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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

Israel butchers people every day while starving them to death and building a concentration camp.

And the world does nothing or aids them.

This is what it was like during the Holocaust.

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR IN THE UK.

"White, who is the secretary of the Merseyside Pensioners Association and cares for her husband who has cancer, said police said she could attend medical appointments but could be arrested if she visited a shop"
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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

The Independent. Time for a wealth tax, say Patriotic Millionaires as Rich List shows £772bn in the hands of just 350 families. Call comes after the the 2025 Sunday Times Rich List revealed the annual catalogue of Britain’s wealthiest people.

The UK is one of the wealthiest countries in history.

But that wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, where it's used to buy yachts and private jets instead of building up public services.

A 1% wealth tax on net assets over £10 million could raise £10 billion a year.

Great to be getting the #GetGreensElected, #VoteGreen message with Dr Agnes Watson in Haughley, Suffolk, for byelection on June 12

Because Israel and the US don't want it to be

Meanwhile, More than 3,500 children below the age of five in Gaza face “imminent death by starvation”, and 290,000 others are “on the brink of death”

Why isn’t Palestine the main story everywhere?

“We cannot resign ourselves and stand at the windows and watch, we cannot remain indifferent or apathetic without assuming responsibility for others and for society.” #PopeFrancis #SantoSubito

Quaker statement urging the UK government to recognise the state of Palestine Over a decade since Quakers first called on the UK government to take this historic step, we once again urge our leaders to play their part in bringing the 58-year occupation to an end and recognise t...

Quaker statement urging the UK government to recognise the state of Palestine
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A letter to Amer Catholic Bishops from Pope Francis

“I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations. The rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make a critical judgment.”

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This is horrendous. It has nothing to do with "Israel defending itself," it's only a war crime. Netanyahu should be on trial.

Israel is About to Empty Gaza The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration.

Israel is About to Empty Gaza
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The Teeswork Freeport corruption in short.

2 businessmen paid £110 for a £100m site.
We paid £462m to clean it up they paid nothing
They made £100m selling scrap metal from clean up, we received nothing.

Michael Gove covers it up.

Happy birthday Tony Benn

Attacking ambulances, executing medics, then tossing their bodies in a mass grave.

If Hamas had committed this crime, it would trigger deafening global outrage.

But Israel did it, and so most people are left unaware it even happened 👇

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Once again, Israel announces its atrocities to the world without shame or subtlety.

Once again, the Western media covers it up 👇

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Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end | Joseph Stiglitz Investor–state dispute settlements don’t just mean growing debt burdens for countries: they are also a barrier to action on the climate crisis

Foreign firms have more power than domestic companies under ISDS.

US courts don’t compensate American firms for lost profits from regulations. But foreign corporations can sue the US government, and win.

CEPR Sanctions Watch February 2025 Stay informed about the evolving sanctions landscape impacting Afghanistan, North Korea, Russia, Syria and more this February.

A US watchdog now wants $4 billion in Afghan assets returned to US control. Meanwhile, not a single dollar has been disbursed to help Afghans, and the country's economic crisis deepens daily.

67% of U.S. wage workers face unstable hours. Hispanic (38%) and Black (36%) workers are hit hardest. Instead of fixing this, the administration is cutting safety nets. Read more: https://cepr.net/publications/before-and-after-the-pandemic-income-volatility-health-care-affordability-and-debt/

Dr. Denisse Delgado of Georgetown and American Universities highlights how US sanctions on Cuba harm civilians and entrepreneurs.

To hear more, listen to the Economic Sanctions: A Root Cause of Migration talk.

Do 84% of Vegans Actually Go Back to Eating Animals? Debunking the Myth

Do 84% of Vegans Actually Go Back to Eating Animals?
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Price rises under Labour:

• 4.6% rise in Rail Fares
• 4.99% rise in Council Tax
• 41% rise in Water Bills
• 14% rise in Tuition Fees
• 18.4% rise in Energy Bills
• 50% rise in local Bus Fares
• 16% rise Rail Cards
• 22% rise in Stamp prices
• £60 rise in Income Tax

BREAKING: U.S. warplanes have carried out at least 13 airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, with more attacks ongoing.

Denmark is better than the USA in every way.

#OtD 25 Mar 1926 20 police with clubs attacked 1500 striking textile workers in Passaic, NJ. They were fighting against pay cuts, for a shorter working week and unionising the industry. Five strikers and three truck driver supporters were arrested stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...

Blogkeeping Notes For Spring 2025 Hey everybody, This is not a normal post, this is my every-several-weeks blogkeeping post about what I've been up to lately, and where to find me

The new boilerplate, where to find me when I'm not here, the perpetual tip jar and such! Thank you to all my readers!
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