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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · 22h

If you can read only one article today, I suggest this one. If there is goodwill, there are positive, win-win ways forward (not just Farage's way) for every challenge.
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Spain-Africa: Madrid's radically different approach to African migration

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government is kicking against the prevailing mood among Western nations.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Geraldine Coggins @geraldinecoggins.bsky.social · 26d

It's hard to keep up, the 1,000s are flying by. 🧮

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26d

(+ yesterday another 1000) = 77,000 members.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 28d

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29d

Remarkably blunt words from United Nations officials who just declared Israel is committing genocide:

"Gaza will be with me for the rest of my life."

"Netanyahu, like everything he says, is simply lying."

"The treatment of children, the amputation without anesthetic…That will haunt me forever."

BREAKING: UN Commission Concludes Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza

In an exclusive interview, Mehdi speaks with two of the UN commissioners behind the shocking new report, which lays out the evidence for the crime of crimes.

zeteo.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 29d

NEW: 16 members of Congress now say Israel is committing genocide.

Today, the UN Commission on Inquiry joined Holocaust scholars, humanitarians, and Palestinians in declaring Israel to be committing genocide.

516 members of Congress are currently genocide denialists.

Who Says Israel Is Committing a Genocide in Gaza? Everyone on This List

After almost two years, more and more politicians, experts, and human rights groups are finally using the G-word to describe Israel's violence in Gaza, but the list is still relatively short.

zeteo.com

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Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · Sep 14

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Sep 12

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

Senators say US is complicit in Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza

Democrats Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley reach ‘inescapable conclusion’ after fact-finding trip to region

www.theguardian.com

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · Sep 11

Sadiq Khan calling out Zack's use of "social media" instead of calling out the genocide in Mayor's Question Time really is the perfect analogy for why Labour are quite so astoundingly unpopular.

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · Sep 7

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Sep 4

stoptrump.org.uk/protest/

Trump Not Welcome | 17 September 2025

Stop Trump Coalition

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Aug 28

Bravo Ed! Finally, a politician with some courage and integrity
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Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey

To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I can, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

www.theguardian.com

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Aug 25

A textbook example of veponising 'antisemitism' to silence any criticism of a forthcoming carnage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

France summons US envoy Charles Kushner over antisemitism claims

France denies allegations it is failing to tackle a surge in antisemitism since the Gaza war began.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 23

Nichols: Even though these guys come across as clowns, they're clowns with flamethrowers.. They have the machinery of government behind them. These are people that normally would be struggling to hold on to middle management jobs in a department store somewhere

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Aug 16

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report

Israeli-Palestinian magazine says IDF ‘legitimisation cell’ set up to blunt global outrage over killing of media staff

www.theguardian.com

nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Aug 13

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-sta...

Petition: Stand up to Trump – cancel the state visit

Stop Trump Coalition

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Aug 12

www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet

Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

www.declassifieduk.org

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 8

NEW — With Khanna, Chu, and Foushee joining this week, 30 members of Congress are now signed onto Delia Ramirez's Block the Bombs Act to block offensive weapon sales to Israel.

AIPAC poured over $2 million into Foushee's 2022 campaign. This week, she said she won't accept AIPAC money.

Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL] Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson [D-IL] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [D-NY] Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI] Rep. Danny K. Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Sara Jacobs [D-CA] Rep. Hank Johnson [D-GA] Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN] Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez [D-NY] Rep. Donald S. Beyer [D-VA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA] Rep. Summer L. Lee [D-PA] Rep. Ayanna Pressley [D-MA] Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman [D-NJ] Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI] Rep. Jesús G. “Chuy” García [D-IL] Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky [D-IL] Rep. James P. McGovern [D-MA] Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Becca Balint [D-VT] Rep. Maxwell Frost [D-FL] Rep. Lateefah Simon [D-CA] Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME] Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. André Carson [D-IN] Rep. Greg Casar [D-TX] Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX] Rep. Veronica Escobar [D-TX] Rep. Valerie Foushee [D-NC]

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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Jul 30

“That settler that Trump emboldened killed the man that Trump deported.”

@premthakker.bsky.social unpacks how a violent —and previously sanctioned — Israeli Settler killed Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian teacher and crew member of the Oscar-winning film ‘No Other land.’

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Jul 30

Please support these brave people, who restore faith in humanity
www.reuters.com/business/med...

Israeli rights groups break taboo with accusations of genocide

When two human rights groups became the first major voices in Israel to accuse the state of committing genocide in Gaza, breaking a taboo in a country founded after the Holocaust, they were prepared for a backlash.

www.reuters.com

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Jul 28

Incredibly stupid. Let's hope that EU countries with some sense will not ratify this disaster.
www.alternet.org/trump-eu/?u=...

'A dark day': EU condemned after giving 'bully' Trump 'biggest victory he could hope for'

The leadership of the European Union on Sunday struck a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump that will leave tariffs significantly higher for many of the bloc's exports—including cars, pharmaceutical...

www.alternet.org

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Jul 27

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Urgently fulfil humanitarian obligations to Gaza

Act to ensure deliverer of fuel, food, aid, life saving services etc. We think this shouldn't be dependant/on condition of Israeli facilitation as the Knesset voted against UNWRA access to Gaza. We th...

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Jul 25

@Keir_Starmer, please do the right thing or the people of Britain will never forgive you otherwise
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Over 200 MPs sign cross-party letter demanding Starmer recognise Palestine as a state

The letter is being organised by the Labour backbencher Sarah Champion, who also sits as the International Development Committee Chair.

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Jul 24

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nashpopovic.bsky.social @nashpopovic.bsky.social · Jul 23

#Keir_Starmer, will you side with the two criminals or show the British people and the world that you have integrity, conscience, and courage?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Starmer under pressure from cabinet to recognise Palestinian statehood

Exclusive: Wes Streeting among ministers pushing for action after calling Israeli attacks on aid sites ‘intolerable’

www.theguardian.com