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We mourn. We remember. We stand with the LGBTQ community against hate and violence.
“A masterpiece was created in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone today” video by Kyle Kotajarvi
the nyt remains a beacon of democracy in these turbulent times huh
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a sitting senator is calling for the military to be deployed against protesters
wondering what “no quarter” means?
it’s military-speak for “take no prisoners.” but is that legal?
but what about in the u.s.?
but there’s a more casual meaning of the phrase, too, that just means to treat prisoners harshly (which is also unacceptable). maybe tom cotton meant it in the more colloquial sense. why would we assume he meant it in the military sense?
so, correction: a sitting senator and former army captain is calling for the military to be deployed against protesters without taking prisoners in direction opposition to american law and international law knowing it’s a war crime because he’s a former army captain
Malcom said it best ✊🏾
Literally didn’t know this
the police was literally formed from slave patrol
Angela Y. Davis Are Prisons Obsolete? 2003
The New Jim Crow
The 13th Documentary discussion guide (from what I can find the film’s only available on netflix)
The 13th amendment in no way outlawed slavery. It just redefined how it is to be done
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Resource is from victoriaalxndr on Twitter!
Theory: Miss Major has been all but entirely erased from our narrative of Stonewall so people could avoid thinking about the fact that she's still alive and has a retirement fund that needs donations
the LAPD is having a town hall and getting fucking eviscerated
hey uh this went south fucking fast. thoughout the stream, the time allotted for citizens went from 2mins to 30s, with the officials frequently cutting the ever-decreasing time short on individuals. they all just sat there not reacting unless someone dared use a curse or the one occasion where someone mentioned that their locations were public knowledge. At one point a caller asked the panel to raise their hands if they could hear them, and some of the jackasses didn’t respond, but was covered for by the Madam President of the panel saying, lying, quickly “yes we can all hear you”. Throughout, there was the sound of gunshots and they apparently lied about there not being any. Anyway so yeah most of them had their audio just fucking muted and were just blankly staring at their webcams for hours instead of hearing anyone actually criticize them. This is one of the worst excuses of performative fake accountability “we hear you”ing to date.
“We are a physical representation of our support for George Floyd...for Sandra Bland...for Trayvon Martin... for Stephen Lawrence... I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this, but f*** that” - John Boyega
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a friend shared these with me — people are still piecing the info together, but seems like this is a true phenomenon
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thread of lawyers assisting arrested protesters pro bono
#JunkTerrorBill: On a Bill that impedes the right of the Filipino People
On May 29, the Philippine Congress approved the senate version of the the Terror Bill which posses as a major threat to freedom of speech, especially during this times when dissent in media platforms is becoming a trend for the modern-day Filipino.
(Credits to College Editors Guild of the Philippines, CEGP)
Now, you might think that this bill just happened to come around but the timing is all too convinient. The reason why dissent is rising among the masses is because the executive branch of the government has frankly done a piss poor job at handling the Pandemic. They have continued to keep us quarantined, with only those considered essential businesses allowed to remain for months. It is only now in June that they have allowed people to work as long as they keep at a skeletal system. The main problem comes down to the fact that the government has yet to implement mass testing and even contract tracing for the matter, making the quanratine lose all meaning in the first place. To add up to all this, the administration continues to accumulate debt to “fight the pandemic” but claim they do not have the budget for mass testing. And to make matters worse, the head of the administration decides to fight a virus the only way he’s been fighting things, with machismo and guns. There have been cases where the police overstepped their bounds under the banner of ‘keeping the quarantine safe’ wherein they broke into a private residential building and also a homeless shelter because these places allegedly did not follow quarantine protocols. There was also a case of a soldier killing a veteran having an episode despite the residents of the area shouting he had PTSD and to leave him be. We cannot also discount the rapid increase of the Extrajudicial Killings fueled by the executive’s drug war that pretty much ramped up police brutality in the Philippines by quite a lot.
Now, this bill is giving them more power to by-pass the Judiciary which is the only thing keeping them in check. As per Rappler: “ the bill would allow the Anti-Terror Council (ATC), made up of top cabinet officials, to do functions otherwise reserved for courts, like ordering the arrests of people it has designated to be terrorists.”
Here are some as cited by CEGP. Below are some of the sections of Bill 1083, aka Terror Bill, although it feels rather more approriate to be called Martial Law 2.0. Below are some of the questionable provisions in the bill.
These two provisions are quite questionable as their vagueness could allow tagging of dissenters as terrorists. The head of the executive branch is actually quite fond of using mixed words and blurring the lines between dissenters who only criticize in hopes of improvement of the system as opposed to terrorists who seek to destroy it. This only adds oil to the fire, really.
Here we see that included in the wiring tapping are those individuals accused solely upon mere suspicion that would allow the police to invade our privacy just because we criticized the government a little too much more than they like. Now, there have been restrictions here either like between lawyers and clients or doctors and patients but this still stands that this is an invation of privacy,
Now Sec. 29. Detention Without Judicial Warrant of Arrest that takes the cake out of them all. Persons again tagged as terrorists by the ATC under mere suspicion can be detained for up to 24 days without a warrant, which is the first line of defense you have against a police violating your human rights. Although, if you do look up the entire provision, included is a follow up action of reporting to a court Judge “immediately”, there lacks a specific timeframe around the word “immediately” that again could allow the police advantage via vaugeness of this bill in their favor.
The purpose of this bill is so obvious that National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers chair Neri Colmenares even spoke up, stating that “ This isn’t really to go after the Abu Sayyaf or terrorists, or whoever they call as terrorists… I think the reason they actually need this bill is for the dissenters, the opposition.” (translated from Tagalog).
Save the voice of the Filipinos. Do not let them change the narrative. Hold the governement accountable for their lapses. Dissent is not terrorism. Dissent is duty. #JunkTerrorBill
(Since tumblr eats up links, links will be provided with with a reblog. Included there is a petition to junk this bill. Please sign!)
Petition | News | News | CEGP| Full Text of Terror Bill
Never again.
I’m including this bc “MAYOR: [quote]” with the face of the police chief wasn’t doing it for me but yeah she’s actually Like That
Atlanta police said the department "will not tolerate the looting and damage to property that occurred on Friday night and Saturday morning"
the philippines is trending right now and i hope y’all know it’s because our senate passed an “anti terrorism” bill, which basically targets the critics and opposition leaders of the current government. it may impede our freedom of speech and they could basically “allow the police and military to conduct a 60-day surveillance on suspected terrorists and compelling telecommunication companies to disclose their calls and messages”.
on top of this, the philippines doesn’t have mass testing available yet and the enhanced community quarantine has technically ended today, which means thousands of workers are now forced to go to work (even without a proper public transportation system). my mother has just gone to work at the airport and i’m terrified for her safety and health. the coronavirus cases have been increasing constantly and we’re still in the first wave.
update: this is what manila looks like after lifting the enhanced community quarantine
translation: we need your help. our families are starving. we are jeepney drivers and we don’t receive any aid from the social amelioration subsidy (or financial aid from the government)
i know so many things are happening in your own countries, but please keep us in your minds and prayers. 💗
Reminder that Stonewall wasn’t about marriage equality. Stonewall was about police brutality. It was about systemic abuse and subordination. Stonewall was spearheaded by black trans women. As we celebrate Pride 2020, within the context of the Black Lives Matter riots, it’s imperative that we remember that.
Riots in protest of police brutality are the reason that we have more rights today. Do not forget your roots.
You can’t celebrate Pride while simultaneously condemning the Black Lives Matter riots and protests that are happening right now. Know your history.
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