DrALJONES
DrALJONES@mastodon.social
<p>Writer, psychologist & educator here to learn & share info on politics, psych, education, history &, especially, structural power. Antifascist, anti-oligarchy, atheist. Evidence-based, informed opinion with sources preferred.<br />Image:Rothko #61<br />I think constantly of Gaza & I'm sorry I can't extend my current level of financial support.<br />I'm deeply ashamed of our evil governments for enabling Israel's genocide. The people are with Gaza & may the people prevail. Solidarity. Free Palestine. 🇵🇸 💙</p>
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Report: "Netanyahu refused a deal to get hostages out of Gaza very early in the war" "Qatar's PM says Israel rejected a Hamas proposal to release all civilian hostages soon after the October 7 attacks": "Our message was very clear. [Hamas] are asking for a window of ceasefire to get the civilians out.. Basically [the Israelis] were not interested to engage in the idea.” Interview with Qatari PM: https://israelpalestinenews.org/flydubai-genocide-settler-violence-t...
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Interview: AI is not the threat. It's the people building it "that are the existential risks to humanity." "If a bridge collapses, we don’t ever ask, “Was the bridge uncontrollable? Was the bridge unethical?” And really, AI is no different than that." When we describe these systems as if they have their own agency, we’re helping the companies market themselves. "We’re also helping them sidestep accountability." ~Timnit Gebru https://www.democracynow.org/2026...
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Surprise Report: Kushner has a large financial stake in Israeli defence firms "Kushner’s investment firm, Affinity Partners, has the largest stake in an Israeli company invested in more than half a dozen defence companies" suppling "armaments for the genocide in Gaza & wars on Lebanon, Syria & Iran. As Kushner doesn't have an official US govt position, he's not required to disclose his finances. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jared-kushner-has-sprawling-fin...
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On whose orders? Burnham: "There are strong indications that Iran played a part... at RAF Fairford." Analysis: UK & US msm hyping the arrest of 5 near RAF Fairford "Although the men were initially arrested on explosives charges, no “viable” explosives were found." "Although they were arrested on terrorism charges, which allow for 14 days of detention, they were released on bail under normal criminal laws in less than two days." https://www.jonathan-cook.net/...
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Surprise Report: "Meta briefly disabled ads on the Facebook page of Brazil’s leftwing president on Friday – just days before he faces a far-right challenger in national elections." But it allows paid posts calling for the military to ‘take back power.' Pres Lula da Silva's campaign has filed an appeal & is awaiting explanation. https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/28/facebook-blocks-lulas-campaign-ads-just-days-before-brazil-election/ #BrazilElection #EUPol #USPol #Fascist...
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Surprise Report: "Labour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army links". The motion, put forward by the Labour-affiliated Socialist Health Association & three constituency parties, urged the government to cancel the £330m ($437m) contract to process NHS data with Palantir. Palantir technology supports "drone-fired missiles to target civilians in Gaza." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/labour-conference-blocks-motion-cancel-palantir-con...
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Surprise Report: "Labour conference blocks motion to cancel Palantir contract over Israeli army links". The motion, put forward by the Labour-affiliated Socialist Health Association & three constituency parties, urged the government to cancel the £330m ($437m) contract to process NHS data with Palantir. Palantir technology supports "drone-fired missiles to target civilians in Gaza." https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/labour-conference-blocks-motion-cancel-palantir-con...
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Interview with Norm Finkelstein: Harvard's antisemitism inquiry said that "Israeli Jewish students don't feel wanted at Harvard.... Harvard has to be inclusive. In order to correct for antisemitism... we have to embrace everyone. Well, I'm all for being inclusive... I'm all for a big tent, but you know what, my tent does not include child killers. Israel has become a nation of child killers." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmv2h1WYnNo #USPol #EUPol #gaza #gazaGenoc...
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Report: Merseyside police arrest pensioners at Burnham’s First Labour Conference One 94-yo Jewish protestor: “Whatever Miliband said about the illegal occupation of the West Bank, he did not call it a genocide & he did not ban all arms to Israel." "I am here because I want Andy Burnham to lift the ban – not later, right now – to call it a genocide & stop arming Israel.” https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/27/hundreds-defy-palestine-action-ban-at-burnhams-first-labour-conferenc...
