Gideon Levy speaks out on the ceasefire in Lebanon while Yusuf Cat Stevens speaks out on the starvation of women and children. Canadian health workers speak out against the complicity of the Canadian government while people in Gaza create their own ambulances. In Canberra, climate disruption in Parliament House as protestors call out the government on coal deals. Overnight, the regime in Pakistan unleashed force against unarmed protestors in Islamabad. Earlier this month resigned State Department official spoke about arms transfers to Israel and we look back at Julian Assange speaking to US 60 minutes about press activism.
Gideon Levy: What happened in Lebanon will not happen soon in Gaza
@democracynow
“Israel didn’t achieve anything in this war. It will not achieve anything in the war in Gaza.”
Gideon Levy responds to the ceasefire deal that ended 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/6RiU32SxkN
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) November 27, 2024
If you have to use the starvation of women and children to achieve your goals…
@YusufCatStevens
If you have to use the starvation of women and children to achieve your goals then you’ve already lost in ways that you cannot imagine#Peace #Palestine #Gaza #ICC #Women #Children pic.twitter.com/E5cVeS3cdd
— Yusuf / Cat Stevens (@YusufCatStevens) November 26, 2024
Canadian health workers returning from Gaza call out the Canadian government for complicity
Canadian health workers returning from Gaza call out the Canadian government for its ‘complicity’ in the genocide in Gaza.
“Israel has killed over 18,000 children. Every university destroyed. Most hospitals destroyed… We unanimously agree: Israel is committing genocide. ” pic.twitter.com/L0Iect3wLQ
— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) November 26, 2024
No ambulances in Gaza
@mhdksafa
This photo needs to be the front page of every news paper in the world.
Ambulances in Gaza… pic.twitter.com/CaktLW2BmQ
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) November 26, 2024
Disruption at Parliament House for climate action
@RisingTideAus
BREAKING! The community is disrupting Parliament because @AlboMP is not listening to climate science by approving new coal and gas mines. We need urgent action to protect Australian’s from the dangers of climate change and that means #nonewcoal pic.twitter.com/5hCGLnPjth
— RisingTideAustralia (@RisingTideAus) November 27, 2024
Overnight, Pakistan’s regime unleashed brute force against unarmed Imran Khan supporters
@ashoswai
Legendary reporter Kamal Hyder exposes Pakistani regime’s blatant lies – Imran Khan supporters were not armed, the regime unleashed brute force against them! pic.twitter.com/PQ9Bg7LpIy
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) November 27, 2024
Earlier this month resigned State Department official spoke about arms transfers to Israel
@democracynow
Josh Paul was a veteran official in the State Department who resigned over the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israeli forces bombing Gaza without debate, saying the weapons aid for this conflict was “unlike any arms transfer decision I have ever been a part of.” pic.twitter.com/QECTUlGbl0
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) November 3, 2023
A different game: free press activist
@SomersetBean
Julian Assange in 2011—”We are free press activists. It’s not about saving the whales. It’s about giving people the info they need to support whaling or not. Why? That is the raw ingredients needed to make a just & civil society. And without that you’re just sailing in the dark.”… pic.twitter.com/J4tGwlgtEe
— Bean (@SomersetBean) November 27, 2024
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