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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · Aug 6

Former Palestinian national team player Suleiman Al-Obeid was shot and killed by Israeli gunfire while waiting to receive aid for his family, bringing the death toll among athletes since the start of the Israeli aggression to 656.

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jul 20

and 5th and 6th worst respectively if considering all shootouts with at least 10 penalties

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jul 20

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v Sweden 🇸🇪 penalty shootout at #WEURO2025

🥇 worst total xGoT (1.23) of a shootout with >12 pens

🥇 worst conversion rate (0.38 goals per pen) of a shootout with >12 pens

(last 381 men's and women's shootouts, Opta)

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 22

don't repeat the same trite apologia of British vassalage as 20 years ago: the British State is not a 'lapdog' being 'dragged into war'—it is a vicious imperialist entity, obviously less *effective* at waging war than it was 50-100 years ago but its objectives are unchanged

book cover: "Debunking the Myth of America's Poodle: Great Britain Wants War" by Nu'man Abd Al-Wahid

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 22

The wife of Palestine’s national team former goalkeeper Abdullah Shaqfa has been killed in an Israeli attack on tents in Al-Mawasi, Gaza.

A footballer mourning his wife under the rubble. If he wasn’t Palestinian, this would be all over the news.

(RT @/leylahamed on twitter)

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 20

some quotes from my last piece on Leadbeater's bill likely having its final vote today, combined with Labour's brutal cuts to welfare it will condemn tens of thousands of disabled people per year to death

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · May 15

tomorrow MPs will have their final vote on Leadbeater's assisted suicide bill. devoid of countless promised safeguards, and alongside other brutal gov't cuts to palliative care, healthcare + welfare, it represents a huge expansion of social murder against disabled ppl especially

some quotes below 🧵

New International @newintermag.bsky.social · May 15

Joe Gallagher (@joedgallagher.bsky.social) writes about how UK cuts to healthcare paired with end-of-life legislation threaten the disabled:

“For many it will be coercive euthanasia, an expansion of quotidian violence”

newintermag.com/assisted-sui...

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 14

in the last year the UK has directly bombed—or provided its own aircraft to assist in bombing—civilians in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, and now Iran. the UK is waging war on half the Middle East and all without a single debate in parliament.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Jun 14

Sky News, "Keir Starmer has told Beth Rigby, as a contingency RAF jets have been despatched from the UK to bases in the middle east"

"In response to the rising tensions.. As Israel attacked Iran"

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · Jun 12

“fascism is colonialism turned inwards”

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · Jun 12

Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 11

this is the same Palantir that has a £330m contract with the NHS and now likely has access to all our health data

the same Palantir whose CEO is "incredibly proud" of “predictive policing” which is helping Israel carry out the genocide of Palestinian people

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · Jun 9

Hey just so we’re clear - DOGE accessed and stole all of our data, gave it to Palantir, and now ICE is partnered with Palantir in order to track *all of us*

Palantir is run by evil billionaire Peter Thiel. Truly, scarily evil.

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.

www.wired.com

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 10

whose side are you on?

@realDonaldTrump: "ARREST THE PEOPLE IN FACE MASKS, NOW!"

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 10

Manchester City's majority owners are an investment company of the Abu Dhabi royal family and their main sponsor is Etihad Airways

the UAE is assisting the genocides in both Palestine and Sudan

ultras-antifa @antifa-ultras.bsky.social · Jun 9

VIDEO | Pep Guardiola delivered a powerful speech while receiving an honorary degree from the University of Manchester, where he spoke about the suffering in Sudan, Ukraine, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

#freepalestine

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

"Remember, NO MASKS!"

@realDonaldTrump: "Governor Gavin Newscum and "Mayor" Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!"

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

Yousef Al-Najjar of Al-Mohtareffen Academy is just one of 371 footballers in Gaza killed by Israel in the last 20 months including almost 100 children

how can Israel STILL compete in UEFA and FIFA competitions when both orgs decided to suspend Russia within FOUR DAYS of their invasion of Ukraine?!

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

although thinking on, I guess in cricket you can only lose one 'point' and that's game over. maybe it's like a) tossing a coin to get 50 heads but if you get 5 tails in a row at any point you lose, vs b) rolling a 50-sided die 50 times but if you roll a single 1 you lose

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

got to be even more wild when scaled by the difficulty of the requirement though? like a tennis player will win ~50% of points against an equally matched opponent but a good bowler only has something like a 1-2% chance per ball of bowling a good batsman?

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

so World Cup 2026 will be like the 1936 Berlin Olympics

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Jun 5

“Shortly after he first took office in 2017, Mr. Trump tried to bar travelers from seven mostly Muslim-majority countries. Five of those countries are on the new list” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

See the Countries Under Trump’s New Travel Ban

Restrictions on travel will affect people from more than a dozen countries worldwide.

www.nytimes.com

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

Israel's capture of the Madleen + imprisonment of her crew IS a violation of International Law

but then so is their 77 year occupation + so are their thousands of Geneva Conventions violations

international law does not exist—thus the global regime of capitalism is illegitimate

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 9

International Law, murderously imperialist as it was, is dead and the West is only just starting to see the imperial boomerang coming home now: a British ship and its European crew captured illegally, police shooting reporters on camera on US soil... they won't just stop now

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 7

As a reader it is easy to feel confused or powerless: if this has continued for so long, what can I possibly do? As global citizens, it is our responsibility to educate ourselves about Kashmir, listen to Kashmiri voices, learn from their experiences, and unequivocally condemn the ongoing occupation and human rights abuses against the Kashmiri people.

