Eline Slootweg
@elinems.bsky.social
Based in the Netherlands, worked as a hydrologist/agro-ecologist in East Africa, mum of 3, migraineur, volunteer farmworker and treasurer, love hiking and cross-stitching, here to learn and to share. Deus sive Natura
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Here is new post by Paula Cristina Roque. Very accurate reporting.
Another government rejected by the people. An unruly party refusing to go. Mass Protest resulted in a worst post election massacre by state police.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Another government rejected by the people. An unruly party refusing to go. Mass Protest resulted in a worst post election massacre by state police.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
In digital silence and darkness, they massacred Tanzanians | Daily Maverick
In a grim spectacle of electoral farce and brutal repression, Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan pulled the plug on the internet just as her regime executed a massacre that could claim up to 8,0...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Here is new post by Paula Cristina Roque. Very accurate reporting.
Another government rejected by the people. An unruly party refusing to go. Mass Protest resulted in a worst post election massacre by state police.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Another government rejected by the people. An unruly party refusing to go. Mass Protest resulted in a worst post election massacre by state police.
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Geolocated videos, audio forensics, and eyewitness accounts for anyone who had any doubt that a massacre has been committed in Tanzania. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/w...
CNN finds evidence Tanzanian police killed protesters | CNN
In an exclusive investigation, CNN has found evidence that Tanzanian police used deadly fire on protesters following a disputed election in October. Forensic analysis of graphic videos and imagery rev...
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Geolocated videos, audio forensics, and eyewitness accounts for anyone who had any doubt that a massacre has been committed in Tanzania. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/21/w...
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Deeply alarmed by reports out of Tanzania, where a police crackdown on protests has left hundreds dead.
We must have an independent, transparent investigation and accountability.
And the US must always support self-determination & a peaceful democratic process.
We must have an independent, transparent investigation and accountability.
And the US must always support self-determination & a peaceful democratic process.
‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police shooting protesters, signs of mass graves | CNN
In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Deeply alarmed by reports out of Tanzania, where a police crackdown on protests has left hundreds dead.
We must have an independent, transparent investigation and accountability.
And the US must always support self-determination & a peaceful democratic process.
We must have an independent, transparent investigation and accountability.
And the US must always support self-determination & a peaceful democratic process.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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And speaks out on
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And speaks out on
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
"other opposition leaders and critics... arbitrarily arrested or targeted, in a sustained purge involving abductions and disappearances, including that of Humphrey Polepole"
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#Eplenary calls for prompt, thorough, independent & impartial investigation into all alleged killings, enforced disappearances, torture & other violations.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#Eplenary calls for prompt, thorough, independent & impartial investigation into all alleged killings, enforced disappearances, torture & other violations.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
Condemns the arbitrary & politically motivated detention of Tundu Lissu, calling for his immediate & unconditional release.
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🚨So much at stake as #EPlenary discusses human rights in Tanzania this week
Former ambassador & gov't critic Humphrey Polepole was abducted 6 Oct by unidentified security forces
Authorities must disclose his whereabouts & if he is in their custody, release him now.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Former ambassador & gov't critic Humphrey Polepole was abducted 6 Oct by unidentified security forces
Authorities must disclose his whereabouts & if he is in their custody, release him now.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Tanzania: Whereabouts of government critic unknown: Humphrey Polepole - Amnesty International
Humphrey Polepole was abducted in Dar es Salaam on 6 October 2025 by unidentified security forces. He is an outspoken government critic who has criticized President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the ruling ...
www.amnesty.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨So much at stake as #EPlenary discusses human rights in Tanzania this week
Former ambassador & gov't critic Humphrey Polepole was abducted 6 Oct by unidentified security forces
Authorities must disclose his whereabouts & if he is in their custody, release him now.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Former ambassador & gov't critic Humphrey Polepole was abducted 6 Oct by unidentified security forces
Authorities must disclose his whereabouts & if he is in their custody, release him now.
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
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Goed nieuws van onze vrienden uit Kenia. In een tijd waarin in ontwikkelende landen steeds meer wetten worden aangenomen die de vrije handel van traditionele zaden door boeren beperkt, oordeelt de rechter in Kenia dat dat in strijd is met de grondwet. Een belangrijk precedent!
