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Mikesiva

@mikesiva.bsky.social
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Caribbean man 🇯🇲 lover of cricket and track and field athletics. Student of history, dislikes oppression. Free Palestine 🇵🇸!

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/10/2026
The trial is expected to run into February and could test Germany's political stance on Ukraine.
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Ukrainian ex-officer goes on trial in Germany over Nord Stream blasts
The trial is expected to run into February and could test Germany's political stance on Ukraine.
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
BBC if you can report on deaths in Ukraine, you can report on deaths in Gaza.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/10/2026
Jamaica accepts first flight of third-country deportations from US aje.news/d8y6cg
Jamaica accepts first flight of third-country deportations from US
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026
Iran has been accused of being behind a plot against an airbase in the UK.
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Iran sees ‘false flag' operations after UK blames IRGC for airbase incident
Iran has been accused of being behind a plot against an airbase in the UK.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026
Federal agents searched Omar's home in what she described as an attempt to 'weaponise federal law enforcement' aje.news/22q7fs
Federal agents searched Omar's home in what she described as an attempt to 'weaponise federal law enforcement'
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/10/2026
Iran has warned that cables and data centres in the region could be attacked, as Houthi allies hold internet chokepoint.
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How the Middle East conflict is threatening data centres, internet cables
Iran has warned that cables and data centres in the region could be attacked, as Houthi allies hold internet chokepoint.
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.thenational.scot/news/2663023...
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Oxford University lecturer faces trial over 'possession of indecent child images'
A LECTURER at the University of Oxford faces trial charged with possessing indecent photographs of children.
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Unsplintering.bsky.social @unsplintering.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"A female Oxford University professor [Dr Lola Salem] who recently split from her much-older former UK Cabinet minister boyfriend [Michael Gove] is fighting child abuse material charges." www.noticer.news/oxford-profe...
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Oxford professor charged over alleged indecent images of children
A female Oxford University professor who recently split from her much-older former UK Cabinet minister boyfriend is fighting child abuse material charges.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2026
Drone reportedly linked to RSF targets Wad al-Mahi, killing dozens near displacement camp, including women and children.
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Drone strike kills 30 people in Sudan's Blue Nile region
Drone reportedly linked to RSF targets Wad al-Mahi, killing dozens near displacement camp, including women and children.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2026
Humanitarian and human rights groups call out Israel's continued killings and restrictions across the enclave.
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Gaza ceasefire ‘exists in name only', more than 100 NGOs say
Humanitarian and human rights groups call out Israel's continued killings and restrictions across the enclave.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2026
Government security forces regain control of Rumbek town after outsiders attempted to seize the area.
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Intercommunal clashes kill 71 people in South Sudan
Government security forces regain control of Rumbek town after outsiders attempted to seize the area.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2026
Israeli drone attack wounds six in Lebanon near Syria border aje.news/qqqu1p
Israeli drone attack wounds six in Lebanon near Syria border
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 10/10/2026
‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital on lockdown before protests aje.news/64e3dk
‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital on lockdown before protests
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Freedland attacked Corbyn back in the day. Now, it's @zackpolanski.bsky.social in his sights.
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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You know those ‘spot the difference’ puzzles? I’m thinking of launching a ‘spot every racism in this political cartoon’ alternative….
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In 2026*
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
In 2024, Labour won Holborn and St Pancras with 18k votes. In 2026, Labour was reduced to 12k. In 2024, the Greens had 4k votes. In 202, that vote share more than doubled to nearly 9k. Well done @greenparty.org.uk
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong way. By looking at what Badenoch does not say in her new description of what it is to be a Conservative, I show that this is a charter for abuse that is riddled with arrogant inconsistencies. youtu.be/AB7Nid-tTFA?...
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Kemi Badenoch’s 'The Right Way' is the wrong way
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The statement is disappointing. I'm voting for the Green activists like Lubna and Ashok. bsky.app/profile/saul...
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'll leave this with you. Sounds perfectly reasonable. bsky.app/profile/saul...
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I agree with everything Ashok says here: bsky.app/profile/saul...
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One from the archives (July 2023) "Is it representative of your impartiality to consistently call Israel an apartheid state?" "Its representative of the facts" ".. so you're.. saying Israel is a racist state?" "Yes" The head of Amnesty is clear. Israel is an apartheid state
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
".. we don't believe that racist states, genocidal states, should continue to exist as racist, genocidal states" Ashok Kumar on #C4News
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Zionism is racism was not written by self righteous, white, lefties It was written by Palestinians in consultation with Palestinian and Jewish groups, Party officials, solicitors and many other over more than a year. I think Palestinian voices should be part of the debate youtu.be/6IQoRYEB-MA?...
