beware of those confidently insisting "international law" justifies israel's acts without citing any international law. a high civilian body count relative to the actual military purpose of an attack can indeed violate the proportionality principle and constitute a war crime.
“I hear the screams. I have lived through the massacre everyday. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.”
— 107-year-old Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, testifies during a hearing about possible compensation for victims.
This is renowned Palestinian physician Dr. Ayman Abu al-Ouf, Head of Internal Medicine & COVID response at Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa. Israel obliterated him & his family in missile strikes on his neighborhood Sunday. Then they blew up the roads leading to the hospital.
The fight for Black lives and the fight for Palestinian liberation are interconnected.
We oppose our money going to fund militarized policing, occupation, and systems of violent oppression and trauma.
We are anti-war. We are anti-occupation. And we are anti-apartheid. Period.
May 13th 1985 Philly Police dropped a bomb on my family’s house. They killed 11 people including 5 kids. Join me and supporters Thursday May 13th to commemorate the stolen lives and to fight to hold UPenn accountable for stealing the remains of MOVE Children . #onamove#Retweet
anything can be co-opted by capital. that’s the lesson here. yet, the singular focus on the ways “woke” language (which i’m starting to believe is an anti-black dogwhistle) has been co-opted, as if it’s some unique failure of modern ‘identity’ movements, seems yikes
I just want you to know: when we get emails from people telling us we're doing a good job, or telling us info we may have missed, or asking about future stuff, I live for that shit.
- M
This is literally a celebration of Black death in the service of liberal fantasy. George Floyd did not sacrifice his life--he was murdered. She might as well have thanked the cop for murdering him since that's why people took to the streets.
Antiblack, carceral relief.
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