Peter Link ๐๐จ๐บ๐ต๐ธ๐ง
Peter_Link@expressional.social
<p>Geezer militant, retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, long-time <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialist</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS</span></a> advocate, eternal student and advocate of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Esperanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Esperanto</span></a>, supporter of: <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CubanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CubanRevolution</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="t
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Great sign from a Palestine demonstration #SanctionIsrael #StopStarvingGaza #FreePalestine #NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #StopArmingIsrael #AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism #BDS #DivestFromIsrael #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism #EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic #JewHatredHurtsPalestine #news #politics #Israel #Palestine @palestine
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Peter Beinart speaking in Ann Arbor and #Detroit, #Michigan, #USA October 19-20 #AntiSemitism, #Islamophobia, and the Future of Democracy #FreePalestine #StopGazaGenocide #SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism #EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSeaIsNotAntisemitic #JewHatredHurtsPalestine #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #news #politics #USpol #AnnArbor #PeterBeinart @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com
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Edward Said, and the Palestine that was never an empty desert [from FB post by We Stand With Francesca Albanese] #EdwardSaid was born on November 1, 1935, in Jerusalem, Palestine. He dedicated his work to dismantling the false historiography used to justify the founding of the State of Israel. Before the first Aliyot, Jews made up barely 3% of the population. #Palestine was not an empty desert. It was a prosperous territory of the Ottoman Empire, with banks, industry, and agricultural exp...
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RE: https://mastox.eu/@BernieSanders/117352234924538235 #MedicareForAllNow #TaxTheRich #BernieSanders #News #Politics #Trump #DemocraticParty #Democrats
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded โEverywhere All at Onceโ This Summer A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/ice-surge-immigration-arrests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElE.GGoA.ACZgrA8hpAv4&smid=url-share Sept. 25, 2026 from #NYT Unlike earlier high-profile raids that drew thousands of protesters into the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, the surge in arrests in June, July and...
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Video - Cuba Fires Back at Trump at the UN https://peertube.world/w/fYziqfJq9DBgmbBYTMJHgP Duration - 4:14 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] At the #UN General Assembly today, Cubaโs Foreign Minister #BrunoRodrรญguezParrilla challenged Trumpโs claim that Cuba is a โfailed state.โ โIf that were the case, why did they have to impose a fuel blockade?โ he asked. The #US diplomat present walked out during his speech. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #O...
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RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/117332234453732101 #FreePalestine #StopGazaGenocide #Palestine #news #politics #Israel
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Doctors Against Genocide: #Palestine - The Freedom Campaign https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/community-support h/t - @adachika192@hcommons.social #DoctorsAgainstGenocide #politics #news @palestine
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Video - US Lawmakers Visited a Cuban Hospital. Hereโs What They Saw https://peertube.world/w/tEHfqxFwVMbrvV2wEVB7j7 Duration - 3:30 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Four Democratic lawmakers traveled to Cuba in July to see the human impact of the #US economic war on Cuba firsthand. During the trip, Reps. Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Teresa Leger Fernรกndez (D-NM) and Delia Ramirez (D-IL) visited Havanaโs Hermanos Ameijeiras #Hospita...
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Video - Maxine Waters Confronts Bessent On Cuba: โWhy Are You Being So Cruel?โ https://peertube.world/w/rtQMnSFwQprLLGfCiWmTnM Duration - 1:11 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Rep. #MaxineWaters (D-CA) confronted Treasury Secretary #ScottBessent last week over his role in the #Trump administrationโs โmaximum pressureโ Cuba strategy. โYou cut off all the #oil to Cuba," she said. โYouโre starving the families, youโre starving the children.โ...
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๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ [#Poem posted on FB by Pete Seidman, a #socialist activist since the late 60's.] โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ,โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด. โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ โฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ด.โ The moral sense in my old bones Compels no need in me to atone I feel furious anger not any shame For the genocide thatโs being waged in my name. And Iโll not...
