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Explore our Archives for American Archives Month
Did you know that October is American Archives Month? Did you know that the Hennepin County Library has over 500 archival collections waiting for you to explore? Our collections include everything from personal diaries from the 1800s to thousands of professional newspaper photos to the records of grassroot and community groups. Each collection has a searchable, online inventory (called a finding aid). When you find something in a finding aid that piques your interest, visit us at the Minneapolis Central Library to see it for yourself.
Can't make it downtown? Many of our archival records are available in our Digital Collections. Or, contact us for help accessing undigitized materials.
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Meet the Special Collections 2023!
In celebration of both American Archives Month and Theological Libraries Month, drop by today, October 11th, to get an up-close look at select items from Harvard Divinity School Library's Special Collections. Meet the curators, ask questions, make a pamphlet, or simply explore a sampling of unique and fascinating materials from the 13th century to the 20th century!
Open House: 12:00PM-5:00PM
Make Your Own Pamphlet: 2:00PM-4:00PM
All are welcome to attend in the Rabinowitz Room on the 3rd floor of the library. We hope to see you there!
#meet the special collections#open house#special collections#tumblarians#american archives month#theological libraries month
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Beyond the Stars: Mae Jemison’s Odyssey ✨
Happy Black History Month!
This Black History Month, we spotlight the extraordinary life of Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel in space. Born on October 17, 1956, in Decatur, Alabama, and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Jemison’s journey into the stars is a testament to the power of dreams and determination.
From an early age, Jemison showed a keen interest in science and space, but noticed the absence of women astronauts. She pursued her passion relentlessly, earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University and an M.D. from Cornell Medical College. Before joining NASA, Jemison was a general practitioner and served in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone and Liberia, where she managed health care for other volunteers.
In 1987, Jemison’s dream became reality when she was selected for NASA’s astronaut program. On September 12, 1992, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor on mission STS-47, Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space, serving as a mission specialist. During her eight-day mission, she conducted experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness, contributing valuable data to the field.
Jemison’s honors include induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the National Medical Association Hall of Fame, and the Texas Science Hall of Fame, among others. Her story is not just one of breaking barriers in space exploration, but also of inspiring generations to pursue their dreams, regardless of birth and obstacles.
For more information on Mae Jemison’s groundbreaking journey and contributions to science and humanity, the National Archives holds numerous resources that illuminate the lives and achievements of African American pioneers:
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#black history#black tumblr#black literature#black excellence#black community#civil rights#blackexcellence365#black history is american history#black americans#americans#equal#equality#black pride#black people#black history month#all black everything#black archives#black culture#black lives matter
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"...kicking at a stone and causing it to go skittering forward at least 30 feet."
Wait no
"at least...10 meters?"
Er wait I don't think that's it
"at least 10 metres"
Or is that Canadian/French???
I feel drunk
I am stone-fucking-sober but British English makes me feel drunk
#just american things#just american problems#i wrote only my original story for a month and it was blissful because it was in my own language#now I'm back to this#british english#english#harry potter fanfiction#marauders fanfiction#marauders#marauders era#harry potter#fanfiction#ao3#archive of our own#fandom
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Happy Black History Month! 1940s actor Canada Lee wants you to register to vote.
This PSA is from the September 22, 1944 issue of the Cleveland Gazette (a Black owned weekly publication that ran for 58 years)! Canada Lee was a professional boxer and later a successful actor, though his career was cut short by Hollywood blacklisting due in large part to his dedication to the civil rights movement.
This clipping is from the digital collection Black Life in America, which includes hundreds of Black-owned publications you can leaf through at your leisure using your LCPL card. (Not an LCPL patron? Your library may also have a subscription - ask them!)
Transcription:
For full employment after the war
REGISTER to VOTE
Canada Lee is registered and he wants people to know it. What's more, Canada wants EVERYONE to register. He points out that you can't vote unless you're registered. And, says Canada, "If you don't vote you're throwing away your most precious right of citizenship - the right to a government of the people, by the people and for the people." The popular actor known to playgoers and movie fans alike for his performances in "Native Son" and "Lifeboat" is currently playing in the all-Negro cast of "Anna Lucasta," latest Broadway hit.
