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the situation in sudan is dire. allied militants are targeting sudanese people in darfur on the basis of nothing but their ethnic identiy. telecommunications in sudan have all but shut down, impeding access to details of the atrocities that are being committed as we speak. people are being killed, their homes are being looted, they're having to relocate to other cities--only to fall prey to militant forces again, which are going out of their way to pillage more and more areas. although it's been difficult getting hold of footage in sudan, the ones that have managed to come out have been entirely horrific. just like palestine, sudan is falling victim to ethnic cleansing.
ramadan is coming soon, and it's a time of selfless giving and kindness. as we come closer and closer to it, please consider donating to ramadanforsudan--an initiative started by SAPA to raise humanitarian aid for sudan. as always, even the smallest penny counts. if you can't donate, make sure to spread this to someone who can. this is extremely time-sensitive, and it could use all the donations and coverage it can get.
if you havenāt seen any footage about sudan yet, itās because they literally have a telecom blackout, giving militant forces the perfect chance to go on committing atrocities with no one the wiser. even so much as giving a sudanese journalist spotlight puts a target on their headāthatās how dire the situation is getting. itās important to elevate sudanese voices that are trying to communicate the severity of the mass cleansing happening in real time.
with that in mind, please consider donatingāhowever little it may be.
What can be said that hasnāt been said for these ethnic cleansing maniacs already? Fucking horrific would not even begin to cover it.
not to be a stan at 29 years old but hiss was projected to chart number nine on the hot 100 next week and is now already predicted to land at number two instead. pretty sure a rap song has not been number one on the hot 100 since august 2022 and again not to be parasocial but megan has had an incredibly hard two years and i'd love to see her debut at number one. so if you also love hot girl meg pls go stream hiss or watch it on youtube or something tyvm
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books on, about, and made by palestinians. non-fiction books about palestine, palestinian poetry, history books, fiction books by palestinian authors, links to free e-books and poems. i apologize in advance for not breaking this down by genre / type.
LINKS & RESOURCES:
Free Ebooks for a Free Palestine!
Verso Books: Solidarity with Palestine: Free Resources and Further Reading
Free Palestine! A Reading List
Books for a Free Palestine
Google Drive of Palestinian Poetry made by @firstfullmoon
Palestinian poems series by @fiercynn
40 books to understand Palestine
FICTION:
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
Wild Thorns by Sahar Khalifeh
The Things We See in the Light by Amal Awad
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Secrets Under the Olive Tree by Nevien Shaabneh
Trees for the Absentees by Ahlam Bsharat
The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah
Mother Country by Etaf Rum
The Sea Cloak and other stories by Nayrouz Qarmout
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
My First and Only Love by Sahar Khalifeh
Velvet by Huzama Habayeb
Haifa Fragments by Khulud Khamis
NON - FICTION:
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
On Palestine By Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappe and Frank Barat
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe
Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire by Jehad Abusalim (Editor), Jennifer Bing (Editor), Mike Merryman-Lotze (Editor)
Except for Palestine The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky
Where the Line Is Drawn by Raja Shehadeh
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights by Omar Barghouti
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction [edited] by Sumaya Awad and Brian Bean
From the River to the Sea [edited] by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz and Rosie Warren
Palestine Speaks [edited] by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek
The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy
The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouti
Shell Houses by Rasha Abdulhadi
Born Palestinian, Born Black by Suheir Hammad
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat
Orientalism by Edward W. Said
Gaza Writes Back by Refaat Alareer
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd
Ever Since I Did Not Die by Ramy Al-Asheq
The Butterfly's Burden by Mahmoud Darwish
Many Afrikaners welcomed the end of apartheid, but 30 years on, theyāve found Black-majority rule in South Africa hard to live with.
