Stefan Simanowitz
@StefSimanowitz
"Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit" (bell hooks) || journalist || campaigner || @amnesty || Easily distracte
1/. Five years ago, @amnesty published this vitally important article It set out my fears that - working with govts - Big Tech firms, particularly #Palantir, were using the COVID crisis to obliterate a last frontier of our privacy: our biological selves amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
“If I want to wear an avocado onesie, I will wear an avocado onesie” Woman tells the CEO he's not allowed to park there!😂 As Rousseau said: “Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken”
"We are not weak - but the war has broken our bones, and the siege has hollowed out our stomachs" Must read moving account from an @Amnesty fieldworker in Gaza #Israel #GazaGenocide #Gaza #Palestine amnesty.org/en/latest/camp…
Emine Ocak, a stalwart of the Saturday Mothers movement, has passed away She fought for justice for her son, Hasan, & all others who were disappeared by the state in Turkey in the 1980s & 1990s The photos below show her protesting in 1997 & 2009 Her indomitable spirit lives on
Tomorrow, the #SaturdayMothers who have been holding weekly vigils for the disappeared in #Turkey for decades, will hold their 900th vigil At their 700th vigil - the police moved in using teargas & detaining 46 and banning future vigils @amnesty observers will be at the vigil
Israel is continuing to use starvation as a method of warfare, a war crime, and as a tool to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip. The harrowing suffering of starving Palestinians in Gaza, including our own colleagues, on an hourly basis, is…
Today I launched a #SaveTheLidoCafe petition👇on @Change It appears that the @cityoflondon are intending to put the lease of this superb family-run cafe out for bids to the highest bidder The locals are NOT happy! change.org/p/save-the-lid…
The Lido café on Hampstead Heath is under threat!!! The @cityoflondon is suddenly asking for bids from operators to run the this fantastic family-run cafe I have asked @willupton & @GregoryJonesCC if it is possible for the café to be given a Direct Award chng.it/wj9sqty9Fr
The Lido café on Hampstead Heath is under threat!!! The @cityoflondon is suddenly asking for bids from operators to run the this fantastic family-run cafe I have asked @willupton & @GregoryJonesCC if it is possible for the café to be given a Direct Award chng.it/wj9sqty9Fr
Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza: In a joint statement released Monday, twenty-five countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada, and Japan, called for an "immediate" end to the war in the Gaza Strip, which is besieged by Israel. "We (...) come together…
“The flagrancy is part of the point” (George Orwell) The autocrats are coming out of the shadows “And so by malice, stealth & brutishness a pattern is set…until they are entirely unleashed to bundle aside the truth & speak only their truth” x.com/FeelsGuy2003/s…
5/. “Ask forgiveness, not permission” We know that Peter Thiel’s twin obsessions are deregulation & genomics Thiel’s vision is terrifying His methods are ruthless His company, #Palantir, are everywhere, predominantly in places you can’t even see them
“Meat in a bap washed down with a cup of sausage water, anyone?” @FootyScran documents food sold in football stadiums around the world👇
This account, @FootyScran, documents food bought at football stadiums in the UK & beyond There are a lot of pies with mushy peas & gravy There is ‘the Wigan kebab’ (a pie in a roll) And the’s this weird meat thing(?) in a roll with mustard