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We kijken niet naar politiek maar naar maffia

submitted 15 days ago • 39 comments

Oud-legerleider Zaluzhnyi solliciteert duidelijk niet voor de plek van nieuwe en meer plooibare Oekraïense gesprekspartner voor Trump. Maar misschien wel voor die van onverzettelijke Oekraïense leider die tegen VS in durft te gaan…?

submitted 14 days ago • 4 comments

Waarom klinken progressieve politici vaak zo knullig of irritant – ook wanneer ze volkomen gelijk hebben? Te vaak weten populistische politici als Geert Wilders hun tegenstanders aan te vallen als establishment. Progressieve leiders moeten zelf uitdager worden, betoogt Dave Schut. buff.ly/YNMEKJF

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

Belarus lost a lot in severing its relationship with Ukraine. President Alexander Lukashenko's public statements belie a complex picture of a country walking a tightrope between its Soviet past and its aspirations for engagement with the European Union.

submitted 4 days ago • 24 comments

Nooit vergeten: 11 jaar geleden (16-3-2014) installeerde Putin na de militaire invasie een pro-Russisch parlement op de Krim. Voor Wilders geen probleem: Hou eens op met zeuren over de Krim, twitterde hij in 2019 over zijn bezoeken aan de Krim. Tegen Zelensky loog hij daarover

submitted 4 days ago • 30 comments

Protesters are out in Budapest, Hungary today demanding the resignation of pro-Putin Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Love it!

submitted 4 days ago • 847 comments

Sen. Mark Kelly: "I think it's probably the worst 50 days of any presidency I can think of in my life. It's been, you know, pretty much a shit show since day one" Full interview on the MeidasTouch Podcast 👇 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4UCi...

submitted 4 days ago • 721 comments

BREAKING: Fresh Israeli strikes have killed five Palestinians in northern Gaza, including reportedly journalist and drone photographer Mahmoud Sleem. Four were killed in a drone strike at the Attar junction in Beit Lahiya, and one person was killed off the coast by the Israeli navy.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Keir Starmer said that Western allies other than the US were stepping up preparations to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, with defence chiefs set to firm up ‘robust plans’ next week reut.rs/4hc1CRR

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed. Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance. My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...

submitted 5 days ago • 518 comments

NEW UN REPORT: “The evidence reveals a deplorable increase in sexual and gender-based violence [since October 2023]... There is no escape from the conclusion that Israel has employed sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians to terrorise them." www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Wat hij - prominent CDU'er - wél begrijpt en bijvoorbeeld @partijnsc.bsky.social niet. #BetrouwbareBronnen over Merz' gedurfde €1000 miljard voorzet, Nederland en Europa art19.com/shows/betrou...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Zelenskyy warns Putin will manipulate Ukraine ceasefire plan to make ‘reasonable solutions impossible’ – Europe live

submitted 6 days ago • 36 comments

"The fear of population decline and push for pronatalist policies obscures the critical fact that we have yet to address the consequences of the rapid population growth we’ve experienced since the 1950s." theconversation.com/why-we-shoul...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Noura Erakat in interview met @democracynow.org - de manier waarop Amerika omgaat met de Palestijnen is de kanarie in de kolenmijn. De ontmenselijking van & genocide op Palestijnen maakt de afbraak mogelijk van onze eigen democratie. Het is aan elk van ons hiertegen op te staan youtu.be/rwilatBgp8s

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

#Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic. @theatlantic.com - www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

“Washington has become the court of Nero,” Senator Claude Malhuret declared before the French Parliament this week. His speech, whose dark urgency and stark rhetorical force made it a social-media sensation, has been translated and adapted by The Atlantic:

submitted 12 days ago • 37 comments

Het blijft stil rond de wereldwijde humanitaire catastrofe ontstaan door het schrappen van USAID. Meer weten? Hier mijn verhaal op Joop.nl www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

🚀 Introducing our brand-new strategy: All Populations Matter 🌍 We believe a just, sustainable world is possible - but only if we address the challenges of population, resource use and equity together. 📖 Take a first look here 👉 bit.ly/3QpufQt #AllPopulationsMatter

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

International Women’s Day! Let’s celebrate all women! #IWD2025

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Bisan Owda laat via Instagram zien onder welke omstandigheden de #Palestijnen tijdens de #Israëlische #bezetting proberen te overleven. Haar video’s vormen een beklemmende getuigenis vanuit #Gaza. Tegenlicht selecteerde een deel van haar werk. Kijk mee door de ogen van Bisan.

