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"wow...everything is computer" tech and political economy researcher. lawyer. tired. // divij.me

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She's a 94 year old Jewish human rights lawyer. She's been arrested under terrorism legislation for opposing genocide. The least we can do is to listen.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Beyond parody. But then 'sustainability' was always a crock.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This says everything about the capitalist corporations that used to be British universities. Just obscene www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University
Role for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The BBC news report simply says Mr Thomas broadcast a livestream. This seems highly inadequate in quite a lengthy report, leaving out such key details: what he did; the French stating the behaviour was unlawful www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
Protesters had earlier gathered in Gosport after an initial report that the small boat would be brought further west.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026
Normal, non-big-tech affiliated, non-effective altruist funded organizations working on ethical tech have been absolutely financially *devastated* in the last few years, thanks to both Trump and Big Tech deciding it no longer needs to pretend to care about ethics.
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Regular reminder that JG Ballard’s final novel, “Kingdom Come” (2006), is about a far-right English town which creates their own militarised breakaway state in a shopping mall, where they worship the gods of St George and consumerism. Old JG wrote it as tongue-in-cheek satire. At the time.
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 16/09/2026
America’s ultra-rich are overwhelmingly backing Donald Trump’s Republicans in this year’s midterms, with 16 of the country’s 20 biggest donors ploughing the best part of $1bn into the campaign. These elites “have an outsized effect”, said an analyst. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/obGUcrq
Bar chart showing the biggest US political donors in the 2025-26 election cycle. George Soros leads with $102mn supporting Democrats, while most other top donors shown support Republicans. Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz gave $96.2mn, Jeff Yass $91.3mn and Elon Musk $90.5mn.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I urge everyone to listen to the episode with @margaret.bsky.social and @jamesstout.bsky.social for an overview of how the Trumpist attack on autistici/inventati is destroying one of the few remnants of the free internet pca.st/episode/e482...
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Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
Margaret joins James to discuss a new round of sanctions against, among others, Autistici/Inventati and the internet infrastructure services they…
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
"Did OpenAI “lose control” of these models? No. OpenAI could turn off these models at any time. Did they “escape”/"break out of their cages”? No.These models are computer programs that were always running on OpenAI’s servers;they did not “escape” or “break out” or move from their original hardware"
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divijualsuspect @divijualsuspect.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As a person whose travel was *not* disrupted today, I don't see why the marching of blackshirts displaying and chanting racist and xenophobic slogans should bother me at all.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Absolutely fucking pathetic
Extract from BBC website:

