This is clearly a second Nakba. I don't see how there's any other interpretation.
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The Philippine Military Keeps Kidnapping Activists
#Philippines #impunity #TootSEA #politics https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/09/philippines-marcos-disappeared-activists-duterte-tamano-castro/
Seeing Hillary Clinton all over television telling lies to justify genocide in Gaza is further evidence that those of us who refused to vote for either Trump or Clinton in 2016 were absolutely right.
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Tomorrow is election day in Houston and Harris County 🗳
- In the marquee race, voters will pick one of 18 candidates running for Mayor
- Polls will be open on Nov. 7 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- HarrisVotes.com will help you find a voting center and check on wait times
Here's our guide:
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-tuesday-election-day-18465665.php
Warping Time: How Contending Political Forces Manipulate the Past, Present, and Future
Warping Time shows how narratives of the past influence what people believe about the present and future state of the world.
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A reminder that People Are Not Their Governments…
https://youtube.com/shorts/rW_5ViV6RaA?si=jM2yiDXb5FBK-N_U
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Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza today!
Go to https://ceasefiretoday.com to email Congress, sign the petition, and call your congressmembers.
#Politics #USPol #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #Ceasefire #FREEPALESTINE
The Triumph of Broken Promises
A powerful case that the economic shocks of the 1970s hastened both the end of the Cold War and the rise of neoliberalism by forcing governments to impose austerity on their own people.
Why did the Cold War come to a peaceful end? And why did neoliberal economics sweep across the world in the late twentieth century?
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Wrong
In Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite for Misinformation, expert in media and politics Dannagal Goldthwaite Young offers a comprehensive model that illustrates how political leaders and media organizations capitalize on our social and cultural identities to separate, enrage, and—ultimately—mobilize us.
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As Israeli airstrikes rain down on Gaza, Palestinians and their allies in Houston took to the streets to call on local officials to hear their struggles and call for a cease-fire.
https://www.chron.com/culture/religion/article/houston-israel-hamas-18457276.php
Dancing on Bones
History and Power in China, Russia, and North Korea
She examines how the leaders of China, Russia, and North Korea manipulate the past to serve the present and secure the future of authoritarian rule.
She forgot to mention Israel.
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The Tory candidate in the recent Tamworth by election told people who couldn't afford to feed their children to F-off.
Keir Starmer's devastating response at PMQs today ....
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