Back in Aus. Following my Bolton Futsal Club from afar, watching Nat & Cookie taking us to the stars.
Alfords Point, Sydney
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Frank Wright is one of the greatest philosophers of our day, and you’ve probably never even heard of him. He joined us to discuss the collapsing system of the West and how to fix it. Watch now. youtube.com/watch?v=4YSQ-RrX…
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Full weekend of Futsal at Ordsall! ❤️🖤
Our new partnership with UA92 comes into play this Sunday too, with @UA92MCR playing York at the Cauldron.
Hopefully an all Bolton weekend and looking forward to seeing as many of you there to support ❤️🖤
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We've just delivered 80 pages and over 2,700 signatures to the PM's office, calling for sanctions on Israel now to put a stop to the genocide.
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**** Recommended ****
'When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood at the UN this week and claimed that Palestinian children are taught to hate, I thought of my daughter Sarah. She was only four years old when I first took her to Palestine. By the time we left, she understood what occupation and injustice mean – not because I taught her, but because she lived it.'
'When we finally reached the Israeli side, the humiliation deepened. Soldiers shouted “Ishlaḥ” – take off your shoes. We were herded into lines. My two-year-old cried when her pink Sketchers were taken and thrown into a pile with dozens of others. Then came the strip searches. In the cold of late winter, exhausted and hungry, my daughters sobbed as we were forced to undress under the gaze of armed soldiers.And still Sarah asked, with a child’s insistence:“Mama, why are there so many soldiers pointing guns at us? Mama, are we in Palestine yet?”How do you explain systematic degradation to a child? There is no bedtime story version of occupation.'
'After more buses, more checkpoints, more shouting, we finally reached the West Bank. The drive from the border to Jenin should have taken 40 minutes. It took three hours. Each checkpoint meant another round of soldiers, questions and searches. Sarah noticed everything: the cars with Israeli yellow plates that passed freely while we waited; the walls cutting through the land; the settlements gleaming on hilltops while Palestinian villages crumbled below.'
Lama Qasem
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09…
Mic Parish retweeted
This is the Ad that #Newscorpse initially pulled despite that it was already paid for by the Jewish Council of Australia. #Newscorpse deny they pulled it, saying it was delayed due to internal processes. Sounds like BS, I’m pretty sure they don’t want ppl to see it. Plz share.
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Israel planted explosives in a school for disabled children at dawn today in South Lebanon and blew it up.
Not a military target.
A school for disabled children — perhaps the only one in the country.
In what universe is this considered “self-defense”?
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"A brave group of Italian football coaches has just called on FIFA to suspend Israel from the World Cup. Let’s join them — before Italy plays Israel on September 8. Sign and share now to spark a movement of resistance unlike anything sport has ever seen!"
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en…
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Why Hamas is NOT a terrorist group
The framework of international law:
The United Nations (UN) has never declared Hamas a terrorist group. Only certain countries are doing this (USA, EU, Canada and some others), but not international law.
Why? Because Israel is recognized as an occupying power: since 1967 it has occupied Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem by military force. According to International Humanitarian Law, peoples under occupation have the legitimate right to resist, even with weapons, against the occupier.
This is supported by:
- UN resolutions, which recognize the right of all peoples to fight against colonial and foreign occupation.
- Geneva Conventions and the practice of the International Criminal Court (CPI), which do not criminalize armed resistance, provided that the laws of war are respected.
In this frame, Hamas is a political and resistance actor, not a terrorist group.
Judith Butler (American philosopher, Berkeley University): affirmed that “armed resistance under occupation cannot be reduced to terrorism,” and that the debate must include the roots of violence: occupation and colonialism.
Hamas could be criticized for certain acts, but that does not nullify its political legitimacy nor its character as a liberation movement.
Israel has imposed the label of "terrorism" as a propaganda tool to:
1) Prevent the world from talking about occupation and apartheid.
2) Justify massive bombing of civilian population in Gaza.
3) Criminalize any form of Palestinian resistance, whether armed or even peaceful (NGOs, students, journalists).
Calling Hamas a “terrorist” is not a legal fact, it’s a political and media strategy.
Israel, on the other hand, has murdered resistance leaders without trial, demonstrating its contempt for international law.
Palestinian resistance groups are comparable to other anti-colonial movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Hamas is a Palestinian actor with real representation in society, as it won elections in 2006.
The UN has never declared Hamas a terrorist. Israel is an occupying power. And according to international law, resistance against occupation is legitimate. That is not terrorism, it is a people's right to liberate themselves.
Mic Parish retweeted
They’re outraged by chants and slogans, but not by the 335 bullets fired at 5-years-old Hind Rajab.
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The most predictable war, plausibly ever.
I’m so sick of Israel and those who pretend its actions are normal or even remotely justifiable.
