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Angelo Boccato

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Freelance journo, with bylines in the Columbia Journalism Review, the Independent, Equal Times, Open Democracy, ...Black Europeans member, member of @migrantsrights.bsky.social Advisory group, newsletter https://thablackmegaphone.substack.com.

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Brit Beats: A Tale of Two Mayors, Internationalism and the Z effect, Man City and Sudan. Italian Mambo: Al Masri's arrest A tale of two mayors, in London and NY, the Z effect and internationalism, Man City and Sudan. The torturer Al-Masri has been arrested in Tripoli.

My newsletter is out! This time: a tale of two Mayors, Zohran Mamdani and Sadiq Khan, Internationalism in NYC, Man City and Sudan, the arrest of Al-Masri.

thablackmegaphone.substack.com/p/brit-beats...

07.11.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Zohran kneeling, smiling and giving the thumbs up, next to a chalking on the sidewalk that says "Have You Voted Today" and "Make History, Vote Zohran, Nov. 4, 6am to 9pm"

Zohran kneeling, smiling and giving the thumbs up, next to a chalking on the sidewalk that says "Have You Voted Today" and "Make History, Vote Zohran, Nov. 4, 6am to 9pm"

Well have you?

If not, here's where: zohranfornyc.com/vote

04.11.2025 17:50 πŸ‘ 20000 πŸ” 3029 πŸ’¬ 403 πŸ“Œ 130
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Give Trump's peace a chance? A Nobel, really?The Blair Gaza Project, Meloni, Leonardo, the ICC and lies, One Piece The Trumpian Pax, Tony Blair and his role in Gaza, Meloni and the role of Leonardo, plus how One Piece became a symbol of global rebellion.

My newsletter is back. This time: a wrong Nobel Peace Prize, the Blair Gaza Project, Meloni, Leonardo, the ICC and lies, plus One Piece.

thablackmegaphone.substack.com/p/give-trump...

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Brit Beats: A turbulent August The newsletter is back after a long hiatus and, oh dear, that was a turbulent British August.

My newsletter is back. This time, I look once again at the UK government's role in the genocide in Gaza and at the constant domination of the British political grammar by Nigel Farage.

thablackmegaphone.substack.com/p/brit-beats...

05.09.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Britbeats:The Churchillian Syndrome and Bye Bye aid, Reform, Russia and police. Starmer lives a Churchillian phase, after cutting aid and lbefore welfare cuts. Reform loses an MP to the police. What about Russia?

My newsletter is out, looking at Starmer's Churchillian Syndrome, Bye Bye Aid, Reform and Russia and Reform and the police, featuring some amazing pictures courtesy of Carolina Rapezzi.

thablackmegaphone.substack.com/p/britbeatst...

09.03.2025 11:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s borderline criminal.

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That’s Derek Chauvin, the police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd.

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Landlord Convicted in Hate Crime Stabbing of 6-Year-Old Palestinian American Boy Joseph Czuba’s comments about Palestinians and Muslims took center stage the his trial for the murder of Wadee Alfayoumi.

Days after October 7, 2023, Czuba told his tenant Hanan Shaheen that she needed to move out, citing the war.

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Scemo chi non legge, la Lega in questo caso. La cantonata della Lega sull' "ideologia gender" raccontata dal sempre talentuoso @blicero.bsky.social su @facta.news.

25.02.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A spat in Surrey lays bare local government chaos The leader of Spelthorne Borough Council was accused of misconductβ€”and The Covert Councillor has gained exclusive access to the internal investigation...

Our @prospectmagazine.co.uk sleuth, The Covert Councillor, is back, this time with the inside scoop on a spat at a council in Surrey (yes, the home of the sinkhole) / 1

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...

25.02.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black viewers rally around Joy Reid MSNBC canceled her primetime show as part of a major overhaul of its programming.

MSNBC canceled Joy Reid's primetime show as part of a major overhaul of its programming. Black viewers are rallying behind Reid and speaking out against the cut.

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PerchΓ© Musk e i β€œbroligarchi” ce l’hanno cosΓ¬ tanto con l’Unione Europea | Facta C’entrano soprattutto il Regolamento sui servizi digitali e le normative antitrust, ma non solo

L'Unione Europea Γ¨ "l’unica istituzione sul pianeta" che ha il potere di legiferare e incidere sulle politiche delle piattaforme social.

