reminder that Palestinian Christians in Gaza will be spending their Easter under heavy bombardment and shelling, the same way Palestinian Muslims are spending Ramadan. this isn't a religious issue.
please be sure to say "palestine" when you're talking about palestine. the way american politicians and celebrities refuse to speak that name and people are moving from "free palestine" to "save gaza" is very alarming to me. it's the deliberate erasure of their national identity.
I find it genuinely so disheartening that I’ve seen stronger reactions to this painting being ruined than the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians and destruction of so many (much older!) cultural monuments in Gaza
-They normalized attacking hospitals
-They normalized blowing up schools
-They normalized killing children
-They normalized posting war crimes on TikTok
-They normalized starving people
-Now they’re normalizing killing people trying to get food
But none of it is actually normal.
Vice President Harris calling for a six week temporary ceasefire is a very specific amount of time.
In fact, it’s just enough time to get most of the Democratic Primaries out of the way.
After April 15 there are only a handful of primaries left, with the largest being Pennsylvania on April 23.
What she asked for isn’t a ceasefire, it’s a pause to the genocide.
Without Congo there will be no iPhones. Cobalt mining for Big Tech like Apple is driving child labor and deaths in the Congo and the world is silent.
The use of forced labor is getting popular in Congo via arms group who are sponsored by several multinational companies to control several mines.
Random tumblr post that sums up my answer really.
We should stop considering settler and colonizer feelings until they start considering Palestinian LIVES.
UPDATE | 104 starving Palestinian civilians were massacred by gunfire and artillery shelling this morning while attempting to secure aid for their families.
some of the first words he says in his live stream are literally “I’m about to commit an extreme form of protest.”
mainstream journalism is so useless at this point.
It is heartbreaking to know that every two minutes, a woman loses her life during pregnancy or childbirth, leaving the world without a mother. But we cannot just sit and watch this happen.
This Ramadan, SAPA is partnering up with @actformama to take a stand and say NO MORE. We're committed to making a difference for mothers and babies and want you to be a part of it.
Starting this March, let’s start protecting mothers together.
#ForMama
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