We all know that if Russian forces had just burned alive dozens of refugees, including little kids, there would be justified screams of outrage and disgust from Western leaders and media outlets. It would be used as key evidence that Putin is one of the great monsters of our age. But when Palestinians are burned alive by Israel, the best that can be hoped up for is handwringing, and Israeli lies and attempts at deflection and muddying the waters being indulged. There hasn’t even been an attempt to disguise how little worth is attached to Palestinian life. To those who backed Israel’s murderous onslaught, and now scroll past the charred bodies of kids on your timeline, trying to reassure yourself that this isn’t on you, you didn’t sign up for this: Yes you did. Israel’s political and military leaders could not have been clearer from the start that they were planning one of the great crimes of our age. From the very beginning, they made bloodcurdling promises whilst slaughtering Palestinian civilians. You either chose not to listen or you ignored them. More realistically, you made a conscious choice – that you did not believe Palestinian life had anything like the same value as an Israeli life – and you acted on that choice. Political, media and public figures aided and abetted one of the worst crimes of our age, when they were given more prior warning of what was to happen than most crimes in history. You could have put pressure on your government to use its leverage over Israel. You did not. Process this fact. There was more outrage over the beheading of Israeli babies which did not happen – which was entirely invented – then there has been over thousands of Palestinian babies, toddlers and kids being slaughtered by Israel. Including the babies beheaded in Rafah. We let the guilty men and women get away with Iraq. We cannot let them get away with a crime so blatant, unapologetic and depraved, or these horrors will only foreshadow worse to come.
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Read this and immediately sobbed. (via @gazapoets)
“I’m a life long Labour voter but this General Election I’m voting Green. If you vote Green you send a message to Labour…” “Taxing the rich, public ownership, workers’ rights & the climate crisis.” @owenjones84 explains how caring for the climate is good for the economy.
🚨WIN: Starmer has been forced to back down from his vindictive targeting of Diane Abbott ✊🏾 We’ve seen this week what he will do in Government with unchecked power – he is still targeting socialist women of colour, Faiza Shaheen and Apsana Begum, and parachuting his mates into safe seats. But this win shows we can pressure Labour from the left. Join our movement to elect independents and Greens to ensure a Labour government can be held to account by the left 🔗 Link in bio wedeservebetter.uk
“Nasty, cold, clinical gaslighting. I mean, that’s what they’re doing is gaslighting.” In the newest episode of ‘Two Outspoken,’ Owen Jones and Mehdi react to a recent White House press conference in which John Kirby claimed that the Israeli militaryhad not technically invaded Rafah. Watch the new ‘Two Outspoken,’ on U.K. elections, and Israel’s invasion of Rafah, at Zeteo.com. #Zeteo #TwoOutspoken #Israel #Rafah #fyp
Firstly, lol, this is very funny, the Tories really do face being completely destroyed. Secondly, you really can vote Green* with no risk at all. (Unless you’ve got a left wing independent or left wing Labour candidate)
Incredible honour to meet @leannemohamad in Ilford North – who is standing to be the independent candidate for her community. To say I was impressed is an understatement. She’s a British-Palestinian, Ilford born and bred, and seeing the response from locals was quite something – including people who previously voted Tory, let alone Labour, or who had never voted before. Video out next week – but one to follow to say the least ❤️
Incredible honour to meet @leannemohamad in Ilford North – who is standing to be the independent candidate for her community. To say I was impressed is an understatement. She’s a British-Palestinian, Ilford born and bred, and seeing the response from locals was quite something – including people who previously voted Tory, let alone Labour, or who had never voted before. Video out next week – but one to follow to say the least ❤️
Labour are going to by a landslide. So you can vote Green or independent with no risk.
Faiza Shaheen was purged by Labour. She’s an incredible candidate, loved by her activists, and besotted with her constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green. If you can, please rally in support of her *tonight at 6.30pm*, London E4 9BW. Please spread the word! @faizashaheen
🚨KEIR STARMER LIED ABOUT BLOCKING DIANE ABBOTT. You can’t trust a word Starmer says. Join the alternative. Link in bio 🔗
“If you’re a woman of color who likes a tweet about a Jon Stewart sketch — you’re out.” In the newest episode of ‘Two Outspoken,’ Owen Jones and Mehdi go off on the U.K. Labour Party for blocking Faiza Shaheen from standing as a candidate during the upcoming general election for liking a tweet that included a Daily Show sketch about Israel from 2014. Watch the new ‘Two Outspoken,’ on U.K. elections, and Israel’s invasion of Rafah, at Zeteo.com. #Zeteo #TwoOutspoken #UK #Labour #JonStewart #fyp
Labour are going to win by a landslide. Vote @thegreenparty with no risk – and send a message to Labour to tax the rich, invest, take utilities under public ownership, give workers rights, scrap tuition fees, tackle the climate emergency, and oppose war crimes.
This shift from addressing our problems collectively to addressing them individually points to what is arguably the most decisive transition in communications strategy of the past fifty years. In a brilliant public-relations coup, we have been induced by #corporate marketing and media propa- ganda to ignore massive #economic and #political forces, and focus instead on individual micro-solutions. Through yet another counterintuitive hustle, #consumerism – the presenting problem – is also presented as the answer. Another clip from my conversation with the brilliant @owenjones84 Full video on YouTube My new book, The Invisible Doctrine is out now ⬆️ . . . #neoliberalism #theinvisibledoctrine #citizenscience #inequality #climatecrisis #paperstraws #socialscience #journalism #oligarch #billionaires #planetaryhealth #ecocide #spendinghabits #powerless #doctrine #capitalism #capitalismkills
I tried to speak to Labour shadow cabinet minister Thangam Debonnaire in Bristol Central. It didn’t go well. Polling suggests the @thegreenparty candidate @carladenyer could take this seat next July. Ultimately, it’s up to everyone, including politicians, whether they talk to me or anyone else. But I think if you intend to be a cabinet minister in a government set to win a colossal landslide to do exactly what it likes for half a decade, it’s reasonable to spend a couple of minutes answering questions. Labour shadow ministers are happy speaking to right wing outlets such as GB News and The Sun. Hard not to conclude they consider those legitimate outlets, unlike left wing outlets. Full video about Bristol on my YouTube channel!
“It’s racism”. Starmer is singling out Diane Abbott as the UK’s first black woman MP.
She was the Labour candidate rooted in her community. Daughter of a mechanic and lab technician, a Muslim woman of colour who defied the odds and became a celebrated academic. Then Labour purged @faizashaheen – and tried to humiliate her in the process. I’m so glad she’s standing as an independent – the least we can do is support her. Please come to this – and spread the word. 🙏❤️
On Friday night, delighted to be doing an event in Ilford North with the incredible @leannemohamad. She’s a British-Palestinian standing as an independent candidate to be MP – and she’s up against Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who’s committed to NHS privatisation. Come along – the event link is in my bio!
📢Big thanks to @owenjones84 for the shout-out! 🫰 This week is #indienewsweek and any membership income raised counts TWICE thanks to @publicinterestnews so there’s never been a better time to join as an annual member! Head to thebristolcable.org/join before the end of the week to take part 🎉
Yesterday, we met with my neighbours and friends in Ilford North, together with the brilliant @owenjones84 . I updated them about my campaign to become the next Independent MP. There is an energy, I feel it on the doorstep and in the audience. Labour has abandoned my community. 📸 @stxtan #VoteLeanneMohamad #Leanne4IlfordNorth
Yesterday, we met with my neighbours and friends in Ilford North, together with the brilliant @owenjones84 . I updated them about my campaign to become the next Independent MP. There is an energy, I feel it on the doorstep and in the audience. Labour has abandoned my community. 📸 @stxtan #VoteLeanneMohamad #Leanne4IlfordNorth
Yesterday, we met with my neighbours and friends in Ilford North, together with the brilliant @owenjones84 . I updated them about my campaign to become the next Independent MP. There is an energy, I feel it on the doorstep and in the audience. Labour has abandoned my community. 📸 @stxtan #VoteLeanneMohamad #Leanne4IlfordNorth
Yesterday, we met with my neighbours and friends in Ilford North, together with the brilliant @owenjones84 . I updated them about my campaign to become the next Independent MP. There is an energy, I feel it on the doorstep and in the audience. Labour has abandoned my community. 📸 @stxtan #VoteLeanneMohamad #Leanne4IlfordNorth
