Liam O'Mara IV, PhD

Snarky historian of ideas; part-time political commentator; prof. of world, MidEast, Euro. history; bibliophile; libsoc antifa mountain man; geeky cat dad.

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2024-09-04 15:23:55

Sometimes it seems that social media companies are paving the way to a fascist dystopia by showing how easily speech against the dominant power structure can be suppressed.
Anyway, apparently an American historian critiquing American society is now called racist hate speech...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/079/971/533/670/237/original/aecc9dc6328fc1f1.png

2024-08-06 00:17:16

Sorry, but I just don't care if the stock market slips. 89% of all stock in the US is owned by the top 10% of Americans. The stock market shouldn't even exist. Fight me. 😉
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/912/199/542/067/021/original/da4d131aec4efe18.png

2024-07-30 23:57:07

Sexual violence has been a feature of the Zionist/Palestinian conflict for 76 years. For decades we have had a steady torrent of testimony from Palestinians assaulted while in Israeli detention, including from those charged with no crime, yet the state faces no sanctions for it.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/878/146/461/372/958/original/8bb06289a27f8a62.png

2024-07-30 23:31:02

Hey, @JoeBiden & co! If there is a threat to your forces, but the country has been asking them to get tf out for years, maybe instead of killing more people you could get the fuck out of their country? The US is an imperial occupying force and Iraqis have a right to self defence.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/878/043/831/520/942/original/558bde83618aa90c.png

2024-07-26 18:03:42

It triggers conservatives and liberals alike to be reminded that the US is not the good guy in world history.
But that is why our work as historians is important - if people don't know the truths that our Congress and media would rather bury, they can't make this country better.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/854/107/450/568/992/original/49dfc1e52c071f27.jpg

2024-07-19 16:40:19

At #RNC, #KimberlyGuilfoyle seemed to imply the #DDay invasion of German-occupied France was about fighting #communism. NSDAP was as anti-communist as the GOP while USSR was our ally. She's confusingly talking about different things since she can't exactly call out #fascism...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/814/138/347/381/541/original/7121e0d2078101ca.mp4

2024-07-18 15:57:11

More than five dozen billionaires are backing Trump for president, and people across the country, worried about high inflation and low incomes, are falling for the same old fascist lies. Right-wing populists promise the moon but deliver only chains.
https://x.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1813634006396834097?s=19
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2024-07-18 08:16:39

Need to unwind after a rough day? Get in the #pit with #CannibalCorpse and a bunch of #cats. #Metal therapy. 😉
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/806/497/561/800/345/original/313dc548763119fc.mp4

2024-07-17 22:29:45

This is the only post I want to make about the #RNC circus, which is basically a circle-jerk of closeted Nazi fuckwits pretending they care about this country.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/804/183/846/535/605/original/f4aace0d836814da.jpg

2024-07-16 23:41:36

I'm happy to talk to and work to radicalize #liberals, but never mistake me for being one. Liberals are always right wingers, and hence support hierarchies of #wealth and state #power that I reject. If humanity is to survive, we need to decentralize power and abolish #capitalism.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/798/813/015/826/481/original/d6ad3913679ae6da.png

2024-07-06 23:31:52

This disgusting display comes from #PatriotFront stormtroopers, complete with American flags adorned with the 'fasces' symbol. Patriot Front is a #WhiteSupremacist, #neofascist group that split from #neonazi group #VanguardAmerica. This is Trump's base.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/742/148/615/295/213/original/3dfe803c24ad495a.mp4

2024-07-06 22:18:41

A fun summary of #Project2025 via #RelatableAnimations on TikTok.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/741/844/354/441/018/original/c03eda98ae4cf33e.mp4

2024-07-05 00:40:31

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@npub1u3t…c6ug
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2024-07-04 16:02:40

Don't tell me about how much you love freedom and independence if you baulk at this. Watching people claim to support the colonists and claim to be patriots whilst they sell the country into authoritarian minority rule is gross. Conservatives have never understood freedom.
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2024-07-03 18:17:06

Just another day in the American #PoliceState. Anyone not angry enough to organize for systemic change is a part of the problem we must overcome. If #liberals can't be woken up to their complicity, permanent #fascist rule is inevitable.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/723/924/069/750/555/original/c07c9850b3e9fbe9.mp4

2024-07-02 03:33:50

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@npub1u3t…c6ug They won't. Liberals have always sided with fascists over socialists. They've done nothing over the last 70 years to halt this slide. Well, that's not true -- they've often helped it along.

