[unexpectedgeese]

OK gang listen the FUCK up. There's a genocide happening right now in Palestine and it's going to get worse if we don't do something. WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING. We are, in fact, all going to do SEVERAL somethings, right now. If you're scared, do it scared-- don't let the (completely rational!) fear of a genocide stop you from stopping said genocide.

Let's do this thing.

Step one: go to this link. There will be a button. click the button. congrats, you just helped! Bookmark the page, set an alarm for the same time tomorrow, and click the button then too. repeat this process.

You back now? Great! Thanks for taking that first step. I know it's hard but it's WORTH IT.

Step two: Here's some links to petitions to sign. DON'T GET INTIMIDATED. This won't be as hard as lizard brain says it is. All you have to do is fill out your name, email, and address. It takes like thirty seconds. Links: Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, and here (IF you live in the UK).

Thank you for signing those. I'm super proud of you. Just two more steps to go!

Step three (FOR US RESIDENTS ONLY): it's phone call time. Yeah, I know that's terrifying for a lot of us. It is to me too! But don't worry-- you're stronger than scared brain will tell you. The site will give you a script and everything-- follow it, don't follow it, it works either way. besides, odds are you're going to voicemail, so don't fret over talking to a stranger. Here's the link.

ANNNNDD we're done. For some extra credit, look up protests in your area-- there's one in DC on the 4th, for example. But for now, take a breather. Go see bongo cat. You did GREAT.

Also, reblog this if you want. Reblog chains are how word spreads!

[thethief1996]

700 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours and the airstrikes are more violent each night. Gaza's hospitals have fuel left for two more days. Israel only allowed aid into Gaza on the condition they didn't carry fuel. The Indonesian hospital has shut down already, because doctors have no supplies and no choice but to let the wounded die. They're calling it a collapse but the term doesn't do it justice.

Over a 100 incubator babies are at risk. There are 50.000 pregnant women in Gaza right now, and 5.500 due to give birth this month. Menstruating people are taking pills in order to stop their periods, because they do not have pads or water to maintain hygiene. Surgeons are operating without anesthesia. Water is not reaching Gazans because there's no electricity or fuel for water pumps.

There's no excuse for this. Israel justifies the airstrikes by saying they want to destroy Hamas infrastructure and release the hostages, but they have refused to negotiate for their release. Hamas informed Israel they wanted to release two elderly women without anything in return, and Israel refused. Netanyahu said they wouldn't take their own civilians back because it was "mendacious propaganda." When the hostages were finally released, Netanyahu prohibited the hospital from giving press releases. Yocheved Lifshitz went behind their backs and talked to the press anyway, saying she was treated very well by Hamas, but the government abandoned them. They're being used as straw men. Israel is conditioning the entry of fuel to the release of hostages and yet, according to The Wall Street Journal, when Hamas proposed to exchange 50 hostages for fuel they denied. IDF officials have said they fear the release of more hostages because that might withhold the order to their ground invasion. They do not care as long as they can use the hostages as a pretext for their slaughtering.

There's a turning tide for Palestine in public support. Support for Israel was built through decades of propaganda and we are making a dent into it. Zionists are desperate, holding zoom meetings to promote zionism, but we have to do so much more. We have to shame people in power into supporting the Palestinian cause.

Keep yourself updated and share Palestinian voices, looking to inform yourself from the sources. Palestinians have asked of us only that we share, tweet and post, over and over. Muna El-Kurd said every tweet is like a treasure to them, because their voices are repressed on social media and even on this very app. Make it your action item to share something about the Palestinian plight everyday. Here are some resources:

Al Jazeera

Anadolu Agency

Mondoweiss

Boycott Divest Sanction Movement

Palestinian Youth Movement

Mohammed El-Kurd (twitter / instagram)

Al-Shabaka (twitter / instagram)

Mariam Barghouti (twitter / instagram)

Muhammad Shehada (twitter)

Motaz Azaiza (instagram) - reporting directly from Gaza

Take action. You can participate in boycotts wherever you are in the world, through BDS guidelines. Right now, they are focusing on boycotting (don't be overwhelmed by gigantic boycott lists. Only boycott additional brands if you can):

Carrefour

HP

Puma

Sabra

Sodastream

Ahava cosmetics

Israeli fruits and vegetables

Push for a cultural boycott - pressure your favorite artist to speak out on Palestine and cancel any upcoming performances on occupied territory (Lorde cancelled her gig in Israel because of this. It works.)