This article is from 2022, but it came up in the context of Palestine:
Here are some striking passages, relevant to all colonial aftermaths but certainly also to the forms we see Zionist reaction taking at the moment:
Over the decade I lived in South Africa, I became fascinated by this white minority [i.e. the whole white population post-apartheid as a minority in the country], particularly its members who considered themselves progressive. They reminded me of my liberal peers in America, who had an apparently self-assured enthusiasm about the coming of a so-called majority-minority nation. As with white South Africans who had celebrated the end of apartheid, their enthusiasm often belied, just beneath the surface, a striking degree of fear, bewilderment, disillusionment, and dread.
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Yet these progressivesā response to the end of apartheid was ambivalent. Contemplating South Africa after apartheid, an Economist correspondent observed that āthe lives of many whites exude sadness.ā The phenomenon perplexed him. In so many ways, white life remained more or less untouched, or had even improved. Despite apartheidās horrorsāand the regimeās violence against those who worked to dismantle itāthe ANC encouraged an attitude of forgiveness. It left statues of Afrikaner heroes standing and helped institute the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which granted amnesty to some perpetrators of apartheid-era political crimes.
But as time wore on, even wealthy white South Africans began to radiate a degree of fear and frustration that did not match any simple economic analysis of their situation. A startling number of formerly anti-apartheid white people began to voice bitter criticisms of post-apartheid society. An Afrikaner poet who did prison time under apartheid for aiding the Black-liberation cause wrote an essay denouncing the new Black-led country as āa sewer of betrayed expectations and thievery, fear and unbridled greed.ā
What accounted for this disillusionment? Many white South Africans told me that Black forgiveness felt like a slap on the face. By not acting toward you as you acted toward us, weāre showing you up, white South Africans seemed to hear. Youāll owe us a debt of gratitude forever.
The article goes on to discuss:
"Mau Mau anxiety," or the fear among whites of violent repercussions, and how this shows up in reported vs confirmed crime stats - possibly to the point of false memories of home invasion
A sense of irrelevance and alienation among this white population, leading to another anxiety: "do we still belong here?"
The sublimation of this anxiety into self-identification as a marginalized minority group, featuring such incredible statements as "I wanted to fight for Afrikaners, but I came to think of myself as a āliberal internationalist,ā not a white racist...I found such inspiration from the struggles of the Catalonians and the Basques. Even Tibet" and "[Martin Luther] King [Jr.] also fought for a people without much political representation ⦠Thatās why I consider him one of my most important forebears and heroes,ā from a self-declared liberal environmentalist who also thinks Afrikaaners should take back government control because they are "naturally good" at governance
Some discussion of the dynamics underlying these reactions, particularly the fact that "admitting past sins seem[ed] to become harder even as they receded into history," and US parallels
And finally, in closing:
The Afrikaner journalist Rian Malan, who opposed apartheid, has written that, by most measures, its aftermath went better than almost any white person could have imagined. But, as with most white progressives, his experience of post-1994 South Africa has been complicated. [...]
He just couldnāt forgive Black people for forgiving him. Paradoxically, being left undisturbed served as an ever-present reminder of his guilt, of how wrongly he had treated his maid and other Black people under apartheid. āThe Bible was right about a thing or two,ā he wrote. āIt is infinitely worse to receive than to give, especially if ⦠the gift is mercy.ā
hereās to a liberated palestine and an end to the occupation in 2024Ų Ų„Ł Ų“Ų§Ų” Ų§ŁŁŁ
Don't buy the new iphone or any phone if yours works fine
No apple tablets or pcs if yours works fine
If you need one, get a refurbished one
Boycott Teslas
Boycott Vapes
All these things contain resources being illegally and violently mined from Congo.
i saw a video the other day detailing why we see so much about gazašµšø but not sudanšøš©
it comes down to these 3 key differences
while gaza is much bloodier, gaza has journalists reporting daily. as a journalist you will be targeted viciously but it's a delayed risk because the enemy isn't on ground. your enemies are cowards who plot and kill you from afar.