2024-07-02 00:58:36

#JKRowling is a garbage human who wrote a few entertaining children's books, got filthy rich, and now spends idle days dehumanizing persecuted people on Twitter.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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2024-06-30 17:09:09

The Israeli left has been near death for a long time. Whether this helps or hurts is hard to say, but the current Knesset has eleven right-wing parties and two tiny left-wing ones, and the road back to relevance is blocked so long as occupation persists.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-06-30/ty-article/.premium/israels-labor-party-left-wing-meretz-merge-to-be-called-the-democrats/00000190-69ec-d499-a5bf-e9febff20000
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2024-06-26 16:42:45

The Democratic Party puts in a LOT more effort to defeat left-leaning candidates than to defeat the Republicans. They are fine with racist rhetoric and billionaire money. I know this from personal experience, where they defended antisemitism and attacked me for calling it out.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/683/919/855/016/758/original/60d26c7c3f0383f9.png

2024-06-19 17:50:19

On #Juneteenth we're meant to commemorate the end of #slavery in the US... but it never ended, and the #JusticeSystem feeding slave labour into the #PrisonIndustrialComplex remains highly racialized.
FYI, #Biden's crime bill made prison labour mandatory.
https://freedomnetworkusa.org/2023/08/11/forced-labor-in-prisons/
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2024-06-19 17:12:36

The piece of shit neonazi swine who murdered five people in a Colorado #LGBT club has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole PLUS an additional 190 years. Good. But we still aren't addressing the #MAGA pundits' stochastic terrorism that radicalized him.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/644/401/085/987/198/original/5df86b66816fb5ca.png

2024-06-17 22:53:39

#DonaldTrumpJr tried to deny his father's connexion to #JeffreyEpstein, despite all the photos of them together. But thanks to the Maxwell prosecution, we can see Trump's name in the flight logs for Epstein's 'plane. All the #MAGA pricks are projecting their own love of grooming.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/634/417/525/341/088/original/19730cc09241cf3f.png

2024-06-15 18:33:38

Every dollar spent on police is one taken from policies that reduce crime, like ending poverty, treating illnesses, and providing better schooling and opportunities. Police can't stop crime and seldom help much. If you want to serve your community, do something that really helps.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/622/070/408/106/059/original/791dc207d3ba8da2.png

2024-06-12 21:55:57

I was discussing average #wages in the US and our declining living standards yesterday with my mother and just saw this cute meme that makes the point well. Take these figures, then look at https://livingwage.mit.edu/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/605/879/100/508/963/original/b18da9fd31c1e55b.jpg

2024-06-06 05:33:17

I'm not content with a #GreenNewDeal or whatever compromise project was offered years ago.
I want a #ClimateNuremberg, where the politicians and CEOs and pundits who made #GlobalWarming worse are tried and convicted for crimes against humanity.
#EatTheRich #NoWarButClassWar
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2024-06-05 22:14:13

US workers didn't achieve an 8-hour work day until 1937. Productivity rises since that time are vast but we're still accepting the same work-life balance in order to let nearly all those gains acrue to the owner class. It's time to stop licking boots and take what's owned to us.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/566/311/454/601/360/original/bc809970ddaa051c.png

2024-06-04 04:17:30

On #ThisDayInHistory in #Beijing, China, the pro-democracy protests in #TiananmenSquare that had begun in April were crushed. On 3 June, China declared martial law and sent in troops and tanks. We don't know the true death toll, but it ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/556/418/518/904/564/original/2d74212b2be88783.jpg

2024-05-30 21:40:30

Peoples have a recognized legal right to self-defence against #occupation and #apartheid. Bezalel #Smotrich is a criminal and a #terrorist who is talking about violent #EthnicCleansing and permanent apartheid. Americans who aren't working against this are fully complicit in it.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/532/204/867/604/668/original/519ba5611efd35e0.mp4

2024-05-30 15:10:27

(2/2) Do not use "#internment", as #ZinnProject does, to refer to incarceration of #JapaneseAmericans, as it perpetuates the #racist logic of the order. Internment is for prisoners of war. These Americans were put in concentration camps because of race.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fred-korematsu-arrested/

2024-05-30 15:10:19

(1/2) When #FDR issued #EO9066, #FredKorematsu, a native-born US citizen, refused. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1942, he was arrested, convicted, and sent to a #ConcentrationCamp in Utah. He appealed and #SCOTUS ruled that denial of #CivilLiberties on the basis of race was legal.

