"A world without the possibility of undetected dissent is a world where state power faces no friction. Even in democracies, this is dangerous. The capacity to act outside official channels, to organise without surveillance, to maintain private spaces—these are not merely conveniences. They are preconditions for the meaningful exercise of freedom."

- by Antoin O Lachtnain from @Tupp_ed's The Gist:

https://www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-crime-and-justice-in-the-age-of-total-surveillance/?ref=mastodon

#TheGist #Surveillance #Crime #Criminalisation #Freedom #Dissent

#france #israel #palestine : #foreignpolicy / #dissent / #repression / #deportation

„The justification provided for the deportation proceedings (…) portrays Shaath in a troubling light & claims he is driven by "a visceral hatred of Israel." "This document is a disgrace. I am the target of a full-blown witch hunt. Since I have never been convicted in court, they are trying to smear me with rumors and false or absurd accusations," he told Le Monde in an interview.“

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/05/20/former-arafat-adviser-faces-deportation-from-france_6753655_7.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=ios&lmd_source=default

The Royal Commission on antisemitism is rapidly becoming a mechanism to police dissent, shield Israel from criticism, and redefine the limits of political speech in Australia.

https://www.newpolitics.com.au/p/palestine-protest-and-free-speech?publication_id=328816&post_id=198351005&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=5l5a31&triedRedirect=true&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

EDDY JOKOVICH AND NEW POLITICS

#RoyalCommission #royalcommissiononantisemitismandsocialcohesion #antisemitism #FreeSpeech #israel #terroriststate #zionism #illegaloccupation @genocide #crimesagainsthumanity #Palestine #auspol #politicalexpression #criticism #propalestine #war #dissent

> What to Eugene Debs Was the Fourth of July? https://dissentmagazine.org/article/eugene-debs-fourth-of-july/

FTA: "The stage will be gorgeous with scenery for the play of liberty, but liberty will be absent—only its ghost will appear, only its 'canonized bones' will be present."

I am thinking a #July4th #library display of what is the date to dissidents like Debs and Douglass and others would be interesting (at least until my superiors censor it).

##4thOfJuly #ThisIsAmerica #dissent #democracy #AmericanEmpire

NOW PLAYING == Sunday Reggae - Lovers Rock with DJ Kaylore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MEES-RqRu0

#arts #art #music #loversrock #reggae #consciousreggae #DJKaylore #rootsandculture #classicreggae #gratefuldreadsets #kyndmix #dissent #GetUpStandUp #resist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

“When ideas are crushed and dissenters are criminalised or even pathologised, the harm doesn’t stay abstract. It shows up as hunger, as homelessness, as lives cut short.

Violence isn’t always soaked in blood. Poverty, homelessness, famine; these are forms of violence. They’re structural. Someone has made sure the poor stay poor while they fatten themselves up.

A nation of sheep has a government of wolves. Those who fight for the sheep are dangerous to the wolves. Perhaps… the wolves need a reminder that, at the end of the day, they all bleed the same colour—and the river of blood enriches the soil for the sheep to graze.”

Written during the height of nationwide protests in my country that I had to self-censor and avoid naming it

https://wrzky.com/the-violence-of-stupidity/

#politics #poverty #dissent #IndonesiaGelap #womensrights #muslimvoices #writer #press #activism #antiintellectualism

#AhmedNajar's analysis on
the pressing need for a clear distinction and definition of what constitutes #Hatered and #AntiSemitism,
and
a #LegitimateCriticism of the #MoralHorrors we are all witnessing...

"Political leaders, police authorities and media institutions carry a particular responsibility" !!

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/16/britain-is-losing-the-ability-to-tell-anti-semitism-from-dissent

#Conflation #Dissent
#RepressionOfDissent
#WhoAreTheyServingAndProtecting
#NotInOurName #RightToProtest
#PolicingByConsent
#BridgesNotWalls

NOW PLAYING == Rhiannon Giddens and Resistance Revival Chorus - All You #Fascists Bound To Lose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp9PQiJnXCI

#arts #art #music #protestmusic #left #liberal #gratefuldreadsets #kyndmix #dissent #GetUpStandUp #resist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia

NOW PLAYING == Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chcyTeyEM04

#arts #art #music #protestmusic #left #liberal #gratefuldreadsets #kyndmix #dissent #GetUpStandUp #resist #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia