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sky-daddy-hates-me · 5 days

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One day, students will be studying posts like this in law textbooks and history textbooks.

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totopopopo · 2 months

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i keep typing and then deleting a post about self immolation as an act cause i think some people. are kind of missing the point of it. but i also have to go to work soon and don’t have time to get all my thoughts out right now. but bottom line is. the point is to witness the point is to see the point is that it is horrific the point is your attention the point is this is one of the most brave and desperate acts it is not simply suicide and it is not an act of hopelessness it is a human giving their life to something bigger than themself in the hopes that it will make a difference it is a political statement it is a request that you look and listen and act

#i took a class on the history of violent and nonviolent protests as an undergrad and we talked a lot about self immolation and a tactic.#i learned a lot i think #but yeah. anyways this doesn’t even scratch the surface of the point i’m trying to make #self immolation #aaron bushnell #free palestine

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bfpnola · 1 year

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While this information may technically be new, government infiltration is not. As mentioned in the video, COINTELPRO is a perfect historical example of the insidious downfall of so many leftist grassroots organizations, and guess what? We've made posts about COINTELPRO in the past!

This information isn't made to scare you though, but to empower us all to come together even stronger, even smarter, even more diligently. We owe it to ourselves, to our communities, and to our predecessors to do at least that much. As working class citizens, we must protect one another. Do not get distracted by the divisions those in power wish to ensue.

Confused on where to start? Even if you don't apply as a volunteer, @bfpnola is a safe space for all youth activists to ask questions and receive free resources! Here’s what you need to get started:

#reaux speaks #resources #black lives matter #history #cointelpro #indigenous #anti capitalism #bipoc #abolition #queer #protest #intersectional feminism #disability justice #anarchism

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capricorn-0mnikorn · 9 months

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You know what makes me sad?

It makes me sad, and not a little bit mad, that there are disabled people -- even those who are Disability Advocates -- who hate Disability Pride Month because they're convinced it was invented by normate people to make themselves feel better. I suspect that's because it follows directly after June's Queer Pride Month, and, if you are young enough to not remember the history for yourself ('cause we all know it's not being taught n schools), it can feel like a leftover crumb. But it is so, so, not.

If I were Queen of Calendars, I might move Disability Pride Month to April, to commemorate the 504 Sit-in of 1977, especially the occupation of the regional offices of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Fransisco, by over 500 people, mostly disabled (with their personal care assistants). The Occupation lasted 28 Days -- the longest protest occupation of a federal building in U.S. History. Since Queer Pride Month commemorates a protest, maybe Disability Pride Month should, too. The biggest knock against April is the weather is still iffy in much of the country for pride parades and outdoor gatherings.

(Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was the legal predecessor of the ADA. And no, that's not a typo. Most of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was passed in 1973, but the one section that outlined rights for the disabled was put to the side, and ignored for four whole years, because it was deemed to be too expensive and confusing to extend civil rights to disabled people. It was the Sit-In in 1977 that finally pushed President Carter to sign it, and make it law).

Here's a retrospective report on the Sit-In from CBS news, that aired in the '80s (Auto-generated captions):

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(the video is 6 minute, 12 seconds. But the news report ends at 5 minutes 42 seconds)

#disability pride month #disability history #U.S. History #civil rights protest #CBS evening news (vintage)#Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 #504 sit-in #youtube (auto generated captions)#Youtube

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commiepinkofag · 11 months

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Teachers with Pride Still Have to Hide

Gay schoolteachers wearing masks at parade, June 28, 1986

In this image, Seattle schoolteachers participating in the Gay Freedom Day parade through the Capitol Hill neighborhood hold a banner reading "Teachers with Pride Still Have to Hide," and wear masks to protest the discrimination they have felt. An estimated 10,000 people participated in the event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week.

[ 📷 Jennifer Werner-Jones / Seattle Post-Intelligencer ]

oh, how times have changed!

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wilwheaton · 10 months

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The true history of Mount Rushmore is appalling. In a nation that is awash in the blood of innocent humans who were murdered by colonizers, that refuses to reckon with its white supremacist history, Mount Rushmore stands out as a glaring example of the cruelty and violence of America’s brutality.

“The Lakota considered the carving of the four presidents' faces on what was once Six Grandfathers, a defacement of their sacred site, especially as "those four people had a lot to do with destroying our people's land base," Douville said. Indeed, Washington waged war against Native American tribes, Jefferson was considered the architect of policies that would result in the removal of Native Americans from their lands, Lincoln ordered the execution of 38 Dakota Native American rebels, the largest mass execution in American history, and Roosevelt systematically removed Native Americans from their lands.”

“We found the monument had a dark history of ties to the KKK, an illegal war, and the violent suppression of the Native American Lakota (also known as Sioux) people. We looked at each claim in the meme, starting with the history of the region before Mount Rushmore was built, followed by an investigation into its creation and alleged KKK funding.“

If you don’t know the truth about this monument to hate and genocide, please look into it, and encourage others to do the same.

#george floyd protests #mount rushmore #american history #white supremecy #american genocide #native american

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shewhoworshipscarlin · 2 months

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A woman at a gay rights demonstration, 1971, Albany, New York.

#1970s #gay rights #black history month #protest

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decolonize-the-left · 4 months

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I hope I never ever forget the 12 year old boy who didn't shed a tear when he picked up a pile flesh from the floor on Motaz's story. And how Motaz had to see it first.

There is no justification for any of this and I will never ever forget that.

