roisin boyd

Journalism lecturer at TU Dublin; ex RTÉ; ex Head of Comms Irish Refugee Council; ex Spare Rib magazine

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Declares Israel’s Assault on Gaza a Genocide, Urges Arms Embargo https://t.co/TdtyTnv3UO

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Selling off our NHS has consequences. What a terrible, shameful and shocking legacy to leave behind.

[Tom London @TomLondon6]

Day after day after day, Israel carries out abominations, war crimes, atrocities

Day after day after day @Keir_Starmer @YvetteCooperMP @HFalconerMP
The people in authority @BBCNews & across the UK mainstream media
All effectively support & enable Israel or turn a blind eye

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

MEPs warn Albania that European Union accession talks are at risk if the government does not “change course” over plans for a luxury resort backed by Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. It has sparked mass protests for wreaking havoc on a virgin coastline. https://t.co/Fvv9TlJECO

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

Mainstream media at the World Cup is holding teams from Africa and the Middle East to a different standard to those from the West.

Former late night TV host Trevor Noah broke down the difference in treatment on his YouTube channel, asking why teams like Iran and DR Congo must "answer for the questions that their governments are not answering — but then European teams just get to, like, chill?"

He added: “They don’t ask this of any of the American players, right?”

[Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein]

One of Starmer’s final gifts to Britain will be to further criminalise journalism & corrode freedom of speech. He is an anti-democratic authoritarian

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

The next Prime Minister should steer clear of Starmer’s shameful legacy.

That starts with ending arms sales to Israel, imposing real sanctions, and establishing a public inquiry into Britain's complicity in genocide.

My article for @AJEnglish.
https://t.co/fhL0KbjJm1

[IPSC @ipsc48]

From pretending the Palestinian FA had given its approval, to now designating key Israel ally Serbia as a 'neutral' venue for our 'home' game against the apartheid state, the FAI is plumbing new depths. Serbia provides political and weapons support to Israel #StopTheGame

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Starmer will be remembered as the human rights lawyer who did more than anyone else to consolidate authoritarianism
"UK state threats bill could pull British journalists into terror prosecutions, experts say"
https://t.co/9NIHpxQMeo

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

🚨 BREAKING: Health workers and activists took over Brighton beach this evening to demand the UK Government terminates Palantir’s contract with NHS England.

Palantir is a U.S. software company that renewed its partnership with Israel’s military in January 2024 - when there was already evidence that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

Palantir has blood on its hands. And we’re making sure everyone knows.

A company that profits off genocide and apartheid has no place in our NHS. Palantir’s £330 million NHS contract must be terminated at its review date in February 2027.

Join a local campaign to organise with others in your community, and ensure that Palantir's presence in our public sector ends.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Helen Keller was born on this day in 1880.

"How did I become a Socialist? By reading."

[Mark Seddon @MarkSeddon1962]

Thirty reservoirs flogged off under privatisation. No new ones built. Kind of says it all..

[Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @LeftieStats]

🚨BREAKING | Zack Polanski says Greens will NOT work with Labour if Burnham continues to support Israel

Polanski said the genocide in Gaza is a "red line", and that any co-operation with Burnham would be impossible unless he admits Israel is committing genocide

(Via @Guardian)

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

A surgeon who had to fight to bring a stethoscope to Gaza blamed the mainstream media for sparse updates on the ongoing genocide.

“You don’t see very much on Gaza in the mainstream media these days,” Nizam Mamode told the BBC.

He cited the latest UN report, which documents overwhelming evidence for Israel’s systematic targeting of children in Palestine, with over 20,000 dead.

[The National @ScotNational]

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Burnham 'must end the UK's complicity in genocide'

[Alex Crawford @AlexCrawfordSky]

Simply don’t understand those willing to deny the evidence of multiple doctors from a variety of different countries; independent investigators all with long and established careers, journalists, survivors and witnesses, a pile of visual evidence as well as their own eyes - and still attempt to discredit those who report this. - whether they’re survivors, medics, academics or journalists…

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

“Andy Burnham has spent years crafting a specific public myth. He is the 'King of the North,' the casual jacket-wearing, anti-Westminster populist who promised to smash the Whitehall bubble, reverse decades of devastating de-industrialization, and bring failing water utilities back under public control.”

​But as he prepares to enter Downing Street as Prime Minister, the mask has officially slipped. Burnham has handed the keys of Number 10 to his new Chief of Staff, James Purnell—the ex-chair of Labour Friends of Israel, a former BBC executive, and the CEO of Flint Global, an elite corporate lobbying outfit that protects private water companies from state takeovers and was recently sold to a private equity firm notorious for price-gouging the NHS.

​This appointment exposes the absolute hypocrisy behind Burnham's carefully managed rhetoric on devolution and public control. Before he even steps foot inside Number Ten, we must demand a full, unvarnished list of all James Purnell's corporate conflicts of interest—because right now, devolution and reindustrialization is the bait, and corporate capture is the switch.
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Editor: Ranjan Balakumaran @financialeyes

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

Whoever the next Labour leader is they will need a complete change in policy on Palestine to have any hope of winning back lost voters.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

My family and I are exposed to all sorts of threats, restrictions and hateful rethoric.

Yet we would say and do everything we have said and done against the genocide, its ideologues and profiteers, again and again.

Forever proud to stand on the side of Justice.

[Daniela Gabor @DanielaGabor]

it was surprising to hear @UniteSharon criticize Ed Miliband's record as 'job destroying' climate activism.

We hope she reconsiders, on the day where UK is under extreme heat warnings.

The climate crisis is real, we need a Chancellor who fights it.

https://t.co/fNwautY8Xm