Alona Ferber

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Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Alona Ferber explains why Benjamin Netanyahu is still in the race ahead of tomorrow’s Israeli election

Solid analysis @aloner.bsky.social with which I concur.

💯The case for democracy is not that voters are always right, or wise, or good. It's that they can correct their mistakes. That's why it's so dangerous to have billionaires controlling the media or regulating the flow of information. It shuts down the immune system of democracy.

The biggest and most important win for the environment in years. The pursuit of an end to Amazon deforestation and a fossil fuel phase out will now continue. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Today the Board of Deputies passed a resolution (118-1!) declaring the Greens a racist party. The resolution claimed that the BoD had a good record of campaigning against ‘racist parties’ . As a historian of this rather niche issue, the truth is rather different.

Incredible. Student List are candidates selected by groups of students to form an anti-corruption party. Another youth-led movement overthrowing an authoritarian government in Europe.

Incredible gender difference in voting intention in Brazil.

“Like” is doing some heavy lifting here

Evergreen message from the Financial Times to its readers www.ft.com/content/88c8...

✍🏼 Eliane Brum on today’s Brazilian election: the return of Bolsonarism could mean the death of the Amazon. Other countries must take heed

What is the state of play ahead of Israel’s election on October 27? Alona Ferber explains the top five things to know before Israelis head to the polls, from the significance of these elections, to why the predicted outcome is still so unclear.

He did not like that...

What if you don’t have all that much room for stockpiling in your small flat?

Even Michael Walzer now calls Israel’s war on Gaza a “criminal effort” and says, “I was certainly slow to see that.”

Elections take place in Israel next week. The country is more divided than ever, perpetually at war, a global pariah. And Netanyahu's main rivals don't offer much hope for change on Gaza or the West Bank. Reupping my @prospectmagazine.co.uk longread www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/israel...

"The Jews who went to Mississippi didn't take selfies and post tweets." Okay, but honestly, if tweets had been a thing in 1961, many of them probably would have done.

What does Kemi Badenoch think the level of immigration should be? Is everybody in the media & politics going to act surprised when the year to June 2026 statistic (on Nov 26th) falls below net 100k for first time this century Best estimate of net migration *now* (4th Q 2026) is zero, or negative

Election campaign poster for Likud in Israel. The Hebrew words translate to: "They want Netanyahu to LOSE. Don't let them WIN." The men pictured on the poster include Mojtaba Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran; President Erdoğan of Türkiye; and New York City Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social (?!)

It feels like something from a different age now but The Canary drove certain people insane in the 2010s. (I wrote about them lots, I don't think they liked me, but they were very open in their 'well if the right are twisting facts in an online fight-to-the-death we might as well join in' attitude.)

a 27 year old trans woman died after being refused entry to either the male or female cancer wards & made to wait for a (rare) side room www.translegalclinic.com/justice-for-...

The woman was left feeling “shocked, embarrassed and humiliated” after the mayor and male colleagues laughed at her reaction, docs seen by @theobserveruk.bsky.social state Further docs assert that the woman lost a permanent role at the authority because of her “rejection of unwanted sexual conduct”

Exclusive: Reform mayor Luke Campbell is under police investigation for allegedly cyberflashing a female member of staff Campbell, an Olympic gold boxer, is accused of having shown a a senior female officer four fully “naked and sexualised images” of himself observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The Naomi Klein one was very good (I will buy the book)

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Excellent nominative determinism here

haaaaaaaaaang on a minute. Now you mean to tell me there is *sexism* as well as racism in that very same party?