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Do not go gentle into that good night; Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Escaping from North Korea in search of freedom: Yeonmi Park tells her story of life in North Korea and calls for action against such human rights violators.
Yeonmi was speaking at the One Young World Summit 2014 in Dublin.
I have to do this because this is not just I am speaking… This is for the people who want to tell the world what they want to say.
North Korea is an unnatural country. There is only one channel on TV and there is no internet. We aren’t free to sing, say, wear or think what we want.
North Korea is the only country in the world that executes people for making unauthorized international phone calls.
North Koreans are being terrorized today.
When I was growing up in North Korea, I never saw anything about love stories between man and woman, no books, no songs, no press, no movies about love stories. There is no Romeo and Juliet, every stories were propagandized to brainwash about the Kim dictators.
I was born in 1993 and I was abducted at birth even before I knew the words ‘freedom’ or ‘human rights’. North Koreans are desperately seeking and dying for freedom at this moment…
When I was 9 years old, I saw my friend’s mother publicly executed. Her crime? Watching a Hollywood movie!
Expressing doubt about the regime can get 3 generations of whole family imprisoned or executed.
When I was 4 years old, I was warned by my mother, not to even whisper, the birds and mice could hear me. I admitted it. I thought the North Korean dictator could read my mind. My father died in China after we escaped North Korea. And I have to bury him at 3 am in secret. I was only 14 years old. I couldn’t even cry, I was afraid to be sent back to North Korea.
The day I escaped North Korea, I saw my mother raped. The rapist was a Chinese broker. He had targeted me. I was only 13 years old. There is a saying in North Korea, “Women are weak, but mothers are strong”. My mother allowed herself to be raped in order to protect me.
North Korean refugees, about 300,000 are roaming over in China. 70 percent of North Korean women and teenage girls are being victimized and sometimes sold for as a little as 200 dollars. We walked across the Gobi desert following a compass and when it stopped working, we followed the stars to freedom. I felt only the stars are with us. Mongolia was our freedom moment.
Death or dignity; I was with the knife, we were prepared to kill ourselves if we are going to be send back to North Korea. We wanted to live as humans…
People often ask me, “How can we help North Koreans?”. There are many ways but I would like to mention 3 for now.
One, as you care yourself, you can raise awareness about human crisis in North Korea.
Two, help and support North Korean refugees who are trying to escape for freedom.
Three, petition China to stop repatriation.
We have to shed the light in the darkest place in the world. It is not just North Korean human rights, it is our rights!
The North Korean dictators have violated for 7 decades. We need governments all around the world to put more pressure on China to stop repatriation. In particular, Chinese delegates of ‘One Young World’ can play a part by speaking up. North Korea is indescribable… No human deserves to be oppressed just because of their birthplace. We need to focus less on the regime and more on the people who are being forgotten.
‘One Young World’, we are the ones who will make them visible. Please join me as we make this a global movement to free North Koreans. When I was crossing the Gobi desert, scared of dying, I thought nobody in this world cared. It seemed that only the stars were with me…
But you have listened to my story. You have cared…Thank you very much.
