Anna-Maria Mitchell
@annamami.bsky.social
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I have a special passion for speaking about global inequalities and their roots. Fiercely anticapitalist. Global development studies @ Helsinki Uni. Vasemmistoliiton aluevaltuutettu Päijät-Häme /Lahti
https://annamariam.blog
I have a special passion for speaking about global inequalities and their roots. Fiercely anticapitalist. Global development studies @ Helsinki Uni. Vasemmistoliiton aluevaltuutettu Päijät-Häme /Lahti
https://annamariam.blog
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I had this thread📍:ed on my twitter profile for 2 years. I wrote it when the Ukraine war started but it’s still valid re green growth & economic sanctions. If anything even more current as I predict that Europe will be turning a blind eye to Trump’s politics just as they did with Putin and Netanyahu
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"If someone tells you it is raining and another tells you it is dry, it's not your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out the ****ing window and find out which is true"
Jonathan Foster, on journalism
Jonathan Foster, on journalism
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"If someone tells you it is raining and another tells you it is dry, it's not your job to quote them both. It's your job to look out the ****ing window and find out which is true"
Jonathan Foster, on journalism
Jonathan Foster, on journalism
Koska näinä aikoina luotettavat riippumattomat uutislähteet on arvokkaita, mutta todella harvassa, lahjoitin rahaa the guardianille ja bellingcatille. Mun muutamat kympit ei vaikuta paljoa, mutta suosittelen samaa muille.
January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Koska näinä aikoina luotettavat riippumattomat uutislähteet on arvokkaita, mutta todella harvassa, lahjoitin rahaa the guardianille ja bellingcatille. Mun muutamat kympit ei vaikuta paljoa, mutta suosittelen samaa muille.
Ja taas mennään…! Trump varmaan ajattelee että kun ei saanut Grönlantia niin Kanadaa ei puolusta kukaan. Paitsi että sekin on osa NATOa.
Trump: “China is successfully and completely taking over the once Great Country of Canada. So sad to see it happen. I only hope they leave Ice Hockey alone! President DJT”
January 25, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Ja taas mennään…! Trump varmaan ajattelee että kun ei saanut Grönlantia niin Kanadaa ei puolusta kukaan. Paitsi että sekin on osa NATOa.
Minkä ihmeen ”levottomuuksien”?! Yle toistaa Trumpin hallinnon propagandaa, ikään kuin rauhanomaiset mielenosoitukset olisi levottomuuksia. Kyseessä on poliisiväkivalta, tai tässä tapauksessa fasistisen hallinnon erikoisjoukkojen suunnitelmallinen ja tarkoituksellinen väkivalta. Ei ole kahta puolta
Perhe ja tuttavat kertovat: tällainen oli Minneapolisin levottomuuksien viimeisin uhri Alex Pretti
Uhrin vanhemmat kertovat pitävänsä viranomaisten syytöksiä kuvottavina. Tuttavat kuvailevat Alex Prettiä upeaksi ja hyväsydämiseksi ihmiseksi.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Minkä ihmeen ”levottomuuksien”?! Yle toistaa Trumpin hallinnon propagandaa, ikään kuin rauhanomaiset mielenosoitukset olisi levottomuuksia. Kyseessä on poliisiväkivalta, tai tässä tapauksessa fasistisen hallinnon erikoisjoukkojen suunnitelmallinen ja tarkoituksellinen väkivalta. Ei ole kahta puolta
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Rantanen suhmuroi jo kulisseissa kontrollista vapaata Suomen ICEa kaduille riehumaan.
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Rajavalvonta | Tullin pääjohtajalta poikkeuksellinen ulostulo: Ministeriö kajoamassa kevyin perustein perusoikeuksiin
Tullin pääjohtajan Sami Rakshitin mukaan muutoksella yritetään ujuttaa rajatarkastuksia takaisin EU:n sisärajoille. Hän syyttää sisäministeriötä hankkeen salailusta.
www.hs.fi
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Rantanen suhmuroi jo kulisseissa kontrollista vapaata Suomen ICEa kaduille riehumaan.
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
www.hs.fi/tutkiva/art-...
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Vinkatkaa lisää boikotoitavaa! #Boycottrump #BoycottUSA
January 25, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Vinkatkaa lisää boikotoitavaa! #Boycottrump #BoycottUSA
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On syytä muistaa, että hallituksessamme istuvat perussuomalaiset ja kokoomus fanittavat Trumpin autoritaarista hallintoa.
January 25, 2026 at 8:58 AM
On syytä muistaa, että hallituksessamme istuvat perussuomalaiset ja kokoomus fanittavat Trumpin autoritaarista hallintoa.
