
Church of Jack
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@JoyInWinter @beyond_capital Israeli occupation is cruel and inhumane🤷
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For those who were asking how they can support the African nurses whose homes were burned down in Belfast two weeks ago, there is a link here! Please share!
Marina Purkiss@MarinaPurkiss
Have not been able to get this poor Ugandan nurse out of my head... I've tracked down where we can donate to help her rebuild her life and show her we care You can donate here: gofund.me/f7b1c0075 Please help her if you can.
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Cuba will never bend its knee 🇨🇺
Osvaldo Martínez 𝕏 🇵🇸@OsvaldoMtnez90
¡Basta YA! CUBA no se va a RENDIR.
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On today’s #CountryDuty Civic Accountability brief we explore the 30th of June 2026 event.
Two Truths, Not One
The first truth:
Undocumented migration, where it is real, is a legitimate matter of state concern. No country forfeits the right to know who crosses its borders, and South Africans who raise concerns about porous borders, strained public services, and informal-sector competition are not by definition bigots.
Their frustration has been earned over years of a state that could not secure its borders, could not enforce its own labour laws, and could not explain to its own people why so many of them remain locked out of work.
The second truth:
The manner in which that frustration is now being expressed has tipped, in places, into something far more dangerous than policy advocacy.
Foreign nationals, many of them lawfully present, some of them refugees fleeing exactly the instability their countries inflicted on them are reporting that
they are living in fear.
There have been incidents of assault, of intimidation, of looted shops. Families have spent nights sleeping on the floors of shelters because they no longer felt safe in their own homes.
Whatever one's view of immigration policy, that is not a side effect anyone should be comfortable with. It is the thing itself, and it deserves to be named as wrong without qualification.
A society that can only hold one of these truths at a time is a society being managed by its loudest voices rather than its wisest ones.
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An Unprecedented Political U-Turn 👀
Sassou Nguesso holds a rare distinction in modern geopolitical history: he is a Marxist strongman who successfully transitioned into a pro-Western capitalist ally when pragmatism demanded it.
In 1969, he helped found the Congolese Labor Party (PCT) as a strict Marxist-Leninist entity aligned with the Soviet Union. However, as the Berlin Wall collapsed in the early 1990s, he swiftly steered the party away from Marxist ideology and opened up the country to "Western oil investments".
Africa First@AfricaFirsts
At 41 years in power, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo 🇨🇬 is Africa's fifth longest serving president of all time.
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I think she should sue him for assault because why the fuck is he grabbing her like that? You’re that bothered over a Palestinian flag?
The Resonance@Partisan_12
The President of Seattle University prevented a student from raising the Palestinian flag during the university’s graduation ceremony.
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He Fled South Africa on the "Most Wanted" List.
Long before capturing the hearts of millions as the gentle, wise "Bra Kop" on Rhythm City, Taunyane was an anti-apartheid activist. The South African security branch placed him on a high-profile "Most Wanted" list, forcing him into a harrowing exile. Because he could not legally obtain a South African passport, his escape route out of the country and across international borders had to be entirely covert.
History ZAR@HistorySAZAR
South African actor Setlhabi Taunyane (best known for his portrayal of Kop Khuse in the etv soapie Rhythm City) in Canada, c 1970s/80s. Credit: Don Dutton/Toronto Star
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No evidence of an unprecedented influx. No proof migrants cause unemployment. No data showing overwhelmed services. So why frame migration as a national emergency? Because it’s easier than fixing governance.
Readmore:
#KAAX
#NoToXenophobia
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-0…
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