If you can, participate in direct action or donate. Palestine Action works to shut down Israeli weapons factories in the UK and USA, and have successfully shut down one of their firms in London. Some of the activists are going on trial and are calling for mobilizing on court.

Call your representatives. The Labour Party in the UK had an emergency meeting after several councilors threatened to resign if they didn't condemn Israeli war crimes. Calling to show your complaints works, even more if you live in a country that funds genocide.

FOR PEOPLE IN THE USA: USCPR has developed this toolkit for calls

FOR PEOPLE IN THE UK: Friends of Al-Aqsa UK and Palestine Solidarity UK have made toolkits for calls and emails

FOR PEOPLE IN GERMANY: Here's a toolkit to contact your representatives by Voices in Europe for Peace

FOR PEOPLE IN IRELAND: Here's a toolkit by Voices in Europe for Peace

FOR PEOPLE IN POLAND: Here's a toolkit by Voices in Europe for Peace

FOR PEOPLE IN DENMARK: Here's a toolkit by Voices in Europe for Peace

FOR PEOPLE IN SWEDEN: Here's a toolkit by Voices in Europe for Peace

FOR PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA: Here's a toolkit by Stand With Palestine

FOR PEOPLE IN CANADA: Here's a toolkit by Indepent Jewish Voices for Canada

Join a protest. Here's a constantly updating list of protests:

Global calendar

USA calendar

Australia calendar

Here are upcoming events:

CANBERRA/NGUNNAWAL, AUSTRALIA – Wed Oct 25, 11 am, National Press Club. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyh1xy1BMrU/

OXFORD, ENGLAND – Wed Oct 25, 12:15 pm, Cornmarket. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CykroKeInz3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

SMITH COLLEGE (US) – Wed Oct 25, 12 pm, Chapin Lawn. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CymT8f5vnHN/?img_index=1

ST CATHERINES, ON ( CANADA) – Wed Oct 25, 6 pm, 61 Geneva St Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/889319005528757/

TORONTO, CANADA – Wed Oct 25, 5 pm, Sidney Smith Hall. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyjVbpGvva8/

SANT CUGAT, CATALONIA, SPAIN – Thurs Oct 26, 6 pm, Davant l’Ajuntament. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CynL834tgg9/?img_index=4

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Fri Oct 27, 7 pm, Federation Square. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyhyd0vhP8t/

LIVORNO, ITALY – Sat Oct 28, 2:30 pm, Piazza Cavour. Info https://www.instagram.com/p/CyiWJ06MXpM/

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (US) – Sat Oct 28, 1 pm, Lake Street and Minnehaha.

ROME, ITALY – Sat Oct 28, Rome. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyi7ey-MMs1/?img_index=1

ROME, ITALY – Sat Nov 4, Rome. Info TBA: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyndKUitnMU/

WASHINGTON, DC (USA) – Sat Nov 4, 12 pm, White House. Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyiecRtr9-B/

Wollongong: Rally at Crown Street Mall Amphitheatre on 21 Oct at 1 PM

Melbourne: Blak and Palestinian Solidarity Rally at Victorian Parliament House Steps on 25 Oct at 6 PM

HOUSTON: Thursday, October 26th, 5:45PM, Rice University, Central Quad

VANCOUVER: OCT 28 at 2PM, Vancouver Art Gallery

KITCHENER: Wednesday October 25th at 5 PM at CBC Kitchener

SANTA ANA: 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701, October 25th at 5:30 pm

TORONTO: WED. OCT 25 at 7PM at Queen's Park

[CAR RALLY] WASHINGTON D.C: Wednesday 10/25 outside the US State Department on the 23rd Street side

Feel free to add more.

[paperstorm]

Ceasefire In Gaza NOW!

Resources and action items to call for an end to the violence in Gaza.

I haven’t seen this linked on here so: this is an awesome resource for how you can help the people in Palestine. It has donation links, helps you figure out how to contact your representatives, and a regularly updated list of planned protests. It is USAmerican centric but the list of protests is international.

[paperstorm]

If you are American this site has a tool that sends an email for you. All you need to enter is your name, email address, and street address so they can auto-find your senators. It will take 30 seconds.

[luntfontanne]

Gaza Is Being Killed. We Desperately Need Your Help.

