Anti-capitalist. Anti-imperialist. Pro-socialism. Independent media junkie. Dedicated voter with no political party to call home. 🌹 Austerity is murder.
Last Thurs, Abdul El-Sayed asked CNN why he was never asked if he thought Palestine has a right to exist after he was asked if Israel does for the 900th time. So I ran the numbers and he’s right: Israel’s “right to exist” is a media obsession and Palestine’s is Just Not Mentioned
The US bombed Tehran's Sharif University last April, destroying $100 million worth of GPU in its AI center
In the process, it convinced the school's middle class pro-opposition students that its true goal was not woman, life freedom - but death & societal destruction
My report
⚠️The Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza had been organizing public screenings of World Cup matches for displaced families across the Strip. About an hour before today’s Egypt-Argentina match, Israel killed the committee’s public relations director in a strike on his vehicle. Two others, including a child, were also killed.
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said he does not recognize the supposed "victory" of far-right, Trump-backed candidate Abelardo de la Espriella. The president has evidence that the election was rigged by the US and Israel.
De la Espriella is a dual US citizen and multimillionaire linked to drug cartels and paramilitary death squads. He became a naturalized citizen in 2023, after living in the US for many years, and his 4 children were born in the US, although he strongly supports Trump and his racist anti-immigrant policies.
Just a few weeks before the election, de la Espriella traveled to Miami and posted a photo of himself meeting with the US deputy secretary of state and far-right US Congress members who have supported coups across Latin America.
Immediately after the election, de la Espriella returned to the US and met with more government officials.
After US Ambassador to the UN Mike Walz accused Cuba of repressing and imprisoning political dissidents, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla fired back.
Presenting a photograph of Renee Nicole Good to the UN General Assembly, he states bluntly to Waltz, "This woman cannot be released from jail – because she was murdered by ICE."
Showing image after image of ICE raids and repression of protestors, Rodríguez Parrilla says simply, "This isn't Cuba. This is in the US."
"1,800 Cuban babies have died as a result of the escalation of sanctions, just since 2019. So, this is mass murder by policy."
WATCH @AbbyMartin discuss the impact of the U.S. blockade on Cuba and her new film, 'Cuba After Castro,' on BT Live: https://t.co/VSYaGRMPaE
Reminder there is no such thing as “banning social media for under 16s” what they’re referring to is the total and complete removal of anonymous internet use, something Dems have been trying for yrs. This would have devastating human rights consequences and do zero for children
"Pam Bondi worked for GEO Group. Tom Homan has gotten money from GEO Group. This is the profit-driven mechanism behind mass deportation."
@JFranzblau on the revolving door of immigration terror for profit: https://t.co/2Fp9Ws0PMn
You can’t see it, but the heat wave is palpable in this image. In our book @NaomiAKlein and I frame the rise of what we call End Times Fascism as a *war over who survives the future.* The far right knows the earth is warming and their response is monstrous survivalist supremacy.
"We're trying to sound the alarm to let people know that they're not alone and veterans are behind them."
WATCH @VetsAboutFace members take action against the Trump administration's July 4th celebrations: https://t.co/0BM1AWRdDs
The "Kamala reached out to Mamdani" story should be read the same way as "Biden is mad at Netanyahu behind the scenes" reporting. Which is to say it's a leaked story to give you the impression that candidate is more aligned with populist opinion than they really are.
After nearly a month, the US-backed, far-right electoral coup in Peru has succeeded. The daughter of the US-backed former fascist dictator, Fujimori, a convicted war criminal who committed genocide, has been installed in power.
The left-wing, pro-working class candidate, Roberto Sánchez Palomino, was winning when the votes were counted after the June 7 election, so the corrupt electoral authorities delayed the count and spent nearly a month cooking the books, overseeing some very extreme irregularities, especially with supposed votes from abroad that magically appeared and made Fujimori "win".
Keiko Fujimori ran for president multiple times, but always lost, because she is extremely unpopular in Peru. But Trump and Marco Rubio made sure she would be put in power this time, just as they blatantly meddled in recent elections to support right-wing candidates in Argentina, Colombia, Honduras, etc.
Keiko's father was the fascist dictator Alberto Fujimori, who, with US support, dissolved Congress, implemented mass privatizations, and committed genocide against indigenous peoples, sterilizing huge numbers of them without their consent (with funding from the US government).
The US-backed dictator was later formally convicted of corruption, bribery, kidnapping, murder, and crimes against humanity. His nepo baby daughter always defended his crimes, and the US empire just helped put her in power in an electoral coup.
"I saw the war and carnage that we created. We weren't there to free anybody, we were there to occupy and brutalize the people."
WATCH Iraq war veterans highlight why they're at today's "Freedom Over Fascism" march in Philadelphia: https://t.co/0BM1AWRdDs
Switching off of SAVE to RAP is a bad idea for many student debtors. It's telling that after sending 8M debtors half a dozen scary emails saying "switch now" that less than 50k people have tried to switch to RAP. This plans sucks and everyone knows it. Worst admin in history.
🇻🇪 Heartbreaking footage from Venezuela shows stacks of coffins growing.
50,000 people are reportedly still trapped beneath the rubble and the USA stole all the country's money.
Anti-war veterans, service members, and military families will take over Philadelphia this July 4 as part of the "Freedom Over Fascism" march.
Their demands: No to ICE and endless wars and real investment in local communities.
@MikePrysner, US Army veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War (@CCW4COs), explains how conscientious objector filings have surged higher than at any point since 9/11, triggered by Trump’s belligerence in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba.
Part of the left populist/DSA rise is the way the Epstein files laid bare class dynamics. How can you really believe trans people or immigrants are the biggest problem when you see billionaires conspiring to self deal, war profiteer, and manipulate national governments?