Slow Factory

Brewing in the West Bank amidst blockade and land theft, a story in our recent issue of Everything is Political Celine Semaan by Catherine Tansey photos by Brewgooder

A few weeks ago, the son of the Murdoch dynasty James Murdoch bought a majority stake in Vox Media which is New York Magazine The Cut Vulture Curbed and so on. What does it mean when a single family, even if in a public feud, owns the majority of public media? A deep dive by سيلين سمعان 🇱🇧 Céline Semaan on Celine Semaan (member-funded independent media)

Public media should not be owned by billionaires, this jeopardizes our freedom of speech.

Shock and Awe Gwyneth Paltrow promotes genocide for money and feels nothing while doing it — meanwhile Israel continues its genocide in both Gaza and Lebanon where dozens of children are killed every single day.

Alright, round two of this update: Here’s what’s happening: Albania’s anti-corruption prosecutors (SPAK) have launch a sweeping property fraud and corruption investigation into the multi-billion dollar resort project. They have frozen the bank account of a company tied to Kushner’s Affinity Partners, revoked the licenses of private security firms, and have apparently halted the developments amid massive public outcry and mass protests across the country. (OCCRP)

This means that 1) this is a massive win 🦩for the Albanian people AND the pressure goes on 🔥 Free Sazan Island!

A moment to celebrate good news 🦩Power to the Albanian people 🇦🇱

Israel is the colonizer’s colonizer.

Marjane Satrapi has left us with a body of work that will outlive her and serve as an important record of memory and archive by an Iranian woman who documented her life in the form of graphic novels that later she directed into iconic films. Rest in peace Marjane Satrapi 🥀

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Israel is threatening to bomb Beirut the capital of Lebanon. Displacing an additional 800,000 people. Israel must be STOPPED.