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disruptiveempathy · 2 months

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The move to guerilla warfare by the Philippine resistance provoked a tactical response by the Americans, who for the first time were fighting a war of colonial conquest overseas. US forces initiated an early version of counterinsurgency, a military doctrine the US would come to deploy against anti-imperialist guerillas repeatedly throughout the century. In an effort to isolate the guerillas from the natives, the Americans set up concentration camps for civilians, controlling the provision of food and medicine within them. At the same time, the Americans would respond brutally to successful ambushes by the resistance fighters with the mass slaughter of civilians and the burning of entire villages. Alongside the massacres and internment of civilians, the US established a provisional government on the archipelago lead by future President William Howard Taft. The government introduced a ‘policy of attraction,’ a program intended to entice Filipinos—particularly key social elites—away from Aguinaldo and the resistance by promising economic development and other reforms under a form of restricted self-governance. By 1907, the Americans had largely succeeded in suppressing the guerillas and establishing a client government. The cost, in human life, was tremendous. Between 1899 and 1907, the US military killed 20,000 Filipino combatants. Between direct violence and the conditions of famine and disease created by agricultural destruction and internment, 200,000 Filipino civilians were killed (some estimates range up to 1 million). More than four thousand US troops also died in the war. Though the term had not yet been coined, it was arguably the first genocide of the 20th century—and its tactics, particularly the use of concentration camps, would surface in subsequent genocides.

—Dylan Saba, from "Aid Wars," in N+1

#quotes #essays #dylan saba #aid wars #n+1 #philippines #genocide #imperialism

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sayruq · 2 months

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Care For Gaza has been providing food, water, diapers, baby formula, etc., to displaced families. Donate to them if you can

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #aid for gaza #support palestine

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guesswhojusttt · 3 months

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#apartheid #ceasefire now #end the occupation #free palestine #humanitarian crisis #i stand with palestine #israel is an apartheid state #israeli war crimes #stop the genocide #colonialism #human rights #Palestine #social justice #humanitarian aid #israel

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mosura780 · 2 months

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https://x.com/briebriejoy/status/1771603664794259513?t=OgRWHmadpYsBrItLGy902w&s=09

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northgazaupdates2 · 5 days

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This is Suad Ahmad. You can read her full story here.

Suad is a successful engineer and professor from Gaza. On top of her professional accomplishments, Suad found out she is pregnant. Sadly, a week later, the occupation began bombing Gaza and planning an invasion.

Suad’s home and workplace were destroyed, and she and her husband’s family were displaced. While living in a cramped tent and subjected to the elements, Suad became extremely sick with gastroenteritis, a dangerous condition during pregnancy. Food is scarce, and they are all suffering malnourishment.

Suad’s due date is coming very soon, and she wants her baby to have a better life than the one she’s living now. She is trying to evacuate to Egypt, where she and her family will be safer and healthier.

The campaign has been open for several weeks, but has received almost no support. We are trying to get Suad and her family evacuated before she gives birth, so we have only a few weeks left. Please help give Suad and her family a better future. If you cannot give, please reblog this post and repost the link across all of your social media accounts.

Thank you

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alwaysbewoke · 1 month

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#sudan #civil war #conflict #rapid support forces #armed forces #humanitarian crisis #death toll #refugees #aid #humanitarian assistance

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4ft10tvlandfangirl · 2 months

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From Quds News, we can see the car is clearly marked as World Central Kitchen (WCK) even from above. Check this post for the WCK statement on the attack but also have a look at how the spins & lies have already begun:

You don't need to be an expert to know a roadside bomb would have hit that car differently. Like do they think our eyes and brains don't work?

WCK had 3 cars in their convoy and have reported 7 workers total killed. Now they have suspended operations for aid delivery. Aid from every direction is being blocked and affected in the strip, israel is starving the people of Gaza and killing anyone who tries to get food or give them food. It's insane and that word doesn't feel like enough but I don't know what else to say at this point.

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panakina · 5 months

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The robins’ arrested development is fascinating to me on a meta level.

The first child sidekick of the golden age of comics, never meant to be a man, a child for forty years who fought and demanded the right to grow up.