2024-05-30 02:29:12

#Disney jobs were successfully unionized due to worker #solidarity. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1941, an animator strike began that was supported by local non-#union mechanics and restaurant workers. The company gave in, pay went up by as much as 50%, and Disney has had unions ever since.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/527/681/185/176/578/original/aa47a88741b870c4.jpg

2024-05-29 01:32:49

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1830, the #IndianRemovalAct was signed by #AndrewJackson (Trump's fave pres.). Its purpose was #genocide and #ethniccleansing -- to remove all the #indigenous peoples east of the Mississippi River. That it's not called genocide says a lot about the US.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/521/797/199/181/744/original/a13f18abd22b7231.jpg

2024-05-27 17:39:27

Here's a reminder that #racism isn't just a problem of #Republicans or #conservatives, but of the right overall, which includes #neoliberals and many #Democrats. They never say this shit about white candidates. This is white resentment politics and kneejerk #WhiteSupremacy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/514/268/068/181/633/original/ad276af036b4297c.mp4

2024-05-27 00:52:13

I don't know who still needs to hear this after more'n eight months, but bombing civilians in refugee camps is a #WarCrime rooted in genocidal #nationalism. Anyone still defending #Netanyahu or #Biden on #Rafah/#Gaza is complicit and should be dismissed as a danger to humanity.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/510/311/111/734/299/original/30e7d1763f9ff0f6.mp4

2024-05-26 01:15:07

The first #StarWars film was released on ##ThisDayInHistory in 1977... and yes, I've been a fan for that long. I always share at least one Star Wars joke for the anniversary, so here is a cute one.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/504/740/611/516/278/original/2fbe92d46511b06a.jpg

2024-05-25 20:25:52

The assault on #ReproductiveRights is about control, not about being "#ProLife". These reactionary fucks have never been pro-life -- they are pro-execution, pro-war, pro-cop, but anti-woman. It's not about religion, either -- they made that up. It's always been about #patriarchy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/503/602/481/407/135/original/77a683bcca5a5ab4.png

2024-05-22 15:23:20

#Norway has announced it is recognizing #Palestine as independent this month. #Spain and #Ireland have said they are working on doing so as well. The dark green ones below already recognize Palestinian independence and I've added the new ones in light green. Keep up the protests.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/485/426/688/776/713/original/df5b19222ebf32b2.jpg

2024-05-15 19:53:42

To-day is #NakbaDay. Here are some morning thoughts on it, and a short explanation of both the events and why you should care.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7AEzDwP54A/?igsh=MWQ1ZGUxMzBkMA==

2024-05-14 17:59:56

My Roman war goddess Minerva loves to come onto my Zoom calls and take centre stage. Her disapproving stare when I'm talking about complex issues can be so damned cute. 😂🥰😼😸
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/440/744/055/788/207/original/f505ca9b65541cb2.png

2024-05-13 22:12:43

#FrankZappa was a genius composer and musician. Here he is in 1963 playing two bicycles. :-)
https://youtu.be/QF0PYQ8IOL4?si=Xt_exc93Tuv5Av3Z

2024-05-10 05:40:22

#MidnightMeditations #TerryPratchett
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/415/147/954/676/805/original/6557cb87be293eb3.png

2024-05-08 18:41:57

Happy 98th birthday to British national treasure and globetrotting naturalist #DavidAttenborough. This man has brought so much beauty and joy to me and to the world in his many decades presenting nature documentaries.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/406/935/343/140/860/original/4ea0e9b2d136e4d8.png

2024-05-06 18:12:11

Trump has been held in contempt of court TEN TIMES now and is still not in gaol. These are privileges of power, and how you know this isn't a republic. The Framers specifically critiqued the different standards of justice based on rank in Europe; their descendants recreated them.

2024-05-05 13:33:44

Take a look at this person's flag choices. Ask yourself what similarity they see that brought them together. Take all the time you need.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/388/736/427/713/111/original/fcdf84dfec5905ff.jpg

2024-05-05 12:48:45

Folks love calling Israel a liberal democracy, but here they are claiming news is a 'threat to national security'. When informing people of what you say and do is a threat, you're doing something wrong. They did this two days after #WorldPressFreedomDay.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-cabinet-moves-close-al-jazeeras-local-operations-2024-05-05/
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2024-05-01 15:04:32

Someone reshared this old post of mine on Facebook this morning, so perhaps it's worth a reshare myself.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/366/444/268/627/849/original/0ae83eb0b3cefbbb.png