Beyond this, we must also celebrate the rich beauty of Kashmiri culture, whether through its cuisine, poetry, intricate embroidery, or breathtaking landscapes, and give credit where it is due. Amidst all the hardship, we must remember that Kashmiris continue to endure with resilience and find moments of joy.

Above all, the Kashmiri people persist in their unwavering struggle for liberation and justice and for the right to decide their future for themselves, as declared by Ameer, who is part of the POK diaspora: “Colonialism stole our right to decide our future, but our identity fuels our fight for a sovereign, united Kashmir where all Kashmiris – Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, or Buddhist – can live as one.”

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 7

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), enforced in areas deemed “disturbed,” allows the military to arrest without a warrant, search homes without judicial oversight, and use lethal force, all with complete legal immunity. Further legal tools like the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) further entrench this climate of fear.

The act allows the government to detain individuals for extended periods without trial or bail. It is frequently used against Kashmiris whether it be human rights activists such as Khurram Parvez, now detained for three and a half years, or for sometimes for nothing more than voicing support for independence online. This systemic violence alters the trajectories of people’s lives and development.

Life under these conditions is marked by constant surveillance. Kashmir has experienced years of curfews and lockdowns, and what has been described as the world’s first mass blinding campaign. Indian forces fired pellet guns at civilians, often aiming at the face, leaving Kashmiris, including children, permanently blind. Enforced disappearances and unmarked mass graves have become tragically familiar.

The term “half-widow” originated in Kashmir to describe women whose husbands were taken by the state and never seen again, leaving them without closure or recognition. As always, the consequences fall on ordinary Kashmiris. These laws have fundamentally disrupted the paths of their daily lives and futures, yet the Kashmiris I spoke to, like Alina from IOK, continue to persist. “Memories of my childhood in Kashmir still leave me speechless. At times, I find myself in denial about the harsh reality of life back home. It shouldn’t be like that; suppressed, surveilled, as though you are suffocating,” she shared.

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 7

“People often want me to pick between India and Pakistan,” they say, “but my answer is neither. I choose independence. It’s a view held by many Kashmiris, but we are never given it as an option.”

After the first war, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution in 1948 calling for a plebiscite vote in Jammu and Kashmir to allow its people to decide their future: whether to join India or Pakistan. 77 years later, this plebiscite has never been held. Three wars have occurred, and borders have been created, changed, and moved to split families in half, with the most recent ‘border’, being the Line of Control imposed in 1972 .

For decades, IOK has remained the world’s most militarised zone, with Indian troops continuing to pour in. If the state considered it an ordinary part of its territory, such a heavy military presence wouldn’t be necessary. The contradiction speaks for itself: this is not integration; it’s occupation. When I asked what connects Kashmir to colonialism, Bassam – from IOK and currently in Srinagar – tells me: “The struggle of Kashmiris is a struggle for dignity amongst countries that refuse to see them beyond their geopolitical utility. That is theft. Theft is colonialism.”

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 7

$We see this in headlines like “Calm returns to Kashmir” following the announcement of a ceasefire. While many Kashmiris are glad their identity isn’t reduced to conflict, calling an ongoing occupation “calm” is deeply misleading. This narrative persists because media coverage overlooks the daily realities of life in one of the most heavily militarised regions in the world. Kashmir stands at a critical juncture, revealing deeper fractures in the global order. If the media began treating Kashmiris as a people in their own right, giving space to speak against occupation, who might be emboldened next? Because occupation and state violence are not isolated to Kashmir: they are tools used globally to silence the marginalised. Our struggles are linked, and the fight for one people’s freedom is part of the fight for collective liberation.$

“Kashmir challenges the idea of nationhood,” says Aqsa, a member of the POK diaspora. “In the Eastern world, our countries weren’t originally based on the concept of nation-states; this was later imposed on us via colonialism and the struggle for independence.”

They continue: “Kashmir is a clear example of how forcing borders on people fails. It remains a key example of colonialism in the subcontinent and a lasting wound from the British Empire in South Asia.”

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 7

nice intro to occupied Kashmir's struggle for self-determination in the most militarised zone on earth—1 Indian soldier per 11 Kashmiris(!!)—which situates it in the context of global imperialism with many obvious ties to Palestine

quotes below 🧵

shado-mag.com/articles/opi...

Claimed by all, heard by none: Kashmiris push back against erasure and control

The author speaks with Kashmiris – in the diaspora, and from both Pakistan and Indian occupied Kashmir – about history and belonging

shado-mag.com

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Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · May 30

* <=21 y.o. obvs!

Joe Gallagher @joedgallagher.bsky.social · May 30

and here's it compared to the PFA / "Hublot" Young Player of the Season winners

no more 23 y.o. Bale or Sterling, no Haaland in his 4th full season, room for Caicedo last year without giving it to Foden a 2nd time in 21/22

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