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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧

Peter_Link@expressional.social

<p>Geezer militant, retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, long-time <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>socialist</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS</span></a> advocate, eternal student and advocate of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Esperanto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Esperanto</span></a>, supporter of: <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/CubanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CubanRevolution</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="t

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    RE: https://mastox.eu/@BernieSanders/117352234924538235 #MedicareForAllNow #TaxTheRich #BernieSanders #News #Politics #Trump #DemocraticParty #Democrats

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    A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/ice-surge-immigration-arrests.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElE.GGoA.ACZgrA8hpAv4&amp;smid=url-share Sept. 25, 2026 from #NYT Unlike earlier high-profile raids that drew thousands of protesters into the streets of Chicago, Los Angeles and Minneapolis, the surge in arrests in June, July and...

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    Video - Cuba Fires Back at Trump at the UN https://peertube.world/w/fYziqfJq9DBgmbBYTMJHgP Duration - 4:14 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] At the #UN General Assembly today, Cuba’s Foreign Minister #BrunoRodríguezParrilla challenged Trump’s claim that Cuba is a “failed state.” “If that were the case, why did they have to impose a fuel blockade?” he asked. The #US diplomat present walked out during his speech. #NoWarOnCuba #USHandsOffCuba #O...

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    RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/117332234453732101 #FreePalestine #StopGazaGenocide #Palestine #news #politics #Israel

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    Doctors Against Genocide: #Palestine - The Freedom Campaign https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/community-support h/t - @adachika192@hcommons.social #DoctorsAgainstGenocide #politics #news @palestine

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    Video - US Lawmakers Visited a Cuban Hospital. Here’s What They Saw https://peertube.world/w/tEHfqxFwVMbrvV2wEVB7j7 Duration - 3:30 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Four Democratic lawmakers traveled to Cuba in July to see the human impact of the #US economic war on Cuba firsthand. During the trip, Reps. Maxine Dexter (D-OR), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) and Delia Ramirez (D-IL) visited Havana’s Hermanos Ameijeiras #Hospita...

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    Video - Maxine Waters Confronts Bessent On Cuba: “Why Are You Being So Cruel?” https://peertube.world/w/rtQMnSFwQprLLGfCiWmTnM Duration - 1:11 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Rep. #MaxineWaters (D-CA) confronted Treasury Secretary #ScottBessent last week over his role in the #Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” Cuba strategy. “You cut off all the #oil to Cuba,&quot; she said. “You’re starving the families, you’re starving the children.”...

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    𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐌 𝐊𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐔𝐑 [#Poem posted on FB by Pete Seidman, a #socialist activist since the late 60&#39;s.] “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦,” 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴. “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 … 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴.” The moral sense in my old bones Compels no need in me to atone I feel furious anger not any shame For the genocide that’s being waged in my name. And I’ll not...

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    Video - Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister: U.S. Policy is Collective Punishment https://peertube.world/w/ee8a3ziBMLvgkV2XWQ4Jqz Duration - 2:04 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] In an interview with PBS, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister #CarlosFernándezDeCossío reiterated there has been “no progress” in talks between the #Trump administration and the Cuban government due to...

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    Israel Blocking Hundreds of Wheelchairs for Injured Children From Entering Gaza More than 11,000 children have severe life-changing injuries, including thousands who have had limbs amputated as a result of #Israel’s assault on Gaza. https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-blocking-wheelchairs September 21, 2026 According to the report, JHCO submitted an application in February 2025 for the wheelchairs to be included in an aid convoy headed to #Gaza, where more than 11,000 kids have been left...

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    End The Blockade of Cuba - panel discussion at Left Coast Forum in #LosAngeles, #California, #USA Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Join us at the 4th annual Left Coast forum to discuss the meaning of the new political and economic transformations in #Cuba and the tasks of the #solidarity movement during these pivotal political times. Panelists include local #labor leaders active in solidarity, who recently traveled to Cuba in a delegation and other prominent activists. Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Tick...