2024-04-29 02:04:16

What in the hillbilly yee-haw John Deere tractor Confederate flag methlab tarnation is going on here..?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/352/051/374/483/315/original/df5a952cc116fc4a.jpg

2024-04-28 03:00:58

You're letting it happen. Why?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/346/612/208/165/249/original/c605148151045a69.png

2024-04-23 22:35:27

Rally everywhere. Choke the streets. Occupy buildings. Force arrests and fill the gaols. Throw your bodies onto the gears and stop this economy dead. Our government is aiding a far-right genocide and ethnic cleansing. Silence is acquiescence. None are free whilst others suffer.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/322/918/005/005/500/original/7c2a5081d66f66b0.mp4

2024-04-23 22:05:20

If your approach to #homeless people is a desire to punish them or to send them somewhere else, know that YOU are the reason that #homelessness persists. The more ethical option, #HousingFirst, is also cheaper. Fix yourself so we can help people, okay?
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/04/18/is-ticketing-homeless-people-a-cruel-and-unusual-punishment
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2024-04-22 14:54:23

It's #EarthDay again. This year, take a step forward, beyond performative #liberal horseshit that changes nothing, and to an understanding that we need systemic change. To #GreenWash #capitalism is like lipstick on a pig; it's a superficial change to a hopelessly bad idea.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/315/438/152/569/607/original/3984a93dc33df71f.png

2024-04-21 07:20:33

The US far-right is made up of some of the stupidest people you'll ever encounter -- folks who claim to be proud of a country they've never bothered to study.
To anyone who doesn't get what's funny, this statue was designed and built in France. Jesse slept through third grade.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/307/996/585/050/038/original/849453d42c9fce89.jpg

2024-04-20 19:30:57

The US will be dropping a bit lower still in next year's #FreedomHouse rankings, from 62nd place in individual liberty to who knows how low. Both #TheDemocrats and #GOP are jam-packed with vicious authoritarians who simply lie about caring for freedom. This is a #PoliceState.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/305/205/736/063/021/original/a836ab458883ec73.png

2024-04-19 19:52:45

Recognizing #Palestine as a sovereign state would allow them to address the #occupation through legal channels and negotiate more easily with the #Israeli state. If what the US falsely calls the "international community" cared about just peace, it would join the majority in this.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/299/629/820/839/782/original/cf891ff317b36327.png

2024-04-18 16:04:01

#Google's motto used to be "Don't be evil". Pay attention here, because capitalism leaves no room for anything but evil. Through #ProjectNimbus, Google has been helping Israel spy on and murder Palestinian civilians, and they keep firing whistleblowers who object to #apartheid.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/293/068/138/145/755/original/7c274d465f313fec.png

2024-04-17 00:03:02

Context matters. 😉
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/283/626/755/982/059/original/56ad7da92d86611a.png

2024-04-16 17:42:05

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1889, #CharlesChaplin was born into #poverty in London. He never forgot his origins, and spoke out for the poor and for #socialism, and against war and fear, all his life. The US showed its McCarthyite face by driving him into exile during the #ColdWar.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/282/128/798/003/864/original/b302b2eaed5ea334.jpg

2024-04-16 16:56:22

It's been predicted for decades, but idiots didn't care. Arctic #permafrost is now melting so fast that it's releasing more #greenhouse gases than it sinks. Even if we limited #warming to 1.5, a metric we've already surpassed, this melting would continue.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426732-arctic-permafrost-is-now-a-net-source-of-major-greenhouse-gases/
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2024-04-11 20:19:11

If #StarTrek replicators are invented while the #capitalist economic model remains dominant:
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/254/435/373/081/879/original/4dc2f942a7cd1184.jpg

2024-04-10 19:35:34

#TimPool is an idiot so this chart makes me happy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/248/601/402/524/977/original/d28673a1187cad59.jpg

2024-04-01 19:18:17

My father sent this to me, and I figured it belongs here with you fine folks. 😀
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2024-04-01 18:45:16

Apparently, #Threads needs to "protect [its] community" from being aware that Israelis don't like their prime minister. The dystopian levels of thought-control on social media are really frustrating to those of us who live to inform and educate. *sigh*
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/197/442/923/189/459/original/a3dd2c6b97eab79e.png

2024-04-01 18:38:07

Here's a view of the large protests in #Israel that have been calling for the removal of #Netanyahu. The country's steady slide into #fascism is no longer challenged by any real parliamentary opposition, and only street power is left. I hope this movement continues to grow.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/197/401/956/135/618/original/d9f151cb3358960d.mp4

