This is a sobering read but what it reiterates to me is the unwiseness of combining a large range of diverse phenomena under the term ‘antisemitism’. It makes it all but impossible to deal with any of them. Much better to consider them separately and specifically. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#OtD 12 Apr 1918 Bolshevik forces attacked 26 anarchist centres in Moscow. At least 40 anarchists were killed by Cheka forces, and about 500 arrested and jailed. They falsely claimed "criminal elements [had] infiltrated the anarchist organisations" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1253...
Le cadmium énième scandale sanitaire.
Tous les médias qui se mettent à vous expliquer ce qu'il faut manger ou pas et comment, alors qu'il y en a dans tous les aliments les plus consommés et que la seule vraie solution c'est d'exiger des pouvoirs publics qu'ils agissent.
Le fait qu’on ne puisse plus rien manger, que ça soit pas une priorité absolue de nos gouvernements, qu’on soit tous et toutes condamné•es sans réelle possibilité d’agir wahou what a time to be alive dites donc.
www.liberation.fr/checknews/ca...
Screenshot of typed text reading "After discussion with C.C. comrades it was decided that the occupation of the land should continue in an organised way, the only way of compelling the Institute of Agrarian Reform to hasten its steps but to occupy only the land of the ex-nobility, of important reactionary landowners, of the church, ex communal lands etc. The same thing is being done with appropriating stores of wheat ...."
Reading decyphered Communist Party radio messages in 2026 and I keep reading "CC" as "Covid Cautious" (rather than Central Committee). But enjoying the image of the Community Care revolution in which we occupy the land of wealthy landowners in an organised way ...
Excerpt describing the activities of the Non-interevention committee. Highlighted section reads: "Baron Eric Palmstierna, the Swedish delegate, would sometimes fall into a species of trance, for he was busy composing a book, The Horizons of Immortality, in which he recorded his conversation with ‘the messengers from the other world’, and whenever these spirits spoke to him he had to concentrate on what they said in order to write it down later."
Love it when my two very different research interests (mediumship and Communist antifascism) randomly collide
This is from Gerald Howson's 'Arms for Spain', describing the activities and arguments of the infamous non-intervention committee during the Spanish Civil War
We recommend protecting supporters and activists from airborne infections. Avoid holding gatherings in unventilated spaces. Wear ffp3 masks if you have to attend these. People power is our greatest strength and we can't afford for them to be sick. The ultra wealthy have money.
Millions of people in the UK including myself have had their long term health impacted by COVID infections and @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the only political leader talking about it. We need treatments and indoor clean air policies to protect the public's health.
The right to protest in this country is sacrosanct and must be protected.
We urge the New York City Council to reject anti-democratic legislation that restricts protest outside houses of worship.
Screenshot showing a section of the front page of the Daily Herald, December 18 1933, with an article describing a protest at the German Embassy in London. Headline reads "Police baton charges at Embassy" and the subheading "women fight with sticks: many hurt"
Happy International Working Women's Day
Ellie Chowns MP + photo of Ellie, a woman with brown bobbed hair, in white top and teal green jacket with a hedge behind her. Greens Against Covid logo. "Today I am taking time to remember the hundreds of thousands of people in Britain who lost their lives in the pandemic, and to pay tribute to all those in the NHS and public health fields who worked tirelessly to manage the disease and save lives. I also want to draw attention to the may ways Covid is still affecting us today - from effects on health such as Long Covid to lasting financial and emotional strain, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt by many. If we are to prevent another devastating pandemic, the government must act. Implement the recommendations of the Covid Inquiry, invest much more into our NHS and pandemic preparedness, and ensure corruption and private profit do not stand in the way of public health." #COVID-19DayofReflection Imprint: Promoted by Covid and Long Covid Campaign Working Group (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ.
Thanks @elliechowns.bsky.social , @greenparty.org.uk MP for this reflection and the understanding that the harms are ongoing. #Covid-19DayOfReflection
#CovidIsNotOver
I'm pretty tired of arguing with people in my communities about 'Israel's right to exist' when Zionist lobby groups like UKLFI are doing everything they can to support Israel in its erasure of Palestine
(sorry for the guardian link, I haven't seen this discussed anywhere else)
www.toratalbion.org.uk/booing-the-k...
Both in the story and in the world, it is right to critique instances of Jewish violence, and the violence of any traumatised people seeking vengeance. But to only blame the traumatised avengers is a mistake: it lets the King off the hook.
A black cat shaped like a big bread loaf sitting on a desk looking out the window
A 🍞 watching the 🐦 s
it doesn't work for me either!
1. Outstanding article from Tess Finch Lees:
'Meanwhile, when asked why she’s masking during chemo, Meg now says, “I’m training for the Olympics” '.
Please click on the paywalled link first, archived link in next post. Also consider sharing.
m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
I help to run a mutual aid fund for a family in Gaza, and donations have been quite low over the past few months. Despite the "ceasefire", the genocide is not over, people are still living in tents and struggling to survive. Please share and donate if you can! chuffed.org/project/1227...
A white and brown cat in front of a laptop. On the screen is a white person talking next to a document they are sharing. Text reads : Yiddish for beginners II, Wednesdays at 1.30pm EST / 6.30pm GMT
Learn Yiddish with me this semester part 2: for beginners who already know a bisl Yiddish. Great reviews from previous students (pictured). secure.qgiv.com/for/yiddishc...
A woman with long brown hair in a ponytail wearing a blue jumper holds up a blue book with a picture showing a 1930s newspaper stand. The title reads "From Popular Front to Cold War"
Photo of my chapter "We'll Stay Here Til The Fascist Tomb is Made: The IWO and the International Brigades"
Another picture of a page in my chapter, showing a postcard in which a group of young people pose as a Spanish militia. The subtitle reads "Spain "Gets a Taste" of IWO antics"
Another photo of the chapter which shows a photo of a monument made to a young man who died in Spain, his comrades posing around it with raised fist. Subtitle reads "A Marvelous Experience for a Bolshevik"
*Gender reveal post*
🥁 It's my first peer-reviewed publication!
Got back from a long walk on Arthur's Seat yesterday to discover this had finally arrived.
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
For more on Omni Air International's participation in ICE's human rights abuses, please read my recent Mother Jones story. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
An FR24 map showing a 767 going from Yaoundé, Cameroon, to Accra, Ghana.
An FR24 map showing a 767 descending toward N’Djamena
The Omni plane that went to Cameroon overnight made a second stop in Ghana, which may have also been a third-country removal.
The aircraft took off again a few hours later and is now descending toward Chad. Migrants onboard have been shackled for at least 24 hours.
DOW WITH GREENTS ✊
The English Scots and Irish with their long history of getting along as one people
I think it’s bad that the major American Jewish organizations that claim to speak for the community have decided that college student protesters are a bigger danger to Jews than the actual US government supporting a German far-right that wants to stop Holocaust remembrance.
1000% 🎯
Currently (and much to my own surprise) living right in the centre of the Old Town and really feeling like I live in H*rry P*tter disneyland. This city has changed so much since I lived here twenty years ago
Coral background with faint heart illustrations. A glossy male Blackbird with a bright yellow bill faces left. Large title reads: “Birds as bad exes*” Smaller text reads: “*Yes, you read that right.”
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
Remember this lmao
