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- "This isn't an isolated incident."kolektiva.social Radical Haifa (@radicalhaifa@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 video *There's a mistake in the video, Beita is the West Bank and not Gaza Strip* Israeli anti occupation activist Jonathan pollak telling the story of the murder of the American citizen today during a protest against the settlements on the land of Beita / Nablus #antireport
Israeli anti occupation activist Jonathan pollak telling the story of the murder of the American citizen today during a protest against the settlements on the land of Beita / Nablus
Courtesy of @radicalhaifa@kolektiva.social
- "I will be no longer complicit in genocide." - Aaron Bushnell
AARON BUSHNELL 1999-2024
"I will be no longer complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it is not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal. Free Palestine. Free Palestine. Free Palestine."
I always get emotional when I think of Aaron Bushnell. He reminds me of so many of my radical brothers and sisters unable to live with the injustices so many accept as normal.
PS. I tried out the new alt text feature on Jerboa. Let me know if it has any issues!
- Yesterday marked the 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Blair Mountain - the largest armed labor uprising in US historywvminewars.org In August 1921, an estimated 15,000 coal miners and their allies participated in the largest armed labor uprising in US history. — West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
The Redneck Army planned to free their compatriots from jail, help win the Mingo strike, and unionize the southern counties. First, they would have to go through Logan County where Sheriff Don Chafin, whose salary was paid by coal operators, had assembled an army of three thousand deputies and mine
Bonus content : Nimrod Workman: Mother Jones' Will (1983)
- Voting is Not Harm Reduction – An Indigenous Perspectivewww.indigenousaction.org Voting is Not Harm Reduction – An Indigenous Perspective
Voting is Not Harm Reduction An Indigenous Perspective February 2020 – www.indigenousaction.org Zine format printable PDF download: Voting is Not Harm Reduction Zine-FINAL-PRINT (9.8MB) When proclamations are made that “voting is harm reduction,” it’s never clear how less harm is actually calculate...
Voting is Not Harm Reduction An Indigenous Perspective February 2020 – www.indigenousaction.org
Zine format printable PDF download: Voting is Not Harm Reduction Zine-FINAL-PRINT (9.8MB)
"When proclamations are made that “voting is harm reduction,” it’s never clear how less harm is actually calculated. Do we compare how many millions of undocumented Indigenous Peoples have been deported? Do we add up what political party conducted more drone strikes? Or who had the highest military budget? Do we factor in pipelines, mines, dams, sacred sites desecration? Do we balance incarceration rates? Do we compare sexual violence statistics? Is it in the massive budgets of politicians who spend hundreds of millions of dollars competing for votes?
Though there are some political distinctions between the two prominent parties in the so-called U.S., they all pledge their allegiance to the same flag. Red or blue, they’re both still stripes on a rag waving over stolen lands that comprise a country built by stolen lives.
We don’t dismiss the reality that, on the scale of U.S. settler colonial violence, even the slightest degree of harm can mean life or death for those most vulnerable. What we assert here is that the entire notion of “voting as harm reduction” obscures and perpetuates settler-colonial violence, there is nothing “less harmful” about it, and there are more effective ways to intervene in its violences."
- A candidate for c/accidentalrenaissance?
A Palestinian lawyer wearing his official robes kicks a tear gas canister back toward Israeli soldiers during a demonstration by scores of Palestinian lawyers called for by the Palestinian Bar Association in solidarity with protesters at the AlAqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, near Ramallah, WestBank
Courtesy of @nando161@theblower.au
https://theblower.au/@nando161/112957566753126494
- I burn with love for revolution and social justice
Alt text: a vintage looking agitprop poster featuring a winking black cat walking on its hind legs and carrying a box of matches on its back. The label on the matches says "L'Éclatante - Revolutionary Matches - All Cats Are Beautiful" and one match is lit with a large flame. The text across the top, sides, and bottom of the poster say "I burn with love for revolution and social justice - Mutual Aid, Self-defense, Public education, Care/Listening - Direct Action, Occupation, Strikes/demos, Sabotage - All against Oppressions"
Courtesy of @nogodsnomasters@kolektiva.social
https://kolektiva.social/@nogodsnomasters/112968692123760615
Edit: found the original artist - @lokigwyn@mastodon.art
- The acceptable level of support for genocide is exactly none
Alt text: a destroyed city filled with speach bubbles all saying "stop your bombs" and Kamala Harris in the foreground with "I'm speaking" in large text along the bottom.
- We keep us safe
"For our communities to be safe from fascism, our streets must be unsafe for fascists" Spotted on a Bristol street sign, in advance of a planned far-right protest.
Courtesy of Radical Graffiti (@RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu)
https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti/112923951012946615
- Shut It Downkolektiva.social Freedom Press (@Freedom_Press@kolektiva.social)
Palestine Action says its activists early on Tuesday invaded Elbit Systems’ highly secured Bristol research and manufacturing hub, using a prison van to smash through the outer perimeter. https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/08/06/palestine-activists-crash-prison-van-into-elbit-research-hub/ #anarchism ...