There is nothing on earth that will ever justify anything that is happening to them or that we have to see it or how we have to teach our kids about another grown up failure and nothing will justify standing on its sidelines. Nothing justifies it now.

Palestine will be free in 2024. It will. Whether anyone likes it or not doesn't fucking matter. Palestinians have a right exist without horrors and war crimes being intentionally inflicted on them by a Zionist colonial occupation and so they will have it.

From the river to the sea Palestine will be free

Artist: Dalya Moumina, 'Rise Again'

#and that INLCUDES Muslim and Jewish and Christian Palestinians!!#free palestine #free Gaza #palestine #Gaza #gaza #Palestine #2024 #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #west bank #join the protests join history #al aqsa mosque #Al-Aqsa Mosque #end the occupation

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animentality · 11 months

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Reminder

#twitter #lgbt #pride #queer history #civil rights #us politics #civil protest #uncivil protest

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the-sappho-of-lesbos · 2 years

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Source: Out In America; A Portrait Of Gay and Lesbian Life , by Michael Goff and the staff of OUT magazine

#tw death #tw homophobia #lgbt activism #lgbt history #pride was a riot #pride was a protest #lgbt community #gay #image #photo #lgbt #personal

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wronghands1 · 4 months

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#wronghands #humor #history #puritans #church #religion #protestant #map #geography #john atkinson #lifestyle #witches

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dimonds456 · 24 days

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Okay, I'm done being subtle about this.

I keep mentioning in my tags and in a post recently that World War II was allowed to happen because Hitler started conquering Germany's neighbors.

The world didn't interfere at the time due to 1) not wanting to start another war so soon after WWI, and 2) The Great Depression was nearing its end, but still happening.

Hitler's excuse at the time was to "reunite Germany" since part of the treaty of WWI was taking all of Germany's military away and splitting the country. They brought it to its knees as much as possible. So when Germany started taking that back, when they started rebuilding their army, it was illegal to do so because of the treaty, but no one stopped them.

Things only escalated to a full-on war when Hitler invaded Poland, after being threatened not to do so by several other countries. He did it anyway.

This is what we are currently seeing in Palestine right now.

What Israel is doing is, by international law, illegal. The people who have the power to stop them are not doing so. Israel is operating under an excuse ("self-defense," and religious zionists support them because they are "taking back the Holy land and fulfilling God's promise" or whatever), and Israel is now attacking Lebanon and Yemen.

They're just going to keep going.

I've been hesitant to call Israel a Nazi state due to the sheer amount of baggage that comes with that, but there is no denying it at this point. They're neo-nazi fascists who are following in their own oppressors footsteps, spreading hatred and violence to other parts of the world while no one in power stops them. Hell, even worse, this time around, the people in power are fucking funding it.

If you think this "war" won't affect you, think again.

If you ask me, looking back on history, if we don't put a stop to this in its tracks soon, then I fear this is only the beginning.

Know your history. Stand with Palestine. Ceasefire NOW.

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notbecauseofvictories · 1 month

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it’s very funny to talk about Christianity with my best friend, because some part of me is so ridiculously Catholic it refuses to learn anything about the Christian denominations that make up her research. I swear she’s explained the difference between Methodists and Presbyterians eight separate times, but not a single thing stuck because some pre-Vatican II neuron was too busy slamming pots and pans together while screaming ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTALIC

#I am no longer catholic but my hippocampus is #it's not even like she's getting into their history she just wants me to understand the stereotypes #since they inform her work and I simply Cannot.#christianity is composed of catholics catholics whose churches schismed prior to the 15th century and protestants #sometimes the protestants are american and annoying and we call them evangelicals.#tw christianity #tw religion #celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge

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jesuis-snips · 7 months

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LIES: Palestine is murdering civilians.

TRUTH: Palestine is expelling occupiers.

LIES: Palestine is attacking Israel.

TRUTH: Palestine is standing upon its rights in its own lands.

LIES: Hamas is giving Israel reasons to attack them.

TRUTH: Israel has already been attacking Palestinians without a reason for years. Every resistance counts and weakens Israel.

LIES: Israel is the victim.

TRUTH: Israel is suffering for its sins for the innocent children they have killed.

#free palestine #palestine #and here we are seeing hypocrite peoples posts and how Palestinians are wrong and terrorists #do you even know what you are talking about do you even know the history of these lands #i am sure that you don't bc if you did you wouldn't even dare to open your dirty mouth #it is very tragic how the whole world was playin 3 monkeys when israel was attacking and bombing and killing and raping Palestinians #none of you gave a shit #none of you said a word #ever since i know myself there was pain and blood and tears in Palestine #and the couse was always isarael #ever since i was a kid i protested israel in meetings and press briefings #i have seen the pain of my muslim sisters and brothers i have heard their screams for help #and now this shameless people coming here and saying Palestinians are wrong and they should have picked a more peaceful methods #hah don't make me laugh #what peace are you talking about #whose peace would be a better question actually #why is it okay when muslims are hurting and wrong when others are????#there is hell for israel #it is the only place they can go after all #the bottom of the hell

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commiepinkofag · 3 months

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state by state our civil rights & basic human rights are stripped away.

the federal government enables, codifies & otherwise remains silent.

silence = death

no one should think they can coast through an election.

resistance without representation.

we are criminals after all.

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comrade-onion · 3 days

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Stand with students, stand with Palestine❤️🇵🇸

(Not OC)

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