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Ed Poole speaks to Lubna Speitan about Zionism is Racism
YouTube video by Amplify with Ed Poole
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John Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Labour is happy to give your NHS data to a CIA-backed US corporation whose tools are used to commit war crimes like the bombing of the Iranian girls' school which killed 156 civilians. www.middleeasteye.net/news/labour-...
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Labour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army links
Palantir has a £330m contract to process the UK's National Health Service data
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Threatens".... Burnham does a lot of talking, but very little action.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/10/2026
UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.
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Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean
UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Jalil Dabdoub | What we carried with us
I am frequently asked why Palestine occupies much of my writing. The answer is simple: because behind the headlines and injustices are human lives, exactly like those of the women who raised me. I ref...
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That's just one factor that shows that Israel is a racist apartheid state. I'll leave you with the words of Andrew, who is, of course, right. bsky.app/profile/thec...
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm with Andrew. bsky.app/profile/thec...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adidas chose to use an Israeli IDF soldier who lost his leg while Israel was committing War Crimes in Gaza as an advertisement. Gaza has the most amputees in the world, Adidas has never used them on its ads.
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes, I've unfollowed a couple who I thought were progressive, but who turned out to be despicable liberals.
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israel enforces apartheid in ALL the territory it holds. www.btselem.org/topic/aparth...
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Feinstein shows Greens how to handle Zionism motion backlash "The Greens have an anti-Zionist leader and believe Zionism is racism," Andrew Feinstein wrote on X in support of the newly-passed motion By @skwawkbox.org
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'Of course it's racist': Feinstein shows Green Party how to handle Zionism motion backlash
"The Greens have an anti-Zionist leader and believe Zionism is racism," Andrew Feinstein wrote on X in support of the newly-passed motion
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suella Braverman, consider Walter Tull. Born in Folkestone to an English mother and a Barbadian father. A footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. A British Army officer who led soldiers into battle and was killed serving his country in 1918.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Zach Bryan smashes Sheeran's record while supporting Palestine The singer-songwriter showed no fear when he wore a 'Free Palestine' tee at the Robert Kraft-owned Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts By @skwawkbox.org
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Zach Bryan smashes Sheeran's stadium record after defying Kraft on Palestine
Zach Bryan showed no fear when he wore a 'Free Palestine' tee at the Robert Kraft-owned Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Zionism IS racism. Zionism created the apartheid state of Israel. Apartheid is racism. Unfollowed.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There is nothing racist about any ethnic or religious group wanting their own homeland. The problem is if this desire is at the expense of another people. Zionism in practise meant "a homeland at the expense of Palestinians". It's really not hard to grasp this basic point!
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
War criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is upset. aje.news/632vjh
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Israel lashes out as UK’s Green Party formally defines Zionism as ‘racism’
Israel's president declared that the 'antisemitic lie' deliberately endangers Jews and Israelis.
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The Palestine Project @palestineproject.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Zionism
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“They shall not pass.” 90 years ago today, as antisemitism and fascism were on the rise throughout Europe, Oswald Mosley’s racist British Union of Fascists planned a provocative march through the Jewish community of East London.
A placard that reads "every street is cable street" in front of the Cable Street mural Someone holding a sign that reads "no pasaran"
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Israel is an apartheid state. And apartheid is racism. bsky.app/profile/saul...
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Putin has bigger fish to fry than to bother himself with little England. Instead, we should rethink our alliance with a 🇺🇸 that supports an apartheid 🇮🇱 that's committing genocide in Gaza. bsky.app/profile/saul...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Salma Yaqoob: "This is not about denigrating any people based on their faith, based on their identity. Zionism is a political ideology which insists on a supremacist approach"
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In July 2024 the ICJ found that Israel is an apartheid state, stating its legislation & measures constitute a breach of article 3 of the convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
".. the occupied West Bank, where the Israeli military has raided Birzeit university. The soldiers stormed the campus.. with a bulldozer & military vehicles. They demolished a memorial dedicated to 40 Palestinian students killed by the Israeli military"
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Mikesiva @mikesiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That's a naive definition of Zionism. If you'd spoken to the proponents of the motion, you would noted that supporters of Zionism have been accused of creating an apartheid state in Israel. And apartheid is racism. Unfollowed.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
People who think the Green Party can win by chasing media friendly optics have profoundly misunderstood why the Green Party is currently appealing to so many people. Courage and principles are winners for us not umming and ahhing.
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Council Estate Media @councilestatemedia.uk · 04/10/2026
The fact the British media is angrier about a "Zionism is racism" motion than about Zionists committing genocide speaks volumes about the British media
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