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[Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek]

It’s like advertising luxury villas in Nazi germany during peak Holocaust.

So shameful

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

LOCK HIM UP‼️
For those who are confused, he's talking about abducting and holding women and children as hostages and human shields.

[Electronic Intifada @intifada]

Israel has been attempting to further empower Palestinian armed gangs in Gaza which have carried out atrocities on Israel's behalf, says @Ahmed_A1Najjar.

But from what he hears in Gaza, their numbers are dwindling.

[Double Down News @DoubleDownNews]

"It brings me no pleasure to compare what Israel is doing to what the Nazis did, but how can we not? When you have things like ghettos, starvation, concentration camps and planned systematic extermination of people"

Jewish journalist @kthalps

CC: LBC @lewis_goodall @hasanthehun

[Parody Jeff @Parodyjeffx]

HOLY SHIT 🇩🇪🚨

A woman in Germany says “Free Palestine.” Police swarm, cover her mouth, drag her down like a beast.

That slogan is now banned in Germany because it’s considered antisemitic.

If you say it, the state silences you by force.

[Sam Husseini @samhusseini]

I had asked about this horrific crime by Israel — using drones to broadcast recordings of crying children so they could shoot Palestinians who were lured — when I first saw it reported in Gaza in 2024.

The Biden admin spokesperson saw no evil.

The Trump spokesperson hasn’t had a briefing in almost a year.

Now Israel is reportedly doing it in Lebanon. Video by @decensorednews

[HaitiInfoProj @HaitiInfoProj]

US Accepts Only White Refugees For Sixth Consecutive Month https://t.co/SoQS2iAUiS

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

Will Justice Catch Up With Israel?
I was interviewed by @AliAbunimah and @norabf of @intifada commencing at minute 35. Thanks for the discussion!
https://t.co/6ExQ3kBUa2

[HaitiInfoProj @HaitiInfoProj]

When a Gang Leader Dictates His Law to the EDH: The Seizure of Thorland by Krisla and the Admission of a De Facto Power

We were tragically wrong to simply pit "State vs. Bandits" against each other. By dictating his law to the EDH (Electricity of Haiti) this Thursday, May 28, 2026, and relying on solid and diversified financial networks, Krisla reveals the true nature of power in Haiti today: a hybrid power where the State, economic elites, and gangs operate in a perverse symbiosis.

For nearly five years, an implacable observation has defied all official narratives: the main gang leaders who dominate the occupied zones of the metropolitan region—from Martissant to Carrefour, passing through Cité Soleil, Bel-Air, and Bas-Delmas—remain firmly in place.

They have not truly been decisively bothered. Neither successive *de facto* governments, nor isolated operations, nor international missions (MSS then GSF), nor targeted sanctions have broken their command structure.

On Thursday, May 28, 2026, this reality took on a particularly spectacular and symbolic form. Men from the Ti Bwa gang (Krisla), led by Christ-Roi Chéry, alias Krisla, peacefully took control of the EDH No. 2 power plant in Thorland, in the municipality of Carrefour.

Far from a simple act of banditry, they demanded a regular supply of electricity for the local population, particularly during the World Cup period.

This gesture is not anarchic destruction: it is a gang leader dictating his law to a major state institution. A blatant admission of a *de facto* power exercising itself in broad daylight.

Krisla’s Financial Networks: A Sophisticated and Durable Criminal Economy

Behind this action lies a well-structured financial network that explains the resilience of Krisla and his gang. Like many leaders of the Viv Ansanm coalition, Krisla no longer depends solely on external sponsors. He has developed autonomous, diversified, and extremely profitable sources of income.

The main resources come from systematic extortion ("protection taxes") imposed on residents, merchants, and businesses operating in his zone of control in Carrefour.

The gang collects illegal tolls on roads and strategic axes, rackets carriers and distribution companies.
Control of the EDH No. 2 plant directly reinforces this model: by regulating the electricity supply, Krisla can monetize access to energy, impose payments on subscribers or institutions, and transform public infrastructure into a source of private rent.
Kidnapping for ransom constitutes another backbone of his finances, generating quick and significant liquidity. Added to this are drug trafficking, the diversion of goods, and the control of trade flows in the southern zone of Port-au-Prince.

According to estimates regarding the Viv Ansanm coalition as a whole, these extortion and illegal taxation activities generate between $60 and $75 million per year. A significant portion of this income finances the armament, recruitment, and loyalty of fighters.

