commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The wisdom, knowledge & innovations of #UNDROP rights holders are critical to addressing the planetary crises of our times: www.ohchr.org/en/specialpr...ohchr.orgActivities 022
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Peasant Rights are human rights,The protection of their seed systems is not only a human rights imperative, but also a cornerstone of climate, biodiversity and food-security policy: focusweb.org/working-grou... 083
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialCarlos Duarte @carlosduarte11.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Official statement from the Group of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas on COP-30 in Brazil. www.ohchr.org/sites/... 113
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 13/11/2025On 12 November, the Peoples Summit began with an extraordinary flotilla of over 200 boats along the Guajara and Guama rivers in Belem. The boat parade brought together some 5000 participants who had travelled in caravans from various regions in Brazil. #COP30 131
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialUN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @unwgdawg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025We are deeply concerned by a State’s use of the word “witch” to attack a UN expert in her report to the #UNGA80 3rd Committee. Misogynistic gendered insults have no place in international dialogue and undermine women’s equality and the integrity and independence of UN mandates. 245
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025UN experts alarmed by escalating repression and deteriorating civic space in Ecuador www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgUN experts alarmed by escalating repression and deteriorating civic space in EcuadorGENEVA – UN experts* today expressed concern about a serious deterioration of fundamental freedoms and civic space and the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador, which has been deepened by the State... 021
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 21/10/2025We Stand in solidarity with Witoon Lianchamroon and BioThai on the First Day of Hearing on 22 October. His rightful expression must be protected. (3/3) 021
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 21/10/2025based on his presentation of evidence allegedly linking CPF’s Yisan fish farm in Samut Songkhram province to the outbreak of invasive species - Blackchin tilapia in Thailand, and called for the company to take responsibility for the resulting loss to farmers and the ecological impacts. (2/3) 111
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Another egregious example of corporate power & impunity; we hope that the court will act on the side of Witoon, Biothai & Thailand's fisher peoples. 021
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 22/10/2025📣🌐 Corporations aren’t just observers, they’re complicit! Civil society is taking the demand for accountability to the UN stage. @stoptncimpunity.bsky.social and allies are exposing how corporations are complicit in genocide and grave human rights violations. Read at: focusweb.org/press-releas... 042
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 19/10/2025From Maine to Hawaiʻi, New York to California, and everywhere in between, 7 million people gathered across the country yesterday to make it clear: This is OUR democracy — and we’ll pass it on. 📸 Alex Garcia, Jordana Bermudez, and Allison Shelley 7582118
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 20/10/2025It's Prison Banned Books Week — a week dedicated to shining a light on the widespread denial of incarcerated people's freedom to read. We all have a First Amendment right to read and receive information, in and out of prison. Censorship has no place in a democracy. 8547191
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 20/10/2025www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...ohchr.orgUN experts urge binding accountability for agribusiness to safeguard peasants’ rights and global food securityGENEVA — A handful of powerful corporations now control vast portions of global agricultural production, input markets and food supply chains, a concentration of power that undermines the autonomy of ... 035
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The journey to justice continues. ⛵ Our solidarity isn't stopping. We're gathering on October 7 at the Palestine Embassy in Makati to keep the pressure on. Be part of the wave. #SolidaritySailsOn Oct 7 | Palestine Embassy, Makati 🇵🇭 031
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Rural women feed nations, care for the land, and sustain communities, yet they remain among the most marginalized groups, facing profound violations of their fundamental human rights. UN experts urge governments to act now to uphold their rights and dignity. 123
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 31/08/2025pchrgaza.org/wp-content/u...pchrgaza.org 010
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/08/2025Not only is our new acting director of the CDC NOT a scientist, but he also has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement. One epidemiologist compared Jim O’Neill’s appointment to “making Elon Musk head of the FAA.”motherjones.com"Like making Elon Musk the head of the FAA"—meet acting CDC director Jim O’NeillHe's not a scientist but has deep ties to Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s techno-utopia movement. 16423131008
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialPolitico @politico.com · 29/08/2025California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions. This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.politico.comCalifornia reaches deal with Uber, Lyft to allow gig worker unionsThe deal brings Uber and Lyft on board with a pathway to unionization for ride-hailing workers after the companies spent years fighting against the idea. 14181281656
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 30/08/2025www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...aljazeera.comHasbara with glitter: Israel’s politics of pleasureLeisure has long been a colonial cover for brutality; Israel refines it with festivals, pride and travel culture. 010
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 11/08/2025"The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still & his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom" Maya Angelou Umar sings 4 justice & freedom for all of us #BirthdayWishForUmar @focussouth.bsky.social @rajpatel.org @ginitastar.bsky.social 020
