The US banned Hawaiian language, overthrew our country, let us die in Maui fires, devastated our universal healthcare, & illegally occupies Hawaii to this day. My mother's hands were broken for speaking Hawaiian in school. The US is not a beacon, but the destroyer of independence
the U.S government is pulling the same imperialist moves they made on Puerto Rico during Hurricane María .
In 2017, they intentionally underreported the death toll to portray relief efforts as more successful than they were
They reported 45 deaths.
The exact death toll was: 4,645
Reports suggest 93 people are dead, 1000 people missing still, and 2700 structures destroyed. To consider this an economic opportunity to acquire land for development & profit is beyond the pale. The colonial speculation of disaster capitalism is happening right now in Lāhainā.
Crooked House was a 400 year old Grade II listed building.
First the access road was blocked by a huge pile of dirt placed by Bulldozers. Then it ‘mysteriously’ set on fire.
Finally the remnants were bulldozed.
All so they can build some flats.
oh no you mean slashing taxes and regulations on the richest dickheads in the country while gutting social programs didn’t result in a utopia what the hell that is a shocking development
While Maui is burning, all people care about are their vacations. When Puerto Rico had no electricity after being decimated by a Hurricane, all people cared about were their vacations. This is how tourism & the framing of occupied land as “paradise” dehumanizes native populations
Congressional leaders are now targeting left wing event spaces and peace organizations and attempting to criminalize dissent. They’re using Red Scare tactics and anti-Asian racism to catapult us further into a great powers war with China. We can’t be silent.
Juul really got screwed. Remember when the federal government was like “you have to stop selling mango flavor because of children.” And then like a year later elfbar was selling Cotton Candy Razmatazz Berry flavor and just dominating the market
Muslims ruled Spain for 700 years & greatly benefited all of Western Europe. Yet Europeans never stopped trying to expel them. They even crusades for all of Europe to unite & expel Muslims. Today, the expulsion of Muslims from Spain is still celebrated across the Western world.
remember when a black man told the police “give me a lawyer dawg” then was denied a lawyer because they said he asked for a dog not a lawyer.
courts sided with the police
washington post goes on to act like it’s funny when in reality a man was denied his constitutional rights