Left wall

Side blog for political and social themes. Very leftist as you can see. Read the pinned post for more info.

[left-wall]

Common tags:

#anticapitalism

#feminism

#LGBT+ themes

#ecologism

#free palestine

Others to be added

Basic bio:

Italian

30 years old

IT worker

Woman, I go with she/her but I answer to any pronoun. Cisgender ~ kinda

Bi+, grayace

Atheist agnostic

Other blogs:

@godstiel-is-based (main, SPN theme)

@a-la-sante-du-progres (Les mis side blog)

Profile pic source:

Quote by Mariame Kaba: “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair” Let’s not go back, let’s build something better. [...]Read

I'm not associated with them, I'm just giving the due credits.

[left-wall]

Calendar of Resistance for Palestine 2024

Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network urges all Palestinian, Arab and international supporters of Palestine to escalate their org

Extremely resourceful, it lists all the planned protests for palestine all over the world with organizational details and it gets updated every day. In the website there are tons of other kinds of material, both information and praxis, I'm gonna dig into it later but it seems a goldmine.

[brokenzipperlips]

Tax the rich, tax the church, reassess and reassign where those taxes go

[workersolidarity]

🇮🇱🇵🇸 🚨

💥ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES TOOK THIS PICTURE TO HUMANIZE THEIR FORCES, ONLY TO KILL THE MAN MINUTES LATER💥

According to Al-Quds News Agency, Israeli Occupation Forces took the picture of an occupation soldier with an old Palestinian man on his arm.

Occupation Forces killed the old Palestinian man soon after the photo was taken according to the man's granddaughter and Al-Quds News.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

[godstiel-is-based]

They've been lying for decades, whatever they say don't believe the IDF and the Israeli Government.

[freefreeepalestine-deactivated2]

John Cusack's twitter feed is a breath of fresh air.

Don't be mad at him for buying twitter blue. Before he had an edit button his tweets were incomprehensible. 💜

[godstiel-is-based]

Misha should seriously stop drinking the Lib Kool-Aid. Until that moment, he's an agent of the status quo, so he shouldn't be given any political consideration

If he doesn't drink it and it's a strategy to run for some "seat" it's a pointless one, even if he makes it, there is no shortage of status quo defenders among politicians.

I believe in progress and I hope he can change just like everybody is capable of change. If/when it happens and if it's proved, I'll acknowledge it. I love freely but not on false assumptions.

Anyway, never trust the rich. Money is useful and support from people with money is useful, but if you hoard resources beyond what you need for a stable and comfortable life, you can't be a good one. Support is always welcomed, give your gratitude and even your affection, but don't give your trust. There are actual studies about the lack of empathy among the rich and the powerful. I've never been disappointed by a rich man because I never trusted one.

Hating on him is not political activism, it's chronically online behaviour and a waste of time. Online activism is legit but I can guarantee your low effort mean jokes aren't it. Focus your energies and time on studying, spreading information, going to protests (which are actually useful for this cause, western governments support the more convenient option and protests can make a evil option less convenient) and organizing within your capacity. If you're not able to do anything, at least go outside and touch some grass.

"K1ll him with h4mmers" and variants aren't actual threats, they're power fantasies. People who revel in violent power fantasies are pathetic IMHO and I assume they're frustrated and unable to take any actual action about it but come on, they're not actually homicidal. They're not even threats, a threat includes some intention and chance to be implemented. Let's not muddle the water with bad faith false equivalences.

[godstiel-is-based]

CENTRISM 😉

is a

DISEASE ✨️

[thelawsofdaylight]

I have a lot of respect for the Just Stop Oil protestors who interrupted Les Mis last night. I've done disruptive actions before and it's fucking hard. Any kind of direct action is hard, and anyone who participates in civil disobedience (or uncivil disobedience!) will know that.

But still. It's incredibly disheartening to see the negative responses from people who (presumably, seeing as they either follow the account and/or bought tickets to the show) are fans of Les Mis.

And like, I don't know, it's just making me reflect a lot on how popularised versions of Les Mis (mainly the musical) still fail to get through to people. It doesn't hammer home the message in the book's prologue, it's too easy for people to see it as that was then and this is now, that was over there and this is here, etc, etc. Like... I can't stop thinking about how quickly the protestors were thrown under the bus by both the audience and the theatre. How it's easy for people to exercise hypothetical solidarity towards a bunch of fictional characters yet not extend that to real life contexts. How everyone will unanimously agree that the National Guard are the bad guys and then turn around and cheer on the IRL cops for removing protestors. I don't know.

And I've been to productions of Les Mis before where people will cry during the barricade sequence or comment on how upsetting Fantine's story is and then come out of the theatre and walk straight past the unhoused people on the streets. It's not new. But it is particularly jarring when as soon as the lights come up people seem to forget how fervently they hoped that things would be different, and not realise they have to play a part in that change in order for that to happen. Like, the message of Les Mis is supposed to be if you do nothing, nothing will change.

The amount of people who don't seem to grasp that Les Mis condemns people exactly like them, who stood by, who turned away from the people trying to change things, it's just... It's so fucking frustrating.

[smallblueowl]

@secretmellowblog you said it so well

[thelawsofdaylight]

I have a lot of respect for the Just Stop Oil protestors who interrupted Les Mis last night. I've done disruptive actions before and it's fucking hard. Any kind of direct action is hard, and anyone who participates in civil disobedience (or uncivil disobedience!) will know that.

But still. It's incredibly disheartening to see the negative responses from people who (presumably, seeing as they either follow the account and/or bought tickets to the show) are fans of Les Mis.

