#Human Rights Activist

[huariqueje]

Journalists and politicians call it war. The informed and honest call it genocide. ― Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

#Susan Abulhawa #palestinian writer #human rights activist #gaza genocide #ethnic cleansing

[sbrown82]

#nobel peace prize #2023 #narges mohammadi #human rights activist #iranian women #women's rights #oppression #queen #icon #aricle

[halfdeadshadow]

#free palestine #free gaza #gaza #palestine #news #war crimes #genocide #childrens rights #crimes against humanity #human rights #ethnic cleansing #protest #protesting #humanitarian crisis #human rights activist #current events #currupt politics #usa politics #usa #us politics #hate crimes

[the-lady-maddy]

#human rights #human rights activist #palestine #free gaza #i stand with palestine 🇵🇸 #free palestine 🇵🇸 #gaza #gaza strip #free palestine #gazaunderattack #palestine resources #israel is committing genocide #israel is a terrorist state #israeli terrorism #humanitarian aid #united nations #palestinian voices #Instagram

[higherentity]

#Marie Louise Cruz #sacheen littlefeather #human rights activist #activist #civil rights activist #apache #yaqui #indigenous

[daisylovesrumble]

petition: L'Oréal Is Ignoring Modern-Day Slavery in Brazil for a Key Cosmetics Ingredient

Is slavery one of the ingredients in your cosmetics?

#humanrights #abolition #modern day slavery #human rights activist #abolitionist #brazil #carubawax #cosmetics #loreal #activist #activism #take action

[trascapades]

🇧🇷⚖️#ArtIsAWeapon

Illustration honoring Brazillian human rights activist #MarielleFranco by @fepparodrigues. Six years after she was assasinated, police and political figures have been arrested.

Read the story by @ajplus:

"Six years after the assassination of #human rights activist and councilor Marielle Franco, three of Brazil's major political and police figures have been arrested. Bank accounts of family members and alleged accomplices have also been frozen.

In 2016, Franco was elected as the only Black woman in Rio de Janeiro's city council. She consistently advocated for racial equality and an end to police corruption. She was killed in a drive-by shooting in 2018 while leaving a Black women's empowerment event.

Producer: Thelma Annan"

#MarielleVive #Mariellepresente

▪︎Images 2-9 and story reposted from @ajplus

▪︎Image 1 reposted from @marielle_franco Linda ilustração em homenagem à Marielle, de @fepparodrigues

#MarielleFranco #Brazil #Rio #MarielleVive #MariellePresente #WomensHistoryMonth

#MariellePresente #Marielle Franco #BlackBrazillian #Brazil #Human Rights Activist #ArtIsAWeapon #BrazillianArt #MarielleFranco

[fashionartfilmalien]

EGOT winning iconic actor, singer, progressive human rights activist Harry Belafonte B. March 1, 1927 D. April 25, 2023. Rest in Power. Sit In is a great documentary about Harry Belafonte who hosted The Tonight Show for one week, stepping in for Johnny Carson. At a time when the country was scorched in protests against the Vietnam War, and race riots, Belafonte created a politically progressive, open minded, conscious, and captivating platform.

#rip harry belafonte #human rights activist #progressive #icon #iconicentertainers #Carmen Jones #blackklansman #rest in power

[ifelllikeastar]

As a former slave, Sojourner Truth was bought and sold four times, and subjected to harsh physical labor and violent punishments. In her teens, she was united with another slave with whom she had five children.

She became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights in the nineteenth century.

Sojourner Truth died November 26, 1883 at the age of 86 in Battlecreek, Michigan

#sojourner truth #love #legend #slave #abolitionist #author #human rights activist #black lives #aint i a woman

[havatabanca]

#claudia jones #nhc #notting hill carnival #human rights activist #community activist #communist #communism

[humanrightsconnected]

“We celebrate Nelson Mandela International Day every year to shine light on the legacy of a man who changed the 20th century and helped shape the 21st. This is a moment for all to renew with the values that inspired Nelson Mandela. Absolute determination. A deep commitment to justice, human rights and fundamental freedoms. A profound belief in the equality and dignity of every woman and man. A relentless engagement for dialogue and solidarity across all lines and divisions. Nelson Mandela was a great statesman, a fierce advocate for equality, the founding father of peace in South Africa.” - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

📷 credit to the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) library via Flickr

#nelson mandela international day #nelson mandela day #mandela day #nelson mandela #mandela #madiba #south africa #africa #human rights activist #activist #activists #human rights defenders #human rights #equality #peace #freedom

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[nuclearparks]

The Nuclear Protection National Parks Remembrance and Documentation Project

Artefact #2. xRef: Artefacts #1, #3.

#cyberpunk #chernobylite #chernobyl #speculative design #design fiction #au #modern au #hra #human rights activist #missglitterbabe #unreality

[reasonsforhope]

You don't need to believe that people as a whole are good or well-intentioned to be an optimist about fixing climate change.

A lot of the time, it's enough to trust in this: people hate being screwed over. And even more than that, they hate feeling screwed over.

Climate change is actively screwing over almost every single person on this planet, whether they know it or not. We just need to keep making sure that people do know that they're getting screwed over, along with all their loved ones, and who's doing it.

Spite and righteous anger will honestly do a lot of the rest.

#hope #good news #hope posting #climate change #climate optimism #life #not news #advice #me #human nature #like. obviously this is imho. but also I'm genuinely convinced that I'm right #spite and anger are powerful motivators #there are scientists who argue that anger's whole evolutionary purpose #is to keep us from being screwed over #because that's so vital to our survival #and what's more vital to our survival than a liveable planet??? #channel your anger into action #do not let anyone tell you that optimism or being an activist or being part of a healthy community means never being angry #that is so so untrue #and if you find a way to channel your anger and pain and grief to do GOOD in the world #to help people #then that will also do a lot to stop your emotions from eating you up inside #hopepunk #anger #spite #optimism #hopeposting #humanity

[higherentity]

#bianca jagger #Nicaraguan #human rights activist #actress #model #bianca

[daisylovesrumble]

petition: Thirteen Governors Refused Money to Help Feed 10 Million Children

Attention Iowa! We do NOT want to be in the same group as Florida and Texas. This proves that Republicans aren't really pro-life. They are pro-pregnancy and pro-controlling women.

#children #child hunger #food stamps #snap #iowa #florida #texas #wyoming #nebraska #republicans #prolifeuntiltheyareborn #propregnancy #procontrollingwomen #fuck the patriarchy #feminism #feminist #childrens rights #humanrights #human rights activist #activist #activism #take action #petition