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Exclusive: How Karim Khan’s Israel war crimes probe was derailed by threats, leaks and sex claims Already targeted by US sanctions, the ICC chief prosecutor’s pursuit of Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders now threatens his career, his reputation, and the future of the court itself

is it a success or a failure if the front you setup to distract from your crimes goes after you?

Graham: the ICC was made for Africa

Cameron: if the ICC issued warrants for Israeli leaders, the UK would defund the ICC & withdraw from the Rome Statute”
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This cannot be the new normal

The Gaza famine and genocide cannot become the new normal. The latest episode of The Fire These Times is now available everywhere.

With @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social @danielvoskoboynik.bsky.social @essssraaa.bsky.social & @karena1.bsky.social

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Afik, Liram and Emmanuel watching the bombing of Gaza

Israelis looking at the destruction of Gaza

The title

Israelis gathering at Sderot overlooking Gaza to watch the genocide unfolding. One of them told French paper Le Monde: “it’s the greatest show in town.”

They’re using binoculars to get a better look at the bombings.

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banner in front of courthouse: "drop all cop city charges" + paper mache wearing "fowler" tie and other messages spoofing charges

NEW: Cop City RICO Trials Begin in Atlanta, First Case Declared a Mistrial
Defendant Ayla King’s attorneys to appeal court’s order for a new jury, say they fear issues of double jeopardy - part of state effort to crush #stopcopcity protests
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The festival of death continues and expands.

i have been feeling overwhelmed by death lately. and i find myself frustrated that their tactic to overwhelm us is working. we need a moment to breath & rethink our strategies against Empire but the destruction does not stop.

we've successful reached our goal! thanks for the help!

We recorded this a couple of months ago. Since then, this conversation has become even more important. I invite to listen and let us know your thoughts & reflections.

Sudanese comrades are requesting support so they can evacuate as the RSF approaches their city. Please share & give what you can. The goal is to raise $2500 to cover basic cost & fees.

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.

The first person arrested by the Marines is an Army veteran who was on his way to work at the Veterans Administration. It appears he was arrested for crossing a yellow line which the Marines did not realize was not designed to exclude federal employees from reporting to work.

Seven Steps to Stop ICE Seven Steps to Stop ICE 1) Form resistance groups. Form tight-knit groups to play roles in the resistance. You and your friends may already form the core of such a group. You could focus on commu...

Seven Steps to Stop ICE

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This flier outlines seven projects that you can undertake with your community to build a combative movement capable of resisting the violent attacks of ICE and other federal mercenaries.

Please print and distribute!

🧵 Trump & Hegseth have escalated violence & military force against the people of LA by calling in the national guard & marines, a move experts on authoritarianism are calling manufactured crisis. Protests over the weekend drew national attention as Angelenos defended their community against ICE.

the incredible @leilashami.bsky.social reminds us that the work of the revolution continues long after regime changes. the post-regime periods are both fertile & volatile, anything is possible. we must show up & act in solidarity.

Syria stirs beneath a hesitant dawn, six months after Assad fall Despite teething problems under al-Sharaa’s government, action, not promises, will bring justice and free Syria from Assad’s ghosts, argues Leila al-Shami.

"Building a free & just Syria was never going to be easy. The challenges are immense. But so too are the reasons for hope. We can wait & see what unfolds, or we can engage, support, & help shape the movements working for a democratic & just Syria for all its people"

www.newarab.com/opinion/syri...

here comes the liberals and copmela supporters with the i told you so's. it must be really nice to be able to choose to be willfully ignorant of one's own complicity to remain on one's blood tainted throne of superiority

friendly reminder to not fall into the criminal vs non-criminal narrative. this is used to determine whose deserving and whose not. criminal/non-deserving is defined by the state and the definition is quickly expanding. the language we use is directly related to the world we seek to build.

Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE                THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

This is an incredible document in which #Trump claims ICE protests “constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and authorizes Pete Hegseth to deploy “regular Armed Forces” against protesters—anywhere in the US. (Notably, CA isn’t mentioned anywhere.)

mutual aid is not just resource distribution. MA can be militant, it can be educational, it can be spiritual. what defines mutual aid is individuals & communities collaborating & cooperating to meet each others needs & wants w/o state institutions or top-down power structures while affirming life

you cannot reform this structure of death thru promises of serving & protecting the community. This is not a few bad apples, this is by design. Stop acting surprised bc their violence now looks different.

Abolish ICE, Abolish the police, Abolish the military. they will never serve the people.

at every level of the state, cops are loyal to the exploitative elite class. cops are the decedents of the overseers of the plantation systems that enslaved and murdered millions of people. we will never truly now the exact number of lives destroyed and taken.

what about the racialized targeting of folks post major crisis like Katrina? The criminalization of folks demanding justice & the state's choice to use cops to protect property over life? Remember how those who refuse to remain silent during a genocide are painted & treated as a danger to society?

Did we forget the Tulsa bombings? State protected Jim Crow South? That the only time this fucking country went to civil war was to protect its white supremacist values? What about the state sanctioned systemic destruction of indigenous way of life?

Did we forget COINTELPRO & their systematic targeting of the Black & Brown community, going so far as drugging & assassinating Black Panther members? And if it wasn't murder, the setups & years of life stolen behind bars? What about the militarization of schools & the school to prison pipelines?

So far in 2025, there has been 512 people killed by police in the US. There has been only 1 day this year when police did not murder someone.

mappingpoliceviolence.org?year=2025&lo...

why are we surprised about ICE's violence & disregard for life & local cop collaboration. how many acts of violence do local & federal cops have to engage in for us to finally get that cops were never about serving communities, their loyalty has always been to the ruling class. 🧵

it's strange that the word Harmony has Harm in it....

Blinken is protecting himself & the death systems that privilege him. when he says: i'm a govt rep at the podium, hes invoking 'i was following orders' excuse & there's isolated ex of war crimes, hes invoking the few bad apples excuse. his priority is stabilizing the status quo & his privilege in it

between yesterday and today, we offered hot meals to 3000 people.

mercenaries weaponizing aid is not needed. financial solidarity & the end of the genocide is what is needed.

can you give $5 today to help us offer aid with dignity?

gazamutualaid.org/aid

TFTT+STIR Special: Our Region After Samir Kassir: 20 Years Commemoration w/ Ziad Majed

20 years ago today, the Assad regime assassinated Samir Kassir in Beirut. On this special ep published with @thefirethesetimes.com, Ziad Majed, his friend and comrade, joins us to talk about his legacy - and how much has changed since. On all podcast apps and: www.patreon.com/posts/130502...

nation states, & generally the ruling class in all forms, do not want to actually take accountability and learn from the horrors they perpetrate. doing so means a reckoning w/ their ongoing exploitation & oppression. taking accountability means dismantling power structures that keep them in power⬇️