Sources:
"Photograph." Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, Ohio), September 22, 1944: 5. NewsBank: Black Life in America. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AAHX&docref=image/v2%3A12B716FE88B82998%40AAHX-12BAB256347DFD00%402431356-12BA05108AAE8710%404-12D5BACC39EE9100%40Photograph.
"Canada Lee." Contemporary Black Biography, vol. 8, Gale, 1994. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606000160/BIC?u=merr17317&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a8611c44. Accessed 1 Feb. 2024.
#digital archives#black history month#canada lee#historic newspapers#vote#voting#american history#nonfiction#black life in america#LCPL recs
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while it’s been really nice to be able to help so many women (and myself) through radical feminism, there are a ton of women whose stories i know who i will never meet and sometimes it really does weigh on me
#like i was waiting for my dinner to heat up and randomly staring off into space#and i remembered this one woman who was an american on vacation in turkey. she was raped there and i helped her find help#she was quite literally kidnapped for 12 hours and raped and i helped her. she came off anon and literally i convinced myself it wasn’t real#but when i looked back in her archive she had made posts MONTHS prior about getting her passport renewed and preparing for the trip bla bla#like this woman really was stranded in turkey. really was abused. and came to ME for help?#i was literally 19-20 at the time. i was like just some random woman on the internet#and that’s only 1 wpman. 1. i used to get asks for advice on shit like that by the DOZEN every few hours#i used to answer dozens and dozens and dozens of asks helping women find this and do that and answer whatever i could#and sometimes i feel the weight of that still resting on me#like i never forgot any of them. i know anonymous stories of heartbreak and pain from other women#on top of my OWN unbearable pain#and sometimes it all hits me and i realize JUST how much of myself i have put into all of it#sometimes to my own detriment
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#VoicesFromTheStacks
It's Black History Month! And today we're showcasing two items from our Script Ephemera Collection!
The Script Ephemera Collection contains scripts that were considered for Best Screenplay in 2000. It also includes a variety of publicity kits sent to out to theaters and the press in order to spread the word about the film. Let's look at two of these publicity kits.
Booty Call: This is a 1997 comedy directed by Jeff Pollack. This movie is about Rushon (Tommy Davidson) who has been dating Nikki (Tamala Jones). When Rushon asks Nikki to dinner, she invites her friend Lysterine (Vivica A. Fox), and to forge a double date, Rushon gets his friend Bunz (Jamie Foxx) to join them. The two parties hit it up, and want to take both of their relationships to the next level, however, neither want to do that without "protection", and so starts the search.
The film got two thumbs up from film critics Siskel and Ebert, who praised it for it's vulgar humor.
Soul Food: Also a 1997 film, this comedy-drama was written and directed by George Tillman Jr. Tillman based the family featured in the film on his own family, and was also written to show a more positive image of African-Americans than was typically seen in Hollywood films. There is talk now of a sequel being made, with Tillman as writer.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, Soul Food's synopsis is as follows: "when Ahmad Simmons' (Brandon Hammond) diabetic grandmother, Josephine "Big Mama" Joseph (Irma P. Hall), falls into a coma during an operation to amputate her leg, it throws the Joseph family into chaos. Ahmad watches as his mother, Maxine (Vivica A. Fox), and aunts Teri (Vanessa L. Williams) and Tracy (Nia Long) struggle to adjust to the family matriarch's sudden absence, fall into old rivalries, share memories, and work to maintain the long-standing tradition of Sunday family dinners."
The film holds an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, and film critic Roger Ebert gave it 3.5 out of 4 stars. The film won Acapulco Black Film Festival's Best Film Award in 1998, the Outstanding Motion Picture Award from NAACP Image Awards in 1998, and a Grammy for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture ("A Song for Mama") also in 1998. Not to mention several nominations and awards for the actors and actresses starring in the film as well.
