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“Gaza has become a symbol both of Western hypocrisy and its victims’ recourse to human rights as a final forum for collective deliverance—the deliverance of the wretched of the earth, whoever and wherever they may be. The consequences cannot be overstated.” @joelleabirached.bsky.social
Gaza and the End of History - Boston Review
The apocalyptic scale of death and destruction lays bare the contradictions at the heart of the liberal international order.
www.bostonreview.net
July 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Gaza has become a symbol both of Western hypocrisy and its victims’ recourse to human rights as a final forum for collective deliverance—the deliverance of the wretched of the earth, whoever and wherever they may be. The consequences cannot be overstated.” @joelleabirached.bsky.social
Statements like this require actions now (not in September)
May 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Statements like this require actions now (not in September)
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Dr Assal Rad—
"The UN Human Rights Office released this statement yesterday. It’s gotten no media coverage.
"You whitewash genocide when you refuse to report it."
"The UN Human Rights Office released this statement yesterday. It’s gotten no media coverage.
"You whitewash genocide when you refuse to report it."
May 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dr Assal Rad—
"The UN Human Rights Office released this statement yesterday. It’s gotten no media coverage.
"You whitewash genocide when you refuse to report it."
"The UN Human Rights Office released this statement yesterday. It’s gotten no media coverage.
"You whitewash genocide when you refuse to report it."
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The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
The documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him …
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
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"One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This": Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”: Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
We speak with the award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, whose new book about the war on Gaza is titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book expands on a viral tweet...
www.democracynow.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This": Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
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ICYMI: We're back cataloging Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
ICYMI: We're back cataloging Trump's cruelties, collusions, corruptions, and crimes.
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Rashid Khalidi: ‘After Friday’s capitulation, Columbia barely merits the name of a university … it should be called Vichy on the Hudson.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rashid Khalidi: ‘After Friday’s capitulation, Columbia barely merits the name of a university … it should be called Vichy on the Hudson.’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education.
Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
Cowardice and Capitulation: Columbia Has Sacrificed Its Own Students to Authoritarianism
The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government. Columbia University’s decision to punish students ...
www.aaup.org
March 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education.
Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
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“Capitalism subsumes these life-processes, these flows of energy, these microbial dependencies, within its own molecular flow. It subordinates them to the homogenising frame of value-production: M-C-M’.”
by Salvage Editorial Collective
salvage.zone/the-tragedy-...
by Salvage Editorial Collective
salvage.zone/the-tragedy-...
March 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
“Capitalism subsumes these life-processes, these flows of energy, these microbial dependencies, within its own molecular flow. It subordinates them to the homogenising frame of value-production: M-C-M’.”
by Salvage Editorial Collective
salvage.zone/the-tragedy-...
by Salvage Editorial Collective
salvage.zone/the-tragedy-...
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“My students have been shaped by a culture that has long doubted the value of being able to think and write for oneself—and that is increasingly convinced of the power of a machine to do both for us," writes Troy Jollimore. thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-...
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“My students have been shaped by a culture that has long doubted the value of being able to think and write for oneself—and that is increasingly convinced of the power of a machine to do both for us," writes Troy Jollimore. thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-...
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Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933! #RIP #history #politics #revolution #Marx #Lenin #democracyatwork #democracy
February 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933! #RIP #history #politics #revolution #Marx #Lenin #democracyatwork #democracy
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I knew there was some trumpy talk before last night’s game but had not see all of this salivating. 🤮. As several commenters here note: embrace him at your peril. Everything he touches dies, and without first turning into gold. The anti-Midas touch.
February 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I knew there was some trumpy talk before last night’s game but had not see all of this salivating. 🤮. As several commenters here note: embrace him at your peril. Everything he touches dies, and without first turning into gold. The anti-Midas touch.
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Reading about what's happening in DC can be paralyzing and panic-inducing. Dems not coming to the rescue, so the best way to stay sane and successfully fight the billionaire coup is to organize where we work and live.
Fantastic and clear eyed piece from @lfelizleon.bsky.social
Fantastic and clear eyed piece from @lfelizleon.bsky.social
"This moment calls for a broad coalition that knits together an anti-billionaire revolt from below." — @lfelizleon.bsky.social
It’s Time for a United Front to Take on Billionaire Rule
The super rich are in command, as Donald Trump and Elon Musk run a rampage on the working class. To stop them, the labor movement needs to lead.
inthesetimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reading about what's happening in DC can be paralyzing and panic-inducing. Dems not coming to the rescue, so the best way to stay sane and successfully fight the billionaire coup is to organize where we work and live.
Fantastic and clear eyed piece from @lfelizleon.bsky.social
Fantastic and clear eyed piece from @lfelizleon.bsky.social
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"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
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The problem with DEI is not that it went too far, but that it didn’t go far enough. My latest:
The War on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
D.E.I. programs faced legitimate criticisms, but the Trump Administration’s actions make clear that we can’t achieve color-blindness on command.
www.newyorker.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The problem with DEI is not that it went too far, but that it didn’t go far enough. My latest:
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This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.
February 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.
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Fantastic roundup of the Musk coup by @mmasnick.bsky.social; Musk's unappointed cronies have infiltrated more of the federal government than I'd heard.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
Elon’s Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It’s Even More Dangerous
Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it? Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government. It’s happening, and th…
www.techdirt.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Fantastic roundup of the Musk coup by @mmasnick.bsky.social; Musk's unappointed cronies have infiltrated more of the federal government than I'd heard.
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/01/31/e...
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Check out this reading group starting tomorrow with comrades from the #Marxist Education Project! #educate #agitate #organize Register here: marxedproject.org/event/marxs-...
January 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Check out this reading group starting tomorrow with comrades from the #Marxist Education Project! #educate #agitate #organize Register here: marxedproject.org/event/marxs-...
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Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.
It’s all about labour 🧵
It’s all about labour 🧵
January 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Elon Musk’s fascist turn isn’t puzzling at all.
It’s all about labour 🧵
It’s all about labour 🧵
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NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:04 AM
NEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
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1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
December 5, 2024 at 9:35 AM
1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
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If You Want To Help The World, Focus On Fighting The Empire
"Even the most kindhearted and well-intentioned among us struggle to bring about positive change, because the very fabric of our society is stacked against truth and kindness."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-you-wan...
"Even the most kindhearted and well-intentioned among us struggle to bring about positive change, because the very fabric of our society is stacked against truth and kindness."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-you-wan...
If You Want To Help The World, Focus On Fighting The Empire
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 23, 2024 at 12:09 AM
If You Want To Help The World, Focus On Fighting The Empire
"Even the most kindhearted and well-intentioned among us struggle to bring about positive change, because the very fabric of our society is stacked against truth and kindness."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-you-wan...
"Even the most kindhearted and well-intentioned among us struggle to bring about positive change, because the very fabric of our society is stacked against truth and kindness."
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/if-you-wan...
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Militarized accumulation geo-graphic.
War is big business—empires making bank off war always promote more conflict and make peace seem radical.
Militarized accumulation geo-graphic.
War is big business—empires making bank off war always promote more conflict and make peace seem radical.
The United States of Arms
U.S. weapons exports from 1950 to 2017. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend…
vimeo.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:22 PM
vimeo.com/279923192
Militarized accumulation geo-graphic.
War is big business—empires making bank off war always promote more conflict and make peace seem radical.
Militarized accumulation geo-graphic.
War is big business—empires making bank off war always promote more conflict and make peace seem radical.