The second robin is slain in his career’s infancy. An unaging symbol of lost innocence because innocence itself was no longer required. Who burst back out of his grave unwillingly, in a man’s body, dragged into adulthood all at once. A child killed twice over.

The third robin, who was comfortable in his place as a child as a sidekick, evicted because someone else needed that spot, only to be wedged back into the box. Not quite a man, but he can’t go back to being a boy either, stuck in the in between.

And the fifth robin, still a child. Destined to grow into an adult role that will never be vacated, and so cannot grow up.

#jason todd #bruce wayne #dick grayson #tim drake #damian wayne #batman #batfam #red hood #nightwing #dc #the aging and unaging #of comic characters #makes me eat drywall #bruce wayne is in his 30s #dick grayson remembers the war #jason grew up during the aids epidemic and the war on drugs #they are brothers in the early 2000s #damian wayne is waiting on a future that cannot arrrive

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captain-casual · 2 months

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Next up: Biden continues to be a crusty piece of shit who ignores his voters

Story here

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remindertoclick · 20 days

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Hey there! Here's your Daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!

Thank you!

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raindropssys · 3 months

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let's help Amal For Women provide aid to families in Sudan! If you cannot donate, spread this around! as of 2/22/2024, their GFM has only raised $55 out of the $10,000 goal -- it only received six donations.

GFM: https://gofund.me/2484e5bf

other donation options: https://linktr.ee/amalforwomen

Original post by @Kandakat_alhaqq on Twitter:

"My organization, Amal For Women (http://Amalforwomen.org), annually conducts a Ramadan food basket initiative for Sudan. Our nonprofit previously funded businesses for single mothers pre-war, alongside a successful orphan sponsorship campaign. Traditionally, we fundraised before Ramadan and our Sudanese representatives procured and distributed the baskets to families in need. However, due to the ongoing war, this year we're shifting to providing financial assistance instead of physical baskets, prioritizing safety and practicality in aid distribution. Typically, each basket costs around $70 and includes essential items like rice, sugar, tea, onions, wheat, cooking oil, pasta, dates, milk, and lentils. Rest assured, funds will be transparently and accountably distributed by trusted representatives. Your support directly aids those affected by conflict, so please share this initiative with your family and friends.

💚 GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/2484e5bf. 💚 Multiple donation options: https://linktr.ee/amalforwomen

#keepeyesonsudan"

#amal for women #sudan crisis #sudan #eyes on sudan #keep eyes on sudan #free sudan #sudan war #sudan aid #sudanese genocide #ramadan

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rebirthgarments · 1 month

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TW: Chemical w-rfare, Ab-rtion

Urgent Ask to evacuate Nara, a 🍉 disabled woman with MS who also has pancreatic cancer due to chemical w-rfare.

Support by financially contributing to her @FedUp4Palestine vetted funhnd-raizer (that I personally vetted): givebutter.com/NaraMedicalAid

+ resharing/ reposting this post!

I, Sky Cubacub- a Fed up 4 Palestine team member, have been in direct contact with Nara to get to know her and her story more over the past few days. We have become fast friends due to so many overlapping symptoms of our disabilities. Nara’s story caught my eye because I have post-viral ME/CFS which many times is a precursor to MS. I really want my disability community to show up for her to get this campaign funded that is so close to my heart so that she can continue medical treatment.

We have chatted extensively! During our chats, I found out from Nara that she had not previously had health issues until she was exposed in the white phosphorus attack in 2008. The long lasting damage and effects of phosphorus continue to compound and become more and more disabling to this day, even after 16 years.

Here is her story in her own words (edited for clarity):

“Hi I'm Nara,

I'm a cancer and multiple sclerosis patient. I need treatment, examinations, and follow-up on a regular basis, but the hospitals in which I used to follow up were bombed and the other one was turned into military barracks. All I need now is to leave Gaza for treatment, preserve my life, and live with my family in peace.

We're a family of 4, including my 12 and 7 year old children.

