I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social I remember being one of about 500 marching for Bobby Sands in London as a teenager. The overt support was tiny, but at least it was in the news.
@davep @georgemonbiot.bsky.social the death of Bobby Sands contributed to about 18 more years of political violence..