Interview: "It looks like I've hit a nerve."

~Francesca Albanese

The US has sanctioned Albanese following her scathing report, which named over 60 companies, including major US technology firms Google, Amazon & Microsoft, involved in "the transformation of Israel's economy of occupation to an economy of genocide".

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/francesca-albanese-defiant-face-trump-sanctions

#USPol #FrancescaAlbanese #GazaGenocide @palestine .

What a breath of fresh air to hear directly from #FrancescaAlbanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, now banned from the US for doing her job.

To hear someone who simply speaks the truth, with courage, decisiveness and the smile of integrity in her eyes.

Makes me realise how rarely that makes it to any mass broadcast:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/10/un-expert-albanese-rejects-obscene-us-sanctions-for-criticising-israel

Look Google, We Have This New Private, Offline Alternative Now
A maps app that doesn't track you but lets you track your path on the map. A pathbreaking open source alternative.

https://news.itsfoss.com/comaps-launch/

CoMaps is a community-driven project, here is how to get involved:

• Join the effort on Codeberg (codeberg.org/comaps) no development experience required!
• Spread the word!
• Join organizational and decision-making activities
• Donate at OpenCollective

Apparently Libre Office is free and contains no AI.

#AI #Microsoft #LibreOffice

Thanks to your support, we've reprinted the Contradictionary, our Bestiary of Words in Revolt!

They're now back in stock. You can order them here:

https://store.crimethinc.com/products/contradictionary

"A glossary of capitalist cant and anarchist argot—a field operations manual for the war in every word.

"In the tradition of The Devil’s Dictionary, our Contradictionary assembles a wide range of wit and whimsy. This is no mere miscellany, but a lighthearted work of serious literature, concentrating a wealth of ideas and history into aphorisms and anecdotes."

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The fabulous grassroots organisation #BeyondGM have been documenting the UK government's quietly-introduced new laws.

The 2025 Genetic Technology Regulations exempt some (poorly-defined) GMOs from food and safety requirements AND FROM ANY LABELLING, so we can no longer choose not to eat them.

The final chance to stop this before *it comes into force this November* is a judicial review, for which #BeyondGM are crowdfunding.

I just gave £100. Full info:
https://stophiddengmos.uk/

#StopHiddenGMOs