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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“...ata seen by The BMJ suggest that pilots of the FDP, run at Chelsea and Westminster Foundation Trust and subsequently promoted as a Palantir success story, are flawed.” www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
When the NHS was founded, it was meant to work hand in hand with a housing system. Now, our health system and our health are suffering. If we want to be healthy, we need to fight for housing. Join the Health and Disability Justice Bloc! www.medact.org/event/nation...
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We must be clear: any use of a nuclear weapon, including a smaller so-called ‘tactical’ nuke, will likely set off a chain reaction that the human race cannot survive. www.medact.org/2026/blogs/c...
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Call for an End to All Fighting in Iran - Medact
Today we welcome the news of a temporary, two-week ceasefire in the USA and Israel’s war on Iran. It is now essential that the USA and Iran stay at the […]
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We were in front of the Palantir offices in London this morning where NHS senior leaders were meeting the company that has no place in our health service! "Workers, students, patients say: Palantir cannot stay."
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We endorse this demonstration because safe, secure, and genuinely affordable housing is fundamental to health justice. If we are serious about reducing health inequalities and advancing health justice, we must get serious about housing. Brick by brick, home by home, so our health can thrive!
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We call on the health community to take action, speak loudly against actions of the US and Israel, and call on the UK government to act to end the perpetration of this violence. www.medact.org/2026/stateme...
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Medact statement on US and Israel’s attacks on Iran - Medact
Medact stands in solidarity with people in Iran, Lebanon, and across the region being subject to egregious acts of violence.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Medact research manager Hil Aked welcomed the Birmingham trust’s decision to withdraw from the programme, describing it as “unethical and Islamophobic”. “Mental health workers should be providing patients with care, not spying on them for police.” www.middleeasteye.net/news/nhs-men...
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NHS mental health trust withdraws from counter-terror police programme
Birmingham-based trust says programme that enabled police to access medical information 'no longer considered to align to strategic priorities'
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Join us on Wednesday 25 February at 7 pm on Zoom for a transformative workshop on deconstructing oppressive systems in medical education and exploring new paths toward health justice. www.medact.org/event/unlear...
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Unlearning Medical Education - Medact Calendar
This event will feature group discussions and a conversation between Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan and Dr Jo Hartland about their experiences of medical learning.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Big news! @bma.org.uk now advising doctors not to engage with Palantir's NHS data platform! They say there must be a "complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS", due to the company's track record, e.g. with ICE, and the risk to patient trust. www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
To our fellow health workers, and all those showing us the real meaning of community care in the USA: we stand with you because we know our struggles are the same. www.medact.org/2026/blogs/f...
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In Solidarity – From UK Health Workers to US Health Workers Resisting ICE - Medact
In offering our grief and solidarity, we re-commit ourselves to standing with all our fellow health workers resisting fascism, from Minneapolis to Gaza.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We are looking for several new Trustees, a new Chair of the Board of Trustees and a new Treasurer to help oversee our governance and support our work. If you share our vision and passion, why not join our Board and help us fight for health justice? www.medact.org/2026/jobs/va...
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VACANCIES: We’re recruiting Trustees, Treasurer, and Chair of the Board - Medact
Are you passionate about health justice? Medact is seeking new Trustees to help oversee our governance and support our work.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
“Our real demand is that we should not even allow ICE in our hospital at all,” Morgan emphasized. www.blackrosefed.org/hospital-org...
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Healthcare Workers Freed a Patient From ICE – You Can Do the Same
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents brought a detainee to a California hospital in 2025, they didn’t know they would leave empty-handed. Using capacity they built over months of orga...
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Corporate Watch @corporatewatch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
NEW Substack blog by the excellent NHS Analysts Together - part of the No Palantir in the NHS campaign. Recommended reading for campaigners interested in Palantir, the Federated Data Platform and the NHS nhsdataanalyststogether.substack.com/p/understand... @medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
@goodlawproject.bsky.social and @justtreatment.org set up a tool to help us check whether our local NHS trusts are adopting Palantir's software and, if so, to send an email calling on them to reject its use. Let's start emailing! notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
An important read: shado-mag.com/articles/can...
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Why the Tech sector is Israel’s weak spot
In this article shado editor Zoe Rasbash discusses how grassroots organisers are making Israel’s tech dependency a liability
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
CALL TO ACTION - Send this message to 5 friends in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland NHS England has demanded that hospitals and NHS Trusts in Leicester use Palantir’s software to process our patient data and the roll out has already started. But with help, they can resist!
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📢 Migrant Workers’ Rights – National Emergency Demonstration ⏰ Saturday 13 December, 12PM 📍 Birmingham City Centre Join us in solidarity with ALL migrants, people seeking asylum & refugees. Follow for updates @regulariseuk.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social @migrantsrights.bsky.social
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 28/11/2025
Police tech doesn't predict crime. It predicts policing. Fed on flawed police data, so-called 'crime-predicting' tech automates racism and discrimination against overpoliced communities. The Safety Not Surveillance coalition spread the word. Sign up ➡️ action.openrightsgroup.org/join-fight-a...
