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#NowReading - Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany
by Marthe Cohn

Marthe Cohn was awarded France's highest military honor, the Mdaille Militaire, age 80. At its heart, this remarkable #memoir is the tale of an ordinary human being who, under extraordinary circumstances, became the hero her country needed her to be.

Thanks to @MNSpy for bringing her story to my attention via
mastodon.online/@MNSpy/1143309

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"Students and others have been protesting in #Serbia to great effect for almost half a year now, and I thought it would be good to have a proper report. My colleague Slobodan G. Markovich, professor of political science of the University of Belgrade, has been sending regular reports over email. I asked him to write a summary, which provides not just valuable contemporary #history by an eyewitness and analyst, but also useful practical lessons in #resistance."

Resistance

I keep seeing exhortations and excoriations from justifiably very angry folks, asking what other folks are Doing About It. Reasonable enough.

It's taken me a while to gut-level realize that until my father-law-finishes dying, which he wants to do before seeing another winter, all I can do *right now* to improve the world outside my little bubble is be kind to people here that I see struggling.

Modestly decreasing misery. That's it. That's what I'm doing.

A friend from New Orleans tells me I live in Mayberry, Andy Griffith’s fictional hayseed town. Except Andy wasn’t a fascist.
But Saturday I wore my Protect Trans Folks t-shirt when my wife and I went to have coffee with my brother.
When wearing it, I almost always get supportive comments.
medium.com/prismnpen/they-like

Prism & Pen · They Like My ‘Protect Trans Folks’ Shirt in North CarolinaBy Richard Johnson

Ann #Telnaes winning the #Pulitzer prize gives me some hope that not all of the #media have surrendered to #Trump.

For months, I was surprised how the famous US fourth estate was collapsing to the wannabe king. I saw that as a sign of how close the USA is to Hitler around 1937/1938.

But this gives me hope that the collapse is not total yet. That there is #resistance and that there might still be #elections in 2026 that are accessible for all

huffpost.com/entry/cartoonist-
#FourthEstate #Journalism

“Israel admits several casualties as Hamas executes complex ambushes in Gaza”

by Palestine Will Be Free on Substack

@palestine
@israel

“Resistance groups report deadly attacks on Israeli troops, as Tel Aviv confirms multiple fatalities and injuries amid ongoing ground operations in Gaza”

open.substack.com/pub/palestin

Palestine Will Be Free · Israel admits several casualties as Hamas executes complex ambushes in GazaBy Palestine Will Be Free
#Press#Gaza#Palestine

PFLP Holds the Occupation Fully Responsible for the Life of Comrade Secretary-General Ahmad Sa’adat

We hold the occupation fully responsible for the life of Comrade Secretary-General Ahmad Sa’adat — the targeting of leaders of the prisoners’ movement is a dangerous escalation.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) holds the zionist occupation, its fascist war criminal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and its fascist and racist Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir fully and directly responsible for the life of the Front’s Secretary-General, Comrade Ahmad Sa’adat, who is facing extremely dangerous health and humanitarian conditions in isolation cells at “Megiddo” Prison, especially following a brutal attack and abuse during his recent transfer.

What the Secretary-General is being subjected to is a deliberate zionist crime, part of a systematic and dangerous escalation targeting the leaders of the prisoners’ movement, aiming to physically and psychologically eliminate them through medical neglect, torture, abuse, isolation, and systematic starvation.

The Front warns of the continuation of this targeting, which has also affected Political Bureau member and head of the Prison Branch, Comrade Ahed Abu Ghalama, who was recently transferred to Gilboa Prison under harsh conditions, along with several prominent prisoners from Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front. These include leaders such as Hassan Salameh, Abdullah Al-Barghouthi, Ibrahim Hamed, and others who are being subjected to an unprecedented campaign of abuse and torture.

The Front reaffirms its commitment — along with the resistance forces — to spare no effort and to offer all necessary sacrifices to liberate all prisoners, foremost among them Secretary-General Ahmad Sa’adat and his fellow leaders, and to end their ongoing suffering in the occupation’s prisons.

The Front calls on the masses of our Palestinian people, all active forces in the homeland and diaspora, all freedom-loving people around the world, and international human rights and humanitarian organizations to take urgent and effective action, and to participate in the broadest solidarity campaign with the prisoners. The goal is to pressure the occupation to stop these serious crimes, save the lives of the prisoners, and expose these practices to global public opinion.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Central Media Department
May 5, 2025

abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=

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Essay by #NaomiKlein and #AstraTaylor

The rise of end times fascism

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

Sun 13 Apr 2025

Original article:
t.co/VYiDZgCuHQ

Archived version:
archive.ph/4HOOG

#LoveMotherEarth #CapitalismKills
#CorporateColonialism #Capitalism #ChristoFascism #FarRight #Fascism #WorldPol #USPol #EndTimesFascism
#Zionists #Fascists #BelieveInTheFuture
#Resistance #LoveYourMotherEarth

The Guardian · The rise of end times fascismBy Naomi Klein