James Poke

Flautist, director of Icebreaker, amateur political activist, supporter of the Nicaraguan people, keen cook and language enthusiast

[Icebreaker @icebreaker_news]

Cranial Pavement

Works by Conlon Nancarrow (arr. James Poke), John Godfrey, Yannis Kyriakides & Richard Craig

For full info: https://t.co/DkeC1JxeTo

#conlonnancarrow #postminimalism #newclassical #NewClassicalMusic #minimalistmusic

[Labour Friends of Progressive Latin America @labourfplam]

Sawdust, Sunrise Singing and Solidarity: Holy Week in Nicaragua
"Christ’s resurrection is a powerful symbol of hope, and this resilient country identifies strongly with it."
https://t.co/QcPdbZqcXO via @orinocotribune

[James Poke @James__Poke]

Some of the dangerous terrorists arrested today...

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

A petition calling for a public inquiry into Israel's influence in Britain has now reached over 90,000 signatures.

At 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for a debate in parliament.
👉https://t.co/7IOfkLKHqj

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Two new Stop the Genocide events in West Surrey
- Farnham 4th April, 12pm-2pm
- Godalming 12th April, 12pm-2pm
Bring placards, flags and banners!

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Film show at Mayford Village Hall, 17th April, 7pm

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

The next event in our Barclays campaign at Woking Barclays, Saturday 18th April 12pm-2pm.

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Two opportunities to hear a talk by Miranda Pinch about her visit to Palestine in January 2026 - in Farnham and in Dorking.

Thursday 16th April, 7:30pm, St Andrew's Church Farnham GU9 7PR
Wednesday 20th May, 7:00pm, Quaker Meeting House, South St, Dorking RH4 2LE

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Leafleting in Reigate High St - 18th April 11am-1pm

Join us to hand out leaflets about BDS and raising awareness on the Gaza genocide.

Outside Gail's, next to the Old Town Hall

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

This Saturday - join us in Farnham for a Stop the Genocide protest!

[Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group @NSCAG_UK]

#Nicaragua, a country that protects the environment and invests in #renewableenerg to achieve 70-80% green power @SolidarityNica @explore_nica
Find out more: https://t.co/LqKvnTLVD0

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

Nobody wants to believe they're the villain in the story. Nobody wants to believe their government is run by psychopaths who are inflicting unfathomable evils upon populations around the globe in order to rule the world.

It's much nicer to believe you're the Good Guys. Much easier to sit with the idea that your government might make an innocent mistake here and there, but overall is a driving force for the good of humankind, and is certainly superior to the villains it makes war with.

That's a fiction, though. It's a comfortable lie. A fairy tale that westerners tell themselves to avoid a profoundly uncomfortable truth.

The truth is that we are the villains.

We are the terrorists.

We are the tyrants.

We are the evil regime.

Our soldiers aren't out there defending our country, they're out there murdering people for defending their country. They're not fighting for freedom and democracy, they're fighting for money and power.

Daniel Crimmins from the US Army 3rd Infantry Division wrote the following about the Iraq War in 2015:

"Then you realize you haven’t seen anything to support the idea that these poor fuckers are a threat to your home. You look around and you see all the contractors making six figure salaries to fix your shit, train Iraqis, maintain the ridiculous SUVs the KBR dicks ride around in. You consider the fact that every 25mm shell costs about forty bucks, and your company has been handing those fuckers out like shrapnel flavored parade candies. You think about all the fuel you’re going through, all the ammo and missiles and grenades. You think about every time you lose a vehicle, the Army buys a new one. Maybe you start to see a lot of people making a lot of money on huge amounts of human suffering.

"Then you go on leave, and realize that Ayn Rand has no idea what the fuck she’s talking about. You realize that Fox News and Limbaugh and John McCain don’t respect you or your buddies. They don’t give a fuck if you get a parade or a box when you get home, you’re nothing to them but a prop.

"Then you get out, and you hate the news. You hate the apathy, and you hate the murder being carried out in your name. You grew up wanting so bad to be Luke Skywalker, but you realize that you were basically a Stormtrooper, a faceless, nameless rifleman, carrying a spear for empire, and you start to accept the startlingly obvious truth that these are people like you."

That's the reality right there, folks. We can wake up and start living in reality, or we can remain asleep in the fiction.

It's time to wake up to the reality that western civilization is a depraved dystopia where most people are sleepwalking in a propaganda-addled stupor under an empire that is fueled by human blood. And it's time to awaken to the fact that as westerners it is our duty to tear that empire down brick by brick, for the sake of our children and grandchildren, and for the sake of our fellow man.

[European Legal Support Center (ELSC) @elsclegal]

Our Britain’s Index of Repression is now live.
A database documenting anti-Palestinian repression between 2019 to 2025.
Now we have 2 datasets up. One for Germany, which we launched last year, and one for Britain, which we just launched, with more countries to follow.
#Repressionexposed
https://t.co/oFQRQc4VEQ

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Next Saturday - please join us!

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Our next vigil in Guildford - 7th March 2026

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

The first action of our new regular campaigning against Barclays' support of Israel and its genocide.
Please join is on Friday 13th March, 12pm-2pm, Barclay in North St, Guildford

[WestSurreyPSC @WestSurreyPSC]

Two opportunities in east and west Surrey to learn about Tatreez Embroidery and buy the exquisite bags, scarves, cushion covers and many other beautiful works of embroidery made by the Women in Hebron collective: 01/03 in Brook (btw. Godalming/Haslemere) 12/03 at Reigate Quakers

[Icebreaker @icebreaker_news]

More from the archives of the fabulous Tony Pritchard: these were shot with iPhone & modified in an app called Snapseed. Tony says "Sometimes imperfections such as folds add authenticity if you haven’t the digital files."

We at Icebreaker HQ agree.

@Tony_Pritchard_

[Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group @NSCAG_UK]

Thanks to Edoardo Fusi, Geraldine Cawthorne, Louise Richards and chair Eva Regan for an excellent seminar @LatAmericaConf #LatAmerica26, Women and Young People at the Heart of the Nicaraguan Revolution