david emiliano zapata maldonado, phd @okinado

A nationwide general strike was organized in more than 75 cities across Italy, demanding a complete boycott of Israel and the severance of all ties.

Incredible.

Jason Smith - 上官杰文 @ShangguanJiewen

a month ago

This isn't in the trial phase. The entire China International Consumer Products Expo in Hainan, recently, used only these materials for signage, food containers, and more. This is getting scaled for mass use.

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One more layer on the 9/11 point that rarely gets said in polite company: The attack was used to pass the Authorization for Use of Military Force, a legal document so broad it has been used to justify military operations in at least 22 countries, by five consecutive administrations, for over twenty-five years. It was used to pass the Patriot Act, which dismantled significant portions of the constitutional privacy protections Americans claim as foundational to their identity. It was used to create the Department of Homeland Security, to build the TSA, to normalize mass surveillance of American citizens, to establish the legal architecture for indefinite detention without trial. All of this from an attack that, according to the official account, was carried out by a non-state actor, primarily Saudi nationals, that killed 3,000 people. The attack did not only kill 3,000 Americans. It was used, deliberately, by people who understood what crises make possible, to permanently restructure American law, American institutions, and American society in ways that have never been rolled back. Cui bono is always the right question. Who benefited from the permanent emergency? Not the dead.

That was Luka’s money

Disclose.tv @disclosetv

2 months ago

JUST IN - Israeli megadonor Miriam Adelson gives $40 million to Republican super PACs for midterm elections. disclose.tv/id/joc9s8lb3z/

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Let's spend coffee time playing a little wargame in which the US decides to take on Iran and commit to a full war against it Look at this map. Where could the US stage an invasion of Iran? To Iran's east, you'll find Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. A big triple no. To Iran's south: the Persian Gulf which it completely dominates. No good. To Iran's west: Iraq and Turkiye. The first a definite no, the second, a no so probable it must be considered a certain. Turkiye will not go to war with Iran for the US and Israel - a war not only sure to decimate it, but a war Turkich people will be fanatically against. To Iran's north is the Caspian Sea. No use. Azerbaijan and Armenia present an opening, but how will hundreds of thousands of NATO soldiers get there (let alone undetected)? If they go by sea, they will need to traverse the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and virtually physically go through Istanbul. Not only politically complicated, but a long long journey that gives Iran tons of time to prepare. Remember the months and months the US took to amass forces for the Iraq invasion? It took 6 months or so - with no interruptions. The problem is, with Iran, there's no way they're going to simply build up forces near the designated target's borders. Iran has an arsenal of hundreds of thousands of guided and precise ballistic missiles, satellites in space and eyes almost everywhere. If a war is declared or started, every American asset within 0-3000 kilometers of Iran's borders will be bombarded so viciously no missile defense system will be able to stop it. And all those dozens and dozens of American bases scattered throughout the vast area surrounding Iran? How will the US defend them under an attack on a scale of 1000 October 7th's combined? Additionally, Iran has the most sophisticated anti-ship missiles in the world (Russia's Yakhont), of which it probably has thousands by now. This means no surface ship is going to be able to come close enough to Iran to make it an effective striking weapon (is this going to be the first time we get to see an aircraft carrier drowning? I believe potentially yes). The US will have to rely on air superiority, but this is going to prove a very difficult, almost impossible task. US planes will have to fly a long way to get to Iran (and back), and it has invested massively in air defense systems, including some of the most sophisticated in Russia's arsenal. The US will lose many planes which will take years to replenish, and Iran will be able to target with ballistic missiles and drones all the bases from which they take off in Europe or the Middle East. Another tool the US will use is cruise missiles fired from submarines: but this, too, does not win wars, and can be costly against a rival that prepared for this. A full-scale invasion of Iran will require potentially millions of soldiers and will take years. The West is simply incapable of an effort of this kind: where will they find millions of young men willing to die at sea in order to occupy a country thousands of miles away? Today? Give me a break. All this time the Iranians will be defending their home and their independence. The West will be trying to colonize and destroy them. They will have Gaza on their minds. - I didn't mention Israel because it is virtually irrelevant in this war. Hizbullah alone is enough to paralyze it and keep its military busy for months. - Bonus point: think about what happens to energy prices in an actual war with Iran. 500$ for an oil barrel? 1000$? 2000$? All is possible. Guess what country will remain the biggest international producer and exporter of oil and gas, and rip all those extra many, many trillions. You guessed tight. Russia. If the Persian Gulf is up in flames, Russia will become a global economic superpower (at a time when the US is dwindled militarily and economically and cannot even fake a military threat against it). - Another bonus point: you think Iran cannot, or will not attack on American soil? Think again. From cyber attacks to large-scale, professional, military-level sabotage and guerrilla warfare, in a war with Iran life in the US will definitely not be business as usual, and not only because inflation will be something 200%, and thousands of dead soldiers will return home in coffins every month for a long time. - The US cannot win a war against Iran. And I believe all parties involved know it. The only thing that remains unknown is how insane and self-destructive the US has become under Netanyahu's and AIPAC's, how shall we call it, influence

