Simon Barrow
@simonbarrow
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Writer | Poet | Politics, ethics, beliefs | Art | former director @Ekklesia_co_uk | NUJ | @TUG_SNP | Music: @MusicTippett @YesSolidMental
Leith, Scotland
Joined May 2008
'Transforming Christian-Muslim relations', with Rowan Williams, @monasiddiqui7 & @simonbarrow Videocast now online
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Many congratulations to @ZackPolanski (see pm), and very much *this* ⬇️.
A politician actually said this out loud. My god. What is the world coming to when people like @ZackPolanski can just go on television and give a nuanced, contextual statement?! .
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RT @Graeber_social: Today is the 5th anniversary of David Graber's death. And with everything happening in the world, his work is now mor….
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RT @972mag: Global appeal: Gaza’s journalists need urgent protection. Joining over 250 media organizations, +972 calls on international act….
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Joining over 250 media organizations, +972 calls on international actors to defend Palestinian journalists and force Israel to open Gaza to foreign press.
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RT @BBCWorld: Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say
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The world's leading association of genocide scholars cited several actions by Israel, including attacks on the healthcare sector and the killing of children.
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RT @simonbarrow: Incidentally, the lead group was Jewish protestors. Their brave voices were silenced on broadcast by the BBC. (I am a pass….
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RT @alastairmci: What a fine gesture by the English archaeologist of the Calanais Stones, Gerald Ponting. This is what it looks like to hav….
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For Gerald Ponting, an expert in the archaeology of the Outer Hebrides, it is time to take the little axe home.
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Incidentally, the lead group was Jewish protestors. Their brave voices were silenced on broadcast by the BBC. (I am a passionate music lover and reviewer/writer, by the way. But on the crimes happening in Gaza, the music must be faced. We cannot be silent.).
BBC Proms performance interrupted by anti-genocide protesters challenging the complicity of the BBC #Gaza
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BBC Proms performance interrupted by anti-genocide protesters challenging the complicity of the BBC #Gaza
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra had to restart its recital on Friday after a lengthy disturbance.
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This is horrific. The growth + stoking of racism is uncovering many diseases and wounds underneath the surface of public and private life across these islands. Our failure to understand and address these is very costly - most of all to those being made scapegoats and victims.
This is now everyday reality for many of us. A family day out to the beach results in a torrent of racist abuse followed by indecent exposure at my family. My youngest is 6. Before I started recording, they started with 'get out of our country' the same kind of line that the
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RT @GerryHassan: The #BBC gives a disproportionate amount of air time to #Reform. They seem to have forgotten there are:.72 Lib Dem MPs.9 S….
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RT @guyrowlanduk: I worked as BBC staff for 15 years. I loved the place and I still instinctively feel protective of it. So the Lucy Letby….
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BBC boss was warned Panorama Letby film contained inaccuracies hours before broadcast
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This. 👇.
Long post 👇. The British media and reactionary MPs have pushed a dangerous myth: that people seeking asylum are being treated like hotel guests. The reality is the opposite. Hotels are being used as makeshift holding facilities. Many people seeking asylum share cramped rooms.
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RT @marcuschown: The thing about human rights is it protects humans. That means everybody who is a human. Not merely the people Nigel Fa….
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RT @ScotNational: Watch as screenwriter Paul Laverty is arrested in Edinburgh in support of Palestine Action 🚨. Laverty, whose films have t….
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RT @StevenIsserlis: Inspiration from Leonard Bernstein (b otd 1918):."Every artist copes with reality by means of fantasy. Fantasy, better….
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RT @PulaRJS: Israel murdered a Reuters journalist. In a hospital. As rescue workers tried to recover his body, Israel murdered them. Live….
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