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A traveller in love with the chaos and wonder of life, and an interest in many things, particularly geo-politics. #socialjustice for all. #antiwar #antiimperialism . Those who blindly follow Western propaganda narratives are requested to stay away, as I prefer to deal with people of at least some intellect, even when we disagree. And please note, liking or boosting does NOT always signify agreement, but rather that the post is of interest.

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oatmeal , to israel group
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/ UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid

[…] The 193-member world body approved the Arab and Palestinian sponsored resolution by a vote of 143-9 with 25 abstentions.

https://apnews.com/article/un-resolution-palestinians-membership-rights-us-assembly-875560e897f27d6600090420f36404e4

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@oatmeal @palestine @israel The "NO + ABSTAIN" list is interesting. Mostly micro-states plus the usual suspects (US & Israel) & a few vassals like Germany.

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@immibis @israel @palestine @oatmeal I wish I could contradict you. Sadly, you are 100% right.

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@oatmeal @palestine @israel A number of the Pacific mini-states are engaged with China, but not "aligned". Recently, the has been fomenting riots that they like to call "protests" (in the Solomons) and threatening and cajoling those islands it treated like trash for 70 years to encourage them to refuse to deal with China. I suspect Nauru was one of those targeted when it became too "friendly" with .

MikeDunnAuthor , to bookstadon group
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Today in Writing History May 10, 1933: The Nazis staged massive public book burnings, beginning in Berlin, with students from Humboldt University, destroying thousands of titles. German poet, Heinrich Heine, said back in the early 1800s, "Where one burns books, one will soon burn people." They burned books written by Jewish, half-Jewish, communist, socialist, anarchist, liberal, pacifist, and sexologist authors. The first books burned were those of Karl Marx and Karl Kautsky. Many of the books that were burned were seized from the library of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, director of the Institute for Sexual Science (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft), which the Nazis raided in Berlin on May 6, 1933.

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@MikeDunnAuthor @bookstadon And so it goes. Today they don't burn books, they ban them. Here is a scrollable list of the thousands of books currently banned in the . (You can search by State too). https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/a45012950/banned-book-list/

faab64 , to israel group

Earlier today, Israeli settlers launched an attack on the headquarters in occupied , setting fire to its surroundings. Israeli authorities have not intervened or made any arrests among the Israeli attackers.

Video available en here: t.me/QudsNen/105149


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KarunaX ,
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@faab64 @palestine @israel Reminscent of Hitler's use of Brown Shirts to do his dirty deeds.

faab64 , to israel group

arrested a Jewish man holding a banner "Jews Against " and confiscated his banner.

Isn't that ? Preventing the free speech of a Jewish citizen on broad daylight like this?

Video on : vm.tiktok.com/ZGeQy6hC7/vm.tiktok.com/ZGeQy6hC7/


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@jtmuehlberg @faab64 @palestine @israel
Yes, once is safely in the hands of a pro owner, we know such coverage will dramatically decrease.

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@faab64 @jtmuehlberg @palestine @israel
The Senators questioning him reveal the most incredible level of ignorance. Thee extent of these politicians knowledge is what I expect from a home-schooled Appalachian 6 year old, not an elected representative to the Senate. No wonder the country is such a disaster.

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So the RTA's own modelling showed the Rozelle Interchange would be a traffic disaster—but generating more toll road trips for Transurban was more important.

"The [NSW Roads and Traffic Authority] finalised the first business case for the WestConnex tunnel project in June 2013, with the help of road designers from around the world.

"[Paul Forward, a former CEO of the RTA] said the initial concept did not include the Rozelle Interchange.

...

"In 2014, an expert review group was formed to assess these plans.

"Mr Forward said it was at this point that TfNSW bureaucrats began to question the connectivity provided by the design.

"The RTA's former director of traffic Chris Ford told the inquiry that 15 alternative designs were modelled.

"Mr Ford said the modelling found that another motorway leading to the Anzac Bridge would cause congestion.

"'The issues that we see today were very clearly established in the modelling in 2014,' he said.

"In November 2015, after Mr Forward and Mr Ford were dismissed, TfNSW updated the WestConnex business case to include the tunnel to the Anzac Bridge, despite the congestion concerns raised by the modelling.

"In 2016, Transport for NSW updated the business case a second time ... creating a tunnel linking the Iron Cove Bridge to the Anzac Bridge."

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"In 2018, the NSW government sold its 51 per cent stake in the Sydney Motorway Corporation, the body responsible for operating WestConnex, to Transurban for $9 billion.

"Mr Forward said the final design would generate a larger number of toll trips than previous options."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-03/sydney-western-harbour-tunnel-warringah-freeway-traffic-disaster/103801818

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@SuperMoosie @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars
This is the inevitable result of an electoral system that establishes the dominance of two similar parties (a ) allied with permission to accept huge amounts of money to these two parties but no-one else. We can see this with new electoral laws in Victoria, which are now being emulated in Canberra to hamstring Independents and minor parties. https://youtu.be/7FLqYpD6eYw?si=smGlZmiT2fsfuC1r

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Had Israelis not revealed their true selves, then your hasbara might stand a better chance of deceiving me @fuller
From their actions it's quite clear that, for Israeli Zionists, "chosen people" is an expression of racial superiority. Zionist Israel has far less in common with Judaism than it does with Nazism.

Israeli Zionism is perversion. It twists aspects of Judaism. Yarden Katz puts it better than I can:
https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/are-israelis-jews-returning-to-jewish-minority-life/

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"... the zionist project, culminating in Israel, is profoundly contrary to Jewish traditions ... Israel has suppressed these Jewish traditions and ways of living while hijacking parts of them when convenient." "... the dismantling of Israel and the liberation of Palestine must also be a Jewish struggle — a struggle that should go far beyond Jews showing solidarity for Palestinians or simply not wanting to be oppressors. “Israeli” is a colonial identity that should be renounced, not just because it harms Palestinians but also because it is deeply anti-Jewish."
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    @DropBear @ThinkIsrael @fuller @Mary625 @gee8sh @palestine @israel My utmost respect. He is going to face some very heavy "community" pressure in Australia, from AIJAC etc etc.

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    @sean122 @ThinkIsrael @tzafrir @hanscees @DropBear @sentient_water @PeterLG @gee8sh @palestine @israel

    Yeah, good response. Keep excusing genocide. Awesome position to have

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    @HeavenlyPossum @tzafrir @ThinkIsrael @gee8sh @sentient_water @PeterLG @Mary625 @argumento @DropBear @palestine @hanscees @israel Israeli kids get a head start to militarisation.

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    @rato @HeavenlyPossum @tzafrir @ThinkIsrael @gee8sh @sentient_water @PeterLG @Mary625 @argumento @DropBear @palestine @hanscees @israel
    An Uzi is the perfect weapon for urban assaults. It was designed for this use.

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