As George Orwell remarked, Kipling wasn't a great poet but he had the gift of coining the catchphrase you need in troubled times. This one is certainly appropriate on Liberation Day #worldpol #trump

https://www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_danegeld.htm

Tail attempting to wag the dog. Trump imagines that the US dominates the global economy and can dictate terms. Actually, US accounts for about 9 per cent of global trade in goods (10-11 % in goods + services). World can do without US if necessary. #worldpol

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katharinabuchholz/2023/08/31/us-dollar-defends-role-as-global-currency-infographic/

Defense of Pokrovsk

#UkraineWar #ukrainian #us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #eu #europe #eupol #dkpol #uk #worldpol #worldpolitics #USNews #DonaldTrump #UnitedStates
#USNews #WeThePeople #zeitung #dkmedier #DailyNews #Finland

Following the man-baby’s Tariff announcement, I think the rest of the world should immediately:
* start a consumer boycott of anything American;
* move their exports from America to other nations (with Government assistance);
* start making new trade agreements in Euro rather than $US;
* uninvite the man-baby and his various toadies from all future international meetings; and
* stop passing all forms of intelligence to the USA.

This is the moment to cross our arms and turn our backs on the USA - show them there is a real cost to voting a man-baby into office and sit back and watch them tear themselves apart.

#auspol
#uspol
#worldpol
#CallToAction

Watching Trump fail at these negotiations with Russia would be funny were it not for the millions and millions of lives at risk. The next question is who will he blame when he realises he can't complete the task? Thankfully European leaders are smart, and have rallied behind Zelensky while finding ways to play up to Trump's ego (see: Finnish President playing golf with him the other day), but is that enough of a defence for Ukraine?

https://kyivindependent.com/trumps-ukraine-ceasefire-proposals-dont-address-root-causes-of-war-moscow-claims/

Could Trump follow these world leaders who changed rules to cling to power? Yep he will try . #AusPol #USPol #WorldPol

https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/could-trump-follow-these-world-leaders-who-changed-rules-to-cling-to-power/

Tomorrow I will be doing a video interview covering the vaccine therapy method to reduce the need for amputations. A saved leg or arm means a lot to our severely wounded soldiers and civilians.
SLAVA UKRAINI
#UkraineWar #ukrainian #n#us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #eu #europe #eupol #dkpol #uk #worldpol #worldpolitics #USNews #DonaldTrump #UnitedStates
#USNews #WeThePeople #zeitung #dkmedier #DailyNews #Finland

Which is worse?:
1. fascists that know they are
2. know they are but pretend they're not
3. that don't know they are

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When #DietrichBonhoeffer, a German Pastor, Theorized How #Stupidity Enabled the Rise of the #Nazis (1942)

in History, Politics | March 26th, 2025

"Two days after Adolf #Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, the Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer took to the airwaves. Before his radio broadcast was cut off, he warned his countrymen that their führer could well be a verführer, or misleader. Bonhoeffer’s anti-Nazism lasted until the end of his life in 1945, when he was executed by the regime for association with the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler. Even while imprisoned, he kept thinking about the origins of the political mania that had overtaken Germany. The force of central importance to Hitler’s rise was not evil, he concluded, but stupidity.

"'Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice,' Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter to his co-conspirators on the tenth anniversary of Hitler’s accession to the chancellorship. 'One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless.' When provoked, 'the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack.'

"Fighting stupidity, to Bonhoeffer’s mind, first necessitates understanding it. 'In essence not an intellectual defect but a human one,' stupidity can descend upon practically anyone: 'under certain circumstances, people are made stupid or that they allow this to happen to them.' And it happens most noticeably when a particular figure or movement seizes the attention of the public. 'Every strong upsurge of power in the public sphere, be it of a political or of a religious nature, infects a large part of humankind with stupidity,' he writes. Since such phenomena could hardly arise without blindly obedient masses, it seems that 'the power of the one needs the stupidity of the other.'

"You can see Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity explained in the illustrated Sprouts video above, and you can learn more about the man himself from the documentary Bonhoeffer. Or, better yet, read his collection, Letters and Papers from Prison. Though rooted in his time, culture, and religion, his thought remains relevant wherever humans follow the crowd. 'The fact that the stupid person is often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that he is not independent,' he writes, which held as true in the public squares of wartime Europe as it does on the social-media platforms of today. 'In conversation with him, one virtually feels that one is dealing not at all with a person, but with slogans, catchwords and the like, that have taken possession of him.' Whatever would surprise Bonhoeffer about our time, he would know exactly what we mean when we call stupid people 'tools.'"

https://www.openculture.com/2025/03/when-dietrich-bonhoeffer-a-german-pastor-theorized-how-stupidity-enabled-the-rise-of-the-nazis-1942.html
#Histodon #History #USPol #WorldPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #BalladOfTheLittleMan

Asymmetric trade warfare. Former US allies should not limit themselves to retaliatory tariffs. Time to tax US services of all kinds - financial institutions, web services, consulting firms #worldpol

So, pretty much, anyone that is critical of #BibiIsAWarCriminal and #PutinIsAWarCriminal or is supportive of #TransRightsAreHumanRights are targets. When will it end?!!!
#FuckNazis #FuckOligarchs #RESIST #Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #April5th #USPol #WorldPol #UniteAgainstTheRight

So, they are also coming for pro #Ukraine / #AntiRussia students and professors. Evidence that #Trump is SUCKING UP to #Putin! WHERE WILL IT END?! #RESIST!

#KseniyaPetrova, Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to #AntiWar stance

The Insider
27 March 2025

"A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scientist’s friends, she now faces possible deportation to Russia, where she could be subject to political persecution over her anti-war stance.

"The news of her detention was shared on Facebook by her friend and colleague Cora Anderson. Friends of the scientist also launched a GoFundMe campaign, which has already raised over $14,000 to support her legal and living expenses.
'#Kseniia is in danger,' a person familiar with the case told the Telegram channel Mozhem Obyasnit’ (lit. “We Can Explain”).

"Kseniia, a Russian bioinformatics researcher, arrived in Boston from the #RepublicOfGeorgia in the spring of 2023 to work at Harvard Medical School. She had been compelled to leave Russia due to her outspoken anti-war stance, which could have led to criminal charges back home. While her surname was not disclosed in the original posts, Mozhem Obyasnit’ was able to locate her Facebook page, suggesting her name is Kseniya (Kseniia) Petrova, a graduate of MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology). Her page includes multiple posts criticizing the Russian government and denouncing the invasion of Ukraine. Petrova's page on Linkedin listed her as an associate researcher at Harvard Medical School working in Dr. Marc Kirschner's lab in the Department of Systems Biology.

"On Feb. 16, after returning from a trip to France, she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport, where her visa was revoked. When Kseniia stated that she feared persecution if she were to return to Russia, she was transferred to immigration detention, first in Vermont, then in Louisiana. She is now being held in an ICE detention facility, in a room shared with 80 other women. The exact reason for the cancellation of her visa has not been disclosed by her friends."

Read more:
https://theins.ru/en/news/280037
#Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistDOGE #TrumpIsABully #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet #FreeUkraine #FreePalestine #FuckOligarchs #USPol #WorldPol

North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers to bolster Russia’s war on Ukraine, South Korea says
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/europe/north-korea-russia-ukraine-soldiers-intl-hnk
#us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #eu #europe #eupol #dkpol #uk #worldpol #worldpolitics #USNews #USNews #WeThePeople #zeitung #dkmedier #DailyNews
#UkraineWar #ukrainian #nato