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Palestine solidarity must include decolonisation, not merely ceasefire

Palestine solidarity must include decolonisation, not merely ceasefire #antiwarprotests #decolonization

Palestine solidarity must include decolonisation, not merely ceasefire

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College Protests

The first recorded college protests in the U.S.A. were in the 1960s, with the first major one taking place at the University of California at Berkeley in 1964.

In 1964, students at this college rallied for the Free Speech Movement. They carried signs and shouted chants to protest the unlawful limitations on freedom of speech that the college administrators had imposed.

This protest was “disruptive”. In one instance, students sat around a police car to prohibit an arrested protester from being brought to jail. In another, about 1,000 students occupied an administration building on campus. The protests were peaceful, while disruptive, as is the nature of protests. In the latter event, hundreds of protesters were arrested for protesting. Contemporarily, this was the largest mass arrest in California history.

At the time, protesters also had to be careful about perceived associations with the Communist party. Any related allegations could be used to discredit the Civil Rights Movement - and in fact, were in some instances. One student from the UC protest in 1964 discussed limitations in going to advocate in the south due to his parents’ communist affiliations.

In interviews since, one member of the university spoke about the school administration diverting the issue of the protest, making it seem like the issue was the legality of the protest as opposed to the issue of free speech.

While this protest was for the Civil Rights Movement, many college protests have also taken place over the U.S.A.’s involvement in wars.

The Vietnam war drew college communities into protests around the country. At the University of Washington, and many others in the 1960s-1970s, anti-war protests often went along with anti-racist, civil rights, and workers’ rights activism.

In 1967, students at the University of Wisconsin protested the chemical manufacturer Dow, which was trying to recruit on campus. Dow was specifically producing Napalm, which is now considered internationally illegal to use against civilians. Students sat in the way of the room in which Dow was holding interviews. The Wisconsin Alumni Association states that the protest started as “peaceful civil disobedience”.

When police arrived and tried to end the protest, they made the situation violent, including police beating protesters and the use of tear gas. The contemporary Chancellor considered the involvement of police necessary.

We can also discuss Kent State, of course. In 1970, students protested the Vietnam war and the U.S. invasion of Cambodia by rallying and giving speeches. What initiated the violence at these protests is still speculated on, but law enforcement, including the National Guard, was present. Tear gas was used, some protesters reportedly interfered with firefighters’ jobs, and Guardsmen shot at unarmed students, injuring nine and killing four. The contemporary governor of Ohio said that the protesters were the worst type of people in the U.S.

1900s activism on college campuses is now largely regarded as “important and inspiring”. Yet at the time were met with much criticism and legal repercussions. Modern protests are similar. While many support student protests taking place on college campuses throughout the spring of 2024, the protesters have dealt with a large number of arrests and derisive press.

In the long run, these students are doing important and inspiring things. The protests of the genocide of Palestinians will be another in a long list of activist movements exemplifying the errors of government, society, and law enforcement.

Additional Resources

1. 1964 UC at Berkeley Protests

2. Free Speech Movement

3. Free Speech Movement 2

4. Vietnam War Student Protests

5. Student Protests of Dow

6. Vietnam War Student Protests 2

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Where are the posts about those arrested for protesting the war in Russia? Do they have bail funds? Do they have petitions?

Am I just disconnected or has English speaking media gone silent on the very real people protesting the war in their country and being jailed? How long ago was last week?

What are their names? Where are the people asking us to say them? I get it that Russian speakers may not engage with English Tumblr too often, but this is the time to be lifting up those fighting authoritarianism.

You did it for America, you did it for Palestine, you did it for Hong Kong, now we do it for Russia.

Feel free to add to this post.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Fourteenth of September by Rita Dragonette

BOOK REVIEW: The Fourteenth of September by Rita Dragonette

As a contemporary of the protagonist of The Fourteenth of September, Private First Class Judy (Judy Blue Eyes) Talton, I felt transported to my last year of high school. We protested the war, protested the treatment of Mother Earth, celebrated the first Earth Day, and expanded our consciousness with everything from drugs to Buddhism. Like Judy, I come from a conservative family who hated that I…

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Russian Protests and Resistance Against the War [list of posts]

This is an updated list for convenience (and whoever needs it to not lose hope in humanity just yet). I will also probably post the Cyrillic spelling of names because Latin letters don’t always translate well.

Table of Contents:

Other lists [for ref]

Protests

Demonstrations

Activism

Resignation

Helping Ukrainian Refugees

Appendix A: Symbols 

Appendix B: Laws

Appendix C: Russian volunteers in the  International Legion

And for those looking for pro-war Russian cringe (and why it’s cringe): >>Click here<<. (I’m still working on it, so, in the meantime, here’s one compilation of some of the lower levels of cringe: here)

Other lists (might use for the other headings)

““Fight poverty, not Ukraine” – digest of Russian protests”

“Support Russian anti-war prisoners” 

Акции в поддержку народа Украины и против войны

This Twitter account’s list?

Alec Luhn’s list 

Protests 

anti-war protests in Yekaterinburg

anti-war protests in St Petersburg

as of March 24th: 15,440 detained

too lazy to find the article but this activist who was getting threats for going to the meeting

"*** *****" poster by Mikhail Gusev [Михаил Гусев] from Ivanov on March 12th. Then Belgrade. Charged with discrediting the military. 

Elena Osipova, survivor of Siege of Leningrad, protesting war in Ukraine and Syria. Also: article.

“‘F*ck the War!’ Russians Chant Against Ukraine Invasion at St. Petersburg Concert” [article], [Insider article], [Tweet w/ video].

“Don’t get used to the war” [link]

Artemy Bobrov held the poster: “Stop the war in Ukraine” [link]

Sept 25, Women in Yakutsk protesting mobilization and the war [link]

anti-mobilization protests in Yakaterinburg [link]

anti-mobilization protests in  St. Petersburg. [link, link] 

[Sept 25?] anti-mobliization protests in Makhachkala (Dagestan) [link, link, link, link, link, police man running from female protestors]

anti-mobilization (and anti-war) protests in Dagestan [link], [police overwhelmed by protests: link] [police unsuccessfully tried to detain protestor: link], [protestors stop police from detaining protestor while shouting “shame!”: link], [police tries to detain protestor unsuccessfully: link] [article by BBC]

unconscious [dead?] anti-mobilization protestor in Moscow [link]

Demonstrations

Natalya Perova and Lyudmila Annenkova “Blood won’t wash off” [dressed in white dresses with red stains in front of foreign ministry]

Katya Selenkina in Moscow subway with baby doll with a bloody diaper [link]

Women hold up a sign near Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow [link]

Activism 

Nadezhda Sayfutdinova (in Yekaterinburg) sewed her mouth shut in protest and held a sign saying:  “You can’t be silent!!! You can’t be silent!!! [coupon in the middle says: “super price” “conscience” and “price is even lower with a card”] War is not peace!!! Freedom is not slavery!!! Ignorance is not power!!! Here are your [*values?]” [poster for reference] [*seen it also translated as “moral scruples”] [articles: X, X]

Anastasia Rudenko (lawyer) and Dmitry Silin (businessman) gave away free copies of “1984” in Ivanov. Detained for: “ discrediting the Russian army” [others related links or about them: X, X, X, X, X, X]

“1984- this isn’t instructions” - Konstantyna Lapyna [Константина Лапина]

Alexandra Skochilenko changed price tags labels in supermarket to antiwar messages. See: photo examples. [Other articles: X, X, X] 

Andrei Makedonov / Андрея Македонова (doctor) in Saint Petersburg also changed the price tags with anti-war slogans.

“Tatiana Popova, was fined 30,000 ruble for hanging toys with “no to war” slogans in a supermarket”

Resignation:

“Senior Russian Diplomat at U.N. Resigns, “Never have I been so ashamed of my country”” [Tweet mentioned in the article with Boris Bondarev’s letter]

Resistance to joining the army

(this is not the best evidence of being on the side of Ukraine but them acting to save their own skin this way works just as well for us in the end) Count: there’s like 20 or so. [source: NEXTA Live]

“Arsonists Setting Fire to Russian Military Enlistment Offices: Reports”

late February: 12 attacks [Tweet/article link]

“May 3, 2022 - A group of anti-war activists threw molotovs into the building of the military registration and recruitment office in Nizhnevartovsk, Russia” [Tumblr post]

“February 28, 2022 - A Russian anarchist set fire to a military registration and enlistment office in the city of Lukhovitsy, near Moscow” [Tumblr post]

“Russian regionalist Media «7x7. Horizontal Russia» compiled a map of attacks on the military commissariats (draft & recruiting stations) all over Russia from Feb 24 to May 31, 2022.” [Kamil Galeev‘s Tweet]

Sept. 22-23: 9 enlistment offices that were put on fire [link]

Helping Ukrainian Refugees:

“Russian civilians form ‘underground railroad’ to help Ukrainians transported to Russia escape to the West” [”iNews” article] [Tumblr post]

Appendix A: Symbols

White-Blue-White flag

“нет войне“ (”no to war” but also sounds like “no war”) [x]

“Putin to the trenches” [video of protest], [article]

Appendix B: Laws

“Russia expands laws criminalizing ‘fake news”

Appendix C: Russian volunteers in the  International Legion

 Freedom of Russia Legion

First female soldier in Freedom of Russia legion (to avenge her husband)

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Antiwar protesters take to the streets around the world in support of Ukraine

In cities across continents, protesters are standing in solidarity against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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1000 Grandmothers by Holly Near, sung by Emma's Revolution

1000 Grandmothers by Holly Near, sung by Emma’s Revolution

Happy {Grand}Mothers Day 1000 Grandmothers by Holly Near. Sung by Emma’s Revolution with guest Sophia Betancourt.  Sung for Grannies Respond, Abuelas Responden Arrangement by Holly Near and Emma’s Revolution from the CD “We Came to Sing” hollynear.com emmasrevolution.com Featured photo: Brigid McDonald and Jane McDonald with friends. Photo by Tom Bottolene. SUBSCRIBE AND DONATE TO RISE UP…

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