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Jan Slakov

@janshalom.bsky.social
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Such an unfathomly beautiful world we are destroying. For me, Indigenous teachings (eg worldviewliteracy.org) offer a useful path forward. Also #nonviolence! Texada Island,qathet region, BC, Canada

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"Similarities between the far right in Canada and the United States suggest a certain amount of contagion across the border, but Alberta separatism is a home-grown movement." An excerpt from a new book on polarization by UBC political scientist Max Cameron. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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The Uncomfortable Roots of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
It’s a home-grown movement sparked by the Freedom Convoy protests. An excerpt from ‘Divided We Fall.’
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15h
On the same day Trump announces that top tech firms have signed an accord to "self-police" their own AI development, we learned that OpenAI employees and security researchers were reportedly ignored when they brought safety concerns to the company's top executives. See the problem here?
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 14h
Journalist and researcher Connie Walker told The Tyee many people don’t seem to know about the ability to save their records related to experiences at residential schools — nor about their looming destruction. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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‘There’s Still So Much Truth We Have Yet to Uncover’ | The Tyee
Inside the race against the clock to save testimony about residential school crimes.
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WilmotCAN @wilmotcan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's not just buildings that have been demolished. It's trust. Make your voice heard through municipal elections. www.therecord.com/news/waterlo... #WilmotLandGrab #FightForFarmland
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David Suzuki Foundation @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just one day before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Prime Minister Mark Carney has dealt yet another devastating blow for the climate and Indigenous rights. Who else is sick of seeing this government bend over backwards for fossil fuel billionaires?
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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Protect the Southern Residents, stop RBT2 mega project from cutting corners. The Salish Sea has a capacity issue and Southern Resident Killer Whales are already struggling to survive. We don’t have to choose between extinction and the economy. ecojustice.ca/take-action/...
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Protect the Southern Residents, stop RBT2 mega project from cutting corners
The Salish Sea has a capacity issue. Southern Resident Killer Whales are already struggling to survive. There are only 74 of these endangered whales left, and they face a combination of threats…
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We can say that political pressure, deference to public health, negligence, and incompetence all contributed to the tragedy. Further evidence suggests that government officials prioritized the interests of the meat-processing industry over the health and safety of meat-packing workers."
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Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says - Alberta Politics
One of the most disgraceful episodes of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta took place on April 18, 2020, when Devin Dreeshen, Jason Copping and Deena Hinshaw assured employees of Cargill Inc.’s meat pac...
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Howard Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Disgraceful, disgusting behaviour’: Leaders condemn white nationalist demonstration on Indigenous land in B.C. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘Disgraceful, disgusting behaviour’: Leaders condemn white nationalist demonstration on Indigenous land in B.C.
Provincial political leaders have spoken out, condemning an apparent white nationalist demonstration at Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc native reserve near Kamloops, B.C.
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Horrible to think that in "exchange" for the US invading #Cuba, #China might feel free to invade #Taiwan? Sickening enough to think of what a US invasion would do to Cuba...
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could we finish bumblefucking our way through the war in Iran before we start one with Cuba? Thanks
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
On this day in 1984, Gaëtan Dugas died in Quebec City. As an HIV patient, he was erroneously vilified and mischaracterized as Patient Zero of the North American AIDS epidemic. His story has emphasized the importance of accuracy and empathy in public health narratives. 🧵1/8
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Guardian will stream NAZA on its website for free >>> www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Global release announced for acclaimed Gaza documentary NAZA
Theatrical rollout across 56 territories planned for documentary about Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza before film will stream on Guardian website
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Alona Ferber @aloner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Israel’s Channel 14 quoted Boaz Yosef, director general of Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority, as saying that the authority was examining the request” to revoke the citizenship of the directors of NAZA www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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Israel considers revoking citizenship of directors behind Gaza war documentary
Film features testimonies from Israeli soldiers about army crimes against civilians in Gaza | Anadolu
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Grateful @kellyrichmondbc.bsky.social spoke out re: Tillbury #LNG. Subsidizing fossilfuels threatens our future, especially when subsidies go to #MAGA billionaires (some w Epstein links!) Will @eby-david.bsky.social & #PRSC candidate @randeneneillmlabc.bsky.social work to end this?
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our collective failure to prepare for civilian-based defence @nonviolentdefence.ca is not "absolutely right". I'm sad that today's #CBC news piece www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... doesn't even mention this approach. It requires preparation but has better chances of succeeding with less damage.
