Stephen Bell

Anti-imperialist socialist, Your Party member, Stop the War, Stand Up To Racism, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, #BlackLivesMatter #NoNewColdWar

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

Headlines are where the mendacity of Western mainstream media really comes through. It suggests that the legal status of Israeli settlements is an open question, open to debate.

In reality, the ICJ 19 July 2024 Advisory Opinion concluded that Israel's occupation of Palestine is unlawful and that the settlements violate international law.

It ruled that Israel must cease settlement activity and evacuate settlers.

The UNGA then endorsed the ICJ ruling on 19 September 2024 (A/RES/ES-10/24).

There is no debate. No open question. The settlements and the occupation are illegal.

For Reuters to pretend otherwise is to directly undermine international law.

[Socialist Economic Bulletin @SocEconB]

NEETs: The Milburn report offers punishment where jobs and education should be

https://t.co/JYUNvOojhc

[Ehsan Taghadosi @demokracy]

وسط این همه تحریم و جنگ بزرگترین بیمارستان سرطان غرب آسیا دیروز وسط تهران افتتاح شد. پیشرفته‌ترین تجهیزات پزشکی دنیا در حوزه درمان سرطان تو این بیمارستان وجود داره.

ساختمان اصلی جدید موسسه سرطان ایران مجهز به بیش از ۶۱۰ تخت و فناوری پزشکی پیشرفته است. این بیمارستان ۶۰ هزار متر مربع مساحت داره، ۱۸ طبقه، ۳۷ بخش تخصصی و یک آزمایشگاه ملی سلول درمانی.

این بیمارستان مجهز به ۱۱ دستگاه تصویربرداری و رادیوتراپی، ۹۶ تخت شیمی درمانی و ۱۹ اتاق عمله. این بیمارستان به عنوان قطب اصلی پیشگیری، تشخیص و درمان سرطان در کشور فعالیت می‌کنه.

[Maryam Alkhawaja @MARYAMALKHAWAJA]

No comments:

“President Trump suggested Wednesday that Iran’s attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain were a direct response to prior U.S. military action, stopping short of condemning them and indicating the ceasefire remains in effect.”

[Socialist Action @SocialistAct]

In truth it was Germany's 100% support for Israel, its aggression in the Ukraine war and its own huge rearmament.
The world does not like German neo-militarism. Who knew?

[Socialist Action @SocialistAct]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧

Anti-black racism and Islamophobia are not incidental features of British society. They are foundational to it.

The hierarchy of racism in Britain is not an oversight. It expresses the relationship between racism and the economic structures from which it arose.

https://t.co/ImPxTjrVGA

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Peole are denying the reality of racism in policing, just as the Met has done ever since the Macpherson report.
Now there is even the outlandish claim that two tier policing discriminates against white people - turning reality upside down.

https://t.co/SFzcU4TPtf

[Ahmed Shihab-Eldin @aseisfree]

Israel Sells More Weapons to Arab Allies Than to U.S.

New figures from Israel’s Defense Ministry show military exports hit a record $19.2 billion in 2025.

But the most revealing detail is where the weapons are going.

Exports to countries tied to the Abraham Accords reportedly increased fivefold in just two years, while Europe’s share of Israeli weapons purchases dropped sharply.

As Gaza burns and Lebanon remains under bombardment, parts of Europe are slowly becoming politically radioactive terrain for Israeli defense companies.

Meanwhile, Gulf normalization is evolving into something much deeper than diplomacy: an expanding security and surveillance architecture built around war technology, AI, border systems, drones, cyber capabilities, and regional military integration.

The Abraham Accords were always about infiltrating markets, intelligence coordination, and the normalization of a regional order increasingly fused through weapons, data, and security infrastructure.

Occupation comes in many forms.
https://t.co/TyZRhwVLLh

[Socialist Economic Bulletin @SocEconB]

The effects of increased military spending in Britain: Myth versus reality

https://t.co/qIS3SNRrjh

[UNISON - UK's largest union @unisontheunion]

Local government unions have rejected the 2026 pay offer and are demanding meaningful pay negotiations in a letter to employers signed by all three unions - UNISON, Unite and GMB.

UNISON are balloting members for strike action from 9 July.

[Eduin Latimer @LatimerEduin]

This is most striking figure from Millburn Review. They estimate that around half of the 18-24 population who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are not claiming any benefits. This limits how effective reforms to the benefit system can be in cutting NEET rates.

[Socialist Economic Bulletin @SocEconB]

Two-thirds of all NEETs either do not claim any benefits at all or receive benefits but have no prospect of work because they have a severe diability.
Cutting benefits is simply punitive without addressing issues such as job creation or training.

https://t.co/GtedQ9K7MO

[Socialist Labour Party @soclp_uk]

This is very good. It should be widely read and shared.

[Socialist Economic Bulletin @SocEconB]

Facts matter.
Poverty matters.

[Palestine Solidarity Campaign @PSCupdates]

🚨UK Pension funds invest over 12 Billion in companies enabling Israel’s genocide.

Scheme members and local residents are organising to demand divestment.

Take action by emailing your councillors: https://t.co/35GAvDM1fG

[Socialist Action @SocialistAct]

A life dedicated to the Revolution.
No greater accolade.

[Socialist Action @SocialistAct]

And Germany lost its habitual seat among non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, while the US House passed the war powers resolution.
Maybe only small straws, but they clearly show the direction of the wind.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

It is crucial to understand that this is a major reason for the West’s increasing belligerence toward China over the past decade. China’s development is challenging Western monopolies. This imposes a direct squeeze on Western profits but it also undermines a core tenet of imperialism.

The West’s monopoly power allows them to impose dependency on the global South. The South is forced to export large quantities of raw materials and intermediate goods in order to pay for imports at monopoly prices.

This produces large net flows from the global South, propping up the West’s growth and profits. If the West’s monopoly power declines, this flow gets cut off. They are desperate to prevent this from happening, to the point of fantasising about going to war with China to destroy China’s industrial base.

The West’s whole model for capital accumulation depends on Southern dependency. As that arrangement becomes increasingly unstable, the Western ruling class will become increasingly violent.

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Black people are almost 9 times likely to be stopped and searched, 5 times more likely to have force used against them. Much more likely to be charged and to be refused bail - National Police Chiefs' Council.
Real discrimination. Real two tiers.

https://t.co/NaLiQ72r7s

[Socialist Action @SocialistAct]

𝐀 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭: 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚

The recognition was a military act.

The peoples of the Horn of Africa are being drawn into a conflict whose objectives have nothing to do with their interests.

https://t.co/nfUYesJNbj