The situation gets darker and bleaker by the hour. We need all people of conscience around the world to raise their voices in solidarity wit

When asked by journalists if I justify Hamas’s killing of civilians once they breached the wall, my reaction is twofold. First, no, I don’t justify killing civilians and noncombatants. But then I wonder why, if I am asked to account for the violence perpetrated by Hamas, Israelis are not routinely asked to account for how their military responded to the Great March of Return.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza marched along the perimeter of the wall, demonstrating peacefully for our freedom and our right to return to our native villages. And yet, despite the fact that this was the largest unarmed mass popular movement that we had seen in Palestine in my generation, Israel’s snipers killed over 200 of us, including 46 children, gravely wounding many thousands more. One Israeli soldier bragged to the media about how many people he had shot in the knee.

Israel sent us a very clear message when it responded to our peaceful protest with such bloodshed: It doesn’t matter if you attempt to achieve your demands nonviolently. We will kill you and deny you your rights regardless. Despair among Gaza’s youth, already rampant, deepened. What’s more, Israel paid no international price for commiting this violence against innocent civilians. We learned yet again just how little value the world placed on our lives.

…

People in Gaza have been dying a slow death for years. Gaza itself is now dying. Or more accurately, it is being killed.

Israel is determined to “eliminate everything” in Gaza, as Defense Minister Yoav Galant has said. The bombing is killing innocent civilians, including entire families. In recent days, Gallant has ordered the siege to be tightened even further, saying, “We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly.” His words chilled me to the bone. As scholars of history know, genocide begins with this kind of extreme, dehumanizing language. But again, you have to start at the beginning of the book. Israel has been treating us like “human animals” and denying our humanity and our existence since 1948.

The situation gets darker and bleaker by the hour. I may not be able to send any more updates; with a massive ground invasion imminent, our connection to the outside world may be completely severed.

We need all people of conscience around the world to understand the relentless oppression that created this horrific reality. It is the only way to achieve true safety and peace for all. And then, raise your voices in solidarity with us. Help us tear down the wall, end our imprisonment, and fulfill our dreams of liberation.

[angelsaxis]

Oh god

[leosuncancervenus]

We need $2,300 to save our dog’s life

On Tuesday (it’s currently august 26th) my sisters dog Bear stopped eating. He’s gotten worse & worse since then, and I brought him to a hospital bc his breathing became very labored & his head started shaking. The past few hours I’ve been in a parking lot with 2 of my little siblings waiting to learn what’s wrong with him.

I had to open a new line of credit just to cover what they already gave him + x-rays to confirm he has something stuck in his stomach. So he needs surgery which is gonna be at least $4k (rn they’re looking for cheaper places bc the ppl taking care of him now would charge $6k), up front. Or we have to put him down. After these first expenses, I have $1,200 left on the carecredit I just got. So I’ll update if it changes but afaik currently we need $2.8k more. I’ve never asked for smthn like this from y’all and I have no idea how likely we are to reach our goal in time but I have to try.

Update: we found a place who said worst case scenario we need $3.5k total, surgery being about $2-2.5k, and the rest being from potential pneumonia. So our goal is at least $500 less than we initially thought!

Literally anything helps. If just over half my followers gave $1 we’d reach our goal. Thank you so much, I can’t tell you how much it means to all of us

30/2300

heartemojie on venmo + cashapp, PayPal.me/13thead

[black-is-beautiful18]

You guys I need your help especially if you are in Ohio/Pennsylvania areas. A trans woman named Sai has been kidnapped and we are trying out best to locate them. This is all the info we have right now but please keep your eyes and ears open. Spread the word please

[nilzhoglander-deactivated202303]

