Punk Playground
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Punk Rock Radio Show On KDVS 90.3fm! http://kdvs.org
#PUNK - Political & Social Punk Talk #OldPunk #NewPunk #StreetPunk #Oi #HC :: Host M. Riot. Radio DJ since 2001.
You'll see a lot of lefty politics on here and some Punk Rock.
#PUNK - Political & Social Punk Talk #OldPunk #NewPunk #StreetPunk #Oi #HC :: Host M. Riot. Radio DJ since 2001.
You'll see a lot of lefty politics on here and some Punk Rock.
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#PunkRadioShow 12/28/2025 @ 10pm PT. 2 HOURS of PUNK ROCK! Last one of the year! Plenty of tunes plus an Anti-Work second hour set to get you through the end of the year! Only on KDVS 90.3FM, Davis, CA. Listen online kdvs.org
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#OtD 3 Jan 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, author of classic anarchic comedy novel, The Good Soldier Svejk, died in the Czech village of Lipnice, aged 39. His novel mocked the absurdity of military and empire via the main character's enthusiasm for authority stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1018...
January 3, 2026 at 12:55 PM
#OtD 3 Jan 1923 Jaroslav Hasek, author of classic anarchic comedy novel, The Good Soldier Svejk, died in the Czech village of Lipnice, aged 39. His novel mocked the absurdity of military and empire via the main character's enthusiasm for authority stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1018...
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The toppling of Saddam's statue was deliberately orchestrated by a psychological operations group. In a document it said "our TPT (tactical psyop team) saw the statue of Saddam as a target of opportunity and decided that the statue must come down. 1/2
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
January 3, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The toppling of Saddam's statue was deliberately orchestrated by a psychological operations group. In a document it said "our TPT (tactical psyop team) saw the statue of Saddam as a target of opportunity and decided that the statue must come down. 1/2
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
www.latimes.com/archives/la-...
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you cannot blockade a country and bomb its capital cities and capture its leader without being at war with it, is the thing
Are we at war with Venezuela?!?
I don't know. You don't know either.
It sure would be nice to have a legitimate Pentagon press corps right about now.
I don't know. You don't know either.
It sure would be nice to have a legitimate Pentagon press corps right about now.
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
you cannot blockade a country and bomb its capital cities and capture its leader without being at war with it, is the thing
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#Gaza 53 NGOs Warn of Looming Aid Halt imemc.org/article/53-n...
53 NGOs Warn of Looming Aid Halt
Groups say the measures would set a dangerous precedent by tightening Israeli control over humanitarian operations NGOs call on Israel to immediately stop a ...
imemc.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
#Gaza 53 NGOs Warn of Looming Aid Halt imemc.org/article/53-n...
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It's a New Year, so we have a new wall calendar to bring a little radical history to your home or workplace. You can get it with global shipping here in our online store, and help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/wch...
January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
It's a New Year, so we have a new wall calendar to bring a little radical history to your home or workplace. You can get it with global shipping here in our online store, and help fund our work: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/wch...
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Pam Bondi fires DOJ ethics lawyer for insisting on adherence to DOJ ethics rules. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A top DoJ official trained Pam Bondi on ethics rules in the department. Then he was fired
Joseph Tirell says before he was fired as the DoJ’s senior ethics attorney, he fought battles over matters like the US attorney general accepting gifts
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Pam Bondi fires DOJ ethics lawyer for insisting on adherence to DOJ ethics rules. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Zohran is already making Regular People's lives harder...
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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The US has bombed Venezuela & reportedly kidnapped President Maduro.
It was wrong in Iraq.
It was wrong in Libya.
It was wrong in Afghanistan.
It was wrong in Chile, Iran, Guatemala, Haiti, DRC, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Dominican Republic.
This barbaric empire must go.
It was wrong in Iraq.
It was wrong in Libya.
It was wrong in Afghanistan.
It was wrong in Chile, Iran, Guatemala, Haiti, DRC, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Dominican Republic.
This barbaric empire must go.
January 3, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The US has bombed Venezuela & reportedly kidnapped President Maduro.
It was wrong in Iraq.
It was wrong in Libya.
It was wrong in Afghanistan.
It was wrong in Chile, Iran, Guatemala, Haiti, DRC, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Dominican Republic.
This barbaric empire must go.
It was wrong in Iraq.
It was wrong in Libya.
It was wrong in Afghanistan.
It was wrong in Chile, Iran, Guatemala, Haiti, DRC, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Dominican Republic.
This barbaric empire must go.
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We're need independent, unrepentantly radical journalism more than ever.
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TNN’s reporting is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. Every dollar goes towards keeping trans journalists out of poverty and informing the public about what our communities are facing. ...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM
We're need independent, unrepentantly radical journalism more than ever.
We do not take ads. We do not have corporate backers. Readers and their generous support keep us going.
Less than $1,500 to go to hit our goal. Help our worker-run trans newsroom survive: transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
We do not take ads. We do not have corporate backers. Readers and their generous support keep us going.
Less than $1,500 to go to hit our goal. Help our worker-run trans newsroom survive: transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
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🚨CODEPINK Statement Against U.S. Bombing Venezuela and Kidnapping President Maduro
Last night, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. These are blatant and illegal acts of war.
buff.ly/VjnM3PF
Last night, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. These are blatant and illegal acts of war.
buff.ly/VjnM3PF
January 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
🚨CODEPINK Statement Against U.S. Bombing Venezuela and Kidnapping President Maduro
Last night, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. These are blatant and illegal acts of war.
buff.ly/VjnM3PF
Last night, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. These are blatant and illegal acts of war.
buff.ly/VjnM3PF
Billionaire = Robber Baron
"The world's 500 top robber barons have total wealth of $11.9tn."
