#free oppressed people

[pilloclock]

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#Congo #blm #black lives matter #boycott #boycotting #apple #boycott apple #boycott technology #help Congo #how to help #share this #pro palestine #free Congo #the eras tour #Loki #crown of thorns #Bucky #free oppressed people #oppression #capatalism

[simplegenius042]

#free palestine #free oppressed people #ceasefire in gaza #Instagram

[mahoganygold213]

#joél leon #signal boost #humanity #human rights #common sense #common decency #colonialism #imperialism #war crimes #genocide #crimes against humanity #free palestine #free sudan #free congo #free oppressed people globally #congo #sudan #palestine

[beas-mind]

#not my art #free congo #free haiti #free hawaii #free Papúa #free ukraine #free cuba #free yemen #free Amhara #free palestine #free all oppressed peoples #eyes on rafah #96th oscars #academy awards

[chaiaurchaandni]

also remember that no form of resistance is ever acceptable to the colonizer. and that includes non-violent resistance (the great march of return) + non-violence is only successful against a force that has a conscience. but if your opponent had a conscience, he would not be oppressing you in the first place.

#its a bit weird how people who have been oppressed for decades are held to this moral standard that not even their oppressor is held to tbh #also yeah agreed w the person here like if i was a part of such a group being oppressed i would not just sit and take it #there's only so much pain and loss you can take #israelis want to cause so much destruction that it debilitates the palestinians but it ends up fuelling their desire to fight back even mor #i was just reading up on how initially the people who made up hamas focused on social services #and only became interested in developing a militant wing after israel's brutal occupation of south lebanon #and the plo's retreat #even before oct 7 #hamas fighting back was never acceptable to Israel #even if they were only using rockets made of scrap metal. no form of resistance can ever be acceptable to the occupier. #free palestine #palestine #gaza #israel #israeli war crimes #death to israel #long live palestine #glory to the martyrs #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #long live the resistance

[4ft10tvlandfangirl]

You know what's incredibly upsetting? Seeing so many pro-Israel or pro-Zionist posts parrot that the only reason anyone could be pro-Palestine or call for a free Palestine is because they hate Jews.

I know what this tactic is meant to do and I know how making people apathetic, how discrediting their knowledge of a topic or questioning the genuineness of their empathy and other similar tactics are used to benefit the oppressive group but it's still pissing me off.

I am a descendant of enslaved people.

Our history lessons always begin with the slaughter & genocide of the indigenous peoples that were here first, primarily the Taino, who thankfully have a few descendants living in isolation along with the protected Maroon villages. It is normal throughout high school to take history trips to former great houses & plantations and see for ourselves the sites where our ancestors were brutalized and massacred; the weapons and tools of torture preserved and on display so that we knew but a taste of what they went through.

My university is built on the grounds of a former plantation. There are businesses and homes built on top of mass graves & on top of sites of slaughter. There is literally no escaping our colonial history because it touches everything. Our last names are not even our own! Most of us have English, Scottish and Irish last names given by the plantation owners to our ancestors. Or you know...because many children were the product of rape. We cannot accurately trace our true heritage more than 4-5 generations back because most families have no complete records.

A lot of you like to bring up grandparents. Cool. My great-great grandmother was the daughter of a mulatto free woman and a white Scottish sailor. She was white passing. Because land and work were hard to get here under colonial rule, she left the island for a better life with her husband who was a Cuban born mulatto and they ended up living in the US through WWII and after. They were considered an interracial couple (black & white rather than both being seen as mixed) and could not live in certain places because it was illegal. Papa couldn't find work, was treated horribly, because he had darker skin but Grandma found work passing as white and was treated much better. She worked 2-3 jobs to provide for them and their 5 children.

But, there were times when she would appear darker like if she was out in the sun too long or her curls would start to show and a Jewish neighbour/coworker suggested to her it might be safer to tick Jewish on forms rather than white if her race was ever questioned. I suppose due to that kindness the family formed friendships within the Jewish community where they lived & Grandma's eldest son actually married a Jewish woman. His kids and grandkids are all Jewish and they still live in the US.

I share this specific thing because I have very real concerns for those members of my family. But while I worry for them in this time of increasing anti-semitism and absolutely decry any verbal/physical attacks against them, I am still going to speak against things that are wrong. What Israel is doing is wrong. Of course as a non-Jewish person I can acknowledge I may misstep and if I say/do something that is genuinely anti-semitic I'll take the correction. But if your aim is just to intimidate me into silence it's not going to work.

And trying to tell me 'well black people are not welcomed there or black people wouldn't get treated well in Palestine' as if that affects the cost of bread. Guess what? Black people face racism everywhere. Even among our own and colonialism has a lot to do with that. That same grandmother, I was fortunate to grow up with her in the latter part of her life after she returned to the island and every time I went out with her there were questions of whether my family worked for her. Or why was I, this little black girl with this little old white lady as if I meant her harm. She had to say proudly, "This is my granddaughter." How other people view me or treat me isn't going to stop me from speaking up for what's right.