Both movies feature prominent actors in the Black community: Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Tamala Jones, and Vivica A. Fox, who stars in both movies.
Black films are a significant part of our culture, and here at the University of Iowa's Special Collection & Archives, we are working to collect more of this piece of history for our students and faculty to study. More can be found in our Black Film and Television Collection which contains scripts, lobby cards, posters, and other ephemeral works from the silent age, race films of the 1930s through the 1950s, Blaxploitation films of the 1970s, and films from the 1990s and 2000s.
--Matrice Y., Special Collections, Olson Graduate Assistant.
#uiowa#libraries#university of iowa#uiowaspecialcollections#voicesfromthestacks#african american history#black history#blackhistorymonth#black history month#black actress#black actor#archives#special collections
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public libraries in the usa offering free digital library cards to people not in their areas (as of october 2023):
brooklyn (13-21yo us residents)
seattle (13-26yo us residents)
boston (13-26yo us residents, EDIT: just commonly banned books)
los angeles (13-18yo california residents)
san diego (12-26yo us residents, not the whole collection just commonly banned books)
these books unbanned cards (unless otherwise stated) get you access to each library's complete libby/cloud library collection, no hoopla/kanopy/physical copies included.
ebook collections are expensive to maintain (many american libraries have annual fees for non-residents because of this) but because of an uptick in book banning (particularly brutal in mississippi last summer) larger libraries have opened their doors more, which is very kind of them!
i've used my seattle card for the last several months and their libby collection has about three times the books that my local library does, which is wonderful for accessing more niche titles or skipping a waiting list. would love to hear of similar ebook initiatives internationally!
i use library extension (firefox/chrome/edge compatible) to check all my collections (+ the internet archive) at once, works for several different countries highly recommend it.
spotify seems to be offering 15hrs/month of audiobook listening to premium subscribers and while that does seem useful if you're already paying and are after a new release with a long library waitlist, libraries are better for everything else.
#library tag#banned books week#banned books#emmybody talks#for international users... your mileage may vary!#i mean i suppose you could lie about your age/location to get some of these. i doubt theyd check i would just feel bad. personally.#post brought to u by banned book week but also being moderately annoyed at ppl mad about the spotify thing#libraries are wonderful but they have their own limitations and i think using both is good!
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From all of us at JSTOR, happy Black History Month!
The profound impact of African American writers, artists, politicians, and academics, along with countless others, is indelibly etched into the fabric of American history–and we'll be highlighting them all month long.
Image credit:
Fink, Larry (1941-2023). Malcolm X, Rally for Birmingham, Harlem, NY, May, 1963. 1963, printed 2019. Archival pigment print, 22 x 17 in. (55.88 x 43.18 cm).
Levy, Mark. Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. 1964. Queens College Special Collections and Archives.
Borg, Erik. Toni Morrison. August 26, 1977.
Lisa Kuzia. Angela Davis. 1980-1985. Black and white photography, 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. Special Collections and Archives, Colby College Libraries, Waterville, Maine.
Padow-Sederbaum, Phyllis. Junior NAACP Demonstration. 1963. Queens College Special Collections and Archives.
Allied Printing Trades Council. Placard from Memorial March Reading “HONOR KING: END RACISM!” 1968. National Museum of African American History and Culture; On View: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 1, C1 053; Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Created by C. M. Battey, American. W.E.B. Du Bois/. 1918. Silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper. National Museum of African American History and Culture; Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Mosley, John W. Civil Rights Demonstrators at Girard College. Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries, 1965-07-17. Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection.
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How I grew my hair to hip length
I think I'm at a point in my hair journey where I'm pretty close to archiving "perfect hair", so if you're looking for some tips, you've come to the right person. <3
My Routine:
I wash my hair every two days. I have straight brunette hair, so it's pretty obvious when it starts to get oily, but I've learned that training your scalp is BS, so just wash it when you feel like it's necessary!!
Hair oiling. I use Amla Oil once a week; I apply it to my scalp and massage it throughout my hair. I only oil once a week because I have to double cleanse my hair after each time, and it's annoying lol
Olaplex. Olaplex was a game-changer for me; I listed my products down below!! Only use Olaplaex when your hair feels dry or damaged tho!!
