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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

"The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections"

As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:

The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections

As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence the voters it was meant to protect.

zeteo.com

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · 5h

In the “From Turtle Island to Palestine, Storytelling Beyond Borders” series, Miko Peled joins us today to share his interactions with Palestinians. Thank you, Miko for sharing powerful stories of Palestinian resilience and your unwavering advocacy for Palestinian freedom!

#story #palestine

Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · 4d

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the resilience, resistance, and enduring spirit of Indigenous communities everywhere — from Turtle Island to Palestine to Kashmir. The fight for land, dignity, and liberation is one. We uplift the call for justice and liberation!

#indigenouspeoplesday

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · 7d

🌟 Our latest podcast features Sahar Aziz, a distinguished Professor of Law, Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar, and an author whose voice carries the weight of someone who has spent decades watching the slow erosion of principles she once believed were bedrock American values.
— #linkinbio

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · 8d

While we remain cautiously optimistic about the latest round of ceasefire, we must remember: the fight is not over. A ceasefire is not justice — it's a pause, not peace. We must stay steadfast in our support for Palestinian liberation.
#ceasefire #free #palestine #justice #qissahstories

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 11d

READ: Israel uses October 7 as justification to inflict pain on Palestinians because the date exposes what terrifies them most: they are defeatable. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/reme...

Remember to forget October 7

Two years on, the memory of October 7 returns as both catastrophe and possibility, reminding us that both resistance and surrender are choices haunted by loss. But two years on, we also learned someth...

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · 12d

From Turtle Island to Palestine to Kashmir — stories of resistance, resilience, and reclamation. Explore books 📚 that challenge colonial narratives and amplify voices too often silenced.
Sources: Beacon Press, Shop Palestine, University of Washington Press

#read #books #history #qissahstories

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · 20d

In the “Storytelling Beyond Borders: From Turtle Island to Palestine” series, we are joined today by Lori — a Palestinian Christian American whose voice carries generations of resilience and truth! #palestine #story #jesus #history #qissahstories

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 20d

READ: The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why climate justice depends on Palestinian liberation.

Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation

The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why…

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Sep 12

Israel launched various attacks on six countries in the region over the course of 72 hours, according to Al Jazeera. But according to Israel, it is the one under threat from "hostile neighbors".

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Sep 7

The violence of apartheid across the West Bank isn't just physical. Israel relies on constant psychological warfare to terrorize rural Palestinian communities and make them live with the perpetual dread of army raids and settler pogroms.

mondoweiss.net/2025/09/i-wa...

#Palestine #Israel

I was brutalized by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. It was only a fraction of what Palestinians experience every day.

The violence of apartheid across the West Bank isn’t just physical. Israel relies on constant psychological warfare to terrorize rural Palestinian communities and make them live with the perpetual dread...

mondoweiss.net

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · Aug 31

We’re honored to launch our campaign, “Storytelling Beyond Borders: From Turtle Island to Palestine” with Miko Peled who shares the story of the beauty of Palestinian culture and life that was hidden from him.
#culture #palestine #qissahstories

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · Aug 22

A profound quote by Prof. Daniel Segal and Malkah Bird from our recent podcast—full story on website at www.theqissah.org

#podcast #story #solidarity #join #qissahstories #linkinbio

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · Aug 14

In our latest podcast interview, Prof. Daniel Segal underscores the narrative of “a land without a people” has justified settler colonialism across history — from the founding of the U.S. to the establishment of Israel.
-Watch/Read the Story #linkinbio
#podcast #story #indigenous #qissahstories

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you for your voice Chris Smalls. Video via @democracynow.org

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · Jul 23

🌟 New Episode Alert! 🌟
In our recent podcast, we were joined by Prof. Daniel Segal and Malkah Bird, leaders from the Indiana chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. Their stories are part of a burgeoning movement—
👉Watch, Listen or Read

#linkinbio #podcast #story #qissahstories

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · Jul 13

What led Miko Peled to leave Zi*ni$m? In this podcast clip, he discusses the ideology and his personal turning point.
👉Watch on YouTube — Link in our bio!
#podcast #story #fyp #facts #watch #listen #qissahstories #share #follow

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The IMEU @theimeu.bsky.social · Jul 10

Israel is planning to force Gaza’s entire population into a concentration camp. Once in the camp, Israel plans to attempt to forcibly transfer Palestinians to different countries.

That is genocide and ethnic cleansing.

'Concentration camp': Israel's planned new city in Rafah, explained

What we know about Israel Katz's 'humanitarian city', how it seeks to realise Trump's ethnic cleansing plan and what international legal experts think

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jun 16

"This Week in Democracy – Week 21: Are We in a Police State? Or Under Military Rule?"

Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.

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This Week in Democracy – Week 21: Are We in a Police State? Or Under Military Rule?

Zeteo's project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Jun 6

“God bless Secretary McMahon”

Greenblatt is a disgrace

Exclusive: ADL chief compares student protesters to ISIS and al-Qaeda in address to Republican officials

Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said the protesters were acting like members of ISIS and al-Qaeda.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · May 25

Read the inspiring remarks Columbia University Palestine activists gave at an alternative graduation ceremony, the “People’s Graduation,” in honor of their expelled and suspended comrades.

mondoweiss.net/2025/05/we-p...

‘We promise each other liberation’: Columbia activists honor expelled students at the ‘People’s Graduation’

Read the inspiring remarks Columbia University Palestine activists gave at an alternative graduation ceremony, the “People’s Graduation,” in honor of their expelled and suspended comrades.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Apr 27

Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.

I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · Apr 19

As students protesting the Gaza genocide encounter violent repression, the push to integrate Arab American Studies and Palestine into Ethnic Studies faces censorship and political attacks as well.

mondoweiss.net/2025/04/from...

#Palestine #Israel

From the encampment to the classroom: suppressing Palestine education mirrors attacks on student activism

As students protesting the Gaza genocide encounter violent repression, the push to integrate Arab American Studies and Palestine into Ethnic Studies faces censorship and political attacks as well.

mondoweiss.net

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Qissah.Stories @qissahstories.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Mar 21

“They ordered all of us, men and women, to take off our clothes and to continue walking, ordering us to only look forward. I was walking naked between the tanks, not even wearing underwear..."

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