Mike Parker
@zloty.bsky.social
Retired lefty journalist, arts editor, designer, photographer (Leveller, Monochrome, Red Pepper, Morning Star, Tribune), antitheist, Starmer-hater, book lover etc etc ad infinitum. Free Palestine. 🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴🇯🇴
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FFS Starmer is again posting multiple times in the name of othering asylum seekers, an entirely legal thing to be.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
August 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
FFS Starmer is again posting multiple times in the name of othering asylum seekers, an entirely legal thing to be.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
Yet there are still people in his party who would have you believe he's a moderate; when in reality he's a right-wing former human rights lawyer who sanctioned and supports a genocide.
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Behold, the sagging skin of a dying empire, stitched into crosses and stripes, flapping like the carcass of a slaughtered beast. These flags aren't pride, they're rot on a pole, the stink of history’s crimes baked into cloth.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Behold, the sagging skin of a dying empire, stitched into crosses and stripes, flapping like the carcass of a slaughtered beast. These flags aren't pride, they're rot on a pole, the stink of history’s crimes baked into cloth.
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Nationalism is by default unimaginative and paradoxically every example of it is broadly similar to other examples everywhere else in the world.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
August 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Nationalism is by default unimaginative and paradoxically every example of it is broadly similar to other examples everywhere else in the world.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
It's always about flags and chants and xenophobic exceptionalism. The mantra of people who don't have the imagination to actually love where they live.
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Hello everyone. #SocialistSunday time again. Thoughts, as ever, go out to anyone affected by the horrific events in the Middle East. Will follow back like-minded people.✊ #FreePalestine #PeaceForPalestine #PeaceForGaza #GazaFamine #StopArmingIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #GazaStarving
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hello everyone. #SocialistSunday time again. Thoughts, as ever, go out to anyone affected by the horrific events in the Middle East. Will follow back like-minded people.✊ #FreePalestine #PeaceForPalestine #PeaceForGaza #GazaFamine #StopArmingIsrael #NetanyahuWarCriminal #GazaStarving
Thursday x8 of post-proscription ‘terrorist’ activity, and I still support Palestine Action without qualification. Today Private Eye reports that the MoD is doing a huge deal with Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, which was one of the major targets of Palestine Action. Just a coincidence, eh.
August 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thursday x8 of post-proscription ‘terrorist’ activity, and I still support Palestine Action without qualification. Today Private Eye reports that the MoD is doing a huge deal with Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems, which was one of the major targets of Palestine Action. Just a coincidence, eh.
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The problem isn't Netanyahu - it's a society in the grip of genocidal mania.
August 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The problem isn't Netanyahu - it's a society in the grip of genocidal mania.
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A very happy #SocialistSunday to all of you! Let's work together and build #YourParty into a collective that can smash ##Genocide Nu Labour, and Reform!
#Solidarity! ✊ ✊ ✊ and #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
#Solidarity! ✊ ✊ ✊ and #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
August 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A very happy #SocialistSunday to all of you! Let's work together and build #YourParty into a collective that can smash ##Genocide Nu Labour, and Reform!
#Solidarity! ✊ ✊ ✊ and #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
#Solidarity! ✊ ✊ ✊ and #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
Proscription Sunday x5, I still support Palestine Action without qualification, and Israel is still a pus-filled boil on the face of the planet.
August 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Proscription Sunday x5, I still support Palestine Action without qualification, and Israel is still a pus-filled boil on the face of the planet.
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Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
July 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great news: the High Court has granted permission for a full judicial review of the government's order proscribing Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
Let's hope he government's idiotic and draconian order is overturned.
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These pictures will be remembered for centuries.
Future generations will ask:
"Who did what, and when?
Who made this abomination possible?
Who spoke out - and who remained silent?"
Make sure you have good answers.
Future generations will ask:
"Who did what, and when?
Who made this abomination possible?
Who spoke out - and who remained silent?"
Make sure you have good answers.
July 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
These pictures will be remembered for centuries.
Future generations will ask:
"Who did what, and when?
Who made this abomination possible?
Who spoke out - and who remained silent?"
Make sure you have good answers.
Future generations will ask:
"Who did what, and when?
Who made this abomination possible?
Who spoke out - and who remained silent?"
Make sure you have good answers.
