Manufacture Dissent

📽️: Candace Owens

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The Streisand Effect in it's Full Glory

There’s been a huge uproar after Macklemore got kicked off from Ed Sheeran’s tour due to his pro-Palestinian comments on stage. Ed Sheeran being a spineless s**t said, “Hey, this wasn’t my call—the promoters and venues put the pressure on me.” But once Macklemore got the boot, every single opening act and even Sheeran’s own band started pulling out in solidarity.

Now Macklemore’s humanity and Ed Sheeran’s lack of one is all anyone can talk about.

It has sparked bigger conversations about being neutral or “apolitical” during a genocide where kids are being torn to pieces by bombs or targeted and sniped.

Something needs to be done to stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Israel has not stopped killing Palestinians for a single day since the ceasefire.

I hope the marches and protests start happening again…something more radical preferably…whatever it takes but the world needs to do more.

🇵🇸 FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE 🇵🇸

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Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran’s concert and faced backlash because he stood against genocide and said “Free Palestine.” Pink spoke out against him, and then Robert Kraft — along with other venue owners like those from Lincoln Financial Field, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and more — mounted a pressure campaign. They collectively gave Sheeran an ultimatum: if Macklemore stayed, Sheeran’s tour wouldn’t be allowed in their venues. Ed Sheeran sided with genocide and dropped Macklemore.

Instead of the outcome they wanted, it backfired. Macklemore went viral and they made him even more famous…his message got even louder.

🇵🇸 Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

HIND’S HALL

Yeah

The people, they won't leave

What is threatenin' about divesting and wantin' peace?

The problem isn't the protests, it's what they're protesting

It goes against what our country is funding

(Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free

(Hey) Block the barricade until Palestine is free

When I was seven, I learned a lesson from Cube and Eazy-E

What was it again? Oh yeah, f**k the police (woo)

Actors in badges protecting property

And a system that was designed by white supremacy (brrt)

But the people are in the streets

You can pay off Meta, you can't pay off me

Politicians who serve by any means

AIPAC, CUFI, and all the companies

You see, we sell fear around the land of the free

But this generation here is about to cut the strings

You can ban TikTok, take us out the algorithm

But it's too late, we've seen the truth, we bear witness

Seen the rubble, the buildings, the mothers and the children

And all the men that you murdered, and then we see how you spin it

Who gets the right to defend and who gets the right of resistance

Has always been about dollars and the color of your pigment, but

White supremacy is finally on blast

Screamin', "Free Palestine" 'til they're home at last

We see the lies in 'em

Claimin' it's antisemitic to be anti-Zionist

I've seen Jewish brothers and sisters out there and ridin' in

Solidarity and screamin', "Free Palestine" with them

Organizin', unlearnin' and finally cuttin' ties with

A state that's gotta rely on an apartheid system

To uphold an occupyin' violent

History been repeating for the last seventy-five

The Nakba never ended, the colonizer lied (woo)

If students in tents posted on the lawn

Occupyin' the quad is really against the law

And a reason to call in the police and their squad

Where does genocide land in your definition, huh? (Hey-hey)

Destroyin' every college in Gaza and every mosque

Pushin' everyone into Rafah and droppin' bombs

The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all

And f**k no, I'm not votin' for you in the fall (woo)

Undecided

You can't twist the truth, the people out here united

Never be defeated when freedom's on the horizon

Yet the music industry's quiet, complicit in their platform of silence (hey, woo)

What happened to the artist? What d'you got to say?

If I was on a label, you could drop me today

I'd be fine with it 'cause the heart fed my page

I want a ceasefire, f**k a response from Drake (woo)

What you willin' to risk? What you willin' to give?

What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?

If the West was pretendin' that you didn't exist

You'd want the world to stand up and the students finally did, let's get it (woo)

Brrt

Woo

HIND'S HALL 2 (feat. anees, MC Abdul, & Amer Zahr)

In our lifetime we will be free

One day when the light shines we will be free

In our lifetime we will be free

And they can bury us

But they will find out we are seeds

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (louder)

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

They can bury us

But they will find out we are seeds

I say free Falasteen because I know of every massacre we suffered

The Nakba, Sabra, Shatila, and Rafah

My people have died a million times in their struggles

Still they rise from the tidеs

Like a rose through the rubblе

I see God himself in the eye of a refugee

Who rather die a martyr than live a life under siege

So if I'm not allowed to say, "From the River to the Sea"