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This is how to do it. Confront them in public places. Keep doing it. Never let them feel immune from it. Wherever they go, never let them rest. UK public confront Miliband in a pizza place over the Labour government's fascistic treatment of Palestine Action: Video https://aje.news/pkq3ch?update=4993817 #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #democracy #news #miliband .
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Interview: "Israel must be sanctioned like apartheid South Africa" Palestinians have concluded "that Israel wants to eliminate them" - by military violence, economic strangulation, & constant encroachment on Palestinians’ homes." "If Western nations imposed strict sanctions on Israel, eventually, the system of settler colonialism will fall down”. ~Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti https://aje.news/r7py14?update=4993609 #USPol #EUPol #BDS #IsraeliCri...
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Report: Mauritius on Saturday refused landing clearance for a scheduled flight from Israel. Reportedly, the clearance refusal was "based on political & diplomatic considerations" & was linked to the absence of the Mauritius delegation during Netanyahu's address at the UN General Assembly. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260927-mauritius-denies-landing-permit-to-flight-from-israel-forcing-cancellation-tour-operator/ #BDS #USPol #EUPol #Mauritius #Gaza #palestine #gaz...
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Report: Dozens of US scholars have signed an open letter calling on UK PM Burnham: “to end the indefensible & counter-productive ban on Palestine Action... a nonviolent direct action group whose goal is to save lives & prevent genocide.” “We are all obliged to do whatever we can to prevent genocide." Lift the ban, drop the politically motivated charges, & "stop treating nonviolent protesters as terrorists." https://aje.news/r7py14?update=4991637 #UKPol #USPol #EU...
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Analysis: Why Al-Aqsa Flood Happened: Jewish historian Ilan Pappé Revisits October 2023 "This was a breakout from the ghetto by a people who had suffered 1000s of deaths, 10s of 1000s of injuries among children & women, & 100s of 1000s of people losing their homes in the 2014 Israeli assault & remaining displaced in 2023." They had been subjected to starvation as a matter of policy during the 17yr blockade & to frequent bombardment https://www.palestinechronicle.com/...
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Why do 9 out of 10 Israeli Jews support the genocide? Why this extraordinary cruelty? All humans have the evolved capacity for cruelty, but it's social conditioning that makes the difference. Israeli Jews are mind-blowingly brainwashed from birth to believe Arabs are subhuman & just want to kill Jews: "It starts in kindergarten. It's everywhere. 75 years of racist indoctrination & mass militarisation." Miko Peled https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-r...
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Why do 9 out of 10 Israeli Jews support the genocide? Why this extraordinary cruelty? All humans have the evolved capacity for cruelty, but it's social conditioning that makes the difference. Israeli Jews are mind-blowingly brainwashed from birth to believe Arabs are subhuman & just want to kill Jews: "It starts in kindergarten. It's everywhere. 75 years of racist indoctrination & mass militarisation." Miko Peled https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-chris-hedges-r...
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Interview: Two hours of inside information about how Israel has manipulated, threatened, gaslighted, & paid successive US administrations to put Israel first. All US admins capitulated to some degree - Defence Sec Rumsfeld said "Hell, I don't even run my own building; Mossad does" - but gullible Trump, alone, was terrorised into attacking Iran. Surprise: Blumenthal is under threat from the Israel-Trump administration. https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-max-blumenthal-0921...
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The US is occupied: AIPAC CEO Boasted of Controlling Trump’s National Security Officials CEO Elliot Brandt bragged about AIPAC manipulation of top US national-security figures on behalf of Israel. Brandt specifically names Marco Rubio, fmr intelligence chief John Ratcliffe, & Mike Waltz (previously caught spying). "Critics say the leak is further proof that the US is not just compromised — it’s occupied." https://israelpalestinenews.org/caught-on-tape-aipac-ceo-boasted-of-con...
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Report: "They see them, then kill them: Israeli quadcopters track, deliberately target civilians in Gaza" "Israel employs military technology capable of identifying specific individuals, tracking their movements, & striking them with precision... ..."despite the clear civilian status of those targeted & their non-participation in hostilities or posing of any imminent threat to Israeli forces or others." https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/7105/They-see-them,...
