Pen For Movement | WEEK 3

Calling all poets and writers who want to center liberation and justice as we write for #NationalPoetryMonth 2024! icon, header, & graphics by @drmngdays

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DAY 21: Kashmiri papier-mâché art by Masrat Jan, photographed by Shefali Rafiq

The story of sustaining Kashmiri papier-mâché art is fraught with political violence and chronic health issues & poverty. Yet, artists old and new persist in sustaining it, and find peace in doing so.

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DAY 20: ‘Now you have touched the women’ by Judy A. Seidman

A powerful reminder that women have always been at the forefront of social movements, even if they were excluded from the building of societies itself.

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DAY 19: A woman in white with gold circular earrings at a protest in Khartoum, photographed by Lana Haroun.

Photographed in 2019, where women were protesting against the regime of dictator Omar al-Bashir. Sudan is now embroiled in war between its army & paramilitary.

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thank you to arc (no longer on here) for the suggestion ❤️

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DAY 18: A mural depicting anti-imperialism in Bolivia by Apacheta, photographed by Kevin Young

Imperialism doesn’t always need a military. Decades of globalisation & neoliberalism do the job too. Let this be a reminder to think critically about how we define the ‘opposition’.

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Photo & text source: https://t.co/FI6CnLNdnM

A more in-depth exploration of the coup and the protests in Myanmar: https://t.co/dbv0R56FV0

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DAY 17: Padauk flowers, suggested by Damien @seomdidmdumdum

Padauk flowers are used to welcome the Burmese New Year in Myanmar every April, but have also been used as symbols in widespread protests against the military coup in 2021. The people’s voice will always prevail ❤️

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DAY 16: Light Sentence by Mona Hartoum

This week, your prompts are images and artworks! Today’s (first) artwork is by Mona Hatoum, a Palestinian artist born in Lebanon and living in UK. Much of her work deals with themes of dislocation and making the familiar unfamiliar.

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Hello hello, we’re back for Week 3! You’ll notice that there’s no list of prompts this week. We’re trying something a little different this week, so stay tuned….

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[readers for freedom @readers4freedom]

IT’S STRIKE DAY EVERYONE!

we will try to raise $100 for our friend and his family in North Gaza today! please donate if you can!

we are currently at: $5,14/$100

kofi: https://t.co/AYzh3fbc8E
gopay/shopeepay (Indonesia): 081907879528

[Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆 @OmarHamadD]

I want to die in Gaza. I'm not very interested in my life, but please don't let me see my three deaf sisters die in front of me. Please help us evacuate them from Gaza. There isn't much money left to evacuate them. Please donate and share the campaign.
https://t.co/QMBPPvaSbw

[𓂆 deeja🫒 @deedeehimawari]

friends, please help layla and her family evacuate from gaza! you can donate to her gfm for evacuation: https://t.co/N3QjuQNIK2
and to her ko-fi for food:
https://t.co/jmRsPO3KLZ
any amount is helpful, please also keep sharing!!

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Also, Bisan has called for a global strike on Monday, April 15 for Palestine. What would you like for this account to do for April 15?

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As an account dedicated to centering resistance and justice, it would be remiss not to center this today. I’m going to take the time to compile some poems and resources to learn more about Dalit history, resistance, and joy; keep an eye on this thread in the coming days! ❤️

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Today (April 14) is Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birthday or Ambedkar Jayanti. April is also Dalit History month, a month of awareness and centering the works, struggles, and life of the people from the dehumanised and oppressed caste in India. 🧵

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DAY 14: “bloom how you must, wild
until we are free.” - Cameron Awkward-Rich

This prompt is from Awkward-Rich’s poem, “Cento between the Ending and the End”, a moving, hopeful piece about queerness and connection and the joy of taking up space, wild and free.