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This world is amazing - beautiful, mysterious and really deeply fucked up.
I believe that most people I know just wait for that one spark, but there are some that don't wait...
Grim realities of UK's prison system.
A letter from Teuta “T” Hoxha, one of the Filton 24 - prisoners facing charges for the August '24 direct action against Elbit (Israeli arms manufacturer).
Letter from a British political prisoner for Palestine | The Electronic Intifada
How banning Palestine Action has led to the banning of Palestine in prisons.
electronicintifada.net
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ISRAEL NEWEST

Broadening the scope of COLLATERAL DAMAGE. This time - killing UN peacekeepers.

Plus a bonus: Broadening borders and building walls on the territory of a sovereign country.
UNIFIL—Israeli tanks fire on UN peacekeepers in South Lebanon
Israel has opened fire on UNIFIL peacekeepers during a foot patrol near the Blue Line, escalating its attacks on UN forces in Lebanon
www.thecanary.co
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Third and The Fourth World War, counterinsurgency, and Zionist influence on the state of the world according to Zapatistas.

An amazing drop by Schools for Chiapas. A must read.
From Chiapas to Palestine, Stop the Capitalist War against Life! - Schools for Chiapas
''The relationship between Israel and Mexico thrives on colonial repression and dispossession in both countries and is sustained by a continuous counterinsurgency war and a war of extermination that i...
schoolsforchiapas.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You've seen crowned Trump dumping shit on No Kings protesters, have you, but...
Have you seen this yet?

The empire doesn't take defeats lightly.
US Zionists' deranged racist anti-Mamdani AI slop video drops jaws
US right-wingers are churning out AI slop as they cry more over Zohran Mamdani surging to victory in the NYC mayoral election
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Great article about the real meaning of "REGIME CHANGE". Great research and flow.

May Venezuela be stronger than all previous enemies of the empire.
"Regime Change” in Venezuela is a Euphemism for U.S.-Inflicted Carnage
For decades, Washington has sold the world a deadly lie: that “regime change” brings freedom, that U.S. bombs and blockades can somehow deliver democracy. But every country that has lived through this...
www.counterpunch.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The miracle of life.
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Data Centers pop out everywhere. Thousands of projects in the US alone. There is a significant resistance already and now BlackRock enters the stage. What could go wrong?
Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.
The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.
truthout.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The text, if you know something real about the mainstream Energy Transition, is nothing new, but...
I really love the title here. If Green Transition breaks free from colonialism and capitalism, I AM IN even now, tell me what to do!
The minerals rush: a green transition must break free from colonialism and capitalism
New book argues that critical mineral extraction repeats colonial exploitation, calling for a green transition that charts its own course
www.thecanary.co
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
No Kings, No Effects.
Someone told me "Oh, if it only were 3,5% of us, the change would be guaranteed." 3,5% of the US is 11M, so theoretically it's doable, but what change exactly?
No Kings Day: The Ire Next Time
As hundreds of people descended on Salem, Mass to ogle the gewgaw shops, take the Hocus Pocus tour, have their tarot cards read, I boarded the train to
www.counterpunch.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mamdani won. Colorado taxing wealthy to pay for meals for the poor.
Trump wets his bed dreaming on invading Venezuela and resuming nuclear tests. ICE shoots people in the light of day.

US is being transformed into two completely opposite directions.
Colorado Passes Measures to Feed All Public School Kids by Taxing the Wealthy
Excess funds from the school meals program would be redirected toward the state-managed SNAP program.
truthout.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My heartbeat went straight to HRMax when I read the title, hahah.
Wouldn't it be great to hear such news coming from US?

WELL DONE IRELAND!
Nazi group "decimated" by coordinated republican anti-fascist campaign
Nazi group driven out of Belfast after huge campaign from republican and anti-fascist groups involving surveillance and direct action
www.thecanary.co
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Maybe he walks around with a diaper and maybe he was on that list of pedophiles, but look he's got nukes.
Teasing the Armageddon Fanciers: Trump’s Nuclear Testing Boast
Nuclear weapons have made the world safe for hypocrisy and unsafe in every other respect.  Astride the nonsense that is nuclear apartheid – the forced
www.counterpunch.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
You thought ICE's $30B budget was too much.
Here's another RoboCop program that uses taxpayers' money.
An Obscure Military Program Helps Local Cops Buy Armored Cars and Spyware. It Might Balloon Under Trump.
The 1122 program, as it’s known, presents a danger to protesters facing off against militarized cops, according to a new report.
theintercept.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's not what I usually do, but I will make an exception and
WILL SHARE IT IRONICALLY

There's a strong spirit in me calling me to write a whole article about it called "The biggest totally ignored protest in the history of the US".

Congratulations to both sides.
7 million took to the streets across United States for “No Kings” protests : Peoples Dispatch
October 18 saw over 2,700 protest events in all 50 states, building a broad, diverse opposition to Trump administration policies in one of the largest single days of protest in US history
peoplesdispatch.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
How to suck a whole country dry IMF + US way. Step by step.
A must read for people with GDP enthusiast friends.
How the IMF and US Helped Loot and Entrap Argentina with Debt
Milei took office in December 2023, and Argentina has been in deep recession since then. The recession has been caused by extreme fiscal austerity which slashed public services and investment; a hugel...
www.counterpunch.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Insurrection Act - guys in the USA: you've had it for so long just waiting for its dictator to use against you. What the hell, really?
It's like your every government and every president worked towards some Trump going mental.
The Sinister Reason Trump Is Itching to Invoke the Insurrection Act
An authoritarian’s dream, the Insurrection Act is ripe for abuse — and Trump’s Cabinet is already setting up his justification to use it.
theintercept.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
No fucking way!

More dead people for the IDF. They can't get enough.
USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel
A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.
www.uscannenbergmedia.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Gen Z Uprisings continue: Morocco and Madagascar.
Organising online!
‘Gen Z’ uprisings in Morocco, Madagascar
Youth-led protests demanding better education and healthcare in Morocco escalated into violent clashes with security forces. The protests were organized online by a loose network calling itself "GenZ ...
countervortex.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Itamar vs Israel.
History remembers people like Itamar as moral titans.
October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
All eyes on Global Sumud Flotilla!
Israel is just doing it again. Scrambling, hacking, intercepting.

International waters, international humanitarian mission to break illegal siege and bring food to starved Palestinians.
BREAKING: Israel directly targets the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza
An Israeli naval vessel is now tailing the flotilla, jamming its communications, while drones hover above in the sky
www.thecanary.co
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Machine progressing in Zapatistas' Chiapas.

"Compañeros of Mexico and the world:
Take care of yourselves. Maybe we’ll still see each other, or maybe we won’t. [...] today it’s Palestine, tomorrow it will be us."
C.G.A.Z. Denunciation - Schools for Chiapas
Zapatistas condemn occupation of their lands and displacement in Dolores Hidalgo region.
schoolsforchiapas.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Just after massive Italy's general strike in support of Gaza, Italy and now Spain declare sending their warships to accompany the Global Sumud Flotilla!
Breaking: Spain joins Italy in sending warship to support Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla
Spain said it 'demands full respect for international law and for the right of our citizens to navigate... in safety' in the flotilla
www.thecanary.co
September 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Idiot president deploying army in their own cities, against own people, protesters called terrorists...
Not USA as you might expected.

This time Ecuador.
¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
Ecuador: Indigenous and peasant blockades sweep country - Freedom News
President threatened “terrorism” designation for national strike against cancelled diesel subsidies ~ Aldo Santiago, Avispa Midia ~ Soc…
freedomnews.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Italy's GENERAL STRIKE!
Shuts ports, schools, transport—"Block Everything with Palestine in our hearts."

Clashes with police, tear gas, full support for the genocide from the govt.
Italy: General strike blocks ports, schools and transport for Palestine - Freedom News
The mobilisation expressed solidarity with Gaza, opposed the Israeli war machine, and denounced the rising military economy at home ~ Cristina Syke…
freedomnews.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM