that the state dept is talking about blacklists, "pre-crime" & reimplementing the mccarthy trials while liberals on this website have joined hands with ted cruz & the entire gop to freak out about a chinese suit i wore! they're putting all of us in the camps dumbasses!
United Kingdom of 'israel' (Andy Burnham's) Cabinet in full:
• John Healey (Chancellor)
Labour Friends of 'israel' (LFI) parliamentary supporter. Opposed recognition of Palestine.
• Louise Haigh (First Secretary of State)
Labeled Gaza a genocide. Accepted up to £50,300 in office and staffing backing from Labour Together (pro-'israel' think tank).
• Ed Miliband (Foreign Secretary)
Personal family ties to 'israel'. Self-described 'friend of "israel"'. Opposed BDS.
• Wes Streeting (Defence Secretary)
20+ year LFI member. Received funding from pro-'israel' lobby (£30k+). Introduced IHRA into NHS. Mentored by Peter Mandelson. LFI funded delegation trip to 'israel'.
• Shabana Mahmood (Home Secretary)
Defended and appealed to protect proscription of Palestine Action. Commended police for enforcement actions (mass arrests) against public.
• Yvette Cooper (Health Secretary)
Instigated the initial proscription of Palestine Action. Accepted over £215,000 from the 'israel' lobby.
• Lucy Powell (Education Secretary)
LFI member. Condemned anti-Zionist campus movements. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Angela Rayner (Housing Secretary)
Accepted a £25,000+ donation from pro-'israel' lobbyist Trevor Chinn. Vocal opponent of BDS.
• Miatta Fahnbulleh (Energy Secretary)
Defended the continuity of UK military component licensing and exports to 'israel'.
• Angela Eagle (Environment Secretary)
Long-term LFI supporter. Voted down parliamentary motions for weapons embargoes.
• Pat McFadden (Work and Pensions Secretary)
Former LFI Vice-Chair. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Jonathan Reynolds (Business and Science Secretary)
Longtime LFI Vice-Chair. Signed off on and maintained existing arms export licences to 'israel' (Trade secretary). Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Alex Norris (Justice Secretary)
Member and parliamentary supporter of LFI.
• Heidi Alexander (Transport Secretary)
Defended the UK's continuing export of F-35 fighter jet components to 'israel'.
• Lisa Nandy (Culture Secretary)
Stated that boycotting 'israel' can be used to whip up hostility. Opposed full bans on arms sales to 'israel'.
• Emma Reynolds (Chief Secretary to the Treasury)
Prominent LFI supporter. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Ellie Reeves (Attorney General)
LFI member. Backs directives limiting public sector procurement boycotts.
• Douglas Alexander (Scotland Secretary)
Deep historical ties to LFI. Addressed official LFI annual receptions alongside 'israeli' ambassadors and supports anti-boycott platforms. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Stephen Kinnock (Wales Secretary)
Voted in favour of proscribing Palestine Action.
• Chris Bryant (Northern Ireland Secretary)
Long-term LFI parliamentary supporter. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Kanishka Narayan (AI Minister)
Declined to support parliamentary calls for asset freezes or direct state sanctions on 'israeli' officials.
• Bridget Phillipson (Women and Equalities Minister)
Longstanding LFI member. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Hamish Falconer (European Relations Minister)
Former Labour Together consultant. Defended continuing F-35 jet parts trade with 'israel'. Campaigned against emergency party motions labeling actions a genocide. Refused to investigate British dual nationals serving in the IOF.
• Matthew Pennycook (Housing Minister)
LFI parliamentary supporter. Voted against independent sanction proposals. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Anneliese Midgley (Chief Whip)
No known links.
• Alan Campbell (Leader of the House of Commons)
Long-term LFI supporter. Funded trip to 'israel'.
• Baroness Smith (Leader of the House of Lords)
LFI parliamentary supporter. Reaffirmed total alignment with 'israel' in official House of Lords statements. Funded trip to 'israel'.
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This is what a captured state looks like.
Britain is not independent or sovereign.
Free Palestine. Free Britain.
Told you. Under Burnham, nothing will fundamentally change. The attacks on migrants, activists, trans people, Palestinians and disabled people will continue as ferociously as before. A few economic measures will be shuffled around, but Labour's assault on civil rights continues.
In May I was invited to the Oxford Union to debate whether youth activism is "performative." But let’s be honest about what’s actually performative: sitting in wood-paneled rooms, debating , and sneering at a generation of young people who are trying to make change/
The reality? Gen Z isn’t driven to activism by TikTok or influencers. They are driven by the material reality of a capitalist system that has only ever offered them austerity, pandemics, climate chaos, and war. Revolutions don’t drop from the sky. They are the accumulation of a thousand different types of activism from climate strikes and BLM to the university encampments for Palestine. It is a molecular process. Young people are at the forefront because they have the most to lose, and they refuse to be burdened by the cynicism of the past.
While the establishment sneers, a revolutionary wave is building. The question isn't whether youth activism is "performative" the question is how we organise that gut instinct to change the world into a real, material force that can actually overthrow the system at the root of the crisis.
As Lenin once said: give us one generation of youth, and we will transform the world.
We are not outnumbered. We are just out organised. Time to build.