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Graham Oliver
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Education is properly justified by respect. Respect for ourselves and respect for each other. What we do in the name of education is no education at all. 🇳🇿🔱 #Democracy #resist No DMs unless you ask
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Graham Oliver @rgrahamoliver.bsky.social · Nov 18
Lacking a worthy purpose, "education" has collapsed into social engineering. Learners are merely a managed economic resource. A genuine education that respects intrinsic human worth is everything

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RE-CONCEIVING EDUCATION: more than a formal system reduced to one institution. We are all educators and education is everywhere
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Do not underestimate the global reach and significance of the Epstein corruption.

Many, many stables require a good mucking out.

Epstein files expose Central Europe as a “hunting ground” | News in Depth youtu.be/Ib6ITs125f4?... via @YouTube
Epstein files expose Central Europe as a “hunting ground” | News in Depth
YouTube video by TVP WORLD
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February 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Heartbreaking.

The failure of Western Europe to bring this to an end when it could, and the foolish obsession with "negotiations" is simply appalling

My survival guide to the Kremlin’s winter of terror in Kyiv www.politico.eu/article/ukra...
My survival guide to the Kremlin’s winter of terror in Kyiv
POLITICO’s Ukraine correspondent describes life in a shivering but resilient city under relentless Russian assault.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Good grief!
A democratic government that actually knows how to govern!

Oh, how much I wish we had a government like this in New Zealand!

PM Mark Carney Announces Sweeping Economic Measures, Talks Canada-US Tra... youtu.be/d7PUjy7EhHE?... via
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PM Mark Carney Announces Sweeping Economic Measures, Talks Canada-US Trade Relations | AC1N
YouTube video by DRM News
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January 26, 2026 at 9:05 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Excellent account!
Those old enough saw this happening with dismay and dread.
The decline will continue to a terrible end-game unless we develop the vision to avert it.

Neoliberalism is dying: Mark Carney’s Davos speech confirmed it youtu.be/AMTQNI3BV90?... via @YouTube
Neoliberalism is dying: Mark Carney’s Davos speech confirmed it
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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January 26, 2026 at 6:11 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Breath of fresh air

⚡️Europe in a Pincer Trap! Russia and the US Close In — NATO on the Brink youtu.be/PjVOpmHmlGI?... via @YouTube
⚡️Europe in a Pincer Trap! Russia and the US Close In — NATO on the Brink
YouTube video by War & Politics 24
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January 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Why the negotiations are not humane peace processes, but a destructive weapon of conquest that enrolls democracies in its brutal achievement

This Is a War of Exhaustion | Anne Applebaum | The Political Lens..... youtu.be/ixm2mSWIdfw?... via @YouTube
This Is a War of Exhaustion | Anne Applebaum | The Political Lens.....
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January 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Let this sink in.

Trump Vs NATO - Is This the End for the Alliance as Trump Threatens Inva... youtu.be/zvEg-hhrw4I?... via @YouTube
Trump Vs NATO - Is This the End for the Alliance as Trump Threatens Invasion?
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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January 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
It, the finger on, is put

Heather Cox Richardson: Trump is acting like Putin...The feckless MAGA G... youtu.be/GrFF6OMVDEs?... via @YouTube
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump is acting like Putin...The feckless MAGA GOP needs to STOP him
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January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
ICYMI

EU Defence Chief: “We Need a European Army. This Is What Happens If the ... youtu.be/lPaTgj-iKbo?... via @YouTube
EU Defence Chief: “We Need a European Army. This Is What Happens If the US Takes Greenland”
YouTube video by Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl
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January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
This claim to power and authority is beyond the US as an empire. It is global, whimsical domination, in which the only sovereign - globally - is Trump himself

‘HEAVEN HELP US ALL’: Trump says his 'own morality' is only limit on Pr... youtu.be/QYqGoiljLoE?... via @YouTube
 ‘HEAVEN HELP US ALL’: Trump says his 'own morality' is only limit on Presidential power
YouTube video by MS NOW
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January 11, 2026 at 7:59 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Makes perfect sense.