저는 이 연설을 해야 합니다. 이 연설은 자신들의 처지를 호소하고자 하는 사람들을 위한 것입니다. 북한은 비정상적인 국가입니다. TV에는 오직 하나의 채널만 있고 인터넷은 아예 없습니다. 저희는 원하는 대로 자유롭게 노래하지도, 말하지도, 옷 입지도, 생각하지도 못합니다. 북한은 허가하지 않은 국제전화를 했다는 이유로 처형이 이뤄지는 전세계 유일한 국가입니다. 북한 주민들은 현재 공포에 떨고 있습니다. 제가 북한에서 자랄 때 책, 노래, 언론, 영화에서 남자와 여자 사이의 사랑이야기에 관해서 전혀 접하지를 못했습니다. 북한에 로미오와 줄리엣은 없습니다. 모든 이야기들은 김일성-김정일-김정은 독재자들은 찬양하도록 세뇌하는 선전물로 변질됩니다. 저는 자유 혹은 인권이라 단어를 알기도 전인 1993년, 태어나자마자 유괴를 당했습니다. 북한 주민들은 지금 이순간에도 자유를 처절하게 갈망하고 있습니다. 제가 9살일 때 일입니다. 저는 제 친구의 어머니가 공개처형 당하는 것을 목격했습니다. 그녀의 죄명이요? 할리우드 영화를 봤다는 것이었습니다! 북한에서는 북한 정권에 대한 불신을 표현하는 것만으로 3대 가족 전체가 수감되거나 처형당하게 됩니다. 제가 4살 때 어머니에게 경고를 들은 적이 있습니다. 속삭이지도 말라고… 낮말은 새가 듣고 밤말은 쥐가 듣는다고… 저는 인정했습니다. 저는 북한의 독재자가 제 마음을 읽을 수 있는 줄 알았습니다. 제 아버지는 북한을 탈출한 후 중국에서 돌아가셨습니다. 14살 밖에 안되었던 저는 새벽 3시에 몰래 아버지를 묻어 드려야 했습니다. 저는 북한에 송환되는 것이 두려워 울 수도 없었습니다. 북한을 탈출한 첫 날, 저희 어머니는 강간을 당하셨습니다. 강간범은 중국인 브로커였습니다. 그는 처음에는 13살인 저를 범하려 했습니다. 북한에는 이런 말이 있습니다. “여자는 약하지만 어머니는 강하다” 제 어머니는 저를 보호하기 위해 기꺼이 자신이 강간당하도록 하였습니다. 중국에는 30만명에 달하는 탈북자들이 떠돌고 있습니다. 여기서 여성들과 10대 소녀들 중에 70퍼센트는 범죄의 대상이 되거나 고작 200달러에 팔려가고 있습니다. 저희 가족들이 고비사막을 횡단할 때 나침반을 따라갔었습니다. 나침반이 고장나자 저희는 별을, 바로 ‘자유로 향하는 별’을 따라갔습니다. 오직 별들만이 저희와 함께한다고 느껴졌습니다. 죽느냐 존엄성을 지키느냐… 저는 칼을 한 자루 가지고 다녔습니다. 만약 북한으로 송환되는 상황이 닥치면 저희는 스스로 목숨을 끊을 준비가 되어있었습니다. 저희는 사람답게 살고 싶었습니다… 사람들은 종종 저에게 묻습니다. “어떻게 하면 북한 주민들을 도울 수 있나요?” 여기에는 많은 방법들이 있는데 오늘은 3가지만 말씀 드리고 싶습니다. 첫째, 여러분이 자신을 돌보듯이 북한에서의 인권 유린에 대한 관심을 더욱 가져주세요. 둘째, 자유를 향해 탈출을 시도하는 탈북자들을 돕고, 지원을 해주세요. 셋째, 중국당국으로 하여금 송환을 멈추도록 청원을 넣어주세요. 우리는 세계에서 가장 어두운 곳에 빛을 비춰 주어야 합니다. 이는 북한 주민들의 인권만을 위한 것이 아니라 우리 모두의 인권을 위한 일입니다! 북한의 독재 정권은 70년 동안이나 잔혹한 통치를 해왔습니다. 중국으로 하여금 탈북자 송환을 멈추도록 전세계의 정부들이 더욱 압력을 가해야 합니다. 그리고 특히, 오늘 제가 참여하고 있는 ‘One Young World(세계 젊은 지도자 회의)’의 중국 대표들이 이에 대해 목소리를 높임으로서 하나의 역할을 할 수 있습니다. 현재의 북한은 형언할 수 조차 없을 정도로 참혹합니다… 어떠한 사람도 자신의 출생지 때문에 억압을 받아서는 안됩니다. 우리는 북한 정권에 대한 관심을 줄이고 잊혀지고 있는 사람들에 대해 더욱 관심을 가져야 합니다. ‘One Young World(세계 젊은 지도자 회의)’의 우리들, 우리들이 이러한 것을 실현 가능하게 만들 수 있습니다. 북한 주민들을 자유롭게 하는 이 전세계적인 움직임에 저와 함께 해주세요. 제가 죽을까 두려워하며 고비 사막을 건널 때, 세상 아무도 저를 신경쓰지 않는다고 생각했습니다. 오직 별들만이 저와 함께인 것 같았습니다… 하지만 여러분들은 제 이야기를 들어주셨습니다… 정말 감사합니다.
