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Ken Coates on Bertrand Russell
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Arrest #Netanyahu
The rain falling on Gaza is not the cause of the humanitarian catastrophe. It is exposing it.
Three years of Israeli destruction have erased homes, drainage systems and essential infrastructure, forcing more than two million Palestinians into an ever-smaller area of land. Now, seasonal rainfall floods the tents in which people have been forced to seek refuge and threatens buildings already damaged by bombardment.
Our spatial analysis traces this transformation, mapping the destruction of buildings alongside the expansion and changing geography of tent camps. It reveals the spatial reorganisation of Gaza through the destruction of permanent shelter and the forced displacement of its population.
What is unfolding is not simply a failure to protect civilians from the elements. It is the destruction of the material conditions necessary for Palestinian life. This is inseparable from the ongoing genocide.
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Stuart Holland, 1940-2026
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Stuart Holland, 1940-2026
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In Memoriam Stuart Holland
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Suffering #Gaza #2026MAMAVOTE️
Despite the harsh weather conditions hitting Gaza and the fear that follows us every moment, we went to the doctor to check on my daughter Rafif’s health. 💔
Rafif is not the only child suffering.
Many children are experiencing similar symptoms as an illness spreads among them.
The children of Gaza have paid the heaviest price of this war. They have been killed, injured, fallen ill, and deprived of their most basic rights.
How much suffering must a child endure when all they have ever known is fear and pain?
Gaza’s children deserve proper healthcare, safety, and a dignified life—not a childhood filled with illness and war.
Please keep Rafif and all the children of Gaza in your prayers. Please don’t forget them. 💔
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Requiem for Gaza — a haunting, essential portrait in words and pictures ft.com/content/299cb0ad-cd03… via @ft.
Comments about this book not permitted @FT
@FT censor spikes suggestion newspaper trust its readers
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10 million views of new musical version
@TobyPhln
"Love is wise, hatred is foolish..."
Philosopher Bertrand Russell, born #onthisday 150 years ago in 1872, shared his wisdom with the BBC in 1959.
Arrest #Netanyahu
#Bismillah-c'est la lumière
Palestine-the revealer:
Its martyrdom is awakening the world.
Its struggle against Apartheid, the beating heart of all free beings.
Sumud, the grammar of resistance against all forms of oppression.
Thank you @mackelmore for being the comrade you are
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10 years ago today, a groundbreaking vote in the UNGA called for negotiations on a legal ban of nuclear weapons.
Explore the advocacy, opposition, and excitement of the vote behind the diplomatic curtain with the new article by Xanthe Hall:
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Hunger here is neither an accident nor fate; it is a deliberate crime. The devil is the one tightening the siege, deliberately denying us even a loaf of bread to suffocate our lives and starve the city to death in cold blood. Every grain of wheat held back is a death sentence, while the streets are slowly being driven toward total devastation amid the silence of the world.
#EngineeringFamine #Gaza 🇵🇸💔
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UN to cut food aid to 500,000 Gazans over funding shortfall ft.com/content/74f18f8f-683a… via @ft
NB Those who allege no hunger in Gaza
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Arrest #Netanyahu
Netanyahu "should be prosecuted", Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay tells @SkyYaldaHakim.
She also criticised President Trump for using language she says could incite violence.
Pillay was recognised for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Watch more 🔽
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Sally Rooney withdraws books from UK sale over support for Palestine Action ft.com/content/9209fd59-386b… via @ft
The law is an ass?
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Tagore later visited Russell at his home in Cornwall. Some decades later, in 1963, Bertrand Russell received many nominations for the Peace Prize, following the Cuban Missiles Crisis of 1962.
Take a look at this 114-year-old correspondence between literature laureates Bertrand Russell and Rabindranath Tagore.
Almost a year later, Tagore would receive the 1913 literature prize for his poetry. Russell would receive the literature prize 37 years later in 1950.
Images: Bertrand Russell Archives, @mcmasteru Library
ALT A handwritten letter dated 13 October 1912, addressed to Mr. Russell, written by Rabindranath Tagore. Page 1
ALT A handwritten letter dated 13 October 1912, addressed to Mr. Russell, written by Rabindranath Tagore. Page 2
ALT A handwritten letter dated 13 October 1912, addressed to Mr. Russell, written by Rabindranath Tagore. Page 3
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Award ceremony speech nobelprize.org/prizes/litera…
The Swedish Academy … wishes to honour Bertrand Russell as one of our time’s brilliant spokesmen of rationality and humanity, as a fearless champion of free speech and free thought in the West.
☢️ Nuclear weapons belong in the past.
Nine states possess around 12,300 nuclear weapons, while around US$100 billion is spent on them every year.
Yet workers are told there isn’t enough money for decent jobs, public services, climate action, peace and development.
On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the global trade union movement is clear: our resources should build security for people — decent work, social justice, peace and a liveable planet — not fuel the threat of nuclear annihilation.
🕊️ Disarm. Divest. Invest in humanity.
#NuclearBan #Peace #TradeUnionsForPeace
@IntlPeaceBureau @nuclearban
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