Naomi Foyle (she/they)

Poet, SFF Novelist, Rebel. All views my own. RTs not necessarily endorsements.

[Dimitri Lascaris @dimitrilascaris]

Today in Ottawa, we announced the filing of a lawsuit against the government of Canada for violating its duty to prevent genocide.

Our clients, two Palestinian Canadians whose families in Gaza have been devastated by Israel's genocidal rampage, allege that Canada has violated their constitutional rights.

It is time for @JustinTrudeau and @MelanieJoly to answer for their support for Israel's genocidal regime.

#Gaza #genocide #cdnpoli #Palestine

[The Green Party @TheGreenParty]

Israel has blocked aid from entering northern Gaza and has said clearly that Palestinians will not be allowed to return home.

This is genocide.

This is ethnic cleansing.

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

@BriannaWu The British ‘overpromised’ other people’s land but it was the egotistical Arab states who ‘started’ the war? I see …

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

Defiant, full voiced beauty - to support @UNRWA do purchase the new single by @ReemKelani - her compelling rendition of If I Must Die by poet & educator #refaatalareer / @itranslate123 killed by an Israeli airstrike in Dec 23🪁🍉💔@BrightonPSC

[Reem Kelani @reemkelani.bsky.social 🇵🇸 𓂆 ۞ 𓃠 @ReemKelani]

SINGLE OUT: TODAY 19 July
VIDEO OUT: MONDAY 22 July

Our charity single for #Gaza, raising funds for #UNRWA's essential work

"If I Must Die"
Poem by: #RefaatAlreer

Music & vocals: @ReemKelani

Featuring @bruno_heinen on piano

Available on @Bandcamp
(Link below) 👇

#IfIMustDie

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

@ReemKelani @bruno_heinen @Bandcamp Thank you for this mesmerising telling of Refaat’s eternal tale.

[Simon Maddrell @QueerManxPoet]

@naomifoyle’s wonderfully generous review of Queerfella — joint-winner of @RialtoPoetry Pamphlet Competition 2020 — signed copies available from link in my bio.

[Brighton PSC @BrightonPSC]

To Brighton & Hove folk.
If you're going to vote ❌ today
And 🇵🇸 is a defining issue ~
Then we would recommend voting 🟩 @sianberry in Pavilion, and 🟩 @Elaine4Kemptown in Kemptown and Peacehaven.
If you are in Hove and Portslade, we recommend ❌ for @tanushkamarah :

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

@hakimadi1 All power to you, the students and the collective struggle for equality and justice!

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

It is depressing that this stellar achievement occurs in the wake of the shocking decision by @chiuni to eliminate @hakimadi1's post and cut his MRes, leaving many other PhD and MRes students stranded without a supervisor. Such is the state of British academia & British history!

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

Radical anti-racist publisher & activist, Jessica Huntley is a significant but overlooked figure in British history. As a thesis examiner, I was privileged to read drafts of her forthcoming biography. Congrats @Claudia_writes_ on the magnificent cover reveal! 👏@hakimadi1👏

[History Matters Journal @journal_matters]

Book now: Dr Claudia Tomlinson discusses Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life.
https://t.co/qcuJwX4dZH. @hakimadi1 @amelimetre @Claudia_writes @alejataddesse @tionneparris @kabaessence

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

Bravo @BrightonHoveCC & @BrightonPSC!

[Brighton PSC @BrightonPSC]

💥💥💥 BREAKING!!
Brighton Council planning committee have just voted unanimously to REFUSE the L3Harris arms factory extension!
A massive victory for community resistance & organising.
#StopArmingIsrael 🇵🇸

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

Young people are building the University of the Future, on a foundation of justice and solidarity!

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

A Jewish student at Cambridge University gives MEE a tour of the Cambridge Encampment for Gaza.

“There's many of us here in Cambridge. Jews who believe that it is our duty, to speak out against the genocide that is being, carried out in our name, by the Israeli state”

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

As Israel assaults Rafah, and photos of yet more headless Gazan children flood the internet, here’s a trenchant voice from the student protests refusing to accept the mass slaughter of innocents. I hope this clip goes viral! #CEASEFIRE_NOW #BringThemAllHome

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

@ProfSunnySingh @QueerManxPoet @leoneross @Soc_of_Authors @AnnaGunin It’s a sickening and racist result, for sure. SoA acts like English PEN when it comes to Ukraine, but fights to remain silent on the Gaza genocide! I will join whatever collective protest mounts, and if it’s not effective I will leave, as other members are doing already.

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

Some of my views on the failure of @Soc_of_Authors to endorse a resolution to make a statement on Gaza. I focus on process here, but also feel a keen sense of shame over this terrible refusal of solidarity. Thx @QueerManxPoet @AnnaGunin @ProfSunnySingh for all your work on this.

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

@Soc_of_Authors Unbelievable. You told us last night, @Soc_of_Authors, that expressing global solidarity was outside your remit. Obviously what you meant was Palestinian Lives Don't Matter.

[G4P 🇵🇸 @Gold4Palestine]

📣VICTORY FOR PALESTINE AT GOLDSMITHS📣

Goldsmiths management has conceded to Goldsmiths for Palestine demands‼️

We have won the first undergraduate Palestinian scholarships at a British university and huge wins on all of our other demands.

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

This is how a trade union behaves, @Soc_of_Authors.

@ProfSunnySingh @QueerManxPoet @leoneross @AnnaGunin

[UCU @ucu]

We send our solidarity to the many thousands of university students and staff across the world who are taking a stand against their institutions' complicity in Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

Full statement 👇

[Naomi Foyle (she/they) @naomifoyle]

@leoneross @QueerManxPoet @Soc_of_Authors @AnnaGunin @ProfSunnySingh I only assumed that some of them might, or mention of the hostages at least. The large number of abstentions, suggested to me some people had reservations. And one speaker against called the current wording 'partisan'. A longer debate + clearer process could have addressed this.