A UK Appeals Tribunal has said that it is coherent to describe Zionism as a racist ideology, as it "promotes the establishment of a state for only one race of people", adding that it could also be described as "colonial and imperialistic"
'Coherent to describe Zionism as racist': UK tribunal upholds protection for anti-Zionist beliefs
Court says Zionism could also be described as imperialistic as University of Bristol loses appeal over professor's dismissal
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“Haitians in Ohio lost their work permits when TPS expired on Monday. More than 1,000 children born in Springfield with American citizenship have Haitian parents.” MORE: columbusunderground.com/ohioans-prep...
Ohioans Prepare for Resurgence of ICE - Columbus Underground
Ohio cities with big Haitian populations are preparing for a possible uptick of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after temporary protected status for Haitians ended this week.
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“The American Association of University Professors is joined in the Texas A&M lawsuit by four faculty plaintiffs, each of whom says the policy prompted their course to be canceled or not offered.” www.chronicle.com/article/what...
‘What Are We Even Doing Here?': New Lawsuit Challenges Ban on Race and Gender Topics at Texas A&M
Plaintiffs included four faculty members whose courses were canceled or not offered.
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🧵 1/8 · Yesterday, Ukraine's "40 day operation" to force Russia to negotiate through immense economic destruction quietly ended. The goals of this operation were not achieved, and today Ukraine is in a worse position than they were 40 days ago.
Why are there so many NATO-loving Russophobes on Bluesky? It is really disgusting.
Another weekend, another community shattered by a gunman armed with an assault-style rifle — this time in Twin Falls, Idaho at an In-N-Out Burger, where three people were killed and seven others were wounded.
Israel destroyed nearly all of Gaza's medicine warehouses, violating international law as part of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. As nurses, we stand in solidarity with Gaza's health care workers. Health care workers must be protected. https://bit.ly/4brPnRe
Statement on Israeli bombings of medical supply warehouses
NNU castigated the Israeli government for destroying or badly damaging almost all of Gaza's medicine warehouses as part of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people and in flagrant violation of a United Nations resolution prohibiting the targe...
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UK: Unions to boycott Labour women's conference over trans ban www.bbc.com/news/article...
Unions to boycott Labour women's conference over trans ban
The BBC understands the ban goes against long-standing policies on trans inclusion in most unions.
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Hundreds of people gathered in the Swedish capital Stockholm on Saturday to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260801-hun...
Move to Salt Lake City, they said. It'll be great, they said.
The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 4d agoA day after a four-alarm fire at a Midvale apartment building forced hundreds of residents from their homes, officials say the blaze likely started with a mechanical issue.
🔺 Iran warns countries that host US forces will be “engulfed by the flames of war” Iran’s military accused the US of “escalating tensions” in the Middle East and warned regional states against cooperating with Washington, as both sides threaten a fresh round of escalation in the war now in its...
BTW israel’s Ynet News published an opinion arguing israel should back Morocco in reclaiming Ceuta and Melilla from Spain in April. Just a coincidence I’m sure.
So I take it Bluesky is the home to Ukraine-loving idiots everywhere. That's good, I guess. They'll need some place to go for solace soon.
Pedro Sánchez has sent a letter to the EU institutions complaining about the political reaction of some member states to the migratory crisis in Ceuta. “In the current international context, the European Union cannot afford this kind of selfish, polarising and unlawful reaction.” 🧵
“We want government services to work for everybody" and to that end DSA made a few platform changes ahead of its national summit this weekend in Chicago: 🔅 Abolish ICE 🔅 Legalize migration 🔅 Grant “amnesty” to immigrants already here ✏️ @semafor.com
Democratic socialists rework platform as they step into spotlight
Democratic Socialists of America is in a brighter spotlight than ever.
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This isn't unique to Trump. The slide to the extreme right by the United States has been going on for decades. Ron Reagan and Mags Thatcher rang in the neoliberal era in the '80s. To pin it all on some clown who happened to get elected just as it all came to a head amounts to no analysis at all.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that Tehran was not responsible for the strike that targeted two Egyptian vessels at Damietta Port. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260731-ira...
JUST IN: 🇮🇹🇪🇺 Italian Prime Minister Meloni says "uncontrolled illegal immigration poses a concrete threat to the security of Europe's borders." "On illegal immigration, we will not yield an inch."
Must be fun having two attack dogs, Israel and Ukraine. Every now and then you can let one or the other of them off the leash for a couple hours to scare the hell out of everybody.
BRICS News 📄@bricsinfo.bsky.social · 6d agoJUST IN: 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia says Ukraine attempted to strike its Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran strikes US military assets in Bahrain.
The UK has had rolling heatwaves. Nearly 3,000 are estimated to have been killed by them - so far. Half of England is in drought. Much of the south has had no significant rainfall for 33 days. And there's no sense of how serious this is - at all!! - from those in power?!
JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's IRGC claims its attack on Jordan's Al-Azraq airbase destroyed three US F-35 fighter jets.
California just became the first major grid system on the planet to generate more than 50% of its electricity from solar across an entire month.
JUST IN: 🇨🇳🇺🇸 China announces it is preparing to retaliate after US imposes import ban on Chinese robots.
Camp East Montana is known as a "graveyard for living people" where at least three people have died. Our recent litigation shows its horrors — medical neglect, beatings, minimal sunlight, filthy conditions, inedible food, and more. If ICE won't do anything about it, we'll keep seeing them in court.
ICE extends no-bid contract for major detention center in Texas, rejecting calls for closure
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to keep one of its largest detention facilities open for at least another year.
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While an anti-trans rally outside barely drew a crowd, fans inside Climate Pledge Arena loudly rejected Sophie Cunningham’s hateful rhetoric. Seattle Storm Center Stefanie Dolson made it clear: Trans rights are human rights.
Anti-trans rally flops as Seattle Storm player wears ‘trans rights are human rights’ shirt
On Tuesday night, the Seattle Storm posted photos to Instagram showing Dolson wearing a “TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.”
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