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What caught your attention in October? 🤓

3️⃣ These are our three top stories of the month.

Keep scrolling to find out which ones 👇

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"When we write, we have to be extremely careful to avoid censorship and make sure the message gets through", says Denis Kabakov, Russian journalist in exile in Tbilisi.

Letters from exiles are one of the few ways to stay in touch with political prisoners in Russia

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The Kremlin seems most concerned about exiles organizing Putin's opponents and countering propaganda.

"We're safe now, but we still don't know for how long. And being safe doesn't mean you can already decide how to live your life," says Polina Negulyaeva, Russian dissident in Berlin

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What does the breaking news model leave out?

🔗 Read the excerpt from "Revolution and Development in Sudan: The Collected Works of Muzan Alneel" (@DarajaPress) at the link below.

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🔗 Read the full excerpt from posthumous book "Revolution and Development in Sudan: The Collected Works of Muzan Alneel" (@DarajaPress) at the link below.

🖋️ Illustrations by Fourate Chahal El Rekaby

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In the age of viral solidarity, could the struggle for attention get in the way of real political action?

The case of Sudanese solidarity with Palestine.

An excerpt from "Revolution and Development in Sudan: The Collected Works of Muzan Alneel"

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Why turning Sudan into "another Palestine" can backfire?

Because it ends up whitewashing the Sudan army crimes and risking entrenching military rules.

Even if it cuts off support to the RSF, it paves the way for authoritarian military rule with minimum accountability

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In both cases, activists said they felt abandoned by their own government, despite the Milei administration's claims that it had intervened in the case of those detained in Libya.

Why?

🔗 Read Daniella Fernandez's full piece and see all her photos here👇https://t.co/H1yZ6zcVmm

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Argentina President Javier Milei has called himself the "most Zionist president in the world."

His government put its alliance with Israel ahead of its detained citizens, Argentine activists arrested en route to Gaza said

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It happened in April, when Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, detaining 200 activists, including Argentine former Buenos Aires legislator @Cele_Fierro

It happened in May, when authorities in Libya detained Argentine activists in a land convoy en route to Gaza

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They were ready to put their bodies on the line to stand with Gaza

But they were met with a government — their own — led by the self-proclaimed "most Zionist president in the world."

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@Cele_Fierro 👉 Read Daniella Fernandez's full piece and see all her photos at the link below 👇
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