“The Islamic Republic is a structure built upon terror and repression…

The Islamic Republic is a structure built upon terror and repression. From the suppression of Kurdistan and Turkmen Sahra in 1979, the imposition of the mandatory hijab, the mass killings of the 1980s, and the 1988 massacre, to the ‘chain murders,’ the crushing of student movements, the uprisings of January 2018 and November 2019, the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement, and the bloody crackdowns of this past January—the regime has sustained its existence through torture and execution.”

“Domination is not found only in the streets, in the workplace, or within the state…

The phrase ‘You are my daughter’ should never be interpreted to mean ‘Your life belongs to me’…

No father, family, or society owns a human being’s life.”

“Meta (Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp) internal docs admit that they cooked the algorithm against Lula during the first round” - Craig Johnson

#Lula #META
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2026/10/em-mensagens-internas-meta-admite-que-contas-de-lula-foram-prejudicadas-por-restricoes-engenheiros-falam-em-falhas-tecnicas.shtml

source: https://bsky.app/profile/cajohnson-craig.bsky.social/post/3mxyyolfiws2c

#Brazil abolishes six-day workweek in win for #Lula Signature policy of leftwing president approved by Congress ahead of run-off vote

https://www.ft.com/content/7f14509d-5807-4fff-b4a2-74f5429aaec2?syn-25a6b1a6=1

“A sundown town is a community that prohibited Black people from staying within its borders after dark, or from owning property. This was done through laws, signs, threats, harassment, or violence.”

“students had reported threats attributed to supporters of Flávio Bolsonaro, including messages that talked about ‘blowing up the department’.”

“in France, a major component of their riot control force is the Gendarmerie mobile, part of the Armed Forces; in the French case, then, it’s perhaps more accurate to call them policified soldiers…

what all French cops have in common is a predilection towards violence that exceeds their peers in neighbouring countries.”

#France #police #violence
https://freedompress.org.uk/2026/10/15/postcard-from-montpellier/

"The Leipzig left-wing Lina E. has just been released from preventive detention. Now the Saxon judiciary is following up and is trying to take her into custody again."

#freeallantifas #FreeLina
https://taz.de/Saechsische-Justiz-gegen-Antifaschistin/!6221972/

nazis will undoubtedly return home shortly with their tails between the legs

“Varisheh Moradi a prominent kurdish activist was convicted of ‘membership in a rebellious group’ by Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court headed by Judge Abolqasem Salavati - the same judge who presided over her first case.”

#Iran #activists #kurdistan
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iran/1079744

“‘It was a ratline’, said historian Jared McBride, referring to the escape routes used by the Nazis and their collaborators to flee Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War.”

#Nazis #CIA #Canada
https://www.readthemaple.com/declassified-report-shows-how-cia-resettled-nazis-in-canada/

as you know, the US Treasury has suspended sanctions on the Russian diesel trade. 300,000 tons of diesel is far too small to halt a global fuel crisis (as orange man says). “the total volume of the promised Russian shipments would amount to less than two weeks' worth of U.S. exports”.