Why is this the first post that contains her entire speech? This is not just a recounting of all the horrible things that happened to her, this is an explanation of the regime she lived under and a call to the rest of the world for action. If you don’t reblog the beginning and end you’re completely missing the point.
Tell me about it.
The French justice minister has been critical of US police violence after the Ferguson decision. She tweeted Bob Marley’s lyric “Kill them before they grow” referring to teenagers shot down by law enforcers.
Justice Minister Christiane Taubira tweeted in French, saying “Michael Brown, racial profiling, social exclusion, territorial segregation, cultural marginalization, guns, fear, fatal cocktail!”
Then, she published a tweet in English.
How old was #Mickael Brown ? 18. #TrayvonMartin ? 17. #TamirRice? 12. How old next? 12 month? ‘Kill them before they grow’ Bob Marley ChT
Taubira later explained to France Info radio that she had expressed solidarity “in an extremely painful situation.”
“I am not making a value judgment on United States institutions [but] when the feeling of frustration is so strong, so deep, so lasting and massive, you have to ask yourself about the trust in these institutions,” said the minister.
“One realizes this only happens to the same people, African American kids. So there is the problem of a certain number of clichés, portrayals, prejudices which can create terrible reflexes,” she added.
French Government spokesman Stephane Le Foll said, referring to the situation, that “one shouldn’t comment about what’s going on in the US” as the country “has its own rules and procedures.”
He added that everyone should “turn their thumb 10 times” before tweeting, an expression in French that roughly means holding one’s tongue before speaking.
Taubira, who took office in 2012, also came under fire from political opponents over her comments.
The right-wing mayor of the city of Nice criticized Taubira for thinking it "appropriate to judge the American justice system" and said the fact that she remains the French justice minister made him "ashamed for my country."
Taubira has been the subject of prejudice and racism scandals for some time: earlier this year, ex-candidate for municipal elections, Anne-Sophie Leclere, known for her far-right leanings, received a nine-month prison sentence and a hefty fine after publishing a photo of Taubira with a monkey.
"I prefer to see her swinging in a tree than to see her in government," Leclere said.
Last year, the right-wing French magazine, Minute, published a cover story bearing the title “Taubira Finds Her Banana.”
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I’m honestly so thankful for tumblr at times like these bc these little articles and stories and anecdotes and snippets - are waking me the hell up and educating the fuh out of me.
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while we’re talking about ferguson, mexico, palestine, and north korea, we also need to be raising awareness for the 200,000 people in syria who have been imprisoned and tortured and/or killed.
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*picture of police officer and young black boy hugging*
*picture of israeli man and palestinian woman finding ‘love’ together*
*picture of afghan child holding hands with a female US soldier*
liberals: humanity restored!! don’t fight hate with hate bc this is how it really should be!!! let’s forget the systemic structures still in place that continue to brutalize the oppressed and commemorate this instead!