I had been diagnosed with a tumor in the pancreas as a result of inhaling phosphorus in a previous war. A couple years after being exposed to phosphorus, I became pregnant, and the fetus was pressing on the tumor, which drew the doctor’s attention to the cancer. My fetus was emergency aborted, and the spleen, 80% of the pancreas, and part of the small intestine were removed. I complained every now and then of a lot of pain as a result of the removal of part of the pancreas. I was having follow up care in the Turkish Friendship Hospital for hematology and tumors. But since the beginning of October, I have not been able to follow up because the hospital has turned into a military barracks.

The remaining part is talking about multiple sclerosis:

In 2018, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I had many complications, such as inflammation of the seventh nerve in the eye, the inability to walk with balance, movement with difficulty, and many symptoms. I was then required to take 12 injections every month and many medications and vitamins. I was following up at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, but unfortunately the hospital was out of service due to the war. So for a long time I have not received any injections. MS is truly difficult and it controls my life completely, and the attacks occur in many and varied ways.”

A note about her breathing apparatus:

Because people in displacement have to wait in long queues and pay to use the bathroom, Nara had started to restrict her water intake because of a UTI she never has been able to heal from. This has created a problem with raised levels of potassium, so doctors have placed her on oxygen for fear of the potassium affecting her heart.

Goals

she needs at least $15,000 to evacuate

2 adults at $5,000 each

2 children at $2,500 each

this price is subject to increase due to the cost of registration for evacuation continuing to go up

The other money will go to the cost of treatment and living costs.

Nara chooses to stay anonymous because she has had to mask her disabilities so much that only her family knows about her MS and Cancer, so we have not linked her instagram, but we are in direct contact with her and can verify that she is who she says she is! Because of this, she cannot promote her own fundraiser, so it is our job to collectively do it for her!

[Image Description: a digital illustration by @k8deciccio of Nara, a Pal-eh-stienian woman wearing a black hijab/outfit with purple highlights. She has a breathing apparatus that is bulbous that goes in her nose. Text Reads: Help Narawith Cancer and MS Treatment, She Must Evacuate with her family of 4. $30k goal givebutter.com/NaraMedicalAid . There is a QR code in the bottom right corner that goes to her support link. The @FedUp4Palestine logo is in the top left corner.]

#gaza genocide #gazaunderfire #stand with gaza #news on gaza #war on gaza #gaza strip #free gaza #gaza #gazaunderattack #save gaza #mutual aid #i personally vetted this fundraiser #disabled and cute #disabilityculture #disabilityarts #disabilityjustice #multiple sclerosis #cancer #pancreatic cancer

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sayruq · 4 months

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Boost and donate if you can

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #hands off yemen #humanitarian aid

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amalisam · 1 day

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Only 5000€ from our goal !! Please keep donating! 🙏💖✨

This is a verified fundraiser for a Palestinian family from Gaza. The link to Amal’s GoFundMe is down below, and you can also find the project watermelon spreadsheet where their team vets fundraisers. This has been verified also by El-Shab-Hussein. Thank you for your support!

#free palestine #palestine #foryou #free gaza #fyp #fuck israel #gaza #gaza aid #i stand with palestine #war on gaza #war news #jerusalem #all eyes on rafah #free rafah #rafah #save rafah #gaza genocide #rafah under attack

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mosura780 · 2 months

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https://x.com/Attaphia/status/1767515507819745513?t=g9dgacQMANSLAko-C9C3WA&s=09

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northgazaupdates2 · 6 days

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Omar was studying at University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza when the occupation began its scorched earth collective punishment campaign. His university was destroyed, his home was destroyed, and he was displaced to Rafah. He is currently living in a tent in Rafah, under heavy aerial bombardment and the advance of occupation ground troops.

Before October 7th, Omar was studying Information Technology for a career in the finance sector. He loved his studies and looked forward to advancing them. He hoped to pursue a career which would both bring him personal fulfillment and support himself and his family. Without your support, that dream is irreparably shattered. He is now trying to evacuate Gaza and continue his education abroad.

You can help support Omar’s dreams here and at the links on his page @omrgaza @omarsobhi

Thank you❤️🇵🇸

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