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"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
July 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Proscription Friday x3, and I support Palestine Action without qualification. Meanwhile …
July 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Proscription Friday x3, and I support Palestine Action without qualification. Meanwhile …
Well, it’s a start. But until we find out how it is to be structured, and who will be pulling the strings (preferably not Jeremy’s old fixers like Andrew Murray), I’ll stick with the Greens and hope Zack wins the leadership.
July 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Well, it’s a start. But until we find out how it is to be structured, and who will be pulling the strings (preferably not Jeremy’s old fixers like Andrew Murray), I’ll stick with the Greens and hope Zack wins the leadership.
Proscription Thursday x3, and we should all support Palestine Action without qualification. But while anti-genocide protesters are called terrorists, our Labour government says we should take seriously the concerns of sociopaths, racists & fascists laying siege to accommodation for asylum seekers …
July 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Proscription Thursday x3, and we should all support Palestine Action without qualification. But while anti-genocide protesters are called terrorists, our Labour government says we should take seriously the concerns of sociopaths, racists & fascists laying siege to accommodation for asylum seekers …
On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis
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On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis
After Israel announces it's building a concentration camp, condemning the few politicians speaking out is morally twisted
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July 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
On Israel and comparisons with the Nazis
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Norman Tebbit dead
a man in a military uniform with a mustache is wearing a beret and making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a military uniform with a mustache is wearing a beret and making a funny face .
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July 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Norman Tebbit dead
As we remember the victims of the appalling 7/7/05 attacks and their aftermath (remember Jean Charles Menenez, anyone?), we can at least look forward with pleasure to the state throwing the book at these shameless supporters of terrorism.
July 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
As we remember the victims of the appalling 7/7/05 attacks and their aftermath (remember Jean Charles Menenez, anyone?), we can at least look forward with pleasure to the state throwing the book at these shameless supporters of terrorism.
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He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
Peter Hain says anti-apartheid campaigners would have been treated as terrorists under logic used to ban Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Anti-apartheid activists would have been called terrorists under logic banning Palestine Action, Peter Hain says – as it happened
Labour peer says he is ‘deeply ashamed’ his party is backing moves to ban group
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July 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
He's right.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
But also: this was exactly how some of us warned the Terrorism Act 2000 would be used when it was passed, by the government in which Peter Hain was a minister. He and all the others either ignored or dismissed our warnings. It's very frustrating.
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#Solidarity! It's #SocialistSunday!
Let's organise, work together, and fight to build a better world for all!
✊ ✊ ✊ #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
Let's organise, work together, and fight to build a better world for all!
✊ ✊ ✊ #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
July 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
#Solidarity! It's #SocialistSunday!
Let's organise, work together, and fight to build a better world for all!
✊ ✊ ✊ #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
Let's organise, work together, and fight to build a better world for all!
✊ ✊ ✊ #FreePalestine! 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
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Bear in mind that if you held up a sign saying "I support genocide", you would not be arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
July 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bear in mind that if you held up a sign saying "I support genocide", you would not be arrested under the Terrorism Act.
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One Year On: Labour Proves Westminster Still Doesn’t Work for England.
July 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
One Year On: Labour Proves Westminster Still Doesn’t Work for England.
The excellent Black Country, New Road at Glasto. A shout out for Palestine Action, too. Will the BBC pull this from the iPlayer?
June 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The excellent Black Country, New Road at Glasto. A shout out for Palestine Action, too. Will the BBC pull this from the iPlayer?
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Another horror story, and it's not just rural England.
What people need to understand is that Private Equity is buying up the UK. This, along with freeports and SEZs is the new feudalism. Supported by Labour, Tories and the UK MSM.
We need to organise and fight back to crush this!
What people need to understand is that Private Equity is buying up the UK. This, along with freeports and SEZs is the new feudalism. Supported by Labour, Tories and the UK MSM.
We need to organise and fight back to crush this!
An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England | George Monbiot
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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June 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Another horror story, and it's not just rural England.
What people need to understand is that Private Equity is buying up the UK. This, along with freeports and SEZs is the new feudalism. Supported by Labour, Tories and the UK MSM.
We need to organise and fight back to crush this!
What people need to understand is that Private Equity is buying up the UK. This, along with freeports and SEZs is the new feudalism. Supported by Labour, Tories and the UK MSM.
We need to organise and fight back to crush this!