We disrupted the "No Kings" activities in NYC, blocking the parade, and standing off with Democrat protest marshals & NYPD. We carried Iranian flags & anti-war placards. Our Message was 'DEMOCRATS COULD STOP THE WAR! HANDS OFF IRAN!' WATCH!

@MaxBlumenthal What culture is this?

Prepare yourself this footage is deeply shocking. This is the reality of what Israel has done to Gaza.

The empire is telling on itself. If arresting rich pedophiles threatens the structure more than flirting with global war, then the structure is filth all the way down. That means the blackmail is deeper than admitted. 
The protection is higher than admitted. 
And the sickness is more central than admitted. Americans are not living in a republic. 
They are living inside the panic response of a compromised elite.

Je n’étais pas née quand les USA ont largué des bombes atomiques sur Hiroshima et Nagasaki, mais j’avais 56 ans quand les USA et Israël ont commis un génocide en Palestine, transformé Téhéran en enfer sur terre, bombardé une école de petites filles à Minab, et torpillé une frégate non armée à plus de 3000 km du théâtre d’un conflit. Pendant toute mon enfance et ma jeunesse, on nous disait que c’était eux les civilisés, les bons, les gentils. C’est eux qui violent, mangent et tuent des enfants à tour de bras, mais ce sont les autres les sauvages. C’est eux qui bombardent, napalment, asphyxient, rasent des villes entières, mais ce sont les autres les mauvais. C’est eux qui enlèvent et tuent les présidents, chefs d’état et leaders religieux à l’étranger, et volent leurs ressources, mais ce sont les autres les méchants. Cette image de Téhéran m’a donné la nausée. Et si ce qui s’est passé aujourd’hui ne suffit pas à briser les Iraniens, la prochaine étape pour Trump et son copain Netanyahu sera d’utiliser la bombe atomique. Et quand, ils auront terminé avec l’Iran, ils continueront avec Cuba, puis ils viendront chez nous en Afrique. La seule chose qui pourrait les freiner, c’est de réexporter chez eux la violence qu’ils imposent aux autres. Mais ça, personne ne le fera. Parce que personne n’est aussi sauvage et assoiffé de sang que ces gens. Chères Iraniennes, pour la journée internationale des droits de la femme, vos ”sauveurs” vous ont juste réservé le droit de mourir. Et nous, nous avons regardé, impuissants, et nous n’avons rien fait. Pardon 🤲🏽

@Claire_V0ltaire @ryangrim x.com/dropsitenews/s…

Drop Site @DropSiteNews

6 months ago

🧵1/ Israel and pro-Israel allies have repeatedly claimed Hamas carried out rapes, even “mass rapes,” on October 7, routinely pointing to a UN report by Pramila Patten as proof. That narrative was openly challenged last month by Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence

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The Iran War has just begun — but already, Iran’s military prowess, and America’s and Israel’s impulsive imperial hubris, is on display. Former British diplomat Alastair Crooke and I assess the situation in Iran on the latest ep. of The Chris Hedges Report. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=YL8rXe…

@usher81 @CalltoActivism Obama suppressed the Epstein Files.

They Tried to Delete Me From the Internet Last night, on February 13, YouTube terminated my entire channel and immediately denied my appeal under its “violent criminal organizations” policy. After taking to X, within hours, the backlash from multiple independent journalists, creators, and activists began to share my story. The pressure worked. Less than 24 hours after telling me I would remain banned, YouTube reinstated my channel and monetization. Nothing about my content changed. The only difference was collective action. This is what happens when the people band together and speak loudly enough to make it impossible to ignore. Again, the censorship doesn’t stop here. I’m still blacklisted on Instagram, and in the same week, TikTok has demonetized my profile, wiping out thousands of income I use to pay my rent while I study for college. Make sure you guys keep up with me by subscribing for free at yourfavoriteguy.com before they try to completely erase my voice. Who knows what they’ll do next. But this time, we’re prepared to fight.

