A mother from #Jabalia says:
โThey took all the children from their mothers and put them inside what resembled a pit or a hole. The tank came to circle around them repeatedly until their bones cracked under the pressure of dust and sand, amidst the screams of children and the wailing of mothers.
โAfter that, the soldiers came and started throwing the children towards the mothers, and whoever caught a child was ordered to carry him and move away quickly, with no guarantee that the child would be their own.
โMany mothers carried children who were not their own, and were forced to leave with them, leaving their own children in the hands of other mothers. This marked the beginning of a new chapter of suffering, with mothers searching for their children in the arms of other women, trying to calm the children they held until they found their real mothers.โ
In the years Iโve been making Stuff The British Stole, the biggest lesson for me has been how much history hides behind politenessโpolite plaques, polite speeches, polite monarchs.
I donโt have Lidia Thorpe's life experience, and itโs not appropriate for me to offer commentary on her actions.
But letโs be clear on one thing: the British Empire was not a polite enterprise. Like most, it was built on conquest, power, and, yes, things were truly stolen. Many things that have not been returned or in some cases even acknowledged.
It was not a polite empire.
Keep an eye out for the Australian politicians rallying around this flag ๐ฎ๐ฑ on Monday 7th.
Make a note of who they are.
Come election day, vote accordingly. Vote against genocide.
What a disgusting misrepresentation of our movement. In the past year across Australia there have been weekly peaceful demonstrations calling for an urgent ceasefire, an end to the killing of civilians everywhere, for peace and freedom for everyone between the river & the sea. Most weeks the media don't even show up. But we know who we are & what we stand for #CeasefireNow
I AM NOT A LAWYER, AND THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE
if you're going to a protest where you expect to get arrested it's extremely important to have arrest training. this thread will not be as useful as a proper training, but i can offer a few tips:
This is the moment Israeli warplanes bombed a residential building on al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City.
Video filmed through the window of a nearby building captured the massive impact โคต๏ธ
the cultural obsession with portraying bi sapphicism as less than lesbianism, as less gay, as lacking in depth is not only biphobic and absurd but also reveals a weird superiority complex that absolutely would not exist if you were secure in your lesbianism
Will share some Sudanese poetry today, a culture and society predicated on strong will, resistance and eloquent existence.
In sha Allah you can all see the fruit of thatโฆ
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