Big news for the left.
About 31% of Brits currently say they'd be very or fairly likely to vote for a Left-Green alliance.
Among the young, that rises to over half.
If the left gets its act together, the impact could be dramatic.
Air Canada will resume flying tonight, after a deal was reached with striking cabin crew, but airline warns cancellations could continue for another 10 days.
Comprehensive guide to your rights here 🔽
https://t.co/XhtPPhznSU
“I have nothing to return to.” In a powerful interview, Palestinian poet @MosabAbuToha says dozens of family members and friends have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in the past year, and speaks of his pain that his poetry cannot do more to stop the violence and destruction.
This post is problematic for a number of reasons.
A thread…🧵
1. For those attempting to make sense of Trump’s victory and the rise of the far-right across Europe - look no further than the PMs statement below.
Whether you like it or not, the far-right has a set of common narratives. We can probably all recite them…
There is a very simple reason why the UK government refuses to acknowledge the genocide in Gaza.
If they did, they would be admitting their own complicity in one of the greatest crimes of our time.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
I once believed that the Israeli government's slaughter of civilians was indiscriminate. I was completely wrong. It is deliberate, massive and plainly genocidal.
You are being lied to about Amsterdam.
Israeli football hooligans attacked local residents and property, and loudly chanted and sang genocidal bile.
The Western media and politicians stripped all this context away - and engaged in rampant, shameless, unhinged deceit.
I urge you all to follow the official account of the United Nations Peace Keepers in Lebanon who are under attack.@UNIFIL_
Appeasement of Netanyahu has led to this
- nothing is sacred or protected anymore
-peacekeepers have become a target
- children are being targeted
- prisoners are being sexually abused
-civilian populations are being starved
And all while we in the UK continue to supply arms into Israel.
This happened on our watch and future generations will be appalled at how the International community allowed this horror to unfold.
We saw it on our screens .
We had first hand real time accounts from those being targeted.
We heard about it from medics who treated the injured and saw the bodies.
We were warned by journalists.
We had a trial taking place at the ICJ
And we had IDF soldiers and Israeli politicians openly making genocidal statements and posting them for the world to see.
And yet we let this happen.
2024 - the year when the international rules based order became a joke 😢
This is North Gaza earlier today. Israel besieged the entire area and asked around 400,000 Palestinians to leave. Many decided not to leave their homes as they have nowhere to go and they still remember the fate of their parents and grandparents during the Nakba of 1948. But similar to the Nakba, Israel’s invading army are conducting indiscriminate bombardment and ethnic cleansing. All the hospitals were ordered to evacuate, rescue teams are not allowed in, and journalists trying to report are being shot at. And still some people debate if it’s a #genocide!
#Genocide_in_Gaza #Genocide_North_Gaza
URGENT
The Israeli army is committing terrible massacres in Jabalia refugee camp and many areas in North Gaza, burning houses, and using tanks and artillery bombardment and forcing many innocent civilians to walk as human shields in front of the army’s vehicles. The Israeli army isolated the Northern part of Gaza completely from Gaza city. The area is already subjected to starvation, deprivation of clean water and medical care. According to witnesses in the area bodies of killed people are scattered in the streets. The army is also trying to force the medical personnel to evict the three hospitals in the area.
Today I asked Govt about its "independent" anti-extremism adviser Lord Walney - a man who profits financially from advising fossil fuel & arms companies whilst urging that peaceful climate and anti-war protestors be treated as extremists.
Looking forward to receiving my reply 🧐