Birke J. Friedländer
@birke3000.bsky.social
Pop-communism Now!
Phd-student in Gender Studies at Lund University | Anthropology of the State | Feminist theory | Abolition | Marxism | Brazilian Politics
but primarily organising for the revolution
Phd-student in Gender Studies at Lund University | Anthropology of the State | Feminist theory | Abolition | Marxism | Brazilian Politics
but primarily organising for the revolution
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No congresso dos EUA eles chamariam isso de flibusteiro.
o fux vai ficar falando pra sempre só pra não acabar o julgamento nunca e o genocida nunca ser condenado
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
No congresso dos EUA eles chamariam isso de flibusteiro.
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Rashid Khalidi ends his open letter to the President of Columbia with this sentence: "Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit."
August 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Rashid Khalidi ends his open letter to the President of Columbia with this sentence: "Disgracefully, all of this is being done to cover up one of the greatest crimes of this century, the ongoing genocide in Gaza, a crime in which Columbia’s leadership is now fully complicit."
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Israel already released Yinon Levi just one day after he murdered Awdah Hathaleen
Sanctioning individuals does not do anything. The state of Israel as a whole must be sanctioned.
www.timesofisrael.com/sanctioned-s...
Sanctioning individuals does not do anything. The state of Israel as a whole must be sanctioned.
www.timesofisrael.com/sanctioned-s...
July 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Israel already released Yinon Levi just one day after he murdered Awdah Hathaleen
Sanctioning individuals does not do anything. The state of Israel as a whole must be sanctioned.
www.timesofisrael.com/sanctioned-s...
Sanctioning individuals does not do anything. The state of Israel as a whole must be sanctioned.
www.timesofisrael.com/sanctioned-s...
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.@adamtooze.bsky.social on the singular character of the Israeli-imposed famine in Gaza:
July 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
.@adamtooze.bsky.social on the singular character of the Israeli-imposed famine in Gaza:
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I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
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If war authorization were put before this Congress, it would probably pass
Worth knowing before everyone starts pretending constitutional procedure is both the issue and the remedy
Worth knowing before everyone starts pretending constitutional procedure is both the issue and the remedy
June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
If war authorization were put before this Congress, it would probably pass
Worth knowing before everyone starts pretending constitutional procedure is both the issue and the remedy
Worth knowing before everyone starts pretending constitutional procedure is both the issue and the remedy
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They're not J6ers. They're not private bounty hunters. They are your average, incompetent federal employees of ICE, CBP, and DHS HSI.
And thousands more of them were hired thanks to Biden and Harris increasing their funding by $3 billion so that deportation operations could be expanded.
And thousands more of them were hired thanks to Biden and Harris increasing their funding by $3 billion so that deportation operations could be expanded.
200 NGOs Oppose Biden's Historic Expansion of ICE Detention System: "Detention should not be about politics." - National Immigrant Justice Center
After President Biden signed a 2024 spending bill that provides $3.4 billion for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to jail 41,500 immigrants per day, 200 NGOs delivered a letter to the White Ho...
immigrantjustice.org
June 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
They're not J6ers. They're not private bounty hunters. They are your average, incompetent federal employees of ICE, CBP, and DHS HSI.
And thousands more of them were hired thanks to Biden and Harris increasing their funding by $3 billion so that deportation operations could be expanded.
And thousands more of them were hired thanks to Biden and Harris increasing their funding by $3 billion so that deportation operations could be expanded.
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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
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Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN
Mission to deliver help is ‘one of most obstructed aid operations in recent history’, humanitarian agency says
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Gaza is ‘hungriest place on Earth’ with all its people at risk of famine, says UN www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Children are being openly starved to death and the fascists at the head of the Israeli government are openly talking about concentration camps. These are the exact same actors that were in charge under Biden, and they declared their genocidal intent from day 1.
May 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Children are being openly starved to death and the fascists at the head of the Israeli government are openly talking about concentration camps. These are the exact same actors that were in charge under Biden, and they declared their genocidal intent from day 1.
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"Beyond being inexpensive to implement, starvation makes little noise. For those who seek to silence their victims …and obscure their actions, starvation is a useful tool. There are no bomb craters, no burning children or journalists. There are only emaciated corpses." Ahmed Moor in The Guardian
Israel is starving Gaza. It’s a cheap, silent and brutal way to kill | Ahmed Moor
Starvation is a slow, painful way to die. And unlike bombs and tanks, it’s easy for western leaders to ignore
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Beyond being inexpensive to implement, starvation makes little noise. For those who seek to silence their victims …and obscure their actions, starvation is a useful tool. There are no bomb craters, no burning children or journalists. There are only emaciated corpses." Ahmed Moor in The Guardian
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Yeah it’s always worth remembering that social media is effectively designed to amplify the worst shit imaginable as often as possible, while you have to go door to door with anything good
May 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yeah it’s always worth remembering that social media is effectively designed to amplify the worst shit imaginable as often as possible, while you have to go door to door with anything good
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Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
She grew up believing she was a U.S. citizen. Then she applied for a passport
Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
www.npr.org
April 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Among those fearful of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown are adoptees who grew up thinking they were U.S. citizens — only to find out years later, in adulthood, they're not.