With the history of my people I could never ever ever side with the oppressor. Ever. Whether its here in the west or in the east, whether it's happening to my fellow black people, or any other group of people, I cannot in good conscience stand with the oppressor. My ancestors were forcibly stripped of their humanity, called savages, animals, barbarians and all of that was brutally beaten into them. That same language and similar acts of brutality are being used against Palestinians today.

You think you can cower me into staying silent on that? With unfounded accusations of hate? I refuse.

N.B. - my use of the word mulatto here is strictly to provide the historical context of how my grandparents were seen/classified and spoken of. It is not a term we use.

#long post #vent post #palestine #pro palestine #free palestine #anti oppression #colonialism #anti colonialism #antisemitism #personal #genocide #anti genocide #social justice #indigenous people #taino #maroons #jamaica #i will not shut up about this #anti zionism #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #i stand with palestine #free palestine 🇵🇸

[boysborntodie]

“I don’t talk about Palestine because I don’t like going into politics : /” fuck you. The existence of Muslims and MENA people has always been political to the West. Their lives and their deaths. Their happiness and anger and sorrow. Their love and hatred. Their sweat and blood and tears. Everything has always been reduced to politics when they are more than you could ever begin to comprehend. Palestine will be free. And so will Sudan and Pakistan and Lebanon and Yemen and Syria and every other country, place and people who suffer only for their pain to be called political by those responsible for and complicit in it

#before anyone starts i fucking know you personally aren’t responsible #that doesn’t change the fact everyone in the west benefits from this system that has historically oppressed and harmed non-western countrie #and it’s your responsibility to acknowledge and understand this #i also have been living in a western (generalised not geographically #and it’s easier and i know why it’s easier #my heart goes out to non-muslim and mena countries and people but i wanted to talk about their very specific plight they experience #pakistan #middle east #north africa #free palestine #palestine #falesteen #lebanon #syria #yemen #sudan #free sudan #non-outsiders

[stuhde]

eid mubarak my lovelies!! inshallah all your duas and prayers have been accepted and that the holy month brought you so much peace and blessings.

i hope you all have wonderful days celebrating this joyous holiday! 🤍🌙

#lama makes a monologue #eid mubarak #and iA all oppressed people will be free in this lifetime

[lesbianforzendaya]

“Let people have different opinions” no, this isn’t Marvel vs DC or Barbie vs Oppenheimer or something. This is human rights. You either want everybody to have them or you don’t. And I won’t just live with the fact that you don’t want everyone to have BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.

#wanting people to be oppressed is not just an opinion #human rights #politics #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #black lives matter #blm #feminism #feminist #lgbtqia #queer pride #anti racism #anti sexism #anti homophobia #anti transphobes

[crowleyaj]

thinking about how I went on eurovision tumblr in 2018, saw a lot of people outraged about israel not only winning and hosting the next one but also about being allowed to participate in the first place, went "wait what did they do" and proceeded to find out and start learning. meanwhile people now will watch footage and read news of actual genocide that no one committing it is denying and will still repeat israeli propaganda how it's all about defending from hamas and absolutely refuse to make any effort to learn anything. horrible

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #israel #eurovision #sofi.txt #text #i'm so angry about all the pro-israel people in comments irl everywhere #how. how. HOW can you believe it's defence #unrelated but i hated netta winning because i didn't like the song and then found out about israel #occupying and oppressing palestinians #and no one anywhere doing anything about it #or even mentioning it #we as white europeans literally DO NOT LEARN ABOUT ANY OF IT #(and still israel is in eurovision. and came like THIRD or something this year. wtf) #(they expel russia but not israel?? talk about double standards) #(and they partner with moroccan oil and shit. i loved eurovision but it's dead for me now.)

[pilloclock]

FREE CONGO 🇨🇩

We have to talk about Congo as well, they are so in need of our awareness that they’re setting themselves on fire because no one cares enough !

