Annie Gottfried Cohen

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)

Booing the King The Purim story blames everyone for the violence within it, and it is ultimately the fault of a despotic ruler

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.

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A 🍞 watching the 🐦 s

it doesn't work for me either!

Tess Finch Lees: From the Winter Olympics to Nasa, wearing masks is back – except when it comes to our hospitals Masks are back: at the Olympics, at Nasa and with A-listers.

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.

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Support Mohammed And Family To Survive And Rebuild! We, people in the UK, France, Jamaica and the US, are fundraising to assist Mohammed Abdel Gatah Kamel Haggag, along with his multi-generational family, survive in a devastated and intensely dangerous...

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...

ICE deportation flights are getting longer and crueler A private equity–owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.

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

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Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox

Remember this lmao

The EU commission failed to defend Albanese:

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🚨France, Germany, Italy, and the United States have escalated attacks on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, demanding her resignation over remarks she did not make. Here’s everything you need to know: 1. U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz and the leading Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused Albanese of calling Israel the “common enemy of humanity.” 2. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot went further, branding her a “political activist who stirs up hate,” accusing her of comparing Israel to the Third Reich, and announcing France will formally demand her removal at the UN Human Rights Council session on February 23, 2026. He insisted she must resign immediately. 🔴3. But Albanese never called Israel the “common enemy of humanity.” She described the system enabling genocide in Palestine as humanity’s common enemy. The quote has been widely misrepresented. 4. French officials also criticized her for appearing at the Doha Forum alongside a Hamas leader and Iran’s foreign minister. In fact, she was not on stage with those figures. Paris has long accused her of “justifying” the October 7 attacks for contextualizing them within decades of occupation, a characterization President Emmanuel Macron previously called a “disgrace.”

5. The Trump administration has previously demanded her removal and imposed sanctions on her for documenting Israel’s crimes. 6. Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul echoed the push, writing: “I respect the UN system based on independent rapporteurs. However, Albanese has made numerous inappropriate statements in the past. I condemn her recent statements on Israel. Her position is untenable.” 7. Italy’s foreign minister also supported her removal, stating that Albanese’s positions “do not reflect those of the Italian government” and that her “behaviors, statements, and initiatives are not appropriate for the position she holds within a body of peace and guarantee such as the United Nations.” 8. Supporters, including various scholars, say the campaign is political retaliation for her reports on Israeli human rights violations. 9. Amnesty International France called Paris’s move a “shameful misrepresentation,” stating: “No, Francesca Albanese did not designate Israel as the common enemy of humanity… We denounce this attack on the independence of her mandate.” The group added it was “shocking” that France’s foreign minister repeated false claims while publicly prioritizing the fight against disinformation.

10. In an interview with L’Humanité, Albanese responded to @jnbarrot : “Everyone makes mistakes, it’s human. But we correct, we rectify,” calling on him to apologize and retract his false comments. 11. The backlash has not come only from Western governments.. “We don’t agree with much of what she says. We wouldn’t use the language that she’s using in describing the situation,” the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. The fight now centers on whether @FranceskAlbs , an independent UN Special Rapporteur can continue documenting Israeli crimes without political reprisal. 🎥 Video via L’Humanité. References in reply.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs My full AJ Forum speech last week: the common enemy of humanity is THE SYSTEM that has enabled the genocide in Palestine, including the financial capital that funds it, the algorithms that obscure it and the weapons that enable it.

🚨France, Germany, Italy, & the U.S. have escalated attacks on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, demanding her resignation over remarks she did not make.

Here’s everything you need to know:

1. U.S. Amb. Mike Waltz & the leading Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accused...

Memoirs of a Palestinian Communist Najati Sidqi’s reminiscences, which chronicle the upheavals of the early 20th century, resonate with shocking familiarity today.

"However carefully depersonalized Sidqi’s story, it still resonates with shocking familiarity today."

An excerpt from the memoir of Najati Sidqi—intellectual, member of the Palestine Communist Party, and critic of Nazism—introduced by @margaretlitvin.bsky.social:

Minnesota still needs your attention

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Our little picture of innocence

Disabled Anarchists - An Introduction An introduction to current and past disabled anarchists, written by the Disability Action Research Collective.

Disabled Anarchists - An Introduction

www.thecommoner.org.uk/disabled-ana...

Via The Commoner.
By Disability Action Research Collective & @richamm.bsky.social

#OtD 9 Feb 2007 Alejandro Finisterre, anarchist poet and inventor of the Spanish table football (foosball) died in Zamora, Spain. He invented the game following injury during the Spanish Civil War so injured children could still play football workingclasshistory.com/2018/07/29/s...

Grey background with a black and white photo showing an anti fascist protest and a clip from a cartoon of a person with a dog running through their legs text reads: Chaver Paver's Labzik stories of a militant puppy. A class of intermediate Yiddish speakers. Online with the Workers Circle starting 19 February, Thursdays at 1.30-3pm EST, 6.30-8PM GMT

Study Yiddish with me this semester part 1: by reading stories about a clever puppy who joins a family of Jewish Communists
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This…

This. I've heard so many stories recently about cancer patients and other immunocompromised people catching infections in hospital that make them more ill and endanger their lives. Most people seem to treat this as some unavoidable thing that "just happens" but we have so many tools to prevent it!

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Rdv sur les ondes lundi midi pour en savoir plus ! Long COVID Rise Up
#StopTheDiseaseProcess #BlockTheSpread

Summoning circle, hope this works:

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