ramadan mubarak.
i say this with all the love i can muster despite the raging fear in my heart. ramadan mubarak to you all; to those celebrating in the west; to those praying for their families; to those stuck, fearing for their lives, as we sit watching this genocide go on for far too long.
regardless of how you identify, do not turn a blind eye to palestine this month. do not stop uplifting gazan voices. do not stop fighting for palestine.
from the river to the sea…
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the music of protests is amazing.
I don't mean protest singers, or even the people who sing as one of the speeches. I mean the voice of the crowd.
the way that everyone is singing shouting screaming the same song the same words because we want you to LISTEN
the power of a child's voice calling out the chants
the way that people start clapping along if the chant gets fast enough, keeping time, adding volume.
the lilt in the voices, the change in pitch that just makes a shout into a song
the drums and whistles accompanying the voices
the chaos and beauty of 3 different chants happening at the same time
the way that every protest has a few chants that are the same, but with some of the words changed to fit what the protest is about, like a folk song adapted over and over with a different version everywhere you turn
the unity in the crowd because even though we're here to protest something that shouldn't even be happening, we are a community even if just for a couple of hours
they've done their speeches, they've preached to the choir, but we are the choir and you are going to LISTEN TO US
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From the river to the sea...
Some donation/social media links
CareForGaza Twitter: https://twitter.com/CareForGaza
CareForGaza Paypal: https://t.co/iECyM3U4Au
CareForGaza GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/careforgaza
Direct Aid for Gaza Twitter: https://twitter.com/GazaDirectAid
Direct Aid for Gaza Paypal: https://t.co/XNxrO2yCrl
Click to help: https://arab.org/click-to-help/#how-it-works (if you cant donate directly!)
eSims for Gaza: https://gazaesims.com/
Feminine hygiene kits for Gaza: https://piousprojects.org/campaign/2712?fbclid=PAAaZfWGJlaygf4B007T2WdkCkuwRsB-51VarXBj4-wufsuXkpSZXb1jVWBQA_aem_Abn_mpJqicHw9wmCGQXtLGe7leLf4eSg1WKU6uoHPaxpD6Ls3JHKE-qM4VNHRMT_EP8
Operation olive branch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vtMLLOzuc6GpkFySyVtKQOY2j-Vvg0UsChMCFst_WLA/htmlview
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Questions for War
What is the difference between a baby dismembered by a sword and a baby dismembered by a missile?
To the parents?
To the baby?
Is there a point at which effect (dismemberment) overshadows intent (that it wasn’t deliberate)?
If you are a human shield who has just been blown apart by an airstrike, would you feel better knowing that it was nothing personal?
What is the maximum number of innocent civilians you’re willing to kill as human shields to eliminate a single potential terrorist possibly located among them?
What if the human shields are people from your own country?
Does the number change?
What if the human shields are people from your own family?
Does the number change?
Is the value of human life universally sacred or does it fluctuate like the stock market depending on the tone of one’s skin, the language one speaks, the side of a man-made wall one lives on, or the god to whom one does or doesn’t pray?
Do you think levelling buildings or tunnels where hostages could be held is beneficial to their safety?
That explosions know only to incinerate the bad guys?
That falling rubble knows only to crush the guilty?
Do you think you can destroy by violent force an ideology galvanized by violent force?
Do you think the reason the US didn’t defeat the Taliban is because we didn’t occupy Afghanistan for long enough?
Or because we didn’t drop enough bombs?
Or spend enough money?
That if we would’ve occupied the area for 21 years instead 20, we’d have a strategic victory?
That if we would've dropped 85,109 bombs instead of 85,108, we would’ve won?
That if we would've spent $2.314 trillion instead of $2.313, we'd get a return on our investment?
Can relocation ever be considered voluntary if there is no alternative?
Can occupation ever be considered peace?
Can vengeance ever be considered foreign policy?
Does pointing to one set of atrocities justify another?
And another?
And another?
And another?
And another?
Is it easier to pretend the other side isn't human than to reckon with the evil that humans are capable of, as well as the rights that humans deserve?
Do you believe human beings from a particular national or ethnic group can be distinct from perceived terrorists who belong to that same group, or can an entire national or ethnic group be considered dangerous, and therefore need to be eliminated?
If so, how would you go about liquidating over 2 million humans?
Trains leading them to gas chambers, perhaps?
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i posted sm about the anxiety i have as a pro-palestine american living in the “democracy” that helps israel commit its genocide…and i get smug zionists in the replies laughing it off or making it about themselves. only 1 person acted like a human being and guess what?? they were also pro-palestine.
https://www.tumblr.com/troythings/744329856870989824/im-an-american-and-things-arent-getting-any-better
cool. nice way to show yourselves, assholes. some ‘greatest ally’ we have here.
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I found this on twitter. I'm the one holding the yellow sign. This was in 2018 in Philadelphia.
The Great March of Return for Palestine
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