🎧🚨 We've got a flurry of new episodes coming your way! So keep an eye on your podcast feeds! In the meantime, be sure to check out episode 77, and all 75 episodes before that. 🎧🚨

What happens if a fire breaks out at sea? There are no fire brigades on the Mediterranean Sea, so our crew has to know how to help itself. That's why we also train in fire prevention and firefighting during the preparation week. In an emergency, this means: 1/2

“To remain silent in the face of fascism is to become complicit in its crime.” -Pablo Neruda

“We urgently call for an end to the media narrative that is stoking the flames of division. Journalists and media outlets have a duty to act responsibly and with integrity, especially when it comes to their reporting, headlines and social media output.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3

Israel is deliberately depriving people of aid in #Gaza. MSF’s new report shows how restrictions blocked medical supplies, sometimes even forcing our teams to perform procedures without anesthesia. Read the report: ow.ly/YZ8v50WZFBs

HEY JOURNALISTS! Working on something re: Trump's recent declaration of his plan to designate "antifa" a terrorist organization, maybe you'd like to talk to actual antifa members for your story? We've been @ this for 11 years now. Our DMs our open to journalists from credible publications/outlets...

NOW EVEN MORE: WE ARE ANTIFA!!! Solidarity with our friends in the usa! SCHEISSE MALAKA TRUMP! #WeAreAntifa

Activists spot unidentified drones following their humanitarian sailing mission to Gaza Meanwhile, thousands join general strike in Italy in support of the Palestinian people as over 51 ships sail in Global Sumud Flotilla’s mission to Gaza thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/a...

Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people. 🧵1/3

They said they were captured at gunpoint by the Tariq Bin Ziad militias while trying to flee to Europe. For two days now, we have not heard from them. 2/2

RECLAIM THE SEA Solidarity with the f.Lotta A fleet of boats has set sail south of Lampedusa to reclaim the #MediterraneanSea as a space of resistance. Together they denounce Europe’s racist migration policies. Policies that kill, imprison, and try to silence those on the move. 📷 f.Lotta

Another deadly week on the Central Mediterranean: On 14 September, at least 50 people died when their boat caught fire off the coast of #Libya. Just a few days later, a metal boat capsized off #Tunisia and 39 people lost their lives. 1/3

In der Nacht von Donnerstag auf Freitag konnten alle Menschen, die wir von dem Schlauchboot gerettet haben, sicher europäischen Boden betreten.

Our new crew members are familiarising themselves with everyday life on board a rescue ship and preparing for operations. There is a lot to discover and to learn. But there is also room for interpersonal moments and a few last steps on solid ground. 1/2

Refugee support group ‘will not be intimidated’ by Polish government’s attempts to criminalise solidarity Grupa Granica activist accused of ‘influencing the official duties’ of the border guards delivers final statement to court thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/r...

What's ignored by those claiming the "in" part of this policy is a "safe route" and therefore counters the harm of the "out" part is that not only is it incredibly restrictive, and difficult to access, it could have been implemented without the "out" part, with little to no impact on overall numbers

📣 Important Launch Today 📣 A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. 🌊✨ 👉 Please support them by sharing this post and giving them a follow. Your voice helps amplify theirs.

Harassment at sea following an evacuation of 44 people‼️ On Monday evening, our crew evacuated 44 people from an overcrowded rubber boat in distress. Amongst them were eight minors. The survivors had no life-saving equipment, the engine was broken, and the boat had already taken on water.

On 05/09, Italian authorities grounded @PVolontaires’ Colibri 2 for 20 days and fined them €100,000 - for upholding maritime law & help saving lives. It further restricts already limited rescue capacity in the Central Mediterranean. A grounded aircraft means more lives lost.

The far right may be loud, but we’re even louder. Here are 4 real, practical ways to push back on hate today 🧵1/5

Saturday: Musk declares a nascent civil war on a giant screen in front of 100,000+ people. No action taken. Tuesday: Imagery of Trump and Epstein is projected on a wall. Police make 4 arrests on suspicion of "malicious communication." Oh yes Peter Kyle, free speech is "alive and well". For some.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A VEHICLE 🚐 Dear supporters and friends, do you have a car or a used van you no longer use? It could be very helpful for us…… see +ALT on the image

26 people safely disembarked in Porto Empedocle After yesterday’s rescue, all survivors were able to safely disembark this afternoon in the Sicilian Porto Empedocle.

We're working to get back to sea - because people are still risking everything, and their stories must be heard. With rescue ships detained and silenced, we’re one of the last witnesses out there. Today, we share the story of Samir and Sonia: youtu.be/b6onx1Thffo

The same governments that let people drown at sea are complicit in the massacre in #Gaza. The same drones used to push people back into Libyan torture camps are tested in the killing of Palestinians. Our solidarity is with those who resist this state violence: Hands off the #Sumudflotilla

Rest In Power! #SafePassage

🚨🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧 🚨 Manon & Camille from f.Lotta tell us about the protests taking place across Europe this weekend demanding #FreeMovement for all and an end to Fortress Europe’s murderous policies Find The Civil Fleet Podcast wherever you get your podcasts!

