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soracities · 2 hours

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Wisława Szymborska, “Children of Our Age”, View with a Grain of Sand (trans. Stanisław Barańczak & Clare Cavanagh)

#either way you're talking politics #quotes #poems #poetry #wislawa szymborska #children of our age #view with a grain of sand #of war and violence #typography #id included #reading #polish lit #m #x

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thebluesthour · 2 years

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Black and blue make indigo: a colour with a most unpleasant and violent history. Indeed, 'in 1789 the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti and Santo Domingo) had some 1,800 indigo slave plantations in its western province alone....Not sugar [as is often assumed] but indigo was the chief export for this colony.' In the words of Michael Taussig, 'Colour bequeathed colour'. A paradox riddled with pain.

Carol Mavor, “Blue is Joyful-Sad”, Blue Mythologies

#lit #quotes #words #Carol Mavor #Blue Mythologies #history of a colour #of war and violence #m #queued

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sheakspeare · 10 months

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thinking about the violent nature of the human race. ten legs, eight broken. maybe you would've showed me mercy. am i my brother's keeper? i need a shovel to love him. cain was an agricultor, abel slaughtered animals. abel always smelled of blood. god loves me, i want him to stop. the family can eat and be eaten — killed and be killed. take iphigenia, sacrificed by her own father to secure good winds to go to troy. clytemnestra haunting orestes. home is the first grave. screaming crying throwing up. I'm being so normal about this

#musings of a poet #thinking thoughts #of war and violence #home is the first grave #hands don’t get bloody on their own

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asteroidtroglodyte · 10 months

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Move aside swagless boutta get a new Wizard’s Staff that comes loaded with spells like “open locked doors” and “dismantle car”

#Wizard staff #tactical war hammer #move aside swagless #punk rock walking stick #this is so extra I love it #my gender is violence #who even needs this #I do #I need this #for reasons

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intersectionalpraxis · 3 months

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sayruq · 13 days

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The Lemkin Institute for Genocide has issued a genocide alert for the West Bank

The Lemkin Institute is horrified by the dire situation transpiring in the West Bank. During what has already been a devastating six months of conflict in Gaza, the Israeli military and far-right settlers have used the cover of war to conduct continuous attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, often leading to death and forced displacement. These attacks have been underreported in the mainstream Western press, which has also failed to tie Israel Defense Force (IDF) and settler violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to the genocide being committed in Gaza. These processes are all part of an overwhelming push on the part of Israeli authorities to oust Palestinians from their remaining ancestral lands. In other words, Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians across Palestine.

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thoughtportal · 2 months

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This is a developing news story and may be updated as more information is obtained. If you value such information, please support this Substack.

On Dec. 1, a woman immolated herself with a Palestinian flag outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta.

Now, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, the woman — referred to in their report as “Jane Doe” — is alive and “in stable condition” at Grady Memorial Hospital, where she has been since the immolation.

After repeated requests for her name, the department stated to this reporter in an email that it “does not disclose the identities of victims”. Repeated inquiries to Grady, which is a public hospital, went unanswered. The hospital houses the Walter L. Ingram Burn Center.

“Jane Doe” is 27.

When asked if they had made any comment to tell the public that she was still alive this entire time, the official at Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said they “shared the last updated with local media via email on 12/21/23. The release stated: ‘The victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. The security guard, who attempted to assist the burn victim, has been released from the hospital.’” Several internet searches on that quote produce no results. This would also indicate that "Jane Doe" went from critical to stable condition without public notice.

Aaron Bushnell immolated himself at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, explaining “I will no longer be complicit in genocide” and shouting “Free Palestine!” repeatedly as he burned alive. So, his case — unlike many other self-immolations including Gregory Levey, Raymond Moules, Timothy T. Brown, Malachi Ritscher and others — has received some attention. Thus, “Jane Doe” being ignored fits with the usual pattern. Bushnell is the exception — probably because he livestreamed it. See “Ignoring Immolators Lulls the Society to Sleep.”

As Bushnell was burning himself alive, an officer pointed a gun at him, barking orders as if he constituted a threat. A security guard, Michael Harris, sustained injuries working to rescue “Jane Doe” — but there were similarities, where she was actually viewed as a potential threat.

At one point, the police report for “Jane Doe” refers to it as being a case of “arson”.