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Goed nieuws van onze vrienden uit Kenia. In een tijd waarin in ontwikkelende landen steeds meer wetten worden aangenomen die de vrije handel van traditionele zaden door boeren beperkt, oordeelt de rechter in Kenia dat dat in strijd is met de grondwet. Een belangrijk precedent!
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For all my Dutchie friends, the cloud services provider for DigiD, the MijnOverheid portal, and the justice ministry is now run by a subject-to-American-law company.
This is why you don't CAPITALISM your infrastructure, particularly national security.
You own your shit or you do not own your shit.
This is why you don't CAPITALISM your infrastructure, particularly national security.
You own your shit or you do not own your shit.
Digital IDs are secure… not. The Dutch national system is now owned by a US company so all the data is accessible to … who?
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutc...
Dutch cloud firm Solvinity taken over by US IT giant Kyndryl - DutchNews.nl
The sale of Dutch cloud services firm Solvinity to American IT giant Kyndryl has caused alarm within national and local government because it undermines efforts to reduce dependence on US technology c...
www.dutchnews.nl
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
For all my Dutchie friends, the cloud services provider for DigiD, the MijnOverheid portal, and the justice ministry is now run by a subject-to-American-law company.
This is why you don't CAPITALISM your infrastructure, particularly national security.
You own your shit or you do not own your shit.
This is why you don't CAPITALISM your infrastructure, particularly national security.
You own your shit or you do not own your shit.
Supergoede en evenwichtige podcast over Fela Kuti en de mensen om hem heen, zeer interessant voor iedereen die wil leren over de-kolonisatie en over de kracht van zijn muziek, over de kracht van vrouwen, van organisatie @arnhemnijmegenbij1.social.bij1.org.ap.brid.gy @sylvanasimons.bsky.social
"Fela Kuti: Fear No Man" is MAGIC from Jad Abumrad and the team.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dol...
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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“Anil, ik zou zo graag willen dat ik iets voor je kon doen!!”
Dit is iets wat ik vaak hoor van veel lieve vrienden.
Die mogelijkheid is er nu. Over 4 dagen. Het 1e PAIS-protest!
Lees hier meer over het protest: hetpaisprotest.nl
#PAISprotest #niethersteld @NietHersteld
Dit is iets wat ik vaak hoor van veel lieve vrienden.
Die mogelijkheid is er nu. Over 4 dagen. Het 1e PAIS-protest!
Lees hier meer over het protest: hetpaisprotest.nl
#PAISprotest #niethersteld @NietHersteld
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Anil, ik zou zo graag willen dat ik iets voor je kon doen!!”
Dit is iets wat ik vaak hoor van veel lieve vrienden.
Die mogelijkheid is er nu. Over 4 dagen. Het 1e PAIS-protest!
Lees hier meer over het protest: hetpaisprotest.nl
#PAISprotest #niethersteld @NietHersteld
Dit is iets wat ik vaak hoor van veel lieve vrienden.
Die mogelijkheid is er nu. Over 4 dagen. Het 1e PAIS-protest!
Lees hier meer over het protest: hetpaisprotest.nl
#PAISprotest #niethersteld @NietHersteld
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Omdat ik alle andere dagen met mijn Kamerwerk bezig ben, hou ik zondagen vrij voor mijn gezin in Groningen.
Maar a.s. zondag maak ik een uitzondering. Ik ga naar #PAISprotest in Den Haag.
Omdat ik de luxe van gezondheid heb en mensen met PAIS beter beleid verdienen.
Kom ook👇🏽
Maar a.s. zondag maak ik een uitzondering. Ik ga naar #PAISprotest in Den Haag.
Omdat ik de luxe van gezondheid heb en mensen met PAIS beter beleid verdienen.
Kom ook👇🏽
“Anil, ik zou zo graag willen dat ik iets voor je kon doen!!”
Dit is iets wat ik vaak hoor van veel lieve vrienden.
Die mogelijkheid is er nu. Over 4 dagen. Het 1e PAIS-protest!
Lees hier meer over het protest: hetpaisprotest.nl
#PAISprotest #niethersteld @NietHersteld
Dit is iets wat ik vaak hoor van veel lieve vrienden.
Die mogelijkheid is er nu. Over 4 dagen. Het 1e PAIS-protest!
Lees hier meer over het protest: hetpaisprotest.nl
#PAISprotest #niethersteld @NietHersteld
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Omdat ik alle andere dagen met mijn Kamerwerk bezig ben, hou ik zondagen vrij voor mijn gezin in Groningen.
Maar a.s. zondag maak ik een uitzondering. Ik ga naar #PAISprotest in Den Haag.
Omdat ik de luxe van gezondheid heb en mensen met PAIS beter beleid verdienen.
Kom ook👇🏽
Maar a.s. zondag maak ik een uitzondering. Ik ga naar #PAISprotest in Den Haag.
Omdat ik de luxe van gezondheid heb en mensen met PAIS beter beleid verdienen.
Kom ook👇🏽
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#Justice4Paweł – Support the worker fired by AH/Ahold with a selfie or a chalk protest
www.doorbraak.eu/justice4pawe...
“Call on your comrades, friends, family, and your followers on social media, to join in too!”
#AlbertHeijn #AholdDelhaize #Campaign #FNV
www.doorbraak.eu/justice4pawe...
“Call on your comrades, friends, family, and your followers on social media, to join in too!”
#AlbertHeijn #AholdDelhaize #Campaign #FNV
#Justice4Paweł – Support the worker fired by AH/Ahold with a selfie or a chalk protest | Doorbraak.eu
Paweł Rudzki was an agency worker at Albert Heijn for eight (!) years. He was dismissed because he stands up for his colleagues. Since he started organising migrant workers (all of them agency staff) ...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
#Justice4Paweł – Support the worker fired by AH/Ahold with a selfie or a chalk protest
www.doorbraak.eu/justice4pawe...
“Call on your comrades, friends, family, and your followers on social media, to join in too!”
#AlbertHeijn #AholdDelhaize #Campaign #FNV
www.doorbraak.eu/justice4pawe...
“Call on your comrades, friends, family, and your followers on social media, to join in too!”
#AlbertHeijn #AholdDelhaize #Campaign #FNV
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The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human
The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.
www.latimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The slippery slope in action: framing more and more categories of people as falling outside the body politic. Just a few months ago:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
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❗Op 21 december willen de neonazi's van de Nederlandse Nationalistische Beweging (NNB) een demonstratie houden in #Apeldoorn. 😵💫
We kunnen dit niet zonder weerwoord laten gebeuren. 🔥 Dus kom ook 21 december om 14.00 voor een #vreedzame #demonstratie in Apeldoorn. Zeg NEE tegen #fascisme!
We kunnen dit niet zonder weerwoord laten gebeuren. 🔥 Dus kom ook 21 december om 14.00 voor een #vreedzame #demonstratie in Apeldoorn. Zeg NEE tegen #fascisme!
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
❗Op 21 december willen de neonazi's van de Nederlandse Nationalistische Beweging (NNB) een demonstratie houden in #Apeldoorn. 😵💫
We kunnen dit niet zonder weerwoord laten gebeuren. 🔥 Dus kom ook 21 december om 14.00 voor een #vreedzame #demonstratie in Apeldoorn. Zeg NEE tegen #fascisme!
We kunnen dit niet zonder weerwoord laten gebeuren. 🔥 Dus kom ook 21 december om 14.00 voor een #vreedzame #demonstratie in Apeldoorn. Zeg NEE tegen #fascisme!
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Ons dubbel-demissionaire #MuppetsKabinet zal elke druppel gif achterlaten die maar mogelijk is. Dankzij mensen als Mona Keijzer.
Soort verschroeide aarde-politiek, als afscheid.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Soort verschroeide aarde-politiek, als afscheid.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Ons dubbel-demissionaire #MuppetsKabinet zal elke druppel gif achterlaten die maar mogelijk is. Dankzij mensen als Mona Keijzer.
Soort verschroeide aarde-politiek, als afscheid.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Soort verschroeide aarde-politiek, als afscheid.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
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#Agenda
Zaterdag, 29 november: demonstratie in kader van internationale dag van solidariteit met de Palestijnen
www.doorbraak.eu/29-november-...
