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Penny Bernstock

@pennybernstock.bsky.social
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I am a visiting Professor at UEL Housing Knowledge Exchange Unit and co chair of TELCO's Olympic Strategy Group

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 10/06/2026
“We cannot let this become the new normal – children losing their lives to violence should cause global outrage and must be condemned at every level.” - UNICEF MENA's Edouard Beigbeder as deadly violence continues to claim children's lives across Gaza and the West Bank. unicef.link/4uuuifB
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Yesterday settlers returned to Palestinian villages across the West Bank they’d attacked a day earlier to carry out more terrifying attacks. No Israeli authority acted to stop the violence before it happened despite calls for revenge circulating in settler groups:
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UNICEF @unicef.org · 14/03/2026
Children in Gaza have endured - and continue to endure - brutal violations of their basic rights. Amid the coverage of the tragic deaths, injuries, losses and suffering, UNICEF and partners engaged over 1600 children in Gaza to understand what they want, in their own voices.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Last night, Israeli forces struck a crowded tent camp west of Gaza City. Fire tore through the tents where displaced families were sheltering, turning a place that was supposed to be a refuge into another site of loss and devastation. (1/4)
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Israeli settlers just established a new settlement neighborhood in Hebron in the West Bank — this is what ethnic cleansing looks like on the ground. Video posted by settler group Harchivi Makom Ohalech (1/2)
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
THREAD 🧵: The Epstein files are real. The antisemitism they're fueling is also real. And right now, the second part is getting almost no attention.
Screenshot of a post from an account called “Goyim Bureau of Investigation,” labeled as a parody account. The post shows a two panel meme using a man standing at a whiteboard. In the first panel, text on the board reads “The world is run by Jewish pedophiles.” In the second panel, the text reads “We need to do more than just post edgy memes. It’s time for physical removal.” The figure’s face is replaced with a skull-like cartoon with glowing red eyes and a black helmet bearing a fascist-style symbol. The post includes engagement metrics showing over 100,000 views.Screenshot of a tweet by David Miller stating that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad superspy and referring to a so-called “Jewish Empire.” The tweet claims that media institutions protect Jewish power and compares mainstream media unfavorably to online influencers. Below the tweet is an embedded post from “Sneako Updates” showing a paused video clip from Piers Morgan Uncensored, with multiple commentators on screen and Sneako appearing in a smaller window. Engagement metrics show tens of thousands of views.
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UNICEF @unicef.org · 27/01/2026
UNICEF and partners are expanding ‘Back to Learning’ for hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza. “Back to Learning isn’t then just about survival. It’s about protecting the engine of Gaza’s future.” Full remarks from UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder on this approach: unicef.link/4k2F2OF
UNICEF is scaling up emergency learning efforts in Gaza to reach 336,000 children through its Back to Learning programme. Quotes from UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder.
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MichaelLondonSF @michaellondonsf.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Londoners: last chance to tell Mayor he is wrong on housing. Michaeledwards.org.uk
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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
We mourn the victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach at a celebration on the first night of Chanukah, bringing darkness into a festival of lights. Our hearts go out to those attacked and their families and friends, as well as the entire Australian Jewish community.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Listen to Sh’s story from Gaza, told through Amal: Children in Gaza, like 17-year-old Sh, have not been able to return to school. This year nearly 660,000 students will once again miss the start of the school year, their classrooms turned into rubble and daily struggles to survive. (1/2)
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 23/08/2025
Every year homeless photographers are handed single-use cameras to take photos of London to turn into a calendar they can sell.