Then, "From the rind to the seed Palestine will be free"

Still, they know they can't shake us

Billion-dollar sword to the neck

Death cannot break us

And every Palestinian refugee holds a key

One day we will return

No matter how long it takes us

In our lifetime we will be free

One day when the light shines we will be free

In our lifetime we will be free

And they can bury us

But they will find out we are seeds

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh (louder)

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

They can bury us (yeah)

But they will find out we are seeds (ayy, yeah)

I've seen massacres, I'm grateful to be alive

You appreciate life when you survive a genocide

Look in my eyes and tell me what you see

Ran out of tears to cry, rap 'til Palestine is free

Got a problem with a system that doesn't want us existing

Turn a city to a prison that's missing living conditions

My moms calling, she's telling me she's kinda scared

I hear the bombs fallin', I smell the death up in the air

My uncle lost his children, I lost my cousins

As tears water the grave to let 'em know he still loves 'em

Our schools turn to shelters for the rich and poor

I just pray for peace

When I speak I don't wish for war

Bodies layin' out, ain't nothing to play about

I give my people hope 'cause I'm the first who made it out

I'm just walking the path, this is God's plan

Building up my dreams, from the rubble I touched with my hands

في حياتنا منكون حرين

يلمع النور ومنكون حرين

في حياتنا منكون حرين

لو دفنونا منرجع مزهرين

From the river to the sea

Palestine will be free (louder)

From the river to the sea

Palestine will be free (louder)

They done woke up the world now

We know who you serve at the White House

To kids in Gaza my vow right now

I'ma ride for your life like you were my child

Long live the resistance if there's something to resist

Had enough of you motherfuckers murdering little kids

PC for a minute I was trying to be a bridge

But there'll never be freedom by pleading with Zionists

World screaming, "Free Palestine"

We seen the manual we know how you colonized

You'd be surprised by how many f***s you actually really don't give

When you take away the power of the all-mighty dollar sign

F**k the allure, we'll boycott the stores

Capitalism killing us that's something we can't afford

They want us to hate each other in the interest of war

Afraid of the mosque and afraid to light the menorah

Hey Kamala, I don't know if you listening

But stop sending money and weapons or you ain't winning Michigan

We uncommitted, and hell no we ain't switching positions

Because the whole world turned Palestinian

I see the murdered children of Gaza and I see my babies

Life being stripped from the bombs we're making

When will Congress decide a Palestinian's life is just as precious as an Israeli's

We don't own the earth, don't own the earth

We're killing each other over some lines in the dirt

We bleed the same blood, feel the same hurt

Palestinian life, does it have the same worth?

What happened to us?

What happened to us?

في حياتنا منكون حرين

يلمع النور ومنكون حرين

في حياتنا منكون حرين

لو دفنونا منرجع مزهرين

Palestine will be free

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Finally the UK had crossed the line — barely but enough to make Israel choke on its own arrogance. Britain announced sanctions against Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and everyone knows it’s all lip service (the kind of move governments make when they want to look principled without actually doing anything that forces real consequences). But even symbolic moves get under people’s nerves sometimes and this one did.

The sanctions are on people and companies who expand settlements. They block imports of goods produced in illegal settlements; ban advertising for property in those settlements — all wrapped up in the usual diplomatic language about “international law” as if the UK woke up one day and realised that the settlements have been illegal for decades. As if Britain hasn’t shrugged at Israeli land theft since the beginning.

But here’s the thing: The UK has never sanctioned Israel before. Ever. They have sanctioned Russia, Iran, China random African generals whole Middle Eastern economies — but Israel? Untouchable. Golden child. The one country Western governments treat like a fragile museum artifact that can never be criticized (let alone punished).

So even if it’s symbolic slap — it’s still a slap. Israel felt that.

Israeli officials went absolutely bonkers straight away. “Outrageous” “hostile” “dangerous” all that dramatic language they use when someone dares say international law exists. British Israel‑lobby crowd too — MPs pundits think‑tank followers — barking on command accusing UK of betrayal antisemitism extremism whatever word they think will scare people back into silence.

They’re not just angry. They’re scared too. Because once one Western government crosses the line others will follow and Israel’s political survival strategy is based on unconditional Western protection — if that shield cracks even a little Israel panics.

This won’t stop settlement expansion. Israel will just keep doing what it does — build, annex, displace, kill and pretend it’s all “security”. But the political landscape around Israel is changing. The UK sanctions (weak as they are) show that Israel’s impunity isn’t endless; the old days of “Israel can do anything and we’ll applaud” are fraying away.

