“Commentator Paul Mason, who is trying to become a Labour MP, slandered an audience member as antisemitic during a Q&A discussion at an event entitled ‘Is it worth voting Labour in 2024?’”
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“Mason has been caught trying to suppress discussion that exposes the UK political establishment through bogus antisemitism allegations. The commentator becoming an MP is the opposite of what we need.”
Those who use the anti-semitism slur politically are racists. They are #racist towards Palestinians. They may be many other things too but we should be clear that false accusations of anti-semitism are deeply racist.
“War on Gaza: Campaign launched in UK to stop paying tax over genocide complicity: eNew movement points to legal obligations under domestic and international law to prevent commission of genocide”
“A new campaign has been launched in the #UK for people and businesses to stop paying tax, as it accuses the country of complicity in the alleged genocide in Gaza.
Activists for the ‘No Tax for Genocide’ campaign argue that under both international and domestic law, British citizens risk complicity in genocide with their tax money and have a legal right not to pay while the government provides support for Israel.”
“#Nicaragua is asking the court to issue immediate provisional measures ordering Germany to end its ‘participation in the ongoing plausible genocide and serious breaches of international humanitarian law’ in the Gaza Strip.
This would include suspending military aid to Israel and ensuring that already delivered German weapons are not used to commit genocide. Nicaragua also asked the court to require that Germany comply with international humanitarian law, and resume its funding to #UNRWA.”
“Exclusive: Corbyn’s Islington North CLP ‘suspended’ by Labour: Local party officers’ access to Labour’s ‘Organise’ campaign platform revoked as party tries to shut down local democracy, say locals”
“Instead, Labour has revoked officers’ access to the party’s ‘#Organise’ campaign system, without telling them why or even that it had been done.
The ‘Organise’ manoeuvre is the latest in a long line of party moves to kill local member democracy to try to secure candidates and outcomes Starmer wants – and exposes yet again the regime’s deep contempt for party members and their rights.”
“A revolution in the way Britain does politics has begun in Devon. Tory MPs should be afraid”
by George Monbiot in the Guardian @TheGuardian_uk
“This is what democracy looks like: hundreds of people queueing in the rain, seeking to take back control of a political system that treats voters like an afterthought. Last weekend, a remarkable democratic experiment reached its first conclusion. A process that began here in South Devon and is now spreading to other constituencies has allowed voters to reclaim the initiative from centralised and self-interested political parties. It directly confronts our unfair electoral system.”
@GeriatricGardener@TheGuardian_uk Monbiot’s service for British imperialism by witch-hunting critics of the war in Ukraine shows how ludicrous are his claims to be helping a “slow revolution” to advance democratic rights.
The Guardian has also played a key role in vilifying Julian Assange.
Have you seen this?
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… “Behaviour that could constitute extremism” is “Advocating that the UK’s parliamentary democracy and democratic values and rights are not compatible with their ideology, and seeking to challenge, overthrow, or change our political system outside of lawful means.”
This is the criminalisation of opinion and thought, rather than actions taken.
“[Liberal Democrat] #LibDem-led #Somerset Council is the landlord of Aztec West 600, the headquarters of #ElbitSystems UK. Elbit Systems UK is owned by Israel’s largest weapons firm, which markets its weaponry as ‘battle-tested’ after they’re developed through assaults on the Palestinian people.
The Israeli weapons maker manufactures 85% of Israel’s military #drone fleet and land-based equipment, as well as missiles, bombs and bullets. Elbit’s CEO Bazhalel #Machlis, who sits on the board of Elbit Systems UK, boasted of how the Israeli military has thanked the company for their ‘crucial’ services during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
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“So, supporters of #PalestineAction have taken direct action against the Lib Dem-led council. On Monday 18 March, the doused the council offices in red paint”
“An app-based workers union the International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers ([#IAATW)] representing over 100,000 #Uber drivers and other app-based drivers across 20 countries have united to #boycott Chevron-branded gas stations, including #Texaco and #Caltex, in alignment with the Palestinian #BDS National Committee (#BNC) campaign and the call for solidarity by Palestine trade unions.”
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“Chevron has generated billions of dollars in revenue for apartheid Israel as the leading ‘international actor extracting gas claimed by Israel in the Eastern #Mediterranean’ – helping to fund the ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza.
Chevron is directly involved in Israel’s policy and practice of depriving the Palestinian people of their right to sovereignty over their natural resources.”
“For example, weapons development company #QinetiQ, based at MOD Aberporth, develops #UAVs (#drones) for export to the Israeli military for use in the genocide in Gaza, and the decades long illegal occupation of Palestine and the brutal oppression of Palestinians.”
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Then, #Thales UK fly and maintain their #Watchkeeper drones for the MOD from West Wales Airport. Thales is the UK branch of Israeli arms company #Elbit Systems Ltd (via a subsidiary company U-TacS) and is also in active partnership with Israeli Aerospace Industries (#IAI).
