Jim Wallace
@jwallit.bsky.social
Retired software architect, contrarian, and socialist. Interested in many different things; including politics, economics, literature, history, and travel.
The Palestinians stuck in the no-man’s-land of Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement plan to expel them mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...
The Palestinians stuck in the no-man’s-land of Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement plan to expel them
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Qalandia refugee camp and Kufr Aqab are cut off from Jerusalem by the apartheid wall and separated from other Palestinian towns. Now, a new Israeli settlement ...
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February 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The Palestinians stuck in the no-man’s-land of Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement plan to expel them mondoweiss.net/2026/02/the-...
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February 19, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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Life, Death, and zionist Bureaucracy in The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Life, Death, and zionist Bureaucracy in The Voice of Hind Rajab
Reflections on the film and the many questions it raises about our strategies for protecting and caring for one another in a the face of bureaucracies governed by genc logics.
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February 19, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Life, Death, and zionist Bureaucracy in The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Solidarity with Cuba
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Solidarity with Cuba
The Cuban Revolution Holds Out Against Us Imperialism
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February 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Solidarity with Cuba
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The U.S. Blockade On Cuba Is Blocking Cancer Treatment For Children.
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The U.S. Blockade On Cuba Is Blocking Cancer Treatment For Children.
The U.S. Starvation Blockade On Cuba Is Blocking Cancer Treatment For Children.
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February 18, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The U.S. Blockade On Cuba Is Blocking Cancer Treatment For Children.
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Left- Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich says, "Palestinians will be forced to be expelled from Gaza and will be replaced by Jews"
Right- IOF soldier says that it is okay to rape Palestinian hostages and criticizes the person who exposed it.
Right- IOF soldier says that it is okay to rape Palestinian hostages and criticizes the person who exposed it.
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Left- Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich says, "Palestinians will be forced to be expelled from Gaza and will be replaced by Jews"
Right- IOF soldier says that it is okay to rape Palestinian hostages and criticizes the person who exposed it.
Right- IOF soldier says that it is okay to rape Palestinian hostages and criticizes the person who exposed it.
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Today's #photooftheday is one of those images that, when I look at it, it always conjures up the accompanying audio. This burly chap was cawing his heart out when I snapped him.He was so intent on his song that he let me get almost within touching distance. #birdphotography #photography
February 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Today's #photooftheday is one of those images that, when I look at it, it always conjures up the accompanying audio. This burly chap was cawing his heart out when I snapped him.He was so intent on his song that he let me get almost within touching distance. #birdphotography #photography
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“I reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions. We’re fighting for a country where families stay together without living in terror, so we’re ALL better off!”
February 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
“I reject the lie that deporting my neighbor is how I win better pay and working conditions. We’re fighting for a country where families stay together without living in terror, so we’re ALL better off!”
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Now they watch Israel erase the Palestinian people culturally and politically. Oslo was a classic Zionist scam. Palestinian leadership advanced their obligations for promises Israel never planned to keep and the world never intended to enforce.
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Now they watch Israel erase the Palestinian people culturally and politically. Oslo was a classic Zionist scam. Palestinian leadership advanced their obligations for promises Israel never planned to keep and the world never intended to enforce.
Labor Movement, Attack!
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Labor Movement, Attack!
Another year of decline. Here's how to fix it.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Labor Movement, Attack!
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The USA has become a terrorist state! Canada should be suspending all military cooperation with them!
U.S. Kills 11 in Boat Strikes in Pacific and Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
U.S. Kills 11 in Boat Strikes in Pacific and Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
U.S. Kills 11 in Boat Strikes in Pacific and Caribbean
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February 18, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The USA has become a terrorist state! Canada should be suspending all military cooperation with them!
U.S. Kills 11 in Boat Strikes in Pacific and Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
U.S. Kills 11 in Boat Strikes in Pacific and Caribbean www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
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“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”
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Social media sites subpoenaed for identities behind anti-ICE accounts. "[DHS] is... sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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February 18, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Social media sites subpoenaed for identities behind anti-ICE accounts. "[DHS] is... sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Is Carney and American Lackey or will he help Cuba against American aggression?
February 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Is Carney and American Lackey or will he help Cuba against American aggression?
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CBS pulling @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s interview from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is alarming and nothing short of censorship. Full breakdown on my Substack page (link below).
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February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
CBS pulling @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s interview from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is alarming and nothing short of censorship. Full breakdown on my Substack page (link below).
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"Under competitive authoritarianism, countries still hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics — attacking the press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing the justice system and threatening critics — to tilt the electoral playing field in its favor."
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Concerns over autocracy in the U.S. continue to grow
Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"Under competitive authoritarianism, countries still hold elections, but the ruling party uses various tactics — attacking the press, disenfranchising voters, weaponizing the justice system and threatening critics — to tilt the electoral playing field in its favor."
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Labour Together made up Russia conspiracy theory against British journalists to bring them down
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Labour Together made up Russia conspiracy theory against British journalists to bring them down
Sir Keir Starmer has been involved in several major scandals that each would bring him down in a sane country — Mandelson/Epstein, Palantir contracts, Palestine Action proscription, local elections po...
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February 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Labour Together made up Russia conspiracy theory against British journalists to bring them down
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Carney needs to be stepping up in support of Cuba. This is critical to his reputation as a Canadian leader. Sure he is not going to bow to American aggression!
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Carney needs to be stepping up in support of Cuba. This is critical to his reputation as a Canadian leader. Sure he is not going to bow to American aggression!