So yes it’s lip service. Yes it’s late. Yes it’s the bare minimum. But it’s also the first time the UK has ever dared put Israel on a sanctions list and that is enough to get the Israel‑First crowd going nuts — they scream because they know what this means: The world is sick of pretending Israel’s actions are untouchable.

Let them scream. They built their power on the assumption that no one would push back at all. Even symbolic pushback will make them piss their pants.

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Sources:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-sanctions-on-west-bank-settlements

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/12/uk-sanctions-israeli-settlers-west-bank-violence

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68274377

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/12/uk-imposes-sanctions-on-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-attacks

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-sanctions-israeli-settlers-west-bank-violence

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uk-sanctions-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence-2024-02-12/

https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240212-uk-sanctions-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence

https://www.dw.com/en/uk-sanctions-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence/a-68274377

https://www.apnews.com/article/uk-israel-west-bank-sanctions-2024-02-12

https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-sanctions-four-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence/

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-12/uk-sanctions-israeli-settlers-west-bank-violence

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/uk-imposes-sanctions-on-israeli-settlers-over-west-bank-violence/3107437

Just before Gonzalo Lira was killed in Ukrainian custody an American citizen, commentator and fierce critic of the war made a statement which caused governments to put out a hit on him.

He claimed Volodymyr Zelensky was not the heroic wartime leader Western media had made him out to be but a political creation shaped and funded by Ihor Kolomoysky (a Jewish Israeli citizen whose funds and media empire helped launch Zelensky’s rise).

Lira was very vocal about it. It pissed a lot of powerful people off.

Then he was killed.

Coincidence? Of course not.

The U.S. government just shrugged.

Kolomoysky is not marginal either; he’s one of the most controversial modern oligarchs in Ukraine because he built a financial empire, controlled several major media networks and acted as kingmaker in Ukrainian politics. His channel 1+1 didn’t just air Zelensky’s comedy programme Servant of the People — it was also responsible for making Zelensky well known before he entered politics.

The Kyiv Post, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Bellingcat all ran investigations showing Kolomoysky’s power, legal problems he has had and disputes with Ukrainian authorities still ongoing. In some of these reports it was said that his financial networks coincided with political initiatives that later benefited Zelensky’s campaign. Most of these investigations have been paid for by the US — and Kolomoysky is roaming free man so it’s not hard to assume he’s free because his interests match those of the US. The good old he’s a bad guy but our bad guy.

That established Lira’s claims and shows Zelensky was being influenced by oligarchic interests. Long ago Ukraine’s political system was tied to wealthy patrons — Kolomoysky (Israeli) was one of the most prominent of them.

In the last videos and posts he made, Lira said Zelensky’s government was getting more authoritarian by silencing dissent, banning opposition parties and controlling the media. “Western governments don’t notice these changes,” he said. “Ukraine became a geopolitical project — not just a nation at war.”

What Lira reported:

Zelenskyy conned the Ukrainian people into voting for him by ruining a pro-peace campaign; his campaign promises were neutrality and resolving the Donbass situation with Russia.

Alas, after coming to power Zelenskyy flipped these interests almost immediately. Some say he has been under great pressure from the Nazi factions in Ukraine (Right Sector and Azov).

However Kolomoysky was the one who had designed the policies behind the scenes. Being an ultra right wing zionist Kolomoysky has similar interests as Nazi factions of Ukraine — closer to Europe and USA, Russia as sole enemy of the state.

This went right into American hands because the US has been trying to use Ukraine to divide and conquer Russia ever since Soviet Union fell (The Grand Chessboard).

Gonzalo Lira’s political analysis was based in recent history of Ukraine and the clear ties Zelenskyy had with Kolomoysky. Before the Russia-Ukraine war started Zelenskyy banned opposition media in the country making it a crime to criticise the regime policy so when Lira openly started criticising the war he came under direct fire from high profile analysts who were mostly against a war with Ukraine.

When the Ukrainian Secret Service arrested Lira, the U.S. State Department issued a statement that was little more than some lip service to past muster that they had done their job. It didn’t put pressure on anyone; did no investigation or diplomatic effort. For months Lira supporters asked why the United States wasn’t demanding explanations about how an American citizen was treated.

The news then arrived that he had been killed.

Washington did next to nothing.

No congressional inquiry.