The full government statement read: "The right to peaceful protest is fundamental to our democracy, but we condemn the behaviour in Dover and the travel disruption it has caused.
"We appreciate the frustration of those who have been impacted today. Access to the port is now restored and traffic is flowing. Those travelling to the port are advised to allow for extra travel time and to follow guidance from providers.
"We thank policing partners and travel providers who we continue to work with to ensure the safety of passengers and the wider community."
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Compulsive, essential reading, though the absence of the eugenics connections and Jason Arday context is surprising. Should be read in conjunction with the pioneering @bylinetimes.bsky.social reporting (linked in 2/2). With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. 1/2 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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divijualsuspect @divijualsuspect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Vigil for Professor Jason Arday, 10 years from when another instance of institutionalised hatred took a brilliant scholar, Rohith Vemula.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 16/08/2026
I've no words left for how disgusting racists, who talk over expert academics, are on the hounding of a colleague to death by the press. Their racism has been activated by a plagiarism case — and their feigned interest in academia is instantly uncovered as racism by their obsession with it. 1/
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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This bit here I have to stress--because it really matters: This is all about racism, and was only ever about racism. As far as the press was concerned, whether any plagiarism or intellectual dishonesty had actually occurred was irrelevant. Here, I'll prove it: Imagine he was White.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Or, in fact, not really a news story at all. I don’t believe at all that this was nationally important and certainly not “third on the BBC 6 o’clock news” important as a story. Cofnas started all of this because he’s a racist and the media ran with it.
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*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The arab spring began when a Tunisian version of ICE harassed a fruit vendor. Nepals began from anger over Trump like nepo babies flaunting their wealth “India’s top judge [sparked] New Delhi’s biggest protests in years when he compared unemployed [youth] to ‘cockroaches‘ during a…court hearing”
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Cockroach Revolt Exposes Cracks in Modi’s Vision of Rising India
The economy is failing to absorb a surging number of young unemployed graduates.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 23/07/2026
📍India Police in New Delhi used tear gas, batons, and internet shutdowns against largely peaceful student-led protests on July 20 🧵⤵️
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India: Excessive Force Used Against Student Protesters
Indian security forces used tear gas and batons to suppress largely peaceful student and youth protests in New Delhi on July 20, 2026.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
India: Protests continue as ‘cockroach’ party presents challenge for Modi government www.channel4.com/news/india-p...
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India: Protests continue as ‘cockroach’ party presents challenge for Modi government
It began as an online joke, but now young Indians calling themselves 'cockroaches' are presenting a serious challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 21/07/2026
Bellingcat has been monitoring student protests in India. Police initially denied reports protesters were met with violence at a July 20 march, although later acknowledged injuries to protesters and officers. Social media videos showed tear gas deployed and batons used by police against protestors.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
How about a jet-lagged live posting while I read? Trying to read this because I keep getting tagged in posts about it, but the first paragraph already contains synthetic text (a quote from Claude). I will skip that bit and persevere... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
1/ Each Summer, @katemac.bsky.social & I write a essay with a different focus on political economy of Climate Don't miss our trilogy over last 3 summers Global Boiling: Scorched Earth: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Uninsurable Earth: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
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Global Boiling | The Polycrisis
Stocks and flows, action and inaction in the planetary impasse
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🌶 David Gray Widder @davidthewid.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🚨Finally published: How does the US Military enlist AI researchers in war? @siree.sh, Lucy Suchman and I examine 7k US Military grant solicitations for AI research, and show how even "Basic Research" enlists researchers in a warfighting agenda. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Basic research, lethal effects: Military artificial intelligence research funding as enlistment - David Gray Widder, Sireesh Gururaja, Lucy Suchman, 2026
In the context of unprecedented U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budgets, this paper examines the recent history of DoD funding for academic research in algorit...
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Raphael Mimoun רפאל מימון @raph.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026
✊ Respect to the folks from No Tech For Apartheid. Let's keep going, make it impossible for those designers, engineers, managers to ignore what the tech they build is being used for. #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #AI #Tech
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Charles Boehm ⚽️ @cboehm.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Paraguay to the World Cup audience:
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
BREAKING: Canary debanked by Lloyds Lloyds have debanked the Canary with no warning or explanation, putting the outlet in severe financial crisis www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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BREAKING: Canary debanked by Lloyds
BREAKING: Lloyds have debanked the Canary with no warning or explanation, putting the outlet in severe financial crisis
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divijualsuspect @divijualsuspect.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Had a great conversation on the digital welfare state (across three continents). Thanks @themaybe.org for getting this great group together to discuss accountability concerns in public sector digitalisation.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Of all the idiotic and irresponsible ideas this government has come up with this must take the cake. A self selecting group of people massively undertrained and under prepared to evaluate what are often nuanced and complex situations for asylum appeals. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Public to decide asylum cases as Mahmood pledges to speed up decisions
The Home Secretary will set out plans for a new independent body made up of people from a range of backgrounds with training similar to magistrates.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Labour has closed more safe routes, including family reunification than Tories did They haven't opened new safe routes, they have rejigged existing ones to put the onus of sponsorship on individuals and community groups rather than the state Work and study routes exclude families. 1/3
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Meet James Purnell. Andy Burnham's chief of staff. In earlier incarnation, he supported the Iraq invasion; was chairman of Labour Friends of Israel; said that Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes should not be sacred; supported PFI, lie-detector tests for benefit claimants. What next?
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Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff
Decision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for government
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"A breast feeding baby was shot by a quad copter through the head" Yesterday the UN commission of inquiry published a report detailing how Israel deliberately targets & kills Palestinian children
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Drs told us many of the amputations they had to carry out on babies/very young children were without anaesthesia.. you can imagine the agony those children went through" The UN commission of inquiry has published a report on how Israel deliberately targets Palestinian children
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divijualsuspect @divijualsuspect.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Poster, "London 2026 AD this is all in the air", by Montague B Black, 1926
Poster for the London underground depicting airplanes and blimps among a futuristic london skyline. top text: London 2026 AD - this is all in the air. Bottom Text: To-Day - the solid comfort of the underground.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This is absolutely deranged. He is promising genocide in Lebanon to ‘avenge’ the death of an illegally-invading soldier.
For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep. All of Lebanon must burn!

