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‘It becomes harder to find voices that call out #Israeli spokespeople; more often than not their propaganda is allowed to pass unchallenged.
The thought that #journalism is being restricted in this country at the say-so of a foreign representative should worry us all.
That is why the silencing of Sangita Myska matters so much.’
https://sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/democracy/the-silencing-of-sangita-myska-matters/
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Can the term ‘cloud fascism’ help us understand – and resist – the hard right?
Ece Temelkuran
#CloudFascism
#Fascism
#Trump
#Normalisation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/10/cloud-fascism-understand-resist-hard-right
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‘what began as a shocking absurdity – academics, intellectuals and ordinary people with ideas being denied entry or sent to prison for weeks based on the search of their phone – quickly became ordinary.
The unacceptable was normalised at such speed that, only a few weeks into the border crisis, the EU began issuing burner phones to its staff bound for the US.
Some European countries warned their LGBTQ+ citizens to be cautious visiting the US in a tone akin to Tripadvisor travel tips’
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‘writers, thinkers and politicians – try to come up with a catchy term for today’s fascism. At the heart of it, I have come to think, lies not only the desire to analyse but also the urge to attract people’s attention so they are adequately alarmed.
It may be an all too human urge to think: “If only we could find the right word, people would stop and listen.
Perhaps then they’ll do something.” In fact, it is good old #fascism, only with many new spectacles and glamorous gadgets’
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‘The cloudlike vagueness, fluidity and slipperiness of the system – its everywhereness but at the same time nowhereness – are quite like moving storm clouds.
Right now it is in #Turkey, operating through the imprisonment of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political rivals; now it is in #Israel, starving #Palestinian children. After appearing on the #Italian shores to push back refugees to the sea, it suddenly shows up in the US, raining on a new land through the border police’
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‘after a short while we lose our ability to be shocked, unwillingly normalising the cloud, as if now it is a natural phenomenon we must live with.
As if the cloud simply is. Just don’t take your phone with you to the US. Buy a burner. No big deal. If there is a cloud, get an umbrella and walk faster past those who do not have one.’
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The future that #Trump’s Cabinet anticipates for most Americans is grim…
“It’s time to train people not to do the jobs of the past but to do the great jobs of the future,” #Lutnick said, arguing that fewer people should be aspiring to bachelor’s degrees and should expect to occupy themselves in lower-skill factory work instead.
“This is the new model, where you work in these kind of plants for the rest of your life, and your kids work here, and your grandkids work here.”
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‘the selection of dolls, in particular, as #Trump’s stand-in for consumer prices reflects the gendered ideas about work, money and purchasing that animate Trump’s chaotic economic policy.
After all, Trump did not talk about the impact of his trade regime on toy trucks or GI Joe action figures – and he certainly didn’t mention its likely impact on things like video games’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/09/trump-dolls-little-girls
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#Aviation is rich people’s quickest and most dominant means of increasing the pace of #ClimateBreakdown
The notion the industry can be reformed from within is for the birds.
‘Flying causes more CO2 emissions than any other form of transport per mile and is dominated by rich passengers, with 1% of the world’s population responsible for 50% of aviation emissions.’
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@ChrisMayLA6 @CherylMorgan @Naich
‘The rise in the #Reform vote can be almost entirely explained by people deserting the #Tories for Reform. The number of people voting #Green has gone down slightly, not up. The major story seems to be people deserting Labour in droves, but choosing not to transfer their vote to any left-leaning party.’
Left leaning folks are not voting…it’s apathy that Labour needs to counter, not engage in a rightwing race to bottom.
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Greta #Thunberg was due to be on humanitarian aid ship attacked by suspected #Israeli drones while it was in international waters.
“I was part of the group who was supposed to board that boat today to continue the voyage towards Gaza, which is one of many attempts to open up a humanitarian corridor and to do our part to keep trying to break #Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza,”
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I see Turkey has condemned this attack on an unarmed ship in international waters…nothing from any other governments.
“We condemn in the strongest terms this attack on a civilian ship,” it said, noting that there were “allegations that the ship was targeted by Israeli drones”.
What will be the UK’s response?
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‘In comments to Times of Malta #Thunberg said the incident was "yet another crystal clear example of how international law and human rights are being completely disrespected".
Thunberg added that "too many people are being deliberately starved in #Gaza by #Israel", and it is everyone's responsibility to do everything in their power to try to stop that.
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‘A spokeswoman for the NGO, Caoimhe Butterly, said the attack took place as the ship was preparing for activists to board from another vessel.
A transfer at sea had been planned rather than the ship going to harbour, for bureaucratic reasons, she said.’
The timing of this attack suggests the perpetrators had precise knowledge of the NGO operation.
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Assuming the radio silence from governments around the world right now is because they are currently assessing whether they dare condemn #Israel for carrying out a planned assassination attempt on renowned climate activist Greta #Thunberg.
This was an attack on an unarmed civilian ship in international waters attempting to provide aid to #Gaza.
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Still much anger online about the attack on the Freedom Flotilla, a civilian unarmed ship attacked by drones while headed towards #Gaza, that Greta #Thunberg was in the process of boarding when the attack took place…but no official condemnation.#Israel has refused to comment and so the mainstream media goes silent and moves on.
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As a parent who was told their child may have ‘high functioning aspergers’ on their final day of preschool…to finally getting a clinical face to face diagnosis for #autism in Yr 5, I can say categorically #Farage has no comprehension of how longwinded the system is in the UK in terms of diagnosing #neurodivergent conditions.
And that’s just 1st stage…then you have to fight for #EHCP.
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What other democratic country has their judges arrested on the instruction of the executive?
Hmmm…is that because arresting judges on the grounds they are obstructing executive orders inherently the actions of a junta?
“Just NOW, the FBI arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on charges of obstruction – after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week.”
Now deleted tweet on X, Kash Patel, Head of FBI.
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I’m not a young woman anymore…but the political events outlined here of the past decade have equally led to me voting #Green.
25% of 18-24 yr old women voting Green may not be electorally significant…but are those numbers creeping up for older women too? I suspect so.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/25/young-men-reform-women-green-voters
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‘The #BBC presenter Evan Davis has been told he can no longer host a podcast about heat pumps due to the corporation’s concerns that discussing the technology risks “treading on areas of public controversy”’
Controversial to #FossilFuel industry and #Reform voters who are trying to kneecap anything that will help us avert #ClimateBreakdown.
#HeatPumps are NOT controversial outside UK.
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