openly demands a ceasefire, advocates for a free palestine shares fundraisers on her stories, reposts what is happening in palestine at all times, ALWAYS wears a ceasefire pin and continues to stay booked and busy, i NEVER want to hear it could damage your career. i love her
genocide. noun. geno· cide ˈje-nə-ˌsīd. : acts committed with intent to partially or wholly destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
More than 35,000 killed
Destroyed most healthcare facilities
Destroyed schools
Destroyed every university
It’s genocide.
The lesson of literally almost every single successful social movement in modern US history (women’s suffrage, civil rights, LGBTQ, Act-UP, antiwar, disability rights, etc) is that dissent *must* produce disorder to provoke the kind of response that enables meaningful change.
Do I agree with every word in every statement, every choice and every tactic? Maybe not. But I am moved by their maturity, persistence and grace. These aren’t kids. These are leaders. (10/10)
Settler-colonial entities build upon one another because their continued existences necessitate the same violence. They share in tactics and implementation. The Atlanta Police Department has been sending personnel to Israel for 'counterterrorism' training since 1992.
Like during the George Floyd uprisings, you suddenly have like 50 active examples that cops pretty much exist for one ultimate purpose. Violence, repression,maintenance of the status quo. The consistency is evident, all at once, in brutality against students. Internalize that.
honestly, it's amazing how a children's show can demonstrate how easily history is written by the winners, and how a "nation" can cover up its crimes yet grown ass adults seem to have problems seeing this in the real world