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Carney tells NYT he studied risk of U.S.-led military action in Canada | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada. In a lengthy New York Times interview, he declined to discuss in detail what that examination involved...
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
With BC burning, it’s worth asking why the biggest pool of $$ in the province - our PENSIONS - is funding climate arson.🔥🌏🔥 The BC Investment Management Corp (BCI) manages ~$313.7 BILLION for 10+ public sector pension plans. It’s a climate emergency, yet BCI loves fossil firms.⛽️🛢️ Let’s look!👇 1/x
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
First, let’s look at the big picture - the 2025 @shiftaction.bsky.social Canadian Pension Climate Report Card gives BCI an overall C- score! That’s one of the WORST pension plans measured! 👇 Is a C- really the best BCI can do in a climate emergency? Pension $$ won’t mean much if the 🌍 is 🔥 2/x
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2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
Shift's 2025 Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers, reveals a...
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Beyond STILL not having a net-zero commitment, perhaps most troubling is that BCI doesn’t divest from or exclude ANY fossil firms. (Examples later in 🧵) BCI scores an ‘F‘ on this part of the @shiftaction.bsky.social report card. And it has a minimum $8 - $10 BILLION in fossil investments. 3/x
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Mixedmemes Test: F Grade Report Card
ALT: Mixedmemes Test: F Grade Report Card
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Instead, BCI invests huge $$ in oil + gas + coal, and trumpets “engagement“ with firms - as if a shareholder vote will somehow change Exxon’s business model. See how BCI’s ESG policy👇 doesn’t mention divestment or exclusion. A lot of words, not much concrete climate action and no urgency. 5/x
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Governance, Strategy & Reporting
Annual ESG and climate reporting is integrated alongside financial reporting in our corporate annual report.
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
So now here’s a look at how BCI is investing OUR pension$ in climate arson! 🔥🌏🔥 Example 1: BCI has ~$72.22M in Cheniere Energy, the world’s #2 LNG firm. Its Sabine Pass + Corpus Christi plants have a history of breaking air + H2O pollution laws, and emit the most GHGs of any 🇺🇸LNG terminals. 6/x
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Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws, Report Finds
With Trump propelling the U.S. LNG industry into a massive expansion, companies are flouting landmark environmental laws.
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Example 3: BCI has ~$143.87M in Exxon Mobil Corp, the largest US fossil firm. It has a sordid history of denying science, killing climate action, and nuking nature (e.g. Exxon Valdez). Per Carbon Majors, it‘s the #5 biggest CO2e emitting entity ever. Hooray for BCI’s meaningful ESG principles! 8/x
theguardian.com
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Example 4: BCI has ~$11.51M in Valero Energy Corp, the Texas-based owner of 15 oil refineries (in Canada/US/UK) with 3.2M bpd🛢️throughput capacity. The world’s #2 maker of corn ethanol and “renewable diesel”, its joint venture to make jet fuel at a Port Arthur refinery doesn‘t sound very green.🤢 9/x
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How a Texas refinery turns Amazon-destroying cattle into ‘green’ jet fuel
A Texas refinery supplying green fuel to U.S. airlines has been purchasing animal fat from cattle raised on illegally cleared lands in the Amazon rainforest.
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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Example 5: BCI has ~$16.25M in Schlumberger NV (SLB), the world’s #1 oilfield services firm. It’s no exaggeration to say that SLB tech + expertise keeps fascist Russia‘s oil flowing; the Kremlin depends on this to bankroll its survival and genocidal war on our ally 🇺🇦. Investors = enablers. 10/x
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Houston Oil Giant SLB Still Enabling Russian Oil Production Despite U.S. Sanctions
Documents show SLB’s Russian subsidiary using American-owned oilfield technology to manufacture equipment that supports Russia’s energy sector – and its war effort.
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Join the Mass Infection Resistance @spiritsofland.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I will never forget this article from @theeagleist.bsky.social (Satire but painfully so close to truth) walkingeaglenews.com/2018/05/29/t... #IndigiSky
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Trudeau wins over First Nations opposed to Kinder Morgan project with deal to move drinking water through pipeline
OTTAWA—In an 11th hour deal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a breakthrough on the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline by amending its payload. Now, in addition to dilbit and bitumen, th...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
new @albertasvoice.ca website just dropped. Check it out! whatcouldweget.ca
whatcouldweget.ca
What Could We Get for $134 Million?
What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum?
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wondering how you, @andrewjreeve.bsky.social can say it's completely within the perogative of the premier @eby-david.bsky.social to call an election now, despite our fixed election law www.leg.bc.ca/learn/discov.... Can voters believe politicians care re: rule of law? @gregorcraigie.bsky.social too.
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2001 - The Introduction of Fixed Election Dates in B.C. | Legislative Assembly of BC
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Greta Thunberg. Don't buy Apple products.
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There is, for example, a world of difference between investments to create something new and investments to pick off Canadian companies and public assets. We need to ask will the investment contribute to our cultural, digital, economic and democratic sovereignty.
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We might say "no risk "leaders" won't take to drive economic cancer" : (
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alex himelfarb @alexhim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Trump family and their gang of plutocrats don’t even try to hide their corruption any more.It’s baked in -scandals no longer scandalize.
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Chip Pitfield @chipduck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Both correct. And a number of the sales will be to Americans.
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We have till 5ps Eastern today to comment on subsidizing another dilbit pipeline. Pls send msg as @althiaraj.bsky.social shares at the end of the article.
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Saddened but now not really surprised that no one seems to care that BC's election law www.leg.bc.ca/learn/discov... is being disregarded. Listened to @marcishore.bsky.social on Ideas www.cbc.ca/listen/live-..., also Susan Neiman www.democracynow.org/2026/9/17/ca... on importance of upholding values
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B.C. Elections | Legislative Assembly of BC
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Peace Brigades International-Canada @pbicanada.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Alternative Federal Budget calls for strengthening of Protection Mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists in Mexico, $100 million for a Civil Peace Service for crisis zones: pbicanada.org/2026/09/17/a... #PBIaccompanies
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Peace Brigades International-Canada @pbicanada.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
PBI-Canada seeks to strengthen the accompaniment of human rights defenders with the European Parliament office in Ottawa: pbicanada.org/2026/09/15/p... #PBIaccompanies
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Jan Slakov @janshalom.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government is proposing to steamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect nature, not treat it as red tape. 🌿 @greenpeaceca.bsky.social act.gp/3UGBqcn
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Stop Federal Environmental Rollbacks in Canada
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government wants to streamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect the nature that sustains us, ...
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The politics of paranoia hits a new low in BC with Kerry-Lynne Findlay, current leader of the rapidly disintegrating Conservative party. #BCpoli #Conservatives #canadasky
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Investigative Research Council @investigativerc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Listen to these smart women. #Naomi #Astra
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Is the End of the World Now on the Table? | The Interview
YouTube video by The Interview
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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BYELECTION DEBATE: How do we avoid endless highway expansion and car dependency? Increase transit of course! If you’re in Abbotsford-Mission, VOTE Stephen Fowler, early voting begins Sept 18th! 💚 #byelection #mission #abbotsford #greenpartybc #stephenfowler
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip eulogizing his wife, Joan Phillip, during his speech at the plenary She died 18 days ago. He is reminding everyone that she stood up and opposed the BC government's plans to change DRIPA - the only NDP MLA to make their opposition public #bcpoli
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James David Payne @jimmydp01.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social #ICC #ICJ #Gaza #Palestine #Cdnpoli #BCPoli www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
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How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,372 Palestinians and injured 4,659.
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We and @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social Victoria organized this Earth Week ride and roll to push for this change. Hope that #UBCM26 delegates will vote in favor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw5b... #yyj #bcpoli
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Earth Week Bike and Roll: Legalize it!
YouTube video by Eric D at Ecopath Planning
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Having failed to attract enough private financing or customers due to rising costs and market conditions, Ksi Lisims [fracked gas export terminal] is seeking significant federal and provincial handouts" @stand.earth #bcpoli #LNG #cdnpoli
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HandsOffCanada @kidmouser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nope... don't do it, Premier Eby. Work out the issues with DRIPA, get our budget to stop bleeding red ink, and THEN test the waters again. Right now, left wing NDP types are upset over those issues as much as are the right wing. Don't gamble our government with Angus Reid polls.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West Bank.” www.democracynow.org/2026/9/16/bt...
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“The Elimination Project”: Israel’s Systematic Dismantling of Palestinian Life in West Bank: B’Tselem
A major new report by the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem titled “The Elimination Project” accuses Israel of “dramatically intensifying its attacks on every aspect of Palestinian life in the West ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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