Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 1h

Totally fine and normal to kidnap children in the USA because a xenophobe decided they don't have the right piece of paper. This is what is coming to the UK if we don't fix up immediately.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 14h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

31
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

5 17

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 1d

The lesson this week is Don’t Cross Brummies. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right

A message of neighbourly solidarity is thriving in Birmingham against a backdrop of racist intimidation

www.theguardian.com

10 29

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

910 6.9K 24K

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 3d

We are witnessing the birth of an icon.

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 3d

“You can’t blame austerity on one hand, but then say it’s the immigrants. The immigrants haven’t caused austerity.”

Zack Polanski takes on Reform’s Zia Yusuf over spreading of misinformation on #BBCQT

5 6 51

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

55 710 1.4K

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 3d

Labour are insane to think they don’t need a new and urgent strategy + new leadership. They’re getting cooked. But the game is clearly up for grabs. Feels like anything can still happen.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Seat Projection:

5 4 23

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 4d

Its fragile and there are so many buts - but amid all that right now: huge relief

1 5 40

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 9d

Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose

#r4today

36 480 1K

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 11d

This is horrific. Not just the awful violence in Manchester but the fear this attack creates for Jewish people across the UK as they mark Yom Kippur. My solidarity and love to everyone affected.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11d

Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings

Police say they are responding to an incident in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police said a suspect has been shot and four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall north of the city. The force said: Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public, and one man had been stabbed. GMP declared PLATO and a major incident at 9.37am. Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

76 290

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 11d

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

61 940 3.6K

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 11d

Yes it is wtf

2 24

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 11d

🔴 Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’

The far-right rally was bankrolled by a convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' Rally Was Sponsored by a Convicted Fraudster Allegedly Behind Cryptocurrency ‘Rug Pulls’

The far-right rally was bankrolled by a convicted fraudster alleged to be behind two cryptocurrency scams, Byline Times can reveal

bylinetimes.com

9 210 300

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11d

Starmer on Tuesday: "We must stand against racism"
Starmer on Wednesday: "Human rights laws are stopping us sending people to face torture so we need to rethink them."

Labour on Tuesday: "Labour is the party of working people"
Labour on Wednesday: "If your boss mistreats you, tough shit"

19 180 550

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 11d

The only political party whose policies are in line with the recommendations made by Praxis. Lib Dems close. Everyone else miles away and actively working against our charitable objectives.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11d

"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.*

www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...

Zack Polanski: “We absolutely need to stop the boats”

The Greens’ Zack Polanski on facing up to Reform

www.newstatesman.com

1 13 59

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 12d

“This is my home. I'm raising my three-year-old, I'm looking for a school for her, and now I'm more worried because she's obviously my skin colour, and I'm worried about her safety. I'm worried about my safety." Nish, Youth Organiser at Praxis

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'I'm looking over shoulder for fear of racism after Farage's disturbing plan'

Two women who have lived in the UK for years are now looking over their shoulder for fear of racism amid Nigel Farage’s targeting of migrants

www.mirror.co.uk

1 19 70

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 11d

It’s maybe a good thing the Home Office is refusing to engage with civil society. Because when they lose the local elections, they will never be able to say it’s our fault. We’ve told them not to do what they’re doing. This is on Starmer/Cooper/Mahmood.

5 28

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 11d

In all honesty, it’s not rhetoric any more. It’s not narrative. I’ve experienced more racism in the last 4 months than I can ever remember. The wheels are off in the UK and it’s being led by 3 political parties.

78 410 1.7K

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Jon Featonby @jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 11d

The idea that being a refugee is somehow a “golden ticket” is genuinely awful. These are people who the government have recognised are in need of protection. Do they think people chose that? That that’s what people wanted?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

www.theguardian.com

8 91 270

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Lovely Socialist 🍉🦋✊️🥀 @lovelysocialist.bsky.social · 11d

Italy's largest union calls for a #GeneralStrike in response to the attack on the flotilla.

#Gaza #Flotilla #Palestine

Italy's biggest union calls for general strike in support of Gaza aid flotilla
Protests are being held in a number of Italian cities this evening in support of the global aid flotilla closing in on Gaza.

This includes in Naples where demonstrators halted train traffic at the main station.

It comes as the country's largest union has called a general strike for Friday in the past hour.

The Italian General Confederation of Labour said: "The attack on civilian vessels carrying Italian citizens represents an extremely serious matter.

"It is a blow to the very constitutional order that impedes humanitarian action and solidarity with the Palestinian population, subjected by the Israeli government to a veritable genocide operation.

"It is a direct attack on the safety and security of workers and volunteers on board."

There is no suggestion of violence on board at this point, and Italy's foreign minister has sought assurances that any interaction with the flotilla remains peaceful.

1 18 46

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 12d

Lovvveee all the Labour bros in my mentions telling me that I am in fact wrong and Labour conference was great. Sure, let’s just talk after the locals in May and whoever was wrong can cop to it.

3 2 47

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 12d

Yeh I was there mate so I can tell you my perception of the mood. But let’s talk after the locals in may.

4

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 The Government wants to crash the economy.

On the very same day the Prime Minister finally distanced himself from Reform UK’s policies, his own Home Secretary announced proposals that would create a two-tier society.

1 14 18

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 12d

Genuine reflection from Labour conference. The leadership is massively out of step with its own members and civil society. It’s giving pigheaded. The mood was low,few people impressed or confident in the current vision. The May elections will punish Starmerism and we’ll all be worse off for it.

6 14 82

Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 12d

Leaving labour conference and felt like I’d lost something. Realised it’s my will to live.

3 5 51

Reposted by Minnie Rahman

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 14d

think this is basically correct on Labour's various immigration stances

Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 15d

at any given moment starmer has like 3 different positions put forth in articles and commentary, or lisa nandy is on TV being wrong about NI numbers, and his home secretary is saying something else *again* this very morning. I dunno man it kinda feels like they're lying to everyone, all the time

Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 15d

I sat down with the Prime Minister and asked him if he’s been doing enough to counter the shocking rise of the far right in this country.

It may have taken too long, but it’s good to hear him speaking like this now.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

2 13 66