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Rebel Presses

Display shows courageous groups creating newspapers, pamphlets, booklets in WWII. Showing important contributions made countering #oppression

Flyers handwritten by individuals. Sophisticated newspaper networks with large circulations

They countered #Nazi #propaganda, encouraged resistance, boosted morale

Estimated at least 60 clandestine newspapers regularly printed Europe, producing 1/2mil copies/mo

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/rebel-presses

#FreePress #FreeSpeech #media #QuestionAuthority

Intimidation: how Trump is attacking #democracy

It is up to #citizens, especially state govt, to #resist

In 9 months since #Trump’s return, overall goals of his agenda are clear:

- Weaken the #UnitedStates abroad to create environment friendly to #dictators
- Using US govt & #military to establish #dictatorship at home

Will it work?

Success of Trump plan depends on how we see it; whether we choose not to see it

https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/experts/2025/09/23/7220762/

#DictatorTrump #QuestionAuthority #fascists

“Trump is a defecating fly on a camel’s back,” #Palestinian artist Samia #Halaby on being banned, exiled – and now celebrated

At 88, she has won a #Munch award for #artistic #freedom – despite her pioneering work being #cancelled by the #US #university she studied at.

She talks #protest, #polarisation and #propaganda

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/16/palestinian-artist-samia-halaby-on-being-cancelled-by-her-own-us-alma-mater-munch-award-artistic-freedom-7-october-attacks

#art #FarRight #FreeSpeech #trump #fascism #dictatorship #dictators #DictatorTrump #QuestionAuthority #US #ComradeKrasnov

Nicola Sturgeon says #BorisJohnson 'least emotionally intelligent #politician’

“I think #politics sucks it out of people. I also think people with very low #emotional #intelligence are probably disproportionately attracted to the status.

“I guess it kind of sits with #narcissism. I’ve come across them all my life in politics, people who exude this kind of #superiority complex.”

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25378508.nicola-sturgeon-opens-self-doubt-superpower-ahead-memoir/

#QuestionAuthority #UK #Scotland #ToxicTories

"The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies."

–Noam Chomsky

#Chomsky emphasizes that those who have knowledge and influence must use their intellect to challenge falsehoods and reveal the truth. Intellectuals, whether scholars, journalists, or thinkers, have a duty to question power structures and educate the public. Silence in the face of deception allows misinformation to spread unchecked.

#NoamChomsky #SpeakTheTruth #ExposeLies #IntellectualResponsibility #CriticalThinking #TruthMatters #KnowledgeIsPower #QuestionAuthority #FreedomOfSpeech #Ethics #SocialJustice #Awareness

One of the lesser-known findings of the infamous Milgram Experiment was that if ONE person protested, it broke the logjam of apathy, and others were able to resist too.

You aren't alone. Question authority: you're only saying what everyone else is thinking.

#uspol #Resist #QuestionAuthority #ItOnlyTakesOnePerson