Protective hairstyles for the night. I ALWAYS sleep with two Dutch braids, I've tried my hairstyles, and this one has been my favourite!!
I don't use heat. The only thing I do is blow-dry my hair when it's already like 80% dry!! Letting your hair air dry completely can make it oily. :)
Trimming your ends. I Trim my hair every 3 months by myself. Invest in a good pair of haircutting scissors; it's so worth it!!
Products I use:
Lush. I've tried many things, but the 'Fairly traded honey' shampoo and the 'American Cream' conditioner are my all-time favourites!!
Olaplex. Nº.6 Bond Smoother 1x every week, Nº.7 Bonding Oil 1x every two weeks, Nº.4C Bond Maintenance Clarifying Shampoo 1x every 4-6 weeks.
Moroccan oil. Moroccanoil Treatment Light like 1-2x a week.
Other stuff I use: tangle teezer wet detangler, silk scrunchies, Dyson Blowdryer, silk pillowcase.
Simple Do's and Don'ts:
Eat more protein
Take collagen subelements
Try overnight hairstyles like 'overnight curls' to avoid using heat
Don't dye or bleach your hair
Don't use heat or styling tools
Never sleep with wet or damp hair
Some more secrets and weird stuff:
When I'm bored I trim my split ends one by one lol don't ask
I would rather eat rat poison than use a curling iron or cheap shampoo
If I have to sleep without my silk pillowcase I will definitely cry
I'm terrified of regular hair ties
braid your hair when it's windy and you have to leave the house!!
Brush and braid your hair with good intentions… again… DON'T ASK!! >:(
As always, please feel free to share your own suggestions, glow-up tips and further questions in the comments! <3
✩‧₊*:・love ya ･:*₊‧✩
#malusokay#aesthetic#coquette#dream girl#girl blogger#it girl#pink blog#that girl#pink pilates princess#beauty products#haircare#skincare#hairgrowth#beautytips#wellness#angelic#light feminine#feminine aesthetic#femininity#girl blogging
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you don’t have to answer if this could cause some discourse, but what’s with all the republicans screaming about the documents biden had? that’s not the same situation, is it?
You tell me:
BIDEN
Is the sitting US President
Had one box of documents dating from his tenure as VP that, during a review by his own staff, were found to be classified
Immediately notified NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) that was the case, within one day
NARA came and retrieved them
The end
This "1,850 boxes!" thing Trump keeps screaming about refers to the UNCLASSIFIED documents that Biden put in his VP library
He does not own, physically possess, or use these documents; NARA does
TRUMP
Explicitly admitted (on tape) that as he was no longer president, it was illegal for him to possess these documents, much less encourage others to look at them, which he then did
Spent months refusing, ducking, ignoring, or obstructing requests by NARA to return the documents he took
Finally, when DOJ issued a subpoena, he also ignored/lied about it
This led to the raid on Mar-a-Lago and the retrieval of the documents, which had been carelessly stored in unsecured locations and shared with God knows who;
Some of these documents are still missing;
The indictment today explicitly spells out that these are extremely high level defense and national security documents, including nuclear, in regard to the US and foreign countries, and that there would be a substantial risk of harm to American interests or individuals if they were disclosed
Trump recruited staff and family in said months-long, ongoing attempted coverup, commiting more crimes (obstruction, etc) in the process
THIRTY ONE COUNTS UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT
That.... does not happen by accident. Or even because you took some papers and genuinely forgot to give them back.
Hey anyone remember Mike Pence?
I know, I try not to either
He was also found to have had a classified document at home recently
He returned it and therefore, was not charged
It's so easy to not get charged with 31 counts under the Espionage Act
I cannot emphasize enough how easy it is
Just give the documents back when they ask! Or better yet, don't take them at all! And definitely don't LITERALLY WAVE THEM UNDER PEOPLE'S NOSES AND BOAST ABOUT IT!