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 10/08/2025How low & inhuman can low & inhuman get? www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...theguardian.com‘A deadly scheme’: Palestinians face indiscriminate gunfire at food sitesInvestigation based on visual evidence, bullets, medical records and testimony appears to show sustained pattern of Israeli shootings 110
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 06/04/2025It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter... 186126575804
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 22/03/2025www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...thehindu.comIndia’s marginalised Parliament in budgetary affairsIn India, the executive monopoly over financial planning results in fragmented debates and limited oversight, weakening the core tenets of representative democracy 010
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialInfo Nyéléni @infonyeleni.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Dans un monde ébranlé par la guerre et les oligarques milliardaires, les moyens de subsistance de la #pêche sont les absents des discussions politiques. Le #3eForumGlobalNyéléni sera l'occasion pour placer la pêche à l’ordre du jour: construire solidarité avec autres mouvements. tinyurl.com/mpzn3fkd 021
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialOwl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · 18/03/2025You look, I see. Eurasian eagle-owl. ©️ by milanzygmunt 693786302
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialIPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 19/03/2025“The shipping industry needs to look beyond biofuels and invest in truly sustainable energy sources – before it sails us into disaster.” 1117
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialJocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Henry David Thoreau 📷: Eastern Bluebird 164131741296
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialMelissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 18/03/2025It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king. 1594366197283
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/03/2025NYT: “The White House did not comment on why the group had altered the contracts data or why it’s now harder for the public to scrutinize it.” The *savings* have been changed and altered — and are nowhere near what @MarshaBlackburn claims they are. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u... 317126034249
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialRaj Patel @rajpatel.org · 04/03/2025Not many books add a new dimension to Palestinian liberation struggles, but Chin-chin Yap's Palestine from the Air does. It's jaw-on-floor good, one of the most thought-provoking things I've read in a very long time. Get your library to get it! buff.ly/FyaMCy3 072
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialRo Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Today a guy came into my shop and he was asking me a lot of questions about how I make my art, and then he told me that he's partially color blind, but he can see more colors in my art than he can see in most things, and that's so cool! So glad I could do that for him. 1181323
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialAndrea Shaw @shaws-light.bsky.social · 15/03/2025#BlueSkyArtShow #Sunlight #silhouette #foxes #foxoftheday #nature #photography #backlit #naturephotography #altnationalparks #color 451534
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialSteven McFadden @chiron-communications.com · 15/03/2025As #ClimateChaos accelerates, I offer my free audiobook on community farms, though you must download the free app to livesteam. It's safe. Time to pay attention to #farms and #food. #agroecology (elevenreader.io/app/reader/a...). 121
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 16/03/2025We have faced a frighteningly similar situation in India & are suffering greatly by the splintering of solidarity in face of self preservation. Pls do not let thought, learning, knowledge, critical consciousness be trampled by the whims of self interested autocrats www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comFirst They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard CrimsonWe must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us. 081
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialOwl Daily @owldaily.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A silent observer of the wild, wrapped in mystery and wisdom. Whooo else is mesmerized by those golden eyes? Photo Cap by mukul.soman #Birdsofbluesky 302484166
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 11/03/2025For urgent action: Please see this statement on the awful situation and treatment of Rohingya refugees in Delhi. Pls sign as individuals if you can. In any case, please share with your contacts and networks. docs.google.com/forms/d/1rIw...docs.google.comJoint StatementJoint statement condemning the police harassment of Rohingya refugees living in Delhi We, the undersigned, are appalled and outraged by the harassment caused to the extremely marginalized Rohingya ref... 054
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialCarlos Duarte @carlosduarte11.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Rural workers are a fundamental part of the Declaration of peasantry - UNDROP. The ILO's ilostat.ilo.org/en/ shows that between 2003-23 some 131 million rural jobs were lost. 101
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialIPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 07/03/2025Bigger the farm size, bigger the risk of #birdflu 196
commonmolly.bsky.social @commonmolly.bsky.social · 08/03/2025@viacampesinabe.bsky.social @focussouth.bsky.social @rbalakra.bsky.social @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social @ginitastar.bsky.social 063
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialIPES-Food @ipes-food.org · 20/02/2025🚨 The world produces more food per person than ever before—yet 700 million people remain chronically undernourished.🌾🥣 #Hunger is about power, inequality, & broken systems.⚖️ So why are Nobel laureates calling for a ‘moonshot’ to boost food production? A thread 🧵👇 🔗 ipes-food.org/only-politic...ipes-food.orgOnly politics can end world hunger - IPES-Food"Hunger persists because we allow injustice to endure. Food isn’t scarce but many people can’t access it.” To give people access to food, we must confront power & inequality. 12816
Reposted by @commonmolly.bsky.socialFocus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · 30/12/2024Two thousand and twenty-four was marked by three major disasters: the continuing genocide perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, the victory of Donald Trump in the US elections on November 5, and the magnification of climate change-induced extreme weather. Read our statement: focusweb.org/2024-the-yea... 032