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This is London as seen through the eyes of homeless photographers
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
UNICEF has warned that Gaza is now the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. There is no safe corner, no promise of medical care, no proper school routine to anchor them. Childhood itself, curiosity, play, safety, has been turned upside down. (4/5)
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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Today, Palestinian mothers are denied the ability to feed their children at all. The same systems of control, exploitation, and violence that shaped these earlier injustices enable this one. The right to feed one’s child should not depend on the permission of an occupying power.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
In July 2025, the Israeli army made survival even harder by banning all access to the sea, which means no fishing to earn a living, no fresh fish to feed families, and no swimming to cool down. (4/5)
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Read these words posted online by Palestinians in Gaza. Let them horrify you. Because this reality is intolerable and it cannot continue. As trucks of aid – food, water, medicine, and hygiene supplies – wait at the border, millions of people are hungry. Stop this catastrophe.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Now in Tel Aviv: Thousands of Jews and Palestinians are marching together against the starvation in Gaza and for an immediate ceasefire deal to end the annihilation and return the hostages
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 18/07/2025
The 2012 London Olympics bid promised affordable homes for East London. But they have not materialised. This is the real legacy of the Games.
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The 2012 London Olympics promised to boost deprived areas. What went wrong?
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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 14/07/2025
This week’s Big Issue is out today! 🪧 What modern protest looks like 🏅 London 2012’s true legacy 💷 Brian Cox takes aim at big banks Buy a copy from your local vendor, and read a sneak peek here. 👀https://www.bigissue.com/behind-the-scenes/inside-the-big-issue-the-shape-of-protest-in-2025/
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Penny Bernstock @pennybernstock.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
20 years ago London won the bid to host the games based on a promise to regenerate the area serving as a model of social inclusion. This has not happened. The key beneficiaries are professional groups. Here we set out a plan for a community led housing and employment inclusion zone on the park.
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 23/06/2025
#DontForgetGaza Briefing by Jonathan Whittall, Head of OCHA OPT, to journalists in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip While the world’s attention is elsewhere, people in Gaza today are being killed trying to reach food. The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence. is.gd/s8MV0r
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Briefing by Jonathan Whittall, Head of OCHA OPT, to journalists in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
Text as prepared for delivery: While the world’s attention is elsewhere, people in Gaza today are being killed trying to reach food. The attempt to survive is being met with a death sentence. Since th...
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MichaelLondonSF @michaellondonsf.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Anne Phoenix & John Solomos great talks in celebration of Phil Cohen. Some good optimism
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 16/06/2025
This Palestinian girl in Gaza is mourning her younger brother who was killed by Israeli forces while trying to collect aid from Rafah.
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Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Becky Tunstall’s report looks like a grim but compelling exposition of the state of the nation. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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‘Stress crisis’ in UK as 5m struggle with financial, health and housing insecurity
Exclusive: Levels of ‘multi-stress’ at highest since 2008 crash, study says, with people feeling profoundly powerless
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 05/06/2025
Dock workers in Marseille are refusing to load a ship with military cargo destined for Israel - they need our support. They are doing what’s right, where their government has failed Sign the open letter of solidarity, send a message to these brave workers standing up for Palestine? is.gd/0kzAIv
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Dockworkers defy arms shipment to Israel - stand with them ✊
A ship loaded with weapons for Israel is docked in France - but courageous dockworkers are refusing to load it. They’re taking a stand for peace, justice, and Palestine. Let’s flood them with support ...
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 29/05/2025
A group of UN human rights experts is raising alarm over a recently-passed Israeli law that allows children as young as 12 years old to be sentenced to life in prison, saying that the legislation is likely a violation of international human rights law. truthout.org/articles/new... 1/2
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New Israeli Law Allows Palestinians as Young as 12 to Be Imprisoned for Life
UN experts said that the law is explicitly written to target Palestinian children.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/05/2025
Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir
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Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir
Exclusive: London theatre urges Home Office to reconsider as Ibrahima Balde unable to watch adaptation of award-winning book The author of an award-winning memoir about his life as a refugee has been refused a UK visa to attend a premiere of its adaptation for the London stage by one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights. Ibrahima Balde, who lives in Spain, was told the UK government was not satisfied he would return home after the performance of Little Brother which begins its run at Jermyn Street Theatre next week. Continue reading...
