Naheed Hasnat Senzai

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[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Most Americans have never heard of this war. That is not an accident. It is a choice — and it is a choice that erased the story of over 200,000 Filipino lives.

In 1898, Spain lost the Spanish-American War and signed the Treaty of Paris. Without a single Filipino in the room, the United States paid Spain $20 million and took the Philippines as a territory — as if the islands were an empty piece of real estate and not a nation of people who had just spent years fighting for their own independence. Emilio Aguinaldo and the Filipino revolutionaries had believed America was an ally. They had fought alongside American forces against Spain. They had already declared Philippine independence on June 12, 1898. And then they watched as America decided that independence was not theirs to keep. On February 4, 1899, the first shots of the Philippine-American War were fired — and what followed was one of the most brutal and deliberately forgotten conflicts in the history of the Pacific.

The war lasted officially until 1902, but resistance continued for years beyond that. Conservative estimates place Filipino deaths — civilian and military combined — at over 200,000. Some historians put the number closer to one million when famine and disease caused by the war are counted. American troops used waterboarding, burned villages, and forced civilians into concentration camps — tactics that would not be acknowledged or discussed in American classrooms for a century. The Philippines did not gain full independence until 1946. This is not ancient history. It is living memory.

The Philippine-American War is so absent from American history textbooks that a 2022 survey found the majority of American adults had never heard of it — despite the fact that it resulted in more American military casualties than the Spanish-American War that directly preceded it. Tag someone who needs to know this history today.

© The Philippines

#drthehistories

[Praise @tufpraise]

This is, of course, what the Nazis said about the Jews.

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

Emily's List is funded by AIPAC. Imagine using a "pro-woman" PAC to disguise your support for an actual genocide that has killed over 38,000 women amd girls.

[Nadira Ali🇵🇸 @Nadira_ali12]

“I am personally proud of the holocaust of Gaza, and that 80 years from now, they will tell their grandchildren what the Jews did,”

—The Israeli Minister of Social Equality.

[Saifedean Ammous @saifedean]

If this surprises you, you probably didn't know Ben Gvir was at a wedding where they danced to the hit Israeli song "Ali Is On The Grill", which celebrates the burning alive of an 18-month-old Palestinian child, while stabbing his picture

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel killed Daniela today in Qanarit, South Lebanon.

Not a fighter.

Just a young Christian woman.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel killed Mona Khalil in South Lebanon.

On June 6, they dropped a bomb on her home in Mansouri — flattening it.

Mona, an environmental activist, dedicated her life to protecting endangered sea turtles along Lebanon’s coast.

She died of her injuries today.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Esta es Mona Khalil, una animalista libanesa, que se dedicaba a rescatar tortugas y todo tipo de animales en peligro de extinción, fue asesinada por "Israel" junto a sus queridos animales en un ataque aéreo contra su casa en el sur del Líbano.

"Israel" es enemigo de la humanidad y asesina a todo aquel que intente salvarla.

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

🚨BREAKING: Israel Has Now Killed Over 4,000 People In Lebanon, Injuring 12,000+ More

The death toll has exceeded 4,000 after a series of massacres in the Nabatieh area, killing 65 civilians with around a dozen others still missing and injuring around 100 more.

[Liane @liane3974]

Israel hat in 78 Jahren 6 Millionen Araber, zumeist Frauen und Kinder ermordet. Merz bewundert und unterstützt diese Verbrechen

4000 Deutsche Staatsbürger sind Soldaten der Israelischen Armee. Sie dürfen jederzeit arabische Kinder und Frauen im Nahen Osten ermorden, straffrei.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel massacred this entire family today in Harouf, South Lebanon.

Not combatants.

A father, a mother, and their 3 daughters.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Can we just quit giving Americans’ hard earned money to this blood thirsty war criminal? Peace in the Middle East would follow quickly.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

1953 was not a long time ago

[Sabby Sabs @SabbySabs2]

Oh look! There’s Cory Booker aligned with the same right wing he claims to fight against. One BIG CLUB folks!

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

The price for a box of Pampers Baby-Dry/Ultra Cushiony Diapers - 44 count - at the Senatobia, Mississippi Walmart is $10.97. I'll just leave that right there.

[MO @Abu_Salah9]

كان هذا الطفل يحلم أن يصبح لاعب كرة قدم مشهور ويلعب في كأس العالم

قبل أن يُطلق جندي إسرائيلي صاروخاً عليه بشكل مباشر لتتقطع كل أطرافه وينتهي حلمه للأبد

مؤلم للغاية

[نحو الحرية @hureyaksa]

أشهر صحفية مختصة في تغطية الحروب والنزاعات جانين جيوفاني تتحدث عن النفاق العالمي:

"أكثر شيء صادم رأيته خلال تغطيتي لـ 18 حربًا، إذا قصفت مستشفى أوكرانية يقولون هذه جريمة حرب، لكن عندما تُقصف مستشفى في غزة ويقتل المئات يقولون من حق إسرائيل أن تدافع عن نفسها، ماذا حدث لنا كبشر؟".

[حازم 𓂆 @ABO_Watan9]

خبر صعب جداً

جنود الاحتلال كسروا أسنان وضلوع الأسير مروان البرغوثي ، وقطعوا جزءًا من أذنه

لا تنسوا الأسرى .

[NADA 𓂆 @nadaa01012]

Don't stop talking about Palestine ،،