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🗓️ Join the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group's meeting this week - Wednesday 3rd December, 6-7.30pm! Open to health workers & health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare. www.medact.org/event/abolit...
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Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – December Meeting - Medact Calendar
Join to discuss policing, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.
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Cameron @cameronboyle95.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"Humanitarianism has enabled the genocide to last for two years. A single operating room won’t change anything. Particularly when that operating room is paid for by the same Government paying for the missiles and bombs."
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Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🚨ACT NOW: Stand with NHS nurses facing deportation! 300 Band 3 Nursing Assistants employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust may lose their jobs & right to stay in the UK due to the Trust's inaction. 👉Tell the Trust to safeguard jobs NOW: patientsnotpassports.co.uk/nurses-in-ma...
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Nurses in Manchester at Risk of Deportation – Patients Not Passports
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
What does it mean to be a health worker in the face of genocide? 🩺 Join our political education webinar on Palestine, health and the limits of humanitarianism – exploring solidarity, liberation, and the destruction of Gaza’s health system. www.medact.org/event/palest...
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Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism - Medact Calendar
Join us for a webinar on Palestine and the politics of humanitarianism, where we’ll explore the role of health workers in confronting the genocide in Gaza.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🗓️ Join the Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group's meeting tonight - Wednesday 5th November, 6-7.30pm! Open to health workers and health justice campaigners interested in resisting policing and securitisation practices within and beyond healthcare. www.medact.org/event/abolit...
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Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – November Meeting - Medact Calendar
Join to discuss policing, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨📣 This Saturday 1st November! Join us in London for 'Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World' – as we host brilliant speakers, campaigning to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons in our lifetimes. Free to attend and open to all – make sure you're registered 🥂⬇️
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The government blames “supply and demand,” but the housing crisis is man-made: 🏠 Buy-to-let landlords selling up or passing on costs. 💸 Years of weak tenant protections. 📈 A lack of affordable housing. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
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Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises
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Impact on Urban Health @impurbanhealth.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Some of our partners joining us at #HCD2025 include Peckham Palms, Centric Labs & Latin Elephant. We’ll also be joined by @medact.bsky.social, sharing insights from their participatory community research and the Nags Head Healthy Homes campaign 🏡
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Rethinking Security @rethinkingsecurity.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A fantastic opportunity for ant-nuclear activists to meet up and learn more about the movement to abolish WMD, in London on 01 November.
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Cameron @cameronboyle95.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Yes. Yes. Yes. One of the many reasons I love @medact.bsky.social is because they have the courage to speak the truth. So whilst the majority of NGOs applaud Trump’s deal, it’s heartening to see this statement call it what it is: a colonial project that robs Palestine of autonomy.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The ceasefire agreement, and accompanying Trump-Netanyahu 20 point plan, lays out a deeply colonial approach to the future of Gaza. 👇https://www.medact.org/2025/blogs/statement-on-gaza-ceasefire/
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Statement on Gaza ceasefire - Medact
The ceasefire agreement, and accompanying Trump-Netanyahu 20 point plan, lays out a deeply colonial approach to the future of Gaza.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🚨 T-2 weeks until we host: Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World – an evening lecture, conversation and drinks reception in London, free and open to all! Interested in learning more about the movement to abolish weapons of mass destruction? Join us ⬇️ www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
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Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World - Medact Calendar
We welcome Medact members, health workers, students, and particularly young campaigners as we reflect on the fight for a nuclear weapons free world.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
REGISTER NOW! For this free online event, we’ll hear from health workers and organisers committed to naming the violence, challenging the limits of humanitarianism and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their right to liberation. www.medact.org/event/palest...
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Palestine, Health and the Limits of Humanitarianism - Medact Calendar
Join us for a webinar on Palestine and the politics of humanitarianism, where we’ll explore the role of health workers in confronting the genocide in Gaza.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Join us in London on Saturday 1st November at St. Ethelburga's Centre for an evening lecture with IPPNW co-president, Dr Carlos Umaña! We welcome health workers, students and campaigners as we reflect on the fight for a nuclear weapons free world 🚫💣 www.medact.org/event/nuclea...
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Building a Nuclear Weapons Free World - Medact Calendar
We welcome Medact members, health workers, students, and particularly young campaigners as we reflect on the fight for a nuclear weapons free world.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Medact is recruiting a Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants! Join the fight for health justice. This is a part-time, fixed term contract, to help Medact secure essential funding over the next year. Applications close on 10th November. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/f...
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Fundraising Manager: Trusts & Grants - Medact
Apply now to be Medact's Fundraising Manager.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Register to join this conversation we'll be part of on Wednesday evening! ⬇️
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In the past, we have previously campaigned by raising the voice of health workers in isolation – speaking on behalf of communities experiencing injustice. But that approach carries risks. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/a...
