Zackie Achmat
@zackieachmat.bsky.social
Dog loving socialist. Free Palestine. Cape Town is my home. My “identities” are indivisible not intersectional.
Property power.
“One in a thousand year riot costs.” #NoKingsProtest
@adamtooze.bsky.social finds out what the insurance industry has to say.
“One in a thousand year riot costs.” #NoKingsProtest
@adamtooze.bsky.social finds out what the insurance industry has to say.
June 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Property power.
“One in a thousand year riot costs.” #NoKingsProtest
@adamtooze.bsky.social finds out what the insurance industry has to say.
“One in a thousand year riot costs.” #NoKingsProtest
@adamtooze.bsky.social finds out what the insurance industry has to say.
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#OtD 7 Jun 1954 mathematician and AI thinker Alan Turing, who had helped the Allies win WWII by cracking Nazi codes, died after being sentenced to chemical castration for homosexuality. Officially ruled suicide, but some suspect other explanations stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1071...
June 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#OtD 7 Jun 1954 mathematician and AI thinker Alan Turing, who had helped the Allies win WWII by cracking Nazi codes, died after being sentenced to chemical castration for homosexuality. Officially ruled suicide, but some suspect other explanations stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1071...
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Gaza’s hospitals only have enough fuel for three days: Health Ministry - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gazas-hospitals-only-have-enough-fuel-three-days-health-ministry
Gaza’s hospitals only have enough fuel for three days: Health Ministry
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Gaza’s Health Ministry has announced that its hospitals only have enough fuel to last three days, according to Al Jazeera.</p>
<p>“The obstruction of fuel supplies to hospitals threatens to stop them from operating, as they rely on generators to power vital departments,” the Health Ministry said in a statement reported by Al Jazeera.</p>
<p>This comes a day after the World Health Organisation (WHO) <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-system-collapsing-world-health-organisation-says">announced</a> that Palestinians in Gaza will lose all access to healthcare if the last two functional hospitals are not saved.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
June 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Gaza’s hospitals only have enough fuel for three days: Health Ministry - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gazas-hospitals-only-have-enough-fuel-three-days-health-ministry
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother at risk of ‘sudden death’, doctor says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/doctor-warns-alaa-abd-el-fattahs-mother-faces-sudden-death-she-marks-22th-day-her-hunger
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s mother at risk of ‘sudden death’, doctor says
Hospital tests reveal Laila Soueif’s blood sugar levels are too low to be detected as she marks the 244th day of her hunger strike
www.middleeasteye.net
May 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
US @GlobalFund cuts will destroy lives and fuel new epidemics of HIV, TB and Malaria in more than 100 countries.
Trump Always Chickens Out#TACO when whipped by the stock market. But, he is happy to let millions die.
groundup.org.za/article/glob...
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
Trump Always Chickens Out#TACO when whipped by the stock market. But, he is happy to let millions die.
groundup.org.za/article/glob...
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
Global Fund is $6-billion short and may have to cut life-saving programmes
US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges
groundup.org.za
May 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
US @GlobalFund cuts will destroy lives and fuel new epidemics of HIV, TB and Malaria in more than 100 countries.
Trump Always Chickens Out#TACO when whipped by the stock market. But, he is happy to let millions die.
groundup.org.za/article/glob...
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
Trump Always Chickens Out#TACO when whipped by the stock market. But, he is happy to let millions die.
groundup.org.za/article/glob...
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@aoc.bsky.social
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"A funny thing is that I tend to give all my novels the same title to begin with — Wrestling with God. Then while I’m writing, I realize, Oh, that’s not quite it..."
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in this excellent @theparisreivew.bsky.social interview by Namwali Serpell
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in this excellent @theparisreivew.bsky.social interview by Namwali Serpell
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
May 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"A funny thing is that I tend to give all my novels the same title to begin with — Wrestling with God. Then while I’m writing, I realize, Oh, that’s not quite it..."
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in this excellent @theparisreivew.bsky.social interview by Namwali Serpell
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in this excellent @theparisreivew.bsky.social interview by Namwali Serpell
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7...
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This is Lydia Nabirye. A Ugandan, she was a mother and dreamed of becoming a nurse. She also lived with HIV w/support from a U.S.-funded program. The Trump administration eliminated the program in January. Lydia died two months later: forsaken.life/orals/lydia-...
@unaids.org @asia-ilse.bsky.social
@unaids.org @asia-ilse.bsky.social
Lydia Nabirye - FORSAKEN
I told her there's still time for everything. It's a long life. I told her she would not be neglected.
forsaken.life
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This is Lydia Nabirye. A Ugandan, she was a mother and dreamed of becoming a nurse. She also lived with HIV w/support from a U.S.-funded program. The Trump administration eliminated the program in January. Lydia died two months later: forsaken.life/orals/lydia-...