OK, carry on...
"The world's 500 top robber barons have total wealth of $11.9tn."
OK, carry on...
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Billionaire = Robber Baron
"The world's 500 top robber barons have total wealth of $11.9tn."
OK, carry on...
"The world's 500 top robber barons have total wealth of $11.9tn."
OK, carry on...
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social Contempt is a really good punk band from the UK. Take this song as you like for this moment in time.
Video: "War For Oil" (live) by Contempt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PO8...
Video: "War For Oil" (live) by Contempt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PO8...
War For Oil - Contempt
YouTube video by Andy Wynes
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
@punkrockhistory.bsky.social Contempt is a really good punk band from the UK. Take this song as you like for this moment in time.
Video: "War For Oil" (live) by Contempt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PO8...
Video: "War For Oil" (live) by Contempt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PO8...
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Venezuelan vice president says Maduro’s whereabouts unknown after dramatic attacks capping months of tension.
Trump bombs Venezuela, US ‘captures' Maduro: All that we know
Venezuelan vice president says Maduro's whereabouts unknown after dramatic attacks capping months of tension.
www.aljazeera.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Venezuelan vice president says Maduro’s whereabouts unknown after dramatic attacks capping months of tension.
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One of the important take aways of this interview is its demonstration of how science journalism can deceive or misguide wrt to what scientific consensus is, and the concomitant malign poltical ends that misdirection can promote
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
One of the important take aways of this interview is its demonstration of how science journalism can deceive or misguide wrt to what scientific consensus is, and the concomitant malign poltical ends that misdirection can promote
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We stand with Latin American anarchists against the attack:
"In the face of imperialism, neutrality is not possible. Either you are on the side of domination, plunder, and war, or you are on the side of the oppressed."
-Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica
www.blackrosefed.org/cala-stateme...
"In the face of imperialism, neutrality is not possible. Either you are on the side of domination, plunder, and war, or you are on the side of the oppressed."
-Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica
www.blackrosefed.org/cala-stateme...
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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“The Latin American Anarchist Coordination and sibling organizations condemn the threats of direct intervention in Venezuela by the US government, driven by the Trump administration.”
International Statement: We Denounce the Imperial Offensive on Venezuela
This statement was prepared and signed by member organizations of the Latin American Anarchist Coordination – Coordinación Anarquista LatinoAmerica (CALA). Black Rose/Rosa Negra (BRRN) was invited to ...
www.blackrosefed.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
“The Latin American Anarchist Coordination and sibling organizations condemn the threats of direct intervention in Venezuela by the US government, driven by the Trump administration.”
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I wonder if any member of the bootlicking American media will display this graph today
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I wonder if any member of the bootlicking American media will display this graph today
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The Trump administration is prosecuting journalist Tim Burke for exposing Tucker Carlson's whitewashing of antisemite Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up against @bubbaprog.xyz's prosecution.
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Tim Burke
Defending press freedom for the next generation
freedom.press
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The Trump administration is prosecuting journalist Tim Burke for exposing Tucker Carlson's whitewashing of antisemite Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to speak up against @bubbaprog.xyz's prosecution.
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You nailed it. MSM will toe the line of power and corporate greed.
three days into 2026 and our authoritarian government has already launched a violent racist propaganda campaign against taxpayer funded childcare (with the help of our garbage press) and illegally invaded a foreign country (with the help of our garbage press)
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
You nailed it. MSM will toe the line of power and corporate greed.
No war for oil. No war for regime change. No war for corporate takeover. No war for geopolitical advantage. No war for false pretenses. No war for WTF ever this sh*t is. #NoWar
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
No war for oil. No war for regime change. No war for corporate takeover. No war for geopolitical advantage. No war for false pretenses. No war for WTF ever this sh*t is. #NoWar
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A key part of Nazi ideology was the concept of lebensraum, or "living space" - the idea that the so-called Aryan people of Germany needed more territory (+ the resources that came with it) for their "natural development."
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A key part of Nazi ideology was the concept of lebensraum, or "living space" - the idea that the so-called Aryan people of Germany needed more territory (+ the resources that came with it) for their "natural development."
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This could have big repercussions for mail voting in 2026: USPS no longer guarantees when it’ll postmark mail.
More important than ever to be careful about how you vote, including voting as early as possible if you want to do so by mail. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
More important than ever to be careful about how you vote, including voting as early as possible if you want to do so by mail. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Thousands of mail-in ballots could be discounted under new post office policy
The Postal Service is no longer guaranteeing when it will postmark mail, which could jeopardize some ballots that arrive after Election Day.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
This could have big repercussions for mail voting in 2026: USPS no longer guarantees when it’ll postmark mail.
More important than ever to be careful about how you vote, including voting as early as possible if you want to do so by mail. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
More important than ever to be careful about how you vote, including voting as early as possible if you want to do so by mail. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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ICYMI: We were proud to be featured in @theguardian.com last month for organizing a letter from 230+ groups calling on Congress to stop new data centers. We need stronger regulations and a better understanding of these facilities’ massive impacts!
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate cris
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
ICYMI: We were proud to be featured in @theguardian.com last month for organizing a letter from 230+ groups calling on Congress to stop new data centers. We need stronger regulations and a better understanding of these facilities’ massive impacts!