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A "Mechanism Of Oppression": Danish University Shutters Room For Quiet Comtemplation Amid Islamophobic Panic

A small, windowless room in the provincial city of Odense has somehow become a national threat to Denmark. Last week, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) announced it would permanently close its so-called "contemplation room", a quiet space where students might pray, meditate, or simply sit alone with their thoughts.

To the casual observer, this might appear to be an administrative footnote. But in Denmark, a country increasingly captivated by islamophobic hysteria, even the muffled rustle of a prayer mat can apparently echo like a war drum through the corridors of power. The room had already been under temporary closure since February. Now, it is gone for good, officially on the grounds that a university should concern itself with "research and education," not "individual contemplation or reflection."

Last night Russia launched a large scale attack on Ukraine, with a specific focus on airbases and airports in Kyiv oblast.

Initial numbers are reported to be:

• 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
• 4 Iskander-K, ground launched Kalibr cruise missiles.
• 2 Kinzhal air launched ballistic missiles
• 50-100 Shahed/Geran one way attack drones on Kyiv oblast.

Update with Ukrainian numbers:

• 539 one way attack drones of various types and decoys across the whole country (over 330 of them were Shahed/Geran)
• 1 Kinzhal air launched ballistic missile
• 6 Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles.
• 4 Iskander-K ground launched Kalibr cruise missiles

Main targets were Vasylkiv Airbase and Zhuliany International Airport. Why this large scale attack on airbases and airports? I'd guess that the capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force are being revived, as they receive more F-16AM fighter jets. As more of the 80+ F-16s arrive, more of Ukraine's MiG-29s and Su-27s can be freed up from defensive duties to offensive ones, and the F-16s can carry out offensive missions themselves. There has been more and more footage of the Ukrainian Air Force carrying out strike missions, and Ukrainian strike packages are getting more sophisticated, with more aircraft available to provide cover for the aircraft carrying out strikes. There have also been some costly Russian losses in radars for the S-400 air defence system, with the Pantsir point defence system again failing to shoot down one way attack drones approaching the S-400 radars, and some more SBU attacks on Russian airfields with FPV drones, Russian milblogger FighterBomber confirmed the damage to multiple Su-34s. The capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force are becoming more of an issue for Russia, a Russian Su-35 was even shot down a few weeks ago. Ukraine has also now launched multiple Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG stealth cruise missile attacks over the past few days, the first in months, which have hit targets in Russia itself. The Ukrainian Air Force also shot down double the amount of aerial targets in June vs May, over 600 vs 300, mostly one way attack drones and cruise missiles. The focus here is not in the numbers (likely inaccurate), but the ratio of June vs May.

With this in mind, it's quite obvious why Russia is now attacking forward air bases and airports in Kyiv. The capabilities of the Ukrainian Air Force are becoming more of a concern, strike now before it becomes a more serious issue.

I'm not sure that this video counts as news, as it's more a single person's speculation. But I think it's worth watching. Somebody's thoughts on links between the big US spending bill, RFK's wearables comments, Neuralink, and Alligator Alcatraz.

Israelis make up 40% of new Portuguese citizens

In five years, 74,000 Israelis obtained Portuguese passports, ahead of Brazilians immigrants and immigrants from other lusophone countries who are a much more visible part of portuguese society. Also only 25% of naturalizations are from immigrants who have lived in the country for six years

This is because of a law passed a few years ago, at the time thought to be symbolic, where supposed descendents of Sephardic jews expelled from the iberian peninsula in the late XV century could apply to receive portuguese nationality.

What it really turned into was a scheme where the israeli community in Oporto, who is solely responsible for vetting supposed descendents of sephardis, and travel agencies in Telaviv sold passports to whoever they wanted, this is how the russian billionaire Roman Abramovich some fucking how became a portuguese citizen.

In a country where the government has bought into far-right anti-immigration discourse and is right now trying to pass laws to make it harder for immigrants who have ACTUALLY been working and living in the country for several years to obtain nationality, it's obvious that this exception made for israelis is completely unfair to say the least.

Everyone from the center-left to the far-right is in favor of it, I think only the communist party has opposed it and of course you get called an anti-semite for doing so.

This will be us in a few years

10,000 Danes Thrown Into Poverty And Forced Labour By Welfare "Reform"

On Tuesday, a new welfare reform quietly took effect in Denmark. Or perhaps not so much a reform as a deliberate act of class warfare, another chapter in the Nordic hermit kingdom's relentless experiment in punishing poverty rather than alleviating it. The reform, crafted by the nation’s Social Democrat-led right-wing regime, peddles the same old tired reactionary medicine: make the poor poorer, and then, to add insult to injury, force them to work for free.

Approximately 10,000 additional individuals receiving welfare benefits have now been unceremoniously relegated to the lowest possible tier of support: a princely sum of DKK 6,789 per month before tax (roughly RMB 7,680), an unlivable income in one of Europe's most expensive countries. By comparison, Denmark’s official poverty line for a single person hovers around DKK 7,400 kroner (RMB 8,370) after tax. It is estimated that 90% of those plunged into this financial abyss are non-Western immigrants, underlining the racist intentions behind the be punitive policies.

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is launching a new zine, “What to do when you, too, become a ‘terrorist'” — inspired by our own experience being banned in Germany and being labeled a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT)” by the United States and a “terrorist entity” by Canada, and by the ongoing attempts of the British state to proscribe Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organization.

Of course, it is also influenced by the years of state repression targeting a wide array of liberation struggles and movements, from the Black Liberation Movement to Indigenous warriors to Puerto Rican independentistas, not to mention the designation of Palestinian, Lebanese, Yemeni, Iranian, Filipino and other resistance organizations as “terrorists” by the imperialist powers.

the libs in my life are currently saying "this sucks... i can't wait for midterms...."

bestie what do you MEAN what is that going to DO