in sudan it's impossible to report anything because the enemy is walking down your street (if not in your house) like rabid dogs. you will be shot on sight. it's an immediate risk. there is no time to capture or comment on anything. whatever information you put out will be your first and last.
in sudan, the updates come from the warring factions filming themselves, not from civilians. and you can imagine the bias and inaccuracy of their egotistical daily vlogs and official statements.
which is why it's more imperative than ever to follow Sudanese creators and journalists who do report on the little information that does come out.
here's a post on where to get daily updates about Sudan
disclaimer: palestinian press also deal with immediate risks when confronted with IDF on-ground.
Iāve been waiting all year to post this.
Saying that you donāt need to care about Palestine because you/your ancestors have some sort of background of oppression that many people are not well informed about and because the general population does not spend their time advocating for your people, you donāt need to advocate for Palestine or learn about its history with Israel is what makes you part of the problem and is the reason modern day genocide are able to happen and be facilitated for so long
This can be about a multitude of things but is specifically about Taika Waititi saying he shouldnāt be expected to know or care about Palestine because most people donāt know about MÄori struggles
Here is a transcript from someone on twitter
I saw a tiktok talking about the massive shortage of feminine hygiene products in Gaza.
The only charity right now that seems to be helping with this shortage is called Motherbeing
Motherbeing is an organization based on education and providing assistance in healthcare for Arab women.
They recently donated 200,000 sanitary pads as women have been taking dangerous measures to delay their periods out of fear of toxic shock syndrome.
In case you are unaware, toxic shock syndrome is a possibly life threatening infection that develops from wearing a feminine hygiene product, usually tampons or cups, for too long.
They currently donāt have donations open, but people are trying to get them to. Thereās products you can buy from their website, however.
This will get like three notes, but I just came across it and I wanted to post something. When something as serious as genocide happens, people forget little things like pads and tampons, which actually can be life threatening.
If you want to donate to charities similar to this one, hereās a few I found:
-Helping Women Period: provides pads and tampons to women (and people with uteruses) who are low income or homeless.
-The Pad Project: supplies low income women with pads all over the world.
-She Supply: provides pads and tampons for homeless women in Texas
-Free the Tampon: organization working towards making sanitary products free
-The Period Panty Project: takes physical donations of sanitary products as well as just donations for women in Ohio.
-Days for Girls: donated reusable pads to women all over the world.
Thereās a lot more. Feel free to research
this is a cry for help lmfao keep boycotting
bisan's live video on her 2nd acc is piercing my heart
she started off expressing (in arabic) how sick she is of the constant sharing, photographing, capturing, having to speak english and how she wants to speak in her native tongue instead.
she explained that the leaflets that were dropped again are ordering evacuation to rafah so they are forced into the sinai, and how impossible it is for over 2 million people to go to an area that's only 151 square km, so many have no choice but to stay in khan younis. they are trapped and have no international passports. rafah is the southernmost point of palestine after khan younis and she said - this part in english - "after rafah there is no more palestine. if we are forced into rafah there is no more palestine."
someone asked her if she has eaten and whether they have any food, her response was no, not at all; one loaf of bread has to be divided between everyone in her camp.
the video kept freezing because of how bad the internet service is in gaza right now so i lost bits and pieces, but at some point an older woman joined the live, a journalist outside of the country. it's unclear whether they knew each other previously, but a lot of warmth was exchanged. the woman got tears out of bisan when she told her "dont listen to people who tell you to be strong, i don't want you to be strong, i want you to be you. if you are sad i want to know, if you are happy i want to know." she explained that she tried entering rafah but the occupation refuses to let any foreign journalists in anymore.
after the woman left, bisan talked about her life before october. she said her life was beautiful and fruitful and any source of strife was solely on israeli hands; namely her inability to travel or pursue placements for her education outside of palestine. other than that she had nothing to complain about. if im able to watch the video after it ends, i will add any pieces i missed