This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, for too long it has been too easy to scapegoat the EU. Anything good: "We did that; look at us!", anything bad "The EU is to blame."

We need to assume responsibility.

The EU is the sum of what the members put in, plus the added reach from cooperation; nothing more, nothing less. This allows US to solve more problems and get more done.

#DailyReminder #WeAreEU

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109907426869427993

This is your daily reminder that you have millions of friends and allies in the EU.

Also, the road to rejoin is long and it may not happen in our lifetimes, but the road to improved UK-EU relations is shorter; much shorter.

As soon as the Tories lose their grip on the UK - and they are more than slipping now - it is obvious that a closer cooperation is available.

Not enough, no, not by far, but much much better.

#DailyReminder #RejoinEU

https://mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/109896503372959787

"Many Iranian women have now read The Handmaid’s Tale for a second time or have watched the TV series adapted from the novel. Some women have even taken to the streets dressed like the “handmaids” as portrayed in the TV series to show that there is little difference between the dystopian, imaginary republic depicted in the novel and the Islamic Republic of Iran."

#WomanLifeFreedom
#MahsaAmini
#IranRevolution

https://iranwire.com/en/society/114012-interview-iranian-women-and-atwoods-republic-of-gilead/

"For a long time, I was subjected to intense interrogation and torture, for 12 hours a day, and now I have been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment, 124 hours of washing graves, 85 lashes and two years of exile."

Mina Yaghoubi, Iranian protestor, was told if she expressed regret over her role in the protests, her prison sentence would be reduced. In response she said that she would never back down from the ideals of the Women, Life, Freedom movement.

#WomanLifeFreedom

https://iranwire.com/en/news/113792-woman-protester-sentenced-to-11-years-in-prison/

“Unless civil society redraws the rules for these online spaces, steps in to defend them, and holds communication platforms accountable, we are looking at a future where anyone can be the target of such disinformation campaigns."

Nir Grinberg,
Ben-Gurion University,
Israel.

#StoryKillers
#FakeNews

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/disinfo-black-ops-exposing-the-companies-and-states-spreading-false-information

Tesla has received a lot of taxpayer dollars. They should have to open these chargers to the public. Right now, they enjoy a dominance of virtually private chargers at the taxpayer’s expense.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3858661-biden-to-require-ev-chargers-to-be-universal-for-federal-funds-expects-tesla-to-open-some-chargers/

Between their spyware, election tampering, disinformation campaigns, state sanctioned killing of journalists, apartheid, & their new ultra right wing nationalist party, there are power centers in Isreal that are antidemocratic & dangerous to world peace.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1

"As long as Putin is relatively strong and capable of maintaining the balance between various groups of influence, Prigozhin is not dangerous. But the slightest change could prompt Prigozhin to challenge the authorities: perhaps not Putin himself, at first. War makes monsters of men, and their recklessness and desperation can become a challenge to the state if it shows even the slightest sign of weakness."

Tatiana Stanovaya

#EvgenyPrigozhin
#PutinsWar

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/02/15/is-wagner-founder-yevgeny-prigozhin-a-threat-or-asset-to-putin-a80235

Twenty independent Iranian trade unions, feminist groups and student organizations have issued a joint charter listing their "minimum demands,” including respecting freedom of expression, introducing gender and religious equality and abolishing capital punishment.

The signatories said that the Iranian people have taken to the streets across Iran to protest “misogyny, gender discrimination, labor slavery, poverty, and national, ethnic, and religious oppression.”

https://iranwire.com/en/news/113824-iranian-trade-unions-civic-groups-issue-charter-set-out-demands-for-freedom-equality/