There was a time when the rich understood that if they hoarded their wealth instead of building museums, schools, and cultural institutions, they’d eventually get murdered by a mob.
You actually reduce crime by eliminating poverty. You reduce crime with universal healthcare, public housing, livable wages, and free college. You reduce violence by creating happy, healthy communities that aren’t constantly fighting over basic needs and material resources.
There's a guy on Youtube who makes ambient music paired with a historic landscape painting.
It's just a few notes + white noise (campfire, birdsong, etc). Good for reading.
I'm into it; a few of my favorites linked 🔽.
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I intentionally made this piece a 16-minute read. The time it takes you to read this blog, is the same amount of time police took to "de-escalate" and murder Latjor Kuony Tuel. #JusticeForLatjor#YYC
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STACK PANCAKES, NOT CHARGES.
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and the cinematic parallels are still that Americans use grotesque displays of wealth and fashion to distract from children being killed on camera for the world to see
open your fucking eyes and recognise the pattern; they attacked during the super bowl, the grammys, the oscars and once again now during the met gala, all these westernised distractions so they can continue committing their cruel and inhumane genocide on the innocent people of 🇵🇸
The mentality of the white politician hovering menacingly over a disabled Black woman asserting his dominance and imposing his will is what gave us residential schools. I really hope those youth aren’t traumatized. They are witnessing the true face of white supremacy in Canada.
We see so little about the actions of Black folks, particularly Black women, in the fight for our own freedom. We know why. Cop cities impact Black folks the most and Black voices are continuously silenced.
Solidarity with these Black women. ✊🏽
#StopCopCity
seventy-five percent of mining companies that operate globally are based in canada. violent resource extraction and environmental degradation from Anishinaabek lands to DRC to Panama