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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 7h

16 Oct 1854 Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland

Oscar Wilde - The Ballad of Reading Gaol

One of the greatest Irish writers Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde who was born in Dublin, Ireland on October 16th 1854. His father...

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 8h

Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!

Act now to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!

www.amnesty.org

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 9h

Ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels

I just signed the campaign calling to save ban politicians hosting shows on UK news channels

act.38degrees.org.uk

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 9h

Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza
theintercept.com/2025/10/15/i...

Israel’s Mounting Ceasefire Violations in Gaza

“The matter is not a ceasefire — we are talking about a managed genocide, a managed forcible displacement.”

theintercept.com

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 9h

Audience member slams Reform’s Caerphilly by-election candidate for anti-migrant rhetoric

‘I’ve never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly’

leftfootforward.org

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 9h

Far right Fascist Tommy Robinson (real name: Christopher Yaxley-Lennon) lands in Israel to meet his bosses. To invite Britain’s leading fascist to Israel is an insult to all of us who say Never Again.

Why is Tommy Robinson allowed to go to Israel during a trial?

The verdict in Tommy Robinson’s trial will be delayed to facilitate his trip to Israel.

www.thenational.scot

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 14h

8 in 10 Brits Want Israel Banned from Eurovision 2026

‘This Isn’t Who We Are’: Brits back Eurovision boycott unless Israel is banned in 2026, as calls grow for expulsion

www.thecanary.co

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 14h

The 9,100 Palestinians left behind in Israeli prisons after the ‘peace’ deal

As world leaders celebrate the release of Israeli captives, over 9,000 Palestinian prisoners still face torture, hunger, and isolation behind bars. Half of them are held by Israel without charge or tr...

mondoweiss.net

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

One woman's journey from New Quay to a notorious Israeli prison

Reporter Deb Luxon has been following Hannah Schafer’s movements since losing contact with her as her boat was taken by Israeli forces on 2 October. Luxon tracks her story beginning in Greenham Common...

www.cambrian-news.co.uk

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/the-isr...

One woman's journey from New Quay to a notorious Israeli prison

Reporter Deb Luxon has been following Hannah Schafer’s movements since losing contact with her as her boat was taken by Israeli forces on 2 October. Luxon tracks her story beginning in Greenham Common...

www.cambrian-news.co.uk

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

Green leader Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

ZACK Polanski has backed Scottish and Welsh independence, The National can reveal.

www.thenational.scot

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home

Fifty-nine years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers, Charlotte and Pete O’Neal remain in exile in Tanzania. Their story, told through interviews, archives, and firsthand repo...

jacobin.com

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, Jeremy Bowen is misleading the public about Gaza

Once again, Jeremy Bowen is misleading the British public about Gaza

The BBC international editor is required to report what Hamas actually thinks. Otherwise he is not a journalist, he's just another western propagandist

open.substack.com

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

Peace in Gaza? Not until Palestine is free
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Peace in Gaza? Not until Palestine is free

Yes, the bombs have stopped and hostages on both sides are free, but Trump’s ego show hasn’t resolved the future for Palestinians - or their urgent needs now.

open.substack.com

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

Peace in Gaza? Not until Palestine is free
open.substack.com/pub/andywort...

Peace in Gaza? Not until Palestine is free

Yes, the bombs have stopped and hostages on both sides are free, but Trump’s ego show hasn’t resolved the future for Palestinians - or their urgent needs now.

open.substack.com

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

They Make a Wasteland and Call It Peace

Israel Still Occupies Most of Gaza; Still Holds Thousands without Charge

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

They Make a Wasteland and Call It Peace
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They Make a Wasteland and Call It Peace

Israel Still Occupies Most of Gaza; Still Holds Thousands without Charge

open.substack.com

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

Tale of Two Captives

Tail of Two Captives

Major media are obsessing of course over Israeli “hostages” even though they are all military.

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Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 1d

Tale of Two Captives
open.substack.com/pub/husseini...

Tail of Two Captives

Major media are obsessing of course over Israeli “hostages” even though they are all military.

open.substack.com

Dave Rendle @daverendle.bsky.social · 2d

Palestinians freed from Israeli prison denied reunion with families as Trump claims a ‘forever’ peace eunion-with-families-as-trump-claims-a-forever-peace/