David Sogge
davidsogge.bsky.social
David Sogge
@davidsogge.bsky.social
researcher/writer in Amsterdam
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Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is displaying a set of heartbreaking, powerful photographs taken in Gaza. Why can't Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum and others elsewhere do the same?
Gaza through Their Eyes | Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza share.google/Y7ul4rrTloJC...
Gaza through Their Eyes
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the European Commission's Civil Prot...
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Should any reminders be needed, this study (from a prestigious research institute in Germany, nota bene) may suffice. www.mpg.de/25778228/112...
Gaza: study reveals unprecedented losses of life and life expectancy
Researchers analyze the human toll of the ongoing conflict using a statistical model that takes data uncertainties into account
www.mpg.de
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📉 EU moving to weaken decades of environmental protection. Stop the rollback → @@WBHoekstra (Reddit) www.pan-europe.info/end-toxic-pe...
End The Toxic Pesticide Age
Do you want healthy food for you and your children? Do you care about biodiversity and clean water? Beware! The European Commission is currently proposing a series of measures to massively deregulate ...
www.pan-europe.info
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by David Sogge
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mass murder of children: "a PR challenge". Here's a devastating piece about that: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Lorna Finlayson, Grown-Up Politics — Sidecar
‘Centrists’ and Gaza.
newleftreview.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Reposted by David Sogge
Het volk heeft gesproken!

Burgerberaad klimaat presenteerde vandaag haar mooie uitkomsten. Maar zitten de media en politiek wel te wachten op de weloverwogen voorstellen van burgers?

Vooralsnog veel stilte, dus laten we het signaal wat versterken! 🤝📢
Enkele zojuist verschenen adviezen uit het Burgerberaad Klimaat:
-Minder voedselverspilling
-Stimuleren duurzame landbouw
-Een verplichte garantie van 6 jaar voor apparaten
-Hogere belasting op kerosine
-Stimuleren fietsgebruik
Lees het gehele advies hier: burgerberaadklimaat.nl/advies/defau...
Advies - Burgerberaad klimaat
Advies
burgerberaadklimaat.nl
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Reposted by David Sogge
Corruptie is een ‘hardnekkig probleem’ binnen de NAVO-afdeling die wapens koopt. Maar topvrouw Stacy Cummings weigert dit te onderzoeken. Uit gelekte rapporten blijkt dat het flink rommelt bij dit agentschap. En dat terwijl NAVO-landen er nu meer geld dan ooit naartoe sturen.
NAVO-inkoopchef onder vuur terwijl haar afdeling wordt geteisterd door corruptie
Het is een puinhoop binnen het NAVO-agentschap dat wapens inkoopt voor de militaire alliantie. Er lopen meerdere onderzoeken naar corruptie, en hoge functionarissen binnen de organisatie maken zich gr...
www.ftm.nl
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Increased military spending won't benefit Dutch economy, and might even hurt growth says official Dutch economic think-tank
nltimes.nl/2025/11/19/n...
Netherlands unlikely to benefit economically from NATO spending pledge
The Dutch economy is likely to benefit little, and possibly not at all, from higher defense spending, according to calculations by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). The adviso...
nltimes.nl
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
‪David Sogge‬
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Defensie uitgaven kunnen zelfs negatief uitpakken voor economische groei in Nederland, volgens Central Planbueau. Leveranciers in het buitenland (lees: Trump's Amerika) gaan er vandoor met de buit.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Nederlandse economie profiteert niet van extra defensie-investeringen
Extra uitgaven aan defensie zullen niet leiden tot economische groei in Nederland. Het meeste geld dat de komende jaren in de sector wordt geïnvesteerd gaat naar nieuw materieel dat uit het buitenland...
www.nrc.nl
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For the Israelis, the show must go on. newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Tariq Ali, Unending War — Sidecar
Trump’s ‘peace plan’.
newleftreview.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Chilling prospect: Veteran journalist Nick Turse on the Trump administration's moves to occupy US cities with force of arms
tomdispatch.com/on-the-preci...
On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the armed forces on more American cities during a rambling address to top military brass. He told the hundreds of generals and admirals...
tomdispatch.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by David Sogge
This is genocidal mania.

Israeli analyst Ori Goldberg exposes the frightening truth.
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by David Sogge
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Reposted by David Sogge
Interesting claim from Dylan Riley: by attacking the politically ‘irrelevant’ civic nodes of academia and NGOs, MAGA could unwittingly unleash a more truly potent Left newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Dylan Riley, Contra Arendt — Sidecar
On civil society.
newleftreview.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Madrid's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum is displaying a set of heartbreaking, powerful photographs taken in Gaza. Why can't Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum and others elsewhere do the same?
Gaza through Their Eyes | Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza share.google/Y7ul4rrTloJC...
Gaza through Their Eyes
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and the European Commission's Civil Prot...
share.google
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reposted by David Sogge
One year after #UNGA resolution on ICJ ruling, UN experts urge States to comply with the Advisory Opinion and cut ties with #Israel's unlawful occupation of #Palestine. "This means that sanctions cannot be avoided," they explain:

www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Worthwhile petition demanding that FIFA and UEFA ban Israel from international football #banisrael action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...
Kick Israel out of the 2026 World Cup
Football is about respect and fairness. Not sports-washing genocide. Italy is set to host Israel for the World Cup qualifiers while people in Gaza starve and die. Sign now to demand FIFA and UEFA ban ...
action.wemove.eu
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Chilling article. "the same surveillance and population control tech used by Israel on Palestinians is being adopted by European governments. Who are they going to use it against?" www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/09/is-e...
Is Europe Preparing for War Against Russia or Against Own Populations? | naked capitalism
Population control toys aren’t all that useful on the Eurasian Steppe.
www.nakedcapitalism.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Some inconveniet historical facts about US/NATO and Ukraine, told by someone in a position to know. [Letter in Financial Times 30/31 August 2025]
September 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Nederland als voorvechter van de internationale rechtsorde (o.a. grondwet artikel 90) en mensenrechten? Nee, we gaan echter over tot de orde van de dag... namelijk, handel drijven !
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Handel met Israël is niet verboden, en dus blijft Nederland er op grote schaal zakendoen
Israël: Nederlandse bedrijven doen op grote schaal zaken met Israëlische partners. Zolang geen sancties worden opgelegd, blijft dat zo, zeggen ze. Een enkel bedrijf twijfelt: „We nemen geen nieuwe pro...
www.nrc.nl
August 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by David Sogge
Dit is Israël. Een ziekenhuis bombarderen. Wachten tot de hulpverleners ter plekke zijn om gewonden te redden en lichamen te bergen. En dan daar nog een bom op gooien.

Dit is wat de meerderheid van de Tweede Kamer en minister @rubenbrekelmans.bsky.social wel prima vinden
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Israel targeted Gaza’s Civil Defense personnel inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, during a live broadcast.
August 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Global Responsibility to Protect: another commitment Israel and its backers signed up to, but are now ignoring: brill.com/view/journal...
August 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM