Miscellaneous Ramblings

they/them. Educator. K-12 Curriculum Writing, Professional Development & Instructional Coaching. @Blacks4Peace
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#ShutDownAFRICOM

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[Momodou ✊🏿 @MomodouTaal]

“The greatness of Kwame Nkrumah and his call for Pan-Africanism, which in his day made some laugh and condemned him to the ferocious hatred of others, can now more than ever be recognised as a clear-sighted awareness of the frailty of a fragmented Africa” - Samir Amin

[Monthly Review @monthly_review]

U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent the acknowledged budget for 2026. – Gisela Cernadas, David Vine and John Bellamy Foster / The Left Chapter

https://t.co/A7Lx0U3BZF

[Mujamma Haraket @MujammaHaraket]

Al Jazeera Arabic has published a new short report including exclusive interviews with former members of collaborator militias who operated in areas controlled by the occupation east of the "Yellow Line" in Gaza. Using photos and testimonies obtained from a source within the Ministry of the Interior in Gaza, correspondent Suhaib al-ʿAsa analyzes the nature of these groups’ operations, as well as their recruitment mechanisms and coordination with the occupation army.

According to the report, a number of people who joined these groups initially believed they were responding to recruitment ads offering job opportunities or humanitarian aid, only to later discover the true nature of the endeavor. The report quotes a former member as saying that within a few days of joining, he felt as if he were “inside a prison,” stressing that the promises he had initially received quickly proved to be fabrications.
According to the testimonies, these militias carry out field missions inside the Gaza Strip, with some of their members receiving training in Hebrew to facilitate communication during operations.

(Full documentary linked below)

[josh! @queersocialism]

been (re)reading a ton about oil, maritime trade, and nation-states over the past year or so. some stand outs if you’re interested:

[Belly of the Beast @bellybeastcuba]

Childhood cancer survival rates have fallen from 85% to 65%, nearly 3,000 dialysis patients have faced disruptions in treatment and 300 of the country's 395 essential medicines are now unavailable, according to a recent report in Cuban state media outlet Cubadebate.

[Wyatt Reed @wyattreed13]

Insane footage shows a burly Pahlavist man brutally slamming a woman to the ground for holding an Iranian flag. LA Police nowhere to be seen.

These are the same people who claim they want to overthrow the Iranian government for “women’s rights.”

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

🚨Hezbollah Targets A Building Where Israeli Soldiers Are Gathered With An FPV Drone

The anti-personnel warhead was detonated inside the building in southern Lebanon.

[IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) @iribnews_irib]

Iran’s FM Spokesperson:
"We possess sufficient evidence to prove the aggression of certain Persian Gulf states during the U.S. war against Iran. We will both document these acts and hold them accountable."

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

⚡️BREAKING: Iran's State TV confirms that Oman has AGREED to charge Service Fees in the Strait of Hormuz with Iran

"Expert groups from both countries will now gather to discuss the details of the services that will be provided"

[Margaret Kimberley @freedomrideblog]

Britain is like the U.S. Black people can’t have anything, not even their own history, without others inserting themselves.

[Carlos @agent_of_change]

Note the banner being displayed by Russian troops on the ground in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk. It’s the Victory Banner – the official symbol of the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany. Why is that banner being upheld 81 years later? Because it denotes a continuity with the fight against fascism and the struggle to defend Russia’s sovereignty and security.

[James🔻 @GoodVibePolitik]

Anti-North Korean propaganda really fell apart for me when I saw Palestinian resistance fighters firing rocket propelled grenades with the DPRK flag on it

[Joe Emersberger @rosendo_joe]

Trump literally said “for fun”.

[Ajamu Baraka @ajamubaraka]

The fascist siege of the Cuban revolution continues and the states able to provide some relief remain silent. We will not forget.

[Scalawag @scalawagmag]

In 2020, José Felan was charged with arson after attending a George Floyd protest in Minnesota. He is among the 17,000+ people arrested during the unrest following Floyd’s murder, and the 300+ who have faced federal charges for protesting the killing. https://t.co/rUX2ILnxvE

[Zo Brown @receipts_lol]

4/ Here is the link to the earlier thread, which tackles the lies in Chotiner's first 3 sentences.

This new thread will address Chotiner's lies in the next sentence.

[Zo Brown @receipts_lol]

2/ Reminder of context: Chotiner was fed incompetent, obvious propaganda.

- "haven’t interviewed actual witnesses"
- "not equipped to talk to [victims]"
- "we don’t work on issues like this"
- "they did not come prepared to collect the testimony and collect the evidence"

[Zo Brown @receipts_lol]

1/ We continue our investigation into the "evidence" Isaac Chotiner cited to call Palestinians mass rapists.

Our first thread exposed lies in Chotiner's first 3 sentences. This thread will examine the dehumanizing lies Chotiner pushed in sentence 4.

It will be a long thread.

[Black Alliance for Peace @Blacks4Peace]

Today, England takes the field against Ghana at 4pm est, but this is no symbolic moment of sporting equality. Instead it is an illusion to hide the the reality of repression advancing the U.S/ E.U./ NATO axis of domination.

[New Afrikan❤️🖤💚 @Liberation_Blk]

Mao was that dude.. I love the quote where he says New Afrikan struggle is integral to the global fight of all oppressed ppls against U.S. imperialism..he so gets it💆🏾‍♀️