Kun mediassa kiertää väkivaltaisia videoja kasvonsa peittävistä amerikkalaisista gestapojoukoista, joiden luotiliiveissä lukee ”police ice”, tällainen mainos poliisivalmennuksesta Suomessa ei vaikuta kovin fiksulta vedolta. Ellei haluta houkutella samanlaisia väkivaltaisia äärioikeistolaisia hulluja
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Kun mediassa kiertää väkivaltaisia videoja kasvonsa peittävistä amerikkalaisista gestapojoukoista, joiden luotiliiveissä lukee ”police ice”, tällainen mainos poliisivalmennuksesta Suomessa ei vaikuta kovin fiksulta vedolta. Ellei haluta houkutella samanlaisia väkivaltaisia äärioikeistolaisia hulluja
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
Rojavan demokraattinen konfederionalismi oli yksi kaikkien aikojen kiinnostavimmista tasa-arvoisen ruohonjuuridemokratian malleista. Siitä ei puhuttu missään, mutta se olisi myös ollut mallina uhka nykyiselle järjestelmälle, jossa demokratia voi helposti johtaa myös auktoritarismiin (kuten usassa).
The collapse of the Syrian Democratic Forces has brought an end to the Kurdish experiment of autonomy in Syria
How the Kurds lost control of north-eastern Syria
Once America’s ally, a Kurdish-led militia is no longer considered useful
econ.st
January 24, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Rojavan demokraattinen konfederionalismi oli yksi kaikkien aikojen kiinnostavimmista tasa-arvoisen ruohonjuuridemokratian malleista. Siitä ei puhuttu missään, mutta se olisi myös ollut mallina uhka nykyiselle järjestelmälle, jossa demokratia voi helposti johtaa myös auktoritarismiin (kuten usassa).
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Nyt demarit valoja päälle.
Tämän ei pitäisi olla yhtään vaikea kysymys. Emme saa mahdollistaa tuollaista kansalaisten oikeuksiin puuttumista. Tämä olisi taas askel kohti autoritaarista Suomea. SDPllä unohtunut koko puolueen historia ilmeisesti? 🤡
www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
Tämän ei pitäisi olla yhtään vaikea kysymys. Emme saa mahdollistaa tuollaista kansalaisten oikeuksiin puuttumista. Tämä olisi taas askel kohti autoritaarista Suomea. SDPllä unohtunut koko puolueen historia ilmeisesti? 🤡
www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
Lausuntokierros | Perustuslain yksityisyydensuojaa halutaan muuttaa – Sdp:n kanta jää auki
Vihreiden ja vasemmistoliiton vastustus ei vielä yksinään riitä kaatamaan kiireellisenä tehtävää perustuslain muutosta. Kuninkaantekijäksi noussee Sdp, jonka kanta ei ryhmän lausunnosta vielä selviä.
www.hs.fi
January 24, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Nyt demarit valoja päälle.
Tämän ei pitäisi olla yhtään vaikea kysymys. Emme saa mahdollistaa tuollaista kansalaisten oikeuksiin puuttumista. Tämä olisi taas askel kohti autoritaarista Suomea. SDPllä unohtunut koko puolueen historia ilmeisesti? 🤡
www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
Tämän ei pitäisi olla yhtään vaikea kysymys. Emme saa mahdollistaa tuollaista kansalaisten oikeuksiin puuttumista. Tämä olisi taas askel kohti autoritaarista Suomea. SDPllä unohtunut koko puolueen historia ilmeisesti? 🤡
www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
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Täydensin tätä jakamaasi kaaviota ja nostin rinnalle vielä pohjoismaisten hyvinvointivaltioiden lukemat erikseen. Ei varmaankaan kata kaikkia näkökulmia, mutta voi antaa ajattelemisen aihetta kuitenkin.
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Täydensin tätä jakamaasi kaaviota ja nostin rinnalle vielä pohjoismaisten hyvinvointivaltioiden lukemat erikseen. Ei varmaankaan kata kaikkia näkökulmia, mutta voi antaa ajattelemisen aihetta kuitenkin.
“Over these last 12 months, Trump has demonstrated that the formal restraints designed to hold a US president in check are easily swept away. And if it can happen once, it can happen again. Which means it is not just Trump who is an unreliable ally. Sadly, it is the US itself.”
As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:31 PM
“Over these last 12 months, Trump has demonstrated that the formal restraints designed to hold a US president in check are easily swept away. And if it can happen once, it can happen again. Which means it is not just Trump who is an unreliable ally. Sadly, it is the US itself.”
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The Trump administration has a Nazi problem, writes Mehdi Hasan
The Trump administration has a Nazi problem | Mehdi Hasan
Think I’m exaggerating? Consider the copious amounts of evidence
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The Trump administration has a Nazi problem, writes Mehdi Hasan
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Exercise commanders had to ask 🇫🇮 reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a mil source said.”
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January 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Exercise commanders had to ask 🇫🇮 reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a mil source said.”
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Farage & co if they actually cared about migration would care about climate change. In fact, they see an opportunity:
Petro-populists deny the existence of climate change, do all they can to turbocharge it, desperate mass migration ensues & they use anti-migrant feeling to perpetuate their power.
Petro-populists deny the existence of climate change, do all they can to turbocharge it, desperate mass migration ensues & they use anti-migrant feeling to perpetuate their power.