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Video - Cubaโs Deputy Foreign Minister: U.S. Policy is Collective Punishment https://peertube.world/w/ee8a3ziBMLvgkV2XWQ4Jqz Duration - 2:04 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] In an interview with PBS, Cubaโs Deputy Foreign Minister #CarlosFernรกndezDeCossรญo reiterated there has been โno progressโ in talks between the #Trump administration and the Cuban government due to...
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Israel Blocking Hundreds of Wheelchairs for Injured Children From Entering Gaza More than 11,000 children have severe life-changing injuries, including thousands who have had limbs amputated as a result of #Israelโs assault on Gaza. https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-blocking-wheelchairs September 21, 2026 According to the report, JHCO submitted an application in February 2025 for the wheelchairs to be included in an aid convoy headed to #Gaza, where more than 11,000 kids have been left...
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End The Blockade of Cuba - panel discussion at Left Coast Forum in #LosAngeles, #California, #USA Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Join us at the 4th annual Left Coast forum to discuss the meaning of the new political and economic transformations in #Cuba and the tasks of the #solidarity movement during these pivotal political times. Panelists include local #labor leaders active in solidarity, who recently traveled to Cuba in a delegation and other prominent activists. Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Tick...
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End The Blockade of Cuba - panel discussion at Left Coast Forum in #LosAngeles, #California, #USA Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Join us at the 4th annual Left Coast forum to discuss the meaning of the new political and economic transformations in #Cuba and the tasks of the #solidarity movement during these pivotal political times. Panelists include local #labor leaders active in solidarity, who recently traveled to Cuba in a delegation and other prominent activists. Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Tick...
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#Trumpโs Economic Vise Leaves Cubans Desperate for Food and Medicine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/world/americas/trump-sanctions-cuba-shipping-containers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVE.2zr_.SG3X16-Pb4-m&smid=url-share Sept. 17, 2026 from #NewYorkTimes #NYT [shareable 30-day gift article] [will get a prompt to sign up for limited-access free account] Thousands of containers filled with food, #medicine and other goods bound for #Cuba have been stranded throughout the #Caribbean s...
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Many of the โMichigan Jewish Demsโ Backing Mike Rogers Are Actually Already Republican Supporters, Analysis Finds A close look at the signatories reveals many have been involved in past GOP effortsโincluding โJews For Mittโ in 2012. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/michigan-jewish-democrats-mike-rogers Sep 17, 2026 Over 400 alleged #Michigan #Jewish #Democratic and independent voters signed a pledge in late August to vote for #Republican #US Senate candidate Mike Rogers, igniting a controversy...
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The Ulm 5 Trial Dramatizes Germanyโs Complicity with #Israelโs Genocide in #Gaza Five activists who vandalized an Elbit Systems factory aim to put Germany and the #Israeli weapons company on trial. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/ulm5-elbit-israel-gaza-germany Hebh Jamal Sep 16, 2026 No one was injured in the action, which allegedly caused โฌ1.04 million in damages, and the protesters remained at the scene to be arrested. Even so, German prosecutors have clearly decided to treat the #Ulm5 with u...
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Protests for #Gaza, #Palestine, and #Lebanon in #Detroit and #Dearborn #Michigan, #USA September 19-20 #IsraelCriminalState #FreePalestine #Israel #news #politics #US #USpol #AltTxt4me @palestine
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All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore removal Four supporting acts, including musician Finneas, stood in solidarity with the US rapper, as Sheeran said the rapper's removal was not his decision https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/all-supporting-acts-quit-ed-sheeran-tour-protest-macklemores-removal [Yessss!!!] Sept. 15, 2026 The artist #Finneas and three other supporting acts quit #EdSheeran's tour on Tuesday, after the #US rapper #Macklemore was removed for...
