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The arms trade is global, which is why global movements need to challenge it. ‘We exist in the heart of empire [in Britain],’ said Jeanine. ‘We’re strategically located within the imperial core to jam the gears of empire so we have a really important role to play in disrupting capital or disrupting the flow of capital.’

 protest aimed at exposing insurers’ complicity in border militarization, fossil fuels and military equipment. In some cities offices were ‘crashed’ and a central London building was scaled by climbers unfurling banners calling for a boycott of targeted insurance companies.

‘Insurance really is a common denominator,’ explained Jeanine of the Palestinian Youth Movement. ‘Every business, every work place needs to be insured by someone. These insurers are insuring complicit companies and enabling them to continue destroying the climate and reinforcing the UK border regime, and also the genocide of our people in Palestine.’

How journalists can hold algorithms accountable in India – and beyond  https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/how-journalists-can-hold-algorithms-accountable-india-and-beyond   In Haryana, a family-ID system meant to streamline benefits erroneously marked living people as “dead”, cutting them off overnight. In Telangana, a data-matching stack wrongly denied subsidised rations to thousands.  

Imran Pratapgarhi का वायरल भाषण सुनिए राज्यसभा में शायरी सुनाकर सरकार को खूब घेरा   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xu0fuEML5s  Transcript & Translation    
 हम करें बात दलीलों से तो रद्द होती है।
उनके होठों की खामोशी भी सनद होती है।
When we speak with arguments, they are dismissed.
Even the silence of their lips becomes a testament.

कुछ ना कहने से भी छीन जाता है एजाजे सुखन
जुल्म सहने से भी जालिम की मदद होती है। 
Even by saying nothing, the honor of speech is snatched away;
even by enduring injustice, the oppressor is aided.

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