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Excited to have an excerpt from Jasper Bernes's excellent forthcoming book in e-flux journal. Read it here: www.e-flux.com/journal/153/...
The Test of Communism - Journal #153
Jasper Bernes argues that Marx’s value theory offers a method by which certain socialist proposals can be put to the test.
www.e-flux.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Excited to have an excerpt from Jasper Bernes's excellent forthcoming book in e-flux journal. Read it here: www.e-flux.com/journal/153/...
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Israeli attacks kill, injure at least 100 children a day in Gaza. No further comment is needed. [Just imagine how the Western media would be reacting if these were American, British or European children...] www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israeli attacks kill, injure at least 100 children a day in Gaza: UN
Palestinian death toll mounts, hospitals overwhelmed as Israeli forces push deep into Gaza taking control of territory.
www.aljazeera.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Israeli attacks kill, injure at least 100 children a day in Gaza. No further comment is needed. [Just imagine how the Western media would be reacting if these were American, British or European children...] www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” [the paramedic] said.
"The Palestine Red Crescent Society spokeswoman [said] that the paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."
"The Palestine Red Crescent Society spokeswoman [said] that the paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."
"A video recording, discovered on the cellphone of one of the paramedics [killed] shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency signal lights on when Israeli troops hit them with a barrage of gunfire"
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” [the paramedic] said.
"The Palestine Red Crescent Society spokeswoman [said] that the paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."
"The Palestine Red Crescent Society spokeswoman [said] that the paramedic who filmed the video was later found with a bullet in his head in the mass grave."
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"While the world’s attention is focusing on Trump’s anti-migration spectacle, the European Union is quietly carrying out its own crackdown. Its policies are far less visible, yet they are just as ruthless."
— #AJOpinion by Nidžara Ahmetašević & Emina Bužinkić ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Nidžara Ahmetašević & Emina Bužinkić ⤵️
It’s not just Trump, the EU is also waging an anti-migration crusade
The European Union’s border control policies may not be as visible as Trump’s but they are just as brutal.
aje.io
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"While the world’s attention is focusing on Trump’s anti-migration spectacle, the European Union is quietly carrying out its own crackdown. Its policies are far less visible, yet they are just as ruthless."
— #AJOpinion by Nidžara Ahmetašević & Emina Bužinkić ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Nidžara Ahmetašević & Emina Bužinkić ⤵️
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A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A very old Soviet joke, from an especially dark time:
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
Foxes are fleeing the USSR in droves.
Q: Why are you running away?
Fox: The Soviets passed a new law that they’re going to arrest all camels.
Q: But you’re foxes!
Fox: Yeah, why don’t *you* try proving to the NKVD that you’re not a camel.
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After repeatedly violating every single commitment under the ceasefire, Israel is now fully resuming the genocide of the already destroyed Gaza concentration camp.
The world is watching.
History will remember who stood on the sidelines of this unspeakable atrocity.
The world is watching.
History will remember who stood on the sidelines of this unspeakable atrocity.
March 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
After repeatedly violating every single commitment under the ceasefire, Israel is now fully resuming the genocide of the already destroyed Gaza concentration camp.
The world is watching.
History will remember who stood on the sidelines of this unspeakable atrocity.
The world is watching.
History will remember who stood on the sidelines of this unspeakable atrocity.
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This is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment but a lot of cowards in academia will use this as an excuse to crack down on campus protest.
March 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a blatant violation of the 1st Amendment but a lot of cowards in academia will use this as an excuse to crack down on campus protest.
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The growth of the fascist AfD is disturbing indeed, and most certainly helped along by the conservatives, greens and social democrats giving them wind with their talk of mass deportations and implicit stance that "Muslim lives don't matter" from Germany to the Mediterranean Sea to Gaza.
February 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The growth of the fascist AfD is disturbing indeed, and most certainly helped along by the conservatives, greens and social democrats giving them wind with their talk of mass deportations and implicit stance that "Muslim lives don't matter" from Germany to the Mediterranean Sea to Gaza.
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Happening now: Israeli tanks have entered the northern West Bank after 40,000 Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Jenin & Tulkarm areas. There's a real and present danger that these camps will be erased. This genocide must be stopped. By us all. Now!
February 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happening now: Israeli tanks have entered the northern West Bank after 40,000 Palestinians were expelled from three refugee camps in the Jenin & Tulkarm areas. There's a real and present danger that these camps will be erased. This genocide must be stopped. By us all. Now!