I teach philosophy. 'To believe nothing without a reason . . . is as stupid a prejudice... as to believe everything without examination.'

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William Large retweeted
This High Court ruling gives the government unprecedented power in determining whether or not a group may become a terrorist organisation in the future. @GreenJennyJones "This government is out of control". #PalestineAction
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Did he write it on Epstein Island?
Steven Pinker is a Harvard psychologist who wrote the only style guide based on how the brain actually reads. Here are 10 writing fixes from "The Sense of Style" rooted in cognitive science, not grammar rules. 1) The curse of knowledge ruins more writing than laziness
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Most well-adjusted pro-Israel campaigner: I can't wait for these Jews to die
Good to get a bit of well-wishing from the guy who once tweeted that when he saw me in the street he booed and if his wife hadn't been with him, he didn't know what he would have done.
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"If the Palestine Action decision upsets you, the solution is not to demand that judges become better at applying anti-terror laws enacted by Parliament. The solution is to demand politicians stop eroding our rights through these draconian legislations.' ihrc.org.uk/the-palestine-ac…
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Netanyahu's entire career for decades was based on finding an American president who would fight Iran on his behalf. And he did. And they both lost.
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ridiculous that we have all these supposed billionaire geniuses running around, and their greatest innovation of our lifetime has been stealing our personal data to sell us targeted ads.
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Goldsmiths often shares the output of its staff to celebrate its reputation. So I’m very much looking forward to them circulating this fantastic article from @phaisie about the strike at @GoldsmithsUoL and the wider crisis of UK higher education aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/…
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Desperately sad that Keir Starmer wants to deprive teenagers of such important political education.
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Went on holiday this year to Vienna. Returning to Britain is particularly miserable. And gets worse every time I leave. Vomit on the train, decaying infrastructure, visible signs of poverty, grime everywhere. Vienna is Europe’s most liveable city. 60% of residents live in social or co-operative housing. Why can’t we just learn from countries that do things well and replicate them? Why does England have to be permanently subjected to zombie neoliberalism.
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RT @richimedhurst: The British oil company that became BP discovered Iran's oil. When Iranians realized they were being robbed, they nation…
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Remember The repression is increasing because they are losing The mask is off. And it's never going back on
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Palestine Action punished by Appeal Court. For all those who hoped or thought that the scandals associated with the English judiciary were a thing of the past, think again. The Appeal Court's total capitulation to this government's authoritarianism leaves an unpleasant stench. Labour achievements till now: Support for Israeli genocide, support for Israeli/US on Iran, declaring a non-violent protest group as terrorist with maximum imprisonment of 14 years. A change of Prime Minister is not going to change this. And not a single resignation from the Cabinet. Democracy is being hollowed out by Reform, Labour and Tories.
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Your reminder that Mike Tapp has taken money and benefits from Labour Together, Labour Friends of Israel and Stuart Roden, who founded the Israeli-based VC company Hetz Ventures with Judah Taub. Taub is a former IDF Special Forces operative who served as an IDF reservist in Gaza.
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Completely ignorant of her own country’s history, what an embarrassment
Replying to @harriepw
The Lady Chief Justice said proscription of Palestine Action “struck a fair balance” and that PA is not a peaceful civil disobedience group like the Suffragettes
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Sure, but the point here is not “this is coherent and it makes sense”. The point - the entire point - is “Fuck you, we’re in charge”.
The Lady Chief Justice: Palestine Action was not a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes, but used violence to destroy property The suffragettes burned down country houses & train stations, bombed churches & sent letter bombs to politicians.
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Over a decade ago, the media whipped up hysteria about Polish migrants. It's all been memory-holed now!
Henry Nowak was a Polish-Brit. Polish migrants were once the main target of the bigots. Their targets might change - their hatred is always the problem.
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Every time I walk with the community, I feel the anger at the lack of justice. And admiration at a community with so much resilience who will not stop until justice is done. Thank you to the fire fighters who keep our city safe every single day - the Government must do better.
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This government & the sclerotic judiciary would have banned the Anti-Apartheid Movement & any support for a liberated South Africa. Its actions are terrifying!
Wow! The state of this country & its ‘democracy’!
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Palestine Action is in good company. British governments and courts criminalised resistance to slavery, the Chartist movement for universal male suffrage, any organising by trade unionists, and the Suffragette movement to win women the vote. None of our rights were given to us by the ruling class. We had to fight for each of them tooth and nail. The British establishment is always on the wrong side of history, because history is with the struggle of ordinary people, not with the selfish interests of the billionaires and war industries. Those earlier struggles were deemed the terrorism of their day by the very same "liberals" – the British establishment and its useful idiots – who today declare any practical action to stop British complicity in Israel's genocide to be terrorism. Note too as proof of bad faith: the British establishment is well advanced in its efforts to declare entirely peaceful protest – marches through the streets – as anti-social, hate crimes and soon enough terrorism too. The ruling class consider attempts to stop a genocide, even holding a banner against the mass murder of children, to be far worse than racist pogroms in Belfast, which try to burn alive people in their homes because of the colour of their skin.
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