Sheena Na Gee
@sheenanagee.bsky.social
Irish woman living in "the belly of the beast" in London.
"Will always be on the side of those that have nothing who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace" F.Garcia.
"Will always be on the side of those that have nothing who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace" F.Garcia.
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…far-right, racist, and authoritarian political parties from around the world to join in what will be a terrifying inauguration.
This is a dark foreshadowing of the evil things to come in Trump’s second term.
globalextremism.org/post/trump-i...
This is a dark foreshadowing of the evil things to come in Trump’s second term.
globalextremism.org/post/trump-i...
Trump Invites Far-Right, Bigoted Leaders to his Inauguration
Donald Trump’s decision to invite far-right, authoritarian leaders from around the world to his inauguration marks a significant departure from tradition. The invitees, including figures like Argentin...
globalextremism.org
January 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
…far-right, racist, and authoritarian political parties from around the world to join in what will be a terrifying inauguration.
This is a dark foreshadowing of the evil things to come in Trump’s second term.
globalextremism.org/post/trump-i...
This is a dark foreshadowing of the evil things to come in Trump’s second term.
globalextremism.org/post/trump-i...
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It’s impossible to overstate just how crazy it is that the incoming president launched his own fake money right before taking office.
January 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It’s impossible to overstate just how crazy it is that the incoming president launched his own fake money right before taking office.
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Yes, this is how it works under competitive authoritarianism
So just to be clear these Paramount Executives are discussing paying money to the incoming president of the united states with the specific intention of influencing an official action of the government?
Holy cow. Executives at CBS’s parent company have discussed settling Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News/60 Minutes, because they need the Trump administration to sign off on a planned corporate merger. www.wsj.com/business/med...
January 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Yes, this is how it works under competitive authoritarianism
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Surviving - about every day life in #Gaza. In case you missed the excellent discussion my colleague Bauke Baumann chaired, with @arwadamon.bsky.social, Dorthe Siegmund, Abed Schokry and Mahmoud Muna, please watch it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKV...
Surviving – about everyday life in Gaza
YouTube video by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Surviving - about every day life in #Gaza. In case you missed the excellent discussion my colleague Bauke Baumann chaired, with @arwadamon.bsky.social, Dorthe Siegmund, Abed Schokry and Mahmoud Muna, please watch it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNKV...
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When you’re a grown adult whose greatest ambition in life is apparently to be allowed to say ‘retard’ without comeback
A great day!
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
Is corporate America going Maga? on.ft.com/4h57IE2
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
Is corporate America going Maga? on.ft.com/4h57IE2
Is corporate America going Maga?
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms
on.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
When you’re a grown adult whose greatest ambition in life is apparently to be allowed to say ‘retard’ without comeback
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Trump, criminality & the death of decency with Professor @scottlucas.bsky.social.
Why younger people are keener on dictatorships than older ones.
Tick Tock for Tulip Siddiq with @henryriley1.bsky.social.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Why younger people are keener on dictatorships than older ones.
Tick Tock for Tulip Siddiq with @henryriley1.bsky.social.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
James O'Brien - The Whole Show - Podcast | Global Player
<p>This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973</p>
www.globalplayer.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Trump, criminality & the death of decency with Professor @scottlucas.bsky.social.
Why younger people are keener on dictatorships than older ones.
Tick Tock for Tulip Siddiq with @henryriley1.bsky.social.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Why younger people are keener on dictatorships than older ones.
Tick Tock for Tulip Siddiq with @henryriley1.bsky.social.
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
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A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
Airbnb and Booking.com are the market leaders, but a new wave of smaller accommodation platforms are offering an alternative – and trying to give something back to local communities
Accounts of tenants illegally subletting rental properties by listing…
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
A break from the accommodation mega-sites: the best alternative booking platforms
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In light of today's first arrests by the HTS-led Syrian government against the Islamic State since the fall of the regime, I'm unloading my archives, and sharing every time HTS announced conducting CT ops against IS, including today's. Fully open access. www.jihadologyplus.com/p/a-history-...
A History of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Publicly Announced Counterterrorism Actions Against Islamic State Leaders and Members
Today's arrests by the Syrian Caretaker Government against the Islamic State is a continuation of a counterterrorism campaign that HTS has been conducting against the Islamic State for years
www.jihadologyplus.com
January 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In light of today's first arrests by the HTS-led Syrian government against the Islamic State since the fall of the regime, I'm unloading my archives, and sharing every time HTS announced conducting CT ops against IS, including today's. Fully open access. www.jihadologyplus.com/p/a-history-...
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Our green week: The right to food in conflicts - forgotten and disregarded. Jouin us in #Berlin or via livestream. w/ @MichaelFakhri
@arwadamon.bsky.social
Kira Fischer
Imme Scholz
Jean-Marie Bauer
Swantje Nilsson &
Lena Luig. Jan 14, 7 pm CET #Sudan #Gaza
calendar.boell.de/en/event/our...
@arwadamon.bsky.social
Kira Fischer
Imme Scholz
Jean-Marie Bauer
Swantje Nilsson &
Lena Luig. Jan 14, 7 pm CET #Sudan #Gaza
calendar.boell.de/en/event/our...
Our Green Week: The right to food in conflicts - forgotten and disregarded?
Conflicts and wars are the main cause of food insecurity worldwide - even more so than poverty and the climate crisis. Yet the right to food is universal: it applies to all people, at all times and in...
calendar.boell.de
January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Our green week: The right to food in conflicts - forgotten and disregarded. Jouin us in #Berlin or via livestream. w/ @MichaelFakhri
@arwadamon.bsky.social
Kira Fischer
Imme Scholz
Jean-Marie Bauer
Swantje Nilsson &
Lena Luig. Jan 14, 7 pm CET #Sudan #Gaza
calendar.boell.de/en/event/our...
@arwadamon.bsky.social
Kira Fischer
Imme Scholz
Jean-Marie Bauer
Swantje Nilsson &
Lena Luig. Jan 14, 7 pm CET #Sudan #Gaza
calendar.boell.de/en/event/our...
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This Channel 4 miniseries is a masterpiece. Peter Kosminsky, who also adapted Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" for the BBC, has produced stellar TV, boldly tackling one of the most contentious subjects. This is gripping & unflinching; superb writing & stellar performances. You really don't want to miss.
The Promise
Claire Foy and Christian Cooke star in Peter Kosminsky's BAFTA-nominated four-part drama
www.channel4.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This Channel 4 miniseries is a masterpiece. Peter Kosminsky, who also adapted Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" for the BBC, has produced stellar TV, boldly tackling one of the most contentious subjects. This is gripping & unflinching; superb writing & stellar performances. You really don't want to miss.
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New spelling of "capitalism" just dropped
January 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
New spelling of "capitalism" just dropped
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@abbeyheffer.bsky.social defining fascism.
'If a political party, movement, or government dedicates itself to revitalising or transforming the “nation” according some some imagined, vaguely-historical, often racialised or tribal sense of ethno-nationalism, it is fascist.'
'If a political party, movement, or government dedicates itself to revitalising or transforming the “nation” according some some imagined, vaguely-historical, often racialised or tribal sense of ethno-nationalism, it is fascist.'
What is fascism?
Spoiler Alert: It's Hiding in Plain Sight
theopenbookshelf.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
@abbeyheffer.bsky.social defining fascism.
'If a political party, movement, or government dedicates itself to revitalising or transforming the “nation” according some some imagined, vaguely-historical, often racialised or tribal sense of ethno-nationalism, it is fascist.'
'If a political party, movement, or government dedicates itself to revitalising or transforming the “nation” according some some imagined, vaguely-historical, often racialised or tribal sense of ethno-nationalism, it is fascist.'
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Israeli soldiers raided Syrian border villages, captured the country’s highest peak, set up roadblocks, and now occupy former Syrian military outposts. Israeli troops have detained Syrians and opened fire during at least two protests.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/w...
Israel’s Campaign in Syrian Border Area Prompts Fears It Plans to Stay
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order for Israeli troops to “take over” a buffer zone with Syria upended decades of relative calm along the de facto border between the two countries.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Israeli soldiers raided Syrian border villages, captured the country’s highest peak, set up roadblocks, and now occupy former Syrian military outposts. Israeli troops have detained Syrians and opened fire during at least two protests.
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/w...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/w...
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“We need a national inquiry to get to the bottom of this” say the same contextless wonders who show no interest in Russian interference
January 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
“We need a national inquiry to get to the bottom of this” say the same contextless wonders who show no interest in Russian interference
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“I realized that this was precisely the Syria that revolutionaries had been fighting for: a country where debates could be had together in the public sphere. The hard work of political co-construction has just begun.”
✍️ Leila al-Shami
bit.ly/3DGtijS
#Syria
✍️ Leila al-Shami
bit.ly/3DGtijS
#Syria
January 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“I realized that this was precisely the Syria that revolutionaries had been fighting for: a country where debates could be had together in the public sphere. The hard work of political co-construction has just begun.”
✍️ Leila al-Shami
bit.ly/3DGtijS
#Syria
✍️ Leila al-Shami
bit.ly/3DGtijS
#Syria
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The issue of detainees & the forcibly disappeared has been haunting #Syria since the 1970s. I talked about this w/ Yassin Haj Saleh, Lynn Maalouf and Joumana Seif organized by MENAPrisonForum, medico international & hbs MENA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Id...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Id...
2. Talk “Syria between Prison, Exile and Accountability” | MENA Prison Forum in Berlin
YouTube video by medico international
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The issue of detainees & the forcibly disappeared has been haunting #Syria since the 1970s. I talked about this w/ Yassin Haj Saleh, Lynn Maalouf and Joumana Seif organized by MENAPrisonForum, medico international & hbs MENA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Id...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Id...
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Statement from the White Helmets who have now concluded search operations at Sednaya Prison
December 9, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Statement from the White Helmets who have now concluded search operations at Sednaya Prison
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In a television interview earlier tonight, Fadel Abdul Ghany the Director of the Syrian Network for Human Rights announced, through tears, that our worst fears are confirmed: the majority of the 100,000 missing in Syria are dead. Killed by Bashar Al Assad and his truly tyrannical, barbaric regime.
December 9, 2024 at 10:23 PM
In a television interview earlier tonight, Fadel Abdul Ghany the Director of the Syrian Network for Human Rights announced, through tears, that our worst fears are confirmed: the majority of the 100,000 missing in Syria are dead. Killed by Bashar Al Assad and his truly tyrannical, barbaric regime.
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I wrote this quickly on Syria's national liberation from fascism and imperialism.
Liberation
The Syrian Revolution: the most thoroughgoing, diverse, persistent and resilient revolution in all human history. The revolutionary Syrian people: a people that risked everything, lost everything, …
qunfuz.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:50 AM
I wrote this quickly on Syria's national liberation from fascism and imperialism.
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The dream for many of these leftists is that Syrians simply surrender all agency to their oppressor.
Notice how these voices always overlook that it was Assad himself who mass displaced millions, destroyed civilian infrastructure, and drove the economy into complete collapse.
Notice how these voices always overlook that it was Assad himself who mass displaced millions, destroyed civilian infrastructure, and drove the economy into complete collapse.
December 7, 2024 at 11:41 PM
The dream for many of these leftists is that Syrians simply surrender all agency to their oppressor.
Notice how these voices always overlook that it was Assad himself who mass displaced millions, destroyed civilian infrastructure, and drove the economy into complete collapse.
Notice how these voices always overlook that it was Assad himself who mass displaced millions, destroyed civilian infrastructure, and drove the economy into complete collapse.
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This child was held in Assad's prison in Syria.
December 8, 2024 at 9:31 AM
This child was held in Assad's prison in Syria.
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Curious to know why RedStream never mentions the 6,000+ bombs Russia dropped on Syria, or the airstrikes this past week that killed 12 people?
RedStream is a subsidiary of Rupltly, a kremlin funded media company. Their agenda is to push kremlin interests to a western audience.
RedStream is a subsidiary of Rupltly, a kremlin funded media company. Their agenda is to push kremlin interests to a western audience.
December 5, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Curious to know why RedStream never mentions the 6,000+ bombs Russia dropped on Syria, or the airstrikes this past week that killed 12 people?
RedStream is a subsidiary of Rupltly, a kremlin funded media company. Their agenda is to push kremlin interests to a western audience.
RedStream is a subsidiary of Rupltly, a kremlin funded media company. Their agenda is to push kremlin interests to a western audience.
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The UN General Assembly-mandated team investigating serious crimes in Syria released a new report on Friday, documenting systematic torture and abuse across over 100 Government detention facilities.
Report exposes systematic torture in Syrian detention facilities
The UN General Assembly-mandated team investigating serious crimes in Syria released a new report on Friday, documenting systematic torture and abuse across over 100 Government detention facilities.
news.un.org
December 7, 2024 at 8:51 AM
The UN General Assembly-mandated team investigating serious crimes in Syria released a new report on Friday, documenting systematic torture and abuse across over 100 Government detention facilities.
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The people of Aleppo are really happy to have the Free Syrian Army with them. Men, women, and everyone there have total freedom when it comes to religion and what they wear, and no one bothers anyone.
December 4, 2024 at 7:34 PM
The people of Aleppo are really happy to have the Free Syrian Army with them. Men, women, and everyone there have total freedom when it comes to religion and what they wear, and no one bothers anyone.