Richard Wistreich

I am passionate about socialism, justice, history, people of all ages from 0-110, and of course, music of just about any kind.

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

@hifly_airline THINK AGAIN - do not wreck your business for ever by flying this evening's UK deportation flight to Jamaica. Taking this contract is both immoral and a really bad business decision.

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

@hifly_airline @mirpuri_org Please don't help Priti Patel deport people to Jamaica. Stop profiting from pain, tearing families apart and forcing people from their homes. #Jamaica50 #StopthePlane @Family_4Justice @detentionaction

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

Many congratulations @WiebkeThormahl1 @jeanice_brooks @sydlivmus on this exciting book: if only I still believed in Father Christmas, I could look forward to reading it tomorrow *sigh*. @SRSRenSoc

[Wiebke Thormahlen @WiebkeThormahl1]

Delighted to see hard copies of "SoundHeritage" this side of christmas! With gratitude to our wonderful contributors who made this book such a rich, fascinating project and thanks to my wonderful co-editors @jeanice_brooks + @sydlivmus! @RCMLondon @Sound_Heritage @SotonMusic

[Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer]

Letter to the @guardian

[Praxis 🧡 @Praxis_Projects]

The latest annual report from the Migration Advisory Committee reaffirms that there's no reason to stop people seeking aslyum in the UK from working. #LiftTheBan now. https://t.co/i73GwEI1aq

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

🚨 The arts sector, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, faces a new and existential crisis from Omicron. I've signed the @Public_Campaign letter urging the Culture Secretary to protect UK culture with an emergency relief fund now. https://t.co/aLSxFvF2TB

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

Standing Together with Refugees
Take a break from the inane lies of Christmasgate & the brutal inhumanities of the Borders bill and read some humane truths from a small town on the South coast:
https://t.co/SUBFywZc5F
@RefugeeAction @RefugeeTogether @trillingual @SallyAnn1066

[Apsana Begum MP @ApsanaBegumMP]

The political immigration game of misinformation and cynicism has such horrendous human costs. This must stop.

We do need solutions to the soaring inequality we see, but not suspicion and scapegoats.

#NationalityAndBordersBill

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

While you await the next distracting puerile lie in Christmasgate, and the government drives through laws to end asylum, here's what's happening in the real world: https://t.co/6QYi1Oxnju @HastSanctuary @RCMLondon

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

One of its principal architects was James Fawcett, Johnson's grandfather. @HastSanctuary @RefugeeAction @JolyonMaugham

[UNHCR United Kingdom @UNHCRUK]

70 years ago, UNHCR was given a mandate to protect those forced to flee with the signing of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Today, this international agreement remains as relevant as ever, fostering cooperation across the globe.

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

'Heed the call of civil society and secure safe routes for refugees': excellent editorial in Friday's Morning Star https://t.co/PyLLHMt92B
@HastSanctuary

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

Lead letter in Sunday Times sent by Hastings resident Felicity Laurence. If you agree PLEASE email your MP ask them to write to HomeSec to register your rejection of the 'hostile environment'. Thanks. @HastSanctuary

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

@NatashaLoges Thank you!

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

https://t.co/srycFKJCBb Lead letter in @thesundaytimes yesterday by Hastings resident Felicity Laurence. If you agree with please send a short email to your MP asking them to write to the Home Sec. registering your opposition to 'hostile environment'. Thankyou. @HastSanctuary

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

@HastSanctuary

[Channel Rescue @ChannelRescue]

https://t.co/IXfeUdQ08y

[Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) @_KRAN_]

This is excellent.

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

Please, please send a short e mail to your MP registering your support for people to be allowed to lodge an application for asylum at the border in France and then to travel in safety by ferry to the UK to await a decision. Thank you. @HastSanctuary @RCMLondon

[City of Sanctuary UK 🧡 @CityofSanctuary]

Maryam was twenty-four. She lost her life trying to reach her fiancé in the UK. Behind the headlines & political rhetoric are people - people just like you. https://t.co/6PUd9Ax0zF

[Richard Wistreich @RichardWist]

Lord Kerr demolishes Priti Patel’s ‘economic migrants’ narrative with just three simple facts https://t.co/PQ1p2VHOBj

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Stella Creasy, a Labour member of Britain’s Parliament, was reprimanded for attending a debate with her infant son in tow, evidently in violation of House of Commons rules. "Still no rule on wearing masks btw," she responded on Twitter. https://t.co/Pyc244rib3