Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is? | Naomi Klein I have no interest in defending his social media posts, but calls to strip the newly freed activist of British citizenship pile torment on top of torture, says Naomi Klein, Guardian US columnist and c...

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#Booksoftheyear 12
The Voyage Home
Pat Barker
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#Booksoftheyear 11
Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson
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Magnificent peroration to Simon Schama’s @financialtimes.com weekend essay on defending freedom of speech in the era of Trump - with help from Milton, Jefferson et al.

on.ft.com/4gSqvDw Simon Schama: What America’s Founders can teach Trump about liberty

Robert Redford and Paul Newman, still from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, 1969

RIP Sundamce #RobertRedford

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

#Booksoftheyear 10:
The Life Impossible
Matt Haig
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#Booksoftheyear 9:
The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
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#Booksoftheyear 8:
We Solve Murders
Richard Osman
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#Booksoftheyear 7:
Precipice
Robert Harris
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Book cover, The Minidtry of Time

#Booksoftheyear 6:
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley
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‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza

‘Revenge Is Not a Policy’: Israelis Voice Dissent Against the War in Gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/w...

Also an olive tree, keys to symbolise Palestinian homes dispossessed, a bag of flour

“That’s the red line”: protesters gather outside parliament in London, all in red, marking the red line that has been crossed in Gaza.

The protest was organised by NGOs including Oxfam and MSF aje.io/jzhyu9?updat...

The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.

Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."

If only there were half the outrage over Israeli soldiers shooting starving people queuing for food as there has been towards some rappers mouthing off at Glastonbury, we'd be in a very different place

Well said @georgemonbiot.bsky.social Shame on the UK Gov for not only *not* speaking out against the genocidal horrors being perpetrated every day in Gaza, but also for choosing to turn the force of the law on those who do speak out. #PalestineAction

A list cataloguing deaths at food aid distribution sites. Tuesday, May 27, 2025 3 killed 46 wounded Wednesday, May 28, 2025 10 killed 89 wounded Sunday, June 1, 2025 35 killed 232 wounded Monday, June 2, 2025 26 killed 122 injured Tuesday, June 3, 2025 27 killed 127 injured Friday, June 6, 2025 8 killed 142 injured Sunday, June 8, 2025 11 killed 193 injured Monday, June 9, 2025 11 killed 249 injured Tuesday, June 10, 2025 36 killed 295 injured Wednesday, June 11, 2025 57 killed 363 injured Thursday, June 12, 2025 21 killed 294 injured Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14, 2025 29 killed 380 injured Sunday, June 15, 2025 26 killed 117 injured Monday, June 16, 2025 38 killed 182 injured Tuesday, June 17, 2025 59 killed 200 injured Wednesday & Thursday, June 18 and 19, 2025 12 killed 172 injured Friday, June 20, 2025 26 killed 87 injured Saturday, June 21, 2025 15 killed 176 injured Sunday, June 22 and Monday, June 23, 2025 17 killed 136 injured Tuesday, June 24, 2025 49 killed 197 injured Wednesday, June 25, 2025 33 killed 267 injured TOTAL TO DATE 549 killed 4,066 injured

NEW: 549 Palestinians now killed in the last 30 days.

Itself shocking. But, EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS KILLED AT A FOOD AID STATION.

A unique war crime. Firing squads using aid as bait.

Palestinians in #Gaza face two choices: starve to death, or risk death to get food.

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You’d think… lots of headlines like these, then tumbleweeds.

Panic is not an immigration policy This is not policy, it is punishment, and it can only result in cruel and arbitrary outcomes.

Gomez: “I have been deeply disturbed by reports of federal agents detaining people in public places, apparently without showing warrants or evidence that those they are taking into custody are in the country illegally. This situation is not worthy of a great nation.” angelusnews.com/voices/ice-r...

Archbishop Wester: “As Catholics, we believe that all human beings have God-given rights and dignity
that cannot be trumped or ignored. Regardless of why people immigrate (and there are many legitimate and compelling reasons why they do), the human rights and dignity immigrants must be respected.”

Pope Leo’s first US episcopal appointment, San Diego’s Bishop-designate Pham, a Vietnamese refugee, invites priests and faith leaders to “stand in solidarity”with migrants at courthouse on June 20, as they make court appearances.

Catholic Social Teaching and Solidarity with Refugees and Immigrants at a Time of Uncertainty: A U.S. Perspective Cardinal McElroy reflects on Catholic social teaching and the U.S. responsibility to uphold the dignity and rights of refugees and immigrants with JRS/USA and CMS/NY.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, on Catholic Solidarity with Refugees: "We need to help our society recognize that these are the type of people we want among us." www.jrsusa.org/resource/cat...

Books of the year 5:
There are Rivers in the Sky,
Elif Shafak
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#devotion #Madrugada #viernessanto

#poemoftheday

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Books of the year 4: Miss Austen, Gail Hornby *****
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Narcissus & Echo - The Influencer & The Follower Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 15/03/2025 · 59m

What a gift! Episode 1 is an erudite and uplifting journey through ancient and contemporary culture, woven together with beautiful music. Can’t wait for episode 2!
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Sounds wonderful; can’t wait! 👏