Tucker Carlson and his team visited some of the 2000 refugees from Gaza that Qatar took in, during his visit to Doha, which included orphans and child amputees. He claimed Qatar wanted to take in more Palestinians but Israel won’t allow it. Tucker said him and his team had to hold back tears as they witnessed the cruelty of the evil Israeli regime, through the children that have been disfigured in the name of Jewish supremacy and Israel's unrelenting colonial ambitions to steal more land. My respect for Tucker Carlson just increased tenfold!

The @gbsumudflotilla sets sail tomorrow with a strong Irish contingent 🇮🇪 It also includes a legal suppprt boat filled with human rights lawyers from Ireland, South Africa, Canada & Britain. The boat is named after eminent 🇵🇸 journalist, Shireen Abu Ahkleh who was assassinated by the occupation. Wish us well. Humanity united 💚

*Please share* In light of the current events in Palestine, a large number of filmmakers have made their films about Palestine available online for free. In this tweet, I am sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread their message to the world: • A collection of documentaries published by Al Jazeera Documentary: bit.ly/3yp2nBI bit.ly/2SSpMeC bit.ly/3f0KK3P • “Keeper of Memory” documentary: lnkd.in/efRJxx5R • “Empty Seat” documentary: lnkd.in/e53YXHVu • “Resistance Pilot” documentary: lnkd.in/exw7fFFn • “Jenin” documentary: lnkd.in/eMFrBB2T • “The Olive Tree” documentary: lnkd.in/eqKG-ahV • “Scenes from the Occupation in Gaza” (1973) documentary: lnkd.in/erNiiCAM • “Gaza Fights For Freedom” documentary: lnkd.in/ezFuXqCK • “Arna’s Children” documentary: lnkd.in/eg-zPdUY • Short Film “Strawberry”: lnkd.in/eRCjNC2p • Short Film “The Place”: lnkd.in/eedcnkYJ • “The Mayor” documentary: lnkd.in/eBZA9Cvt • “The Creation and the Nakba 1948” documentary: lnkd.in/eSiZvPDV • “Occupation 101” documentary: lnkd.in/enr5wjfg • “The Shadow of Absence” documentary: lnkd.in/eT3s3kvM • “The Don’t Exist” documentary: lnkd.in/e-PiZ3Y7 • “As The Poet Said” documentary: lnkd.in/eXhGAqZm • “Five Broken Cameras” documentary: lnkd.in/etgiKgJS • “Paradise Now” feature film: lnkd.in/e6p3SNpN • “Abnadam” short film: lnkd.in/e2jSAj5t • “Wedding of Galilee” feature film: lnkd.in/ePtDEgaA • “Keffiyeh” feature film: lnkd.in/e9NYFazd • “Slingshot Hip Hop” documentary: lnkd.in/eE2iKdvp • “Tall al-Zaatar” documentary: lnkd.in/edgG_pW4 • “Tall al-Zaatar - The Secrets of the Battle” documentary: lnkd.in/edgG_pW4 • “In the Grip of the Resistance” documentary: lnkd.in/eMwEVmmc • “Swings” documentary: lnkd.in/e9ecGZGc • “Naji al-Ali: An Artist with Vision” documentary: lnkd.in/e5xTyrxc • “The Upper Gate” documentary: lnkd.in/eEZV_Rwm • “In Search of Palestine” documentary: lnkd.in/eu9zacHF • “Salt of this Sea” feature film: bit.ly/3c10G3Z • “Speak, Bird” documentary: lnkd.in/e5cTYPNK • “The Palestinian Exodus” series: bit.ly/3bXNAVp • “I Am Jerusalem” series: bit.ly/3hG8sDV Feel free to watch and share these films to help spread awareness.

@SpinalTap @bleeckerstfilms These go to 12.

@BernieSanders @BernieSanders Maybe the State of Israel should be stopped by all legal means, including direct intervention?

John Kirby: The IDF is more careful with civilians than even the U.S. military! Green Beret sees the IDF in action, recoils in horror: