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Fandom "person" trying to decode new information about reality: Erm. Okay. So... What I'm getting here is that Chairman Mao was basically like the Griffin McElroy of the communist party

#literally half this site

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Barbican Centre, London, July 2022

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antwithabindle.com/careers

#FAV

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If you are feeling helpless: Ways to help student protests that only require a phone

(For USA but much/most of this likely applies to other countries)

TL;DR make an Instagram and follow local SJP and PYM chapters for instructions. This info will not be posted on Tumblr.

First, going to IRL protests is much lower-risk than Tumblr is making it seem. Especially if you are white or a US citizen and listen to your organizers, you are unlikely to have any convictions on your record, and any such unlikely conviction will most likely get you a few hours in a holding cell and community service, not prison time. Depends on the state but either way, arrest is unlikely especially during daylight hours.

Second, if you are unable to attend protests right now (and while supplies are great, people are needed even more!) there are many other things you can do if you're unable to protest or leave your place of residence.

You can make these phone calls from anywhere. You can call Emory University from NYC and you can call NYU from Oregon. Same with police stations. Ring their phones off the hook.

Jail support (in person, likely in shifts). Supporting comrades in jail with food, etc while they wait to be released on bail. See your local PYM and SJP chapters' Instagrams for how to get involved there. If you don't have an Instagram, make one. Send them a DM on Insta if it's not clear how to get involved.

Call police commissioner and precincts to get charges dropped. Even on the weekend, if people are arrested, SJP and PYM will post phone numbers for local precincts. UT protestors had all charges dropped. Search for "my city precinct phone number" and "my city police commissioner" if you're in a big city there will be multiple precincts, feel free to call all of them if local orgs don't tell you which ones to call.

Call universities where students are protesting, especially if you're at all affiliated, especially especially if you are an alum or have kids in college. Demand that there be no retaliation for protestors. Again, SJP chapters will likely post this info but you can look it up yourself. Specific numbers to look for: president's office, development office

Call local government (mayor, city council, etc.) demanding that city police not infringe on protestors' rights to free speech and demand that any acts of police brutality be condemned and face consequences.

Court support (in person) show support in court for anyone who has court coming up. Usually no phones/electronics/signs allowed, but shows of solidarity appreciated. Local groups will have more info. Again, make an Instagram.

Note: You are not going to turn your mayor, your local police chief, or college intern in the university development office into a leftist with these calls, but these calls can get legal (police) and disciplinary (school) charges dismissed. These are practical calls, not ideological ones.

Remember the reason for these protests: As always, keep calling your government representatives urging them to reinstate funding to UNRWA, ending aid to Israel, supporting Palestinian statehood, and supporting an immediate permanent ceasefire, and anything else you care to add. Make sure to give your name, zip code, and other info so they can document your call.

Other tumblr users, please add anything you think might be helpful.

Don't be paralyzed. Call, complain, threaten to withhold votes and money. If you have a phone, you can do something.

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i want to go to this please…

#masks #mine

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Is there a way to access your blog’s archive? There was an older post of yours I can’t find anymore

i changed my settings because i was paranoid and that might make it only possible to view my blog in dash viewer. ill change it back for the next hour so you can look in the archive, link is determinate-negation.tumblr.com/archive

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Pray for everyone in rafah there's heavy bombing right now there. I can't sleep thinking of my family 😭

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i want to center gaza when talking about these protests because thats why any of this is happening. but just know that attempts to paint the encampments as antisemitic to distract from the genocide and horror we are rightfully opposing will fail because we are active participants in these encampments and were not going anywhere

anti zionist seder at the CCNY encampment

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It's so hot the peons are boiling gruel on the sidewalk

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@cunyjsla: Yesterday evening, JLSA hosted our Passover Seder at the CUNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment at City College. In true Passover fashion, we honored the tradition of Jewish steadfastness in the face of oppression while standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people, whose struggle for liberation epitomizes tikkun olam - the repairing of the world.

As we ate our bitter herbs, broke our matzos, and drank our grape juice, we prayed for the besieged people of Gaza, who are experiencing genocide and famine at the hands of the rapacious Zionist entity, which enjoys the full backing of the United States. We prayed for the full liberation of the Palestinian people - from the river to the sea - who have struggled against a murderous regime of settler-colonialism and apartheid for decades. And we were joined by comrades from @nioncuny and @cuny4palestine in reaffirming the fundamental truth that Zionism is antithetical to Jewish values and traditions. If you are able, please join the @cungse encampment at City College. The struggle against the modern pharaohs in New York, Washington, London, Berlin, and Occupied Palestine continues!

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Passover seder at UC Berkeley’s Gaza solidarity encampment (via twitter)

#<333

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Steam trains. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Kharkiv, 1958).

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Here’s what you’re not being told: The most pressing threats to our safety as Jewish students do not come from tents on campus. Instead, they come from the Columbia administration inviting police onto campus, certain faculty members, and third-party organizations that dox undergraduates. Frankly, I regret the fact that writing to confirm the safety of Jewish Ivy League students feels justified in the first place. I have not seen many pundits hand-wringing over the safety of my Palestinian colleagues mourning the deaths of family members, or the destruction of Gaza’s cherished universities.

#again i dont want this to overshadow the actual genocide thats going on which were protesting but its insane seeing this false narrative #about college campuses rn

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this is unbearable. just a little while ago when the baby was born we were lamenting that refaat never got to meet his grandkid and now his grandkid, son in law, and daughter are dead too?! ايه القهر ده!

#palestine

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No one is discrediting the student protests. I myself am a student who is partaking in largely student-coordinated protests, drives, campaigns… but I also understand that we are largely missing the point if coverage of these protests overshadows what they are actually protesting for—the atrocities committed on Palestinians every single day. As the western buzz around this genocide gets more and more coverage, the coverage of the genocide itself sharply declines. It’s true and I see it every single day. Things are not being reported with the precision and diligence they should be.

#palestine

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Shevchenkivsʹkyy Hay, Ukraine