2024-03-30 20:13:28

Let people read what they want, you fucking nazis.
#DEI #CRT #LGBTQIA #censorship #fascism #MAGA #books #libraries
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2024-03-29 15:05:16

The confidence of mediocre and entirely uneducated white men on the Internet could be bottled and sold as a potent narcotic. Like such drugs, it lowers inhibitions, damages brains, and leads to reckless behaviour that risks their lives and that of others.
#DunningKrugerEffect
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2024-03-29 14:56:13

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1986, Dutch #antifascists disrupted a meeting to reconcile two #FarRight factions in Kedichem, burning them out.
#Fascists should never have been allowed to organize. #Liberal complacency helped mainstream literal #neonazi rhetoric, creating #MAGA/#Trump.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/179/555/288/229/156/original/74d9478ad9267bf2.jpg

2024-03-29 13:08:37

#NoWarButClassWar #anarchism #Judaism #IWW #Solidarity #Antifa #CeasefireNOW #AntiFascism
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/179/132/157/656/120/original/97a568aba3d50312.jpg

2024-03-27 14:46:02

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1904, authorities expelled #MotherJones, infamous #labour #union agitator, from Colorado for inflaming workers during a #strike. If you don't know who she is, this is a fun place to start:
https://youtu.be/lO0pXTik0OE
#UnionStrong #NoWarButClassWar
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2024-03-25 13:59:34

Not just #Marxists, of course -- this understanding of class is also present for #anarchists and other #socialists.
Meanwhile, American #liberals are still trying to break class #solidarity with their #MiddleClass fraud to leave us under domination of #conservative #oligarchy.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/156/683/333/589/726/original/f6e6ed049aaaa6cc.jpg

2024-03-21 20:55:35

#Portugal, the poorest country in western #Europe, has made a big pledge to #UNRWA, but it can't make up for what was lost by the cut-off of aid by the US over unproven claims of UN complicity in 7 Oct. Making others take up the slack is inhumane, #Biden.
https://www.reuters.com/world/portugal-pledges-10-mln-euros-aid-unrwa-2024-03-21/
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2024-03-21 15:16:45

In case you need a smile, check out this cute video. And remember that #corvidae (#crows, #ravens, #rooks, etc.) are wicked-smart and deserve your respect.
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2024-03-21 03:39:47

It's honestly sad that after several centuries watching #corporations commit #genocide, sell #slaves, steal land, poison water, mutilate #workers, kill children, and knowingly sell harmful products, people are still out here defending #capitalism as the best economic system ever.
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2024-03-21 01:33:48

This article on #plastics and their threat to human #health and our #environment is yet another piece of evidence that #capitalism is a death-cult and the pursuit of easy profits will kill us *sigh*
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/plastics-contain-thousands-more-chemicals-than-thought-and-most-are-unregulated-report-finds-180983967/
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2024-03-18 05:10:20

Ministry of Silly Walks, Arrakis Office.
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2024-03-16 23:08:59

It's a shame this isn't already the norm.
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2024-03-16 08:07:13

A point that came up in our weekly live was the way we can help each other, teach skills, organize more effectively by sharing what we know... but we have to be willing to do the work, to meet in person and not just on social media. Change happens, but it takes work. #Organize
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2024-03-10 02:07:17

#OneBigUnion #IWW #WageSlavery
#SolidarityForever #UnionStrong
#SeizeTheMeans #MutualAid
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2024-03-06 16:12:30

This one said that #climate activists are worse than #WhiteSupremacists, which says a lot about him.
"These kids and their horseless carriages! How dare they threaten jobs of farriers, cartwrights, and knackers! They want to drive 30 mph! Can you imagine? Horses for me, thanks."
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2024-03-04 15:44:18

It's impossible for me to wrap my head around the depth of immorality needed to carry out deceptions like this, except to say the conscious embrace of dishonest #propaganda on the American right would make #Nazi and #Bolshevik propagandists blush.
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2024-03-04 15:36:06

Just as expected, the US Supreme Court struck down the effort to disqualify Trump from Colorado's primary election.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-68470315

2024-03-03 16:06:22

Six months into this and the #NYTimes finally set aside its aggressively pro-Zionist stance for a few minutes to put a human face on what Israel is doing in Gaza. To see a fraction of what the world has lost by tolerating this assault, read this:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/02/world/middleeast/gaza-deaths.html
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2024-02-16 22:03:04

