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- Trump's Board of Peace and Its Plan for Gaza Are Sheer Evil A greed-soaked plan dependent on mass murder and land theft, driven by men so wealthy and entitled that they believe they can escape accountability while reaping billions in profit in the process www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
- Trump’s Depraved Racist Attack on the Obamas Matters Deeply and Must Be Condemned It’s the oldest racist smear in the book. If you can’t bring yourself to condemn something this overtly racist, where exactly is your line? www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
- Israel has banned dozens of humanitarian organisations, blocked life-saving aid, dismantled the last lifelines for people in Gaza – while Europe maintains a favourable trade deal with Israel's genocidal regime. The EU sustaining a system of violence is not neutrality actions.eko.org/a/1-million-...
- ‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators, death threats Actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho on how the Brazilian thriller is their experience of political corruption, why they speak out www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdAOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
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- Reposted by silverbeet-gdThe MAGA new right “seems to be betting that the American polity has a deep reserve of untapped nativist rage”—but may also be “underestimating the everyday decency and patriotism of the American public,” Laura K. Field argues:
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- Green Party celebrates 'no' to Taranaki seabed mining – draft decision by fast-track approvals panel declined TTR bid to mine 50m tonnes of seabed/year for 30 years in South Taranaki Bight, with credible risk of harm to Māui dolphins, kororā/little penguin, fairy prion www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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- Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon President Aoun condemns ‘environmental and health crime’ as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
- Private jet owned by Trump friend Gil Dezer used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank Guardian Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- ‘I Am Speechless’: Historians Sickened as Trump Set to Remove Mention of Racism from Medgar Evers Monument “The murder of Medgar Evers was an act of racial terror,” said human rights activist Martin Luther King III www.commondreams.org/news/medgar-...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdGaza is still a slaughterhouse. The killing continues. Free Palestine.
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdAnother day another war crime by Israel. Every single day they murder children. The most depraved entity on earth. Take action to stop them every way you can.
- Private Jet of Billionaire Trump Donor Gil Dezer Used to Deport Palestinians From US to Occupied West Bank - highly unusual, potentially illegal for US to deport Palestinians to West Bank, where they face systemic persecution and violence from Israel’s occupation www.commondreams.org/news/trump-d...
- The US is trying to bully New Zealand into a “deal” on mining for critical minerals, with Trump threatening new tariffs on countries who refuse to sign - could expedite destructive mining extractive projects across Aotearoa which have been fiercely resisted action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/no-...
- Trump’s Gestapo Hits the Streets The Trump regime follows the Nazi blueprints of violence, threats, and street murders. So it’s not hyperbole to say it plainly: they are Nazis www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
- Florida bill seeks to ban use of ‘West Bank’ in schools and state agencies The bill would mandate use of the biblical term ‘Judea and Samaria’ after a similar effort passed in Arkansas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Israeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
- Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023 Cato Institute: For each year from 1994 to 2023, the US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government www.cato.org/white-paper/...
- New nationwide polling shows strong public support for renewable energy over fossil fuels, growing concern about New Zealand’s climate backsliding, and widespread unease that a return to offshore oil and gas exploration could expose the country to trade and legal risks wwf.org.nz/news/climate...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdToday I joined House Democrats at ICE headquarters in DC to demand Kristi Noem's impeachment & voted NO on funding for DHS. Not a dollar more until DHS ends its violence & abuse of power. Trump's federal agents killed two Americans in broad daylight. We are not backing down.
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdCrockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"
- How New Zealand’s own laser kiwi influenced this viral anti-Ice flag in Minnesota – the loon, the state bird of Minnesota, shoots lasers out of its eyes next to a beheaded yellow rattlesnake and above the text “don’t tread on us”, both allusions to the far right thespinoff.co.nz/society/04-0...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdHere’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:
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- Beloved by graphic designers, taken for granted by pedestrians: Inside a new book on Margaret Calvert She and her collaborators helped shape the visual language of the UK by defining shorthand communication for motorists and pedestrians – logical over fashionable www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mar...
- Powerful polluting industries and reckless lawmakers are tearing down the EU water law threatening clean drinking water, safe food, fresh air, and healthy nature – dismantling environmental protections and calling it "simplification": #HandsOffNature europe.oceana.org/hands-off-na...
- A Texas Election Jolt to the GOP How does a Republican lose by 14 points in a safe conservative Texas state Senate seat that President Trump carried by 17 points in 2024? Stephen Miller’s mass deportation strategy is backfiring at the polls... www.wsj.com/opinion/a-te...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families. Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota. The cruelty is endless.
- Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, brokered the call, Trump directly questioned frontline agents on the inquiry. Remember, this isn’t about a past election. It’s about the next one www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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- EU governments just backed the EU–Mercosur deal — supercharging deforestation of the Amazon. Agribusiness lobbies are celebrating. But it’s not over: the European Parliament will vote in just a few weeks. If we act now, we can help MEPs stop this toxic deal for good action.eko.org/a/meps-vote-...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdIn Hebron’s hyper-militarized Old City, a Palestinian cinema opens its doors The city's first movie theater in nearly a century is defying Israeli movement restrictions and settler attacks to screen political films for locals and activists. By Basel Adra www.972mag.com/hebron-hyper...
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- After years of advocacy from thousands of New Zealanders National and Labour have announced a Modern Slavery Bill – NZ’s two main political parties have agreed to work together to fast-track law to help prevent and address modern slavery worldvision-org-nz-6139868.hs-sites.com/share/hubspo...
