Republicans in the Michigan House voted to cancel $8.3 million of funding for programs aimed at supporting Flint water crisis victims The cuts affect support services for Flint students, including psychologists, nurses, social workers, and counselors

Israel is still throttling the aid supply to Gaza. And Britain is still supplying Israel with arms and maintaining normal diplomatic relations. The genocide continues, as does British complicity. 26 months and counting. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

This is why the fight against Cop City in Atlanta and the subsequent fights against these facilities across the country have to loom large in any understanding of the current moment.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

2017: Officer shoots teen in the back of their shoulder June 2021: Shooting ruled unjustified Sept. 2021: Top cop disagrees Nov. 2021: Police Board president orders full hearing 2019-24: 4 lawsuits naming officer settled for $590K June 2025: Officer promoted to sergeant Nov. 2025: Charges dropped

A horrifying CNN investigation reveals how Israel buried hundreds of starving Palestinians some of them alive using bulldozers and unmarked graves.

Indonesia's Sumatra — which is already reeling from the impact of severe flooding — is set to experience more extreme weather. Access to some towns has not been restored. Jakarta is still holding off on declaring a national emergency www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w8v...

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights. "parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons

Supporters of marriage equality in Japan faced a setback on November 28th that surprised many. After a series of favorable court rulings across the country, the Tokyo High Court ruled that the lack of recognition of same-sex marriage was constitutional. buff.ly/HlG6HWe

Local guy starts petition with 4 common-sense points (eg. ensure accommodation for displaced residents), arrested for sedition. Oh, my bad, he wasn't "society". Arrest away.

It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers

Hong Kong blaze spotlights enduring role of city's foreign domestic helpers reut.rs/49RioG5

Many migrant workers were affected too and Bethune House, a shelter for migrant women workers, is contacting their families (ways to donate directly TBC). Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate

"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com

There might be no better example of the war coming home than a CIA trained teen death squad recruit getting asylum in the US and then shooting a bunch of soldiers who were deployed to DC for no reason other than Kabuki Security Theater

And liberals want to make it about when he got asylum? As if that doesn't play right into Miller's narrative? This is a consequence of a bipartisan military complex and addiction to brutality. Grow up.

BANGLADESH: A decade after Rana Plaza, workers still die for fast fashion, Amazon can change that, but won’t maktoobmedia.com/opinion/a-de...

Billionaire "philanthropy" follows the whims of unelected oligarchs, often contradicting experts. www.latimes.com/nation/la-na...

Danish social workers are still pressuring Greenlandic women to get abortions, they did this before FKU was banned on Inuit, and they're continuing today. They're desperate to stop Inuit from existing in Danish society. instagram.com/p/DReyrSIDHO6/

it’s so interesting how every trans person, even children, are “activists” for defending their basic humanity and dignity, whereas people who devote countless hours attacking trans people and their legal rights obsessively are never “anti-trans activists.” somehow all trans people are agender too.

ending the TPS for Myanmar is an unmitigated humanitarian disaster which will end up sending people to torture and probable death.

A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.

"They say there's a ceasefire. Where is this ceasefire they're talking about.. every day 10, 15, 20 people die. There is no ceasefire. The Israelis aren't abiding by the ceasefire"

middlebury college student lia smith killed herself one month ago after facing harassment for being a trans athlete you will not hear her name once on cable tv don’t let them erase her #TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance

I'm really sad to hear that the international abortion pill providers have had to stop sending to the Philippines due to an apparent customs crackdown.

This is extremely bad for Indonesian friends, reducing judicial oversight of police investigations, allows for far greater detention during investigations (pre-charge), allows for greater use of surveillance w/o judicial oversight & a lot more that will curtail freedoms & the right to privacy.

Thailand’s authorities contine their pattern of enabling transnational repression by Vietnamese authorities against exiles & asylum seekers. Including using Immigration Detention at the behest of Vietnamese authorities against their targets.

"In this conservative Islamic kingdom, where an unmarried mother can be jailed for an “illegal pregnancy,” it is as if their children do not exist. Without identification documents, they are banished to the fringes of society. Yet they cannot leave the country, either." -highlighting Kenyan nannies

Indonesia at #COP30: “Plantation forests are our green backbone.” Meanwhile 33 HTI companies repeat the same abuses from 2022 to 2025 — forest destruction, community conflicts, Indigenous rights ignored. But sure, call it renewable. #WestPapua Read more: en.tempo.co/read/2066119...

It reminds me of this quote from the person who called every single person in Maxwell’s black book: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Almost daily, explosions demolish large swathes of homes across the Gaza Strip. Shelling and gunfire continue to kill and wound people, while drones hover overhead broadcasting disturbing recordings “. www.middleeasteye.net/news/genocid...

Many governments want to move on, but the situation in Palestine requires that we keep our attention and pressure. That’s why I wrote this, which I hope you can read and share. ✍️ Palestine, 734 days (and counting) later. medium.com/@quilombosfe...

In 2019, 200 informal settlements occupied 6% cent of Nairobi's land, but held some 60% of the city's population.

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...

The colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war' 👇 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial-lie-at-the-heart-of-africas-homophobic-culture-war/

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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

The Sudan Solidarity Collective supports organizations led by Sudanese civilians: including emergency response rooms, mutual aid, labor and farmers’ unions. Please give what you can and/or share.

Absolutely horrible news - Saleh was killed today www.middleeasteye.net/news/saleh-a...

I know Jane Goodall was revered by many in the environment movement, but it is pretty clear that she also harboured many seriously problematic colonial attitudes. The 'overpopulation' stuff in particular was pretty bad, and as a concept the conduit of plenty of serious wrongdoing over the years

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

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Israel Is Orchestrating an Economic Collapse in the West Bank · Israel revoked 115,000 Palestinian work permits · Unemployment >30% (was 12.9%) · Israel withheld nearly $2.3B in Palestinian tax revenues · PA debt soared to $13B (130% of GDP) foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/17/i...

China Reacts to Nepal Protest Movement "You can't just chalk up mass movements in Asian countries to incitement, while claiming that similar movements in Western countries represent 'the People's choice.' Are all Asians puppets, while only Westerners are considered intelligent citizens?"

The myth that racism is primarily driven by economic conditions must die, especially on the left. It is a misdiagnosis and a kind of excuse