The U.S. government really has a problem with people opposing fascism. Mussolini hated those types, too.

the Guardian

US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

The performers who just admitted they did it for the merry bushels of cash handled this better.

the Guardian

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part...

Trying a bit of cross-reposting... Original post:

Bluesky Social

Rami Ismail (رامي) (@ramiismail.com)

Every single European leader that hasn't taken steps to suspend or limit arms trade with Israel and divested from Israeli dual purpose interests de...

I'm checking out OpenVibe which cross-posts on ActivityPub, ATProto, and Nostr protocol platforms to see how text, links, pics, etc. render where they land but may as well share some real bangers while doing so. By Nate Bear:

The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg

The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along wit...

"For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence the condition of our citizenship. But encountering solidarity abroad, I realized my body forgot what it feels like to speak freely." — Thawra Abukhdeir https://www.972mag.com/between-a-revolution-and-a-whisper/

A guide for the America you got, not the one you want

A guide for the America you got, not the one you want

If you’re in the U.S., potentially an activist on issues the regime is tetchy about, or just someone it thinks might be, a new resource by Ac...

The Taliban has virtually cut off everyone in the country from both the internet and mobile networks in the last couple of days. These moves generally come before something a regime desperately doesn’t want the world to see.

the Guardian

Afghanistan hit by communications blackout after Taliban shuts internet

Telecoms disrupted nationwide after authorities cut fibre optic connections in several provinces to prevent ‘vice’

Relaunching a Nostr presence to play with all the decentralised and federated things via micro.blog Watch this space.