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Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 6d

There is nothing under international law that prevents people attempting to break an illegal siege of an illegally-occupied territory by a country committing genocide.

It is the other way around.

These governments are breaking their own public commitments to stop a genocide.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 4d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 3d

Whether he's lighting up the night sky with fake stars, polluting Memphis & the atmosphere, or torching our modest programs to improve global health & feed the starving, Musk does not pay a nickel for the impacts of his fever dreams: everyone else does.

This is not how a healthy society functions.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3d

"There are currently one to two Starlink satellites falling back to Earth every day ... Soon, McDowell told us, there will be up to 5 satellite reentries per day." 😳

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Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · 2d

Australian Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel complain of ‘degrading and humiliating’ treatment www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Australian Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel complain of ‘degrading and humiliating’ treatment

One tells consular officials his arm was dislocated and head slammed into ground while another fears she may have a stroke

Israel intercepts Gaza Sumud flotilla vessels: What we know so far

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7d

Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel's siege of Gaza.

Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel's siege of Gaza.

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Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · 6d

My friend and filmmaker Juliet Lamont has been abducted by Israel a few hours ago

El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 7d

interview with Juliet Lamont on Global Sumud Flotilla on AM this morning - first up

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

text story - www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Trump warns of mass sackings as US Government shuts down - ABC listen

Donald Trump warns he'll sack thousands as the US Government shuts down amid a funding deadlock.

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 16d

Alaa Abdel Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist

Amazing news!!

The British-Egyptian activist is one of six people whose sentences President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi commuted, according to state media.

www.bbc.com

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Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · 18d

Love your work Avi!

Why I’m running for NDP leader

Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · 18d

Yes Avi! Power to you - make good choices NDPers :)

Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19d

Canada's true crisis is the everyday emergency of just trying to get by in an impossible economy.

I’m running for NDP leader so we can transform a system rigged for the rich—together.

We need a government that serves the many, not the money.

Join in. lewisforleader.ca/

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YouTube video by Avi Lewis

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‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception

Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · 18d

Neo nazis are emboldened and organised;

The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · 19d

Unpaywalled: web.archive.org/web/20250919...

Anti-immigration rallies that have drawn tens of thousands of Australians are being secretly controlled by neo-Nazis - part of a coordinated “fraud on the public”.

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Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · 26d

Our Warrior doco the story of Robbie Thorpe is available for screenings in so called Victoria - www.ourwarriordoco.com

OUR WARRIOR: THE STORY OF ROBBIE THORPE

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Australia's largest gas project given final approval to operate until 2070

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 26d

They know the climate chaos coming, they know their decision will make it worse, and kill any hope of mitigation, but they did it anyway - for their own benefit.
Not a principle among them.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 27d

A Friday afternoon special from the Albanese government.
Literally the worst environmental decision imaginable.

Australia's biggest gas project, Woodside's North West Shelf, has received final approval to extend operations through until 2070.

Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing

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Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is terrible news - and I want to know why? Who pushed for this? www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.

www.crikey.com.au

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3CR Community Radio @3crmelbourne.bsky.social · Sep 1

Listen back
www.3cr.org.au/theblackblock to today’s show with Robbie Thorpe and guests #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #communityradio

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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · Sep 1

"... two were taken to hospital with severe head injuries, one with a deep gash to their head, the camp said. ... all of those injured were younger women of colour.

"... the men yelled slogans such as “white power” and “white man’s land”, as well as sexist and racist slurs."

Neo-Nazis attack Indigenous protest site after anti-immigration rally in Melbourne as officer allegedly assaulted in Sydney

At least 50 men, mostly clad in black, approached Camp Sovereignty as sun was setting on Sunday. Four people were injured

The UPF and Reclaim Australia aren't 'concerned parents' or a bad joke | Andy Fleming

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · Sep 1

I reckon this Andy Fleming bloke may have been on to something here.

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Don’t get sucked in by the hijinks of far-right activists: active neo-Nazis are welcome and hold leadership positions in a movement gaining in appeal

'Huge' leak from gas plant kept secret from public in 'national scandal'

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Sep 1

MASSIVE❗

"there has been methane leaking from the facility in huge quantities" (since 2006)

“What we have here is a cover-up at every conceivable scale, by ConocoPhillips, by Santos and by a range of regulators”

NTEPA, NT WorkSafe, Clean Energy Regulator, NOPSEMA, & CSIRO all knew about the leak

Documents reveal the scale of carbon pollution leaking from a Darwin LNG tank was like adding 8,300 new cars to the road every year. It is about to be filled again.

Far-right demonstrators stormed Indigenous gathering place after Melbourne rally

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Alex Kelly @alexkelly.bsky.social · Aug 31

Absolutely awful - we can't let this stand. Far-right attack on Camp Sovereignty www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Camp Sovereignty organisers say dozens of men dressed in black attacked the site at King's Domain, leaving several people injured. The Victorian government has condemned the attack.