I write some poems to the girls

aziraphalelookedwretched:

“We will not blame him for the crimes of his ancestors if he relinquishes the royal rights of his ancestors; but as long as he claims their rights, by virtue of descent, then, by virtue of descent, he must shoulder the responsibility for their crimes.”

— James Connolly, on the visit of George V to Ireland

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heyimboredtalktome:

they’ve been doing shit like this for years, with zero consequences and yet im supposed to feel sorry for these inhumane monsters??? lmao no thanks

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minkhearse:

hey because i’ve been seeing a few of those bighuge boycott lists for palestine going around, reminder that the actual bds website is not calling for a boycott of so many companies.

bds activists are calling for a boycott of eight companies/products specifically:

• hp (hewlett packard)
• siemens
• axa
• puma
• israeli fruits and vegetables (not a company—all produce labelled as coming from israel)
• sodastream
• ahava cosmetics
• sabra

this list and the reason for the boycotts of these companies specifically is easily accessible on their website at this link.

also from their website, on the same page:

“What about those boycott lists with tens of products?

The global nature of today’s economy means that there are thousands of companies that have links to Israel and are complicit to various degrees in Israel’s violations of international law. However, for our movement to have real impact we need our consumer boycotts to be easy to explain, have wide appeal and the potential for success. That’s why globally, while we call for divestment from all companies implicated in Israel’s human rights violations, we focus our boycott campaigns on a select few strategic targets. We also encourage the principle of context sensitivity, whereby activists in any given context decide what best to target and how, in line with BDS guidelines. There is a lot of information online claiming that some large companies give money to Israel, some of which turns out to be false. BDS has built a reputation for strictly adhering to established facts and producing the most accurate information.”

[image description: two diagrams. the first shows white lines pointing to various red dots. there are only one or two lines pointing to each dot. some lines don’t appear to be pointing at anything in particular, and some dots are not being pointed to. this diagram is labelled “Not targeted consumer boycott”.

the second diagram shows many lines pointing at the same single dot. all of the lines are focused and they are completely surrounding the dot. this diagram is labelled, “A targeted consumer boycott focuses on a small number of companies”. end description.]

this is all to say that while those 20-item-long boycott lists and their spread are usually well-intended, they are not helpful or necessary at this point in time. not buying from disney or walmart is not as effective and influential as refusing to buy products coming directly from stolen palestinian land. convincing people they need to remember a giant list of companies and products to not support will only intimidate them out of doing anything at all.

if you want to participate in the boycott, divestment, sanctions movement, please please PLEASE get your information from an organized group of activists who are involved, not (just) from stuff you see going around on twitter. the overview of the movement can be looked at on their website at this link. they also have resources about what else to do and how to get involved in your own community.

palestine WILL be free, and it will be free with focused organization.

edit: bds is also encouraging a boycott of carrefour, a company which is not included on the page about their other active boycotts. you can read about this boycott specifically on their website at this link.

in this twitter thread from october 23rd, which you can view at this link on a separate website, bds also discusses pressuring the following companies:

• papa john’s
• mcdonald’s
• domino’s
• burger king
• pizza hut

however, i can’t find any reliable information outside of this twitter thread where they call for a strategic, targeted boycott of these companies. that doesn’t necessarily mean not to boycott these companies too, but right now, what they are advocating most is the continued targeting of the nine companies they are specifically calling for to be boycotted.

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riibrego:

pumpkin patch 🎃

uncropped phone & tablet wallpaper sizes //  prints  

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nativenews:

“When I travelled to Palestine in the summer of 2011, with a delegation of women of colour and indigenous feminists and activists, it was actually the first trip for all of us, but all of us had been involved for many years with Palestine solidarity work, we were all totally shocked by the egregious and visible nature of the oppression. The israeli military made no attempt to conceal or mitigate the violence they were inflicting on Palestinian people, gun-toting military men and women were everywhere. I was in South Africa before the downfall of apartheid, and I also had travelled to Northern Ireland at one of the most difficult periods, neither place was as bad as I witnessed in Occupied Palestine.”

— Angela Davis (via theyoungradical)

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biladal-sham:

Imagine being so evil you make Elon Musk look like a decent human being

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bombnails:

literally makes no sense that poor ppl are passing around the same $20 to eachother meanwhile millionaires & billionaires are sitting on their asses or telling us to donate to causes that they could solves with their own money and still have enough left over to live comfortably.

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dr-schwaglove:

txttletale:

“everyone was cool with that” [citation needed]

You might uhhh. Want to consult with us Brazilians before deciding that kind of stuff for us.

jihaad:

“what about gay rights in palestine” “what about womens rights in palestine” idk maybe they can work on that once they get Being Alive In Their Homes Rights

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trickortpwk:

jewishvoiceforpeace: This is what genocide looks like. These are the 2913 Palestinian children killed by the Israeli military this month, as of Thursday, October 26. As the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza intensify, we recognize with horror and grief that this death toll is already inaccurate.

We demand a ceasefire now to save lives. To stop a genocide. The Israeli military has already erased 47 entire Palestinian families from Gaza’s population registry; all members of the family, from all generations, are dead. This is loss beyond measure.

The U.S. is also responsible for this horror. 80% of the bombs that the Israeli military drops on Gaza, that are used to kill these children, are American-made. We are called to do everything we can to stop this genocide.

As we continue to demand a ceasefire and fight for a future where everyone is free and equal and safe, we refuse to forget these lives. We will always affirm that every life is precious.

Every single one of these deaths was preventable. When we say Never Again-for anyone, this is who we mean. Never Again is right now.

Source: Gaza Ministry of Health

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bloglikeanegyptian:

fursasaida:

fursasaida:

tanks in Dheisha refugee camp, Bethlehem

This is in the West Bank, which Hamas does not control and where it has barely had a presence since the PA, Israel, and the US collaborated to drive them out after they won the 2006 election.

They smashed Shireen Abu Akleh’s memorial in Jenin (West Bank) too.

at least 111 palestinians have been killed in the occupied west bank so far by the idf and the armed settlers, including 33 children, some targeted by a drone strike where israeli forces deliberately blocked ambulances from arriving on the scene, and just today a farmer harvesting his olives on his own farm in nablus

not to mention over 1500 detained, of which two have already been beaten to death in israeli jail. meanwhile the village of khirbet zanuta in south hebron is being ethnically cleansed already due to israeli settler terrorism, at least the eighth community since october 7 to be cleansed this way

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