Palestine Action says its activists early on Tuesday invaded Elbit Systems’ highly secured Bristol research and manufacturing hub, using a prison van to smash through the outer perimeter.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/08/06/palestine-activists-crash-prison-van-into-elbit-research-hub/
- cuff 'em
transcript: [ a crudely drawn police officer in a riot helmet with a red crayon(?).
the text says: "Protect and serve" underneath that it says in red "big business & politicians"
source: https://mastodon.social/@AnarchistArt/112913228962447405
I always found that calling cops pigs is pretty dehumanizing to the pigs - they are far too good to be compared to cops
- Donald Trump must surely be a bottommedium.com Donald Trump must surely be a bottom
Today on My discord server the question was raised — is Donald Trump a top or a bottom?
- Hostile architecture reinforces hostility
transcript [text overlaid on several pictures of benches and outside windowsills. the benches have bars, or gaps to prevent someone from sleeping on them.
text reads "Ban anti-homeless arctithecture"]
sauce: https://mastodon.social/@AnarchistArt/112901196516297447
Hostile architecture is among the symptoms of the hostile modern city, where neighbours never say hi, and people die on the streets as people walk passivly by.
- ACAB includes Kamala Harris
Alt text: a screenshot of a microblog post with the text "you walking down an alleyway with a gram of weed in your pocket, who would you rather catch you?" Below are two pictures side by side. One of Kamala Harris and the other of Batman.
- Zapatista Pirates: Learning from ‘Other’ Rebel Indigenous Sexual Dissidences – Abolition Media
"Tenth text in the series commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising. This time, the author gives relevance to the concept of the non-binary “otroa” of Zapatismo because it focuses on the other, the external, the discriminated, in order to establish a political definition from that place."
- Unions are amazing
transcript: (top image is a heard of cows(?) protecting a young cow.) text: [unions create barriers]
(bottom image is 4 lions attacking a single cow(?)) text: [we prefer direct communication]
- Why “just block them” is bad advice for abuse victimsmedium.com Why “just block them” is bad advice for abuse victims
The block button. A staple of modern internet interactions. Implemented slightly differently on all platforms.
- Support Indigenous action and Tribal sovereigntystranger.social Indigenous Commentator (@indigenous_commentator@stranger.social)
Attached: 1 video This is the same information but with visuals. #NavajoNation #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #LandBack #WeAreStillHere #UraniumMining https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRoXN7H1/
Land back
- "La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera."
New mod here (seemingly)
Welp, hope this is the light at the end of the tunnel, and for a few more good posts forwards
Source: https://masto.ai/@sarahbecan/110222455185516824
- How She-Ra teaches Monarchism to childrenmedium.com How She-Ra teaches Monarchism to children
Netflix’s cartoon She-Ra and The Princesses Of Power seems at first glance to be a progressive and inclusive show.
- The Worst Mass shooting in US History
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This video by Inrangetv talks about the worst mass shooting in American history. The title card shows an AR15 but the subject matter is the Wounded Knee Massacre.
- New Moderators needed
I have decided that new moderator (including a new head moderator) are needed for the future of this community. I will step back into the position of moderator that I had previously held. If enough people demand I will consider stepping down completely. I apologize for any harm that I have caused to this community.
- Apoliticism is a mental disabilitymedium.com Apoliticism is a mental disability
From this article’s title, it may seem I am accusing people who claim to be apolitical of mental disability, with the goal of transferring…
Spicy title, I know, but please read on. I'm not using the phrase "mental disability" like an ableist liberal would. This isn't an insult, it's an examination of psychology and appropriation.
- Admin collaboration and liberal coup
kittenzrulz claims that the takeover of this community was entirely over links getting burned out. this post would appear to contradict that.
furthermore, they completely disregarded my points in the questions i asked, particularly around the ideological motive around the changes they made when giving feedback, and failed to respond when i pushed them on the point, despite posting elsewhere.
i would argue that both the mod of this community, and the admin of the instance, are hostile to anarchist and leftist politics, and cannot be trusted. recommend finding a new instance.
- Biden? More like Bye-then
In all seriousness, Joe Biden has ended his campaign for reelection. He has not stepped down as President 🤞.
- For when you need a little hope for the future:www.youtube.com Mossy Earth
🌲 Our team at Mossy Earth shares a passion for the outdoors and the preservation of our natural world. As such, we work with one mission in mind, to restore wild ecosystems, support wildlife and biodiversity and help fight climate change. On this channel you will find the stories behind our effort...
The youtube channel Mossy earth is a project not driven by big investors, but small investors - you and me and they're restoring nature all over the world, in small projects.
For me it's one of my happy moments looking at their projects and seeing that good things are actually happening in the world! <3
- TERFism is inherently white supremacist
Tumblr link (I don't want to post a link directly to Xitter.)
- The Zelda strategy to politicsmedium.com The Zelda strategy to politics
Breath of the Wild is a very interesting game. While other games in the genre, including other Zelda titles, have a linear or branching…
- A discussion on the inherent ableism & classism of federal firearms laws.www.bitchute.com Bitchute
BitChute is a video service that prioritizes creators and champions users' freedoms and privacy.
- Apolitical queers don’t deserve to opt-out of discoursemedium.com Apolitical queers don’t deserve to opt-out of discourse
A lot of queer people defend the idea of creating non-political spaces by saying that queer people deserve the chance to lay down our…
- Good video on why you should never talk to the police, under any circumstances [Minor CW: The lecturer uses dated ableist language at one point in the video]
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