Despite international sanctions (freezing of assets by the European Union in July 2025, among others), these financial networks remain robust because they are largely internalized within the local Haitian economy.
Krisla maintains channels with certain private sector actors who pay to protect their activities, and historical links with political and economic elites who, even if reduced, continue to offer facilities or indirect protections in exchange for services (securing zones, pressure on rivals). This financial hybridity—a mixture of criminal autonomy and pragmatic partnerships—makes Krisla much more resistant to outside pressure.

Cohabitation and Hybrid Governance in Carrefour

In the municipality of Carrefour, with nearly 500,000 inhabitants, the Krisla gang has exercised almost total control since 2024.
https://t.co/jjABKfDrJz

[HaitiInfoProj @HaitiInfoProj]

The pattern repeats itself. A few of the ti soldat (little soldiers) are killed, a small number of guns and ammo are discovered, THE GANG LEADER ESCAPES.

Not a single major gang leader has been killed or arrested as Fils-Aimé's government quietly works on an unpopular amnesty deal. Yet, whenever there are protests in the camps to return home and reclaim communities the gangs suddenly reemerge in force. The police withdraw and innocents are murdered, the blan mercenaries release their drones, more innocents die. THEN there are more spectacular and muscular police raids trumpeted by the Haitian press, ti soldat die, the gang leaders escape and a few guns and ammo are shown off by the police.

[Heidi Matthews @Heidi__Matthews]

Flotilla participants are arriving at Istanbul airport. This is what Israel military and prison personnel did to them.

[The Resonance @Partisan_12]

GAME OF THRONES STAR LIAM CUNNINGHAM DROPS TRUTH BOMB:

“Doing business with Israel is a PERMISSION SLIP for GENOCIDE!”

“There is NO middle ground. You either stand with Palestine… or you stand with Genocide... SANCTION ISRAEL NOW!” @liamcunningham1

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

Cuba is not a menace to the world.
The United States is a menace to the world.
The world stands with Raúl Castro, hero of the Cuban Revolution.
The world turns its back on Donald Trump, clown of human destruction.

[Going Underground @GUnderground_TV]

Former CIA Officer Philip Agee explains why the US🇺🇸 has been waging economic warfare on Cuba🇨🇺 for decades and trying to strangle & overthrow the socialist system:

‘They know that if the Cubans are successful of their example in being able to provide, as a poor country, the best medical care in the third world…it’s a very bad example for the United States.

There is a large mass of people in the US who can look to Cuba and say ‘wow if they can do it on a per capita income of $2K—2.5K, where ours is $22,500 a year, what’s wrong with our system? Maybe we ought to consider an alternative.’ That’s why Sandinista Nicaragua had to be destroyed, that’s why Grenada had to be destroyed.

Because any movement that comes to power with the idea of providing for all the people and escaping the control of the US and its economy, that is bad news for the United States and among the upper circles of power and influence.’

H/t: @sov_media

[HaitiInfoProj @HaitiInfoProj]

Anatomy of an Absolution: How PHTK Operatives Rewrite History While the Ruins of Kwadèboukè Burn
https://t.co/BkVmg6a1G6

[Flashpoints Radio 🔊Truth for the Public Record @FlashpointsNews]

@Bigqadi Blue checks on X

[KPFA Radio @kpfaradio]

NEW SHOW debuts TOMORROW at 10am: THE STAKES

Teresa Wierzbianska & Scott Baba break down the 2026 political landscape—Congress, democracy, and the races that matter. National, state, local. No static.

Thursday 10am on KPFA 94.1 FM
Streaming at https://t.co/vqOSem3IKV
#KPFA #TheStakes #Election2026 #Midterms

[KPFA Radio @kpfaradio]

Cuba’s new Family Code is about more than marriage equality. It redefines family through care, protection, and social bonds. Women’s Magazine explores Cuba, U.S. pressure, LGBTQ rights, and grassroots solidarity.

Full episode at https://t.co/vqOSem3IKV

#cuba #family #equalrights #equality

[KPFA Radio @kpfaradio]

Join legendary percussionist, composer, and cultural activist John Santos and the John Santos Sextet for a special KPFA 77th Birthday Celebration at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley.

With a career spanning over 50 years, John Santos has collaborated with icons including Cachao, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Omar Sosa, and more. The John Santos Sextet brings together master musicians celebrating the deep Afro-Latino roots of jazz.

Saturday, May 23 |Doors at 7pm |Music at 8pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley

Presented by Tawfic Halaby and Joanna Manqueros of Music of the World, Saturdays at 9am on KPFA.
Tickets at https://t.co/vqOSem3IKV

#KPFA #JohnSantos #LaPeña #AfroLatinJazz #BayAreaMusic #BerkeleyEvents #Jazz #ListenerSupportedRadio @LaPenaCultural