ecoHomeboy

goldenera hiphop & beyond, economic & ecological justice, justice in general, graffiti, land law, cumbia, klezmer, jazz, music w/soul.
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[ecoHomeboy @EcoHomeboy]

@centaurisyr @karimfranceschi Pathetic that you have to keep women down to feel strong yourselves, like your own ego can’t handle having any successful women around

Embarrassing

[Karim Franceschi @karimfranceschi]

Just look at how sick the Salafi mindset is. These cutthroats in suits, presenting themselves to the Western establishment as “moderates,” have found a way to cap women’s education while pretending the opposite. They say they support education for everyone, for both women and men, then they separate boys and girls in school, and for the girls’ final high school exam they introduce a math test you would expect in top Chinese universities. Of course, the exam for the boys is much, much easier. If there were a free press in Syria, which there isn’t, they would ask the Ministry of Education, a long-time Al-Qaeda cleric, to try to solve even one of the math problems given to these young women, who spent five years studying like mules, clinging to the smallest sliver of hope for a chance to escape a life of poverty and misery after years of civil war. Those who can afford it will have to repeat the year, and keep trying until learned helplessness forces them back into the kitchen. That’s the plan. That’s how the system will work from now on in Syria. On the surface, they will keep parroting European Union-style language about opportunity, inclusion, and progress. But in reality, they are implementing a deeply reactionary worldview rooted in Al-Qaeda ideology, just repackaged in the hypocritical language of neoliberalism. Welcome to Al-Qaeda Inc. 2.0: wearing a suit, beard neatly trimmed, but in substance, the same old misogynist bastards.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: Democrats Just Escalated The Epstein Fight To The Highest Levels Of The White House.

Rep. Robert Garcia says new reporting shows Vice President J.D. Vance was directly involved in internal discussions about how the administration should respond to the Epstein controversy.

According to Garcia, those discussions weren't happening in a political war room.

They were happening in the Situation Room.

The same facility normally used for national security crises and military operations.

Garcia claims Vance, Susie Wiles, Todd Blanche, Kash Patel, and other senior officials were involved in meetings focused on the Epstein fallout and how to protect the president politically.

He says that's why he now wants Vance questioned directly.

First the questions were about the files.

Then they were about the Attorney General.

Now they're about the Vice President of the United States.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ And just like that, Epstein / Trump completely VANISHED from the media.

But a sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump RAPED and threatened to KILL children.

Lets make this viral again & again 👇👇👇

[Azat @AzatAlsalim]

For those suffering from amnesia: a staggering... 2 months ago, the Islamic regime of Iran murdered more than 40,000 people, whose only crime was to protest for freedom.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

HORRIFIC: Hamas militias are opening fire on civilians and kidnapping members of the Shuhaiber family in Tel Al-Hawa, Gaza — as women and children scream in the background.

Hamas is a terrorist organization.

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

Well done @FT

Mahvash’s Sabet’s book “Open Wide The Doors” is out soon. And it is absolutely extraordinary.

Three books are reviewed here in the about “the familiar question of whether the Islamic republic is about to fall by asking why Iranian society has again and again generated movements of defiance against its rulers.”

But the final word goes to the book that “shifts the centre of Iranian history away from rulers and revolutions and towards the people who endure the consequences.

That is why Sabet’s memoir makes such a fitting final word. Against the scale of Iran’s past, her testimony reinforces the power of individual conscience and endurance as the only way forward.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

A must read. https://t.co/A96NPSuk7j

[Samer Sinijlawiسامر السنجلاوي @SSinijlawi]

As Palestinian political life has declined amid division, authoritarianism, and the absence of elections, a growing number of donor-funded NGOs have moved beyond their legitimate civil society role and increasingly act as political representatives without electoral legitimacy or public accountability.
Many now participate in international conferences, influence political initiatives, and are presented to foreign governments as voices of Palestinian society, despite never being elected or authorized to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people.
The issue is not foreign funding, civil society work, or international engagement. The issue is transparency and representation. Palestinians have the right to know how organizations are selected for international funding, how millions of euros are spent, who sets their priorities, and what mechanisms exist to hold them accountable.
No NGO, regardless of its achievements, can replace political parties, national movements, or elected institutions. Democracy cannot be built through projects, representation cannot be granted through diplomatic invitations, and legitimacy cannot be issued by foreign embassies.
Palestine does not need to replace one unelected elite with another. It needs free elections, modern political parties, accountable institutions, and a strong civil society that fulfills its proper role—not one that substitutes for politics itself.
Politics should be shaped by representatives elected by the people, not by project managers. Legitimacy comes from voters, not donors.
@expertisefrance @FranceJerusalem

