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The philosopher Peter Hallward was arrested today for holding a sign saying simply: “In the UK it’s a crime to say I support Palestine Action.”
He’s produced some of the best journalism on the proscription of Palestine Action—particularly this article on the Filton 4…
A good moment to return to this article by Peter Hallward on the Palestine Action Filton case, and the underreported legal precedent it established: Protestors are now no longer allowed to refer to their motivations for their actions before a jury... 1/2 communispress.com/may-we-exp…
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This column is based on over a decade of research.
Could you point me to the lies and your objections with relevant sources?
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Tower Hamlets Council refused the Brick Lane data centre unanimously. Nine resident groups opposed it. The council and the mayor asked for housing instead.
The government approved it anyway, through ministerial recovery, with the letter signed on behalf of Angela Rayner. The scheme offers 44 homes, six of them for social rent, and a data centre built around high-frequency trading.
Rayner's partner, Sam Tarry, has been senior adviser since May at NorthPoint Strategy, a lobby firm whose sectors include AI, crypto and energy.
Its chair is Tory peer Lord Wharton. Its crypto council lists Andreessen Horowitz among its clients. NorthPoint says Tarry helps clients "shape policy agendas".
The minister who decides where data centres go shares a household with the adviser to the industry that needs them. 🧵
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A point so glaringly obvious that it's totally incomprehensible to the media and political class.
.@ZackPolanski: "[Palestinians] are facing an ongoing genocide & its very obvious to me & clear, that if there is an ongoing genocide then that is underpinned by a racist ideology" 🎯
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Televising a public execution is beyond disgusting and barbaric. The death penalty should not exist, let alone be a live-streamed spectacle.
This is a grotesque violation of human dignity. We must oppose this - and the death penalty - everywhere.
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One necessary constituent part of statehood is defined borders. Israel has never legally defined its own. Without a definition of its territorial extent, issues of Israel's "right to exist" should vex the questioner as much as the person being asked.
Another terrible loss - I’m shocked to learn Chris Wickham has died. I admired his work at a distance and only got to meet him when his great work Framing the Early Middle Ages was awarded the @DeutscherPrize in 2005. I got to know him better when he joined the Deutscher … 1/
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We TRIPLED our vote share.
Second best byelection result in Green Party history.
On a date Labour chose to deliberately clash same week as our conference.
All with a brand new PM in previously a "safe" seat.
Best response to absolute nonsense today?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Should Green Party leader Zack Polanski stand down?
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The entire Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (@cpimspeak) was detained today by the Delhi Police.
Red salute to our comrades!
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I assume BBC Panorama is making a programme about Burnham and Manchester's relationship with the UAE, as now exposed by Manchester City scandal. If not, then the Panorama editor should consider their position.
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BREAKING
Professor Peter Hallward has just been arrested on the National March for Palestine for holding a banner with a factually accurate legal statement on it.
“In the UK it’s a crime to say I support Palestine Action”
Help end the absurdity: wedonotcomply.org
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Thousands of protesters march through Berlin's government district, for the Global Day of Action for Palestine, marking three years of genocide in Gaza.
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Другая планета@nihilunbounded
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Incredible thread and I agree with everything here. Give it a read. 🧵⬇️
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sagal abdi-wali was one of the people directly responsible for purging all of momentum's councillors & activists from camden's council & constituency labour party!!!! this is such an insane statement lmao
Our statement on the Holborn & St Pancras by-election⬇️
ALT Momentum Co Chairs said: “Labour’s victory in Holborn and St Pancras shows that when our Party offers a hopeful vision for the future and puts working-class communities at the forefront, we can win. After a hugely positive Labour Conference in Liverpool, this is more proof that our movement is gaining traction again - and that Labour remains the only serious vehicle for progressive and socialist change in Britain. Now the task is to turn that hope into action: delivering public ownership, building council homes, genuinely reversing austerity and making sure this Government puts people before profit. We will be proud to play our part in making that happen"
