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They changed the name, but I still think of them as Twits
I thought there ought to be something out there that’s actually from me today, so here it is: I would like to say thank you to all the people who went on the march in London yesterday to call for a ceasefire. I wasn’t there but if I had been, I would probably have chosen…
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The trouble with conspiracy theories
A tale of peace and renewal Most countries these days wouldn’t shamelessly set about trying to move or destroy an entire population. Genocide is against international law but more importantly, it’s against all of our instincts. Killing, injuring and traumatizing children is against all of our hearts. So we think ‘why, really why?’ It is…
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The People we need to know about and some things we can do
(and Kingdom of Olives and Ash review part 2) I started reading this book after October 7th because understanding what’s happening in Israel / Palestine had suddenly become priority one. So urgent did it seem that I wrote a hasty paragraph or two when I was only halfway through, because I was already thinking I…
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This is not hate, and it is not a sport
I am not taking sides, are you? I hope not. This morning, many of the citizens of my town gathered at the Mosque to join a march for Palestine along the seafront. This evening, a fair few gathered despite the rain for a vigil for those in Gaza being bombarded daily. A few people, clearly…
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A people without a land (part one)
This is about an event I went to around three weeks ago. I didn’t get around to publishing it at the time but now, seeing the exclamations and arguments around social media after the events of the last few days, I thought I’d better get on with it, but with a message from ‘Breaking the…
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A people without a land (part two)
Social media post this week from Breaking the Silence… This article is here because I went to an event about the Shu’fat Community Centre, but didn’t get around to publishing my account of it before the latest outbreak of horrors in Israel/Palestine. If you want to read my original post (there’s a link at the…
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Beyond political despair
Seeding despair in the enemy is a classic ploy. Don’t fall for it. We failed to change the Labour Party from within, but those of us who are now on the outside can do what we like – the problem is, many aren’t sure what to do. They say they feel “politically homeless”, they say…
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Whodunnit?
Don’t ask me which women’s issue this article is about… I have written elsewhere about a “controversial” meeting that happened in my town a few weeks ago. It shouldn’t have been controversial beyond the room it took place in. If political groups want to talk to people with a range of views, whether they agree…
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No, this is the best feminist book … no, THIS is… No, wait…
We were sitting around cabaret tables, at the end of the main conference day. In front of us, a promising array of glasses and cutlery and other shiny things. At the top of the room, on the other side of an expanse of empty carpet that would no doubt soon be full of activity, long…
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How to use all that anger wisely
I went to a really interesting talk that a lot of people didn’t want me to go to last month. It was laid on by the local Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Apparently, even some members of their own organization had their doubts about it. It’s because the speaker was David Miller, who seems to have the…
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