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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 6h

The Generation Z protests in #Morocco are entirely justified. As things stand, though, they are likely to be suppressed by State violence.

To succeed, protests need to spread to the workplace. Mobilise the power of the working class. #ClassStruggle
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‘This generation is defiant’: Gen Z protests set to resume in Morocco despite deaths and arrests

Activists call for fresh demonstrations this weekend with three people killed and more than 500 reportedly arrested since unrest started in late September

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 6h

Solidarity with Nick Reimer & John Keane. They are under attack by people determined to make virtually all criticism of Israel illegal. #Antisemitism #Palestine
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Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

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Tom Tanuki @tomtanuki.bsky.social · 3d

THEY'RE MARCHING FOR AUSTRALIA AGAIN. WE'RE COUNTERING AGAIN. [video]

WATCH: youtu.be/jy9JExNo0zE

Looking at 19 October M4As - and our counters.

SHOW THE FUCK UP AND STOP WASTING TIME - GET YOUR MATES, FOLLOWERS, WHATEVER TO DO THE SAME.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 21h

the ABC is carefully curating a narrative that people harming children via social media are all other children. Lies. The biggest threat is adult males. The biggest threat is always adult males, including to each other.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 7h

This innovative approach to law enforcement in the NT will also be adopted by the NT Police, who will send letters seeking behaviour change from car thieves & bank robbers. /sarc off

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 21h

A gas company operating in the Northern Territory has been accused of breaching environmental laws by an NT government department, which decided against prosecution in favour of a formal letter encouraging "behaviour change".

If this mining company broke the law, why isn't it being prosecuted?

A gas company operating in the Northern Territory has been accused of breaching environmental laws by an NT government department, which decided against prosecution in favour of a formal letter encouraging "behaviour change".

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is creating the Gestapo. #Antifa

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21h

I think this from @donmoyn.bsky.social is essential reading for the moment. I’d emphasize that the staggering process he describes doesn’t end with the assault on immigrants. It’s about creating an armed force loyal to nobody but Trump. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD which most likely translates to 13 Oct c1157 BC, the first recorded strike in history was first reported. In ancient Egypt, gangs of construction workers building for Ramses III launched sit-down strikes in protest at insufficient food rations shop.workingclasshistory.com/search

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 1947 the Soviet military govt in East Germany introduced measures to fight "slackers", including piecework pay and bigger wage differentials. But workers resisted: they shared food and goods, and did slowdowns and sabotage stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8524...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 1909 radical educator, Francesc Ferrer, was executed in Barcelona. Sentenced to death by a military tribunal despite no solid evidence being brought against him, his murder caused protests across the world. This is a collection of his work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/ana...

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Greythean🏴🚩 @thegreytheanvoid.bsky.social · 22h

HOW THE HELL DO YOU RECONCILE GENOCIDE, FUCKO? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_...

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 14h

Let's see. $15/hr x 3 hrs = $45
Then x 3m people = $135m
Add 10% (really skinny) for back office = $150m

Who's got a lazy $150m to fund a nationwide day of action in the US? And how often can they afford to do it? #Antifa

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Sean Duffy says the No Kings protests this Saturday are “really frustrating” because they are all paid Antifa people.

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 22h

Not getting paid will break up the MAGA movement like nothing else. It won't turn National Guards into Dems, but it will cause major dissension in the ranks.

Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 23h

Pritzker isn't trying to protect Chicago from ICE raids. He's just trying to protect his turf.

Dems are garbage.

kyle tear down that highway lucas 🏳️‍🌈 @itskylelucas.com · 2d

No matter how many hit clips you see from @govpritzker.illinois.gov, the fact remains that the Illinois State Police are actively protecting and aiding ICE in their terrorizing of our communities.

Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 1d

Trump was always going to invoke the Insurrection Act. It was just a matter of when.

And "dancing clever" won't cut it. Symbolic protest within the law will allow Trump to engage in dictatorial actions without hindrance. *Effective* resistance will be illegal.
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Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 1d

Oh how the mighty have fallen! I wish the Butcher Assad a long life of video gaming as he gnashes his teeth over the betrayal of his subjects. #Syria

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 3d

Some kid is doing the standard “ur mom” voice chat trash talk and they got no idea they’re talking to bashar al assad

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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 2d

No straight up it's the creation of a monarchy

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 2d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 1d

Freedom of the press is a wonderful thing. But under #capitalism, it is restricted to those who own one.

And the chickens are now coming home to roost.
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Bari Weiss’s ascent at CBS News was 50 years in the making | David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher

A half-century ago, CBS’s own president was boasting of his support for an antidemocratic political project. Our new book uses never-before-reported documents to tell the story of a scheme to undermin...

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 2d

Capitalist democracy is failing because the economies of advanced countries have reached the end of the road and the parties of the Centre-Right & Centre-Left continue defending a system where the rich get richer & the poor get poorer.

#Capitalism is finished.
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France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall

The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 2d

Because it needs to be said:

The Salvation Army does not exist to save you

The Salvation Army exists to convert you

And if they cannot convert you, they will not lift a finger to save you

Do not support those whose “charity“ comes with conditions

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 2d

The Salvation Army were founded to save the working class of Britain from drink, sin (sex outside marriage) & socialism. That gives me 3 reasons to hate them.

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 2d

Heard it many times. The horror never abates with the retelling.

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller gives the game away, claiming the US President "has plenary authority". He's claiming absolute power for Trump. #Antifa
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Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

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Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 2d

RFK's war on science in action. This, & the rest of the MAHA agenda, will kill millions. The US will plunge down the league table of life expectancies & drag down the world average. #Science

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Ablokeimet @ablokeimet.bsky.social · 2d

The Nobel Peace Prize has been a *disgrace*, not merely a joke, since they gave one to Henry Kissinger. In the unlikely event that I was awarded one, I would refuse until the day they revoke his.

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