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Cristina Flesher Fominaya

@cffominaya.bsky.social

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Dog lover, writer, human rights supporter, yoga fan, political sociology, Ed in Chief Social Movement Studies, co-founder Interface, Democracy Reloaded (Oxford University Press), Prof. Global Studies, Aarhus U, PhD@UCBerkeley Book cover O. Calvo (crop) .. more

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 7d

May "God" (if there is one or more) bless and keep Jane Goodall <3 for leaving the world better than she found it

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 8d

@exterioresgob.bsky.social

La zona de exclusión es ILEGAL ya que se ha establecido por un estado que está ocupando ilegalmente el territorio Palestino

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 8d

@exterioresgob.bsky.social

¡No abandones la Flotilla! Las actuaciones de Israel son ILEGALES y vuestro deber bajo la ley internacional es proteger no solo a los españoles abordo pero a los que sufren en Gaza. Cualquier otra opción es complicidad

El mundo entero os está mirando

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 12d

So in Denmark they do this thing, where they issue you loans to pay your property tax and charge you interest. When you never asked for the loan. So then you have to call and say I don't want a loan I just want to pay my tax. And then you have to call again. And so on. How is this legal? A mystery.

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 12d

So, I was on the news a bit ago. Insisting we not whitewash fascism and neo-Nazis by calling them "populist" among other things...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAdh...

Could the UK, France or Germany elect a populist leader?

YouTube video by Roundtable

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 12d

How is a wanted war criminal allowed to address the UN? He belongs in jail. Bravo to all who walked out. Shame, shame, on all those who invited him and who support genocide.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘must finish the job’ in Gaza after dozens of delegates walk out in protest- Middle East crisis live

Israeli PM is addressing the United Nations in New York

www.theguardian.com

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Good Trouble @good-tr0uble.bsky.social · 12d

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday apnews.com/article/fbi-...

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

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Thomas @tomrom1.bsky.social · 12d

Hate. Ugliness. Bigotry. Destroying human and worker rights. Another day in American leadership.
apnews.com/article/fbi-...
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
💙 #SaturdayMood 🏳️‍🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #Motivation #Bluecrew

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

apnews.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 12d

Let that sink in

"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12d

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot

Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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it me dj @weiwifis0.bsky.social · 13d

yaaay songxiao sect... this is a callback to a zine piece i did a long time ago now! for #songxiaoseptember2025 and the prompts dream and fix-it :'3

#songxiao

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @henshinhal.bsky.social · 13d

Massive protest walk out in the UN general assembly hall as Netanyahu takes the stage

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘must finish the job’ in Gaza after dozens of delegates walk out in protest- Middle East crisis live

Israeli PM is addressing the United Nations in New York

www.theguardian.com

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Axios @axios.com · 13d

JUST IN: Netanyahu faces mass walk out protest at UN speech

Netanyahu faces mass walk out protest at UN speech

Israel is deeply isolated internationally as it presses on with the war in Gaza.

www.axios.com

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 17d

y seguirá mandando armas para que exterminen a todos sus cuidadanos...

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it me dj @weiwifis0.bsky.social · 18d

for our final offering for week three of #songxiaoseptember2025, @aoxue.bsky.social and i have put pen to paper and worked on the vampire AU we've been planning for years! PLEASE GO READ!!

archiveofourown.org/works/711970...

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M∆GG🔻🎨 @artofmagg.bsky.social · 18d

ÚLTIMA HORA | El Reino Unido reconocerá hoy a Palestina como Estado y, para demostrarlo, arrestará a todo ciudadano que porte la bandera de Palestina o se manifieste contra el genocidio de Gaza.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 23d

New UN commission report just dropped:

Israel is committing genocide.

apnews.com/article/isra...

GENEVA (AP) — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report Tuesday that calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible for it.

The deeply-documented findings by the three-member team are the latest accusations of genocide against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government by rights advocates as Israeli carries on with its war against Hamas in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people. Israel rejected what it called a “distorted and false” report.

The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, which was created four years ago, has repeatedly documented alleged human rights abuses and violations both in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel led by Hamas, and other Palestinian areas.

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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 23d

GENEVA (AP) — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza

A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 26d

the man is a vile neo-Nazi

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 26d

sure, violence is "coming to them":

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 26d

Oldie but sadly ever more relevant: Meryl Streep’s Legendary Speech Against Trump #trump #merylstreep #democ... youtube.com/shorts/1YfC5... via @YouTube

Meryl Streep’s Legendary Speech Against Trump #trump #merylstreep #democrats

YouTube video by Celebs AgainstTrump

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 26d

More than one child an hour. How can this not be leaving stains on all our souls? It is unbearable. www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-c...

GAZA: 20,000 CHILDREN KILLED IN 23 MONTHS OF WAR - MORE THAN ONE CHILD KILLED EVERY HOUR

At least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour on average by Israeli forces in Gaza over nearly 23 months of war, with the number of children killed now surpassing 20,000, Save the Children...

www.savethechildren.org.uk

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it me dj @weiwifis0.bsky.social · 26d

a little thing for #SongxiaoSeptember2025 involving family and a modern setting!!! xingchen and his little bro a-yang and song lan and his daughter a-qing celebrate their first mid-autumn festival together...

#songxiao

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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 26d

Very much looking forward to being part of this @esil-sedi.bsky.social #ESIL2025 Special Panel on Academic Freedom and the Discourse on International Law @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

I'll speak about our research on student protest and the meaning of academic integrity during genocide in Gaza.

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Dr. Keith Preble @poliscikeith.bsky.social · Sep 3

I really enjoyed reading this piece! “Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa” in Social Movement Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cnwillis.bsky.social

Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa

Previous studies have found that when activists’ demands are not met by their home government, activists may adopt transnational strategies to levy international pressure on their government. While...

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Aug 17

As I prepare for teaching, I realize what a great resource this is, with so many excellent chapters by experts in the field--get it for your university library if they don+t have it already:
www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary European Social Movements: Protest in Turbulent Times

European social movements have become increasingly visible in recent years, generating intense public debates. From anti-austerity and pro-democracy movements to right-wing nationalist movements, thes...

www.routledge.com

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Aug 13

the world is a scary place rn

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · Aug 13

New on @indicator.media: I found 88 TikTok accounts using AI avatars of real journalists to spread clickbaity misinformation in Spanish. Together they had 1.7 million followers and many times that in video views.

Dozens of TikTok accounts use AI avatars of real journalists to spread fake news

The platform’s Spanish-language misinformation problem led me to a Brazilian marketplace for monetized TikTok accounts

indicator.media

Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Aug 13

good God almighty...this guy clearly needs humanities more than he will ever know
one of the most innovative scientists I know spend their spare time reading the classics, ancient history, playing and listening to music...

Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · Aug 13

In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.

“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”

Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities

Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · Aug 13

Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities

Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?

thedispatch.com

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Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · Aug 13

Dozens of TikTok accounts use AI avatars of real journalists to spread fake news

The platform’s Spanish-language misinformation problem led me to a Brazilian marketplace for monetized TikTok accounts

indicator.media

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