Republicans (at least the establishment ones; the crazies are in full-on alternate reality) know this very well
But don't expect to catch any of them saying so
Once again: 31 counts under the Espionage Act
At this rate we will be at 100 separate felonies by the time this summer is over
Or more
I'm not picky
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Mary Church Terrell
As we celebrate Black History Month, it’s a perfect time to honor the legacy of Mary Church Terrell, a pioneering civil rights and women’s rights activist. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1863, Terrell was among the first African American women to earn a college degree, graduating from Oberlin College. She dedicated her life to fighting for equality and justice, making significant contributions to the suffrage movement and the fight against racial discrimination.
Terell’s commitment to civil rights and women’s suffrage was deeply intertwined with her work in the Black Women’s Club Movement. She served as the first president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), which advocated for voting rights and equal rights under the motto “lifting as we climb.” Terrell also played a crucial role in the founding of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and the National Association for the Advancment of Colored People (NAACP).
One of Terrell’s most notable achievements was her involvement in a successful lawsuit in 1950 that led to the desegregation of restaurants in the Washington, DC, area. Terrell’s writings, including “A Colored Woman in a White World,” and “What it means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States,” have left a lasting impact on the struggle for racial and gender equality.
To explore more about Mary Church Terrell’s remarkable life and contributions, the National Archives offers additional resources here:
A Portrait of Mary Church Terrell: A glimpse into the grace and determination of the iconic figure https://www.archives.gov/research/african-americans/individuals/mary-church-terrell
Blogs related to Mary Church Terrell: Delve into detailed articles that explore various aspects of her life and legacy Rediscovering Black History Blog.
https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/
Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell with Alison M. Parker: A recorded event that sheds light on Terrell’s multifaceted activism, held on December 17, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYQRKKBr0A&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov%2Fresearch%2Fafrican-americans%2Findividuals%2Fmary-church-terrell&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.gov&feature=emb_title
External: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/labor-love-restoration-ledroit-parks-mary-church-ee8xe/?trackingId=V7zIYQZE9YI5JgfRfOS4xg%3D%3D
#national archives#history#nationalarchives#black history month#bhm#african american history#mary church terrell
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Bookertee Oklahoma. Ive been in Oklahoma all my life . Never heard of this city. Bookertee is a ghost town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. Bookertee is a historical all black town. It was most likely named after Booker T. Washington, a famous African-American educator. Nothing remains there, and a railway runs through it.
#booker t washington#black excellence#black archives#black community#oklahoma#black literature#black history#civil rights#black tumblr#black history is american history#black history month#black history matters
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Punk History Resources: Vol. 1
This is a compilation of resources found and recommended by various alternative bloggers, each of whom are credited for their contributions. This started because I was getting SO MANY asks about resources such as videos, books, and websites to use to learn about punk history. Admittedly, my own list isn't that long, so I thought it was best to reach out to some others and share their knowledge with everyone. So thank you again to everyone who helped out with this!!