There is no call from the public for accountability.

There is no recognition that an American was killed while in the custody of a foreign intelligence service.

To them Gonzalo Lira, an American journalist was as if he never even existed.

There is a wider pattern to Lira’s case which has been noted by human rights organisations, independent journalists and international monitors: during the war in Ukraine the government repressed dissent, arrested people who criticised it and increased state surveillance. Some of those actions have been justified as necessary in the course of the war but others condemned as political overreach.

There is actual silence around the killing of Gonzalo Lira.

Silence is usually the best indication of what sorts of things a regime likes to keep under wraps and any dissenters will also be disappeared. So we can say dissenters have been disappeared and we don’t know anything about them.

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SOURCES (WITH LINKS):

Kyiv Post – Kolomoysky investigations: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/2350

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – Oligarch networks: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-oligarch-kolomoyskiy-investigation/31449759.html

Bellingcat – Ukrainian corruption structures: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2021/03/03/ukraines-oligarchs-and-their-networks/

U.S. State Department statement on Lira’s detention: https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-july-10-2023/

Ukrainian SBU press releases: https://ssu.gov.ua/en/news

Gonzalo Lira’s own videos and statements (archived): https://www.youtube.com/@GonzaloLira1968

U.S. sanctions documents related to Kolomoysky: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0053

CBS's new 60 Minutes programme attempts to present an Air Force officer's escape from Iran as if it were some sort of proud American epic — the type of story intended to provoke flag-waving and the "look how brave we are" sort of reaction. However, the entire account is full of selective storytelling, in the manner of pretending that U.S. wars are clean, noble, and heroic. While it focuses on one wounded officer who managed to evade capture, it omits the fact that American bombs killed 168 children on the very first day of the campaign; that is the part which CBS never brings to the forefront because it spoils the myth.

The interview has the feel of a victory lap about it; it is reverent, nearly worshipful — typical of the style used by 60 Minutes, with soft lighting, dramatic music, and questions crafted to make the viewer feel patriotic. It refers to courage, sacrifice, and danger, and speaks of him crawling, hiding, and surviving. It also mentions how proud the Air Force is and states that this is what American service entails.

The thing that is not mentioned is the effect of American bombs.

There is no mention made of the families that were destroyed in a matter of seconds. No reference is made to the children who died without having any idea what 'geopolitics' even was. Nothing is said about the fact that this war was not a noble defence of freedom — it was another operation by the United States entangled in oil, regional power struggles, and whatever Israel wanted Washington to do next. Neither is there any talk about how the officer's survival is being used as a means of emotional manipulation in order to divert attention from the fact that the United States continues to prefer war to humanity.

CBS presents the officer as a symbol of American resilience, but the issue isn't resilience. The real problem is the system he was part of — a system which continues to crush innocent people to dust while networks such as CBS turn their cameras on the officer's escape and refer to it as a triumph. It isn't a triumph; it's a tragedy with a PR team.

The segment aims to make the audience feel proud, but such pride is entirely inappropriate when the cost of these operations includes dead children, destroyed cities, and continuous instability. America continues to present its military experiences as heroic because it cannot come to terms with the truth: the heroic story serves as a shield, and behind that shield lies a country that keeps carrying out killings of civilians for strategic convenience.

CBS might present it in whatever way they please. They might label it bravery, they might call it patriotism, or they might name it anything that proves profitable. However, the truth is—the story has nothing to do with American greatness. It is about American denial.

Denial does not bring the dead back.

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Sources:

CBS 60 Minutes Segment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wounded-air-force-officer-evaded-capture-iran-60-minutes-transcript/

Airwars – Civilian Casualty Monitoring https://airwars.org

UN Human Rights Office – Civilian Impact Reports https://www.ohchr.org

Amnesty International – U.S. Airstrike Investigations https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/

Human Rights Watch – Civilian Harm Documentation https://www.hrw.org/topic/armed-conflict

The Intercept – U.S. Military and Foreign Policy Investigations https://theintercept.com

Middle East Eye – Regional Conflict Coverage https://www.middleeasteye.net

Al Jazeera Investigations – U.S. Foreign Policy Context https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/

+972 Magazine – Israel–U.S. Strategic Dynamics https://www.972mag.com

Haaretz (English) https://www.haaretz.com

Thailand has spent decades building its image as a welcoming, easygoing place — “Land of Smiles.” In 2025–2026 that smile is getting tighter. In Phuket, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Pattaya and even smaller northern towns like Pai Thai communities are openly venting their frustration, anger and exhaustion at some Israeli tourists and semi‑permanent Israeli groups who have settled into local neighborhoods. This isn’t just fringe sentiment anymore. It is national policy, diplomatic conversation and street protests too.

