[creaturey]

pres. trump sent federal troops into portland to squash the protests and they shot someone in the head with an impact round last night and shattered his skull. his blood is still on the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse. they are not like local cops and they are NOT fucking around. they carry ARs with live ammo and they are merciless. i am very sincerely scared that federal forces are going to instigate a kent state type situation by killing protesters as an example sometime between now & november and i am very scared it’s going to be here

[creaturey]

Video of the protester who was shot being carried away by medics while bleeding everywhere (obvious TW). He is alive but was in critical condition when he arrived at the hospital & needed extensive facial + skull reconstruction surgery. At the time they shot him he was standing on the sidewalk with both hands holding a boombox above his head Video of a federal officer kneeling on someone while he has a seizure; they did not allow medics to help him. There is word that this person may have died but afaik that is still unconfirmed Video of federal officers chasing & assaulting medics tending to an unresponsive protester Video of 15 feds forcibly arresting a disabled trans person and taking away their service dog for the crime of writing on the federally owned sidewalk in washable sidewalk chalk

Full live tweet thread of the night (7/11/20) with a lot more video footage, especially of the absolutely ludicrous amounts of tear gas they used

sorry for the long post—i am not sure how much national coverage this is getting and i really want people to know what’s going on here. they are behaving like an occupying army & treating citizens like enemy combatants

[ohemaa-warrior]

So the secret police are coming for citizens in the US?

[lysanderish]

I actually saw a video of the guy in the first link on tiktok. They had shot a tear gas cannister at his feet and when he tossed it away and picked his boombox back up that’s when they shot him. It was harrowing.

[janasojka]

Night Landscapes.

[haikuyus-deactivated20220606]

this fourth of july think of the indigenous people of america who had their country and land stolen from them with little to no reparations or apologies. land is still being taken. sacred grounds are still being ripped away. there is no “independence” for the people who were here first.

[amateurbitchcraft-deactivated20]

First Nations COVID-19 Relief Fund

White Earth Land Recovery Fund

ILTF Land Recovery Fund

IEN Mutual Aid Fund

[carlyleverdeservesbetter-deacti]

“Chrystul Kizer, now 19, was 16 when she met a 33-year-old man named Randy Volar. In February 2018, police arrested Randy Volar on charges including child sexual assault. But then, they released him without bail. Volar, a white man, remained free for three months, even after police discovered evidence that he was abusing about a dozen underage black girls and operating business by sex trafficking underage girls. He remained free until Chrystul, then 17, went to his house one night in June and allegedly shot him in the head.

She was and still is a vulnerable child taken and manipulated by a man nearly twice her age.

Let’s raise money to post bond so that Chrystul can organize her defense from outside prison and get some very needed medical care mentally and physically. She has suffered through years or sexual, physical abuse and trauma. She needs HELP. She does not need to rot away in prison for the rest of her life. There is a lot of hope here. Please research and help.”

[from the website: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/exyhfm-free-chrystul-kizer]

Her bail is set at $400K. They have currently raised $23,512 towards that goal. Note: this is the fundraiser for her BAIL, not for her lawyer’s fees, which I was raising awareness for before this post. Please share this around, and donate if you can! Chrystul has already contracted coronavirus in prison. It would be healthier for her to be at home with her family while she prepares for her trial.

[carlyleverdeservesbetter-deacti]

Right now it’s at $23,932. Just so you guys know, one of the four officers involved in George Floyd’s death was released on a bail of $750,000 last week. It was a lot less than Chrystul’s bail, yet he got out within a very short time period. Meanwhile, Chrystul is still in prison after two years.

I hope you all don’t sleep on this post now that BLM isn’t trending as much. Let her be home while she awaits her trial.

[skotoseme]

Direct link: FREE CHRYSTUL KIZER

[sheabutterbitch]

Help Black Woman Fight Homelessness organized by Cassandra Torrez

Rajean is a 25 year old Black woman who is escaping a domestic violence situation… Cassandra Torrez needs your support for Help Black Woman

Let’s help a 25-year-old Black woman fight homelessness

[smallerghosts]

I've been feeling more and more connected to my child-self lately. That anger and outrage I felt, the discomfort. When I was little we always had luna moths pop up in the summer, but I hadn't seen one in years. Seeing this lovely friend the other day felt like a reunion.

[veeranger]

one of the first laws that needs to go when we abolish the police nationwide is loitering laws. there’s absolutely no reason the state should be able to arrest and fine me for like. existing in public.

[veeranger]

and it goes without saying that these laws are used to target black people as well as the homeless

[crying-elf-lass-deactivated2020]

And laws against sleeping in cars. Not only is it used to target homeless people who may have no choice but to sleep in a car, it is also very dangerous and promotes driving while tired.

[luntfontanne]

loitering and vagrancy laws are rooted in the black codes that were enacted mainly in 1865-6 following the civil war explicitly as a means of arresting free black people and incarcerating them as a source of involuntary unpaid labor to replace the institution of slavery that had just been abolished

[claradearc]

dog: BARK

me (with the same tone and volume): WHAT

[thoradvice]

if you've ever continued on living when it seemed impossible, i'm so proud of you. that shit is hard, and you're so strong for being here despite it all. if you're in that place right now, keep going. you can survive this, too.

[ochyming-deactivated20220410]

Portia Zvavahera

Zimbabwe, b. 1985

Hapana Chitsva (All is Ancient), 2018

courtesy Portia Zvavahera; Stevenson, Cape Town/Johannesburg

[bqnners-s]

nah too many people aren’t talking enough about Nakia Crawford and it ain’t sitting right with my soul

[bqnners-s]

Nakia and her grandmother were in a their car and stopped at a red light when a white man decided to pull up next to them and he proceeded to shoot Nakia several times and she died at the hospital.

[bqnners-s]

She was 18 a baby a precious human being and She just graduated. Why aren’t people mad? why aren’t y’all furious? why isn’t her named being said?? Our young black women are constantly targeted and murdered and no one says shit..it stops NOW!! IT ONLY HAPPENED 2 DAYS AGO !! why aren’t we talking about this?? say her name NAKIA CRAWFORD #JusticeForNakia #SAYHERNAME #NakiaCrawford

[doomhope]

hey y’all, atlanta protestors have been arrested en masse and they really need funds right now. please donate if you can. link goes to their bail fund on the action network. 

edit: it happened again. hearing of at least 30 arrests tonight.

as of June 14, 2020, they need more funds.

[eroticlizardfiction]

Breaking the cycle of abuse doesn't always mean "having kids but not abusing them" it can also mean realizing that you aren't and may never be mentally fit to be a parent and making the choice to never have kids because of that. These are both equally valid ways to break the cycle

[kulluto-remade-deactivated20201]

trump really rolled back healthcare protections for lgbt people during pride month AND on the day of the 4 year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting. i don’t know why i’m even shocked at this point but i still feel physically ill

[kulluto-remade-deactivated20201]

while this is going to affect lgbt people in general because we are now at risk of being charged higher premiums or fees for being lgbt or at risk of being completely denied healthcare for simply existing it’s especially going to affect trans men and trans women. i know there is a lot happening right now but please don’t let this go unnoticed. they are purposely passing these anti-lgbt laws right now because they know with the protests going on it’s an ideal time to do so. it’s an evil, underhanded tactic. don’t let them get away with keeping us in the dark about this.

[anarcho-smarmyism]

start pushing for prison abolition or at the very least widespread reform right now i mean it. you can’t say “fuck the police” and “all cops are bastards” and talk about alternatives to police, but say nothing about alternatives to prison and the crime against humanity that is the racist drug war and the U.S.’s mass incarceration, the financial machine behind the police industrial complex

[inkskinned]

your first and most pressing concern should be for the safety of black people. it should be for justice. it should be in making this not just a moment but a reshaping of cultural bias.

this is not a fun little game for you to trot around flipping off cops and making light of a situation you were never affected by. it is not your chance to have a little bit of adventure in the middle of a quarantine. i am speaking as an author and i am telling you to stop fucking making this about katniss or harry potter or whatever - you can be shaped by media, sure, but this is not and has never been about you roleplaying your favorite action heroes. this is not another “disaster of 2020″. this is not a quirky instagram post, it’s not a chance for you to meet up with your friends, it’s not a tactic to get your tiktok trending.

this is about racial injustice. this is about the entire system that is built on that injustice and grows fat on that injustice. don’t get distracted. the police force is not the only systemically racist organization.

black lives matter. and we do not stop until every organization recognizes that and actually acts on it.

[luntfontanne]

i put together a list of readings on the history of agriculture, food & food justice in black communities in america that i’ve been working through, thought i’d share it here in case others are interested:

articles/lists

“Black Communities Have Always Used Food as Protest” by Amethyst Ganaway

“Restaurants Must Use This Moment to Change, Too” by Amethyst Ganaway

“Cooking Up Change: How Food Helped Fuel The Civil Rights Movement” by Nancy Schute

“How to Eat to Live: Black Nationalism and the Post-1964 Culinary Turn” by Jennifer Jensen Wallach

“There were nearly a million black farmers in 1920. Why have they disappeared?” by Summer Sewell

“The Great Land Robbery: The shameful story of how 1 million black families have been ripped from their farms” by Vann R. Newkirk II

“Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery. The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.” by Lizzie Presser

@/NFUDC (National Farmers Union): How to fight racism in agriculture (twitter thread dated June 2, 2020)

Want to See Food and Land Justice for Black Americans? Support These Groups.

21 Individuals and Organizations Building Stronger Black Communities and Food Systems

books (**full text available for free)

**Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White

**Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class, and Sustainability ed. Alison Hope Alkon and Julian Agyeman

**Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. by Ashanté M. Reese

**Dispossession: Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights by Peter Daniel

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power by Psyche A. Williams-Forson

In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical Legacy in the Atlantic World by Judith A. Carney & Black Rice by Judith A. Carney

Recipes for Respect: African American Meals and Meaning by Rafia Zafar

Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution by Frederick Douglass Opie

Every Nation Has Its Dish: Black Bodies and Black Food in Twentieth-Century America by Jennifer Jensen Wallach

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain

Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman

podcasts / television

Sporkful – When White People Say Plantation & When Black Chefs Created Plantation Food

The Kitchen Sisters / Hidden Kitchens – Hercules and Hemings: African American Cooks in the President’s Kitchen – King’s Candy: A New Orleans Kitchen Vision – Georgia Gilmore and the Club from Nowhere: A Secret Civil Rights Kitchen

1619 – Episode 5: The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 & Part 2

Chef’s Table – 6x01: Mashama Bailey (on Netflix)

further reading lists

The Ultimate List of Black Owned Farms & Food Gardens

A Reading List For Learning About Anti-Black Racism and Food

A Black History Month Reading List Centered Around Food and Farming

47 Food Studies Books, Not Just for Black History Month

A Food Justice Reading List