Much of the media coverage and general discussion of her self-immolation in December focused on if she had done damage. The Atlanta Police Chief said: “We believe this building remains safe, and we do not see any threat here.” The Israeli government released a statement: “It is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way.”

Police records indicate that they obtained a search warrant and entered an apartment they believed to be associated with “Jane Doe” — initially using a drone:

The drone was able to relay information as to the layout and the belongings inside. After it was deemed "safe" entry was made with bomb technicians. While clearing the apartment no improvised explosive devices were located.

The police report also noted:

During the search a Quran was found in the bedroom along with a [sic] Arabic dictionary and a Hebrew dictionary. The bedroom bookshelf contained books related to fiction and fantasy. A "Drug use for grown ups" book was on the bookshelf as well. Two journals were seized from the bedroom. A thumbdrive was seized from the bedroom as well. A laptop computer was seized from the kitchen counter. A copy of the search warrant was left in the living room of the apartment. The front door [of] the apartment was secured before law enforcement left the premises.

When pressed for more information in compliance with an Open Records Request under Georgia law, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department claimed: “There is an ongoing and active investigation for the incident in question, which is why the only releasable information has been shared via the incident report. Investigative documentation is not available for release until the investigation is closed.”

#article #jane doe #protest #Palestine #war crimes #police violence

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odinsblog · 4 months

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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.

#politics #palestine #gaza #israel #war crimes #genocide #ilhan omar #collective punishment #ceasefire #ceasefire now #settler violence #settler colonialism #never again #never again to anyone #bds #boycott divest sanction #israel is an apartheid state #hamas ≠ palestine #benjamin netanyahu is a war criminal

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onejellyfishplease · 3 months

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moments before Leo's death

#Donnie then shoots him off of the pile of rocks #Donnie doesnt care that you have the high ground Leo stop quoting Star wars #sibling on sibling violence #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt leo #disaster twins

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prokopetz · 7 months

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There are alleged incidents from the earliest days of military aviation of enemy recon pilots taking potshots at each other with handguns because aircraft-mounted weapons hadn't been invented yet and they couldn't use rifles because they needed to use the other hand to fly the plane. I'm not aware that anyone ever actually got shot down in this way, but imagine if you did. Imagine tootling around in your shitty little wooden-frame biplane when another guy in a shitty little wooden-frame biplane comes flying up to you and shoots your plane with a revolver. Imagine surviving the resulting crash and having to explain that this is why you went down.

#history #technology #airplanes #aviation #military aviation #war #violence mention #swearing

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soapdispensersalesman · 4 months

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#Yemen #Gaza #Palestine #US #United States #UK #u #United Kingdom #Joe Biden #bombing #colonial history #colonialism #colonial violence #war #Netherlands #Bahrain #houthis

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soracities · 13 hours

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Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut, 1982 (trans. Ibrahim Muhawi) [ID'd]

on context: "[set during] the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the shelling of Beirut [...] Memory for Forgetfulness is an extended reflection on the invasion and its political and historical dimensions. It is also a journey into personal and collective memory. What is the meaning of exile? What is the role of the writer in time of war? What is the relationship of writing (memory) to history (forgetfulness)?" (source)

#q #lit #quotes #typography #mahmoud darwish #palestinian lit #memory for forgetfulness #reading #of war and violence #m #x

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lyss-butterscotch · 3 days

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The art of violence

#how pretty is a splash of red in a world of white #how pretty is swift efficient movement even when done by machine #a fight for survival #a dance of death #the art of war #lyss art #my art #ultrakill #ultrakill v1 #v1 ultrakill #i think about ultrakills world and how at this point machine has replaced humanity in a way #they have human blood #they have human survival #they have human thoughts #and so even their acts of violence can be human

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cairamelcoffee · 6 months

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Israeli forces target the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza now.

via (5pm EST 10th November 2023)

#gaza #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #bombing #war crimes #apartheid #settler colonialism #settler violence #palestine

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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WTF ARE THE CRIMES OF THESE PALESTINIAN MEN THEY CAPTURED, TORTURED, AND HUMILIATED FROM KHAN YOUNIS? BEING PALESTINIAN? IS THAT THEIR CRIME??

This was on a NATIONAL broadcast. A NATIONAL broadcast... these innocent men were trying to flee to find safety... there are just too many words to describe the inhumanity and morally depravity involved in being able to do something like this -the IOF are the real terrorists.

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sayruq · 28 days

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #war on gaza #i love to see it #violence tw

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