[Samer Sinijlawiسامر السنجلاوي @SSinijlawi]

As Palestinian political life has declined amid division, authoritarianism, and the absence of elections, a growing number of donor-funded NGOs have moved beyond their legitimate civil society role and increasingly act as political representatives without electoral legitimacy or public accountability.
Many now participate in international conferences, influence political initiatives, and are presented to foreign governments as voices of Palestinian society, despite never being elected or authorized to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people.
The issue is not foreign funding, civil society work, or international engagement. The issue is transparency and representation. Palestinians have the right to know how organizations are selected for international funding, how millions of euros are spent, who sets their priorities, and what mechanisms exist to hold them accountable.
No NGO, regardless of its achievements, can replace political parties, national movements, or elected institutions. Democracy cannot be built through projects, representation cannot be granted through diplomatic invitations, and legitimacy cannot be issued by foreign embassies.
Palestine does not need to replace one unelected elite with another. It needs free elections, modern political parties, accountable institutions, and a strong civil society that fulfills its proper role—not one that substitutes for politics itself.
Politics should be shaped by representatives elected by the people, not by project managers. Legitimacy comes from voters, not donors.
@CanadaRepPA

[WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 @WarMonitor3]

WATCH: I have spotted some very suspicious Russian airforce flights over the last couple days which they have tried to hide.
-Russian airforce is secretly transferring mercenaries and drones to Africa through Syria.
-Russian airforce is potentially flying supplies to Iran and conducting recon on Armenia from Berslan airbase in Southern Russia.
-Russian airforce has transported supplies to Murmansk Russia in order to support its submarine and sabotage operations in the North Sea.
-Russian airforce is potentially importing dual use components from Mumbai India to use it drones and missiles.

[Akshat Rathi @AkshatRathi]

"An electron can be sourced from coal, gas, sun, wind, or uranium; a combustion engine is married to a single fuel that must cross chokepoints. Electrification is the purchase of optionality, and China bought more of it than any nation in history." https://t.co/AurSTdVaBJ

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

YES. Exactly. The purpose of the Ukraine War was to add population to Russia -- to force Ukrainians to think of themselves as Russians, so that Russia would have more meat to throw at the next target (Baltics+Poland).

This is how Russia has always operated. It's a Ponzi Empire.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

A lot of Russian assets across the globe have started a last ditch effort to save Russia from its looming defeat. The only right response is to increase help for the Ukrainian people, enabling them to finish the job. Once imperial Russia is no more, many „domestic“ problems will „miraculously“ disappear, because after all it has always been Russia and not a domestic issue.

[ecoHomeboy @EcoHomeboy]

@Tendar Hope he sterilised his hands after touching that rapist Diaper Donald

[Matthew Adrien✝️🇮🇷🇮🇱 @RealMattAdrien]

They shot her dead!

She was only a child.

Hosna Shahdoosti, a 14 years old child from Kohnooj

She was shot by the Islamic regime security forces on January 8 in Bandar Abbas.

Due to financial hardship, her family was unable to pay the 'bullet fee' demanded by the regime to retrieve her body for two weeks. About 520 million tomans was demanded by the regime for her body!

Lest we forget.

#KingRezaPahlavi‌ForIran
#IranMassacre‌

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

The bullshit biolabs conspiracy is back at the exact same time Candice Owen’s and Andrew Tate arrive in Moscow.

This is a coordinated disinformation damaging against Ukraine by the Kremlin.

Don’t fall for it

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

🚨 BOMBSHELL! Prominent Rep. Jamie Raskin exposes a horrifying reality.

He confirms Donald Trump mass pardoned 97 violent criminals, including a man who went on to sexually assault two children.

The administration is actively protecting the most depraved predators!

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Shocker that the worlds first trillionaire features 1471 times in the Epstein Files 😮

[ME24 - Middle East 24 @MiddleEast_24]

GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Images emerging from Iran during the January protests show the brutal reality faced by people in the streets. Human rights organizations and activists have long accused the regime of mass arrests, executions, violent crackdowns on protesters, and severe repression of political and religious minorities.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries
https://t.co/8kY171r5w1