With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit. All of Lebanon must burn. Our supreme duty is to protect the citizens of Israel and the soldiers of the IDF, and this commitment takes precedence over every other consideration.

I told the Prime Minister, even in our private meetings: For every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep.

Enough with the ping-pong. In the Middle East, you don’t win with measured responses and restraint—you need to go berserk. To obliterate. To crush the terror
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/06/2026
IGC Navy has closed the Strait of Hormuz, warning all vessels to not attempt to cross, following Israel’s refusal to withdraw from and strikes this morning on Southern Lebanon.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
liberal democracies will never be safe with musk this powerful—they must unite to break him my latest with @newrepublic.com c/a @gregsargent.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2119...
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Elon Musk’s Race War Just Took Darker Turn—Time for a Global Response
The violent fascist riots in Belfast reveal the future that the trillionaire really wants. We need an international movement to constrain him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/06/2026
NEW: Across Africa, the State Department has demanded access to health data for millions of people as a condition of giving countries billions of dollars in aid needed to address HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other illnesses.
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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The decision to go ahead with this 'debate,' even after Robinson is questioned under anti-terror laws, following his return from Moscow where he helped stoke racist riots on the streets of the UK, is utterly shameful from the Oxford Union bylinetimes.com/2026/06/17/p...
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Pubs Shut and Streets Close as Police 'Screen Attendees' for Oxford Union Tommy Robinson Debate
The world's most prestigious debating society is set to host the far-right agitator just days after his return from Moscow and questioning under anti-terror legislation
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I continue to be struck by how few Cabinet ministers and ex-ministers the impacts + implications of this complex 8-tier settlement policy - esp the sheer scale of Commonwealth voters who risk losing legal status in 2028. Is it remigration by stealth - or by mistake? ukandeu.ac.uk/unsettled-st...
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Unsettled status: the policy and politics of indefinite leave to remain - UK in a changing Europe
Sunder Katwala looks at the government's proposed reforms to the settlement rules in the UK as part of its immigration overhaul and asks whether they could meet the fairness challenge.
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Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Keir Starmer keeps referring to the consultation as evidence for why the social media ban isn't a last gasp by-election gambit in his answers to the press. The consultation had 116,211 responses to 54 questions. The government has published a single percentage of answers to just two questions
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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 14/06/2026
breakthrough news with another angle, reporting that the walkout was organized by SJP and No Tech for Apartheid
BREAKING: Stanford University graduates staged a walkout during Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s keynote address at commencement Sunday.

The walkout was organized by Students for Justice in Palestine and No Tech for Apartheid as a protest against Google’s contracts with the IDF, Dept. of Homeland Security, and ICE.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
X is continuing to give impunity to racists using unlawful n-word and p-word slurs, despite its legal obligations. The Guardian reports on early findings from @britishfuture.bsky.social real-time testing of the efficacy of its May 2026 commitments to Ofcom www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
Site takes no action over hate posts against UK politicians including Kemi Badenoch, Shabana Mahmood and Zia Yusuf
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/06/2026
a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
There's a Genocide happening in Gaza. Our Government is arresting pensioners for holding cardboard signs that say "I support Palestine Action." And Andy Burnham - labours apparent last hope - won't even acknowledge what's really happening.
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Matt Edwards @butt-fest.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Yeah, burning 27 families out of their homes because of their race is bad. But at least they weren't holding a Palestine Action placard.
Masked rioters burn migrants' homes after Belfast knife attack
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Alexander Laufer @alexlaufer.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Governments claim risk profiling systems help identify potential criminals or fraudsters but in practice they reinforce discrimination & inequality. A new @amnesty.org report shows how their use in law enforcement, social security & migration violates human rights. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
cover of report titled "automating suspicion: risk profiling as a smokescreen for structural discrimination and inequality"
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“The blockade aims to undermine the example of anti-imperial resistance and internationalism that Cuba has cultivated for more than six decades.” In our brand new issue AMERICAN POWER, Lourdes Regueiro and Claudia Marin write on US aggression in Cuba. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/soc...
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Socialism Under Siege - Lourdes María Regueiro & Claudia Marín
In January of 2026, the Trump administration imposed a total blockade of oil shipments to Cuba, plunging its oil-dependent electricity grid into chaos. The administration’s economic war marks the late...
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