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    End The Blockade of Cuba - panel discussion at Left Coast Forum in #LosAngeles, #California, #USA Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Join us at the 4th annual Left Coast forum to discuss the meaning of the new political and economic transformations in #Cuba and the tasks of the #solidarity movement during these pivotal political times. Panelists include local #labor leaders active in solidarity, who recently traveled to Cuba in a delegation and other prominent activists. Saturday, October 3 @ 9am Tick...

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    #Trump’s Economic Vise Leaves Cubans Desperate for Food and Medicine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/world/americas/trump-sanctions-cuba-shipping-containers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVE.2zr_.SG3X16-Pb4-m&amp;smid=url-share Sept. 17, 2026 from #NewYorkTimes #NYT [shareable 30-day gift article] [will get a prompt to sign up for limited-access free account] Thousands of containers filled with food, #medicine and other goods bound for #Cuba have been stranded throughout the #Caribbean s...

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    Many of the “Michigan Jewish Dems” Backing Mike Rogers Are Actually Already Republican Supporters, Analysis Finds A close look at the signatories reveals many have been involved in past GOP efforts—including “Jews For Mitt” in 2012. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/michigan-jewish-democrats-mike-rogers Sep 17, 2026 Over 400 alleged #Michigan #Jewish #Democratic and independent voters signed a pledge in late August to vote for #Republican #US Senate candidate Mike Rogers, igniting a controversy...

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    The Ulm 5 Trial Dramatizes Germany’s Complicity with #Israel’s Genocide in #Gaza Five activists who vandalized an Elbit Systems factory aim to put Germany and the #Israeli weapons company on trial. https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/ulm5-elbit-israel-gaza-germany Hebh Jamal Sep 16, 2026 No one was injured in the action, which allegedly caused €1.04 million in damages, and the protesters remained at the scene to be arrested. Even so, German prosecutors have clearly decided to treat the #Ulm5 with u...

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    Protests for #Gaza, #Palestine, and #Lebanon in #Detroit and #Dearborn #Michigan, #USA September 19-20 #IsraelCriminalState #FreePalestine #Israel #news #politics #US #USpol #AltTxt4me @palestine

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    All supporting acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in protest of Macklemore removal Four supporting acts, including musician Finneas, stood in solidarity with the US rapper, as Sheeran said the rapper&#39;s removal was not his decision https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/all-supporting-acts-quit-ed-sheeran-tour-protest-macklemores-removal [Yessss!!!] Sept. 15, 2026 The artist #Finneas and three other supporting acts quit #EdSheeran&#39;s tour on Tuesday, after the #US rapper #Macklemore was removed for...

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    Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA - The Guardian Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors #YuvalAbraham and #RachelSzor of ‘treason against the state’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/14/gaza-documentary-makers-naza-israel-citizenship-ntwnfb September 13, 2026 In the film, the #Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor spoke to 24 different Israeli military or intelligence whistleblowers who outlined the AI-powere...

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    Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About &quot;Antisemitism&quot; [on #Macklemore saying &quot;#FreePalestine&quot;] https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/oh-my-god-shut-the-fuck-up-about Caitlin Johnstone Sep 08, 2026 [she does well ripping hasbara, but she dismisses real #antisemitism as a nothingburger. Wrong.] “I said, Free #Palestine. “I want those words to be loud and clear, so the people from #Gaza, all the way to the occupied #WestBank, know that we have not forgotten them. “And this next song wa...

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    Oh My God Shut The Fuck Up About &quot;Antisemitism&quot; [on Macklemore saying &quot;Free Palestine&quot;] https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/oh-my-god-shut-the-fuck-up-about Caitlin Johnstone Sep 08, 2026 [she does well ripping hasbara, but she dismisses real antisemitism as a nothingburger.] “I said, Free Palestine. “I want those words to be loud and clear, so the people from Gaza, all the way to the occupied West Bank, know that we have not forgotten them. “And this next song was inspired...

