Steve Howell
@FromSteveHowell
Writer/ranter. Contributor @thenation @bigissue. New book 'Cold War Puerto Rico' available for pre-order. On Substack: https://therestisbullshit.substack.com/
My new book 'Cold War Puerto Rico' will be published by the University of Massachusetts Press on May 1, 2026. It's a history of FBI repression to enforce the island's colonial status in the 1950s and 60s. Please spread the word. The full blurb is here: steve-howell.com/cold-war-puert…
This statement mentions Left Labour MPs in relation to the last election but excludes them when talking about future unity. In my view, it is divisive and electorally counter-productive to treat everyone who hasn't left the Labour party as the enemy.
📢 Our Statement: the Left Must Unite 📢 If the new Left Party, Independents & the Greens work together, we can turn the tide of British politics - and win big. We will now focus all our campaign efforts on an electoral pact. United we stand, divided we fall.
US Colonel accuses Israel: "I would say that they are criminal. In my entire career, never have I witnessed the level of brutality and use of indiscriminate and unnecessary force against an unarmed starving civilian population." Listen to Anthony Aguilar at 2:52 in this report.
Today, 221 cross-party British MPs issued a unified call: Recognise the State of Palestine now. We commend them—and all the growing voices across the UK—who are calling and acting for an immediate and permanent end to the #genocide, and for a free #Palestine.
Proud to join the Independent Alliance, now a bigger group in Parliament than Reform. From fighting the two-child benefit cap, cuts to winter fuel & disability benefits, to opposing Labour’s genocide in Gaza, we will stand up against injustice. Join us: yourparty.uk
Kyle's defence of Starmer is, in fact, an indictment. If he can describe the horrors in strong words, why is he still providing arms and intel to the perpetrator of them? These people truly are sociopaths.
.@adilray plays footage of a British surgeon saying the govt needs to take action over Gaza, not just using strong words, & Adil then asks Peter Kyle: "What action can you promise?" Kyle: "KS has consistently used the strongest possible language to describe the horrors in Gaza"
My new book, Cold War Puerto Rico, will be published by the University of Massachusetts Press on May 1, 2026. It's a history of the FBI's repression of independence supporters in the 1950s. The blurb's on Amazon but it will be available on other channels. amazon.com/Cold-War-Puert…
I hope the new party, unlike the Greens, breaks decisively with the Atlanticism that kept Labour in a foreign policy straightjacket for decades. A commitment to peace is meaningless without advocating withdrawal from NATO and engagement with all the countries on this planet.
It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up at yourparty.uk.
To the eternal shame of the British state, pro-Palestine protesters are being arrested even as the government does nothing to stop Israel bombing and starving Gaza. This retired teacher, 80, was held and questioned for 27hrs while police searched her home. theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
Oscar Mayer's attempt to fire and rehire hundreds of my constituents was disgraceful. I am proud to have stood in solidarity with the workers, spoken up for them in Parliament, and voted for Labour's new legislation to ban this exploitative practice @unitetheunion @AndrewRangerMP
The Times reported on June 7 that Fiona Hill - one of Starmer's Strategic Defence Review panel - had offered the UK to Trump as "an aircraft carrier." Now we learn we'll be carrying US nuclear weapons. Hill's a Washington-based former Trump adviser. See: therestisbullshit.substack.com/p/when-is-a-bl…
American nuclear weapons with three times the power of the Hiroshima bomb were transported to England last week, new evidence suggests. The arsenal is under the control of president Donald Trump and could be used without British approval👇 declassifieduk.org/the-inside-sto…
Gaza: ‘We have 6,000 trucks of aid we can’t bring in’ says UNRWA channel4.com/news/gaza-we-h…
Israel's version of 'peace' is better known as 'the peace of the graveyard'. It solves nothing.
"Israel is making the Middle East safer for everyone who values peace and calm. In other words, we are doing the work of the United Nations." Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at a UN Security Council meeting. trib.al/Rx0iR33 📺 Sky 501
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France’s insurgent leftist party @franceinsoumise, shares his insights with @AaronBastani about how they have built a new leftist movement: “The young people are the ones who are running the show!” Watch the full episode of Downstream on our Youtube…
What a shame...
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Humanity has a choice: Either allow gobal NATO to drain our resources and drag us into yet more wars. Or embrace the emerging multi-polar world and build the UN into an effective force for preventing war. ICYMI Check out this @arise_festival discussion: youtube.com/live/Bk7HiDZwq…
