The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.- J. B.
Holy shit. Cops in Atlanta encircle a concert with kids and families as they terrorize everyone opposed to their mock city where they hope to practice repression
“I may know six people, but that’s enough. Love has never been a popular movement and no one’s ever wanted really to be free....the world is held together, really it is, held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people."
// James Baldwin
A Palestinian 16-year-old died from wounds 2 weeks after Israeli forces shot him in the head, family say.
Soldiers shot Muntaser al-Shawwa in occupied Nablus while escorting Israeli settlers.
He is the 51st Palestinian (12th child) killed by Israeli forces/settlers this year.
BREAKING: @cambria_rdu workers are ON STRIKE outside of @RDUAirport in Raleigh NC. Workers demand:
• Safer working conditions after a pipe burst in the hotel
• End to verbal harassment towards workers of color &
• Fair breaks and consistent scheduling & more.
#UnionsforAll
Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 58 years ago. The state killed him via his own people & took credit for it in COINTELPRO documents because he was a revolutionary. He was organizing in the US & abroad, from a UN petition to talks w/ Che to support insurgencies in the Congo
.@GovParsonMO Leonard “Raheem” Taylor is scheduled to be executed on Feb. 7, without reviewing all the evidence. Please stop this irreversible injustice: https://t.co/lPoh8BQsWk
If Working Hard = Money/Becoming a billionaire, children mining Coltan in Congo would be billionaires.
Modern day slavery in the Congo....this is how capitalism works, led by the Big international corporation, based on the exploitation of the global south.
people in atlanta did literally everything in their power to stop cop city the "right" way. countless hours spent canvassing, testifying at public meetings, calling in to public comment, liaising w elected officials, sending open records requests, etc. they were summarily ignored