@unaids.org @asia-ilse.bsky.social
@unaids.org @asia-ilse.bsky.social
We cannot let Trump win. Where is the South African government?
Our duty is to avoid conflict and the Global HIV Treatment Coalition wants to assist in building a people’s health service to deal with the systemic crises in the public and private health systems.
groundup.org.za/article/hiv-...
Our duty is to avoid conflict and the Global HIV Treatment Coalition wants to assist in building a people’s health service to deal with the systemic crises in the public and private health systems.
groundup.org.za/article/hiv-...
Video: HIV activists disrupt Parliament
They are calling for government to take action in response to cuts in US funding for vital services
groundup.org.za
May 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We cannot let Trump win. Where is the South African government?
Our duty is to avoid conflict and the Global HIV Treatment Coalition wants to assist in building a people’s health service to deal with the systemic crises in the public and private health systems.
groundup.org.za/article/hiv-...
Our duty is to avoid conflict and the Global HIV Treatment Coalition wants to assist in building a people’s health service to deal with the systemic crises in the public and private health systems.
groundup.org.za/article/hiv-...
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Anna Stavrianakis outside the High Court this morning as Al-Haq and @glanlaw.bsky.social challenge the UK government over the continued export of arms making their way to Israel. The judicial review spanning four days will focus on the carve-out for F-35 jet parts.
May 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Anna Stavrianakis outside the High Court this morning as Al-Haq and @glanlaw.bsky.social challenge the UK government over the continued export of arms making their way to Israel. The judicial review spanning four days will focus on the carve-out for F-35 jet parts.
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We @ukstoptrump.bsky.social are building a demonstration to show Trump what we think of him when he comes!
We’ll bring baby blimps & big, beautiful crowds - please donate to help us here: stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
We’ll bring baby blimps & big, beautiful crowds - please donate to help us here: stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
April 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We @ukstoptrump.bsky.social are building a demonstration to show Trump what we think of him when he comes!
We’ll bring baby blimps & big, beautiful crowds - please donate to help us here: stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
We’ll bring baby blimps & big, beautiful crowds - please donate to help us here: stoptrump.org.uk/donate/
The @apha.org is correct. Robert F. Kennedy Jnr will cause harm to US health services, research and global health.
We lived with denialism, pseudoscience and misinformation for almost a decade resulting in millions of people become infected and ill with HIV and then dying. Kennedy is worse.
We lived with denialism, pseudoscience and misinformation for almost a decade resulting in millions of people become infected and ill with HIV and then dying. Kennedy is worse.
April 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The @apha.org is correct. Robert F. Kennedy Jnr will cause harm to US health services, research and global health.
We lived with denialism, pseudoscience and misinformation for almost a decade resulting in millions of people become infected and ill with HIV and then dying. Kennedy is worse.
We lived with denialism, pseudoscience and misinformation for almost a decade resulting in millions of people become infected and ill with HIV and then dying. Kennedy is worse.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "... we are a genuinely open society with free speech and media that many other democracies, especially Trump’s America, can be jealous of."
As a white Afrikaner, I can claim asylum in Trump’s America. What an absurdity | Max du Preez
We are not victims, there is no genocide. This rhetoric shows that the US administration doesn’t understand my thriving country, says Max du Preez, founding editor of the Vrye Weekblad newspaper
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "... we are a genuinely open society with free speech and media that many other democracies, especially Trump’s America, can be jealous of."
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My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.
April 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My husband and I run a game store and after all the tariff announcements, he decided to write out kind of a "behind the scenes" of how we spend and spill it out for people who don't understand. He's had so many reactions and shares I wanted to bring it here, too.
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On March 27, Donald Trump ordered collective bargaining rights revoked for more than 1 million federal workers. Trump and DOGE are waging a war on the working class.
Join the Federal Unionist Network on April 5th to fight back: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Join the Federal Unionist Network on April 5th to fight back: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
On March 27, Donald Trump ordered collective bargaining rights revoked for more than 1 million federal workers. Trump and DOGE are waging a war on the working class.
Join the Federal Unionist Network on April 5th to fight back: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Join the Federal Unionist Network on April 5th to fight back: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
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[How Things Work Now]
- Trump: Announces Plans for Every American to Eat 60 Lbs of Horse Shit
- NYT: In Controversial Move, Trump Doubles Down on Farm Based Strategy
- Democrats: While Americans appreciate free meals, …
- Republicans: Eating Shit is Patriotic
- Trump’s Approval: 47%
- Trump: Announces Plans for Every American to Eat 60 Lbs of Horse Shit
- NYT: In Controversial Move, Trump Doubles Down on Farm Based Strategy
- Democrats: While Americans appreciate free meals, …
- Republicans: Eating Shit is Patriotic
- Trump’s Approval: 47%
March 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
[How Things Work Now]
- Trump: Announces Plans for Every American to Eat 60 Lbs of Horse Shit
- NYT: In Controversial Move, Trump Doubles Down on Farm Based Strategy
- Democrats: While Americans appreciate free meals, …
- Republicans: Eating Shit is Patriotic
- Trump’s Approval: 47%
- Trump: Announces Plans for Every American to Eat 60 Lbs of Horse Shit
- NYT: In Controversial Move, Trump Doubles Down on Farm Based Strategy
- Democrats: While Americans appreciate free meals, …
- Republicans: Eating Shit is Patriotic
- Trump’s Approval: 47%
Yes. @betoorourke.bsky.social is correct. Fascism cannot be fought with collaborators.
@betoorourke.bsky.social tells Sen. Chuck Schumer to resign during a rally with @governorwalz.mn.gov
March 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yes. @betoorourke.bsky.social is correct. Fascism cannot be fought with collaborators.
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Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
March 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Trump's executive order tonight has illegally cancelled union contracts for 67% of the federal workforce & 75% of unionized federal employees — roughly 700,000 union workers
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
This may be the single biggest attack on the labor movement in American history
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This is the nation of free speech, of the law, of respect the blue, of doing good, of working hard, of opportunity, of freedom, apparently.
The whole thing is such a disgusting lie. Racism is such utter evil.
The whole thing is such a disgusting lie. Racism is such utter evil.
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is the nation of free speech, of the law, of respect the blue, of doing good, of working hard, of opportunity, of freedom, apparently.
The whole thing is such a disgusting lie. Racism is such utter evil.
The whole thing is such a disgusting lie. Racism is such utter evil.
The economy has lost confidence in Cabinet
Cabinet has expressed confidence in the resilience of the economy, as SA continues to forge partnerships and attract new investments.
Good news as foreign investment pours into South Africa
Cabinet has expressed confidence in the resilience of the economy, as SA continues to forge partnerships and attract new investments.
www.thesouthafrican.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The economy has lost confidence in Cabinet
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PEPFAR's congressional authorization is all but certain to expire tomorrow without renewal. Yet, that is nowhere near the biggest challenge facing a program that has saved 26 million lives: www.devex.com/news/why-pep... w/ insights from
@jenkatesdc.bsky.social and @egpaf.bsky.social
@jenkatesdc.bsky.social and @egpaf.bsky.social
Why PEPFAR has bigger problems than reauthorization
Even if its authorization is allowed to expire tomorrow, PEPFAR will survive. Instead, the program faces a much bigger problem as a result of cuts to USAID, which administered the majority of PEPFAR s...
www.devex.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
PEPFAR's congressional authorization is all but certain to expire tomorrow without renewal. Yet, that is nowhere near the biggest challenge facing a program that has saved 26 million lives: www.devex.com/news/why-pep... w/ insights from
@jenkatesdc.bsky.social and @egpaf.bsky.social
@jenkatesdc.bsky.social and @egpaf.bsky.social
#Trump & #Kennedy prepare
America’s Lysenko moment.
The pseudo-science peddled under Stalin and the restrictions on scientific research enters a new phase qualitatively more dangerous than the Soviet one.
Solidarity with US scientists @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
America’s Lysenko moment.
The pseudo-science peddled under Stalin and the restrictions on scientific research enters a new phase qualitatively more dangerous than the Soviet one.
Solidarity with US scientists @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
‘Chaos and Confusion’ at the N.I.H., the Crown Jewel of American Science (Gift Article)
Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be undermined by President Trump’s policies.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#Trump & #Kennedy prepare
America’s Lysenko moment.
The pseudo-science peddled under Stalin and the restrictions on scientific research enters a new phase qualitatively more dangerous than the Soviet one.
Solidarity with US scientists @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
America’s Lysenko moment.
The pseudo-science peddled under Stalin and the restrictions on scientific research enters a new phase qualitatively more dangerous than the Soviet one.
Solidarity with US scientists @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/h...
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On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 workers across the country are standing up and demanding NO cuts to education and life-saving research. www.killthecuts.org
Kill The Cuts
www.killthecuts.org
March 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
On Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 workers across the country are standing up and demanding NO cuts to education and life-saving research. www.killthecuts.org