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“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters.” News mainly from the left and indie media in the UK and beyond I post links to inform and encourage debate. I don't necessarily agree with everything I post.

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 10h
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
US Sanctions are Attempts to Dismantle the International Criminal Court www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/04/us-…
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US Sanctions are Attempts to Dismantle the International Criminal Court
In this exclusive interview for CounterPunch, former UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian territories occupied since
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
US flight from RAF Fairford: let’s finish the job and make it permanent morningstaronline.co.uk/article/us-…
morningstaronline.co.uk
US flight from RAF Fairford: let’s finish the job and make it permanent
THE latest development from RAF Fairford — the news of
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
Gaza Three Years On: The Changing Politics of Genocide Denial bylinetimes.com/2026/10/05/gaza-thr…
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Gaza Three Years On: The Changing Politics of Genocide Denial
Martin Shaw, who argued that Israel was beginning to commit genocide in October 2023, examines the tensions between recognition and denial as the Burnham Government tries to reset its Palestine policy...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
Jared Kushner Secretly Uses Another Peace Deal to Boost His Business Corruption and abuse of power in plain sight. newrepublic.com/post/216200/jared-k…
newrepublic.com
Jared Kushner Secretly Uses Another Peace Deal to Boost His Business
Kushner and Steve Witkoff are using the Russia-Ukraine talks to give their industry buddies a boost.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory A victory to Bolsonaro would be very bac news. Don't make the same mistake again Brazil! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…
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Flávio Bolsonaro poised to win Brazilian presidency after shock first-round victory
Progressive voters and supporters of incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left reeling after far-right surge
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
Israel is rewriting the Palestinian curriculum in East Jerusalem to erase Palestinian identity #genocide mondoweiss.net/2026/10/israel-is-re…
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Israel is rewriting the Palestinian curriculum in East Jerusalem to erase Palestinian identity
Nearly 38 percent of Palestinian students in East Jerusalem now study the Israeli curriculum, while the rest of the students’ textbooks are being censored line by line, stripping mention of Jerusalem,...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 2h
CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse Not a surprise. It's a rogue state with an indiscriminate killing mentality and obsession. It's not sustainable. Any reputation it had is in tatters worldwide www.dropsitenews.com/p/cia-report-i…
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 3h
Relatives of #Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Republican congressman www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…
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Relatives of Epstein victim appear in attack ad targeting Republican congressman
Family of Virginia Giuffre criticizes Colorado’s Jeff Crank for voting to block a vote to release the Epstein files
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 3h
The Third Filton Trial realmedia.press/third-filton-trial
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The Third Filton Trial - Real Media - The View From Below
Real Media will be reporting regularly throughout this third trial, with many thanks to journalist Betty Dempsey, aided by extensive note-takers.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
#Aberfan: Wales’ enduring coal heritage 60 years on www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/10/05…
thecanary.co
Aberfan: Wales’ enduring coal heritage 60 years on
60 years later, the shadow of Aberfan remains a profound reminder of the heavy human toll of the nation's industrial past.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Author Arundhati Roy’s fight against injustice | Talk to Al Jazeera www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l9g4OeiVVc
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Author Arundhati Roy’s fight against injustice | Talk to Al Jazeera
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Moroccan opposition leader: We are not Israelis; we support Palestine, King, government and people www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261005-…
middleeastmonitor.com
Moroccan opposition leader: We are not Israelis; we support Palestine, King, government and people
Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Secretary-General and former prime minister Abdelilah Benkirane has returned to the forefront of Morocco’s political scene with strong criticism o…
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
82% of #Gaza buildings damaged in Israeli genocide, Palestinian statistics agency says www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261005-…
middleeastmonitor.com
82% of Gaza buildings damaged in Israeli genocide, Palestinian statistics agency says
Around 82% of buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged as a result of Israel’s genocide since Oct. 8, 2023, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Monday, Anadolu reports. Th…
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Middle East: Morning update www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
middleeasteye.net
Morning update
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Three years after Israeli bombing, Palestinian man recovers wife's remains www.middleeasteye.net/news/three-ye…
middleeasteye.net
Three years after Israeli bombing, Palestinian man recovers wife's remains
Adham Heriz spent years searching for his family beneath the ruins of their Gaza City home. A new civil defence operation recovered the remains of 105 Palestinians, but his son is still missing
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army www.democracynow.org/2026/10/5/issa…
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Meet Issa Amro: Palestinian Human Rights Advocate Attacked by Settlers, Detained by Israeli Army
We speak with Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro after he was detained at an Israeli military base for seven hours on Friday. Amro, the founder of the Hebron-based group Youth Against Settlem...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Burnham Says He’ll Break with Consensus. Healey’s Policies Say Otherwise tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/burnham-sa…
tribunemag.co.uk
Burnham Says He’ll Break with Consensus. Healey’s Policies Say Otherwise
Let’s face the facts. The new government is stifled by the orthodoxy of the Treasury.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Reform councillor arrested over election paperwork www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
independent.co.uk
Reform councillor arrested over election paperwork
Elected representative for Nigel Farage’s party arrested on suspicion of making false statements in nomination papers
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Thomas Kerr faces Holyrood protest over 'abhorrent' calls to restrict burqa www.thenational.scot/news/26608427.…
thenational.scot
Thomas Kerr faces Holyrood protest over 'abhorrent' calls to restrict burqa
WOMEN'S groups are set to protest outside Holyrood as MSPs debate a Reform UK motion they say would "criminalise" Muslim women's clothing.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Israel ‘progressively asphyxiating’ #Gaza, continues genocide: Doctors Without Borders www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261005-…
middleeastmonitor.com
Israel ‘progressively asphyxiating’ Gaza, continues genocide: Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Monday that Israel was continuing its genocide in Gaza and was “progressively asphyxiating” the region, urging governments to take immediate action…
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 4h
Sweden’s Far Right Falters Good www.globalissues.org/news/2026/10/0…
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Sweden’s Far Right Falters
LONDON, October 5 (IPS) - Four years ago, Sweden’s far right became the power behind a right-wing government. This time, it expected further gains and cabinet seats. But voters turned against it. In ...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
Ayoade’s brutal Farage gag lands as £5m gift investigation continues thedailybritain.co.uk/richard-ayoad…
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Ayoade’s brutal Farage gag lands as £5m gift investigation continues
Richard Ayoade mocked Nigel Farage on Have I Got News For You as scrutiny continues over the Reform leader’s £5 million gift.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
Channel 4 film sheds new light on UK complicity in #Gaza #genocide www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/chann…
middleeasteye.net
Channel 4 film sheds new light on UK complicity in Gaza genocide
Investigation shows how the Foreign Office repeatedly failed to hold the Israeli army to account for war crimes
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
Failing us all: England’s social care charging system is broken England's social care charging system is unfair, expensive to use and does little to protect the economically insecure. New analysis shows why. www.jrf.org.uk/care/failing-us-all-…
jrf.org.uk
Failing us all: England’s social care charging system is broken
England's social care charging system is unfair, expensive to use and does little to protect the economically insecure. New analysis shows why.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
DK Renton: Patriot Platform can’t spread fear and call it protest goodlawproject.org/dk-renton-patrio…
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DK Renton: Patriot Platform can't spread fear and call it protest
If you want the right to speak up, you can't try to shut other voices down, says DK Renton
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
‘Of course it’s racist’: Feinstein shows Green Party how to handle Zionism motion backlash www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/10/…
thecanary.co
'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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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
A lawyer was murdered. Now an inquiry must expose MI5’s role www.declassifieduk.org/a-lawyer-was…
declassifieduk.org
A lawyer was murdered. Now an inquiry must expose MI5’s role
Pat Finucane was murdered in Belfast decades ago. Could an inquiry finally force British intelligence to come clean?
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 5h
Spain’s PM Calls Snap Election After Rightwingers Block Housing Reforms novaramedia.com/2026/10/05/spains-p…
novaramedia.com
Spain’s PM Calls Snap Election After Rightwingers Block Housing Reforms
Spain’s socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez has called a high-stakes snap general election for 29 November, after rightwing parties blocked housing reforms sparked by protests.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
Brazil – four more years? www.counterfire.org/article/brazil-…
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Brazil – four more years?
Despite the relative success of its redistributive policies, Lula's Workers Party is highly vulnerable to capitalism's vicissitudes, and now faces a tight election, explains Michael Roberts The mos...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
IRGC commander says US forces have ‘fled’ 1,000km from Iran’s borders, www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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IRGC commander says US forces have ‘fled’ 1,000km from Iran’s borders,
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England Trump playbook www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/o…
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
Why as an SAS soldier it goes against decades of training to speak out www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
independent.co.uk
Why as an SAS soldier it goes against decades of training to speak out
David, involved in the 1980 Iranian embassy siege as well as Northern Ireland, describes how speaking out about his time as an SAS officer defies years of training of secrecy and discretion. As told t...
