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Metaphor Man @metaphorman.bsky.social · 12h

The goal of the embassy bombing was to blame the government, and provide a justification for an all-out American invasion of the country

For more on Trump’s plans for Venezuela, read the MintPress investigation “From WMDs to “Narco-States”

How the US Sells Wars the Intelligence Doesn’t Support

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 15h

#netanyahu #war-criminal #israel #gaza #west-bank #genocide #palestine #icc

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MariaevaJ (Formal Tribel) @mariaevaj.bsky.social · 19h

Better late than never 👎

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 9h

Jillian Segal's position is completely untenable.

She has strong links to Israel, a country committing genocide.

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10h

Asking Home Affairs about staffing for the Special Envoys - the Antisemitism envoy has 5 FTE positions (6 staff) and the Islamophobia envoy is still recruiting 👀

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 10h

#FreePalestine

Palestine

"We wouldn't be here today, had 'Israel', in 76 years of history, been held accountable at least once"

Francesca Albanese UN Special Rapporteur

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FreePalestine @savesjarrah.bsky.social · 20d

European Commission suspends trade concessions with Israel.
In practice means that imports from Israel will lose their preferential access to the EU market. These goods will therefore be charged duties at the level applied to any other third country with whom the EU has no free trade agreement.

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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 11h

Your regular reminder 👇

🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy

EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities

Privatisation has failed.

leftfootforward.org

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Jack M Davenport @jackmdavenport.bsky.social · 10h

When the ninth circle of Hell throws shade at one of the other circles…
#auspol

Technology
News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’
Photo of a Rupert Murdoch minion.

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Middle East Monitor @middleeastmonitor.bsky.social · 10h

Israeli navy attacks another aid flotilla heading to Gaza

The Israeli navy has attacked another aid flotilla sailing towards Gaza in an attempt to break the blockade imposed on the Strip, according to media sources. The reports said the navy intercepted t…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11h

To the NACC: can you tell us why there haven't been any public hearings into the Robodebt matter?

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NACC says: No comment.

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Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 11h

If this is how Israel treat international activists, imagine the conditions for Palestinians, held illegally, intimidated, tortured - psychological terrorism and war crime after war crime. Most mainstream media barely touching it, shameful and providing impunity www.thenational.scot/news/2552542...

Flotilla crew member lifts lid on 'horrific' conditions in Israeli 'internment camp'

AN activist who was detained by Israel after the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted has described the “horrific” conditions he faced inside…

www.thenational.scot

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 9h

Irish #SumudFlotilla activists report IDF's aggressive behaviour, disregard for medical support & lack of sanitary facilities. Tadgh Hickey: "'SWAT' teams would appear at the cells with dogs "brought into the room to intimidate us, guns put in our faces constantly."

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Most Irish activists return after Israeli detention

Most of the Irish citizens who were held by Israel after it intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla have now arrived home.

www.rte.ie

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 11h

It has cost $1.138 million and counting for the independent lawyer the NACC has had to hire to fix the mess their Commissioner made of the Robodebt inquiry

Compromised decision making costs public money and trust.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3d

Fri 3 Oct: week 19 protesting the @albomp.bsky.social govt's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf Extension to 2070, secured by secret negotiations of pollution conditions acceptable to WoodCIDE

'Enviro Champion' Josh Burns totally MIA as Labor backs fossil fuels & ever ⬆️ C+GHG pollution

Protestors hold up large banners opposite Labor MP Josh Burns' St Kilda office
Orange banner says PHASE OUT COAL & GAS EXPORTS
Dark orange banner says STOP NEW GAS IN WA AND NT

A collection of placards laid out in front of Josh Burns office
From left to right, they say:
IT'S TIME TO SPEAK OUT JOSH
END FOSSIL FUELS
LABOR IS ASLEEP ON CLIMATE
DECLARE A CLIMATE EMERGENCY
LABOR GREENLIGHTS WOODSIDE CLIMATE BOMB

Image of a crinkled poster of Josh Burns pictured next to a seal
It reads: Environment Champion Josh Burns
A rosette badge on the lower right says 'Seal of Approval'
Bottom of poster reads: LEAN Labor Environment Action Network

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 8d

WoodCIDE is contempt for society personified
Shame that the ruling classes dance to their tune

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 9d

It's actually WORSE

Labor SA Premier Malinauskas has also teamed up with Woodside to GASLIGHT THE PUBLIC

No, WoodCIDE & Premier Malinauskas, ⬆️ FOSSIL GAS production INCREASES C & GHG pollution to our shared atmosphere & worsens #ClimateBreakdown—⬆️ FOSSIL GAS supply is NOT "a net zero solution"☠️

Screenshot of a Woodside Energy LinkedIn quote-post of a post from Liz Westcott

It reads:
"Our Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Australia Liz
Westcott caught up with the South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas at The Australian's Energy Nation Conference and thanked him for his powerful endorsement for the role of gas."

Liz Westcott's post reads:
"It was great to catch up with Peter Malinauskas at The Australian's Energy Nation Forum in Sydney.

The Premier shared a compelling example of the role gas can play in decarbonisation.

He said that the Whyalla steelworks transitioning from a blast furnace burning metallurgical coal to using gas for direct iron production would halve the annual emissions of the steelworks.

But the Premier said to achieve it, South Australia will need a lot more gas than is currently available.

To put it another way, he said his support for gas is underpinned by his support for net zero.

At Woodside we wholeheartedly agree. Increased gas supply is a net zero solution.

Thank you for your unequivocal advocacy Premier."

Image shows a smiling Liz Westcott (left) and a smiling Peter Malinauskas (right)

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Ötzi (=>÷) @abhoth.bsky.social · 10h

The level of government secrecy is in direct proportion to the amount that must be hidden.

Transparency is only a priority when in opposition.

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 10h

Europe needs to sanction Israel.

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Free Palestine Wurruk (@freepalestinewurruk)

“"I think so much of the [European] public is... disgusted at what they see [in Gaza]." Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project, says public pressure can push reluctant European governmen...

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 10h

"This entity, that has spent its entire short life imagining, conceiving and creating enemies, constructing shadowlands of paranoia and talking of existential threats – is the biggest existential threat to the world today."

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