We do't get a lot of that

Kubilius: Europe needs European Security Council and standing army of 100,000 troops www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...
Kubilius: Europe needs European Security Council and standing army of 100,000 troops
To address the growing security challenges facing the continent and make decisions quickly, Europe needs to establish a European Security Council and have a standing army of 100,000 troops to be ready...
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January 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
New Zealand is part of the Coalition of the Willing!

So much to be ashamed of in New Zealand governance back to the 1980s, it is good to see this shred of decency

Hanna Shelest: “Nothing guarantees Ukraine’s security 100%" | Ukraine Th... youtu.be/k1hn_yqCENs?... via @YouTube
Hanna Shelest: “Nothing guarantees Ukraine’s security 100%" | Ukraine This Week
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January 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Properly enrolling collective intelligence is a vital feature of a well-developed democracy.

The Trump regime and Europe could well take note
January 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
What an extraordinary initiative to undertake while the Ukrainian population is on the receiving end of total war.

Ministry of Defense announces start of public consultations on changes to Ukraine's defense policy en.interfax.com.ua/news/general...
Ministry of Defense announces start of public consultations on changes to Ukraine's defense policy
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announces the first public consultation in the department’s history on changes to the state’s defense policy. These changes should take into account the conditions of...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Oops!

Europe’s largest financial pyramids helped Russia build weapons | On Air youtu.be/_NKixQ0tpKQ?... via @YouTube
Europe’s largest financial pyramids helped Russia build weapons | On Air
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January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Graham Oliver
rbreich.bsky.social
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by Graham Oliver
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AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt — Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt"
AOC speaking to reporters
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
So good to hear this sanity from Kira

Western media's ongoing failure to grasp that the war is against Europe, and that Ukrainian experience is European experience

"Territory is not negotiable”: Ukraine rejects territorial concessions |... youtu.be/XFHms2QbF14?... via @YouTube
"Territory is not negotiable”: Ukraine rejects territorial concessions | Kira Rudik
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December 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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"Carol of the Bells" / "Shchedryk" - Marsh Family adaptation of Ukrainia... youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs?... via @YouTube
"Carol of the Bells" / "Shchedryk" - Marsh Family adaptation of Ukrainian New Year song for 2026
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December 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Hmmm . . .

In 2020, He Predicted Putin’s War — And Trump's Invasion of Venezuela youtu.be/VBUK-9Lg69s?... via @YouTube
In 2020, He Predicted Putin’s War — And Trump's Invasion of Venezuela
YouTube video by Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
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December 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Real history is so much more useful than wishful thinking

Ottomans referred to Ukrainians as “Cossack nation” even before French Revolution, historian says www.ukrinform.net/rubric-socie...
Ottomans referred to Ukrainians as “Cossack nation” even before French Revolution, historian says
Ukrainian historians have discovered documents from the 17th-18th centuries in Ottoman archives in which Ukrainians are referred to as “kazak milleti” – a Cossack nation. This predates the French Revo...
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December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Um . . .

Russian intelligence trying to intimidate Belgian politicians over frozen assets – media en.interfax.com.ua/news/general...
Russian intelligence trying to intimidate Belgian politicians over frozen assets – media
According to European intelligence agencies, Belgian politicians and senior financial executives have been the victims of an intimidation campaign organized by Russian intelligence to persuade the cou...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
Ooops!

US Pressures Belgium - Russian Assets for Ukraine Controversy! youtube.com/shorts/hPNNB... via @YouTube
US Pressures Belgium - Russian Assets for Ukraine Controversy!
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December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
rgrahamoliver.bsky.social
We could avert disaster.

Can hardly imagine a more forceful and sobering explanation of what we face, and what we must do.

What would it take to see it, if not this?
youtu.be/aM8iAAn7jOo?... via @YouTube
Trump's Gangster Peace Demands are a Mockery of Just, Durable Peace?!
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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December 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM