@iainmunro.bsky.social
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She asked one question: "Are you ICE?"
With no warning, agents took her to the ground. They shackled her for hours. They cut off parts of her clothes — and even her wedding ring.
Now, @aclumn.bsky.social is fighting back for protesters, observers and journalists exercising their 1A rights.
With no warning, agents took her to the ground. They shackled her for hours. They cut off parts of her clothes — and even her wedding ring.
Now, @aclumn.bsky.social is fighting back for protesters, observers and journalists exercising their 1A rights.
ACLU of Minnesota sues ICE over alleged mistreatment of observers
Six residents say they were threatened, pepper sprayed and unlawfully detained for observing immigration enforcement actions.
www.startribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
She asked one question: "Are you ICE?"
With no warning, agents took her to the ground. They shackled her for hours. They cut off parts of her clothes — and even her wedding ring.
Now, @aclumn.bsky.social is fighting back for protesters, observers and journalists exercising their 1A rights.
With no warning, agents took her to the ground. They shackled her for hours. They cut off parts of her clothes — and even her wedding ring.
Now, @aclumn.bsky.social is fighting back for protesters, observers and journalists exercising their 1A rights.
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Together For Palestine - Lullaby (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Together For Palestine
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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David McBride told the truth. Now he’s in jail.
Whistleblowers protect democracy and the public’s right to know. Punishing them silences truth.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland can act now.
✍️ Sign the open letter
informationrights.org/take-action/...
#FreeDavidMcBride #Whistleblowers #Justice
Whistleblowers protect democracy and the public’s right to know. Punishing them silences truth.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland can act now.
✍️ Sign the open letter
informationrights.org/take-action/...
#FreeDavidMcBride #Whistleblowers #Justice
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
David McBride told the truth. Now he’s in jail.
Whistleblowers protect democracy and the public’s right to know. Punishing them silences truth.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland can act now.
✍️ Sign the open letter
informationrights.org/take-action/...
#FreeDavidMcBride #Whistleblowers #Justice
Whistleblowers protect democracy and the public’s right to know. Punishing them silences truth.
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland can act now.
✍️ Sign the open letter
informationrights.org/take-action/...
#FreeDavidMcBride #Whistleblowers #Justice
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🎥 In September 2018, Julian Assange delivered an exclusive video address to the World Ethical Data Forum in Barcelona.
#InformationRights #PardonAssange #JulianAssange #PressFreedom #AustralianOfTheYear #TruthMatters #BigData #AI #Ethics #AusOfTheYear
#InformationRights #PardonAssange #JulianAssange #PressFreedom #AustralianOfTheYear #TruthMatters #BigData #AI #Ethics #AusOfTheYear
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
🎥 In September 2018, Julian Assange delivered an exclusive video address to the World Ethical Data Forum in Barcelona.
#InformationRights #PardonAssange #JulianAssange #PressFreedom #AustralianOfTheYear #TruthMatters #BigData #AI #Ethics #AusOfTheYear
#InformationRights #PardonAssange #JulianAssange #PressFreedom #AustralianOfTheYear #TruthMatters #BigData #AI #Ethics #AusOfTheYear
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640 messages sent to David McBride so far.
Our goal is 1,000 before Christmas.
Add your message of solidarity here:
informationrights.org/take-action/...
Our goal is 1,000 before Christmas.
Add your message of solidarity here:
informationrights.org/take-action/...
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
640 messages sent to David McBride so far.
Our goal is 1,000 before Christmas.
Add your message of solidarity here:
informationrights.org/take-action/...
Our goal is 1,000 before Christmas.
Add your message of solidarity here:
informationrights.org/take-action/...
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The fact that TikTok remains available “makes a mockery” of the government’s earlier national security claims that the platform was “an urgent national security risk – and of the court that deferred to those claims,” @evelyndouek.bsky.social and @jameeljaffer.bsky.social write in @theguardian.com.
The US supreme court’s TikTok ruling is a scandal | Evelyn Douek and Jameel Jaffer
The decision means TikTok now operates under the threat that it could be forced offline with a stroke of Trump’s pen
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The fact that TikTok remains available “makes a mockery” of the government’s earlier national security claims that the platform was “an urgent national security risk – and of the court that deferred to those claims,” @evelyndouek.bsky.social and @jameeljaffer.bsky.social write in @theguardian.com.
An article by Kate Kenny and myself on the need to support civil disobedience whistleblowing, and our new book on this topic now published in The Conversation: theconversation.com/from-civil-d...
From civil disobedience to networked whistleblowing: What national security truth-tellers reveal in an age of crackdowns
Whistleblowers’ stories show how accountability is shifting from formal legal institutions to solidarity networks built outside the state.
theconversation.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
An article by Kate Kenny and myself on the need to support civil disobedience whistleblowing, and our new book on this topic now published in The Conversation: theconversation.com/from-civil-d...
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What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.
It undermines police and the law.
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✒️ Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House”, after refusing to issue us a media pass.
Thousands have signed a petition calling on the government to give us access.
Help defend press freedom, sign today.
secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...
Thousands have signed a petition calling on the government to give us access.
