My politics in a 🌰 : dignity and human rights for all. Respect for nature and all her creatures.

“All we were doing was bringing the music we like to a mass audience…We hope we’ll be home soon. It’s what we’re dreaming of most,” Stoptime vocalist Diana Loginova tells me. She & the other members of the band are still in jail after their St Petersburg street concerts.

If you had asked me years ago whether, when Russia surrounded and invaded Ukraine and began bombing and massacring and raping, Ukraine would end up being blamed by some for defending herself—I would never have believed you. I could not have imagined people being so awful.

Sanctions against Lukashenka’s regime are crucial to cut off the resources that fuel repression & threaten Europe’s security. But the best sanction is to strengthen the Belarusian people, to support civil society, free media & the democratic forces. That’s how freedom prevails.

Georgia's ruling party is trying to ban the 3 main opposition forces. It's no longer "democratic backsliding" - it's the open construction of a one-party dictatorship. Georgian Dream is on course to erase political competition, strip their citizens of rights that are

What the Kremlin insists are "military and quasi-military" targets now regularly include Ukraine's civilian rail stations, passenger trains, gas and electricity supplies, and homes and businesses. https://t.co/0qm61tw2om

Ukraine: “I Hold on to My Faith in Justice” Ukrainians hope that the Hague-based international Register of Damage will eventually secure Russian reparations for victims of the war. https://t.co/ceHb9FuiLH

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🤬 Russia is making life unbearable for people in the Donetsk region by destroying even the cities that are dozens of km or miles from the front line. 1 killed, 3 wounded in a massive drone attack on private homes in Kramatorsk on Oct. 31. 📷 DSNS/Telegram

Russia struck Ukraine's railway infrastructure on the night of October 31, damaging an Ukrzaliznytsia depot, including the train set for the Sumy-Kyiv route. Despite this, passengers waiting around 7 a.m. for their train to the capital departed on time, thanks to a replacement

"I understand that the bitter reality is this: you will not fight alongside us. "And we will fight —  even without you." An anarchist feminist who grew up in Russia but lives in Ukraine addresses Zarah Sultana https://t.co/IIf60O6SR3

This is just one story. It’s hard to imagine how many more we’ll never hear about. Simply because some people stay silent, or worse, are silenced forever.

Vehicles and aid delivered to soldiers and trade unionists in Ukraine by a (Welsh) Ukraine Solidarity delegation this week And now another delegation is about to leave London with vehicles and aid! Please support financially: https://t.co/2SsB05FS6t

There's obviously debate about Ukraine's UN vote on the US embargo on Cuba. Staggering amount of self-righteousness + inconsistency going round. Cuba has repeatedly failed to support UA's right to self-determination, and has allowed 100s of citizens to go and fight for Russia 🧵

🇨🇳❗️China sent more than 3 million engines for UAVs to Russia in 2024, — WSJ. This is stated in reports for the US State Department and European governments. The supplier is Shenzhen Kiosk Electronic, the recipient is Moscow-based Rustakt LLC, which makes FPV drones.

I agree.

⚡️An elderly couple walked 16 kilometers under Russian shelling to escape from Torske to Lyman in Donetsk region. Their home was destroyed by a Russian strike, and after three days without food, they set out on foot until police rescued them.

Comrades currently in Ukraine on a solidarity delegation visiting Ukrainian union federation @CFTUU We have another delegation going next week! Please donate to help fund the aid it is taking: https://t.co/2SsB05FS6t #StandWithUkraine

Worth reposting this classic from March 2022, because not a god damned thing has changed.

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These women are absolute heroes. I’m in awe of them. https://t.co/oSmt8b9qnh