Leen Hijaz, valedictorian at her high school in North Carolina, said the following in her graduation speech:
"Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say. Every single person here has a voice; we have the privilege to use it when millions around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard. Whether it’s the millions suffering in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan and so many other countries around the world, or families being torn apart by ICE. These are not just an issue here; they are happening there, they’re happening right here as I speak. My point is, we’re not given a voice to stay silent."
Corey Robin, a political theorist at Brooklyn College, writes: "The mere mention of Palestine—maybe ICE, too—sent the high school principal, Melissa Moore, hurtling across the stage to seize the microphone from Hijaz, and stop her from saying these unapproved words.
Just look at this photograph: A young Muslim woman, speaking out, and a desperate, terrified principal trying to shut her down, lest the student say something unauthorized, disapproved, discordant with the views of an increasingly small clique of government officials and voters.
It's so pathetic. It reads like a comic play by Václav Havel. It looks like the desperate last days of the Soviet Union. I can only hope Hijaz speaks for a generation that will, one day, sweep all this garbage into the dustbin of history".
#Pertini qui mette i brividi. Brividi di emozione per chi non minimizza, non sdogana, perché ci ha speso la vita e giovinezza per liberaci. “ Costi quel che costi”. I grandi uomini e donne cui dobbiamo essere grati per sempre. #25Aprile
Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of the RATM album EVIL EMPIRE. Recorded in a tiny rehearsal room in Hollywood it was our first #1 album and went on to sell 3 million copies. The CD booklet featured a “Rage Reading List” to accompany the sonic assault. Fave songs/books?
@masechi "il presidente frou frou della Francia" è da qui che si vede che razza di giornalista.
Minchia Sechi non sei mai stato un granché, però boh ma come ti sei ridotto?
Today I$rael tried to kill me in a targeted airstrike in southern Lebanon as I was reporting on was the targeting of bridges and the forced displacement of 1 million people, an ethnic cleansing operation on a larger scale than the Nakba
I have absolutely no doubt that this was deliberate. Despite claims there were no warnings ahead of the strike and no notifications sent to the Lebanese Army who allowed us to film
As we have seen in Gaza they want to silence journalists who document and report their war crimes
It is the western powers who provide political and military support for I$rael, arming it to the teeth to carry out genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing here in Lebanon. They are not simply complicit, but active participants and should be held accountable for their actions.
But if I$rael thinks today’s strike will silence us and keep us out of the field they are very, very mistaken
“lsraelis are fleeing Tel Aviv.” Imagine if all the borders were shut and they were told to go north. No, south. No, north. No, south. By foot. Carrying all their belongings. Carrying their children. While dodging snipers. As 2000lb bunker bombs were dropping. Since 1948.
"Sosteniamo 6 ospedali, 2 da campo, 7 centri di assistenza e un centro nutrizionale. Questi servizi verranno meno per i palestinesi dal 28/2. Non abbiamo consegnato elenchi perchè l'Idf ha ucciso 15 persone del nostro staff in 2 anni" Di Carlo, direttore @MSF_ITALIA a @radio24
Ricapitolando.
Governo Meloni in carica.
Ministro dell'Interno: Piantedosi.
Ministro dei trasporti: Salvini.
Capotreno ucciso da un immigrato irregolare, recidivo e già segnalato.
La colpa è: del Sindaco di Bologna.
Chiaro, no?