Help defend press freedom, sign today.
secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...
Defend Press Freedom
I stand with Declassified UK - I've just signed my name. Join me in telling Westminster that you care about freedom of the press.
secure.declassifieduk.org
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
✒️ Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House”, after refusing to issue us a media pass.
Thousands have signed a petition calling on the government to give us access.
Help defend press freedom, sign today.
secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...
Thousands have signed a petition calling on the government to give us access.
Help defend press freedom, sign today.
secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...
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'Reading groups can steal back a small degree of academic autonomy, not over academic labour, but over the social reproduction that makes such labour possible in the first place.'
#HigherEd
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#HigherEd
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reading as communal luxury: On the formation of a resistant subject group - Iain Munro, Alessia Contu, Sam Dallyn, Peter Edward, Ann-Christine Frandsen, Josephine Go Jefferies, Keith Hoskin, Kathleen ...
This provocation argues for the importance of reading groups, and for reading books, as a mode of resistance against the instrumentalisation and individualisati...
journals.sagepub.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
'Reading groups can steal back a small degree of academic autonomy, not over academic labour, but over the social reproduction that makes such labour possible in the first place.'
#HigherEd
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#HigherEd
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians
My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
Why Elon Musk’s $44 billion payday should worry Australians
When it comes to leadership, the myth of great men lives on because it flatters and serves the interests of the elite.
independentaustralia.net
August 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Why Elon Musk’s A$44 billion payday should worry Australians
My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
My thoughts in today’s Independent Australia
independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...
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"Rhodes’ book provides an important critique of the billionaire class as well as suggesting new avenues of collective resistance [...] an insightful and beautifully written book"
Iain Munro reviews my book 'Stinking Rich'
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/doi/full/10....
Iain Munro reviews my book 'Stinking Rich'
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/doi/full/10....
Shibboleth Authentication Request
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au
September 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Rhodes’ book provides an important critique of the billionaire class as well as suggesting new avenues of collective resistance [...] an insightful and beautifully written book"
Iain Munro reviews my book 'Stinking Rich'
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/doi/full/10....
Iain Munro reviews my book 'Stinking Rich'
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.uts.edu.au/doi/full/10....
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"The reason I became a whistleblower was: what I saw in the Australian military was so bad, and they weren't going to fix themselves and something had to be done about it." - David McBride @davidmcbride.bsky.social
'My Story' www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cl...
#auspol #FreeMcBride #PardonMcBride
'My Story' www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cl...
#auspol #FreeMcBride #PardonMcBride
My Story
YouTube video by David McBride
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"The reason I became a whistleblower was: what I saw in the Australian military was so bad, and they weren't going to fix themselves and something had to be done about it." - David McBride @davidmcbride.bsky.social
'My Story' www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cl...
#auspol #FreeMcBride #PardonMcBride
'My Story' www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cl...
#auspol #FreeMcBride #PardonMcBride
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Amnesty -- “When the Government is arresting people under terrorism laws for sitting peacefully in protest, something is going very wrong here in the UK".
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Amnesty condemns arrests made at the Defend Our Juries ‘Lift The Ban’ demo in London today "something has gone very wrong here in the UK"
STAGGERING NUMBER OF ARRESTS EXPECTED AT PALESTINE DEMO IN LONDON- ‘SOMETHING IS GOING VERY WRONG HERE IN THE UK’
www.amnesty.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Amnesty -- “When the Government is arresting people under terrorism laws for sitting peacefully in protest, something is going very wrong here in the UK".
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
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Israel’s three largest arms corporations, which all supply the Israeli military, have been allowed by the UK government to exhibit at the DSEI London arms fair in September:
🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries
🇮🇱 Rafael
caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...
🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries
🇮🇱 Rafael
caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...
Campaign Against Arms Trade
Campaign Against Arms Trade
caat.org.uk
August 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Israel’s three largest arms corporations, which all supply the Israeli military, have been allowed by the UK government to exhibit at the DSEI London arms fair in September:
🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries
🇮🇱 Rafael
caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...
🇮🇱 Elbit Systems
🇮🇱 Israel Aerospace Industries
🇮🇱 Rafael
caat.org.uk/data/arms-fa...
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
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At the UN the US says recognising the state of Palestine rewards Hamas, the IPC report declaring famine in Gaza lacks credibility & integrity, & other countries are engaged in pontificating & lecturing.
The reality? The world sees the US is an active partner in Israels genocide
The reality? The world sees the US is an active partner in Israels genocide
August 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
At the UN the US says recognising the state of Palestine rewards Hamas, the IPC report declaring famine in Gaza lacks credibility & integrity, & other countries are engaged in pontificating & lecturing.
The reality? The world sees the US is an active partner in Israels genocide
The reality? The world sees the US is an active partner in Israels genocide
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Reform UK voted against worker rights in parliament, favoured bad bosses.
Now it supports fracking which can cause earthquakes and negative environmental impacts.
Companies will make vast profits, people will pick up the tab. Many homes would be uninsurable. Who would buy affected houses?
