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Cristina Flesher Fominaya
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Dog lover, writer, human rights supporter, yoga fan, political sociology, Ed in Chief Social Movement Studies, co-founder Interface, Democracy Reloaded (Oxford University Press), Prof. Global Studies, Aarhus U, PhD@UCBerkeley Book cover O. Calvo (crop) .. more

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · 9d
Happy to be included in an reflection on the 20 most cited articles on democracy in the past 10 years for this article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you hit a paywall or do not have access , let me know and I'll send you a copy
European anti-austerity and pro-democracy protests in the wake of the global financial crisis
European anti-austerity and pro-democracy movements form part of a global wave of protests following the global financial crisis. Despite continuity of actors and a double critique of global capita...
www.tandfonline.com

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 10d
I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
inthesetimes.com

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Tanya 🧚‍♀️👑 @faeryqueene73.bsky.social · 10d
A coworker took this from her apartment. I haven't seen a crowd this size before. Maybe the first Women's March? But it was much much warmer that day. ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA!

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10d
NYC standing in solidarity with MN.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social
Thousands rally in Union Square, NYC, standing in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Oct 26
todo el mundo quiere saber dónde estaba Mazón--me da igual. Lo importante es donde NO estaba: haciendo su trabajando y salvando las vidas de los que murieron por su negligencia criminal- no entiendo como sigue en libertad, mucho menos gobernando

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Oct 2
May "God" (if there is one or more) bless and keep Jane Goodall <3 for leaving the world better than she found it

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Oct 1
@exterioresgob.bsky.social

La zona de exclusión es ILEGAL ya que se ha establecido por un estado que está ocupando ilegalmente el territorio Palestino

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Oct 1
@exterioresgob.bsky.social

¡No abandones la Flotilla! Las actuaciones de Israel son ILEGALES y vuestro deber bajo la ley internacional es proteger no solo a los españoles abordo pero a los que sufren en Gaza. Cualquier otra opción es complicidad

El mundo entero os está mirando

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 27
So in Denmark they do this thing, where they issue you loans to pay your property tax and charge you interest. When you never asked for the loan. So then you have to call and say I don't want a loan I just want to pay my tax. And then you have to call again. And so on. How is this legal? A mystery.

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 27
So, I was on the news a bit ago. Insisting we not whitewash fascism and neo-Nazis by calling them "populist" among other things...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAdh...
Could the UK, France or Germany elect a populist leader?
YouTube video by Roundtable
www.youtube.com

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 27
How is a wanted war criminal allowed to address the UN? He belongs in jail. Bravo to all who walked out. Shame, shame, on all those who invited him and who support genocide.

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Good Trouble @good-tr0uble.bsky.social · Sep 27
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday apnews.com/article/fbi-...
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
apnews.com

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Thomas @tomrom1.bsky.social · Sep 27
Hate. Ugliness. Bigotry. Destroying human and worker rights. Another day in American leadership.
apnews.com/article/fbi-... 
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
💙 #SaturdayMood 🏳️‍🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #Motivation #Bluecrew
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.
apnews.com

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Sep 27
Let that sink in

"Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."

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it me dj @weiwifis0.bsky.social · Sep 27
yaaay songxiao sect... this is a callback to a zine piece i did a long time ago now! for #songxiaoseptember2025 and the prompts dream and fix-it :'3

#songxiao

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Left Of Center Orange Hater @leftocorangehater.bsky.social · Sep 26
Massive protest walk out in the UN general assembly hall as Netanyahu takes the stage

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 26
Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘must finish the job’ in Gaza after dozens of delegates walk out in protest- Middle East crisis live
Netanyahu tells UN that Israel ‘must finish the job’ in Gaza after dozens of delegates walk out in protest- Middle East crisis live
Israeli PM is addressing the United Nations in New York
www.theguardian.com

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Axios @axios.com · Sep 26
JUST IN: Netanyahu faces mass walk out protest at UN speech
Netanyahu faces mass walk out protest at UN speech
Israel is deeply isolated internationally as it presses on with the war in Gaza.
www.axios.com

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 22
y seguirá mandando armas para que exterminen a todos sus cuidadanos...

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it me dj @weiwifis0.bsky.social · Sep 22
for our final offering for week three of #songxiaoseptember2025, @aoxue.bsky.social and i have put pen to paper and worked on the vampire AU we've been planning for years! PLEASE GO READ!!

archiveofourown.org/works/711970...

#songxiao

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M∆GG🔻🎨 @artofmagg.bsky.social · Sep 21
ÚLTIMA HORA | El Reino Unido reconocerá hoy a Palestina como Estado y, para demostrarlo, arrestará a todo ciudadano que porte la bandera de Palestina o se manifieste contra el genocidio de Gaza.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Sep 16
New UN commission report just dropped:

Israel is committing genocide.

apnews.com/article/isra...
GENEVA (AP) — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report Tuesday that calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible for it. The deeply-documented findings by the three-member team are the latest accusations of genocide against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government by rights advocates as Israeli carries on with its war against Hamas in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people. Israel rejected what it called a “distorted and false” report. The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, which was created four years ago, has repeatedly documented alleged human rights abuses and violations both in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel led by Hamas, and other Palestinian areas.

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Juan Escalante @juanescalante.com · Sep 16
GENEVA (AP) — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
apnews.com

cffominaya.bsky.social
Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 13
the man is a vile neo-Nazi

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 13
sure, violence is "coming to them":

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 13
Oldie but sadly ever more relevant: Meryl Streep’s Legendary Speech Against Trump #trump #merylstreep #democ... youtube.com/shorts/1YfC5... via @YouTube
Meryl Streep’s Legendary Speech Against Trump #trump #merylstreep #democrats
YouTube video by Celebs AgainstTrump
youtube.com

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Cristina Flesher Fominaya @cffominaya.bsky.social · Sep 13
More than one child an hour. How can this not be leaving stains on all our souls? It is unbearable. www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-c...
GAZA: 20,000 CHILDREN KILLED IN 23 MONTHS OF WAR - MORE THAN ONE CHILD KILLED EVERY HOUR
At least one Palestinian child has been killed every hour on average by Israeli forces in Gaza over nearly 23 months of war, with the number of children killed now surpassing 20,000, Save the Children...
www.savethechildren.org.uk

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it me dj @weiwifis0.bsky.social · Sep 13
a little thing for #SongxiaoSeptember2025 involving family and a modern setting!!! xingchen and his little bro a-yang and song lan and his daughter a-qing celebrate their first mid-autumn festival together...

#songxiao

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Keith A. Preble, Ph.D. @poliscikeith.bsky.social · Sep 3
I really enjoyed reading this piece! “Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa” in Social Movement Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cnwillis.bsky.social
Not seeing the forest for the helicopters: UNESCO recognition and resistance to the US military in Okinawa
Previous studies have found that when activists’ demands are not met by their home government, activists may adopt transnational strategies to levy international pressure on their government. While...
www.tandfonline.com