È soprattutto per questo che Elon Musk e i broligarchi attaccano l'UE, e sono disposti ad andare fino in fondo per distruggerla.

Ne ho scritto su @facta.news πŸ‘‡

20.02.2025 14:32 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4
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β€œCongolese Are Paying the Price” for Western Demand for Minerals & Support for Rwanda’s Paul Kagame In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the advance of Rwanda-backed M23 insurgents, who have already taken two key cities in the mineral-rich eastern part of the country, is triggering panic. Reports...

"Congolese Are Paying the Price" for Western Demand for Minerals & Support for Rwanda's Paul Kagame

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Grazie per il repost, Oiza!

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Ash Sarkar: How the Left is DESTROYING ITSELF!
Ash Sarkar: How the Left is DESTROYING ITSELF! YouTube video by The News Agents

"The Left are competing over who can be the victim. It's 𝘴𝘰 corrosive to solidarity: It stops people being able to work together."

Ash Sarkar on how identity politics has fractured the Left against its opponents.

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Da dove arriva la rimonta della sinistra in Germania - Il Post Fino a pochi mesi fa il partito Die Linke era considerato spacciato: Γ¨ stato il piΓΉ votato tra gli under 24, grazie a una nuova leadership e a un posizionamento politico netto

Fino a pochi mesi fa il partito tedesco di sinistra Die Linke era considerato spacciato: alle elezioni di ieri in Germania Γ¨ stato il piΓΉ votato tra gli under 24, grazie a una nuova leadership e a un posizionamento politico netto

ilpost.link/tgaJldw1Vh

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The AfD: always rising, never really falling - Media Diversity Institute The Christian Democrats parties, the CDU, and CSU parties won 28.5% of the vote in the federal elections on Sunday 23 as Germans headed to the polls to vote for the 630 Bundestag (Germany’s federal Pa...

My new piece on the rise of the AfD and the German electoral campaign for the @mediadiversity.bsky.social, with an interview with investigative journalist and author Mohamed Amjahid.

www.media-diversity.org/the-afd-alwa...

24.02.2025 14:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳

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Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

23.02.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 90030 πŸ” 19683 πŸ’¬ 2837 πŸ“Œ 1483

Buone notizie dalla Germania. Se la Sinistra fa la Sinistra, accresce i consensi. La scoperta dell' acqua calda? Probabilmente sì, ma se consideriamo che della crisi valoriale della SPD scriveva già Foucault in Nascita della biopolitica, forse non del tutto.

24.02.2025 10:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just your ordinary Italian right-wing media, using crude and ignorant stereotypes around Germany to stigmatise the fact that the post-Nazis of ADf won't be part of the new government.

The AfD, however has influenced almost every party's policies in the German political arena.

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I see a lot of desperation about German election. #BTW25

Let me provide a perspective from Trumpland:

AfD will win at most 25%, which means that 75% do NOT vote for far right! That is still a strong democratic mandate. Use it to strengthen democracy! Don't empower the far right unnecessarily!

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

22.02.2025 22:14 πŸ‘ 79200 πŸ” 17153 πŸ’¬ 1283 πŸ“Œ 1008

Thanks for sharing @helenajaneczek.bsky.social πŸ™‚

23.02.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much, grazie mille, Helena πŸ™‚!

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BritBeats and Italian Mambo: Starmer, Meloni and the Washington Consensus Keir Starmer goes to Washington and Giorgia Meloni delivers a message to CPAC's far-right gathering. What is next for their relationships with Washington and their support for Ukraine?

My newsletter is out. BritBeats and Italian Mambo: Starmer, Meloni and the Washington Consensus.
open.substack.com/pub/thablack...

23.02.2025 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.

22.02.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 58006 πŸ” 16387 πŸ’¬ 2746 πŸ“Œ 1116
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Gnegnegne β€œla Germania va a carbone”.
Il Paese Γ¨ prossimo a raggiungere il
60% di rinnovabili e le grandi cittΓ  si liberano delle reti a gas per elettrificare gli edifici.

Intanto, l’Italia punta ad aumentare la giΓ  abbondante quota di gas con forniture LNG da USA e Africa.

22.02.2025 21:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Amen to that.

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