International Union of Scientists

Join the Conversation on 'Genocide and Ecocide: The Interconnected Crimes Against Humanity and Nature' A conversation with Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh Thursday, October 16 @ 19:30h Palestine Time / 18:30h CET / 17:30 UK Time Register for the video conference: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/1203Zmr_SoaHus5_L...

Genocide and Ecocide: The Interconnected Crimes Against Humanity and Nature
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The Palestine Laboratory: how Israel uses genocide to test & sell weapons A conversation with Antony Loewenstein 24 October 2025 10:00 UTC (GMT) Streaming at iuscientists.org Join us live as award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein unpacks the chilling political econom...

IUS interview with Anthony Loewenstein, Oct. 24.
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LIVESTREAM. Decolonising Science: Anti-imperialism and Community Research in the Philippines We are excited to invite you to a livestream podcast featuring leaders of AGHAM in the Philippines. Join us for a conversation with three officers of the radical science organization AGHAM. Learn how...

Livestream Aug. 30: Decolonising Science: Anti-imperialism and Community Research in the Philippines.
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Stand with Scientists Against War and Militarization of Science: Endorse the IUS Statement The Statement is issued by the International Union of Scientists (IUS) Against Militarism and the Destructive Use of Science and Technology, on 29 June 2025. Endorse the Statement here. The Stateme...

Endorse the IUS statement against war and the militarization of science!
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Militarism: A Leading Cause of Environmental and Climate Crises By Manabendra Nath Bera. Synopsis - The climate and environmental impacts of war and military operations are often neglected in global climate negotiations. This article highlights how war, being the...

MUST READ especially for climate change concerned folks who think they can choose silence on genocide:

“War causes extensive, long-lasting environmental damage, affecting landscapes, ecosystems, biodiversity, and vital resources.” 🧪 @iuscientist.bsky.social

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This is your regular reminder that government mandated backdoors for end-to-end encrypted comms are bullshit, make everyone less safe, and should be resisted at maximum volume.

Point out things are illegal not from a belief that the courts will save us (they almost certainly won’t) but because it’s important to not shift toward an authoritarian mindset by allowing them to normalize illegal shit

At least six Palestinian infants have died of hypothermia amid a harsh cold snap in Gaza and Israel’s blocking of shelter from entering the enclave.

Read more: aje.io/i3l0f4

Music stars release silent album in protest against UK AI copyright plans Is This What We Want features recordings of empty studios, performance spaces, highlighting danger to creative trade.

More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Cat Stevens and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest of the proposed changes to British copyright laws around artificial intelligence (AI) ⤵️

Demand that #EmoryUniversity rescind the suspension of medical student Umaymah Mohammad, unjustly punished for exposing the university's complicity in genocide.
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How Nuclear-Armed Apartheid was Defeated: An Interview with Abdul Minty We spoke with Dr. Abdul Samad Minty, a key figure in the international campaign against apartheid who helped expose apartheid South Africa's nuclear programs. His reflections offer valuable insights f...

Defeating apartheid. It can happen again, in the other apartheid state.
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Discussions with colleagues @hf.co about "AI agent" were super fruitful. Kudos to @giadapistilli.com for seeing the point about humans *ceding control* as they build more autonomous systems. Very kind of @fdaudens.bsky.social to make a brief video on some of our thinking!
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israel still occupies Palestine, the iof continues killing Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, and Palestine is not free. even now israel keeps killing, getting their last shots in.

i'll be grateful for every day of every life, but this isn't over. Palestine will be free.

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity

#ClimateCrisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal

Exclusive: Stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity

#COP29
Story by me
Data @carbonbrief.org
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MIT Science For Genocide : MIT Coalition for Palestine : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) contributes to the Gaza Genocide and Zionist settler colonialism in Palestine in at least...

Extensive report on how #MIT supports #ZionistGenocide and #ZionistApartheid: (1) labs do research for Israeli's Ministry of Defense (2) MIT maintains institutional collaborations that grant genocide profiteers privileged access to MIT expertise.
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On Pacifism By Prahlad Iyengar. Editorial note: The author is a doctoral candidate in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a recipient of ...

Iyengar, a doctoral candidate at MIT, has been barred from campus until January 2026 for publishing this piece in Written Revolution in October. We are republishing this thoughtful article out of support for Mr Iyengar and his freedom of academic expression.
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Conservatives want a world that combines existing structures that discriminate by race and gender in all spheres of life with “race-blind” and “gender-neutral” selection processes (like hiring and admission practices) that pretend those structures don’t exist. They call the result “meritocracy.”

US Jewish group targets anti-Israel protesters in hopes Trump will deport them Right-wing Betar movement uses artificial intelligence tool to identify foreign students involved in anti-Israel action on college campuses

Yet another way face recognition is making the world worse. Anti-Zionist protesters: mask up!
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Mondoweiss exists to tell Palestinian stories that mainstream media ignores. Here's how:

📝 Analysis pieces: Breaking down the big picture.
🎥 Explainer videos: Making complex issues clear.
📍 On-the-ground coverage: Reporting from where it matters.
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Mathematicians Against the Genocide in Gaza More than 800 mathematicians from around the world have signed a statement condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They are calling on the scientific community to suspend all collaborations with I…

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Genocide for Skeptics by Flavio Del Santo. Israel has been bombing Gaza for over 13 months: the humanitarian crisis across Palestine, as well as in neighboring areas of the Middle East, has reached unprecedented critical ...

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#StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine

No, Israel does not have a right to defend itself in Gaza. But the Palestinians do. Basic morality and simple logic dictate that the right of self-defense belongs to the Palestinian people, not to their oppressor. And international law agrees.

Basic morality and simple logic dictate that the right of self-defense belongs to the Palestinian people, not to their oppressor. And international law agrees.
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I guess “from the river to the sea” is ok and not violent racism when Zionists say it to say a second Trump term is the opportunity of a lifetime to expel all Palestinians and extinguish Palestinian dreams of statehood

Israel's Facial Recognition Tech: Arrests & Executions YouTube video by Mondoweiss

WATCH: Israel is using facial recognition technology in Gaza to coordinate mass arrests and forcible displacement. Witnesses report it’s also being used for field executions.
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There will be no climate justice without the liberation of Palestine YouTube video by Transnational Institute

There will be no climate justice without the liberation of Palestine - Hamza Hamouchene at #COP29

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North Gaza hospital under attack; Hezbollah fire causes injuries in Israel Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya says Israeli forces are shelling the facility.

Around 100 protesters have blocked staff from entering the Collins Aerospace factory in Canada, demanding the company stop selling weapons components for military aircraft bound for Israel, according to a statement released by activists.

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Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January.

DoE is, among other things, the primary funder of particle physics research.

It is also responsible for maintaining the nuclear weapons supply and nuclear weapons waste clean-up. 🧪

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CENSORSHIP AT MIT. Advocacy for #Palestine is censored and punished without due process at MIT.

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