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Negin Owliaei
@neginowl.bsky.social
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Editor-in-chief @truthout.org. Past lives @aljazeera.com. Internationalist. Any pronouns.
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 10d
For anyone else who needs a reminder of what’s possible.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 10d
As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’ Union declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would “block everything.” When the flotilla was attacked, the reaction was swift: a 24-hour general strike was called.
We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italy’s Strike for Gaza
Following a 24-hour general strike on September 22, the country is now gearing up for a national protest on October 4.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2d
A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d
Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d
It is true you can't trust Israel or the US but you should probably be aware the ceasefire doesn't begin until Saturday or Sunday and Israel has a long history of intensifying bombardment until the official starting point of a ceasefire.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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Truthout @truthout.org · 3d
In Gaza, another humanitarian crisis has emerged: the soaring displacement expenses — or, as many people in Gaza bitterly describe it, “The fees you pay to become homeless in the south.” Tents cost $1,000 and securing a patch of land to pitch it on can be almost as costly.
Israel’s “Safe Zones” in Gaza Offer No Safety. Many Can’t Afford to Flee Anyway.
Displacement costs, which many call “the fees you pay to become homeless in the south,” have reached nearly $5,000.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 2d
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office would launch undercover operations targeting what he called “groups affiliated with left-wing political violence” in Texas. Paxton cited “transgenderism” and “antifa” as driving forces behind the supposed threat.
Texas AG Announces Undercover Operations Into “Antifa,” Cites “Transgenderism”
The move echoes a push by the Trump administration to weaponize counterterrorism tools against left-leaning groups.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 5d
Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 5d
One thing to understand about what's happening now is that on Oct 1, the deportation machine's budget increased dramatically: $170 billion in NEW funding, averaging to $42.5 billion per year. That's just below the Israeli military's annual budget. It's the equivalent of 13th biggest army on earth.
The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago
As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 5d
Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.
Trump Is Releasing the Full Force of Federal Police on Chicago
Trump is normalizing attacks on blue cities because he intends to overpower hubs of democratic resistance.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 5d
Summer Lee and other lawmakers have sent a letter to the DHS demanding information on any plans ICE has to use Graphite, a spyware program that can access — without the owner’s knowledge or consent — a phone’s location data, photos, and encrypted applications, including WhatsApp and Signal.
Lawmakers Demand Information About Potential Use of Paragon Spyware by ICE
The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”…
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Truthout @truthout.org · 4d
"Remaining in the city was impossible, as Israeli forces killed anyone who refused to leave. At the same time, we also knew that life in tents — stripped of the most basic necessities and overshadowed by the uncertainty of whether we would ever return home — was simply another form of death."
“Just End the War and Return Me to My Neighborhood”: Report From Southern Gaza
The despair we are living through keeps us clinging to the news, scanning for headlines containing the word “ceasefire.”…
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d
Support and protect this man, Chicago. ICE is vindictive.
Brighton Park Gas Station Clerk Cheered After Giving Out Supplies To Protesters Tear-Gassed By Feds
Gas station employee Narendra Byrapuneni helped protesters who sought refuge in his Brighton Park store Saturday after they were hit with tear gas by federal agents near the site of fatal shooting by ...
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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 6d
No better illustration of how much of our opposition party thinks social media posting is a substitute for the responsible exercise of legislative power. @schatz.bsky.social is one of the most irritating offenders here, often posting like he’s Mort Sahl instead of a U.S. Senator
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taber @kvetch.gay · 7d
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
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Jim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 7d
New at CBS News: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly approved military operations on two vessels early last month that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian supporters including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. www.cbsnews.com/news/netanya...
Netanyahu ordered drone attacks on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid boats off Tunisia, sources say
No one was hurt when two vessels that were part of a flotilla bound for Gaza mysteriously caught fire last month.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 7d
Emmy award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was deported today to El Salvador – a country he fled over 20 years ago — in retaliation for filming law enforcement activities. Officers arrested him while he was reporting at a “No Kings” protest against Trump, even though he was wearing a “PRESS” vest.
Journalist Mario Guevara Deported After Reporting on Anti-Trump Protest
Human rights organizations have condemned Mario Guevara’s deportation as an authoritarian attack on the free press.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 8d
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 8d
Curious to see how she’ll square her whole “permanently censored victim” schtick with being at the helm of one of the biggest news institutions in the country.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 8d
the direct line between this and the 2000s-mid 2010s “campus culture wars,” in this essay I will (but literally, just prob next week, clearing out drafts rn)
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
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Abigail Higgins @abigailhiggins.bsky.social · 9d
‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown @19thnews.org
"This is what she lives with every day now: “The fear of leaving your family and letting them know, ‘If I don’t return, it’s not because I am abandoning you.’”
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‘They are hunting us:’ Child care workers in D.C. go underground amid ICE crackdown
In Washington, D.C., where close to 40 percent of child care workers are immigrants, fear has taken hold amid a crime crackdown that has raised ICE presence. Many are missing work, deepening a staffin...
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d
I talked with @mayaschenwar.bsky.social and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social about immigration raids and the violent repression of protesters in Chicago, the administration’s war on free speech and the organized left, and lessons from our upcoming book, Read This When Things Fall Apart.
Holding the Line Through Tear Gas and Censorship
“There is no neutral ground in this moment. You’re either resisting or you’re complicit,” says Eman Abdelhadi.
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 9d
I think about this moment whenever I feel cynical (so basically daily). The logic the flotilla movement has been using to challenge Israel's blockade on Gaza is so fundamental, so grounding.
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 9d
I had the honor of speaking to Huwaida Arraf in 2024 about the Gaza Freedom Flotilla movement. So much of what she said still resonates, but I'll never forget her describing the success of the 2008 flotilla, nor hearing the audio of their boat arriving on Gaza's shore (around 8 min in).
The Take: The movement to break Israel’s siege on Gaza
The Freedom Flotilla’s latest mission is delayed, but it hopes to set sail to Gaza soon.
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Negin Owliaei @neginowl.bsky.social · 9d
A key part of this story: ICE has no legal authority to make such requests, and Meta has no reason or responsibility to comply with them. Good, practical info in here about the rights we have in such circumstances.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 9d
Meta sent emails to 6 people informing them that ICE had served the company with a subpoena demanding extensive personal information about the users. The accounts, most notably StopIce.net, are part of a broader crowd-sourcing movement that works to publicly identify masked ICE agents.
Trump’s ICE Turns Its Target to Activists, Not Just Immigrants
ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.
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