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behold: a woman
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For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At this point?
Marie-Thérèse, Face and Profile, by Pablo Picasso, 1931, 📸 via @pbs.org
Can somebody explain this to me like I'm a 2 year old?
Uncomfortably
Bear in mind that if you held up a sign saying "I support genocide", you would not be arrested under the Terrorism Act.
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". This is real police state behaviour.
Say it loud, for those in the back! ☮️✨
Today the order banning #PalestineAction as "terrorists" came into effect. But they are not terrorists. They are protesters trying to stop a genocide. This is a "first they came for ..." situation. Unless we stand in solidarity against this assault on our freedom, they will pick us off one by one.
You're already there, mate
The most sobering part about becoming 1930’s Germany is realizing that no one is going to come here and liberate those being brutalized. If this historically inhumane regime is going to be overthrown, We The American People are going to have to do it.
If the USA provided a decent living wage and conditions of employment, there just might be some logic in his argument. Europeans can't understand why the US has third world work conditions and job security
Yep
This is not terrorism
I felt it was essential to make this comment on Youtube, below the line on my Palestine Action video, in view of some of the truly disgusting things being said.
The RAF are worried about a few protestors? Good job they're not at war
Today, the UK government intends to ban the non-violent protesters Palestine Action as a "terrorist" group, exposing anyone supporting them to terrorism charges. In 2 days, 380,000 people have watched this video on YT alone. You're going to need a bigger prison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECkV...
You give the world hope
Interesting that he says, 'Your Medicaid' and not just 'Medicaid'. Like he's the king doling out charity
Mandani is a hope. I hope he doesn't become a martyr.
andrew cuomo is emblematic of everything people despise about the democratic party and zohran is everything people want in politics, he represents hope for a better world
Mandami's gonna win!
New York and London will have two great muslim mayors. This is good for the world
That's what you hoped the world would see. We just see a sordid, immoral car crash
A glimmer of hope
I think there are many people outside the US, like me, who are really rooting for this man… …and a new grassroots America. 🇺🇸
That's starting to sound like an incentive
Brownshirt ICE rolled up to my local Home Depot today and got the F-off treatment. Shoutout to this woman because this is exactly how it’s done. No badge, face covered = F*ck all the way off. 📌 It’s on us citizens to stand up for our vulnerable brothers and sisters.
I think it is an illegal abomination
When, in fact, he's de-sciencefying politics
You what???????
Can you quote this 'shitlib' spouting?
I think you're talking about American politics? I am not American and actually am totally behind Mamdani
And, to be fair, you don't really know me.
I appreciate that, like us all, you are really angry with the way things are but that doesn't mean that anyone who suggests that questions the tactics of demonising so called 'liberals' is a fascist enabler.
No need to be rude
.@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is standing up to oligarchy and fighting to make New York City affordable for working people. It's no wonder that billionaires and corporations are spending a fortune to defeat him. If you’re a NYC voter, I urge you to rank him #1 on your ballot today.
He looks a little bit dark to my eyes
I take issue with the lable, 'liberal'. I consider myself 'liberal', but I do not condone the fascist genocidal actions of the ruling party in Israel.
Lying hypocrites that enable fascism, maybe?
Violence is never the answer
And shaming does?
Yes, that is the issue. But labelling all so called 'liberals' as charlatans is not focusing on the issue. It just makes us feel better
I don't see the insult as being aimed at me. I find the label 'liberal' as used as an insult un helpful. The term means different things in different countries. In the US it is used as an insult to attack from the right, and the UK it is used to attack from the left. Better to focus on issues IMHO
Not at all. I'm not scolding anyone. I'm just suggesting that scolding those who don't agree with you is rarely effective at changing opinions. If changing opinion is what you seek.
Not sure what you mean here
Who's advocating neutrality? Not me
By engagement. You can't change someone's opinions by shouting at them. We need to show them that their methods do not work. Public opinion is steadily moving against the Israeli regime.
That's exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about.
I'm not advocating mollicoddling - just persuasion.
I guess we can say the same about MAGA
This is not a game. Liberal bashing doesn't help. Persuasion is more effective
I’m trying to imagine the reaction - from the media and our pundit class - if a top ally of Joe Biden had attacked the Jewish identity of a Republican candidate. But Islamophobia is normalized in this country.
All true
It's so funny that Americans use the word 'socialist ' as an insult!
Oh fuck
Tories are not afraid to say what they think anymore
The Tories have made islamophobia respectable.
Islamophobia is the acceptable norm in the UK
Better not read any books
Midsummer Murders?
The Israeli government has shown that it is not prepared to stop until every Palestinian in #Gaza is dead, disabled or displaced. Every day in which it is still armed and supported by Western states, our own included, is a stain on international law.
Humane people are disgusting and appalled by both these acts of cynical violence
Starmer and Trump is going to be Blair and Bush all over again, isn't it? Same old, same old .
"Iran doesn't have nukes. Israel does. Iran is a signatory to the NPT. Israel isn't. Israel has allowed IAEA inspectors into its country. Israel doesn't." But Israel is the victim? My video for Zeteo on how the media's coverage of this crisis is abysmal & ridiculously biased. zeteo.com/subscribe
USA and Russia - a match made in hell
Why buy from a fascist State? It only encourages them
Negotiating against yourself is the art of the deal?
Blink #richkid #amateur
When do you think the White House will announce that they've had a beautiful call with Xi and the China tariffs are going to be lowered or paused?
Absolutely damning. Seems that the British government made not attempt to find out if the Russians had interfered in the EU Brexit referendum.
Martin Wolf is not messing around here www.ft.com/content/d96d...
Please!
Bingo. HT @williamcb.bsky.social
The whole bloody world
Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 34 MILLION! 👏 LETS DO THIS!
Paying politicians less will solve nothing. Holding politicians accountable will. A well-paid but incorruptable politician is preferable to a corrupt badly paid one.
no idea who made this but it’s genius
Thank you to whoever made this
And we thought Truss was bad
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Yep I'm guilty of this. Feelbad now
It was Emily Maitlis. One of the UKs most respected journalists
Funny, I don't remember him 'handing back' anything
Unbelievable
These is the so-called “anti-DEI team”. I don’t recall I don’t recall I don’t recall I don’t recall I don’t recall I don’t recall I don’t know about you guys, but I want DEI back if this is the alternative.
He needs to ask Elon how they added someone to their chat by mistake? Really?
They really hate don't they?
USA: You don't know what you got 'til it's gone
Colorado…
Maybe just the Russians are going to show up anyway
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado. 11,000 people showed up. Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
There are no rules after Trump and Musk. Everything changes. Once truth goes, rules don't apply.
We all wish these fascist men would depart. Departmen!
The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc
The demise of the US universities creates another opportunity for Europe
The first pride wasn't legal either, it was a riot.