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Caught on Tape: AIPAC CEO Boasted of Controlling Trump’s National Security Officials CEO Elliot Brandt bragged about AIPAC manipulation of top US national-security figures on behalf of Israel. Brandt specifically names Marco Rubio, fmr intelligence chief John Ratcliffe & Mike Waltz (previously caught spying). "Critics say the leak is further proof that the US is not just compromised — it’s occupied." https://israelpalestinenews.org/caught-on-tape-aipac-ceo-boasted-of-controlli...
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Report: "How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke, Win in Berlin". “The success of a democratic socialist in NY, the heartland of capitalism, is a huge achievement," said Die Linke. The party adopted Mamdani's "massive ground game", "lashings of social media flare" & "keep it simple & keep it real" motto. Die Linke's campaign was laser focused on Berlin’s housing crisis: "The rent is too damn high." https:...
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Report: Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Back Billionaire Tax in California Economist Joseph Stiglitz said that "a one-time 5% tax on billionaire residents of California could kickstart wealth distribution in the US & across the world." During the 2000 federal election cycle, billionaire political donations made up only 1% of the total - compared to 19% by 2024. https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/21/nobel-prize-winning-economists-back-first-billionaire-tax-in-us/ #USPol #EUPol #CAE...
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Report: Francesca Albanese responds to Israeli model Sarai Givaty: When Givaty was asked about Israel's killing of Palestinian children, she said: “I am sad. But... if we don’t act, this child will grow up to become a terrorist." Albanese responded: "This was also the argument made by Nazi officials during the Nuremberg trials to justify why they killed children during the Holocaust.” https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260921-un-rapporteur-likens-killing-of-gaza-children-to-naz...
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Report: "Laws that bind other nations do not apply to Israel. The Jewish people’s divine calling exempts them from constraints imposed on others. We are not like everyone else." "The Jewish people are born a high people, because they have a duty to create here a land of miracles & virtue.” ~Hanoch Milwidsky He urged allegiance to religious authority & dismissal of the views of international leaders. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260917-we-are-not-like-everyone-el...
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Re Macklemore "We must keep prising the fingers of the billionaire class off our throats until it is only the discredited & morally bankrupt who refuse to speak loudly in opposition to genocide." During 3 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza, "the corporate world has maintained its grip over the West’s cultural spaces in part to conceal its own complicity in those crimes." https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-09-17/ed-sheeran-pimped-billionaires-genocide/ #USPol...
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Report: "How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke, Win in Berlin". “The success of a democratic socialist in NY, the heartland of capitalism, is a huge achievement," said Die Linke. The party adopted Mamdani's "massive ground game", "lashings of social media flare" & "keep it simple & keep it real" motto. Die Linke's campaign was laser focused on Berlin’s housing crisis: "The rent is too damn high." https:...
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Re Macklemore "We must keep prising the fingers of the billionaire class off our throats until it is only the discredited & morally bankrupt who refuse to speak loudly in opposition to genocide." During 3 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza, "the corporate world has maintained its grip over the West’s cultural spaces in part to conceal its own complicity in those crimes." https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-09-17/ed-sheeran-pimped-billionaires-genocide/ #USPol...
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Report: Supporters of Palestine Action will hold placards outside the Labour party conference on Sep 27. Mass arrests are expected by the organisers, Defend Our Juries (DOJ). Since the proscription of Palestine Action in July 2025, police have arrested more than 3,600 people. Activists want Burnham to drop "Starmer’s policy of denying the genocide in Gaza & treating domestic dissent as terrorism." https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/18/hundreds-set-to-defy-palestine-action-ban-at-l...
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"AI Doomsaying Is an Aggressive Sales Pitch" "When AI insiders warn that their products could wipe out humanity, they mean that their own work is maximally important & demands unprecedented investment." "This extinction fantasy distracts from the real damage AI is already doing." "Unlike an organism, a large language model (LLM) doesn’t have internal goals any more than a thermostat or a motion detector does." https://jacobin.com/2026/09/openai-ant...
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Re Macklemore "We must keep prising the fingers of the billionaire class off our throats until it is only the discredited & morally bankrupt who refuse to speak loudly in opposition to genocide." During 3 years of Israel's genocide in Gaza, "the corporate world has maintained its grip over the West’s cultural spaces in part to conceal its own complicity in those crimes." https://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2026-09-17/ed-sheeran-pimped-billionaires-genocide/ #USPol...