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Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA - The Guardian Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors #YuvalAbraham and #RachelSzor of โtreason against the stateโ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/gaza-documentary-makers-naza-israel-citizenship-ntwnfb September 13, 2026 In the film, the #Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor spoke to 24 different Israeli military or intelligence whistleblowers who outlined the AI-powere...
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Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About "Antisemitism" [on #Macklemore saying "#FreePalestine"] https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/oh-my-god-shut-the-fuck-up-about Caitlin Johnstone Sep 08, 2026 [she does well ripping hasbara, but she dismisses real #antisemitism as a nothingburger. Wrong.] โI said, Free #Palestine. โI want those words to be loud and clear, so the people from #Gaza, all the way to the occupied #WestBank, know that we have not forgotten them. โAnd this next song wa...
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Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About "Antisemitism" [on Macklemore saying "Free Palestine"] https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/oh-my-god-shut-the-fuck-up-about Caitlin Johnstone Sep 08, 2026 [she does well ripping hasbara, but she dismisses real antisemitism as a nothingburger.] โI said, Free Palestine. โI want those words to be loud and clear, so the people from Gaza, all the way to the occupied West Bank, know that we have not forgotten them. โAnd this next song was inspired...
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Arab-Jewish Party A Place for Us All Drops Out of Knesset Race The party's leaders announced they decided to withdraw from the #election 'out of a sense of responsibility and to avoid wasting opposition votes,' after their attempts to join the newly revived Joint List failed from #Haaretz Sept. 8, 2026 "From this moment, we will devote all our energy and time to a campaign to encourage voting in the #Knesset election, with the aim of bringing down the far-right government,&...
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AIPAC is toxic toโฆ Republicans? - JVP https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2026/08/27/genocide-defenders-trying-to-hide-their-aipac-connections/ August 27, 2026 from #TheWire [online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA] #Genocide defenders trying to hide their #AIPAC connections. Also: Demand Western media recognize Israelโs war on the press. What weโre reading: โOverturning Anti-BDS Laws is the Next Fight for the Pro-Palestine Left.โ #SanctionIsrael #StopStarvingGaza #Fre...
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Film showing - American Doctor Opens Friday, September 4 Runs through Sunday, September 6 Michigan Theatre - #AnnArbor, #Michigan, #USA #Film | #Documentary | NR | 1h 33m | 2026 When three American #doctors, #Palestinian, #Jewish and #Zoroastrian, enter #Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between #medicine and #politics, risking everything to expose the truth. https://marquee-arts.org/event-page/?showingId=1033541&eventId=1024886 #FreePalestine #Israel #Palestine #cinema #US...
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โAtrocities without any fear of consequences.โ https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2026/08/12/israels-targeting-of-journalists-in-gaza-and-beyond/ from #TheWire [online publication of #JVP #JewishVoiceForPeace in #USA] August 12, 2026 Intentionally targeting journalists is a war crime, and doing so on this scale is unprecedented. But over the last three years, as the world stood by, #Israel has turned its war on the press into a hallmark of its genocidal strategy, expressly targeting and murde...
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Israelโs roadblocks are choking emergency care in the #WestBank https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8&section_id=194051&utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&utm_campaign=298c6b697f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-298c6b697f-1401528606 With proliferating closures, checkpoints, and settler attacks, Palestinian medics say routine ambulance journeys have become life-or-death ordeals. from +972โs Sunda...
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#Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future โ in a Box https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-promises-cuba-a-better-future-in-a-box August 13, 2026 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] The #Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by #CatholicChurch charities. But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to t...
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As the Board of Peace Cosplays Diplomacy, Israel Once Again Ramps Up Killing in Gaza After #Hamas agreed to a roadmap for implementing the next phases of the Gaza โceasefire,โ #Israel escalated its assault on #Gaza and the Board of Peace backtracked https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-board-of-peace-israel-disarmament-escalated-attacks #IsraelTerroristState #FreePalestine #StopGazaGenocide #SanctionIsrael news #politics #Palestine