@raggedyfink @lovintheaesthetic @punk-patches @my-chemical-ratz
YOUTUBE:
Punk/Goth Docs Playlist on Youtube (77 Videos) (raggedyfink)
1991 The Year Punk broke (lovintheaesthetic)
She's Real (Worse Than Queer) (lovintheaesthetic)
Don't Need You, The Herstory of Riot Grrrl (lovintheaesthetic)
The Long Queer History of Punk (lovintheaesthetic)
The very Black History of Punk Music (lovintheaesthetic)
Punk's Not Dead (lovintheaesthetic)
BOOKS:
Phantoms the Rise of La Deathrock (raggedyfink)
Too Tough to Love by Roxy Ramone (raggedyfink)
I Slept With Joey Ramone by Mickey Leigh (raggedyfink)
Please Kill Me, The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Rock (punk-patches & lovintheaesthetic)
Encyclopedia of Punk (punk-patches)
The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho-Punk, 1980-1984 (my-chemical-ratz)
The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk (my-chemical-ratz)
Sellout: The Major-Label Feeding Frenzy That Swept Punk, Emo, and Hardcore (lovintheaesthetic & my-chemical-ratz)
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout (my-chemical-ratz)
Punk Rock: An Oral History (my-chemical-ratz)
Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (my-chemical-ratz)
Queercore: Queer Punk Media Subculture (my-chemical-ratz)
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History (my-chemical-ratz)
Spider-Punk: Banned in D.C.(this doesnt have anything to do with history but i love spider punk so) (my-chemical-ratz)
MOVIES / DOCUMENTARIES:
The Punk Singer (punk-patches)
Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution (punk-patches)
Punk's Not Dead (punk-patches)
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band (punk-patches)
Queercore: How To Punk a Revolution (my-chemical-ratz)
Afropunk (my-chemical-ratz)
Punk in Africa (my-chemical-ratz)
A Band Called Death (my-chemical-ratz)) (link courtesy of @wrench-p, but is unavailable to watch in the US))
ARTICLES:
(some of these are found on JSTOR, but you can sign up for a free 100 articles per month)
Muslim Punk in an Alt-Right Era (my-chemical-ratz)
A History of Punk (my-chemical-ratz)
Jews, Punk and the Holocaust: From the Velvet Underground to the Ramones: The Jewish-American Story (my-chemical-ratz)
What is Punk and Why Did It Scare People So Much? (my-chemical-ratz)
An Account of a South African Punk Rock Music Collection (my-chemical-ratz)
Queer As Punk: A Guide To LGBTQIA+ Punk (my-chemical-ratz)
Did Punk Matter?: Analyzing the Practices of a Youth Subculture During the 1980s (my-chemical-ratz)
ZINES:
(some may not be *about* history, but they’re a huge part of it!)
Punk Planet archive (my-chemical-ratz & safety-pin-punk)
Queer Zine archive (I personally like the anon boy collection haha) (my-chemical-ratz)
Archive.org in general has a lot of zines :) (my-chemical-ratz)
ETC:
(These aren’t about punk history itself but could be helpful in learning about the politics that go with being punk)
A History of Punk from 1976-78: A Free Online Course from the University of Reading (safety-pin-punk)
Punk History Reading List (safety-pin-punk)
Essays about socialism (my-chemical-ratz)
Leftism 101 (my-chemical-ratz)
Rights as an American protester (my-chemical-ratz)
Social justice classes (I’m really excited to go through these!!) (my-chemical-ratz)
Stamped (my-chemical-ratz)
How To Be An Anti-Racist (my-chemical-ratz)
Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm (my-chemical-ratz)
I would love to make a Vol. 2 post at some point in the future, so if you have resources and want to share, PLEASE message me!!
#punk 101#punk culture#punk history#punk#punx#punk resources#resource list#friends!!!#making this post legit made tumblr crash on my desktop soo uhhhh let me know if anything is fucked up please!
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FREE PALESTINE MASTERPOST
Trying to keep this blog more art- and creativity-focused in general, so I'll be removing the Gaza-related reblogs that are about a month old. But I'll use this post as a permanent archive that will update periodically (some of this information will grow dated as the situation develops, but I think it's important to keep a record of just how fiercely opposed people were to Israel's actions from this moment forward). We should all continue to raise our voices about this, and refuse to support politicians who enable genocide. Remember, they work for us, not the other way around. Keep going.
October 2023
-Donation links
-Social media links
-US congress ceasefire script
-Decolonizepalestine.com (information, mythbusting)
-More donation links
-Ways to pressure politicians for a ceasefire
-HUGE resource list
-"Is there anything I can do to help Palestinians besides call my representatives and beg them to stop killing people?"
-"We are isolated now"
-Palestine and landback
-210 PAGES of dead people's names.
-Bail money for Palestine Action
-Article list
-US action items
-Boycott info
-Grand Central Station shut down by protestors
-Message to white American citizens
-UK ceasefire petition
-How YOU can help Palestine (regularly updated!)
