Palestinians are not “facing” starvation. They are being starved to death by Israel. Yet our government still refuses to end all arms sales and implement sanctions, granting endless impunity for Israel's crimes against humanity. End the blockade — and stop the genocide.

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MAJOR VICTORY! Rector Stella Maris has WON her appeal against the University of St Andrews University, reinstating her roles to the University Court, and as a charity trustee, from which she was dismissed after calling for an end to Israel’s genocide and apartheid. 1/5

A terrific new initiative from the wonderful New Writing North theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

“Those journalists who won’t speak out after 19 months and actually report what’s happening. They are complicit as well” Owen Jones at the protest against the BBC’s biased coverage of Israel’s genocide in Palestine. 🇵🇸

The latest actions by the Israeli authorities have put the ceasefire deal in jeopardy, meaning more lives will be shattered, ripped apart and upended. Sign the petition and urge the UK gov to push for an immediate restart of the ceasefire deal now: amnesty.org.uk/actions/restar…

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It’s beyond outrageous that UK is continuing to supply arms to Israel, when there is - beyond all doubt - a “clear risk” they could be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of international humanitarian law. What else are ministers waiting for? Unforgivable complicity

Today marks #RomaniResistanceDay ✊ Romani Resistance Day is commemorated on May 16th to mark the courageous act of defiance by Romani prisoners against Nazi guards, which took place in the Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) section of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration & death camp

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‘No story is small…’ Heart Lamp is a short story collection and the first book in Kannada to win The International Booker Prize. Penguin India banu mushtaq Moutushi Mukherjee Kanishka Gupta #DeepaBhasthi The Booker Prizes

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It’s official. I will be introducing a Bill for an independent public inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Israel’s assault on Gaza. The government must decide: will it support this inquiry, or will it block our efforts to establish the truth?

“They just need a brick with a bloody hole in it. Why don’t they get it?” Spot on from the amazing Hannah Bourne-Taylor - please do as she asks & lobby your MP 👇

Welcome to the Spring/Summer issue 76 edition of the Travellers Times! The magazine for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers 🗞️ Read and download via 👉travellerstimes.org.uk/magazine #travellerstimes

Plans to upgrade UK’s Weapons of Mass Destruction breach our international obligations & destroy any moral authority we had to deter other countries eg Iran from seeking to acquire their own nukes. Instead we should be finally signing UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons