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A leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald Trump. @edgeofsports.bsky.social writes about a growing movement to skip the World Cup partially hosted by the US. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the Trump World Cup
As marauding state agents fill US streets, a leading German soccer official says countries should consider what was once unthinkable: skipping the 2026 World Cup.
www.thenation.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald Trump. @edgeofsports.bsky.social writes about a growing movement to skip the World Cup partially hosted by the US. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The UK government has turned post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation on members of Palestine Action, whose campaigns have directly targeted arms manufacturers supplying the Israeli military.
mondediplo.com/2026/01/05uk
mondediplo.com/2026/01/05uk
The banning of Palestine Action
Subscribers // by Rayan Freschi & Mathieu Rigouste (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
mondediplo.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The UK government has turned post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation on members of Palestine Action, whose campaigns have directly targeted arms manufacturers supplying the Israeli military.
mondediplo.com/2026/01/05uk
mondediplo.com/2026/01/05uk
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As we grow older, “loss becomes the primary condition of living,” Nick Cave says. “That doesn’t mean you’re in a hopeless, grief-stricken state all the time; it just means that you carry a deeper understanding of what it is to be human.”
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December 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
As we grow older, “loss becomes the primary condition of living,” Nick Cave says. “That doesn’t mean you’re in a hopeless, grief-stricken state all the time; it just means that you carry a deeper understanding of what it is to be human.”
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German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
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