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The human species has essentially been transformed into a giant profit-generating machine for corporations. Under capitalism, humanity exists to serve the interests of the corporation. We are all livestock; beasts of burden used to carry margin expansion forward from quarterly statement to quarterly statement. Enjoyment of life has no value other than the extent to which it can be used to increase the net worth of the shareholders. That’s why everyone’s so unhappy. We’re not living with purpose. We’re not working together to build a better world and a better future, we’re just pulling levers to turn gears to make the arrow line go up on the graph in the conference room. It’s a hollow, pointless way for people to live. It makes our whole culture vapid and soulless. Music is made to be as profitable as possible, which means giving it the broadest possible appeal using formulaic song structure calculated to cause a chemical response in the largest number of human brains. Movies are designed to draw the largest possible box office revenue at the lowest possible risk to studios and investors, often by just rehashing a movie that’s already proven successful in the past or by slapping together a story about an IP with pre-existing mass appeal. Food is made to be fast and addictive rather than nourishing. Healthy human connection has been commodified as social media intertwines with friendships and dating apps insert themselves into the development of romantic relationships. Human sexuality is being warped and twisted as internet porn normalizes violence and degradation for the maximum number of clicks. Attention and engagement have been monetized, creating an information ecosystem dominated by conflict and gossip designed to appeal to our baser instincts. Advertisement is injected into every possible corner of our waking sensory experience, with any available space where the eye might rest or the ear might listen being flooded with psychological manipulation compelling us to consume. They’ll start running commercials in our dreams the instant they have the technology to do so. You spend eight hours at the office working to generate corporate profits, then you come home and consume products to profit other corporations. You need your beer and snacks to unwind, your streaming services and social media to distract your mind from the stress of it all, your online clothing purchase to try to feel good about yourself, and your prescription drugs to get to sleep at night. People live their entire lives like this. And that’s those of us who are lucky enough to be living in the global north. In the global south you get wage slavery and exploitation with far more toil, far less relaxation time, and no cheap products made by impoverished workers on other continents with which to comfort yourself. All of humanity has been roped into this mess. And for what? To make the numbers in some bank accounts increase. To get some green arrows pointing upward on the stock exchange. To enable a few billionaires to buy islands and elections. All while destroying the biosphere we all depend on for survival. This, we are told, is the best possible system we could possibly be living under. I personally do not believe this is true. I personally believe we can have better. Those who benefit from this current arrangement are going to assure us it’s impossible and do everything they can to stop us from changing it, but we do have the means to reclaim the wealth, dignity and happiness that they have stolen from us. They built this whole machine on our backs. All we need to do is stand up.
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Always amazes me how the US can start an unprovoked war of aggression on the other side of the planet and then claim it is "launching self-defense strikes" there. These military forces are nowhere near the United States. The Iranian government says the Apache helicopter that was shot down "was not flying over international waters," but even if it was, it's absurd to claim "self-defense" against a country that has been defending itself in a war you started. These freaks really do operate from the premise that the entire planet is their property, and that any failure to respect its property rights shall therefore be viewed as an act of aggression. I mean, just look at who's making this statement. US "Central Command" is the unified combatant command responsible for military operations in the middle east. The US military has separate unified combatant commands for every part of the globe: • Central Command (CENTCOM) for the middle east. • Africa Command (AFRICOM) for Africa. • Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) for Asia, the Pacific islands, Australia and Antarctica. • European Command (EUCOM) for Europe. • Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) for South America. • Northern Command (NORTHCOM) for North America. No other country on earth does this. No other military power is segmented into areas of responsibility spanning every continent on earth. This is because normal military forces are used to defend the actual, official country they belong to, whereas the US military is used to dominate the entire planet. And in that sense it's actually entirely reasonable that the US "Department of Defense" changed its name to the Department of War. The US military is never used to defend the actual, official country of the United States of America; it is only ever used to prop up the globe-spanning imperial power structure it commands. This is not normal. It is a freakish aberration without historical precedent. The world cannot know peace until the US empire is dismantled.
