Israeli forces raid the home of Palestinian prisoner Azmi Abu Hleil’s family in the town of Dura, in the occupied West Bank, forcing them to evacuate before demolishing the three-storey house.

#Melissa this morning. 150 miles from Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲🌀

‘Such disrespect’: Diane Abbott row looms over race for Hackney North seat Though veteran MP was eventually allowed to stand for Labour, the dispute has left many black voters despondent

‘Such disrespect’: Diane Abbott row looms over race for Hackney North seat

Class War Reading List In celebration of May Day—international workers' day—and the radical history of the working class, we've put together this Class War Reading List. All of these books are 40% Off until the end of May! ...

Happy May Day!

Here’s our class war reading list www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/72-cla...

The strange disappearance of Belle and Sangita

Two British journalists have recently been taken off air, potentially for questioning foreign politicians in a manner that displeased them

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/dis...

Shooting people in a hospital, or any act of violence in a healthcare facility is completely unacceptable.

We unequivocally condemn the continued attacks on healthcare facilities in #Palestine. #Gaza

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Indeed

Happy new year everyone. 2024 has an extra day so that’s 24 hours more to be depressed!

Home Office accused of trapping women with abusers with £500 visa fee hike. Abuse victims will pay £2,885 to apply to stay in UK, despite processing applications costing government just £646

Read more 👇

www.opendemocracy.net/en/home-offi...

UN Security Council vote on demanding an immediate ceasefire.

Against: United States

Abstained: United Kingdom

In Favor:
China
France
Russian Federation
Albania
Brazil
Ecuador
Gabon
Ghana
Japan
Malta
Mozambique
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates

When you post on Twitter, your content is the stuff keeping other people there and posting too.

All of it adds up to more people adjacent to white supremacist hate.

Every single one of us should be terrified by this and writing to our MPs to get them to stop it. It is so far along the road to f*scism. And in case you don’t realise it yet: they will absolutely use these new laws and ignoring the Human Rights Act against all of us.

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet The United Nations says at least three of every four Africans can’t afford a healthy diet because of an “unprecedented food crisis.”

UN says Africa faces unprecedented food crisis, with 3 in 4 people unable to afford a healthy diet

Benjamin Zephaniah, British poet and campaigner, dies aged 65 The dub poet and author of collections including Talking Turkeys has died of a brain tumour

From the Guardian.
Benjamin Zephaniah 1958 - 2023

I met him a number of times some years ago. We talked. We laughed. We shared time. We had dear friends in common.
He was a living light in a world of darkness.

His words and work will carry his light onwards.

www.theguardian.com/books/2023/d...

"I don't want anyone to think that I thought Long Covid wasn't a serious problem," says Boris Johnson, who scribbled "Bollocks" and "this is Gulf War Syndrome stuff" over a note referring to its existence.

Benjamin Zephaniah 'was grace and wonder' Artist Pogus Caesar's tribute to friend and collaborator Benjamin Zephaniah, who has died.

Benjamin Zephaniah 'was grace and wonder'

Bought and Sold - Benjamin Zephaniah Smart big awards and prize money Is killing off black poetry It’s not censors or dictators that are cutting up our art. The lure of meeting royalty And touching high society Is damping creativity an...

"Smart big awards and prize money
Is killing off black poetry
It’s not censors or dictators that are cutting up our art.
The lure of meeting royalty
And touching high society
Is damping creativity and eating at our heart."

Applies to so much more.

Barbados PM says country owed $4.9tn as she makes fresh call for reparations Mia Mottley tells London audience that King Charles’s comments about slavery’s impact were welcome

Barbados PM says country owed $4.9tn as she makes fresh call for reparations

Benjamin Zephaniah

‘An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all.’

Poet and writer Benjamin Zephaniah who died today aged 65.

College Board's updated African-American studies course nods to Colin Kaepernick and Black feminism Some topics blasted by conservative officials are required in an official Advanced Placement course.

American high schoolers will learn about the Tulsa Race Massacre, the Black feminist movement and Colin Kaepernick’s racial justice protests as part of a newly-revised College Board course on African American studies.

🇯🇲🙏🏾

Nelson Mandela

‘Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies’

Remembering the life of anti-apartheid activist and politician Nelson Mandela on the 10th anniversary of his death https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela

BBC presenter says ‘overwhelmingly white’ workplace affects his mental health Nihal Arthanayake told a journalism diversity conference in Salford: ‘It’s really affecting me that I walk in and all I see is white people’

BBC presenter says ‘overwhelmingly white’ workplace affects his mental health

www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/niha...

World Bank accused of ‘turning blind eye’ to sexual abuse in Kenyan schools it funded Calls grow for independent inquiry after the bank’s internal watchdog found 21 cases of child sexual abuse by teaching staff

World Bank accused of ‘turning blind eye’ to sexual abuse in Kenyan schools it funded

The Jamaica Daily News headline: Marley Shot

OTD 3 Dec 1976, Bob Marley, his wife Rita and Don Taylor, were shot when gunmen invaded his residence in Kingston. Politicians hoped to capitalise on his support. While he remained neutral many viewed him as supporting the PNP en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassina...

Granville T Woods

Inventor and STEM pioneer Granville T. Woods was awarded more than 60 patents. One of his most important inventions was a telegraph that allowed moving trains to communicate with other trains and train stations, improving railway efficiency and safety. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Woods