New episode coming soon! In the meantime, be sure to check out episode 76 with Jeff Crisp

In less than a week, Homayoun Sabetara’s case will be heard at the Supreme Court in Athens. ⛓️‍💥His case is one of the single cases reaching the Supreme Court. ❤️‍🔥Homayoun’s legal fees aren’t fully covered yet. Please support: donate, share, spread the word. #freehomayoun #freethemall #dropthecharges

Crew members were scattered around the Ocean Viking when it was being shot massively by Libyan Coast Guard on the 24/08. They recall their thoughts as they struggled to take shelter and protect the 87 survivors onboard, while bullets were targeting them all around the ship.

[English] Detentions. Attacks. Defamation. Do you really think we're giving up? On the contrary – our answer is twice as much humanity. You'll find out more soon.

Activists vow to sail to Gaza despite second drone attack on its ships thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/a...

Yesterday, our sea-rescue vessel Aurora rescued 75 people from a boat in distress, which was reported by @alarmphone.bsky.social. We just disembarked all of them safely in Pozallo, Italy. We wish them courage & luck for everything that lies ahead of them!

The recent shooting at NGO vessel Ocean Viking by a Libyan patrol vessel marks a new level of violence conducted against civil search and rescue assets. But the violence is not new. 🧵👇

Europe continues its game with human lives. Last night, we embarked 65 people from distress on board the Sea-Watch 5. Several people – including 2 pregnant women, one close to labor, and children – needed medical evacuation with the helicopter to Lampedusa.

5 years ago, Louise Michel carried out her first rescue. In 5 years, at least 8,637 people have lost their lives in the central #Mediterranean alone. Every death is one too many. We continue to fight. For a fair life with equal opportunities for all. For a self-determined life. For life.

“Truth has never been this costly. 💔🖋️”

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 @jfcrisp.bsky.social tells The Civil Fleet Podcast about United Against Inhumanity's new manifesto, demanding European government treat refugees, asylum-seekers and people-on-the-move with dignity. Find The Civil Fleet on YouTube & all podcast services!

New Episode coming soon! In the meantime, be sure to listen to our last episode with @sosmediterranee.org's Lucille.

Yesterday, the #OceanViking was attacked by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard with hundreds of shots fired – using a patrol boat provided by Italy and financed by the EU. 1/2

🔴Breaking: Once again, the Italian authorities are denying people rescued from distress at sea their right to be disembarked quickly at a nearby port of safety! We have been assigned #Ravenna for the 51 survivors of yesterday’s rescue – almost 1,600 km from the location of rescue. 1/2

Rather than, repeatedly, saying they "understand" the concerns of far right agitators, and using the same rhetoric against migrants in general, this government needs to be calling them out and supporting charities before more people get hurt. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

There are so many sweeping counter-terrorism powers in Britain that if Home Secretary Yvette Cooper suddenly announced she was adding Irish novelist Sally Rooney to the terrorist financial sanctions list, it would be entirely in character and no longer a surprise www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

One of the key symbols of support for refugees is the heart. I get that the ghouls who are attacking City of Sanctuary have probably never received a heart, or Valentine's message, but this was about showing love and compassion, nothing more. It's grotesque that people are complaining about this.

NEW: World Central Kitchen’s Jose Andres is in Gaza today, where he is hoping to scale up to provide 1 million meals a day.

Episode 2 of our ‘Future War’ podcast series is out now! @joejglenton.bsky.social speaks to the incredible @elizabethminor.bsky.social and @dronewarsuk.bsky.social about the rise of AI, autonomous warfare and drones. Available here - www.forceswatch.net/activity/the...

1/2 Early this morning in pitch dark, #OceanViking was approached at high speed by an unidentified boat. Seven people went overboard and were rescued by our team. Two of them are unaccompanied minors.

Yet another shipwreck in front of the Italian coast. 20 (!!) dead so far— including a baby and three teens. Our fast rescue ship Aurora and other civil rescue ships could have helped immediately. Why did nobody alert us? Did Italy stand by while people were drowning?

Italy unlawfully detained our aircraft Seabird 1 for exposing human rights abuses in the Mediterranean. Without our eyes in the sky, shipwrecks, violent pullbacks, and non-assistance will go unreported. 17 organizations demand its release! 👇

Greetings to all of you who don't look away. Because there's no vacation from dying in the Mediterranean. What you can do about it: save a lunch snack on vacation and leave us a donation instead. This helps us help on the deadliest refugee route in the world. 🫰More in our bio.