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The genocide seems unstoppable, Necrocapitalism seems invincible- but they are not! All we need is UNITY. COORDINATION. PERSEVERANCE. Keep Protesting. Striking. Boycotting. Litigating. Not just once. All the times needed till the Apartheid ends and the system which fed it too.
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Everyone should watch this speech. "The irony of accepting an award for covering a genocide in the very country that enables that genocide should not be lost." AJ Faultlines documentary, Kids Under Fire, won "Outstanding War or Violence Conflict Coverage" at the 2026 News #Emmys in New York City yesterday. Josh Rushing dedicated the award to journalists killed by Israeli forces.
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They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn, because the world has gone insane, and there are chatbots in our skulls, and our eyes have been crossed out with black ink. They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn so the president can watch men fight in a cage while the Paramount Plus audience watches military recruitment ads marketed to teenagers and a podcast plutocrat interviews men with bloody hands as shame-soaked survivors sleep on the sidewalk in Washington DC, as Cuban parents light a candle and skip another meal, as Lebanese medics die in double-tap airstrikes, as billionaires cackle about stripping all human knowledge and selling it back to us as a subscription service, as we shovel fistfuls of mood stabilizers down our gullets to keep us functional enough to turn the gears of industry, as we sit in dark rooms with flashing screens and dead eyes while silverfish crawl all over us, as women hold loaded pistols to their heads on camera to pleasure men who have concrete in their chests, as The Last Good Thing on the Internet gets purchased by Google and turned into military software where it will be used to train weaponized robot dogs to rape prisoners in IDF torture camps, as forgotten godlings awaken within us to sharpen our teeth and our blades, as Nature returns wearing a necklace of wet skulls to reclaim all that was stolen from Her, as the blood on the Octagon canvas mixes with the blood of the Muslim martyrs. They are building a UFC arena on the White House lawn so the president can watch men fight in a cage from the comfort of his home on his birthday. He does not know about the strange beasts stirring with in us. He does not know about the sharpening blades.
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Benevolent Iranian Women Association 📷Bombs for Peace – Art Exhibition (5th-7th June 2026) Marrickville, NSW BIWA is honoured to invite artists and anti‑war creatives to contribute to "Bombs for Peace" exhibition in Marrickville, NSW. This collective project, organised in collaboration with anti‑war artists and activists, is dedicated to the memory of children killed in recent conflicts in Iran🇮🇷, Palestine🇵🇸, and Lebanon🇱🇧, with special remembrance for the schoolchildren of Minab. 🥀🥀🥀 This exhibition shares the stories of children whose lives were lost to war. Each artwork represents a name, a memory, and a world that was never allowed to grow. By presenting their stories with honesty and dignity, we honour their lives and remind visitors of our shared responsibility to protect every child. This exhibition stands firmly for one message: No to War. No more child killings. Their absence is a call to humanity to reject violence and to choose peace. If you are interested in participating, please send a copy of your artwork here: Email: bombsforpeaceart@gmail.com The deadline for submissions has already passed but if you have something really special and can email them ASAP, your piece might still be selected. biwair.1979@gmail.com Opening is Fri 5th June, 5pm. John Shipton will be in attendance. Please show up to stop the war on children. @antoinette_news @MaryKostakidis @caitoz @Partisangirl #NoToWar #KidsLivesMatter #StoptheWaronChildren
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One of the flotilla legends recounts how he was treated by Zionists during his detention. Absolute Monsters
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Alongside @weizman_eyal, I won't participate in the #HayFestival because of @Airbnb being their main sponsor. Profiting from illegal settlements, advertising properties built on stolen land makes Airbnb not ''just a sponsor''. We must stop normalising Apartheid with a click!
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Australian Gaza Flottila aid worker's first message to her mother after being released from an israeli concentration camp.
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At the press conference, following the welcoming of 15 participants of the @gbsumudflotilla US contingent in New York today — Gaza Lives!
