Jim Stokes

Freelance graphic designer. Telling stories with design, film, photography. Social justice, civil rights, philosophy, equality, arts, history, politics & people

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

Type, image, history, politics & civil rights. This is my church #graphicdesign

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret Listening to excellent discussion on @RestIsPolitics about the genocide in Gaza, well done for taking a stand.. film recommendation for you - everything you’re discussing is touched on in “Waltz with Bashir” incredible film from x EDF soldiers

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

@RiverThames Any idea what this is? Seen floating in the Thames yesterday opposite Tate modern. Spotted by my boy. Estimate about 5/6ft long

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

@RadarHits DystopiaNow 😔

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

@terrychristian It’s EXACTLY like 1930s Germany mate. Terrifying times - tragic and where are leaders, voices and cultural figures fighting against the tide?? Orwellian, dystopian horrors are rising and I wish I knew how to effectively fight back

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Thread of movie scenes inspired by art 🧵

1. Shutter Island - Klimt's Kiss

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

I want to find the kid in this shot, give him (and what's left of his family), my flat and make sure he has a full and peaceful life here in the UK.. How the fuck is this happening in 2024. https://t.co/dC4DSAB1HA

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"MPs to push new law to criminalise water bosses for sewage pollution."

It's going to be a busy day in parliament on Wed. @CommonsEAC water quality hearing and now this. Quite a day.

https://t.co/doeTCYG5fg

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

This made me cry...

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

@campbellclaret @RoryStewartUK Two of the most satisfying hours of political discussion with a thoroughly decent man. I was a boy when he was PM & I’ve been centre left all my life, but disagreeing agreeably is how we’re going to sort the current mess out https://t.co/ubCxggi2wP

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Hugo Keith KC - "Why are we destroying the economy for people who will die anyway soon"... who said those words?

Imran Shafi - "I can't say for sure, I think it was the former Prime Minister"(Boris Johnson)

#CovidInquiry

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

“It’s the worst I’ve ever seen. People are trapped. People have nowhere to go.”

Léo Cans, head of Médecins Sans Frontières’ mission for Palestine, says that there is no way to evacuate hospitals in northern Gaza and he cannot tell his staff to abandon their patients.

[Manoj Singh @PracticalSpy]

Lewis Hine's work extended beyond the canning industry. He also documented the hardships faced by children working in the cotton mills of the South. Some were as young as five, enduring exposure to perilous machinery and harmful dust particles. The extensive hours and strenuous labor frequently resulted in severe health issues, such as respiratory diseases and physical deformities.

Hine's photographs also exposed the perilous conditions within coal mines, where child labor was prevalent. Boys as young as eight were engaged as "breaker boys," responsible for separating coal from slate. This work was not only physically demanding but also extremely hazardous, leading to frequent accidents and injuries.

Alongside his photographs, Hine often incorporated direct quotes from the children he captured, providing poignant insights into their lives. These quotes unveiled the stark reality of their daily challenges, aspirations, and their strength in the face of adversity. This combination of powerful imagery and personal accounts made Hine's work a compelling tool for advocating child labor reform.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"The Palestinians in Gaza have nowhere to go."

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after a report that more than 3,000 children have been killed so far.

#newsnight

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

Gotta say I’m in complete agreement. One can support response against Hamas for the horrific act of terrorism. Bits what’s happening to innocent women and children is something else entirely.

[Rami Ayari @Raminho]

NEW: @UNHumanRights NY Office Director @CraigMokhiber resigns in protest over timidity of key parts of #UN system on issues pertaining to Palestinian Human Rights. In letter to @volker_turk he says: "This is a text-book case of genocide. The European, ethno-nationalist, settler colonial project in Palestine has entered its final phase, toward the expedited destruction of the last remnants of indigenous Palestinian life in #Palestine."

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

Disgraceful. Excellent reporting from @mattfrei as usual.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Powerful report by @mattfrei on Palestinians being evicted by extremist Israeli settlers #C4News

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Tanks are rolling into Gaza, patients are stuck in hospitals & the death toll keeps rising.

Yet the UK Govt refused to back a UN resolution calling for a humanitarian truce, when 120 other countries did so.

How many more deaths will it take before this Govt acts?

#CeasefireNow

[John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar]

War Diary 612
On the tube, Kyiv

[Nish Kumar @MrNishKumar]

Someone tell the cunt who's been in charge for the last 13 years

[Jim Stokes @JimStokesDesign]

Disgraceful. Tragic what our country is becoming. Shows the real moral compass of these utter cowards

[Rory Stewart @RoryStewartUK]

Here is Britain’s
new right - climate sceptical, immigration obsessed, anti human right, attacking elites. In US + Europe this has already become anti-LGBTQ and sympathetic to authoritarian states. When will conservatives finally say “not in my name”?!

https://t.co/fKepNZjQ5c?

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The Tory Party has entered the Trump
World of alternative facts. Dangerous times. They have to be shown the door so comprehensively that there is no way back until they get back to some kind of basic decency