Cees Van Beek

In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist's duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.

NATO countries with the highest soldier losses per capita in Afghanistan (2001–2021): 1️⃣ Denmark 🇩🇰 2️⃣ United Kingdom 🇬🇧 3️⃣ Estonia 🇪🇪 4️⃣ Canada 🇨🇦 5️⃣ United States 🇺🇸

BREAKING: In a stunning moment, French President Emmanuel Macron just delivered the most powerful rebuke of Donald Trump we've seen yet. This is incredible.

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security ... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition ... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

🧵/ Times Charlie Kirk directly called for, supported, organized, and/or financed political violence, a thread with receipts: Here's Charlie Kirk calling for the killing of Joe Biden mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/c…

bro het is niet erg als je de aandachtsspanne niet hebt voor een inhoudelijk verhaal langer dan drie soundbites maar maak dat niet ons probleem

Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. 14 dead, five of them children. Over 50 people injured. The numbers continue to increase. 📹: parents by the body of their son. Russia killed him.

📣 Some news about me: Yesterday (Wednesday) I was detained by police in Istanbul, held for 17 hours and then deported from Turkey to the UK. Told I was “a threat to public order”. In the country I lived in - and love. Journalism is not a crime. Here’s the BBC’s statement:

BBC's Mark Lowen deported from Turkey after covering protests bbc.in/3RncTUR

Even een draadje over de Lentekriebels, want het conservatieve smaldeel van Nederland is alweer druk bezig met bashen en demoniseren. En dat is gevaarlijk, want kennis en weerbaarheid zijn essentieel #Lentekriebels

It’s even worse than I thought, they texted a deceitful and highly discredited journalist with top secret war plans.

“Canada isn’t a real country” “Ukraine isn’t a real country” Remember, these false narratives are being pushed by the very same people that told us over and over again that the sovereignty of nations was more important than anything else in the world.

Denmark may well have a claim to being one of the strongest allies the USA ever had.

Witkoff, the main negotiator of the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, decided to have a chat with pro-Russia shill Tucker Carlson. This is embarrassing on so many levels - let's break them down: - Witkoff can't even remember the names of the Ukrainian oblasts (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Crimea) that Putin wants. - He then uses the Russian name (Lugansk) for one of them. - He cites a sham vote organized by the FSB as "evidence" that people in these regions want to join Russia. - Witkoff also fails to mention that Russia doesn't even have full de facto control of these regions. It's deeply concerning that someone who is supposed to be a neutral negotiator between two warring countries is siding with the aggressor and spreading their propaganda.

More than five years ago, I wrote about the US conservatives who admire Russia dictatorship. Now they run America theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Zwitserland voelt zich ernstig bedreigd: ‘Bijna geheel omringd door de NAVO’ speld.nl/2023/04/08/zwi…

Slowly migrating to the other place amidst the increasing lunacy of this platform. Find me on ceesvanbeek.bsky.social.

French senator perfectly describes the Trump situation.

Dear @ZelenskyyUa, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.

The EU wasn’t formed to screw anyone. Quite the opposite. It was formed to maintain peace, to build respect among our nations, to create free and fair trade, and to strengthen our transatlantic friendship. As simple as that. 🇪🇺🇺🇸