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HUGE list of free (!!) books by black authors and revolutionaries. includes writings by toni morrison, james baldwin, assata shakur, angela davis, malcolm x, audre lorde and frantz fanon.

socialistexan

Same exact playbook, down to the "but it was based on a lie."

socialistexan

It's kind of amazing how much this is the identical strategy. Focusing on the distress and harm of parents over the trans or autistic person themselves. Pathologizing the condition treating it as an epidemic, including calling it a social contagion causing a worrying "explosion" of diagnosis because it is "trendy."

Ignoring the experts on the subject while also appealing to "common sense" and dismissing all research that contradicts them while also appealing to "basic science."

Plus it's all the same quacks and actors behind previous medical and social moral panics saying them same things in the same ways and no one seems to acknowledge that.

demonprincex

she says in the article that she was inspired to think this way about autism after she started reporting on detransitioners. Her Twitter mentions are filled with prominent voices in the detrans terf movement. This isn't just similar, It is quite self-consciously an extension of the same movement.

#eugenics

recoiled4

fenbeau

thought-terminating cliche

shanehollanderss

They cut off usda funding from Minnesota, which includes wic and snap. Please consider donating to food banks around the area or food drives. Many immigrants are too scared to leave their homes to shop as well and a community member is doing great work.

Link to midwest food bank:

Midwest Food Hub | 2harvest.org

Link to a community food drive:

strawhatsufi

boo hoo the white house is so historic!

the united states paved over babylon to build a military base in iraq. like the actual ancient city of babylon

pyupa

fuck my stupid fungus life

radicalgraff

"Voting won't fix this. America is the problem"

Sticker spotted in NYC

weepingwidar

Karl Hofer (German, 1878-1955) - Self Portrait with Demons (1922/1923)

talonabraxas

Goddess Figurine ca 6000 BC Venus statues found all over Europe

riding-with-the-wild-hunt

a whole bunch of gazan mutual aid projects and nonprofits. if the decision of which individual fundraiser to give to feels too daunting, or if you just want to help as many people as possible in one go, these are great initiatives to support.

care for gaza - focuses on providing food and essential supplies. donate here or here.

connecting humanity - securing internet access via donations of virtual sim cards (esims). if you can't afford a whole plan yourself, crips for esims is a communal pool that will use your donation to purchase and maintain esims

gaza soup kitchen - provides food, medical care, and classes for children. also has a gofundme

glia gaza medical support initiative - provides medical care through field clinics and tents at hospitals. donations can also be sent through their website.

ele elna elak - provides clean water, food, clothing, and shelter. they also have a gofundme

life for gaza - raising money for the gaza municipality to repair water and waste management infrastructure

taawon - partners with local civil organizations to provide food, water, medical care, shelter, and basic supplies

the sameer project - running various initiatives providing tents, medical care, and necessities. they have their own encampment project focused on sheltering families with children, sick and disabled members, or members in need of perinatal care

islamic relief worldwide's gaza emergency appeal - provides food, water, hygiene kits, medical supplies, and psychological support

baitulmaal - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, shelter, and medical supplies

gaza mutual aid fund - distributes food, hygiene products, water, and other essential supplies, including financial support. run by @/el-shab-hussein's amazing friend Mona. updates can be found on her instagram.

hygiene kits for gaza - provides hygiene supplies including menstrual products, wipes, and toothbrushes/toothpaste

anera - provides a variety of necessities, including food, water, hygiene supplies, medicine, blankets and mattresses, and psychological care

palestine children's relief fund - provides supplies and support with a focus on children. also has an initiative for lebanon

dahnoun mutual aid - provides water, food, tents, baby supplies, financial support, and other necessities. updates can be found through their instagram

certainly this is not an exhaustive list, so please feel free to add on other projects or organizations that i didn't include. and as always, please take the time to donate if you can and share. it truly makes all the difference.

gatheringbones

[“The official U.S. delegation was headed by Ronald Reagan’s daughter Maureen, who had hardly distinguished herself as a sincere advocate for women’s equality. She may have supported the demands of politically conservative, economically secure white women, but she has never represented working-class women, and certainly not Black, Latina, Native American, Asian, and Pacific Island women.

As a mouthpiece for her father, himself a figurehead for the most antiworking-class, sexist, racist, and indeed most militaristic sectors of the capitalist monopolies, Maureen Reagan intentionally misconstrued the status and struggles of the masses of women in our country. She assumed the posture that, like Zionism and apartheid, racism—and indeed the halting of the nuclear-arms race—are not “authentic” women’s issues. When Maureen Reagan delivered her opening address at the official UN conference, she proclaimed that women in the United States are well on their way to emancipation. In fact, she said that “all barriers to political equality have long since been eliminated.” The four main issues relating to the sexist oppression of women in our country, she said, are “women refugees, women in development, literacy, and domestic violence.”

Certainly these issues have their place on women’s agenda, but when they are presented as the only truly important questions defining women’s oppression in the United States, they fundamentally distort our situation. What about racism? What about unemployment and economic inequities? And, indeed, what about militarization?

The four issues chosen by Maureen Reagan were evoked for the express purpose of diverting attention away from the larger context of women’s inequality. During the official conference, delegation leaders from the United States at times had difficulty recalling the Reagan line of reasoning. At one of the press conferences, for example, Lois Harrington, a member of the Reagan delegation, attempted to enumerate the administration’s four categories: “Domestic violence, literacy, development and …—oh, Alan [referring to Alan Keyes, the main negotiator for the U.S. delegation], you’ll have to help me, I can’t remember the fourth.” When Keyes screamed out, “Refugees,” Harrington responded, “Oh, yes, how could I forget? We have so many refugees.”]

angela davis, women, culture, and politics, 1990

lesbianchemicalplant

court-ordered AA/NA is so fucking stark. legally-mandated christian cult subjection or they'll lock you in a cage [again]

lesbianchemicalplant

the "well atheists are actually the real reactionaries :/" crowd always get very wormy and indignant about this one

read-marx-and-lenin

There are judges in the US that have explicitly ordered church attendance. The whole concept of "separation of church and state" has been thoroughly whittled down at this point.

#the church and state have never been fucking separate yall are just crackers #they used the bible to control and oppress native peoples and enslave and oppress black people and that was before during and after #the establishment of this apartheid so called fucking country

eulers-babe

for no reason whatsoever here’s a reminder that if you consider yourself a leftist/punk/abolitionist/anarchist/radical in any sort of way and get called into jury duty, you are to become the most square person on earth during the jury questionnaire!!!

don’t be that guy who says fuck the police in the jury questionnaire! that just gets you sent home! if you want to generate change, interact with the case and use your jury vote for good! ESPECIALLY if it’s a high profile case!