What if, in another universe, I deserve you? Hear me out. There’s this philosopher from the 1890s named William James, and he coined this theory about “the multiverse” which suggests that a hypothetical set of multiple universes comprises everything that can possibly exist simultaneously. Are you following? The entirety of space, time, matter and energy is all happening at once in different timelines: It’s the idea of parallel universes. Right? So okay, let’s presume the multiverse is real. Well then, maybe somewhere in those infinite universes is one, or several, where I deserve you. Maybe there’s a universe out there — happening now — where we end up together and when I close my eyes at night, I’m not dreaming the way a normal person would. Instead I’m seeing flashes of our lives in the multiverse. They’re not simple dreams because I miss you, right? They’re scientific, anachronistic visions. For instance: In this universe, I don’t want a family, but maybe in another, I’m more of the type to settle down. Maybe there’s a universe where you hold my hand while I give birth to our daughter in a white hospital room with pink flowers and fuzzy teddy bears on the window sill. Where we take family vacations and pose for dorky pictures in our neon bathing suits on the sands of a Florida beach. Where we curl up to watch a cheesy movie at the end of a long day in our big, green, suburban house once the kids have fallen asleep. Maybe there’s a universe where we are middle-aged and taking our child to college and bickering over where to put her dresser or what posters she should hang up. Where you kiss her on the forehead ‘goodbye’ and we drive home in contented, proud silence, your fingers grazing my knuckles, our wedding rings glistening. Where we both have gray hair and we laugh and smile and hug and drink lemonade on the porch. Maybe there’s a universe where that’s the life I want. Where I don’t second guess everything and I’m not afraid of commitment and of the future and of love. Maybe there’s a universe without all the noise in my head and the pride that makes me so fiercely independent and the coldness in my heart that I can turn on and off like a security fence. Maybe there’s a universe where I’m the right person for you. Where I adore every nice thing you did for me without starting to resent you. A universe where you actually end up with someone who appreciates you. Where no one becomes a doormat. Where both of us can shed our baggage and curiosity and issues. A universe where we’re happy — without wondering if that happiness is some messed-up Jenga game ready to topple at the slightest quiver. A universe where we’re comfortable and sure, and we have cats. Maybe there’s a universe where we fall asleep next to each other every night like spoons, like two innocent bunnies — my face buried in your neck, hugging your warmth — and we both don’t want anything or anybody else. Where we don’t want more, we just want each other. Maybe there’s a universe where I don’t covet so much all the time and where I’m content and where I don’t wonder about picking up and moving to Japan without saying anything to anyone and where at this very juncture, I can just know I’ll always want to come home and cook dinner with you. If you think of it all this way, then it’s like neither of us did anything wrong. You just found me in the wrong universe. That’s all. This is, as they say, the darkest timeline. Everywhere else, nay, “everywhen” else — us in the Civil War, us in Ancient Egypt, us in the swinging ’60s — we are happy. If this theory holds, well, by the law of averages, there had to be one universe — just this one — where we don’t end up together. Here and now just happens to be it. If you think of it this way, nothing is our fault. So see, that explains everything. We’re not together anymore because of the multiverse. Well, isn’t that comforting? If you’re sad, do like I do and just think of the other ‘verses. The ones where I believe in love and where I don’t hate myself and where I never feel the need to kamikaze relationships. A universe where we can have nice things. It’s helpful, right? Because you could have loved me forever. And maybe in another universe, I let you.
Maybe In Another Universe, I Deserve You, by Gaby Dunn (via tywin)
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Voyager is so happy, because it’s the bravest satellite of all. It has gone the furthest. And it’s not lonely, because it’s talking to us. It phones home. And it tells us all about the wonderful things that it’s seeing. …There’s a whole universe to explore, and it’s just leaving our Solar System right now. It’s very brave and very lucky to be doing what it’s doing, so it’s not going to get lost. It’s traveled further than anything we’ve ever built has traveled before. It’s actually showing us the way. … It might have been safer for it to just stay home, and stay inside a building, but then it would have been sad forever, because it never would have done its purpose. It never would have discovered things. It’s all a wonderful story of great discovery and success, and it couldn’t have happened if Voyager hadn’t been brave… It’s not really the fact that everything always has a start and an end, it’s what happens in the middle that counts. What do you while you’re alive? What do you do while you’re laughing? And I think we’re doing exactly what makes Voyager joyful and as happy as it could be. Think about the fact that you’re a little bit like Voyager. In that you’re going to go see the world, and you’re going to call your mom on the phone and tell her about the wonderful things that you see. … You wouldn’t want to spend your whole life hiding under your bed and never seeing anything in your whole life, you want to be able to do what makes you happy and joyful and learn about things to discover. You might be the person that discovers something really important for everybody else on the world, but you can never discover that if you just hide and only do things that are safe. So think about yourself a little bit like Voyager. What makes you laugh? It’s not just staying, hiding underneath your bed safely at home.
Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, reassuring a five-year-old who was worried about the Voyager satellite (source)
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the ‘yes, virginia’ letter of our times
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When I was about 5 I read a picture book about Voyager and mistakenly assumed that there were people on board. For years I was always sad thinking about them leaving the solar system but this would’ve made me feel better.
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Took photos of my ceiling.