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Dear PM @AlboMP, Please start prioritising the interests of Australians and not those of the terrorist state of israel. Read the following statement from an Aussie mother who's daughter was brutalised by criminal israelis: “I’m enraged, exhausted but absolutely furious that my daughter and all those other brave activists were kidnapped by Israel, held hostage, bashed and sleep-deprived all because they got on boats to take aid to starving people,” she said. “They sailed on those boats because governments around the world, including Australia, haven’t pushed back against Israel in their relentless killing and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. “She is clearly traumatised, we really need to get her home and start putting the pieces back together.” smh.com.au/world/middle-east… #IsraelIsATerroristState #FreePalestine #auspol
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A singed synagogue door caused way more alarm and retribution in Australia from the entire Australian government than the 6 Australian citizens who’ve just been beaten, tied up, tortured and assaulted by the IDF. Just what in the flying bojangles are @AlboMP and @SenatorWong doing about this? Hello?
Harrowing testimony of Australian filmmaker Juliet Lamont, kidnapped by the israelis on the @gbsumudflotilla, battered & sexually assaulted
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May it be 'a lightning rod moment'. In the past 2years the State of Israel has institutionalised the 'right to torture' Palestinians and by extension (it seems) those who defend them. BenGvir is the public face of an entire system that deserves to be investigated/prosecuted. 👇
At least 15 cases of sexual assaults, including rape. Shot with rubber bullets at close range. Tens of people’s bones broken. While the world’s eye is trained on the suffering of our participants, we cannot emphasize enough that this is a mere glimpse of the brutality israel imposes daily on Palestinian hostages. Don’t let up. Statements of condemnation are not enough. This moment must be seized by people worldwide to apply the necessary pressure to end this colonial violence. Pressure officials. Escalate boycott and divestment tactics. Organize direct action. “Please, if this can be a lightning rod moment, let it be that … join us wherever you are and rise up so that we can end this occupation, end this colonialism, end this violence.” Free Palestine NOW.
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ICC-wanted Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are not exceptions: the machinery of apartheid and its crimes runs far deeper than a few ostentatious, unapologetic perpetrators. May justice come soon.
Election campaign ad in Israel: "we turned Gaza back to the stone age," followed by a counter of how many people the candidate murdered. This ad is from 2019, bragging about the destruction of Gaza 9 years before October 7. The candidate is opposition leader Benny Gantz.
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Brilliant. Raw hypocrisy.
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“They🇮🇱 forced us to keep our heads down, our knees on the ground, on hard surfaces or in dirty water. They stuffed us into unventilated containers for hours at a time. They literally flooded our sleeping space with seawater in the middle of the night.They physically beat anyone”
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The smug @nswpolice with the moustache demanding a man in a keffiyah justify being in Rose Bay, is the same cop who back in Nov 2024 stopped a car because it had 'anti-Semitic' material on the window When queried back then what the material was, he replied 'the small watermelon'
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The abominable treatment of civilians aboard the flotilla, including that which is documented in footage shared by Itamar Ben-Gvir, is unacceptable. Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs has directed officials to summon the Israeli ambassador to demand assurances regarding the safety and security of Canadians involved. Canada has already imposed strict sanctions on Mr. Ben-Gvir, including asset freezes and a travel ban, in response to his repeated incitement of violence. The protection of civilians and respect for human dignity must be upheld everywhere, at all times.
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World leaders: the flotilla is desperately trying to draw your attention to the plight of the Palestinians. Torture, rape, broken bones, beating to death, inflicted on men women children. Their unbearable suffering is the consequence of (your?) complicity with Apartheid Israel.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is desperately trying to repair the severe damage done to Israel's international image by claiming that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is not the face of Israel, following the release of a video showing Ben-Gvir abusing detained flotilla activists. "You knowingly caused harm to our State in this disgraceful display - and not for the first time. You have undone tremendous, professional, and successful efforts made by so many people - from IDF soldiers to Foreign Ministry staff and many others. No, you are not the face of Israel."
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