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A growing movement for health justice - Medact
At Medact, we are committed to being a political home for the health community where everyone can come together to learn, grow and take action.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
BREAKING: Hundreds of health workers have written to The King’s Fund demanding they cut ties with Palantir, who are currently supplying the Israeli military with advanced AI warfare for use in Gaza. The King’s Fund are health washing one of the world’s most violent companies! 👇
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🚨 The Abolitionist Approaches to Health group's monthly online meeting is tomorrow Wednesday 1st October, 6pm! Come along to hear more about the campaign to end the Prevent Duty in the NHS, and for our next learning session with Dr Harshana Sangtani. www.medact.org/event/abolit...
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Abolitionist Approaches to Health Group – October Meeting - Medact Calendar
Join to discuss policing, criminalisation and securitisation practices within and beyond sites of healthcare.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
"[We] need them to raise their own voices loudly and clearly against the genocide and our government’s complicity in it, against the systematic dismantling of the health system in Gaza..." - Fiona Godlee www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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I was arrested for peacefully protesting against genocide—why our medical leaders need to speak up
I have never been arrested before, but I went to London’s Parliament Square on 6 September with that as my sole objective. I am now one of over 1400 people, including at least 25 current and former UK...
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Join @britishima.bsky.social on Wednesday 1st October at 7.30pm for an insightful webinar with Global Health BDS for Palestine, exploring the ethical, health, and humanitarian reasons behind a TEVA boycott. britishima.org/event/webina...
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Webinar: TEVA Boycott & Global Health BDS for Palestine | British Islamic Medical Association
Join us on Wednesday 1st October at 7.30pm for an insightful webinar with Global Health BDS for Palestine, exploring the ethical, health, and humanitarian reasons behind a TEVA boycott. Learn why heal...
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Abolitionist approaches to health show us a different path: one where care is truly universal, not conditional (on one’s legal status). One where we dismantle violent systems and build alternatives rooted in justice, equity and solidarity. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/t...
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Towards abolishing borders and violence in healthcare - Medact
An abolitionist approach to health offers a vision where care is accessible to all, and violence no longer defines the systems that affect our wellbeing.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Today is the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. 🕊️ To commemorate the day, we are sharing a collage from our Nuclear Weapons Group member Bimal, who is currently pedalling from Hiroshima to Nagasaki for a peaceful world!
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Hospitals bombed. Aid blocked. Health workers killed. Read our new blog and join the emergency demo: Hands off the flotilla today! 📅 Friday 26th Sept ⏲️ 6pm 📍Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office www.medact.org/2025/blogs/g...
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Gaza under siege, health solidarity across the globe - Medact
As we are entering a new era – built on the principles of health justice, collective care and solidarity – we will continue to campaign for Palestinian liberation.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
The wonderful Ben, Izzy and Jo will be speaking at our All Member Assembly on Friday 3rd October. We can't wait to see you at Pelican House (or on Zoom). If you haven't registered, you can do so on our website👇 medact.org/event/ama2025/
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"The economic and health burdens caused by a broken energy system, coupled with shoddy, inefficient housing, are the most immediate ways people in the UK are being harmed by the climate crisis." www.medact.org/2025/blogs/c...
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Climate justice means housing and energy justice - Medact
Broken energy systems and poor housing are the most immediate ways the climate crisis harms people in the UK.
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
“[R]enters must urgently be given the security they deserve so they can ask landlords to fix substandard housing without fear of retaliation.” - Clare Moriarty @citizensadvice.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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More than 40% of private renters ration energy use to afford bills, study finds
Citizens Advice says 4.5 million people in England and Wales had to cut use, with some skipping hot meals and wearing gloves inside
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
As part of our Annual Report 2024-25 series, read the powerful stories from Barton House and Nags Head – and learn how health workers and tenants are building power together to win a healthier future for all. www.medact.org/2025/blogs/h...
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Homes for Health: How we win Health Justice - Medact
Our work to win health justice is most effective when it is led by the people most impacted by health inequities
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
We will be here tomorrow. Join us!
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Medact @medact.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
📖🚨 War is a global health crisis: community based action can confront it. "To safeguard health in its fullest sense, we must continue to mobilise for welfare, not warfare." Read Medact Nuclear Weapons Group member Zahraa Kapasi's new piece in the BMJ ⬇️ www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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War is a global health crisis: community based action can confront it
As defence spending swells at the expense of human security, healthcare professionals must recentre health as a global priority, writes Zahraa Kapasi Conflict remains a public health emergency. War ...
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Global Energy Embargo For Palestine @palenergyembargo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The Israeli colonial regime is not acting alone. It relies on imported oil & gas to fuel its war machine. Demand that shipping companies transporting fuel to terminate all contracts aiding Israel’s genocide. ✍️ Sign the petition now: change.org/stop_fuelling_genocide/
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Sign the Petition
Shipping Companies: Stop Fuelling the Genocide in Gaza
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