Sophie Shepherd

@nytimes.com this is embarrassing

Devastated by Israel, Gaza faces an environmental crisis "above imagination" Poisoned soil, contaminated water, rubble, unburied human remains: a new report details the war's horrific consequences.

Poisoned soil, contaminated water, rubble, unburied human remains: a new report details the war’s horrific consequences.

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

Falling for israeli propaganda after two years of live-streamed genocide is so embarrassing

Is Gen Z Really Apathetic to Climate Chaos and Trump's Fascist Creep? A dangerous myth is brewing in the US: Gen Z isn’t interested in protesting.  Hundreds have taken to social media sites to question and scold young people’s lack of appearance at recent anti-Trump pr...

We need to put an end to the myth that Gen Z isn’t interested in protesting Trump.

Read about it in my latest for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social!

NYT Headline reads “Live Updates: Charlie Kirk, Charismatic Right-Wing Activist, Fatally Shot in Utah”

Calling Charlie Kirk “charismatic” is terrible journalism

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“Can we please have affordable food and a livable climate?”

GOP: “Best I can do is a nuclear reactor on the moon.”

We Need Good Trouble, Not Designer Protests Americans are mobilizing en masse against the Trump administration. First, there was “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day.” Then came “Hands Off” and “No Kings.” On July 17, the 50501 organizers behind thes...

Fascism won’t be defeated by parades every few weeks. We need good trouble, just as John Lewis intended. And 50501’s version of “good trouble” won’t cut it.

I wrote about 50501 for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social

“Our massacres are only interrupted by commercial breaks. Judges legalize them. Correspondents kill us with passive voice. If we are lucky, diplomats say that our death concerns them, but they never mention the culprit, let alone condemn the cul-prit. Politicians, inert, inept, or complicit, fund our demise, then feign sympathy, if any. Academics stand idle. That is, until the dust settles, then they will write books about what should have been.”

From “Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal” by Mohammed El-Kurd

We are witnessing a genocide in real time

May every US lawmaker allowing this never find peace

NYtimes headline reads “Gazans are dying of starvation” while the subheadline says “severe hunger has gripped the war torn Palestinian enclave, where growing numbers of people are starving and the doctors are working on empty stomachs”

WHO IS STARVING THEM YOU ASSHOLES

Reminder that to power Grok, which yesterday started praising Hitler, Elon is blasting toxic gas into a Black neighborhood, poisoning residents and giving kids high asthma rates.

Establishment Democrats are using their energy not to protect our migrant neighbors, not to stop climate change, not to oppose war crimes, not to save our healthcare,

but to utter outright lies on the news about Zohran Mamdani, who just beat MAGA billionaires in NYC.

Got it.

Who’s Afraid Of Zohran Mamdani? The mayoral candidate defeated the master plan for the first time ever — and that’s prompted an elite panic about who gets to control political outcomes.

If Cuomo won the primary, every elected Dem would quickly endorse him despite the corruption & sexual predation.

Dems refusing to quickly endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - who has none of those scandals - is a tell about their priorities & who they answer to.

Demilitarizing the Brooklyn Navy Yard There are military manufacturers hiding in Brooklyn on city property. It’s time to evict them. On Wendesday, June 18th, I was one of four activists arrested at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for protesting t...

There are military manufacturers hiding in Brooklyn on city property. It’s time to evict them.

New essay for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social

Breaking: Activists are blocking the doors of Palantir’s NYC Office. Palantir is the mass surveillance company building the technology ICE is using to abduct our neighbors here in NYC.

NEW YORKERS MUST REJECT PALANTIR AT EVERY TURN.

The number of old white male politicians rushing to endorse Andrew Cuomo is a damn good reason to not rank Cuomo

It’s actually so unsurprisingly American to say bombing another country is a peace effort

I'll just say this before heading out. If you're a young person in NYC, THIS IS YOUR TIME. The next couple of decades in this city are going to be shaped by what happens on Tuesday. Be part of the team that is turning the page on politicians like Cuomo. There are better choices.

The Navy Yard tries to hide these companies by categorizing them as “Fine Arts/Photography” and “Fashion.”

They must be evicted immediately.

I hope everyone in Brooklyn learns that these two military manufacturers are in their city and can in fact be evicted

Reality TV never interested me until Love Island

Cause what on earth is Jeremiah gonna do in the next episode

Organizers Fight Against Tax Breaks for Weapons Manufacturers Amid Gaza Genocide A St. Louis coalition argues that these exemptions rob schools of funding, contribute to pollution, and fuel wars.

The Not Another Nickel campaign has linked struggles for Palestinian human rights and environmental justice.

Realizing it’s called “no kings” because a lot of liberals don’t understand that democratic societies are still capable of kidnapping people, committing genocide, and collaborating with oligarchs

HAPPENING NOW: Protestors jump barricade in NYC at ICE HQ to check for abducted New Yorkers

Totally believable that this could happen

You can literally see the cop point and aim at her.

Defund the police. Abolish ICE.

You *must* swallow your impulse to parse and nitpick and find fault with protestors’ actions right now. We need solidarity so badly. It’s literally all we have. I am begging you, as a mother of 2 kids who is terrified of martial law, to find it in yourself to support the protestors. We need you.

Thinking about all the weapons and tech manufacturers who probably provided the supplies to Israel used to cut the #FreedomFlotilla off from all outside contact.

Decent chance they’re based in the US or UK.