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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · Aug 31

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”

- Fred Hampton

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Aug 27

2022: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek puts $100M into Helsing, a military AI firm.

2025: He’s now chairman of the board.

Spotify is still invested in war.

inthesetimes.com/article/spot...

How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex

Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavor—backing the efforts of war.

inthesetimes.com

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Rob(ert) Farhat @robfarhat.bsky.social · Aug 11

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · Aug 7

"The Clarifier," new art at @truthdig.bsky.social:
www.truthdig.com/cartoons/the...

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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · Jul 8

Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp

Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.

From April, by Meron Rapoport

www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

Israel’s latest vision for Gaza has a name: Concentration camp

Unable to immediately expel Gazans en masse, Israel seems intent on forcing them into a confined zone — and letting starvation and desperation do the rest.

www.972mag.com

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · Jul 8

I'm in the occupied West Bank for the Irish Times, as Ireland deliberates whether to become the first European country to ban trade from Israeli settlements considered illegal under international law.
Here is my first report: www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jun 27

IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza.

Truly an atrocity built on atrocity.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes

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UMAW @umaw.bsky.social · Jun 23

The people running our music industry are the same people “doubling down” on AI military technology. To build a fair and just music industry, we also must dismantle imperialism in all its forms. Daniel Ek is a warmonger who pays artists poverty wages 🤮

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · Jun 22

Parasite becomes aggressive.

Sure all the musicians looking at our £0.0003 Spotify payouts for our work are delighted this is what our fans’ money went towards instead, and the fans equally pleased.

Artists are always very in favour of war, traditionally.

Spotify CEO, Daniel Ek, becomes chairman of Al military start-up after €600 million investment

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

Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.

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wint @dril.bsky.social · Jun 5

the president wont see your cheap dunks against jeffery epstein . But your friends who have ties to state sponsored pedophilia will

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · Jun 5

"10 badly charred bodies were discovered at the SSA headquarters in the Abu Salim neighbourhood. 67 more bodies were discovered at hospitals in Abu Salim & Al Khadra hospitals, all in refrigerators & in various states of decay." news.un.org/en/story/202...

‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves

Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human ...

news.un.org

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jun 3

Some of the most chilling 2 minutes you've ever seen. Look at what's being said, openly, on one of the most popular TV channels in Israel.

History is happening in front of our eyes. Don't look away.
Please help share this widely.

Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

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pgofton.bsky.social @pgofton.bsky.social · Jun 3

SXSW 2010: Here’s Arcade Fire playing next to some bins
SXSW 2025: here’s Tony Blair telling you a robot will kill your nan

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jun 1

Dozens of Palestinians massacred at US-Israel backed food distribution sites | MSF

Dozens of Palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured today, 1 June, as they waited for food at the newly created Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in Rafah and close to the Net...

www.msf.org

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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · May 17

What is the significance of Libya? Please read 'My Fourth Time, We Drowned' to learn about the crimes against humanity taking place there, & how vulnerable people are already sent there to be abused & silenced. #trump #gaza www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat... bsky.app/profile/sall...

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · May 12

The problems in our society are not caused by migrants or refugees.

They are caused by an economic system rigged in favour of corporations and billionaires.

If the government wanted to improve people’s lives, it would tax the rich and build an economy that works for us all.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · May 12

Why trying to out-Farage Farage is just never going to work for Labour.

The most hardline, anti-migrant set of policies from any UK Government in recent years and the Daily Mail still portrays it as a betrayal

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 2

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

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4AD @4ad.com · Apr 25

Congratulations to Maria Somerville on the release of her beautiful new album, ‘Luster’ out today 🤍

‘Luster’ is available on clear LP, CD, and all streaming services now.

mariasomerville.ffm.to/luster

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Apr 23

NEW on how Mohsen Mahdawi was detained in a "trap."

At a citizenship interview, he signed his pledge to “defend the Constitution."

The official left to go “check” something. Said he'd be back.

Then masked & armed agents came in, shackled Mahdawi, and tried to fly him 1000 miles away to Louisiana.

ICE Ambushed Mohsen Mahdawi in a 'Trap' and Had a 'Clear Plan to Ship Him to Louisiana'

The Palestinian Columbia student’s legal team says Mahdawi signed a pledge to defend the Constitution, and then ICE showed up.

zeteo.com

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Apr 24

“The genocide we are witnessing today, is something that I recognize from my own experience as a Holocaust survivor… What is happening today in Gaza is an extreme form of repeat genocide, a holocaust in our own time, in front of our eyes.” — Stephen Kapos

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Apr 23

"The soldiers reloaded their magazines and kept shooting even after it was clear that no return fire was coming from the other side – and despite the cries of the aid workers who tried to identify themselves."

From Haaretz.

archive.ph/4vam4

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · Apr 19

There’s a city of 237,000 refugees on the Chadian/sudanese border in Adre. The Sudan war is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. 150,000 dead and 12 million displaced. Chris Maddaloni and I spent a week in refugee camps in east Chad.
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

‘My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest’: Patrick Freyne in Chad’s desert camps

An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Mad...

www.irishtimes.com

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