This country has a bloodlust like no other.
Have an issue with this tweet? I literally do not care. Think defending Israel’s demonic actions is going to guarantee you a spot in heaven? Double your indulgences and sign your offspring up to die for Netanyahu.
Leave the rest of us the hell alone.
Mic Parish retweeted
BREAKING: ISRAEL HAS ILLEGALLY ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INNOCENT JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS
🇫🇷Baptiste Andre
🇫🇷Reva Viard
🇸🇪Greta Thunberg
🇫🇷Rima Hassan
🇹🇷Suayb Ordu
🇪🇸Sergio Toribio
🇳🇱Mark van Rennes
🇧🇷Thiago Avila
🇫🇷Omar Faiad
🇫🇷Yanis Mhamdi
🇫🇷Pascal Maurieras
🇩🇪Yasemin Acar
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BREAKING: ISRAEL IS DROPPING WHITE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE ON THE MADLEEN FREEDOM FLOTILLA RIGHT NOW!
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KNEECAP STATEMENT:
They want you to believe words are more harmful than genocide.
Establishment figures, desperate to silence us, have combed through hundreds of hours of footage and interviews, extracting a handful of words from months or years ago to manufacture moral hysteria.
Let us be unequivocal: we do not, and have never, supported Hamas or Hezbollah. We condemn all attacks on civilians, always. It is never okay. We know this more than anyone, given our nation's history.
We also reject any suggestion that we would seek to incite violence against any MP or individual. Ever. An extract of footage, deliberately taken out of all context, is now being exploited and weaponised, as if it were a call to action.
This distortion is not only absurd - it is a transparent effort to derail the real conversation.
All two million Palestinian people in Gaza are currently being starved to death by Israel.
At least 20,000 children in Gaza have been killed. The British government continues to supply arms to Israel, even after scores of NHS doctors warned Keir Starmer in August that children were being systematically executed with sniper shots to the head.
Instead of defending innocent people or the principles of international law, the powerful in Britain have abetted slaughter and famine.
This is where real anger and outrage should be directed towards.
To the Amess and Cox families, we send our heartfelt apologies, we never intended to cause you hurt.
Kneecap’s message has always been — and remains — one of love, inclusion, and hope. This is why our music resonates across generations, countries, classes and cultures and has brought hundreds of thousands of people to our gigs.
No smear campaign will change that.
Suddenly, days after calling out the US administration at Coachella to applause and solidarity, there is an avalanche of outrage and condemnation by the political classes of Britain.
The real crimes are not in our performances; the real crimes are the silence and complicity of those in power.
Shame on them.
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Fellow Aussies, this is what we want to see. 👏🏻
Amazing news!
Cancel all welcome to country ceremonies Australia-wide!
Put them all in the bin.
🇦🇺👊🏻
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#MichaelWGumley
This needs to be said.
This morning at the ANZAC Day Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance.
There were people booing during the Welcome to Country — and honestly, I’m more disgusted that more people didn’t join in.
The media will spin it like the crowd booed the ANZAC ceremony itself. That’s not what happened.
The booing was directed at the Welcome to Country — more specifically, the political messaging that came with it. The elder used inflammatory language, declaring “this is Aboriginal land,” in front of families whose loved ones died fighting for Australia. Not a divided nation. Not a re-written version of history. Australia.
ANZAC Day is sacred. It’s one of the last few things that still brings Australians together — or should. Normally, I’d say booing at such a solemn event is completely out of line. But if there was ever a time to draw a line in the sand, this was it.
People are tired of having the “always was, always will be” narrative forced upon them at every event, without any space to question or even discuss it. You’re not asked. You’re expected to stay quiet and go along with it — or be labelled a racist or a bigot.
You're outraged that someone booed a Welcome to Country?
You should be more outraged at the long game being played — the slow conditioning to get you to accept the idea that Australia never belonged to you. So that when the time comes to “give the land back,” or hand control over to the UN through Agenda 30/30 or some other globalist framework, you’ll just nod and comply.
Why did our grandparents and great-grandparents die in war if a few generations later we’re just going to give it all up without even asking why?
Now — let’s address the elephant in the room. Yes, there was one individual who yelled something racist like “this is for white Australians.” I completely condemn that. Aboriginal Australians served, fought, and died in both world wars. They deserve to be honoured and remembered for their courage and sacrifice, same as anyone else.
But don’t let one idiot hijack the narrative.
The media will put that guy on full blast to make it look like everyone who booed is some neo-Nazi extremist. That’s not the truth. That’s not who was there. Most people just want to honour their heritage and their country without being made to feel guilty for it or having divisive politics shoved in their face at every opportunity.
The booing wasn’t racism.
It was resistance.
And if we don’t have the guts to stand up and say “enough” on ANZAC Day of all days — then when will we?
#MichaelWGumley