"But a full, internal version of the report, seen by The Times,
goes further, suggesting that the degradation of rainforests in
the Congo & the drying up of rivers fed by the Himalayas
could drive people to flee to Europe, leading to “more polarised
& populist politics in the UK”"
#ClimateEmergency
goes further, suggesting that the degradation of rainforests in
the Congo & the drying up of rivers fed by the Himalayas
could drive people to flee to Europe, leading to “more polarised
& populist politics in the UK”"
#ClimateEmergency
Suppressed climate report warned of mass migration and nuclear war
Unabridged document said disappearing forests and rivers drying up could drive people to Europe and lead to conflict in Asia
www.thetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Farage & co if they actually cared about migration would care about climate change. In fact, they see an opportunity:
Petro-populists deny the existence of climate change, do all they can to turbocharge it, desperate mass migration ensues & they use anti-migrant feeling to perpetuate their power.
Petro-populists deny the existence of climate change, do all they can to turbocharge it, desperate mass migration ensues & they use anti-migrant feeling to perpetuate their power.
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If you are still on Xitter, be aware that this is what you are supporting.
No amount of reach is worth this.
No amount of reach is worth this.
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 4:56 PM
If you are still on Xitter, be aware that this is what you are supporting.
No amount of reach is worth this.
No amount of reach is worth this.
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This is a fascist technology that fundamentally -by its core design and characteristics as a technology- serves the goals of bigots, racists and bloodthirsty white supremacists
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
WH posted AI faked photo of arrested protestor
“Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
“Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 AM
This is a fascist technology that fundamentally -by its core design and characteristics as a technology- serves the goals of bigots, racists and bloodthirsty white supremacists
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
It has no role in progressive or left advocacy, no matter how much time it saves you. When you use it, you're helping them
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The heatwave in Australia is beyond belief. And it's caused by people making decisions to burn coal, oil and gas when there's so many other options available.
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The heatwave in Australia is beyond belief. And it's caused by people making decisions to burn coal, oil and gas when there's so many other options available.
Meanwhile in Australia: new hate laws could mean that you end up in jail for bring against the Israeli state’s genocidal actions in Palestine.
Listen to the full episode here, or wherever you listen to podcasts ⤵️
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Does the government understand its own hate laws?
The government passed new gun control and hate speech legislation in a special parliamentary sitting, but what impact will they have on Australian democracy?
australiainstitute.org.au
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Meanwhile in Australia: new hate laws could mean that you end up in jail for bring against the Israeli state’s genocidal actions in Palestine.
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The thing about that child is there isn’t a single child in the world I’d be okay with this happening to. Not even their kids. The children are all ours, and to miss that is to dehumanize completely.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The thing about that child is there isn’t a single child in the world I’d be okay with this happening to. Not even their kids. The children are all ours, and to miss that is to dehumanize completely.
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Perhaps it's like climate heating: the extreme events are observable, but the trends run deeper.
Could Trump-MAGA have happened if the U.S. were a healthy democracy? If it did not have large inequalities? If it wasn't rooted in imperialism? If it could regulate corporations?
Could Trump-MAGA have happened if the U.S. were a healthy democracy? If it did not have large inequalities? If it wasn't rooted in imperialism? If it could regulate corporations?
January 22, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Perhaps it's like climate heating: the extreme events are observable, but the trends run deeper.
Could Trump-MAGA have happened if the U.S. were a healthy democracy? If it did not have large inequalities? If it wasn't rooted in imperialism? If it could regulate corporations?
Could Trump-MAGA have happened if the U.S. were a healthy democracy? If it did not have large inequalities? If it wasn't rooted in imperialism? If it could regulate corporations?
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Kenelle se "kaunis kiinteistö" eli Gaza kuuluu? Trump aikoo varastaa sen palestiinalaisilta ja joka ikinen joka lähtee mukaan tähän petokseen on kanssarikollinen. Ja jokainen joka vielä miettii että pitäiskö, suunnittelee osallistuvansa rikokseen.
Trump makes concluding remarks. He says Gaza ceasefire push began because he is “a real estate person at heart, and it’s all about location, and I said, ‘look at this location, on the sea, look at this beautiful piece of property’”.
January 22, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Kenelle se "kaunis kiinteistö" eli Gaza kuuluu? Trump aikoo varastaa sen palestiinalaisilta ja joka ikinen joka lähtee mukaan tähän petokseen on kanssarikollinen. Ja jokainen joka vielä miettii että pitäiskö, suunnittelee osallistuvansa rikokseen.
Zelenskyin puhe Davosissa oli kultaa. Ukrainalle kävi hyvä tuuri, että näin hirveänä aikana heillä on noin hyvä johtaja, rohkea ja taisteluhenkinen. En voi kuin kuvitella kauhulla, mitä kävisi jos Suomi joutuisi sotaan nykyisen valtionjohdon aikana.
January 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Zelenskyin puhe Davosissa oli kultaa. Ukrainalle kävi hyvä tuuri, että näin hirveänä aikana heillä on noin hyvä johtaja, rohkea ja taisteluhenkinen. En voi kuin kuvitella kauhulla, mitä kävisi jos Suomi joutuisi sotaan nykyisen valtionjohdon aikana.