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Jan 30

Zakaria Zubeidi, a symbol of the Second Intifada, was released today. He survived attempts on his life and arrests by both the Palestinian Authority and Israel. In 2021, he escaped a max-security prison by digging a tunnel with a spoon. Read on to learn about his story. 🧵

Zakaria is a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and a symbol of the Palestinian armed struggle during the Second Intifada.

He grew up under military occupation, witnessed the demolition of his refugee camp, survived multiple assassination attempts, and endured imprisonment by both the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel.

During the First Intifada, Zakaria became involved in theater through his mother, Samira Zubeidi, who worked alongside activist Arna Mer-Khamis. They later decided to establish the Stone Theatre on the top floor of their home in Jenin refugee camp.

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Jan 30

On this day in 1972, British troops committed the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 14 unarmed civilians in Derry, Northern Ireland. Read on. 🧵

In the run-up to the march that ended in bloodshed, tensions had reached a tipping point thanks to British troops being deployed to Northern Ireland in 1971 to “restore law and order” following years of protest by the Nationalist population for basic civil rights.

Heavy repression of those protests had caused tensions to escalate into armed conflict. When British troops arrived, instead of restoring peace, they ended up at war with the Nationalist population.

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Jan 24

Over 70% of Yemenis rely on humanitarian aid. Trump's terrorist designation of the Ansarallah could end up blocking their vital access to life-saving supplies.

Here’s how this political move could worsen one of the world's worst humanitarian crises: 🧵

Trump has initiated the process to designate Ansarallah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, mirroring his actions in the final month of his first term.

The Biden administration later reversed this designation in 2021 amid rising concerns from major humanitarian NGOs.

Ansarallah governs 70-80% of Yemen's population, managing ministries, institutions, pensions, salaries, traffic, and more.

They perform the functions typical of a fully operational and legitimate governing authority.

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Jan 22

Today, in 1905, Russian Tsar Nicholas II’s troops perpetrated the Bloody Sunday Massacre, gunning down at least 1,000 protesters. The bloodshed sparked the 1905 Revolution, which Vladimir Lenin dubbed “the great dress rehearsal” for the 1917 October Revolution.🧵

By 1905, Russia was crumbling under Tsar Nicholas’ catastrophic and repressive rule as he was on the brink of losing his unpopular imperialist war against Japan in Manchuria. As he was coming under increasing public pressure to reform, socialist revolutionaries, including exiled Vladimir Lenin, were organizing to topple him.

With living standards becoming ever more miserable, on January 22, 1905, 150,000 industrial and textile workers protested in St. Petersburg, accompanied by their families and children.

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Jan 21

Trump’s Greenland obsession made headlines, but did you know the US once accidentally “nuked” Greenland? On this day 57 years ago, a crash nearly triggered a global environmental catastrophe.

This is the story of the 1968 Thule Nuclear Scandal. 🧵

On January 21, 1968, a US B-52 bomber with four hydrogen bombs crashed near Thule Air Base, Greenland. Though safety mechanisms prevented a nuclear chain reaction, the crash caused extensive nuclear contamination.

The crash on Arctic ice triggered “Operation Crested Ice,” an urgent, covert cleanup operation to prevent radioactive leaks into the Arctic Ocean as the ice melted. Denmark and the US jointly conspired to downplay the incident.

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Jan 17

Did you know that the CIA once orchestrated the execution of today’s DR Congo’s first Prime Minister by a firing squad? On this day in 1961, Patrice Lumumba was executed by a firing squad following assassination plots concocted by the US and Belgian governments. Read on. 🧵

After Belgian-occupied Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960, Lumumba became the country’s first prime minister. 75 years of Belgian rule in the Congo was filled with terror and genocide, leaving up to 15 million people dead and the country’s wealth plundered

The US was an early ally of tyranny in the Congo. The 1884 Berlin Congress granted Belgian King Leopold II colonial control and private ownership of the entire 2.6 million square km Congo Basin region.

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