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“Whilst defence is not a devolved power to #Wales, the defence industry is. The #WelshAssembly Government was described in 2011 as being:
‘the driving force behind setting up the Wales UAS environment… [and] Parc Aberporth as a dedicated centre for UAS [Unmanned Weapons Systems].’”
“UK REFUSES TO SAY IF ISRAELI BOMBER PLANES ARE USING ITS CYPRUS BASE: After anonymous British officials reveal Israeli F-35s bombing Gaza have had access to Britain’s sprawling air base on nearby Cyprus, the UK military refuses to deny the visits, raising further suspicions about complicity in war crimes.”
by Matt Kennard in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
Kenny MacAskill, Alba MP for East Lothian, asked the Ministry of Defence (MoD) if any Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter aircraft have landed at Akrotiri, the vast RAF base on Cyprus, since 7 October 2023.
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“The MoD replied: ‘For operational security reasons and as a matter of policy, the Ministry of Defence does not offer comment or information relating to foreign nations’ military aircraft movements or operations.’
This comes after the Daily Express recently reported ‘senior sources’ telling the newspaper Israeli F-35s had until recently had access to the UK’s Cyprus base.”
“Having in mind that Israel’s two objectives are the dismantlement of Hamas and the return of the captives, Barik said that the Israeli ‘Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff conducted the war with a tactical vision and not a strategic vision,’ noting that ‘a war cannot be won only in tactical battles’.”
‘We have already lost the war with Hamas, and we are also losing our allies in the world,’ Barik admitted, stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu, Defense Minister #Gallant, and #Halevi ‘are leading us nowhere!’
‘If a regional war breaks out that destroys the country, there is no doubt that in the history of the people of Israel, they will be remembered forever,’ the Major General concluded.”
I agree, but do wonder if the #radicalzionism wing of Israel (which is running things today), ever really wanted to get the hostages back or to defeat Hamas. Or if the goal was to depopulate Gaza and replace it with settlers. If the latter, they certainly are on the right track. #radicalzionists #genocide
“SUCCESS IN DISRUPTING ISRAEL’S WAR MACHINE: Palestine Action has forced four #UK companies to cut ties with Israeli arms firm Elbit Systems in the past three months.”
by Huda Ammori in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
“As the campaign against Elbit has grown over the years, so have the actions against #secondary targets. Such actions have included covering their premises in red paint to symbolise Palestinian bloodshed, dismantling infrastructure, crashing events and storming offices.
The sustained actions have paid off as four companies have cut ties with Elbit after targeted campaigns in the past three months alone.”
“UK EXTREMISM ADVISER HAS BEEN FUNDED BY ISRAEL LOBBY: John #Woodcock aka Lord [#Walney] the government’s man urging MPs to stop engaging with pro-Palestine groups, has accepted Israel lobby funding amid the Gaza genocide.”
by John McEvoy in Declassified UK @Declassified_UK
“In 2021, he was tasked with producing a report ‘into the extreme fringes on both ends of the political spectrum’ in Britain, and with making recommendations to the prime minister.
Woodcock has now completed his report, and is urging Britain’s political leaders to take a ‘zero-tolerance approach’ to pro-Palestine and climate protesters.
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“Yet Woodcock can hardly be considered independent. He has previously worked with the #IsraelLobby and has even accepted funding from it amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Declassified has found.
This raises serious questions about Woodcock’s suitability to advise the government on issues relating to Palestine, or on extremism altogether.“
“President Biden, Israel’s favourite arms dealer, even had the gall to say of the death toll: ‘It’s contrary to what Israel stands for, and I think it’s a big mistake.’
Israel might have been killing Palestinians decades before Hamas was a thing, but mass killing is not what it stands for. Israel actually has the noble intention of peacefully expanding its ‘Jews-only’ ethno-state on someone else’s land. This is why it’s selling newly stolen land to ‘Jews only’ in the #US and #Canada. Just imagine how everyone would lose their shit if Hamas captured Israeli land and sold it to ‘Muslims only’ in Iran. Gaza would be nuked faster than you could say ‘world’s most moral army’.”
All you need to know about the “Democratic Genocide Party” - the party of #GenocideJoe (Biden), #GenocideBill (Clinton), #GenocideHillary (Clinton) and #GenocideBarak (Obama) - and the power that the #IsraelLobby wields over the all the above and many more bought-and-paid-for supporters of the #NeoFascist Zionist regime in its ranks!
“Blumenthal discusses the crisis within the Democratic Party as the party grassroots revolts against President Joe Biden's vehement support for Israel's rampage in the besieged Gaza Strip, where at least 30,000 have been killed to date - mostly women and children.
Blumenthal points the finger at the Democratic Party establishment for crushing any and all iterations of antiwar politics, and illustrates how its most prominent figures have been bought off by the Israel lobby.”