And like, I don't know, it's just making me reflect a lot on how popularised versions of Les Mis (mainly the musical) still fail to get through to people. It doesn't hammer home the message in the book's prologue, it's too easy for people to see it as that was then and this is now, that was over there and this is here, etc, etc. Like... I can't stop thinking about how quickly the protestors were thrown under the bus by both the audience and the theatre. How it's easy for people to exercise hypothetical solidarity towards a bunch of fictional characters yet not extend that to real life contexts. How everyone will unanimously agree that the National Guard are the bad guys and then turn around and cheer on the IRL cops for removing protestors. I don't know.

And I've been to productions of Les Mis before where people will cry during the barricade sequence or comment on how upsetting Fantine's story is and then come out of the theatre and walk straight past the unhoused people on the streets. It's not new. But it is particularly jarring when as soon as the lights come up people seem to forget how fervently they hoped that things would be different, and not realise they have to play a part in that change in order for that to happen. Like, the message of Les Mis is supposed to be if you do nothing, nothing will change.

The amount of people who don't seem to grasp that Les Mis condemns people exactly like them, who stood by, who turned away from the people trying to change things, it's just... It's so fucking frustrating.

[fixing-bad-posts]

[Image description: A tumblr text post, edited whiteout-poetry style to read, "Men are supposed to deny God." The text is bordered by heart and flower emojis.]

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💐💗💐💗

deny God.

💗💐💗💐

[marauders4evr]

Since July is Disability Pride Month

(as opposed to every other month when we're all demure about disability rights /gentle sarcasm)

I wanted to highlight one of my favorite artists: Liberal Jane.

[godstiel-is-based]

No political progress has been ever achieved with being mean on the Internet for lols. Bullying and humiliating people is useful only for the rush of adrenaline you get from winning a fight and the validation from people like you. I mean if that's what it get you off it's useful to get you off, but it's useless to any political cause. Useless and also damaging because it alienates people who aren't already 100% on your side.

I think on the Internet it's useful to:

-explain things that aren't well known

-make knowledge accessible to everyone, including people who struggle to focus or aren't very literate, with resumes, graphics etc

-being a good example for your friends

-defend people who are being abused online for their gender/sexuality/ethnicity/religion etc

-spread propaganda

-debunk rival propaganda

-support boycotts

-raise funds

If you haven't the means or abilities or right attitude to be patient, disciplined and rational in supporting your cause it's better to do nothing at all that to make damage and LIE TO YOURSELF you have done something good or even useful.

To be clear, I'm not saying we should be always meek, in fact I think sometimes it's useful to fuck shit up, to rebel, to corner authorities until they give you what you want or even to fucking destroy authority but... IRL. Online rebellion is a role play that does nothing but give you your selfish rush. If you want to stick to online activism it's ridiculous to behave like a soldier when you're coping in your bedroom.

[apas-95]

[sraithpics]

David Cleary!

[aiteanngaelach-deactivated20241]

i'm in Ireland and the search for that bastards name is still blocked and hidden... the legnths the british go to defend and protect their instruments of colonialism and violence is beyond belief. no justice for the victims and yet every measure taken to protect David James Cleary and his fellow murderers.

[undeadentropy]

Never a better time for the Streisand Effect than when it's a government covering up acts of brutality and evil.

[antigonehappy]

in a similar vein of the last post, I do personally still think it makes sense for modern enjolras to be into the french revolution. it was literally the advent of the left (as in, the terms left and right in regards to politics literally came from it), and though in some ways the revolutionaries would be considered non-leftist now, for their time they were extremely progressive, and in some ways, their envisioned society was more progressive than ours is now.

admiring revolutionaries like robespierre and saint-just is imo very different from admiring "revolutionaries" like washington and jefferson. robespierre and saint-just were in it for equality of all (they still had a ways to go on women's rights but the frev actually granted women a lot of rights, just not the vote), including the abolition of slavery and giving the vote to minorities. another revolutionary, couthon, even proposed a stipend for disabled people. robespierre and saint-just (and desmoulins and marat and, to be fair, danton, even though I hate danton) were really and truly actual leftists, not revolutionary-larpers who wanted to own lots of land and own slaves without paying taxes.

society can learn a lot from the french revolution. this is a statement that held true in 1832, just as it does today.

[iamcon-fu-sion]

"What? Who is on strike?"

The Writer's Guild of America (WGA)

Why Should I Care?

Bc you are not a corporate slave. Also, these are the people who write those tv series we binge to death. They do amazing work on tight deadlines and are being denied their rights.

Why Are They on Strike?

The corporations who produce the movies and shows we binge to death are pushing for a gig economy for scripts- that means more pressure and less money and rights for the writers. They have been refusing to give them weekly contracts for their episodic work, and taking the free work they get from hopeful writers to feed into an AI.

I'm not a WGA writer...how do I support them?

We don't cross picket lines! If you can limit your subscriptions and viewership on Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount, and Sony platforms, do it! Do not give in to the hate campaign these companies are starting against the writers. Be vocal about your support of them on social media, and

Official WGA Statement:

LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK – Following the unanimous recommendation of the WGA Negotiating Committee, the Council of the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) acting upon the authority granted to them by their memberships, have voted unanimously to call a strike, effective 12:01a.m. Pacific Time, Tuesday, May 2.

The decision was made following six weeks of negotiations with Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Discovery-Warner, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony under the umbrella of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). The WGA Negotiating Committee began this process intent on making a fair deal, but the studios’ responses have been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing.

The companies’ behavior has created a gig economy inside a union workforce, and their immovable stance in this negotiation has betrayed a commitment to further devaluing the profession of writing. From their refusal to guarantee any level of weekly employment in episodic television, to the creation of a “day rate” in comedy variety, to their stonewalling on free work for screenwriters and on AI for all writers, they have closed the door on their labor force and opened the door to writing as an entirely freelance profession. No such deal could ever be contemplated by this membership.

[animentality]