As I write, this is at risk of being MASSIVELY overshadowed by events. But cabinet secretary Simon Case is meant to give evidence to #covidinquiry Thursday. Should have been last year but he was sick and only returned to work in January. Another long 🧵(sorry).

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Maya Angelou

In light of the calling of the general election, I offer the following thread which I’ve been collating since December 2020…

“For a moment I imagined that we would be killed”

Update from Mohammed Abdalla acting student at The Freedom Theatre

#Mayday Created by The Freedom Theatre & Artists On The Frontline

ALL UPDATES theculturalintifada.com/attacks-2023-2…

#Jenin #Jenin UnderAttack #westbank #Palestine #Theatre #جنين

Breaking: Aerial photos show the Israeli army's sweeping and destruction of neighborhoods it has entered in the city of Rafah. USA says it is unaware of any major operation in Rafah at the moment.

israel feels so immune to international law that the day after arrest warrants were sought for netanyahu and gallant, they shot a school boy, a journalist, and a doctor in jenin

The Israeli government shuts down AP's live shot of northern Gaza, ostensibly because Al Jazeera is among many recipients. Rather than stop the war crimes charged yesterday by the International Criminal Court, Israel tries to cover them up. apnews.com/article/live-t…

Reminder to get your application in for our open call Associate Playwright role🤩

Find out more here, where you can also find a Q&A with Artistic Director David Byrne about the role: royalcourttheatre.com/role-associate…

Deadline Thursday 23 May

Israel is continuously carrying out atrocities not only in Gaza strip but in the occupied West Bank and Bethlehem.💔🇵🇸😢

The Israeli occupational forces demolish a five story building for the Al Atrash family in the village of Artas, southern Bethlehem.

19 May 1944 | 9-year old Sinti Anna Maria (Settela) Steinbach was deported with 244 Roma & Sinti from Westerbork to #Auschwitz . She was filmed by Rudolf Breslauer. Setella perished in the camp with her mother, four siblings, aunt & two nephews.

Pozanti to Adana: A surprising change in the dynamics

As the cyclists were preparing to continue traveling through central Turkey, they were expecting to be joined by a new support group who were flying over from Scotland. But rather than just provide a support vehicle, Abdul

Standing Together steps up again to send volunteers to protect the aid convoys from these goons. I could not love or admire them more. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

This was cool!

My interview on DUNE, orientalism, & the history of foreign policy & tech Georgetown Journal of International Affairs by Michael Skora Jr hit Project MUSE's Top 20 most-read articles in March & April.

press.jhu.edu/newsroom/top-2…

BREAKING: The South Africa statement at the ICJ hearing today speaks facts:

“There is no right of self-defense by an occupying state against the territory that it occupies.

Nothing, not self defense or anything else can ever justify genocide'

In light of recent conversations we would like to start a chain of working class creatives.

If you work in the entertainment industry, (not just actors!) and identify as working class, please comment below with who you are and what you do!

Let’s follow/uplift w.c voices👇🏻

A couple of days ago the Israelis were demanding these journalists stop reporting from Jabalia - not that they ‘evacuate’ but that they *stop reporting*.

Now, they are being directly targeted.

The delivery 🤌🏽

This is a huge and rare win for Gypsies and Travellers.

The Police Act is the final legislative nail in eradicating Gypsy and Traveller culture from the UK.

It is cultural genocide.

Wendy Smith, the Romany woman who took it to the High Court has made a huge dent ✊

📣 CALL OUT 📣

CRIPtic Arts is looking for 5 disabled creatives to join their show team for The Acts at Barbican Centre.

✨ Assistant Director
✨ Movement Director
✨ Set, Props & Costume Designer
✨ Audio Description Consultant
✨ Deaf Performer

👉 cripticarts.org/jobs-2/

Right, time to get some more work done on my Yorkshire Dialect version of The Marriage of Figaro for Bradford Opera Festival before the alphabet melts. To the keyboard!

Israel fully intends to destroy Rafah, the last habitable place in Gaza, which shelters more than a million displaced Palestinians, against overwhelming international condemnation. Just obscene levels of depravity with total impunity provided by Western politicians and media.