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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 2h

It's bitter-sweet watching the hostages story... no-one seems to care about the hideous destruction and death left behind by Israel in the Gaza strip. And it's not over yet.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 11h

"Nice."

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Cultural Champ @culturalchamp.bsky.social · 11h

Good thread
(responding to small minds)

#auspol

Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 15h

poor old Tony Abbott is on the public broadcaster dismissing the oldest and longest continuous oral histories in the history of humanity as “hearsay” how’s your morning going.

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 4h

Has Israel broken the ceasefire yet!

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 7h

On Orwell www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Documentary argues George Orwell's greatest fears are materializing

George Orwell's writings warning of the dangers of totalitarian and authoritarian states gave the English language the term "Orwellian." A new documentary called "Orwell: 2+2=5” argues that Orwell's g...

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 10h

"Trump's instincts are based around the “transaction”, ego and self-promotion, and his record over two terms shows a pattern of timed announcements that maximise media exposure or opportunities for personal gain and self-promotion"
newpolitics.substack.com/p/the-mirage...

The mirage of peace: Will Israel fool the world yet again?

The world needs to act now, otherwise, it will just a brief silence in between the dropping of the bombs, before history repeats itself again.

newpolitics.substack.com

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Do people like Murdoch and Putin have damaging dirt on Albo. Why is he designing and maintaining toothless oversight vehicles?

Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 12h

2/2 Two weeks ago, a political associate of Nigel Farage pleaded guilty to accepting “Russia-linked bribes”.

This isn’t some tinpot scandal of a bent politician and some dodgy dealing. It’s a portal into a network that’s been seeking to destabilise elections in both Ukraine and the USA."

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 12h

"Since 2017, I have written about Trump, Russia & Brexit. I write about them because they'rinextricably linked. And Nigel Farage, friend and acolyte to Donald Trump, the leader of Britain’s Reform party, is a key figure in thetransatlantic axis 1/2

broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

We need to talk about Russia

So, yes, that means we also need to talk about Nigel Farage

broligarchy.substack.com

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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 13h

The first core Political Economy course, Economics I(P), was mounted in 1975. It was the product of considerable upheaval in previous years and would signal further upheaval. #auspol #economics #USYD

Fifty years of political economics at Sydney University – what has it meant for us?

Earlier this year The Journal of Australian Political Economy published a special issue devoted to recollections and implications of 50 years of Political Economy courses at Sydney University.

johnmenadue.com

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signtst @signtst.bsky.social · 13h

#auspol
Needs a tumbleweed rolling across the bottom.

Steptoe and Greg Sheridan on the set of insiders
#auspol
Could the last person to leave the insiders audience please turn off the lights?

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Sonans @sojaya.bsky.social · 13h

Need federal independant oversight. NT govt is ethically (and financially) compromised and cannot be trusted to “investigate” any of this #auspol #NT #CLP

Belverdear @belverdear.bsky.social · Mar 26

I am not sure why so many people are against fracking, I mean what could go wrong?.....🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

'It killed everything': Scientist assesses chemical spills at NT fracking site

Traditional owners and a scientist fear there have been more fracking chemical spills by gas companies exploring the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

www.abc.net.au

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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 23h

Wild. Stephen Mayne on ABC interview with Julian Morrow. Being part of the Kennett government experiment in Victoria was like “a cross between Thatcher and Trump in policy and style.” Yes, because his policies were designed by an Aussie Mont Pelerin Society economist. #AtlasNetwork #auspol #springst

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Camille @squattersdaughter.bsky.social · 1d

Australian who lived in Portland for over a decade checking in here. That frog is doing the Lord's work, more power to them! 🐸💪

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Sisyphus - Free 🇵🇸 stop apartheid - not in my name @car-py.bsky.social · 1d

Go @thunberggreta.bsky.social, go, go, all my support, never give in and if you were to come to France I will walk alongside you.

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg proved it with her determination.

She started a global movement
✊🏼🇵🇸

She turned fear into strength, anger into action.
She reminded us that you don't have to be powerful to change things - you need to have the courage to start.

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Kai, I’m gonna be honest, I think he shares a special bond with most girls your age.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 1d

Massive crowd in Melbourne/Naarm today (in case you thought this movement was going to be placated with more colonisation). Until the occupation ends. Until Western war criminals and their enablers face justice. Until Palestine is free.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

The airstrikes may have stopped, but the real war in Gaza has just begun, a silent war of grief and shattered hearts.
Every night without those we lost, Gaza turns into one endless house of mourning.

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Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Portland: your friends across the world are with you. Write up of “frogtifa” resistance in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, today. Stay strong, fuck ICE - and solidarity.

www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

Amphibious assault: Progressive Portland’s protesting frogs take air out of Trump’s arguments

The citizens of a progressive northwestern US city have found a creative, humorous way to undercut Donald Trump’s assertions of lawlessness.

www.smh.com.au

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social,
Thousands of Australians marched in solidarity with Palestine again today. In the last 2yrs they've learned the truth of Zionist Israel: the Nakba, occupation, West Bank settlements, Gaza blockade and genocide. AND your Govt's complicity. #auspol #SanctionIsrael

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Shadow61 @shadow61.bsky.social · 1d

@darren32359.bsky.social thank you for sharing this!!! I do hope this information will reach all the workers!!!

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

US faux Christians joining forces with Russian faux Christians

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Oliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 1d

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Barbara Flowers @babsflowers.bsky.social · 1d

$7000 per influencer for pro Israel posts... money from Zionist billionaires

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