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Spy Cops Revealed “In total, about 139 undercover officers – employed in two covert squads – spied on more than 1,000 political groups. Tens of thousands of mainly leftwing and progressive campaigners were put under surveillance.” 1/3

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Anatol Lieven’s climate change and the state - the realist case being a prime example. Whining about how you can’t say anything these days or you’ll be called racist while also saying some truly racist stuff

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No justice No peace Solidarity for our comrades sentenced to prison

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This is really fantastic reporting. Even after reform after reform prisons are still incompatible with life. We urgently need to move away from incarceration, and think differently about the role of punishment in society.

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To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

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‘The police don't have Crown immunity. The NHS don't have Crown immunity. But prisons are immune from prosecution under the Health and Safety Act.’ @danigaravelli.bsky.social on the preventability of youth suicide in Scottish prisons, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

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"A major riot broke out [at] Upstate New York [prison] on Thursday" following another "major riot...on Wednesday..." Revolt follows growing strike by guards angry that 7 co-workers now face murder charges for savage beating death of Robert Brooks in December. www.corrections1.com/riots-and-cr...

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Thinking about historical parallels. People talk about coups and autogolpes, the fascist seizure of power in the 1930s, and there are resemblances. But there are other models we could think about.

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Really important work from @tombfowler.bsky.social, well worth a follow

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Those who repeat history are doomed to learn it or whatever

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Het is heel fijn om mijn tekst samen met @danielloick.bsky.social te zien in @nlboekengids.bsky.social Nu beschikbaar in alle goede boekwinkels

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Disgraceful attack on academic freedom and civil society

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Very honoured to see Francesca Albanese in Amsterdam. “Impartiality should not be taken as a fancy word for indifference, or a posh word for ignorance” -FA

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"I would really like to see a lot more anarchist flags in demonstrations. Many people have no idea what the meaning is of the colours black-green, black-red or black-purple on a flag. A great way to start a conversation with people." freedomnews.org.uk/2025/02/11/j...

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“The price tag is also equivalent to a year’s rent for a one-bedroom apartment for 1,177 people, which would constitute roughly 80% of New Orleans’ unhoused population.”

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A little heads-up on some findings from a paper I'm working on with @drsamjlewis.bsky.social , looking at ethnic disparities in CPS charging decisions. No matter which region you look at, white British individuals always appear better off. We should have a preprint ready in a few weeks.

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This was a really interesting conversation about some real low life people. I don’t ever want to read siege but I do want to read this book!

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Fantastic question in the FT today

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You know that famous Nazi book burning photo? You know the one. That’s from when they burned the contents of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Science), a gender affirming clinic that opened in Berlin in 1919. So no, none of this is new, and the fascists have done this before

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This is a really amazing opportunity to learn WITH rather than about comrades in Rojava. Really excited to be a part of this!

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POSTERACTIE · BESCHERM HET DEMONSTRATIERECHT We hebben 300 posters in Den Haag opgehangen met de teksten met de teksten “Demonstreren is een mensenrecht!” en een dichtregel gebaseerd op de bekende preek van Niemöller. Lees waarom op onze website hetactiefonds.nl/.../posterac...

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Funding opportunity!! 🚨 It's pretty grim out there but you can apply for money for actions from ANYWHERE in the world and @hetactiefonds.bsky.social can give you money. Blockades, marches and creative actions cost money. Apply now (you can also join me in becoming a supporter 😉)

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Het cynisme van deze politieke is grenzeloos. Ze nemen protestbewegingen nog hun belastingvoordelen af voordat ze de miljarden van het fossiele of financiële kapitaal durven aan te spreken.

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it’s round two, you hashtag resist people really gotta stop using bizarre nicknames for Trump. “Orange Drumpf” etc didn’t hit in 2016 and it extremely does not hit now

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It is complete

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@raaleh.bsky.social if you like Pump Fun you should listen to this episode the whole thing is bonkers podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/d...

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I started rewatching Twin Peaks and it offers some lessons for life: in the face of incomprehensible evil do not forget to appreciate pie, coffee, and trees.

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Happy to share a free PDF of my book “Brutalism as Found: Housing, Form and Crisis at Robin Hood Gardens” - thanks to the Open Access policy of its publisher @GoldsmithsPress pure.manchester.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles…

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Dit lijkt mij dus best een gerechtvaardigd moment voor alle democratische partijen in ons land om van X af te gaan.

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Two years ago today, Georgia State Patrol troopers shot and killed forest defender Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán during a raid against a protest encampment opposing Cop City near Atlanta

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Reminds me that when Amsterdam had the spinhuis, the first women’s prison the confronts, often sex workers would shame visitors by yelling ‘I know you’

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[Mexico City, Mexico] Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building. Via Ghost of Durruti

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This is a beautiful tribute.

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