The World Cup is exposing an uncomfortable truth about international relations: citizens of countries in the Global South face systemic discrimination in visa and immigration procedures.
Updated. Friends of Israel in the UK government:
CABINET
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Chancellor
Foreign Secretary
Defence Secretary
Education Secretary
Business Secretary
Work & Pensions Secretary
Science Secretary
Treasury Secretary
N.Ireland Secretary
Chief Secretary
OTHER MINISTERS
Cabinet Minister
Foreign Minister
Home Office Minister
Housing Minister
Health Minister
Energy Minister
Business Minister
Transport Minister
Environment Minister
Culture Minister
Solicitor General
After a lifelong career in "justice," all these people have ended up doing is the government's dirty political work to cover up for a genocide.
I feel like I've just watched two court cases which were nothing more than pre-decided political theatre.
The British oil company that became BP discovered Iran's oil. When Iranians realized they were being robbed, they nationalized it — so MI6 & CIA toppled their democracy in 1953, installing a dictatorship. Iranians rose up in 1979 & the West has never forgiven them for it.
This Governments branding of protest as 'terrorism' has seen grandparents arrested and dragged through the courts simply for holding up signs.
It's deeply authoritarian when people are speaking out against a genocide and for a free Palestine.
Among much utter mince uttered by the English Court of Appeal today.
Lady Chief Justice Carr said that the suffragettes were non-violent and did not plan any actions in secret.
Which is so ignorant of history I don't know where to start...
So just to get my head straight and so I’m clear: the first pic is an act of terrorism and the second is an act of protest…… Have I got that correct??🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️
So we are now saying that the existence of Palestinians, displays of Palestinian identity & peoplehood (i.e. a Palestinian flag pin), & Palestinian cultural symbols are a risk of being offensive in the NHS.
But Ukrainian flags and such isn't offensive to Russian NHS patients?
BREAKING: Four Palestine Action activists found guilty of criminal damage are applying to remove the judge in their case on the grounds of bias. Mr Justice Jeremy Johnson is expected to sentence them as terrorists – despite being convicted of an ordinary criminal offence – in a move kept secret from the jury
What we are witnessing in the UK is white supremacist cooptation of discourse. The fundamental purpose is to make people detached from anti-Black racism. Evoking the name of Stephen Lawrence is heinous. 4 of the people who murdered him have yet to be convicted, 33 years later.
Rape with objects. Gang rape. Rape by trained dogs. Targeted genital shooting. Filmed. Photographed. Archived by the perpetrators. Across 12 named Israel detention sites.
The UN calls it a pattern. B’Tselem calls it a network of torture camps. Both are correct.
BREAKING - A Swiss Tribunal recognises the legitimate right to peacefully oppose the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
One again: justice for Palestine starts at home. It only takes people caring and applying Intl Law. And persevering.
The UK has barred Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur from entering the country, with both saying it's in response to their criticism of Israel.
Yet Brits who have fought for the IDF can return home without any investigation.
Our campaign seeks to change that:
https://t.co/ctAGZEmANW
The reason why Palestine isn’t being seen anymore is because that there’s barely any journalists left. 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon. 33 million people are in need of aid in Sudan. Congo is still going through an Ebola outbreak. Don’t stop talking.