HAPPENING NOW: texas state troopers are menacing a pro palestine protest on ut austin's campus. AN ENCAMPMENT HASNT EVEN BEEN ESTABLISHED YET
edit: last i heard at least 15 protesters, and a member of the press, have been arrested. although i wouldn't be surprised if that number is much higher now. you can donate to the bail support at: venmo @psc_atx you can also call 512-854-9889 to demand all arrested comrades are released, ut austin's palestine solidarity committee posted a call script on instagram that you can follow.
The Israeli army is just shooting anyone they think is Palestinian, much the same way that Israel is indiscriminately bombing all of Gaza, including the “safe zones” where they have directed noncombatant civilians to go right before they bomb them anyway. It’s war crimes, plain and simple.
It feels like a good time to once again share this Facebook group I created over 6 years ago... April is #ChildAbusePreventionMonth so the timing couldn't be better but more importantly, another victim of Sharon Jonas has come forward!! I’m happy that he’s willing and brave enough to share his truth, but I’m also glad that he doesn't have to feel like he’s alone any longer.
The most important goal at the beginning was shutting down the state sanctioned Sacramento daycare, and stopping Sharon from being around susceptible populations (which we achieved). A public record was created, the truth made known for anyone to see, and we stopped her from hurting anyone else.
Quickly after achieving these goals though, it became super important to me to find other victims from the three decades plus Sharon’s at home “child care” was running, because I know there are many, many more out there. Alternatively, I wanted to drop “bread crumbs” if anyone should go searching, hopefully helping them to quickly find that they are not alone. My post on reddit almost seven years ago shows that it works!
The journey is personal to every victim of abuse but I want them to know they are not alone and if they are willing, the world needs to hear their truths.
Palestinian-American activist Jenan Matari and journalist Faten Elwan have some very… eye-opening background about World Central Kitchen and Chef Jose Andres:
Jenan’s latest video is also crucial to watch:
Follow her at @jenan.matari on Instagram for more much-needed context and insight.
The family of a woman shot by an officer in Edmonton during a wellness check said her death was unnecessary, as the number of police shootings across Canada show little sign of relenting over the past four years.
"I see my daughter's death as being a result of a complete mishandling of the tools available to law enforcement in the application of dealing with mental health issues," the family of the woman, who has not been publicly identified, said in a statement from their lawyer, Tom Engel.
Edmonton police have said officers were called for a welfare check earlier this month. There were risks the woman may harm herself, so police say officers entered the apartment. There was a confrontation and the woman was shot.
The woman's family said that had the police approach been gradual and gentle, she would have understood the nature of the visit and would still be alive.
TWO HOURS AGO: an incredible photo taken by a ut austin student capturing something deeply poetic in my opinion, a line of state troopers eagerly waiting to arrest student protesters standing just behind a sign that reads "what starts here changes the world. its starts with you and what you do each day."
So if Palestinians allow themselves to be subjected indefinitely, submit to Israeli apartheid without complaint, and if they promise to never be angry about the 22,000+ noncombatant civilians Israel has indiscriminately murdered, then Netanyahu will consider them “de-radicalized” and end his genocide, do I have that right?
Who is going to deradicalize Benjamin Netanyahu and the sadistic, far rightwing, Likud Israeli government?