#free Congo #news #current news #current events #educate yourself #stay informed #the democratic republic of Congo #fire #free oppressed people #Congolese #blm #black lives matter #black people matter #boycott apple #boycott Samsung #boycott technology #pro palestine

[simplegenius042]

#free palestine #free congo #free sudan #free armenia #free oppressed people #ceasefire in gaza #free hawaii #free gaza

[miraculouslumination]

The audacity to be like "there's a problem with racism in transandrophobia discussions" while also unironically using the term "transandrophobia truther(s)"

#Jean mumbles #Of course there will almost always be racism in discussions of oppression #But like...bro are you really going to say this and then side with the exact same people #Who have constantly erased and silenced the voices of trans men of color and other marginalized trans men #Calling them shit like white-aligned or overall gatekeeping their blackness #Are you seriously not seeing how that call is coming from inside the house #And again - truther is something that has very heavy ties to antisemitism #So again. Are you really the hero because of this? #Are you actually helping people here? #Now I'm white so obviously take what I say here with as many grains of salt as you feel is best #But all I'm saying is that racism is fucking everywhere and there is not a single group in this discussion who is guilt free #And right now you're participating in the violent act of erasing and silencing the voices of non-white and non-gentile trans men and mascs #I wish the best to anyone who has fallen for this pandering bullshit #And a huge apology to all the trans m&ms this bullshit hurts #Transandrophobia #(Gatekeeping blackness but also just non-white raced and ethnicities in general)

[oneofthosevilradfems]

was talking to my mum today about the fact that i literally can’t understand how someone’s beliefs dont make them change their actions. i cant process how someone with strong political beliefs doesnt then change their actions to fit those beliefs.

surely, if you call yourself an animal rights activist, or a feminist, or whatever, then you have to do the things that defend those causes. we’ve become so wrapped up in labels and identities that the word feminist doesnt even mean a woman that rejects male supremacy and fights for the liberation of women. it just means a woman whos seen a few tiktoks online and has vague thoughts every once in a while. how did we get here?

as soon as i realised beauty culture was regressive and unhelpful, both to myself personally and for women as a class politically and socially, i could no longer engage in it without feeling disgusted. the idea of shaving my legs or wearing a bra or makeup or tight clothes or having surgery to change my body is so unbelievably far fetched to me that i am unable to not feel bad if i do it. that was it for me, instantly.

feminism isnt about personal comfort. neither is any other type of activism. making sacrifices is part of activism. i think its so important to question why we do the things we do, and how our actions affect those around us. feminism didnt get anywhere without radical thought and action. our own state of being able to acquire financial independence and have sex discrimination challenged is because the women who came before us fought. there is no liberatiom without fighting for it.

#rad fem #radblr #radical feminist #terfblr #radical feminists do interact #this is not commentary on aaron bushnell’s actions #i do not think people should die for the liberation of the oppressed #feel free to challenge me on this bc its kind of just a stream of consciousness

[lilithism1848]

#hypocrisy #oppression #communism #leftism #socialism #anarchy #anti capitalism #politics #american politics #political #uk politics #identity politics #us politics #tweet #uspol #capitalism #oppressor #free all oppressed peoples #pedagogy of the oppressed #oppressive

[i-used-to-be-an-anti-feminist]

You can read one book and identify as a bookworm. You can see yourself as someone who loves books, and you can ask other people to refer to you as a bookworm. If someone who reads two books a day spends time with you and observes that you only watch movies, they may think you aren't a real lover of books, at least not in the same way they are. They may (out of courtesy to you) continue to affirm you are a bookworm by referring to you as one, but that does not change how they actually perceive you or what you actually are.

A female can dislike her breasts and identify as someone without breasts. She can have her breasts surgically removed, and have others participate in her identity as a breastless woman by observing that she does not have breasts and referring to her as such. However, she has not changed the material reality that she is someone who grows breasts, or she would not have needed to remove them in the first place.

A man can make observations about women's behavior and identify with them. He can then transition into the socially expected affectations of womanhood. He can wear clothes typically worn by women, he can adopt stereotypically feminine behaviors, and he can even alter his body such that external observers may not always identify that he is male. External observers may (out of courtesy for him or a genuine belief that he is female) refer to him as a woman. However, this does not change their genuine perception of his maleness, nor the material reality that he is male. While it is possible to identify with gender (which is a set of behaviors typically assigned to one's sex) it is physically impossible to identify out of one's actual sex. Males can become transwomen, but they can never become female, or they would be female and would not by definition have needed to transition.

This fact does not make transwomen less worthy of respect, human rights, bodily autonomy, adequate healthcare, or freedom from harassment. But it does not grant them the right to demand that others participate in a lie that they are female. It does not grant them universal access to spaces reserved for females, nor does it grant them the right to shame or police a female's personal observations and preferences. Transgender individuals deserve to be treated with kindness, courtesy, and human dignity, but they do not deserve to be treated like gods.

#i don't care if you're transgender #i'm not going to go out of my way to misgender you #i will advocate for your existence to be free of discrimination in areas you should be protected #by i will not happily welcome males #whether they identify as women or not #into spaced where my i am meant to protected from males #i am not going to be bullied into pretending sex is the same thing as gender #and that i have a special privilege because i chose to identify with my own oppression #if i could have identified out of it i would have #i had body dysmorphia #i tried #it doesn't work because you can't change your sex #and people who aren't delusional know that #wwnf #female #my post #trans rights #not a radfem #but terfs do interact #terf friendly #gender ideology #nonbinary