thistoowillpass

'Trump the Peacemaker' the #Gaza reality, by Ben Jennings for ⁦‪The Guardian‬⁩

an extraordinary paean to the Silver Darlings: 'Rigby's Encyclopaedia of the Herring' by Graeme Rigby published by Hurst Publishers #ichthyology #fish

Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland – in pictures This year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, showcases images of women defending their land and communities from destruction

'Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland...The pictures, taken by female photographers from Nepal, Cambodia, Brazil & Nigeria are at ⁦Oxo Tower Wharf‬⁩ in London from 9 to 12 October' #photography #womensart ‬⁩ www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain. November’s budget can and must halt its inexorable rise | Gordon Brown Homes without heating, bedrooms without beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisive, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

'Nothing prepared me for the child poverty I see in Britain...Homes without heating, bedrooms without beds. If we are to offer any hope to the children of austerity, the next few weeks will be decisive' -Gordon Brown #Poverty #Welfare #Economy
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

support for #Palestine can be seen all over #Ireland , perhaps because they have a shared history of colonial dispossession and oppression.

The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial Editorial: This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped out

'The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing. This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped out' #Gaza #Israel #Journalism

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Photographer Louis Faurer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this day 1916 (died 2 March 2001, New York City) #photography

some images from previous years: #NottingHillCarnival #NottingHill #photography

One-way ticket to Vietnam: Catherine Leroy’s fearless war photography – in pictures In 1966, 21-year-old French photojournalist Catherine Leroy ventured into the chaos of the Vietnam war, capturing the raw emotion and humanity of troops and civilians alike. Now, Leroy’s photos are be...

'One-way ticket to Vietnam: Catherine Leroy’s fearless war photography. In 1966, 21-year-old French photojournalist Catherine Leroy ventured into the chaos of the Vietnam war.....' #photography #Vietnam
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The Guardian view on Gaza’s future: Israel should end the killing. Its allies must not remain complicit | Editorial Editorial: The suffering and death of Palestinians is multiplying. Seizing and occupying Gaza City would only deepen the horror

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"For every person on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die. It doesn’t matter now if they are children.” (Israel’s former intelligence chief Aharon Haliva) 'That isn’t merely vengeful and obscene, it explicitly describes a war crime.' #Gaza #Israel

‘A symbol of Palestinian presence and identity’: the personal and political world of ‘tatreez’ – in pictures A new exhibition explores Palestine’s ‘most vital living tradition’ – embroidery which reflects not only the personal lives of women, but is also a symbol of resistance and survival

'Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine' is on at the V&A in Dundee: 'embroidery which reflects not only the personal lives of women, but is also a symbol of resistance and survival'
#Palestine #Gaza www.theguardian.com/fashion/gall...

Palestine Action ban protest: half of those arrested were 60 or over, data shows Total of 532 arrests at London protest on Saturday, most for displaying placards or signs in support of proscribed group

of those dangerous terrorists arrested for peacefully protesting Israel's slaughter in #Gaza‬⁩ '100 of those..were in their 70s..15 were in their 80s. Of the 519 arrested people with confirmed dates of birth, 49.9% were 60 or older' ‬#Palestine
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Colin Jones obituary Royal Ballet dancer who became a celebrated photojournalist of social history in Britain and beyond

Photographer and former ballet dancer Colin Jones born in London this day 1936 (died 22 September 2021) #photography #ballet

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza Fatma Hassouna used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about...

'I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza. Was she (Fatma Hassouna) targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of 'Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk' - ⁦Julian Borger ‬⁩ #Gaza

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...

Today marks 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 'Gaza bombing equivalent to six Hiroshimas’ - Emeritus Professor Paul Rogers, University of Bradford.
#Hiroshima and #Gaza both examples of a cruel disregard for human suffering on a massive scale.

Behind every draconian decision, there's secret evidence ("detailed security assessments") we're not allowed to see. We should just suck it up and believe them.
Sorry, Yvette Cooper, that's not how democracy should work. When you make a decision of such consequence, we need to see the basis for it.

Ignore the bluster: as Netanyahu starves Gaza, the world is turning on him – and he knows it | Jonathan Freedland As horrific images emerge and western nations move to recognise Palestine, the Israeli PM’s defiance-at-all-costs strategy is falling apart, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

'Ignore the bluster: as Netanyahu starves #Gaza, the world is turning on him – and he knows it. As horrific images emerge and western nations move to recognise #Palestine, the Israeli PM’s ...strategy is falling apart' ‬⁩ #Israel

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Price of Occupation In Sakir Khader’s photographs of the West Bank, life and death coexist.

'The Price of Occupation
In Sakir Khader’s photographs of the West Bank, life and death coexist.' #Palestine #Photography via @newyorker.com
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in

'The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in #Gaza. #Israel controls the flow of food...It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive....only a fraction has been allowed in' > this is deliberate and savage barbarity
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west's help | Owen Jones The current hand-wringing by Keir Starmer and other western politicians is empty bluster. They knew what was happening all along, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

'Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west’s help. The current hand-wringing by Keir Starmer and other western politicians is empty bluster.They knew what was happening all along' #Gaza #Israel #Palestine
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

photographer William Eggleston born in Memphis, Tennessee, this day July 1939 #photography

Israel’s food points are not just death traps – they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza | Alex de Waal We saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society, says academic and writer Alex de Waal

Israel’s food points are not just death traps, they’re an alibi for the starvation of Gaza...
We saw famine in Biafra and Ethiopia. In the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s ‘aid distribution system’ we see an attempt to destroy a whole society' #Gaza #Israel
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Santería celebration, Regla neighborhood, Havana, 2015

Jackie Kennedy, Arlington, Virginia, 1963

Che Guevara, Havana, Cuba, 1964

a couple dancing, Valencia, Spain, 1952

photographer Elliott Erwitt, born in Paris, France, this day 1928 (died
29 November 2023, New York, U.S.) #photography

Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.

"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians"..he has never witnessed such a level of "brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against a civilian population, an unarmed, starving population" #Gaza #Israel

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

#Trump to visit his golf courses in Scotland. via 'The National' (www.thenational.scot)

Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance

'Why the reluctance to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza?' #Gaza #Israel #Palestine

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in the 80s – in pictures As a teenager, Russell Newell photographed the Peckham estates where he lived, and his images – unseen for 40 years – document his friends, his community and life in this vibrant part of south-east Lo...

This is #Photography. Images unseen for 40 years: 'BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in the 80s' photographs by Russell Newell #Peckham #London
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

'I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen?' > a heinous, evil crime against humanity and against a defenceless civilian population #Gaza #Israel #Palestine
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Photographer David Hurn, born this day 1934 in Redhill, Surrey, England
#Photography

Moholy-Nagy: Future Present review – a multimedia modernist master Taking in kinetic sculpture, experimental film and even adverts, this superb retrospective of an often overlooked Bauhaus figure brings a new sense of purpose to the Guggenheim

artist and photographer László Moholy-Nagy born this day 1895 in
Bácsborsód, Austria-Hungary.
(died 24 November 1946, Chicago, Illinois) #photography #Bauhaus
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...