Vanaf 13:30 uur
Waagplein
#Leeuwarden
#Kolonialisme #Militarisme #Repressie
Zaterdag, 29 november: demonstratie in kader van internationale dag van solidariteit met de Palestijnen
www.doorbraak.eu/29-november-...
Vanaf 13:30 uur
Waagplein
#Leeuwarden
#Kolonialisme #Militarisme #Repressie
29 november, Leeuwarden: demonstratie in kader van internationale dag van solidariteit met de Palestijnen | Doorbraak.eu
Op 29 november organiseren Friesland for Palestine en Heart4theChildren een demonstratie in het centrum van Leeuwarden. De VN heeft die dag uitgeroepen tot “internationale dag van solidariteit met de ...
www.doorbraak.eu
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#Agenda
Zaterdag, 29 november: demonstratie in kader van internationale dag van solidariteit met de Palestijnen
www.doorbraak.eu/29-november-...
Vanaf 13:30 uur
Waagplein
#Leeuwarden
#Kolonialisme #Militarisme #Repressie
Zaterdag, 29 november: demonstratie in kader van internationale dag van solidariteit met de Palestijnen
www.doorbraak.eu/29-november-...
Vanaf 13:30 uur
Waagplein
#Leeuwarden
#Kolonialisme #Militarisme #Repressie
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Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
「世界が炎に包まれるとき、音楽に何ができるのか？」という問いを軸に、ホストのJad Abumradが音楽史における偉大な政治的覚醒の物語を語る。クラシック音楽を学んだナイジェリア出身のフェラ・クティは、アメリカ滞在を経て帰国後、音楽を国家への抵抗の手段へと変貌させアフロビートという新たな音楽言語を創り出した。しかし芸術と政治の融合が危険視され、国家からの弾圧を受けることに。それでも彼の音楽は心を揺さぶり人々の意識を変え傷ついた社会を癒やしていったという。
podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/r...
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
「世界が炎に包まれるとき、音楽に何ができるのか？」という問いを軸に、ホストのJad Abumradが音楽史における偉大な政治的覚醒の物語を語る。クラシック音楽を学んだナイジェリア出身のフェラ・クティは、アメリカ滞在を経て帰国後、音楽を国家への抵抗の手段へと変貌させアフロビートという新たな音楽言語を創り出した。しかし芸術と政治の融合が危険視され、国家からの弾圧を受けることに。それでも彼の音楽は心を揺さぶり人々の意識を変え傷ついた社会を癒やしていったという。
podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/r...
October 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
「世界が炎に包まれるとき、音楽に何ができるのか？」という問いを軸に、ホストのJad Abumradが音楽史における偉大な政治的覚醒の物語を語る。クラシック音楽を学んだナイジェリア出身のフェラ・クティは、アメリカ滞在を経て帰国後、音楽を国家への抵抗の手段へと変貌させアフロビートという新たな音楽言語を創り出した。しかし芸術と政治の融合が危険視され、国家からの弾圧を受けることに。それでも彼の音楽は心を揺さぶり人々の意識を変え傷ついた社会を癒やしていったという。
podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/r...
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
「世界が炎に包まれるとき、音楽に何ができるのか？」という問いを軸に、ホストのJad Abumradが音楽史における偉大な政治的覚醒の物語を語る。クラシック音楽を学んだナイジェリア出身のフェラ・クティは、アメリカ滞在を経て帰国後、音楽を国家への抵抗の手段へと変貌させアフロビートという新たな音楽言語を創り出した。しかし芸術と政治の融合が危険視され、国家からの弾圧を受けることに。それでも彼の音楽は心を揺さぶり人々の意識を変え傷ついた社会を癒やしていったという。
podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/r...
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Jad Abumrad's new series on Fela Kuti is an absolute triumph of podcasting. Beautifully done. open.spotify.com/episode/416u...
Introducing Fela Kuti: Fear No Man
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jad Abumrad's new series on Fela Kuti is an absolute triumph of podcasting. Beautifully done. open.spotify.com/episode/416u...
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Don't listen to many podcasts but, damn, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is just exceptionally good.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Don't listen to many podcasts but, damn, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is just exceptionally good.