Notices by JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social), page 4

"Rwanda is not a free country because political rights are restricted & civil liberties are curbed. Moreover it remains among the poorest & least developed countries in the world & the most unequal country in the east of Africa region. Anyone transferred to Rwanda will not be offered a real solution because of these constraints. In fact, because of its social & economic conditions, Rwanda also produces refugees"

Victoire Ingabire, former Rwandan opposition leader
#Rwanda
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/12/rwanda-deal-rwandans-asylum-seekers-human-rights

Good luck and solidarity to everyone around the world, marching today for a ceasefire and peace in Israel and Palestine. Especially good luck to those gathering in London, after our Home Secretary incited far right thugs to attack the march.
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #London
#NationalMarchForPalestine #CeasefireNow

https://palestinecampaign.org/events/national-march-for-palestine-ceasefire-now-november-11/

"Lydia Samuels, 36, will be attending her fourth Palestine march in recent weeks this weekend, holding homemade placards reading “Jewish and for a free Palestine” and “Jews say ceasefire now”. She characterised her personal experiences at the demonstrations calling for a ceasefire as positive. “People have embraced me enthusiastically and been moved by my presence, often telling me so,” the musician from London said. “Over the last few weeks I see more and more Jews present.”
#Israel #Palestine

"Jack Rawlinson, 64, a train driver in London, said his participation was motivated in no small part by the government’s attempts to ban it.

“Our home secretary’s attempt to characterise [these demonstrations] as ‘hate marches’, and to associate a clear call for peace and an end to indiscriminate bloodshed with sympathy for terrorism … is despicable, and it is what will get this 64-year-old out on the street for the first time in decades,” Rawlinson said"
#Israel #Palestine #MarchForPalestine

@Bing_Chris Welcome. Follow @feditips for great tips on how to navigate the fediverse.

PS. Can you get Reuters to run its own instance?

"Biden’s attempt to sow doubt about the human toll of Israel’s assault is in keeping with a broad US pattern, stretching back decades, of rejecting allegations of mass murder by client states and allies, and of disputing casualty numbers cited by journalists, activists, and international organizations"

Historian Bradley Simpson details a long litany of US atrocity denial.

#USPolitics #Biden #Israel #Gaza #AtrocityDenial
https://jacobin.com/2023/10/biden-reagan-nixon-johnson-carter-us-atrocity-denial-israel-gaza/

Water has run out at U.N. shelters across Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory's largest hospital as a refuge of last resort from a looming Israeli ground offensive and overwhelmed doctors struggled to care for patients they fear will die once generators run out of fuel.
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #Water #Fuel
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/gaza-ap-water-medics-israeli-b2430042.html

"It should be possible to stand with the residents of the south, while still remembering that living on the other side are human beings just like them. We should be able to fear for the fate of Gazans and distinguish between them and their Hamas leadership. It should be possible, even in the current atmosphere, to speak about Gaza in human terms"

Gideon Levy writes in today's Haaretz.
#Israel #Gaza #Palestine #Hamas #GideonLevy

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-10-12/ty-article-opinion/.premium/the-reckoning-must-be-with-hamas-not-with-all-gazans/0000018b-2020-d53b-af8b-737c1b7a0000

"Rather than sardining passengers into cramped carriages built to maximise ticket sales, Finnish trains are built for living. Childrearing, work calls, hot meals, having a pint with your mates – all are possible on the Finnish train. The result is that while Brits endure countless hours of mute suffering, Finns actually enjoy travelling by train"

Rivkah Brown on removing the profit motive from rail travel.
#Finland #RailTravel #Railways #PublicTransport #Transport

https://novaramedia.com/2023/09/12/finnish-trains-are-what-the-uk-could-have-if-it-gave-a-shit/?mc_cid=4d45ad2d04&mc_eid=cc062cb3ef

"Nurses reported children squirrelling away school meals to take home to their parents, while a growing number were being taken to A&E after fainting due to hunger.

A pupil who had been excluded was recently reported to the police by his school for climbing over a barbed-wire fence to take home “the slops” from the waste food bins"

Tory Britain, where 'suffer the little children' is government policy.

#ChildPoverty #PublicHealth #Inflation #CostOfLiving #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/28/cost-of-living-worsening-health-children-uk-school-nurses?CMP=firstedition_email

I missed this article a couple of days ago. How ministers are pushing the #NHS into spending billions in the private healthcare sector with no noticeable improvement in outcomes.
Meanwhile, they refuse to settle with doctors and nurses.
#NHS #PrivateHealthcare #DoctorsStrike #NursesStrike #UKPolitics

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-waiting-list-backlog-private-health-500m/?_kx=Y6Jr9DX7uTfIhCWL5xh7Xk6toSLI9GmA13iML-VdLDs%3D.YjCYwm