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activist scholar in a committed relationship w/ collective liberation. working towards a world where all worlds fit @fromtheperiphery.com @mutualaidpod.bsky.social @thefirethesetimes.com

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A reminder that when Christian Zionists and Christian Nationalists in the West talk about Christians, they are not talking about the Christians of the same holy land that Jesus himself came from. They don't give a shit about us.

10.03.2026 09:30 👍 242 🔁 116 💬 1 📌 3

Macrone is determined to not miss out of on the festival of death..

09.03.2026 17:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New footage raises likelihood the US struck an Iranian school where a blast killed at least 165 The investigative group Bellingcat says newly released video “appears to contradict” U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for an explosion at an Iranian school that killed ove...

A U.S. official familiar with internal deliberations on the matter has told the AP that the strike was likely American.

apnews.com/article/iran...

09.03.2026 17:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FTPP 15: The Weekend That Set the Middle East on Fire | From The Periphery Media Collective Get more from From The Periphery Media Collective on Patreon

www.patreon.com/posts/152220...

09.03.2026 14:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dispatch from Iraq: In Defense of Civil Society and the Repercussions of the Regional War | From The Periphery Media Collective Get more from From The Periphery Media Collective on Patreon

Dispatch from the ground in Iraq that also calls for solidarity w/ Iraqi
-civil society and independent activists
-​Feminist and secular movements under threat
-​Trade unions and grassroots organizers
-​The right to political dissent without fear of assassination

www.patreon.com/posts/152590...

09.03.2026 14:59 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

It really easy to claim an emergency when you do everything in your power to create said emergency....

07.03.2026 12:09 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I'm def not for Noem's replacement Mullin. and i'm also not for people using the fact that he does not have a degree above an Associate degree as the reason why he's not qualified. there's plenty other reasons to not like the dude without becoming elitists

07.03.2026 11:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🫂🫂🫂🫂

05.03.2026 20:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I also did an episode of @fromtheperiphery.com podcast with @aymanmak.bsky.social and @essssraaa.bsky.social. We talked about the news while also expressing our fears of what could come next.

Very grateful to have such an awesome team in times like these

bsky.app/profile/nons...

04.03.2026 14:15 👍 17 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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This is a fundraiser from a very trusted grassroots network in Lebanon working on shelter, food and medicine aid. I know A LOT of people who are organizing with them rn. Please help them reach their goal and beyond.
www.chuffed.org/project/1719...

04.03.2026 17:26 👍 185 🔁 297 💬 2 📌 10

so many tried to warn that what we have been and continue to witness in Gaza is setting new norms for killing and destruction...

03.03.2026 11:45 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Iraq: Women’s rights activist Yanar Mohammed killed by gunmen Mohammed had returned to Iraq from Canada just a few days ago, prompting questions on whether her killing was a targeted assassination.

Rest in power and may justice be served

"Mohammed has been recognised as one of the country’s leading activists for women's rights in the country, having dedicated her life to protecting the country’s women from violence and other forms of abuse and exploitation."

www.newarab.com/news/iraq-wo...

02.03.2026 19:01 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The so-called West is built on genocide & colonization. to pin what is happening on 1 genocidal state erases the ongoing genocides that the West has partaken in since it first began to consolidate its power- including on its own lands. This isn't to protect 1 state, its to protect all of them

01.03.2026 15:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

17.02.2026 21:00 👍 36786 🔁 11225 💬 1003 📌 380
A screenshot of a tweet thread by Lakshya Jain (@lxeagle17). The main tweet reads: "FWIW the path forward for progressives is likely going to have to be on something people are broadly supportive of: preventing discrimination in hiring/housing. If you want to change public opinion, starting from favorable ground is important, even if it means ceding on sports."
He quotes a previous tweet stating that public opinion aligns with conservative views on most trans issues, accompanied by a stacked bar chart titled "How people feel about transgender policy issues." The chart displays polling data from "The Argument's national survey" (fielded Feb. 4-10, 2026) regarding support for national laws on specific policies:
 * Allow gender surgery for minors: 13% strongly support vs. 50% strongly oppose.
 * Allow puberty blockers for minors: 18% strongly support vs. 45% strongly oppose.
 * Prohibiting the teaching of gender identity in public elementary schools: 39% strongly support vs. 24% strongly oppose.
 * Require transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding with their birth sex: 39% strongly support vs. 22% strongly oppose.
 * Ban discrimination against transgender people in hiring and housing: 43% strongly support (plus 20% somewhat support) vs. 14% strongly oppose.
 * Require transgender K-12 athletes to compete with their birth sex: 47% strongly support vs. 15% strongly oppose.