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    Arab-Jewish Party A Place for Us All Drops Out of Knesset Race The party&#39;s leaders announced they decided to withdraw from the #election &#39;out of a sense of responsibility and to avoid wasting opposition votes,&#39; after their attempts to join the newly revived Joint List failed from #Haaretz Sept. 8, 2026 &quot;From this moment, we will devote all our energy and time to a campaign to encourage voting in the #Knesset election, with the aim of bringing down the far-right government,&...

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    AIPAC is toxic to… Republicans? - JVP https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2026/08/27/genocide-defenders-trying-to-hide-their-aipac-connections/ August 27, 2026 from #TheWire [online publication of #JewishVoiceForPeace #JVP in #USA] #Genocide defenders trying to hide their #AIPAC connections. Also: Demand Western media recognize Israel’s war on the press. What we’re reading: “Overturning Anti-BDS Laws is the Next Fight for the Pro-Palestine Left.” #SanctionIsrael #StopStarvingGaza #Fre...

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    Film showing - American Doctor Opens Friday, September 4 Runs through Sunday, September 6 Michigan Theatre - #AnnArbor, #Michigan, #USA #Film | #Documentary | NR | 1h 33m | 2026 When three American #doctors, #Palestinian, #Jewish and #Zoroastrian, enter #Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between #medicine and #politics, risking everything to expose the truth. https://marquee-arts.org/event-page/?showingId=1033541&amp;eventId=1024886 #FreePalestine #Israel #Palestine #cinema #US...

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    “Atrocities without any fear of consequences.” https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2026/08/12/israels-targeting-of-journalists-in-gaza-and-beyond/ from #TheWire [online publication of #JVP #JewishVoiceForPeace in #USA] August 12, 2026 Intentionally targeting journalists is a war crime, and doing so on this scale is unprecedented. But over the last three years, as the world stood by, #Israel has turned its war on the press into a hallmark of its genocidal strategy, expressly targeting and murde...

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    Israel’s roadblocks are choking emergency care in the #WestBank https://www.972mag.com/wp-content/themes/rgb/newsletter.php?page_id=8&amp;section_id=194051&amp;utm_source=972+Magazine+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=298c6b697f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_9_12_2022_11_20_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_f1fe821d25-298c6b697f-1401528606 With proliferating closures, checkpoints, and settler attacks, Palestinian medics say routine ambulance journeys have become life-or-death ordeals. from +972’s Sunda...

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    #Rubio Promises Cuba a Better Future — in a Box https://belly-of-the-beast.kit.com/posts/rubio-promises-cuba-a-better-future-in-a-box August 13, 2026 [weekly newsletter about #Cuba from the #BellyOfTheBeast #news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos] The #Trump administration is touting a $100 million aid package for Cuba, most of which is being distributed by #CatholicChurch charities. But the aid is a drop in the bucket compared to t...

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    As the Board of Peace Cosplays Diplomacy, Israel Once Again Ramps Up Killing in Gaza After #Hamas agreed to a roadmap for implementing the next phases of the Gaza “ceasefire,” #Israel escalated its assault on #Gaza and the Board of Peace backtracked https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-board-of-peace-israel-disarmament-escalated-attacks #IsraelTerroristState #FreePalestine #StopGazaGenocide #SanctionIsrael news #politics #Palestine

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    Video - The Ship Bringing Aid to Power Cuba’s Hospital https://peertube.world/w/f7yyMHzPmBWqjbv1U9bhXe Duration - 3:27 [a #video on #Peertube about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast] Open Arms @openarmsong set sail across the Atlantic carrying seven tons of #SolarPanels, batteries and #medical supplies bound for a children’s #hospital thousands of miles away. This hospital, which treats children with cancer, neurological conditions and severe burns, is facing its biggest c...

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    RE: https://mastox.eu/@AssalRad/117017456329660131 #IsraelCriminalState #AllEyesOnWestBank #FreePalestine #Israel #Palestine #news #politics

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    RE: https://mas.to/@aljazeera_gotgrip/117017542842584275 #FreePalestine #StopGazaGenocide #Israel #Hamas #Palestine #Gaza #news #politics