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@Peter_Link@expressional.socialCuba Sends #Doctors, the US Sends #Sanctions
The #UnitedStates calls #Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the #GlobalSouth.
from #Jacobin
By #HelenYaffe
March 8, 2025
On February 25, #US secretary of state #MarcoRubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas #medical-assistance programs. A #USStateDepartment statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba-medical-programs-us-sanctions
#CubanMedicalInternationalism
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #press #politics #healthcare #embargo
@cubainfo
jacobin.comCuba Sends Doctors, the US Sends SanctionsThe United States calls Cuba’s medical internationalism
@TheDialecticalCommunist@social.marxist.networkHow the CIA changes the mind of countries around the world on how capitalism sucks
Trying to solve #climateChaos with #mining on the #globalSouth, is the same effort as this #cat.
Trying to solve #climateChaos with #mining on the #globalSouth, is the same effort as this #cat.
@pluralistic
A theory of change [for the #EU, and the #GlobalSouth]: Ditch #IPlaws and #copyprotection, and set #interoperability free!!
"America's robust GDP figures are a mirage, artificially buoyed up by the monopoly rents extracted by #USBigTech, who prey on Americans AND foreigners.
But foreigners don't have to tolerate this nonsense. Governments around the world signed up to protect giant American companies from small domestic competitors (from local app stores—for phones, games consoles, and IoT gadgets—to local printer cartridge remanufacturers) on the promise of tariff-free access to US markets. With #Trump imposing tariffs will-ye or nill-ye on America's trading partners large and small, there is no reason to go on delivering rents to US Big Tech."
solarpunk prompts @alxd@writing.exchangeCould we agree that #worldBicycleRelief 's #bicycle is not really #solarpunk ?
https://worldbicyclerelief.org/a-better-bike/
Sure, it's nice it's durable and given to people in need.
But it's not really repairable. Custom, copyrighted components designed to keep the company afloat, available only through controllable humanitarian channels.
I'd take well-standardized open source any day.
World Bicycle ReliefThe Bike | World Bicycle ReliefThe bike is what sets us apart. Built for distance and durability, our Buffalo Bicycle empowers people in rural communities to thrive.
So I don’t believe that (even parts of) the #Fediverse will have an “algorithm”. And I myself don’t have the bandwidth or the resources or even the will and the motivation to push for these changes.
Nonetheless, as a denizen of the #GlobalSouth, I would be happy if (by some miracle) the Fediverse gets universal discoverability AND an algorithmic feed tailored to each user. 
My 
, on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth, at
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114030586394502623
triggered discussion as to what can be done to prevent global south users/topics from getting erased on federated #SocialMedia.
This is my effort to place the problem in a larger context, and to suggest steps towards resolving the problem.
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The Union PlaceFeral Thoughts (@feralthoughts@union.place)🧵 on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth.
I have argued a few times that for all practical purposes, the global south does not exist for Mastodon, and for the rest of the Fediverse. But many people I interact with do not quite understand how this works in practice.
This series of posts is an effort to illustrate that mechanism.
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@EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
This is an important discussion.
What do you think could be done to make the #GlobalSouth more visible on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse?
As a direct consequence, the majority of #GlobalSouth users who drift into the #Fediverse get disillusioned, and return/move on to #Facebook or #Twitter or #Threads.
The #GlobalNorth users on the Fediverse never even become aware of this loss; though many of them perceive the monotony of voices/topics, and silently move out; leaving behind a tiny, malnourished social medium.
That’s it, that’s the mechanism.
Forget #GlobalNorth users, even #GlobalSouth users cannot find fellow users from their regions, or find posts about the global south, even if both exist.
This happens with most global south users, and with an overwhelming majority of the posts on global south topics.
That’s how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the global south.
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So the user X in the above example could be any account focussed on #GlobalSouth topics. Replace #Namibia with any other country or topic concerning the global south.
The dynamic described above will play out in all these cases.
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An overwhelming majority of #GlobalNorth users have no interest in #GlobalSouth topics. They neither follow users focussed on global south issues, nor boost or like posts on global south topics.
That’s their prerogative, of course; but that is also the root cause underlying the above dynamic. There is no obvious resolution to it, at least not within the narrow confines of the #Fediverse.
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A relay may complicate the above picture slightly. But if server Y in the above example is an isolated #GlobalSouth instance, or if it is running software (such as Hubzilla) not based on #ActivityPub, then the relay will most likely not be pulling posts from there, so the example will still hold.
In this context, remember many instances do not add relays because the additional posts pulled in through the relay increase the storage and processing costs.
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on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth.
I have argued a few times that for all practical purposes, the global south does not exist for Mastodon, and for the rest of the Fediverse. But many people I interact with do not quite understand how this works in practice.
This series of posts is an effort to illustrate that mechanism.
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US government agencies gaslight world with massive media subsidies
lemm.eeUS government agencies gaslight world with massive media subsidies - lemm.ee
Chris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide
lemm.eeChris Hedges: The Western Way of Genocide - lemm.ee
@dbattistella@todon.euFinal statement of the 38th African Union Summit:
"Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians and must be prosecuted internationally.
We call for an end to cooperation and normalization with Israel until it ends its occupation and aggression against Palestine."
solarpunk prompts @alxd@writing.exchange@SolarpunkConference why post videos from last year's conference only this year, 7 months later?
You know that people would really appreciate raw streams - especially those from the Global South who don't have US credit cards to go through your paywalls.
It will not damage your brand, it will only show that you embrace openness of #solarpunk to the whole world!
I'm sure the #peerTube folks could help!