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Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Brazil’s Insurrection Is a Threat to Global Democracy’

Yesterday’s insurrection against Lula’s elected government in Brazil wasn’t a fluke – it was part of an international far-right attack on the idea of democracy.

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"Many book series do not make it clear what order the series is in by book title. If you are reading Larry Niven’s Ringworld series, it’s not clear from book titles what order the series is in. So you finish Ringworld and then you are ready to start the next book, but is it The Ringworld Engineers or The Ringworld Throne or Ringworld’s Children? Here’s how to make that obvious on your ebook reader": A little Calibre trick: Set series order in metadata : Dissociated Press dissociatedpress.net/2023/01/0

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This is Roe v Wade. Well worth reading.

Michael  
“A Fundamental Violation of Basic Human Rights” - Dissent Magazine https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-fundamental-violation-of-basic-human-r...

This is a huge victory. And much more efficient. In many cases a piece of equipment can be fixed right in the field now instead of loading it onto a truck to take to the dealer. During harvest this is very important.

It’s morning in Iran, their families and many others have been protesting in front of the prison all night. Nobody knows what’s going inside the prison.




mstdn.ca/@Maryam/1096573085902

At this very hour, millions of Iranians across the world are worried for the precious lives of & , two young men who may be executed by the Islamic Republic any moment. This barbaric, medieval regime must be overthrown, for the sake of Iranians and the world.


universeodon.com/@Nariman/1096

این حجم از شجاعت رو تا الان جایی ندیده بودم 🥲

I haven't seen this much courage so far
P.S : A kurdish girl standing in front of the killer. She really defines the courage.


mstdn.social/@roham/1096213462

Can we save two lives by boosting their names? Maybe not, but maybe we can try.
The two Mohammads might not see tomorrow’s sunrise.



Mohammad Broughani a young Iranian man in the photo looks carefree with his hands behind his head and looking up to the sky

Mohammad Ghobadlu (Ghobadloo) is a young Iranian man with black suit, smiling at the camera. mstdn.ca/@Maryam/1096563565965

authorities condemn 3 more men to death

Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi sentenced on charges of "war against God", accused of involvement in deaths of 3 security personnel

Regime has imposed 17 death sentences during & executed 4 men mastodon.social/@ScottLucas/10

Sources in say that the high court of judiciary has approved the death penalty for 2 more people of the group accused of participation in the stabbing of a member in late September 2021.

They were transferred to prison in and being held in solitary confinement.

and facing execution by hanging in coming days.


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Mohammad Ghobadlou and Mohammad Boroghani facing execution by hanging in coming days. social.tchncs.de/@faab64/10965

and weren’t executed so far, but people are still out in front of Rejai Shahr Prison. Here one woman says: “our children are in prison, not mine… but when I see the walls of this prison, it just hurts too much… there’s a lump in my throat I can’t even talk.”

persia.social/@kambiz/10965933

In Iran, 22 year old Mohammad Ghobadlou and 19 year old Mohammad Broghan are facing the death penalty for protesting against the Islamic Republic.

All legal avenues have been exhausted. Their death is imminent. The only thing keeping them alive are the voices of the hundreds of protestors outside the prison, the thousands of protestors across Iran, and the millions of protestors around the world.

Say Their Names.

mastodonapp.uk/@ProjectFearles

There is an unofficial news that both prisoners are returned from the solitary confinement to the prison.
Many Iranians have spent the night in front of the prison.
Thank you everyone who boosted their names.

This morning, three other protesters have been sentenced to death in Isfahan.
This is absurd! mstdn.ca/@Maryam/1096593675415

"Narges Mohammadi, a civil activist imprisoned in Iran, was announced as one of the three winners of the "Olaf Palme" award in 2023.

Mrs. Mohammadi is one of the main figures of the struggle for women's rights and freedom of expression in Iran.

Narges Mohammadi, the spokesperson of the Human Rights Defenders Center, has been arrested and sentenced to prison many times. She was arrested for the last time on April 23, 2022."


radiofarda.com/amp/narges-moha mastodonapp.uk/@ProjectFearles

Mohammad Ghobadloo is 22

Arrested protesting for human rights in , today he has been taken into solitary confinement & is at risk of execution

We demand be immediately released & Iranian regime stop all executions

🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/CarolineLucas

respublicae.eu/@CarolineLucas/

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