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Recovering academic. Business Development & Strategic Partnerships. West Baltimore to West Africa. Bridge builder. Comrade. All power to the people. 📍Dakar

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H.D. Gregg - Designated Terrorist™️ @hdgregg.bsky.social · 9h

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, ‘Peace’ Has Lost Its Meaning

Far from a symbol of peace, the article exposes Machado's history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

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When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, 'Peace' Has Lost Its Meaning - Venezuelanalysis

Michelle Ellner exposes Machado's history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela.

venezuelanalysis.com

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 2d

Town biz!

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 2d

Went to my Alma mater today and was delighted to see that the legendary Emory Douglas had designed the elevator doors for the African American Studies department

Elevator door with art by Emory Douglas. Black woman holding a newspaper with a headline that reads “All Power to The People!”

Elevator door with art by Emory Douglas. Black man holding a sign that reads “Respect Mother Earth”

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 2d

Yay Area!!

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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 6d

Gen Z WORLD PROTESTS DASHBOARD
1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵

What to Know About the 'Gen Z' Protests Around the World

Within the past month, the protests have toppled one country’s government and contributed to the dissolution of another.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 7d

Israel Detains 440+ Global Flotilla Activists; Italian Unions Strike in Protest
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/gaza_flotilla_italy_protests

Italian Unions Strike to Protest Israel’s Attack on Gaza Flotilla

The Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces Thursday as its dozens of vessels approached the shores of Gaza. In response to the detention of the flotilla’s activists, Italian labor uni...

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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 14d

thegrio.com/2025/09/26/p... “People have the right to free themselves from oppression by whatever means they deem possible.” RIP Assata Shakur

Political activist Assata Shakur confirmed dead at 78 by Cuban officials

Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron died on September 25, 2025, per Cuba’s ministry of foreign affairs.

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 17d

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like

"A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act."

fuck yeah

Kenya transgender rights victory hailed as African first

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 18d

Tens of Thousands of Brazilians Protest Against Bill Granting Bolsonaro Amnesty

Tens of Thousands of Brazilians Protest Against Bill Granting Bolsonaro Amnesty

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Brazil to protest a congressional bill that would make it harder to charge lawmakers for alleged crimes and even reduce penalties for individ...

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Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

Fascism is transnational. We need to be plugged in and connected to global news and movements. It’s crucial.

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

I miss how international and multilingual my twitter timeline was. Feels excessively US-centric on here.

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

Shout out to the youth shutting it down in Peru, Nepal, the Philippines, Indonesia

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

Italy, you racist af but you ate that one thing. And that one thing is a big thing. #GeneralStrike

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

I call it eternal summer because baby summer starts in June. June and July are warm but usually not oppressive. So that’s 6 months of summer.

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

But when December hits…! Ahhh the chill in the air is magnificent. Countdown to December 🥵

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · 18d

In Dakar we are in the midst of what I like to call eternal summer—four months of THICK humidity. It lasts until end of November. We have amazing weather 8 months out of the year but these 4 are grueling.

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Blacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 19d

I can only think diasporically.

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Shalesha @shalesha.bsky.social · 22d

“This isn’t the America I know”

Black People:

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”

- Fred Hampton

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · Aug 29

I’m going to Baltimore and I need my cousins to teach me how to hit that Avenue dance so my credibility stays in tact

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 26

The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.

Asia Leeds @asialeeds.bsky.social · Aug 24

theconversation.com/enslaved-afr... Enslaved Africans, an uprising and an ancient farming system in Iraq: study sheds light on timelines

Enslaved Africans, an uprising and an ancient farming system in Iraq: study sheds light on timelines

Iraq’s massive agricultural system, believed to have been built by enslaved Africans, has been given dates by the first archaeological study of its kind.

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William C. @williamcson.bsky.social · Feb 19

Calling the Democrats “cowards” suggests that they're scared to do what's right when they show no fervent interest in being an opposition. They're largely colluders, not cowards. Many want their base to think they're cowards to maintain investment in the idea that they can be pushed to do better.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · Aug 22

Get it through your head

The Democratic Party are your enemy

www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/p...

Minnesota Democrats revoke endorsement of democratic socialist candidate for Minneapolis mayor | CNN Politics

A Minnesota Democratic committee on Thursday revoked the party’s endorsement of mayoral candidate Omar Fateh, a democratic socialist challenging the incumbent Democratic mayor of Minneapolis.

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Blake Rogers Wilson @bodyindc.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Enslaved people rose up in Southampton County, Virginia, on August 21, 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebels moved across plantations, murdering roughly 55 whites and rallying enslaved people. They planned to move on to Jerusalem, Virginia, to seize guns and then make a permanent home…”

A museum text panel on the Nat Turner led rebellion of 1831.