#A Protestant Police Force for Protestant people

[fiemdblunt]

How can I, someone outside of Georgia (the country), help fight the foreign agent bill?

For information about brands you can boycott and the summary of what the foreign agent law entails, click on the link above, which refers to my older post.

The government's escalating use of force and intimidation techniques during and outside of protests, such as threat phone calls, jumping people in the street, paying sportsmen to physically assault people. The police force has been using methods such as physical violence, torture, tear gas, rubber bullets, and water streams.

Along with boycotting, there is a big amount of Georgians emigrating from the country, and organizing protests in other countries.

Think about the resources and skills you have that you can use to help demonstrations on the ground and spread awareness on the issue. This might include your graphic design or copywriting skills, a large social media following - aid the protesters by spreading the word.

SHARE information that might be useful for protesters inside and outside of Georgia.

And most importantly donate, speak to people around you, and attend protests closeby to where you live. Some details of protests outside of Georgia and donation links will be listed below:

List of currently known international protests:

12/05 15:00 Venice Biennale Georgian Pavilion | Venice

12/05 15:00 Piazza Garibaldi | Naples

12/05 16:00 Placa de Catalunya | Barcelona

12/05 16:00 Consulado de Georgia | Madrid

13/05 18:00-20:00 Brighton 4th & broadwalk | New York

14/05 18:30-20:30 Place du Pantheon | Paris

17/05 17:30 EU Commission | Brussels

17/05 18:30 Embassy of Georgia | London

(And keep an eye on gza.europe on Instagram, for any further news on protests in Europe, and keep an eye on your local protests even if they're not on gza.europe or listed here)

Donation links:

Shame Movement - Provides gear for protests, organizing demonstrations.

GYLA - Georgia's Young Lawyer Association, providing legal help to those detained at demonstrations.

All we ask for, is to have you fight together with us.

#georgia #sakartvelo #politics #activism #caucasus #russia is a terrorist state #no to russian law #anti russia #government

[anarchotahdigism]

I've yet to see a single ACAB chant or sign at these encampments

They're so laser focused on appealing to the better natures of genociders who are unleashing state violence on students camping

Some of the encampments are being raided, tear gassed, assaulted, but I've yet to see a coherent rejection of police brutality and oppression, a realization that these forces train with the Zionist occupation and that institutions and states purchase repressive technologies from the occupation nor do I see people clarifying the connection to the use of covid as eugenics by states. There are some people masking at least.

I don't see demands by students to get cops off campus, to reinstitute COVID mitigations, just demands for divestment

Meanwhile at least one encampment is hoarding $17k of funds, others are refusing entry and communal care to the homeless, others are hostile to anarchists, and all of them allow anti maskers within their boundaries. The UW encampment will be assaulted Sunday by Zionists aligned with Charlie Kirk and I've no idea how that will go.

It's all the worst parts of 2020 protests

But hey a couple unis say they'll divest soon and others say they'll think about holding a meeting or a vote in the fall. no guarantees any that do divest will remain committed, no reparations for victimized students.

i remain inmmensely skeptical and will until people fight anti maskers, cops, and chuds alike.

#anarchotahdigism

[mueritos]

i hope we continue to see more protests within the US military. i see a lot of leftists and folks who are anti-military who have such an open disdain for the people who are in the military, yet neglect to considering the conditions this country makes to produce ideology, poverty, and the illusion of choice to make all kinds of people choose to enlist in the military. You ever see those videos of ROTC kids recording each other asking why they joined the military and everyone's like, "healthcare", "it helped me go to college", "I was bored" or "free ptsd lol". I hate to remind everyone but folks who are in the military are people, too, and they are the same victims and perpetrators of violence as the rest of you, we have all been shallowly conditioned to view each other as enemies just because one person is wearing army greens and the other is not.

some of the biggest anti-war advocates are those who engaged in war. Veterans who genuinely believed they were protecting the US against "terrorism" come back with blood on their hands, and they choose to realize that it was US imperialism that forced them to carry out violence, instead of doubling down and shielding themselves from the fact that they too are capable of atrocities... This is a class of people who are intentionally conditioned to be as poor and as ideologically aligned to US imperialism so that the military has a never-ending pool to send their youth to destroy other country's youth. The only people I have ever heard say "do not join the military" are those who ARE military.

This is in no way to ever excuse or explain away any of the atrocious war crimes and violence this industry and its people have committed against others. What I am saying is that we absolutely cannot cast aside the individuals who have been victimized within US imperialism, even if they are wearing army greens. I was speaking with my Palestinian classmate last week and another classmate--a member of the US air force-- walked up to me and struck up a conversation. My military classmate showed me her new bird, bid both of us goodbye, and left. My Palestinian classmate asked me if I was close with her, and I said we talked quite often, and she said, "I never met a person who's in the military. I still hate the military, but I never knew that they did, too. I didn't realize that they were also victims."

If my Palestinian classmate--one who is actively watching her own community die--can understand that it is not individuals who are the problem but it is in fact systems, US imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism...why can't we all? And she has EVERY reason to hate any individual military member. A lot of online activism just creates more barriers. if your optics look bad, complicated, or contradictory, you are cast aside. Everyone has got the be the perfect activist, you can never make a mistake or share a half-baked thought, you should always believe every word from a marginalized persons mouth (because being marginalized doesn't mean you're not entrenched in white supremacy too!) and you should never question what you see...Do you know what you sound like? The very imperialists who are convincing poor whites to vote against themselves. Perfectionism is white supremacy. Black & white thinking is white supremacy.

I'd rather have a military member who genuinely believed in the US imperialism machine but was disillusioned after being deployed as my comrade than some leftist who cherishes the performance of "being a good person". I don't want "good people" in our movements. I want humans who care. I want humans who make mistakes and who learn from them. I want humans who accept the messiness of a person. I want humans who hold others accountable and allow themselves to take responsibility for their actions. I want people who change for themselves and others.

fight systems, not individual people. we can change each other, but if we're too preoccupied looking like the World's Perfect Activists, we will only consume each other alive. Connect to your fellow humans, forever and always.

#muertotalks #a mind dump after seeing so much come out after the self immolation of the us air force member #i know hes not the first one to self immolate for palestine #and he might not be the last #i hate the military #i really fucking do #but i choose to see the people within them as victims within the overall system just like the rest of us #i will never go through what they did to make them choose to enlist #i never struggled with poverty homelessness healthcare or social acceptance #i wont shame them #shame is not productive #i want them to know there are civilians who support their protests #i want them to know that we their allies too #a note on my palestinian classmate #if youre arab or also a colonized person impacted by the us military feel free to hate every member of the military #i dont intend to police yall in how you choose to feel your anger #im angry with you #the point i mean to make is about understanding and compassion #someone who has every right to hate these people still chose to see them as the people they are #yes i even want the best for the “bad” people in the military too #i dont want these people to continue the ideology but we cant stop that without dismantling these systems #and we cant do that without creating spaces for healing and reform and growth #so many thoughts so many thoughts #none of this is easy #i fight daily against impulsively hating the world #everyday is a fight to choose compassion and understanding #but being a leftist and doing leftism is not fucking easy #if you genuinely think it is it isnt #and you may be missing the point of what leftism is #anyway

[comehithercornking]

hey babe, wake up, new reason to abolish the police force just dropped

#imagine being a peaceful protester in a space you PAY to have the right to access and the police force deciding to literally attack you. #imagine having no weapons and law enforcement decides that your words are too dangerous and so they physically beat you #NYPD and Columbia University are rotten to the core. why is saying ‘genocide is bad’ so scary to these people #why have they sacrificed their humanity for money and public image and power #no political agenda is worth children and innocent people dying #what’s happening at Columbia and UCLA to the pro-Palestinian protesters sickens me #because apparently neo-nazis and white supremacists are simply exercising their right to free speech #but a student questioning the government is the source of all evil in the world and must be stopped #I’ve been an abolitionist and I will STAY an abolitionist but sometimes it still shocks me how terrible our governmental systems can be #free palestine #don’t stop talking about palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #genocide is never ok. the fact that that isn’t something that can go unsaid is abhorrent

[azural83]

The way the news about the morality police being shut down was simply the government's way of distracting people to make them stop paying attention but some people just believed it without doing any sort of research💀-

I thought we already got over the "don't believe everything you read on the Internet"

Especially not something related to human rights violations

#morality police don't even appear in my town #but you know who does? the government forces #with their vans and everything #iranian government #iran #iranian #iran protests #iranian women #iran news #iran government #women movement of iran #iran revolution #iranian revolution #iranian people #iranians #iranian morality police #iran morality police #morality police #forced hijab #mandatory hijab #feminism #jina amini #mahsa amini #zan zendegi azadi #woman life freedom #women rights #human rights

[polyamoryprincess]

In the face of thousands of people in the middle of a genocide, people really have the gall to be like “I’m a liberal, but what if protesting literal genocide that we have loads of a first hand evidence of leads to a single hypothetical single mother missing work and losing their job :(“ and I’m going to go actually insane. I’m going to freak the fuck out.

REEVALUATE YOUR MORALS AND LOOK UP THE HISTORY OF PROTESTING. You fucks are so so embarrassing.

#Yes I responded it was a YouTube comment and yes YouTube deleted it :))))))) #And I tried so hard to censor so that wouldn’t happen but apparently YouTube didn’t like the word exterminated #I don’t care about hypothetical emergency services that wouldn’t be an issue if the police worked with protests instead of brutalizing them #I don’t care about hypothetical people missing work their shit does not supersede a literal genocide #And if anything forcing people to miss work and affecting capitalistic bottom lines is part of the protesting #Stop embarrassing yourself #So this is a problem but what’s your opinion on any other major protest in history? Vietnam? Civil rights movement? #Would these be concerns of yours? Or would you care more about the protests because you know in hindsight they were right to do that?

[albonium]

idk how international news are treating it but a policeman executed a 17 year old who tried to get away during a road stop when he wasn't a threat to anyone. that's why young people are in the streets burning cars and looting shops. you know what it's like it's been happening all over the world. don't let news outlet tell you they're dangerous criminals terrorising french people. they're young people who have been victims of police violence and racism for decades trying to make themselves heard

#for once it seems that white people are a tiny bit more understanding after they've seen how unfair and violent police forces actually are #after being victims to it themselves during protests these past few years #at least one (1) good thing came from it i guess

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

Two sides of the same extremism coin:

Let women live ffs

#women's rights #there is no compulsion in religion #don't force people to be Muslim #don't force Muslim women to remove hijab #Iran #Denmark #glad that there are at least protests in both Iran and Denmark over these #morality police

[nothazellevesque]

a man self immolated in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc yesterday. not just any man. an active member of the us air force. he live streamed his death, and said that he refused to be complicit in a genocide any longer. he said that compared to what palestinians were facing every day, setting himself alight was nothing.

let me reiterate. an active duty air force member burned himself alive because he was so disgusted by what the us government was openly supporting. he live-streamed his own suicide, so the whole world could bear witness as a man in his military uniform set himself on fire to protest his government’s complicity in the horrors that we have all been forced to watch happen in real time. he became a new horror. footage of the immolation blurs him out the moment the fire catches, but you can hear him. it is over in seconds, really, but you can hear him screaming. he shouts “free palestine” until his body physically cannot make any sounds other than guttural screams of agony. and then he falls silent. a police officer arrives and points a gun at his still burning body, shouting at him to get down on the ground. and it is over.

his name was Aaron Bushnell. he was twenty five years old. and he isn’t here anymore because the political ruling class has decided that genocide is perfectly fine as long as it preserves imperialism. in the coming days, people will try to discredit him. to say that he was mentally unstable. they will try to bury his actions to save face and defend israel’s propaganda. do not let them. aaron knew what he was doing. he knew what he was doing when he put on his military uniform, set up his twitch stream, and made his final walk up to the embassy. he knew what would happen to him when he flicked that lighter. do not let them forget. aaron’s blood is on the hands of the political ruling class.

#free palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #Aaron bushnell #aaron’s livestream likely made it so much harder to bury this like the media did to the last person who self immolated #the least we can do is not forget him #gaza strip #gaza #palestine

[nanasketchdump]

When the rest of the world looks at the united states right now, we see a government who sends billions to support genocide but cannot help their own people starving on the streets.

We see a police force who won't go in to save children from school shootings, but deploy at a rapid rate to arrest peaceful protestors using their right to free speech to protest a genocide

America, you are a war mongering snake eating your own tail. You will protect and support war criminals in another country but let your own people starve and die

To the students bravely protesting now, we see your strength. We see what we saw when students protested the Vietnam War. We have faith you will prevail

#protest #university protests #free palestine #south africa #israel genocide #columbia university

[medicinemane]

I may not be good at doing much with activism cause I'm still getting my own shit together, but I'll tell you I remember stuff

Slips my mind more than I like, but I don't forget what's happened to Iranians, to Syrians, I don't forget the Hong Kong protests

I remember how it was, I refuse to follow a new narrative when I was there watching across an ocean

As an American I think I have an obligation to support people fighting for their freedom... kinda one of the things about the American identity that's supposed to mean something, the idea you're supposed to support everyone everywhere in being able to choose how to live their life

So I won't forget what the Iranian government's done, I won't ever let them pretend to be moral after I watched them with blood on their hands, their so called morality police brutalizing people just trying to live, and then fighting to be free

I may not be able to do much, probably don't do as much as I could or should, but I'll never forget and when it's called for I'll never forgive either

Can't follow all the horror in the world, hell, I can hardly keep up with Haiti or Sudan who both deserve support

But I do pay attention, I do see some of what happens, I won't forget and I won't let people feed me a new version of what I've seen

#i was thinking about other less serious but still serious stuff #think cultural issues rather than human rights issues #but i was thinking about things that have happened; that i watched first hand #and how... people just have this new version of them #they take the word of a random tumblr user over people who were there #and there rewrite stuff #fine... i can't force you to listen #but... i won't forget #and the places the details get fuzzy at least I'm honest #at least i say 'I'd have to do some research on what happened' #like i know the broad strokes of when the Night in the Wood's dev killed himself #but I'm forgetting a couple details that... really don't matter #but i had my ear to the ground; you won't make me forget this stuff #big or small; i keep this stuff in mind #you people (broad general gesturing at the world) love lying about shit i was there for #and people gobble up these narratives #but fuck you; i saw what i saw #not gonna say other people didn't see what they saw too #but... i think some people are spinning some bullshit cause they were spinning it at the time #just like now it seems people are spinning bullshit around these attacks #trying to rewrite history like those brutal crackdowns on protests didn't happen #protests over police murdering an innocent woman for existing #I've seen stuff; at least i cite what i saw and moot second hand tumblr posts #was on my mind already; seeing that post just... made me think in other contexts #please stop fucking swallowing whatever some tumblr user said #I'm begging you; i adore you; i don't think you read my tags #please stop falling for this stuff; your so smart and caring #please stop worrying about your past and fearing falling out of step with the crowd #think for yourself on this stuff; be critical; your so good; please be critical #mm tag so i can find things later

[kakashis-kunoichi]

#jewish people #peaceful protest #free palestine #gaza #genocide #war crimes #palestine #gaza strip #west bank #ceasefire #israeli war crimes #us war crimes #ethnic cleansing #apartheid #benjamin netanyahu #joe biden #police violence #israeli occupation forces #israel #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #Instagram

[esyra]

Haven't heard from family in days. I feel like it's time to accept they're gone. I know in my heart Palestine will, one day, be free, but it wasn't supposed to be like this.

We feared another Nakba, and it happened. 700,000 pushed out of their homes in 1948 to 1 million being forced to leave their homes in 2023.

We thought it couldn't get worse or more deadly than the Israeli invasion in 2014, and it happened. We lost 2,251 people in 50 days then. Now we're past 2,300 in one week.

What I heard most from my grandmother the first days it's that "this time is different". And I feel like a rock is crushing my heart in pieces because i've been hoping that speaking out, teaching people about the historical oppresion of Palestine would help but it's not helping. Nothing is changing.

I feel like I'm screaming into a void. There's some sympathy from people online, until I see content documenting Palestinian oppresion being flagged as 'hate speech' or check the comments of any updates on Gaza and it's: "blame it on hamas", "tell them to give up hamas", "the hamas asked for it". They're not even among civilians!!!!!

My heart feels full seeing the manifestations in favor of Palestine, then I see police forces breaking protests apart and remember that the people that can actually save Gaza don't care.

If there's nothing left to do but to watch the extermination of my people, then I'm going to beg for anyone reading this to please don't forget. Please.

Israel is hiding behind Judaism to commit genocide against Gaza. Netanyahu supported the Hamas militant group to prevent the establishment of the Palestine State, and now he's using them to justify his agenda of ethnic cleansing. He abandoned Israelis and left them to die because he cares more about seeing Gazans dead!

Every single person and institution supporting and financing Israel is complicit. I hope the deaths of every Palestinian haunts you for the rest of your lives and that you never find an ounce of forgiveness, for you do not deserve it.

Just as in the Iraq War, the US government is financing and cheering for the slaughter of millions of innocent Arab lives. The media is complicit by engaging in biased propaganda and other nuclear powers, such as the UK and Germany, are complicit too. You are fascists and war criminals and every drop of Palestinian blood is in your hands. I hope every single day, for the rest of your lives, you look in the mirror and see nothing but the blood you've helped spill.

This serves as yet another proof that not a single Western in a position of power, be it in the media or in government, sees Arabs as humans beings.

For decades, the US has comitted terrorism and crimes against humanity in the Middle East and has NEVER been held accountable. Over one million in Iraq; over 150,000 in Afghanistan; and now they'll turn Gaza into a graveyard. Punishing selected soldiers over the years does not erase the fact that the American military and its government validates their crimes during execution and are never punished for it.

Please never forget: Joe Biden is a genocidal terrorist, Rishi Sunak is a genocidal terrorist, the American Democrat Party and UK's Labour Party are led by genocidal terrorists, the European Union is led by genocidal terrorists, fuckass Walt Disney Company is led by genocidal terrorists; every celebrity that called for Palestinian death or stood by silently while ignoring our suffering is a genocidal terrorist.

May Allah protect the people in Palestine and grant the martyrs the highest level of Jannah. Wallah what keeps me here is knowing that the Akhirah is theirs. May Almighty Allah grant us imaan and Taqwa as high as the people of Gaza. Ameen.

#palestine #free palestine #may Allah protect our brothers and sisters

[hymnxl]

feeling the need to post again about this. i'm standing with every single person who is protesting for palestine right now. especially all the people at these universities setting up encampments and having guns and police brigades pointed towards them. these are PEACEFUL protests and should not be threatened with tear gas, force, or even snipers pointed at them. palestine needs our voices more than ever. we're nearing 50K marytered palestinians when there shouldn't have even been 1.

if you personally cannot protest in public for whatever reason it may be, at least voice your support for protesters who are and also voice your support for palestinians. they need your voice. their voices are getting silences constantly online whether through suppression or the IOF marytering them along with everyone else.

i stand with every palestinian in the world. i stand with every protester in the world speaking for palestinians.

FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!!!!!

#vent #rant #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #gaza #gaza genocide #usc #ohio state #columbia #nyu #columbia university

[valiumvenus]

In the name of my friends, I am asking for help:

"Please SIGN and SHARE this petition against censorship at the University of Vienna! Give us back our lectures on Palestine!" 🇵🇸🕊️

TLDR: The University of Vienna is canceling lectures about Palestine, and disinviting scholars who have a pro-Palestinian stance; please sign & share the petition to show people everywhere care. The students' demands are listed in the petition. Anyone can sign.

Censorship surrounding topics of Palestine is nothing new - but in the last few months there has been an alarming increase in censorship, where artists have their exhibitions shut down, universities are setting up barriers to knowledge about Palestine, highly unserious articles with very serious accusations about academics are popping up, ... Now two lectures on Palestine were canceled, and another scholar was just uninvited for what he posted on his social media (pro-Palestinian content). A previous protest letter from the academic community was ignored by the University, and a recent sit-in there was met with an unnecessarily high number of police who intimidated the small group of protesters. That is the only reaction anti-Zionist protests yield. -> more info in the petition link

Why/How does the University of Vienna do this? Basically, any public criticism of the Israeli government is misconstrued as antisemitism. Then, the University disinvites the academics in question and cancels lectures, or forces lecturers to "adjust" their content. Scholars are being muzzled. The University doesn't want its students to learn about various perspectives on Palestine. Mind you, this is a public institution we're talking about.