-"Please try amidst all this fury and grief to still have faith in the common people." (+donation links)
-Reminder about protest etiquette and privacy
-Prints for Palestine
-"We have no communication with the outside world. They are using their military might to harm us. We have no power but the power of God, no one but God. Please, pray for us." (spoken over mosque speakers)
-DAILY donate button + more donation links
-"Doesn't Israel have a right to exist too?"
-Script for US Congress calls
-Queerness under apartheid
-Sudan is also at war
-Hundreds of thousands of protestors in London
-Half a million.
-Tips for folks with phone anxiety
-This comic got real
-European and Canadian ceasefire scripts
-"The people of Gaza see the protests. That is reason enough to come even if nothing else." WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU. WE ARE HERE.
November 2023
-More genocides than just Palestine
-How to buy e-sims to circumvent Gaza's internet blackout
-"Occupying territories is illegal. Resistance to occupying forces is legal."
-MASSIVE resource list
-"For decades now the media has told us Muslim men are savages, terrorists, wife beaters and everything in between. I want you to challenge this trope the next time you see it in the media. Let these photos serve as a reminder."
-"Don't stop talking about the Palestinian genocide. IT'S WORKING."
-UN resignation letter
-Israel won't allow Irish or Brazilian citizens to leave Gaza
-"Palestine must never be forgotten. Promise me that." (from the documentary "Children of Shatila")
-Gifs of pro-Palestine rallies around the world
-Support Palestine's last kufiya factory
-Protestors flood the streets in Washington DC
-Explanation of why calling representatives is a numbers game
-FREE ebooks on the history of this conflict
-Petition to screen films by Palestinian directors
-Call to boycott Gal Godot's work
-Indigenous activists block weapons shipment to Israel
-If you're attending a protest, DON'T TELL YOUR GOVERNMENT SHIT. Y'know, friendly advice.
-Links to support Palestine Action and Palestine Legal. Get in the way.
-Parallels between Israel and the surveillance tactics used by NYC mayor Eric Adams
-Don't spiral into doomerism. Persevere.
-Want a different strategy to contact your representatives? Try faxing them!
-Florida rep Michelle Salzman calls for the death of all Palestinians
-"The phone doesn't stop" :)
-Indian trade unions call on the government to scrap deals with Israel
-An overview of Israel's human rights violations, and two major political groups that have exacerbated Zionism in the US
-Israeli man explains why he's protesting
-"Whoever stays until the end will tell the story. We did what we could. Remember us."
-US House of Representatives votes to send billions of dollars worth of weapons to Israel
-Canadian email campaign and petitions
-"Canada's First Nation standing with Palestine"
-"Freedom is infectious as it is just and no one is free until they ALL are."
-Israeli forces invade al-Shia hospital
-Leaked list of weapons the US has sent to Israel
-Only 32% of Americans believe the US should support Israel
-Cop City action demonstrates how to protest effectively
-Refugee grandmother "doesn't have to imagine a multicultural and integrated Palestine- she remembers it".
-Protestors block the Bay Bridge in San Francisco (plus bail fund)
-Israeli forces attack schools in northern Gaza. SCHOOLS.
-Journalist shares an update from an Indonesian hospital and pleads for others to spread it around as it "may be the last video we are able to send"
-Scottish Parliament votes overwhelmingly to demand a ceasefire
-Sobering texts from a friend providing humanitarian aid in Gaza. "They have been distributing guns to the civilian settlers and allowing them into the West Bank to terrorize people" "We have been given option to leave. None took it"
-"the absolute bare minimum in this situation is 1) a complete ceasefire and immediate humanitarian aid in Gaza, 2) complete halt of all military foreign aid to the Israeli government, 3) the Israeli government being prosecuted for its war crimes in the International Criminal Court, and 4) land back and reparations for the Palestinian people. free Palestine means free Palestine, not just temporarily stop carpet bombing Palestine."
-"It's important that you keep posting and speaking about the ongoing genocide. This 5 day agreement isn't the end of things."
-Boosting the incredible, FREE daily donate button again
-Protests at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
-"REMINDER THAT ANTISEMITES AREN'T WELCOME HERE AND WON'T BE TOLERATED"
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