This is the reality of what the US and its British satrap have incubated. And little Rishi Sunak and Lord Cameron will do nothing about it unless forced by the developing mass movement. As for Keir Starmer - he doesn't have clue what is going on.

Everyone should be struck by that. And opportunists in the labour movement who ignore this, double down and go doolally ought to be told to stop. Kevin would not say that, being an ecumenical kind of person. But I will. This is a time for serious people.

BREAKING:

“The United States has issued a non-assurance in relation to the First Amendment, and a standard assurance in relation to the death penalty. It makes no undertaking to withdraw the prosecution's previous assertion that Julian has no First Amendment rights because he…

This is the receipt that matters. You can accept that there was conflict over social, health and education policy. You can recognise that there was violent politicking. But there were so many good faith appeals. And the people named here spurned them. Let's have some honesty.

Few things surprise me these days, but this placement of Pierre Bourdieu is one of them. Striking.

Yanis Varoufakis Journalists: 'No antisemitic statements were made at the Palestine Congress.'

German Government: 'The ban on the Palestine Congress was justified and essential. We do not tolerate antisemitic or Islamist crimes.'

I'm expecting every single one of those objecting to the Brussels police closing down the Nat Con conference of the radicalising right today also to voice objection to the Berlin police smashing up a Palestine conference. (Actually - I'm not. Only a few of us object to both.)

The Palestine solidarity movement in Ireland called for a national demonstration in Dublin on April 20th to call for an end to the genocide in Gaza. The movement for Palestine in Belfast has been powerful, and now we will join the numbers on the streets in Dublin!

Lesson one of opposing the radicalising right creating space for outright fascist reaction: don't trust the statal figures or look to their flip-flopping from accommodation to elitist stupidity. See passim Italy and Giolitti, Germany and von Papen. #Brussels

The radical right (+ worse) is in legislatures in Europe. It is very dangerous. It should be confronted politically and by mass civic engagement. Liberal administrations capitulating to them politically while deploying authoritarian measures theatrically are a menace. #Brussels

Not clever. An evasion of the mass political persuasion and mobilisation to throw back the radicalising right. And from a government and state institutions that politically concede to the racist right. This will be used against the left - see Germany.
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Why do these people indulge someone who is clearly deluded and who they claim to oppose? Answer - this is how the actual establishment works. Room in the club for knockabout stuff. Like a 19th century parliament. But if a club member is in need of a leg up, give them one.

This is right. As if crossing a border transforms scientific fact and investigation. As if review of the biggest paediatric medical care of children in Britain and in Ireland should give way to vexatious skepticism because it is English. Hope Ireland avoids such stupidity.

This and much else is known. It is just that the bulk of media and public figures in the West ignored so that they did not know, or knew and covered up, or were so consumed by double standards that this is something that doesn't even matter. A non-issue. Israel has the right...

Lloyd Russell-Moyle has an extremely unpleasant public, political persona. And he never ceases to miss an opportunity to try to mitigate that. Instead, behaving as a condescending pantonime blowhard - particularly in response to women.

'The Israeli soldier stood before us, aimed his weapon at us & shot my mother near her heart, We left her & returned, Please bring her body !”

🚨Testimony: A child witnessed an Israeli army sniper shooting her mother as they tried to return to their homes in northern #Gaza .

Shocking scenes: Discovery of mass grave for Palestinians killed and buried by IOF in Al-Shifa complex courtyard english.palinfo.com/news/2024/04/1…

MATs have a higher teacher turnover than other types of school groups, new research by Education Policy Institute has found tes.com/magazine/news/…

If you don't already, do consider following No Child Left Behind. Among the arguments for free school meals for all is an extension of state, comprehensive education. That is all children of all backgrounds together. No stigma. No discimination damaging for life. A huge social good.

Sign of the times. Snakes jetting off on holiday popping up far from their natural habitat and biting people.

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