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Sudan, Khartoum: 9000 people killed, all civilians, 5.6 million displaced, under siege.
Palestine, Ghazzah: 7028 people killed, all civilians, 1.2 million displaced, under siege.
From Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish
i hope this is alright for me to add, but this poem references a line from one of hitler's speeches ordering the genocide of polish jews. at the end of the speech, he justified the genocide by saying "who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the armenians?" in a very literal way, genocides are interconnected and used to justify one another. the holocaust was partially modeled after the united states' genocide of indigenous people. british colonialism around the world had its roots in colonized ireland. this is why it is so important to remember the victims of all genocides across history, and why it is so important for oppressed peoples to stand together in solidarity.
nobody on this entire website understands fucking nuance. Israel bad does not mean Hamas good. Israel bad. Hamas also bad. Not mutually exclusive NOR is this the full extent of the opinion people should have on this subject. Please dear lord i am begging people to have complex thoughts for once in their life.
ALTThis is too important to stay in the comments. Hamas supporters and Netanyahu supporters are two sides of the same.
there have been MASSIVE protests in israel, by israelis, since JANUARY of this year in opposition to the government. the media will not cover that but god knows they will absolutely be covering this. the west benefits greatly from this constant conflict, and for some reason western leftists just refuse to see that.
i fucking hate how for so much of the year people will claim to be disability allies and then september hits and suddenly they’re super excited about the horror movies and games and costumes that profit off of the fear of the the visibly disabled and those with “scary” mental illnesses. you can’t simultaneously be a disability ally and also spend your spooky season ignoring the blatant ableism in horror so you can delighted at how scary we are to you.
no, i do not believe this level of delusion about the pandemic being “over” is sustainable. i have noticed people behaving in ways they never would have before c19, like they know deep down that things are not OK and they’re scared. international travel, huge parties, etc. i don’t know. i guess i’ve been surprised and disappointed by mass human cruelty and indifference before but i really do believe there will be a tipping point. once activists can catch their fucking breath? maybe? it took 10 years of AIDS before ACT UP took to the streets. i don’t want to wait 10 years. i’ll push as hard as i fucking can but unfortunately i’m close to bed-bound by long covid at the moment. i do not want to die. c19 activism feels like a tipping point for climate change action, anticapitalist action, and abolition action. this can be a radicalizing moment. they made the US slightly more accessible for a MINUTE and then yanked it away but we *saw* it. we saw it!!!!!!!!!! efforts to squash c19 precautions go hand-in-hand with squashing anti-police protests: they know that the summer 2020 uprisings were able to happen because enough people, for a brief moment, were freer than they had ever been in this fucking evil country. when people are given resources, they give a shit. cops were the only maskless faces in the streets of minneapolis and that is not a coincidence. the old world is fucking scared and wants you to get sick and die. c19 deaths keep climbing, your yard is burning or flooding or bogged down by smoke, cops have killed more people each year since 2020. that’s the “normal” everybody is trying to convince you it’s sooooo fun to go back to. fuck off. fuck off. there will be a crack and we will kick it open
My 'hot take' on children that isn't really a hot take is when a child is out in public and whether you are childless or not, that child is now peripherally under your care also. Children's safety is a community effort.
This extremely weird trend of openly hating children is asinine. Babies, toddlers, young children, and teenagers are allowed to exist outside and in public spaces.