Now it supports fracking which can cause earthquakes and negative environmental impacts.
Companies will make vast profits, people will pick up the tab. Many homes would be uninsurable. Who would buy affected houses?
Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms
The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reform UK voted against worker rights in parliament, favoured bad bosses.
Now it supports fracking which can cause earthquakes and negative environmental impacts.
Companies will make vast profits, people will pick up the tab. Many homes would be uninsurable. Who would buy affected houses?
Now it supports fracking which can cause earthquakes and negative environmental impacts.
Companies will make vast profits, people will pick up the tab. Many homes would be uninsurable. Who would buy affected houses?
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Normal person: Genocide is bad
Crazy person: Woah hey, let’s not get political
Crazy person: Woah hey, let’s not get political
August 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Normal person: Genocide is bad
Crazy person: Woah hey, let’s not get political
Crazy person: Woah hey, let’s not get political
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“He's a U.S. citizen and he doesn't deserve to be in jail at all.”
@premthakker.bsky.social asks Zaher Ibrahim, father of detained Palestinian-American Muhammad Ibrahim, what his message is to the US after Israel imprisoned his son for six months without trial.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/a-us-teena...
@premthakker.bsky.social asks Zaher Ibrahim, father of detained Palestinian-American Muhammad Ibrahim, what his message is to the US after Israel imprisoned his son for six months without trial.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/a-us-teena...
August 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“He's a U.S. citizen and he doesn't deserve to be in jail at all.”
@premthakker.bsky.social asks Zaher Ibrahim, father of detained Palestinian-American Muhammad Ibrahim, what his message is to the US after Israel imprisoned his son for six months without trial.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/a-us-teena...
@premthakker.bsky.social asks Zaher Ibrahim, father of detained Palestinian-American Muhammad Ibrahim, what his message is to the US after Israel imprisoned his son for six months without trial.
Watch: zeteo.com/p/a-us-teena...
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Hong Kong billionaire, owner of Northumbrian Water, touted as Thames Water bidder.
He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment.
Any private owner would want profit, main cause of the crisis. Profits go abroad, misery stays home.
Public ownership is the only way ahead.
archive.ph/NCYXf
He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment.
Any private owner would want profit, main cause of the crisis. Profits go abroad, misery stays home.
Public ownership is the only way ahead.
archive.ph/NCYXf
Chinese suitor ‘would cut billions from Thames Water investment’
CK Infrastructure touted as likely buyer if debt-laden water company is nationalised
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Hong Kong billionaire, owner of Northumbrian Water, touted as Thames Water bidder.
He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment.
Any private owner would want profit, main cause of the crisis. Profits go abroad, misery stays home.
Public ownership is the only way ahead.
archive.ph/NCYXf
He won't provide necessary infrastructure investment.
Any private owner would want profit, main cause of the crisis. Profits go abroad, misery stays home.
Public ownership is the only way ahead.
archive.ph/NCYXf
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My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
August 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
My name is Captain Dylan Blaha, and this message is for members of the National Guard across the USA.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
I've served in the Illinois Army National Guard for over 12 years, including a deployment to Afghanistan and three years on active duty in Europe.
What's going on right now is not normal.
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Ukraine has become a new, major market for British arms exports.
In the 10 years up to Russia’s invasion in 2022, UK firms sold only around £35m of military equipment.
In the three years after the invasion, 2022-24, exports skyrocketed to £1.1bn.
www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmer...
In the 10 years up to Russia’s invasion in 2022, UK firms sold only around £35m of military equipment.
In the three years after the invasion, 2022-24, exports skyrocketed to £1.1bn.
www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer’s plan for UK growth – the Ukraine war
The Labour government’s increase in military spending and its extraordinary new agreement with Ukraine are platforms for the UK arms industry
www.declassifieduk.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ukraine has become a new, major market for British arms exports.
In the 10 years up to Russia’s invasion in 2022, UK firms sold only around £35m of military equipment.
In the three years after the invasion, 2022-24, exports skyrocketed to £1.1bn.
www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmer...
In the 10 years up to Russia’s invasion in 2022, UK firms sold only around £35m of military equipment.
In the three years after the invasion, 2022-24, exports skyrocketed to £1.1bn.
www.declassifieduk.org/keir-starmer...
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In the 1970s, UK discovered oil/gas in North Sea.
Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis.
Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget.
Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.
Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis.
Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget.
Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.
August 21, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In the 1970s, UK discovered oil/gas in North Sea.
Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis.
Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget.
Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.
Thatcher onwards, money squandered on tax cuts for corporations/rich. Now ... crisis.
Norway heavily taxed oil/gas. Now, $1.9trn sovereign fund. Its income funds national budget.
Appeasing rich/corporations costs the future.
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This is just the start.
We’re not here to beg for crumbs.
We’re coming for the lot.
Join us: yourparty.uk
We’re not here to beg for crumbs.
We’re coming for the lot.
Join us: yourparty.uk
August 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is just the start.
We’re not here to beg for crumbs.
We’re coming for the lot.
Join us: yourparty.uk
We’re not here to beg for crumbs.
We’re coming for the lot.
Join us: yourparty.uk