rupikaur_ ♥️🙏🏽 so many of you have asked what you can do to support the #farmersprotest : slide through for info or read below 👇🏽 1) post on social media to raise awareness. i know this seems small. but it creates a ripple effect that will save lives. i’ve been advised by many human rights organizations that raising awareness on social media is the most effective tactic when dealing with the indian government. they are highly sensitive to international attention- so let’s give it to them. 2) put pressure on your local politicians and those with influence. put pressure on the media. ask them to speak up and bring attention to india’s human rights abuses. when freedom of press is attacked- democracy dies. every statement from officials around the world puts pressure on the indian government to take accountability for their human rights abuses. 3) if you’re interested in donating- @khalsa_aid is a great international humanitarian organization who is helping providing resources to farmers on the ground. thank you for your endless support family- i love you all ♥️ your thoughtfulness and desire to change the world is forever inspiring our people started protesting in punjab as early as july 2020. they marched to delhi on nov 27 and have been sleeping on the streets since. punjab- haryana- up- rajasthan. and beyond. the people are united across religion and geography. singing songs of freedom. our people feeding the masses. our people dying. activists abducted. journalists kidnapped. the government is currently building walls of cement and spikes around protest sites to cage people in. they try to defame our heroes. they sexually assault women in police custody. but truth will prevail. all of you. all of us. the diaspora marched and continues to give its heart out. onward. louder. stronger my friends. it’s working ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽#farmersprotest p.s. i can hear modi crying while throwing a temper tantrum 😆 music to my ears !!! (graphics by my sis @taranamol )

[pirozhenka-deactivated20210926]

WHAT’S GOING ON IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW

Some of you might’ve heard about the situation with the government vs opposition that we’re dealing with right now, but I’m gonna give a brief explanation, how it started / how it’s going so to say.

In August 2020 Alexey Navalny, one of the leaders of the russian opposition, was poisoned with a nerve agent “Novichok”, which was a clear murder attempt. He was transported to Germany to get proper care and over there, while recovering, he and his team had a series of investigations of his murder attempt and basically they proved that it was all organised by the government / FSB (Federal Security Service of Russia / P*tin. He’s posted videos about his investigation, here’s the one of him exposing the whole killer team. He also made another video where he undercover called one of the killers and that dude basically confirmed it all, you can watch it here, english subtitles provided on both videos. I know it all feels like some crazy tv show, trust me i’m still speechless.

Anyway, last week he announced that he’s ready to go back home to Russia. Thousands of people came to the airport to show their support, but the bunker grandpa (our joke of a president) was not happy with that and police was everywhere at that airport taking people for doing nothing but standing there. Right when the plane was about to land, they changed the airports (*pretends to be shocked*). They landed and at the customs Alexey was detained by police. The reasons: something that they imagined themselves but also Alexey has a probation and he wasn’t checking at the Moscow police station twice a month….. since he was in Germany recovering from a murder attempt.

The next day they somehow held a court hearing right at the police station which is literally against the law and he’s being arresting for 30 days. And that gives everyone a push. In his videos he asks people not to protest for him but to protest for themselves and their right to have a voice and for that voice to be heard and not be murdered and, if you’re not dead, be jailed because you have a different opinion. For years our country has been literally degrading, swimming in the corruption and lies just so Mr. Poo has his throne. Elections are being forged, at this point everyone knows about it but they frightened people enough to not say a word. The whole world thinks so low of us or scared of us because of the power that the Tsar holds and smart, reasonable people here are so fed up with that.

And the final part and what was the last drop of patience for lost of people here, Navalny’s team posted a whole film-investigation about the palace P*tin owns on the coast of the Black sea which was built with the stolen money. Just a few highlights about that palace: the approximate cost of it is around 100 billion rubbles / $1,4 billion, the size of it is over 17,6k square meters, it has tea/wine houses, wine gardens, amphitheatre, a hockey rink, casino, furniture with millions on price tags, hookah bar, bedchambers with jacuzzis, and people’s personal faves, aqua disco, $2k toilet brushes with toilet paper holders, a pole at the hookah bar and a room for dirt. You can watch the whole video here, trust me you won’t regret it. It’s smashing all the views records.

Just in comparison to the cost of only that palace, our pensions for people of age are around 10k rubbles / $130, our standard salaries are around $300 a month and that if you’re lucky, in the regions it can be twice less. During the pandemic the government gave people n o t h i n g that could’ve helped even a tiny bit. But golden toilet brushes at the Black sea cost are always provided.

Tomorrow, January 23rd, there are going to be mass protests all across the country where people want to show their civil position, to scream for the rights that are being taken away from us with every day passing with more and more ridiculous laws, to show support to Alexey and his family and ask for his freedom, and just to show that people want to see their homeland get justice, respect and love it deserves. Chances of things getting messy are very high since the government doesn’t allow us to have peaceful protests (unless its allowed protests which like…they never allow them so here’s another way of silencing us). I’ll be posting things about it as soon as I know, the ways to help and just spread information about what we have to deal with.