A screenshot of a tweet thread by Lakshya Jain (@lxeagle17). The main tweet reads: "FWIW the path forward for progressives is likely going to have to be on something people are broadly supportive of: preventing discrimination in hiring/housing. If you want to change public opinion, starting from favorable ground is important, even if it means ceding on sports." He quotes a previous tweet stating that public opinion aligns with conservative views on most trans issues, accompanied by a stacked bar chart titled "How people feel about transgender policy issues." The chart displays polling data from "The Argument's national survey" (fielded Feb. 4-10, 2026) regarding support for national laws on specific policies: * Allow gender surgery for minors: 13% strongly support vs. 50% strongly oppose. * Allow puberty blockers for minors: 18% strongly support vs. 45% strongly oppose. * Prohibiting the teaching of gender identity in public elementary schools: 39% strongly support vs. 24% strongly oppose. * Require transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding with their birth sex: 39% strongly support vs. 22% strongly oppose. * Ban discrimination against transgender people in hiring and housing: 43% strongly support (plus 20% somewhat support) vs. 14% strongly oppose. * Require transgender K-12 athletes to compete with their birth sex: 47% strongly support vs. 15% strongly oppose.

Absolutely brain dead take. Trans people did start with employment, housing, and healthcare. There are cases dating back decades such as Smith v. Salem in 2004 and Glenn v Brumby in 2011! Many states passed anti discrimination laws well over a decade ago. He has no idea what he's talking about.

18.02.2026 00:28 👍 1722 🔁 282 💬 56 📌 34

“It is unimaginable to me to see France side with the Israeli authorities’ propaganda against the UN special rapporteur,” Schams El Ghoneimi told Al Jazeera.

16.02.2026 17:05 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

soo true- something i'm still bitter about is not knowing the resources available to me when i was younger and not knowing where to look. i look back and i bitterly wonder what life could have been if i just knew there were options

16.02.2026 10:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What Are Tankies Really?
What Are Tankies Really? YouTube video by Politically Depressed

Almost all the view this video got was from direct clicks and from subscribers. For some reason, no idea why, seems Youtube isn't pushing it. Its part of my sense that I'm being shadowbanned there.
youtu.be/Dbkkh6GWn5Y

15.02.2026 16:21 👍 57 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 2
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses

Meta thinks pple are too busy fighting fascism to notice how their tech advances fascism.

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

15.02.2026 09:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😍😍😍

14.02.2026 22:39 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.

Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026

07.02.2026 18:49 👍 5010 🔁 1484 💬 195 📌 439
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We are having our first monthly Patreon hangout at 4pm UK time today. I’m guessing the topic of conversation will be Venezuela.

fromtheperiphery.com/hangout/

03.01.2026 14:28 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

this "news" is trending here.....🫠🫠🫠🫠...the way liberals eat up bs news....

10.12.2025 12:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

lately, i've been asking myself - A LOT - is this real or a joke. 8 out of 10 times, its real 🥲🥲🥲

10.12.2025 12:40 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Ilham Aliyev's Territorial Claims on Armenia | From The Periphery Media Collective Get more from From The Periphery Media Collective on Patreon

Recently, I spoke to @karena1.bsky.social for @fromtheperiphery.com about Azerbaijani's president's expansionist statements. We explore the stark difference between lived reality and govt stories, historical memory suppression, trauma, & draw parallels to Palestine.

www.patreon.com/posts/ilham-...

10.12.2025 10:19 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.

She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

03.12.2025 17:20 👍 15079 🔁 8214 💬 1798 📌 1365

"At 4.15am, a missile was fired at our family home. Nine members of my immediate family were killed. Abood had been holding his daughter Zainab (Zozo) in his arms when his body was torn apart. His head and foot were severed. Zozo's arm was ripped from her body..."

01.12.2025 09:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the bombs are still dropping on tents...

01.12.2025 08:53 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0