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Inhabitant of deepest Transylvania (honest); academic management "expert" (of sorts); anti-apartheid activist; lapsed football fan; interested in Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Palestine, and beyond. He/him. Oh, and Sheffield Wednesday
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

Sweet Baby Jesus, Why did you take our brains from us? Was it the Trump bibles? Was it worshiping a golden oaf? How can we make amends?

In November 2023 Mustafa Barghouti told us about a one day old baby who was killed by Israeli bombs and whose death certificate was issued before his birth certificate. The interview was terminated shortly afterwards.

🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

I for one welcome .. etc

In case you’re not sure how it’s going down here, America.

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.” 👍🏻

If you don't stand up for Ukraine and Palestine against the murderous intent of Russia and Israel backed up to the hilt by the USA, your country will be next. At this stage we have to be clear that the US is a hostile actor in the world, and will act with impunity unless we stand up.

Depressing stuff. On the global waste economy www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...

"Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone’s wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK" Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Free speech "is in retreat" in Britain, says JD Vance, who is part of a Government which is now targeting critical news organisations with politically-motivated investigations, while banning others from the White House for the crime of referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name

Valentine's Day books. Very romantic. Bill Clinton and Boris Johnson, people noted for their fidelity. As well as a book about collaboration with the Nazis.

look I don't even care why you voted for this particular administration I just want you to know that we all hate you. Like, genuinely you made all of our lives dangerous. And I don't think there's a way for me to forgive you for that.

Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/trump-bann...

They're not even trying to hide their racism are they? Starmer is an absolute disgrace

“Today, DEI has become the new N-word; the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism.” My latest for the Guardian, in which I cite Lee Atwater, and bring lots of receipts. Sorry, but it has to be said:

The government was right to welcome Ukrainian refugees fleeing war. There is only one reason that people in Gaza, displaced by a genocide that our government abetted, are treated differently. That reason is anti-Palestinian racism.

It is not neglect - it is deliberate It is the policy of both Conservative & Labour to support Israel

🎬💰 @direkt36.bsky.social’s investigative documentary tells the story of the business dealings of the Prime Minister’s family over several decades. With hidden camera footage, we also show the luxurious world built by Orbán’s son-in-law István Tiborcz and his daughter Ráhel Orbán. With 🇬🇧 subtitles.👇

Great thread

Looking at the ground while pregnant and Palestinian is a crime worthy of a death sentence from Israel

The current behavior of the UK Gov't confirms this.

Fuck this guy. Fuck all the snivelling apologists for the far right. Toadying little creeps trying to ingratiate themselves to the big bully boys.

Crucial to be aware of this ongoing threat of ethnic cleansing. In this moment, it's essential the UK govt turbocharges efforts towards Palestinian statehood and holds the US to account to ensure it keeps within the rule of law and respects human rights including self determination.

The lengths to which the American press is going to describe Donald Trump's Gaza plan in every other way but as ethnic cleansing is quite something

No, Trump’s talk of ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a “distraction” from Musk’s criminality. For those living in Gaza and for those who care about them, it is the main thing. The true “distraction” from Musk’s crimes is the way that American domestic political discourse is sanitised and curated.

The President of the United States welcome a leader wanted by the ICC and officially endorsed ethnic cleansing. Now would be a good time for our government to defend international law. If they won’t say it, we will: Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.

It needs to be made plain to everyone supporting Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza that they will be aiding in a war crime. Every politican who goes along with it. Every solider who goes there. Every construction worker who is involved in the building work. Every tourist who stays there.

BREAKING: A Statement calling for Wes Streeting to Resign. Signed by: Rainbow Greens LGBTQIA+ Greens LGBT+ Liberal Democrats Out For Independence Citing recent comments by Wes Streeting on the Bayswater group.

Kids are terrified right now (for themselves, families, and friends), and wondering who their "safe people" are. Be that person! We need to know who in our schools, workplaces, neighborhoods is ready to stand with our neighbors and get in the way if/when state agents come looking for them.

“The occupation shows no respect for the living or the dead.” As Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, it also denies the victims’ families the dignity to bury their loved ones.

Remember what regulations are. They are our protection against the predations of capital. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"I sense no appetite for a "works-with fascists-and-billionaires' message. I sense a desperate thirst for a 'fights fascists and billionaires' message." www.the-reframe.com/its/

IDF perfected its total annihilation of Gaza, leaving barely a building standing. Now it's exporting this eradication to Jenin, hotbed of resistance. Then by extension to all the West Bank, and Palestine. youtu.be/foS9IUV_aPg...

What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.

Many of us are returning to northern Gaza, gasping for life. We have no choice but to stand up and recover. But what does this mean for our martyrs? Will they go back home too? mondoweiss.net/2025/02/now-...

Brilliant, as ever, from @juliusgoat.bsky.social "It appears we're going to have to be our own leaders. Most of the ones we hired are broken." www.the-reframe.com/its/?ref=the...

I can't begin to say how outrageous this is. What sort of pressure has been put on SEN to make a ludicrous decision such as this?

1. If Trump runs out of immigrants to persecute, I suspect the next target for his performative sadism will be people with disabilities. Already, without a shred of evidence, he has blamed the air crash on disabled air traffic controllers, with horrible, stereotyping slurs about their disabilities.🧵

This.