The petition is intended to show the University that people disapprove of these practices. The argument of "safety" is brought up all the time, but at the same time, the University gladly erects barriers between their students and the valuable knowledge that would foster critical thinking and understanding. Palestinians are directly affected by this deadly apathy, and Muslim and Jewish people everywhere suffer from heightened antisemitism and islamophobia fueled by misinformation and myths. And at the end of the day, censorship is nothing but bad academic practice. It is an attempt to shape the minds of students by making information harder to access and to exclude scholars who talk about/are from Palestine. It's discrimination against Palestinians and it's shameless instrumentalization of Jewish trauma.

Anybody who is concerned can sign. Please share widely with any and all communities! The petition should go international! Every signature counts.

Say NO to all barriers to knowledge. 🇵🇸🕊️

#free palestine #signal boost #petition #censorship #palestine #gaza #west bank #university #pls idk how to tag shit.. #academia #vienna

[soon-palestine]

as an american citizen, you have the right to assemble. the police and other governmental agencies violate this right through mass arrests, illegal use of force, criminalization of protest and other means that threaten our right to free expression.

DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE:

they are not your friends. they are not there to protect you, regardless of your race. their presence there is to protect the interests of the state.

what to do if you are detained or stopped by the police:

do not resist, even if you think they are violating your rights.

calmly ask someone to record.

ask if you’re free to leave. if you are, walk away.

how to stay safe during a protest:

write phone/legal aid numbers on your body. bring a sharpie for others to do this.

ALWAYS use the buddy system. don’t be selfish & stick to your own friend group. if you see someone alone, invite them into your circle.

don’t know where to seek legal aid?

before attending/during a protest, visit http://nlg.org/chapters/#massdefense.

NLG chapters are organized into regions. find. your region and write their number on your body.

encourage others around you to write that same number on their body.

4. if you are threatened with or under arrest:

you have the right to know why you’re being arrested. calmly ask. if they refuse to provide a reason, stay quiet and ask for legal representation immediately.

do not give any information or sign anything without a lawyer present.

what to do with your phone during a protest:

put your phone on airplane mode

disable face ID/touch, replace with 6-digit passcode instead

spreading awareness is great but avoid posting photos of people that include identifying features.

police want everyone to leave the area, what should that look like:

shutting down a protect through a dispersal order must be the last resort for police.

a clear danger must be present.

police must give adequate time for protesters to disperse and an exit route.

what are your rights if you’re being stopped or detained by police:

you do not have to consent to you or your belongings being searched. if you consent, anything can be used against you in court.

police can conduct a “pat down” if they suspect you have a weapon.

if you see someone being detained, what should you do:

record the interaction. police can not demand to view or delete any footage without a warrant.

use calming affirmations towards the person being detained. they are likely scared. be there for them.

use whatever privilege you have to protect others.

if you see a disabled person struggling, offer to help. find medics to assist people experiencing anxiety or having a panic attack. if you see a BIPOC being harassed, surround them.

personal note on using your privilege: i have seen white people, countless times, place themselves in front of BIPOC when police draw weapons/approach protests. it often works.

do not be a person that just acknowledges their privilege, use it for good.

10. remember that we protect us. ignite this chant as a reminder to everyone present if you have to. communities are supposed to help one another. don’t be a sell out, offer support, share resources, food and water. be a kind soul.

if you can not participate in a protest for whatever reason, you can still help! drop-off supplies! (water bottles, allergy-friendly foods/snacks with ingredients labels on them, sharpies, cards with legal aid numbers on them, masks, makeup remover wipes, hand sanitizer, etc)

sources/disclaimer: main source:

@ACLU and my own opinions. this is not legal advice. consult legal representation if you are in need of assistance.

stay safe, be on the right side of history. black lives matter, no one is illegal, we protect us, land back, all oppression is connected and free palestine. 🇵🇸

#palestine #gaza #free palestine