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
Watch: German police detain anti-genocide protesters on Unity Day www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
middleeasteye.net
Watch: German police detain anti-genocide protesters on Unity Day
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
Aditya Chakrabortty and Yanis Varoufakis dissect democracy www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/20…
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Aditya Chakrabortty and Yanis Varoufakis dissect democracy: best podcasts of the week
The Guardian columnist and former Greek finance minister tackle big political questions in a hugely entertaining chat. Plus, why was actor Nkechi Simms placed in foster care?
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 12h
Suella Braverman – only white people can be English The deepest depths of ignorance and stupidity bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/10/04/su…
bellacaledonia.org.uk
Suella Braverman – only white people can be English
An extraordinary moment of ethno-nationalism. Really interesting distinction between ‘Britishness’ as some kind of inclusive identity and ‘Englishness’ as a racial identity.…
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 21h
For Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John Crace www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/o…
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For Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John Crace
The Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 22h
Labour’s Holborn candidate ‘is Zionist JLM member’ www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/10/…
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Labour's Holborn candidate 'is Zionist JLM member'
Sagal Abdi-Wali has extensive links to pro-Israel Labour figures and a terrible record when it comes to Gaza and Palestine in Camden
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 22h
Jack Smith Reveals the Words That Could Have Buried Trump www.thebulwark.com/p/jack-smith-rev…
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Jack Smith Reveals the Words That Could Have Buried Trump
Will Saletan lays out the case against Donald Trump that Jack Smith never got to present at trial.
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Zack Polanski's Greens vote to 'mutualise' BBC in major overhaul www.thenational.scot/news/26605813.…
thenational.scot
Zack Polanski's Greens vote to 'mutualise' BBC in major overhaul
The Green Party of England and Wales has voted to support a major overhaul of the BBC, including plans to 'mutualise' the broadcaster and hand audiences a direct role in how it is run
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Always his version of the truth. Known to the rest of us as a lie..
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: Greens also vote overwhelmingly to boycott Israel www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/10/…
thecanary.co
BREAKING: Greens also vote overwhelmingly to boycott Israel
As Israel lobbyists ranted and raged against the convincing passage of a motion declaring "Zionism is racism", they presumably promptly left the Green
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Over 800 Palestinian teachers killed by Israel since #Gaza occupation: Education Ministry www.middleeastmonitor.com/20261004-…
middleeastmonitor.com
Over 800 Palestinian teachers killed by Israel since Gaza war: Education Ministry
Israel has killed more than 800 Palestinian teachers and injured over 3,300 others since the start of its war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, the Palestinian Education Ministry said Sunday, Anad…
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Iran tells US: there is ‘no military solution’ to end the war | AJ #shorts www.youtube.com/shorts/5x9qmDg4aKc
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Iran tells US: there is ‘no military solution’ to end the war | AJ #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/o…
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift
Reform UK leader was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from crypto billionaire
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Country star Zach Bryan wears ‘Free Palestine’ for concert at billionaire’s Gillette stadium www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/10/…
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Country star Zach Bryan wears 'Free Palestine' for concert at billionaire's Gillette stadium
Zach Bryan didn't ask Kraft, he simply appeared on stage wearing the shirt — while his guitarist and drummer wore Palestine football shirts
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As olive harvest nears, Palestinian farmers urgently need international protection: Opinion by Fareed Taamallah www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
middleeasteye.net
As olive harvest nears, Palestinian farmers urgently need international protection: Opinion by Fareed Taamallah
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Israeli embassies in UK, US promote copycat NAZA weeks after original's Venice triumph Truth hurts. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-…
middleeasteye.net
NAZA: Israeli embassies in UK and US promote rival documentary to challenge Gaza genocide allegations
The rival film’s directors remain unnamed for 'security reasons' while its website lists Three Musketeers Production as 'a company in formation'
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Michael @therightarticle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Green Party recognises Zionism as a form of racism and backs single Palestinian state www.middleeasteye.net/news/green-pa…
middleeasteye.net
Green Party recognises Zionism as a form of racism and backs single Palestinian state
Vote by party members on Sunday backs single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups
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