Speaking as an autistic Jewish Spinozist pacifist anarchist and historian (*phew*), that so many of these unhinged nationalists want to call me a terrorist, a Hamas sympathizer, and an antisemite gets a mite tiresome. If I block your arse, it's because you're tedious af, troll.
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2024-02-14 15:37:07

This illustration is accurate af. You DON'T have to share my expertise in Middle East history to know that what Israel is doing is morally indefensible. What's troubling to me is the number of people and institutions who'd rather shut me up than acknowledge this.
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2024-02-13 02:50:28

Hey, me, too! 😀
Are you also horny for a #LivingWage..?
If so, we should organize and get one.
#UnionStrong #IWW #EatTheRich
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2024-02-09 15:08:39

#TuckerCarlson gave an audience of slavering sycophants hours of screen time with a #genocidal #WarCriminal, allowing #Putin to advance a tyrannical #FarRight vision completely unchallenged... since fawning over dictators that way is what #bootlickers do.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68248740
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2024-02-03 19:52:25

Via mndiaye_97 on Instagram, and oh-so-good.
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2024-02-02 15:14:13

Big #SocialMedia companies, from Meta to X to TikTok, repeatedly restrict the accounts of #antifascist & #leftist activists while openly tolerating #FarRight #racists & #fascists. The latter do not threaten the #capitalist order built on #division, and divide & rule is the norm.
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2024-01-29 16:10:59

You're worth more than you are paid. #Strike for better pay and working conditions. #UnionStrong #IWW
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2024-01-26 15:21:27

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1944, #AngelaDavis was born in AL. A living icon of the left for a lifetime of #intersectional #activism, Davis is a #feminist, a #Marxist, and for #BDS and #PrisonAbolition. She was fired from #UCLA on #Reagan's order and subjected to political persecution.
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2024-01-26 14:58:44

#ICJ #WorldCourt #Israel #Gaza #SouthAfrica #genocide #ceasefire #ICJGazaGenocide #incitement
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-braces-world-court-ruling-focuses-attack-south-gaza-2024-01-26/
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2024-01-21 00:57:07

Donald #Trump is a wannabe #dictator who wants a full-blown, unaccountable #policestate, and his #MAGA base is a clear and present danger to what's left of our shrinking freedoms. We're already at 62nd place. Under Trump, we'll lose all pretence of being a #republic.
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2024-01-17 00:58:25

For anyone who cares, it looks like the last functioning hospital in the #Gaza Strip is about to be invaded. This whole episode and the willingness of major powers to arm and encourage it will be a moral stain on the #DemocraticParty, the US, and the EU for generations to come.
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2024-01-14 18:09:13

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2024-01-12 22:35:01

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1865, Gen. Wm Sherman met with black ministers in GA and devised the "40 acres and a mule" plan to help the former slaves. #Lincoln ordered it, but #Johnson reversed it. It's past time -- we need #reparations now.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2BFgVpPns6/?igsh=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ==

2024-01-10 12:46:42

It shouldn't surprise anyone the media in an old settler colony is biased against fights for liberation from colonization -- the US has shown this bias repeatedly for over a century. We also reserve the word "terrorist" mostly for Muslims, never settlers.
https://truthout.org/articles/report-major-news-outlets-like-nyt-cover-gaza-with-strong-bias-toward-israel/
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2024-01-04 04:57:16

Hey, #capitalists! Are you unhappy your ships get attacked because of your complicity in #genocide and #EthnicCleansing? Then do something about it -- demand #CeasefireNOW and divest from the #occupation. It's really that simple.
#Houthis #DirectAction #Gaza
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2024-01-03 16:07:13

#BassemYoussef gets a little wrong, but he's doing something I often try -- to get folks on each side to see the generational #trauma of the other. If we can find #empathy in a shared history of suffering, we can break the cycle and try something new.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Xh97xp/

2023-12-26 00:55:50

On a day #Netanyahu said they are no-where near done with #Gaza, I'll point out that #Ireland is the only country in Europe right on this issue, year after year. While others use backing #Israel to avoid addressing antisemitism, the Irish understand how #SettlerColonialism works.
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2023-12-25 04:09:20

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@npub16ws…sl6a I won't ruin your evening by reminding you. 😀

2023-12-25 02:50:45

"#MerryChristmas, World, from Bethlehem Ghetto".
Anyone who's seen the Occupied Territories knows conditions there are little removed from the ghettos of eastern Europe and needs to stand up against the onslaught of lies spread by the self-proclaimed 'civilized' party.
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