For now I’m gonna leave a link to an FBK site / Anti-Corruption Foundation, which is a non profit organization that investigates corruption cases in Russia. They also have a donation page which could always use some help, especially on the eve of protests (e.g. provide free lawyers to help people get out of police in case of arrests on protests).

[amberjadeblood]

If you want to help stop the death penalty, I recommend looking into

http://deathpenaltyaction.org/

for a lot of info, resources, and ways to help.

and

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/

For info on state/federal legislations

Homepage

hhh

[glockpaperscissors]

Huffpost article about the fight for Oak Flat

apache-stronghold.com

[amberjadeblood]

If you want to help stop the death penalty, I recommend looking into

http://deathpenaltyaction.org/

for a lot of info, resources, and ways to help.

and

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/

For info on state/federal legislations

Homepage

hhh

[glockpaperscissors]

Huffpost article about the fight for Oak Flat

apache-stronghold.com

[amberjadeblood]

I'm going to not be able to get on Tumblr for a while, but when I get back on this evening, expect more posts like the ones below

[antigonehappy]

Last Sunday, police shot and killed Patrick Warren, a Black man from Texas, after a family member called for a mental health professional.

Instead, they sent the cops. The family member did not ask for the cops. The cops came anyways.

Warren was unarmed. A family member describes the officer’s demeanor as “hostile” and “escalating the situation”. At least one person yelled “don’t shoot,” but the cop shot anyways. An unarmed, Black man.

The officer’s name is Reynaldo Contreras. He’s been placed on leave, but not fired or charged or arrested. Hold him accountable. He shot an unarmed man. Hold him accountable for it like a civilian would be held accountable.

The police department in the area “declined to comment” according to the article.

This is not okay. This will never, ever be okay. And we will not stop demanding justice until there is change, big change. Because Black peoples’ lives have not mattered to the cops or to the government since this country was founded, and that needs to change.

(source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-family-calls-officer-s-arrest-after-man-fatally-shot-n1254297)

[deeperdolan-deactivated20210130]

JUSTICE FOR MOHAMUD HASSAN

on friday january 8th 2021 mohamud hassan was arrested by police when an elderly neighbour claimed he was making a commotion in his home in wales, cardiff. mohamud was released without charge the next morning but arrived home severely injured. his clothes were covered in blood, there was severe bleeding from his mouth and he had bruising covering his face. mohamud said that he was tasered twice and brutally kicked in the head. when his body was examined there were also believed to be bite marks covering his body and he had a dislocated knee. when he was told to get medical attention, he proceeded to tell everyone he was too tired and would after he got some rest. however, in his sleep, he grew unresponsive when his friend/housemate tried waking him up. his friend/housemate called an ambulance and proceeded to perform cpr on mohamud. at 10:30 pm police came flooding in and taped off the residency trying to state it was a crime scene, disallowing mohamud’s family to see their son who was lying on the kitchen floor until 6:45 am.

i am BEGGING you to spread the word that black lives STILL matter and it was not a trend. the uk IS NOT innocent. the arrest rate for black men is rising in the uk along with the death rate. we need to call out inequality and make this FAIR.

there is a link is below to support mohamud hassan’s family for legal fees and a funeral. you don’t need to donate but i damn well EXPECT you to spread that black. lives. matter.

click here to support the justice for mohamud hassan.

[liquidjapanesetit]

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MANAUS

here some external links so you can have extra information

Covid-19: Brazil hospitals 'run out of oxygen' for virus patients

Reports from Manaus say medical staff are begging for help in a critical situation due to Covid-19.

Short of oxygen, Brazilian city of Manaus forced to evacuate Covid-19 patients

Dozens of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city will be flown out of state as the local health system collapses, authori

SE VOCÊ É DO BRAZIL VOCÊ PODE DOAR POR ESSES MÉTODOS QUALQUER QUANTIA AJUDA

PLEASE SHARE THIS MY COUNTRY IS PASSING THROUGH A CRISIS KEEP YOURSELF INFORMED ON OUR SITUATION

[joyofmissout-deactivated2024072]

how to donate if you aren't from brasil (5 usd ≈ 25 reais it helps A LOT. the hospitals also need PPE!):

joli 🎗🌟 | ADIA O ENEM on Twitter

“OXYGEN FOR MANAUS 🇧🇷 BRAZILIANS ARE DYING ASPHYXIATED IN HOSPITALS for every 5 USD donation, I will sketch something simple of your choice