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 07/05/2025
Award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson has released the short film, ‘A Licence to Kill’, calling on the UK government to stop providing Israel with the weapons it uses to commit what Amnesty International described last week as a “live streamed genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza is.gd/HYEnRR
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‘A Licence to Kill’: UK government to face High Court over arms to Israel
Award-winning actor Juliet Stevenson has released the short film, ‘A Licence to Kill’, calling on the UK government to stop providing Israel with the weapons it uses to commit genocide against Pale…
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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 04/05/2025
More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and about 290,000 others are “on the brink of death” as Israel continues to prevent the entry of baby formula, nutritional supplements, and all forms of humanitarian aid aje.io/p407e2
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Over 3,500 children below five ‘face imminent death by starvation’ in Gaza
About 290,000 children are ‘on the brink of death’ due to Israeli blockade on Gaza that started on March 2.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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Gaza is a ‘killing field’ where people are being starved. How long will the world tolerate this? | Arwa Mahdawi
What is happening is, quite simply, annihilation. Yet our politicians keep funding it and media outlets normalize it
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UNICEF @unicef.org · 18/03/2025
Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death. We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately. Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i
Reports and images emerging from the Gaza Strip following today’s attacks are beyond horrifying. Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed, including more than 130 children. - Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We congratulate all who worked on No Other Land on winning an Oscar last night.  May this moment serve as a reminder to all of us to stand in steadfast solidarity with those enduring ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli military in Masaffer Yatta and all of Palestine.
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Alison Wallace @alisonwyork.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Residents trapped with service charges of up to £8,000 a year to take legal action against government. #sharedownership www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Residents trapped with service charges of up to £8,000 a year to take legal action against government
Owners of homes marketed by housing associations as ‘affordable’ are planning a challenge as service costs spiral
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Good people of London, hands are needed! Join us on Snowdrop Sunday 23rd Feb to plant out thousands of snowdrops 'in the green' in the museum garden. Provided: Gardening gloves and tools Instructions Hot drinks and cakes Needed: You! Guaranteed mood lift. Families welcome. See you there 💚
Flyer for Snowdrop Sunday with a pic of anowdrops in the wood with sun coming through
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Homes for families not investors - what Labour could learn from other centre-left governments ... My piece for @labour-hub.bsky.social labourhub.org.uk/2025/01/17/h...
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Homes for families, not investors
Labour should emulate radical policies being adopted elsewhere, argues Andrew Fisher. Housing is an essential need and therefore a basic human right. Democratic governments should therefore protect…
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Penny Bernstock @pennybernstock.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Great to run a workshop with the TELCO leadership team on our plans for a community led housing and employment inclusion zone on the Olympic Park @londonclt.bsky.social @emmanuelgotora.bsky.social
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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Its forecast - 3 tonight in London and - 4 tomorrow. Our community shelter in the museum is operating all weekend. We are now full. ✔️Please check in with people and ask if they need anything ❤️ ✔️always ask before referring to streetlink. ✔️ Check your council's out of hours arrangements
Tower bridge with a clear sky and moon at sunset The museum in the dark park with warm orange lights in the windows The museum doorway with a solidarity sign present
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MichaelLondonSF @michaellondonsf.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Next Saturday 14th for rent control in London. Meet 1130 Cavendish Square Oxford Circus by @LDNRentersUnion mailchi.mp/londonrenter...
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One week until ACTION
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Penny Bernstock @pennybernstock.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
On 5th December we will be holding a protest outside the LLDC offices calling on policy makers to get the promised housing legacy back on track.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/11/2024
Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars | Aluf Benn
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Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars | Aluf Benn
Unlike most Israeli news outlets, my paper shows the suffering in Gaza and Lebanon. That’s why the government has targeted us * Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz “Truth is the first casualty of war” goes the old cliche, but like any other…
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