A PATTERN THAT FINALLY CAME TO A BREAKING POINT

Local Thai papers and regional outlets have been documenting a steady rise in confrontations with Israeli visitors — not just scuffles, but patterns: disrespect for local customs; loud disputes with business owners; threats and intimidation; attempts to sidestep Thai land‑ownership laws; nominee business structures; unpermitted construction; political provocation; and a general sense of entitlement that locals say goes too far. Thai officials have said openly that hospitality doesn’t mean tourists can do whatever they want.

THE KOH SAMUI FLASHPOINT

One of the most explosive incidents was in Koh Samui. A fight at Samui Exotic Park turned into credible death threats against the Thai zoo owner, police said. Thai immigration revoked the Israeli tourist’s visa and Koh Samui Provincial Court fined him for threatening behaviour. This wasn’t a minor tourist tantrum. It became a national story because it showed how quickly a confrontation with a local Thai business can turn into a criminal case, visa cancellation and deportation.

The case also crossed political lines in Thailand. The zoo had a banner saying Free Palestine and that outraged some Israeli visitors and influencers. One Israeli influencer reportedly offered a bounty for the location of the French operator — something Thai audiences found shocking and nationalist anger fuelled. Thai social media erupted with comments demanding deportations and tougher enforcement.

PHUKET: STREET PROTESTS AND PUBLIC ANGER

Phuket has become the site of public backlash. Nationalist protests (some pro‑Palestine), pro‑Palestinian protests and just plain fed up with foreign behavior have called for crackdowns on foreign investment abuses and nominee structures (“Israeli entrepreneurs are using nominee structures to avoid Thai ownership laws”), land bought by foreign groups through proxies in Thailand (“foreign groups are buying land through Thai proxies”), businesses opened without permits (“foreign groups open businesses without proper permits”) and neighborhoods reshaped so locals can’t stay (“neighborhoods are being reshaped in ways that push out locals”).

It’s not just tourists behaving badly. It’s about colonization — foreign groups taking advantage of loopholes, settling in big numbers and acting like Thailand is theirs to remake.

KOH PHANGAN, PATTAYA, PAI: semi‑permanent ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS. Thai officials have specifically named semi‑permanent Israeli groups settling in Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Phuket, Pattaya and Pai — friction with locals who feel their communities are being taken over. Thai Foreign Minister said months of irritation had become “impossible to ignore”. Diplomatic language for: s**t’s going pear‑shaped.

THE GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN

Thailand has responded with the toughest immigration enforcement in years.

* Visa-free stays were cut from 60 days to 30. A major move affecting millions of tourists, implemented partly because misconduct was rising.

* New fast-track deportation rules. From August 28, 2026: threats, intimidation, minor assault, noise disturbances, indecency, property damage, unlawful work, nominee business structures and forged documents can be referred for deportation even if only fines or suspended sentences are involved.

* Deportations — not just warnings. The first person deported under the new rules was an Israeli convicted of threatening Samui zoo owner and days later the French partner of the zoo owner was also ordered deported for causing disturbances. PM Anutin Charnvirakul has personally ordered deportations — how politically charged this issue has become.

DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE

On September 8, 2026 Thailand summoned Israeli Ambassador Alona Fisher‑Kamm for a straight talk: the Foreign Minister wanted enforcement, traveller briefings, respect for Thai culture and an end to nominee business practices; he said public irritation is now threatening bilateral ties. Israel agreed there were issues and would educate its citizens more aggressively.

THAI PUBLIC SENTIMENT: ENOUGH. Local Thai commentary — nationalist activists to everyday residents — all say the same thing. People feel their hospitality is being abused. They feel their laws are mocked. They feel their land is being taken. They feel their culture is disrespected. This isn’t about one tourist. It’s about a pattern that locals say has been going on for years.

A COUNTRY REASSERTING ITS BOUNDARIES

Thailand is not banning Israeli tourists. But Thailand is setting a hard line: shorter stays, faster deportations, stronger enforcement, diplomatic pressure, public protests and — message to all Israelis — respect the country or leave it. “Land of Smiles” still smiles but not when behaviour crosses the line.

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