- Send a message to Hind Rajab’s mother: We’ve unveiled a 1,000m² portrait of Hind Rajab, the five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by the Israeli military while begging rescuers for help; Hind’s mother joined us in Barcelona. Send a message of solidarity now secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...?
- Deliver justice to Gaza’s children “I’m so scared… please come.” These were the last words of 5-year-old Hind Rajab, trapped in a car under Israeli fire, begging for help. Avaaz joins Hind’s mother to honour her life and issue an urgent plea to the world www.instagram.com/p/DUG0X0FiK_f/
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- Abby Martin’s New Documentary Takes On ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ Making the film taught Martin that “it is completely undeniable” that the US military “is the greatest threat to all living things on Earth.” www.commondreams.org/news/us-mili...
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- Reposted by silverbeet-gdIsrael accepts Gaza death toll compiled by health authorities is broadly accurate
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdWith Don Lemon’s Shocking Arrest, Trump Expands His Total War on Free Speech The rabidly anti-First Amendment administration plans to keep escalating its fascist assault on journalists, activists, and ordinary Americans too. Read now: zeteo.com/p/don-lemon-...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdPalantir’s stated mission is to defend America. Peter Thiel is a radical libertarian who does not believe ‘freedom & democracy are compatible’. Yet, the UK is overwhelmingly dependent on Palantir’s services. As a national security threat, this is off the charts. @thenerve.news 2/
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdNew from 404 Media: here is the user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE. A map shows people on a map; ICE clicks them, brings up their dossier. ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target. We obtained it, you can now read the document for yourself: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
- Palestinian-American actor-director Cherien Dabis' All That's Left of You: three generations of a Palestinian family under Israeli occupation: "So much of the political situation is about who controls the narrative, the dominant narrative has been the Israeli one." www.thenerve.news/p/cherien-da...
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- Call on world leaders to stop intensive meat and dairy companies’ climate destruction All around the world people are standing up against the polluting livestock industries and their attempts to avoid responsibility for their superheating methane emissions greenpeace.nz/v9vlbf
- Changing Threads – Contemporary Textile Fibre Art Awards Artists stretching the boundaries of Fibre and Textiles. Arts Council Nelson are thrilled to announce the call for entries for Changing Threads 2026. Open to all artists currently living in NZ. Closes 23 April thebigidea.nz/jobs/32702
- Nazi slogans and racist memes: a guide to the US government’s flirtation with fascist propaganda Depts under fire for social media content that references far-right ideology and symbolism - and which seems increasingly explicit. The most shocking posts: www.thenerve.news/p/us-governm...
- 25 Propositions about the New Romanticism A blueprint for the future: the original Romanticist movement provides a blueprint for countering the overreach of technology, massive expansion in surveillance, and centralization of both political and economic power www.honest-broker.com/p/25-proposi...
- ‘Europeans have to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan on Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’ and end of western alliance – warned of president’s authoritarianism a decade ago, deep roots of American white nationalism; European govts need to wake up, fast www.thenerve.news/p/robert-kag...
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- ‘The actors felt like they were talking to her’: inside the making of The Voice of Hind Rajab Acclaimed Gaza docudrama is constructed around the real-life call for help from a girl killed in an Israeli strike – a decision that made filming an intense experience... www.thenerve.news/p/the-voice-...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gd"I was only following orders" wasn't an acceptable excuse at the Nuremberg trials & won't work now. #AccountabilityIsComing
- Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency EXCLUSIVE Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts - as US president threatens Nato allies www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-t...
- ICE is killing unarmed people while Trump braces for this summer's FIFA World Cup. The entire world is looking at Trump and there's never been a better time to call for a boycott. Tell teams, players, and sponsors: Reject fascism, boycott Trump’s World Cup action.eko.org/a/boycott-tr...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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- Reposted by silverbeet-gdThis mid-afternoon Alex Pretti vigil at the Portland VA was not heavily promoted. But the crowd probably stretches a quarter mile or more. Americans are galvanized and grieving.
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- Reposted by silverbeet-gdIlhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdI’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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- ‘The Intent of Genocide’: 2,700 Gaza Families Entirely Wiped Out by Israeli Attacks “This is the result of deliberate policy, pursued with full knowledge of its effects. This is not war. It is genocide.” www.commondreams.org/news/family-...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdIan Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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- What do children have to say about climate change? This collaborative poster series investigates Day One is the result of a community project across schools in Sheffield that sought to bring young voices together on a topic that will affect them most www.itsnicethat.com/articles/my-...
- Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti “In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack www.wired.com/story/palant...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdSCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...
- Shayne Carter: Since AudioCulture wrote about Dimmer in 2018 the band has toured with different lineups, including a six-piece "big band" in 2023. Carter himself has been breaking new creative ground too. Amanda Mills gives us a welcome update on Dimmer www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/dim...
- Playlist: Songwriter's Choice – Chris Matthews (Headless Chickens, Children's Hour, This Kind of Punishment). Here, in AudioCulture's first Songwriter's Choice of 2026, Matthews selects some of his own favourite New Zealand songs, and it's a great list www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/son...
- Reposted by silverbeet-gdICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
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- Reposted by silverbeet-gdThe killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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- Muzeum Saturn identity: Marta Gawin reimagines Czeladź, Poland–based Muzeum Saturn’s industrial heritage as a bold, unified visual identity www.commarts.com/exhibit/muze...
- Trump is doubling down on his US plan to take over Greenland. We need countries to send a powerful signal that Trump’s aggression and bullying won’t be tolerated. Sign the petition. Tell governments, football teams and sponsors to boycott the World Cup action.eko.org/a/boycott-th...
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- ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn — theonion.com/ice-agents-w...
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