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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 23h

What's really in Trump's Gaza ceasefire deal?

Will Gaza Ceasefire Last? Trump’s Plan “Short on Details” Beyond Release of Captives

As President Trump celebrates his Gaza ceasefire deal, major questions remain over what happens next. Democracy Now! speaks with Khaled Elgindy, visiting scholar at Georgetown University’s Center for ...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 23h

Juan González reports on Chicago's resistance against ICE.

Juan González on Chicago’s Grassroots Movement to Protect Immigrants from ICE

As Trump threatens to send more federal troops to Chicago, grassroots movements have mobilized to protect immigrants from ICE raids. Democracy Now!’s Juan González, who is based in Chicago, reports th...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1h

Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social fled the country with his family after receiving death threats amid a right-wing campaign targeting him for his scholarship on antifa.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 1h

“Anyone who has any critique of Trump is potentially in the crosshairs,” says @mark-bray.bsky.social, a Rutgers professor who fled the country with his family after receiving death threats for his antifa scholarship.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 36m

“What we’re seeing today in the U.S. is increasingly fascist. MAGA, I believe — and I study fascism, I don’t say this lightly — is a fascist movement.”

Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family’s Safety Amid Trump’s “Antifa” Fearmongering

We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The ...

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harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 18m

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Historian Joel Beinin on Abandoning Zionism & His Israeli Niece's Captivity in Gaza

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 7h

General strike for Palestine in Spain #FreePalestine

Diario Público @publico.es · 8h

⭕DIRECTO | Arranca la jornada de huelga general, paros y marchas para denunciar el genocidio en Gaza

Huelga general y paros por Palestina, en directo | Arranca la jornada de marchas para denunciar el genocidio en Gaza

Sindicatos de trabajadores y estudiantes han convocado un parón general para este miércoles 15 de octubre con el objetivo de denunciar el genocidio en Palestina y mostrar su apoyo al pueblo de la F...

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GUWonder @guwonder.bsky.social · 9h

Funny how when the people are going around on planes and on boats and on trains screaming and shouting “jai Shri Ram” it’s not a crime in India and doesn’t come with extrajudicial smashing and bulldozing of property in India but “I love Muhammad” does. Welcome to the hypocrisy of a fascist regime.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 3h

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🦋💙Steven Robert Levine💙🦋 🇺🇦🇺🇸🗽 @2the7thgen.bsky.social · 3h

A dictatorship in the hands of socio- and psychopaths.

But maybe that's part of the definition of "dictator"...

the US has both running the Project 2025 Government.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1h

Feodosia, occupied Crimea’s main oil hub, is burning for the third day in a row after a second consecutive drone strike.

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harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 26m

Use a VPN for starters

harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 26m

... I mean, if we're going to simplify the explanation of an entire culture LOL

harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 27m

When Putin made it quite clear that it was a mafia authoritarian takeover, elites who had been looking forward to some democracy made the decision to go along rather than fight. Elites could have fought. They sank to their basest level instead. Those who left could not go along with the criminality

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harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 27m

But they don't have an easy life most of them. I think it's a little too reductive. It's more like they're so despairing of ever having a good life that they're only pleasures are brutalizing other people. The poor do it their way, the elites do it their way. Much has been written about all this. 🔽

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Sue @suezw.bsky.social · 40m

Right! Fellas try to donate to Ukraine's support and we wouldn't have to do that if Russia hadn't invaded. That's a voluntary tax!

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harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 31m

People who vote for this guy should be exiled to Mariupol

harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 37m

Yeah, they can't get him out any other way because they can't have an election due to martial law.
So once he's out some loyalist to Zelenskiyy and Ukraine will appoint a new mayor

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 1d

4/5 The US has considered sanctioning him.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies have tried to prosecute him. But he always survived.

Losing his citizenship could finally remove him from power

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harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 38m

So the last election was before the war started. I wonder if he would be voted in one more time right now? It seems less likely

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 1d

3/5 He’s also been accused of blocking military aid, delaying defense spending, and making pro-Russian statements.

While Odesa was under threat, he did little to help.

For years, he treated the city like his personal empire

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 1d

1/5 Zelensky has just revoked the citizenship of Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov.

The reason? He allegedly holds a Russian passport.

If confirmed, this could finally bring an end to the reign of one of Ukraine’s most corrupt and controversial leaders

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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 1d

2/5 Trukhanov has ruled Odesa since 2014.

He’s been linked to organized crime, smuggling networks, and major corruption cases.

He was arrested in 2023 for embezzling $2.5 million in a fake real estate deal. The case is still dragging on

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harryanna.bsky.social @harryanna.bsky.social · 40m

Thank you for your fantastic reporting!

#ukraine

Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

I'm still going! And Ukraine is still free.
Day 1329 and we all do our bit to stop Russia's imperialism and worse, genocide of Ukraine, its people and culture.

Reporting, sharing, making people care who didn't before, holding politicians to account. It's all so important.
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