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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 11h

Excerpts from Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana's speech at the opening of the Your Party conference in Merseyside, Liverpool. UK. This is must listening.
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Moments from Jeremy Corbyn & Zarah Sultana at the launch of #YourParty Merseyside.

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 2d

Jeremy Corbyn's stunning speech at the launch of Your Party.
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WATCH: Jeremy Corbyn's STUNNING speech at Your Party launch

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 3d

On Soberanía, José Luis Granados Ceja and Kurt Hackbarth break down Washington’s escalation as the US declares itself to be in a "non-international armed conflict" with cartels, then discuss the polling contrast Claudia Sheinbaum's sky-high numbers with those of MORENA.
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Onshoring Sadism: The US 'War on Terror' Comes to Latin America - Ep 79

YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 4d

A wonderful profile of the French/American photographer Catherine Leroy, in The New Yorker.
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What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War

Fifty years after its horrors, we know that the press helped to turn public opinion against the conflict. That’s because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 8d

Outstanding Interview with Jamaal Bowman.
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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 10d

A short announcement from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressing her thanks for the first year of her presidency.
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Gracias por el primer año del segundo piso de la Cuarta Transformación

YouTube video by Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 11d

Ryan Grim of DropSite News interviews Jeremy Scahill about the Trump/Netanyahu/Blair plan for Gaza. Grim and Scahill cover its provisions, its traps, its deceptions, and in general break it down in all of its squalid splendor.
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Breaking Down Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Proposal

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 11d

Columbian President Gustavo Petro's full text to the United Nations, with English subtitles, brought to you by DropSite News.. This is probably one of the more meaningful speeches ever given to that body.
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Gustavo Petro’s 2025 UNGA Address: “Words Are No Longer Enough”

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 11d

In today's news: Sec of War Hegseth told a room full of hundreds of generals and admirals that they were fat slobs. US Govt shut down, again. Georgia Lawmaker Ruwa Romman Runs for Governor After DNC Froze Her Out of National Convention. And more!
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Hegseth, Trump Tell Generals to Use Force Against Americans - The Wednesday AM Quickie 10/1/25

They played The Liberty Bell a couple times at Peter Brian Hegseth’s big military meeting yesterday (see below) and all I could think of was the Monty Python intro, which I guess is appropriate. Corey...

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 14d

Adams is gone. His main accomplishments were making de Blasio look good and getting Curtis Sliwa to ditch the ridiculous beret and put on a suit.
Rumor has it he's going to write a travel guide to Turkey focusing on airports in the Turkish Republic.
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Mayor Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race following scandal-plagued tenure at City Hall

Adams made history as the first mayor in the modern era to be criminally indicted. His name will still be on the ballot in November's general election, but plans to end his campaign.

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 14d

If you were wondering why we are constantly being asked to go ever further to the right, the answer is billionaire donors to the Dem Party establishment and their "ignorance tanks" (what we should be calling "centrist" think tanks).
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Your Guide to the Billionaire-Backed Groups Working To Push Dems Right in 2026

It's clear that the Democratic Party, and the Liberal-Left more broadly, is in total disarray. As the Trump administration continues to erode liberal norms, worker protections, due process, free speec...

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 15d

If you have been wondering why Trump Admin is bailing out the perennial fiscal basket case Argentina (the whitest country in the world outside of Europe), this piece by Nick Corbishley in Naked Capitalism (an indispensable resource) will help you understand.
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Washington's Debt Trap Diplomacy and Election Meddling in Argentina | naked capitalism

This unprecedented decision by the Trump administration to bail out Argentina directly has more to do with geopolitical considerations than economic ones.

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 18d

The latest episode of Soberanìa, your essential source for news about Mexico.
Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a “genocide." The WaPo reports the DEA pushed bombing Mexico. Then a look at Border Czar Tom Homan's alleged bribes worth $50,000.
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Mexico's Sheinbaum: 'Stop the Genocide in Gaza' - Ep 77

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 19d

A wonderful, funny, and informative as well, interview with Jennifer Welch of the I've Had It! podcast. The interview ranges from such topics as mega church grifters to the feckless Dem Party establishment to the domestic arrangements of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 19d

For a first-hand account of what is happening in Gaza, please listen to Dr. Mohammed Mustafa, an Australian-Palestinian pediatrician who has been working in Gaza, treating children. His description of what is happening to children there is heartbreaking.
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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 25d

The latest episode of Soberanìa, your must go-to source for news about Mexico.
Mexican Independence Day! José Luis and Kurt dive into President Sheinbaum’s first Grito, Mexico’s growing sense of optimism, in contrast with a U.S. gripped by fear, censorship, and violence.
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¡Viva Mexico! Mexico Commemorates its Independence Against the Backdrop of US Regional Aggression

YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 29d

let's celebrate a democracy doing the right thing

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · 29d

A heart rending report from Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, issued a threat to all Palestinians in Gaza City: "You have been warned—leave now.”
As the Israeli assault continues, Palestinians in Gaza City are being forced into an ever shrinking space.
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Palestinians in Gaza City Confront Brutal Israeli Displacement Campaign with Nowhere to Go

“This should be the final stop—by the sea. They should let us stay here."

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Sep 11

Ed Zitron's interview on The Majority Report was incredibly informative and, frankly, withering on the delusions and economic insanity embodied in OpenAI. It's all fugazi, as Zitron puts it.
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The New Economic Nationalism; AI Bubble Already Bursting? w/ Jostein Hauge, Ed Zitron | MR Live

YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Sep 10

The latest episode of Soberanía, the best source for news about Mexico--Mexico’s 2026 budget, the crackdown on fuel smuggling, culture and politics at Saturday's concert of Residente, where a free show in the Zócalo became a moment of solidarity with Palestine.
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Show Me the Money: Banks to Pay Up in Sheinbaum's 2026 Budget - Ep 75

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Sep 5

In this week of your must go-to source for news about Mexico, Soberanía, José Luis and Kurt discuss just how well Mexico is doing in the face of some really awful actions by the collosus to the north.
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Sheinbaum's First State of the Union, First Elected Supreme Court: Mexico Redefines Power - Ep 74

YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Aug 30

Blowback. This podcast the first Gulf War; U.S. involvement in Cuba; Korea; Afghanistan; and Cambodia.
B James and N Kulwin open the eyes of even the well-informed.
Link to intro to Season 1, Apple Podcasts. Website (blowback.show) details their extensive sources.
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Blowback

A podcast about the American Empire.

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Aug 29

If you want to know what working in the Gulf States is like, and what our corporations do to conform to medieval monarchial values, this article is a good start. I'm attaching images of the pages in case you cannot get past the paywall.
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Peter Talbot · Diary: Gulf Contracts

In aerospace, engineering, technology, construction, health and defence, the rush is on to grab as many fat contracts as...

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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Aug 28

In case you're being bombarded by negative political ads about Zohran Mamdani, perhaps this article from WNYC and Gothamist can dispel some of that...uhh...nonsense.
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franklinmount.bsky.social @franklinmount.bsky.social · Aug 27

The latest episode of Soberanía, your must go-to source for news from Mexico.
(Mexican) Sen Téllez’s calls for U.S. intervention in Mexico-DEA’s recent false claims of joint project with Mexico. Ken Klippenstein’s three-part series on U.S. invasion plans targeting Mexico.
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A Traitor In Our Midst: Right-wing Mexican Senator Calls for US Intervention on Fox News - Ep 73

YouTube video by Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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