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De coalitie verliest 24 zetels in deze peiling. Nederland snakt naar een nieuwe koers. D66 groeit. Wij kiezen voor serieuze oplossingen en echte vooruitgang. Voor alle Nederlanders. Steeds meer mensen sluiten zich bij ons aan. Kunnen we ook op jouw steun rekenen? d66.nl/meedoen-met-...

submitted 23 days ago • 23 comments

Klevers bezuinigingen kunnen internationale relaties schaden. ‘Nederland had altijd de gunfactor’

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

Wat er anders is aan het fascisme van vandaag is dat het sterk verbonden is met oligarchie in vergelijking met de jaren 30. En de technologie speelt een belangrijke rol: de sociale media sturen richting een politiek van wij tegen zij en complottheorieën.

submitted 31 days ago • 13 comments

"It is quite ironic to see a decade later, the political and economic elites of Western countries trade accusations of censorship, while in the background actively working to suppress or distort freedom of expression." — #AJOpinion by Khalid Albaih ⤵️

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✨ MAGA CULT TEST ✨ Are you really thinking for yourself, or are you trapped in an echo chamber? Let’s find out. A 9-year study with over 300,000 data points reveals how MAGA followers are systematically brainwashed through message frequency + algorithms. Here’s how it works:

submitted 34 days ago • 5 comments

Over de opschorting en wellicht opheffing van #USAID: de rijkste mensen ter wereld hebben op dag één besloten over het lot van de armste mensen op de wereld", aldus Lai van @OxfamNovib. @urgentfundingusaid.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

❓What does the #USAID funding freeze mean for global #development? Join us in person or online on Wednesday, 19 February (16:00–17:30 CET) for a critical panel discussion on the far-reaching implications of this decision. 🔗 More info and registration: edu.nl/x67ph

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

#FrancescaAlbanese provides detailed expert testimony on the atrocities of the violent realities in Gaza and West Bank at Utrecht University #conflictstudies conference. Unbelievable how this UN rapporteur was uninvited to the Dutch parliament, after unfounded character assassinations.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, how Fox News really works, and the war over his family's media empire. My cover story for The Atlantic's April edition: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 33 days ago • 76 comments

More preposterous statements from the White House on #Gaza. Is the strategy to collapse the ceasefire, resume bombing the area wiping out any infrastructure still standing & killing & maiming many Gazans, & then inviting them to cross the border to Egypt? www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/p...

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Trans Atlantic love is over. Europe has to quickly grow up and boost effective collaboration to face the 2025 challenges and beyond. In the process finally start taking bloody seriously its specific socioeconomic setup amd values. The EU must become a driving force again for peace & the common good.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

A drone hit the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine early this morning, per the IAEA. The Chernobyl New Safe Confinement unit caught fire and was damaged, but the IAEA reports the inner structure was not breached and radiation levels have not risen outside.

submitted 34 days ago • 20 comments

NRC: 'Stilletjes heeft OpenAI, het bedrijf achter ChatGPT, vorige week de vermelding dat hun taalmodellen „politiek onbevooroordeeld” moeten zijn weggehaald uit hun beleidsdocumenten. Zelfs de ambitie om gebruikers van neutrale informatie te voorzien, vervalt hiermee.' Het is maar dat je het weet.

submitted 37 days ago • 6 comments

Now that the Supreme Court has upheld a TikTok ban, "a window has been opened for acknowledging that, as a matter of law, protecting human expression is qualitatively different from enabling algorithmic manipulation of human attention," Allison Stanger writes.

submitted 60 days ago • 9 comments

🧵 1/ Save the Children reports the use of explosive weapons in Gaza during 2024 left “an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day – with potentially lifelong disabilities,” including the loss of limbs, sight, and hearing.

submitted 62 days ago • 3 comments

Wat is eigenlijk een mening? Veel van de dingen die onder het mom van vrijheid van meningsuiting worden gezegd, zijn in werkelijkheid scheldwoorden, verwensingen of andere uitingen van agressie. Volgens Floor Rusman een mening in ieder geval meer dan een haarbal. https://buff.ly/3PGR6Xy

submitted 61 days ago • 3 comments

The Guardian view on the victims of conflict: at the end of a brutal year they need support | Editorial https://www.europesays.com/1704139/ Wars in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere have made 2024 a brutal and bloody 12 months. For this…

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a busy year for us. There's been growing attention on the environmental consequences of conflict, but with too little action - this needs to change, and you can help. Support our research and advocacy. Donate today: ceobs.org/donate

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

American #oligarchy via @motherjones.com

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Israeli forces are directly targeting Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few remaining hospitals still operating for nearly 75,000 residents enduring Israel’s brutal siege in northern Gaza.

submitted 88 days ago • 9 comments