It's still surprising to see people say that when they see the upcoming strike post I made that this is the first time they're hearing about it, especially because I've seen several posts now talking about the same strike.

That being said: regardless of what kind of blog you are, please spread the news about the genocide, the strikes, boycotts, etc.

Even if you are a small blog, spreading word allows for more people to know what's going on and also do their part in protests and strikes, and maybe even the right people will be able to do more than what you're able to do.

And reminder: there is an upcoming strike on February 18th-25th. Prepare accordingly, protest, boycott, call your reps, and spread the word so more people are aware.

a choir calling out major tech corporations and brands for their involvement in the Congo genocide.

there are ethical ways to collect the resources we need.

When will the revolution come?

I think it's here. A revolution isn't when everyone collectively wakes up one day and goes "time to destroy the government", a revolution is just a series of events grouped together that we will call a revolution later. They take time. French revolution? 10 years. American revolution? 7 years. We're already underway - maybe we have been since as early as the BLM protests in 2020. What we need to do now is just do our part and build momentum

Forced evictions, decimated villages, children can't attend school

Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

DR Congo produces 60% of the world's supply of cobalt.

The mineral is used to produce lithium-ion batteries used to power electric cars, laptops and smartphones.

‘Staggering’ rise in women with reproductive health issues near DRC cobalt mines – study | Women's health | The Guardian

Women and girls living in cobalt-mining communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are reporting a “staggering” rise in serious reproductive health issues, including miscarriages and birth defects, according to a new report.

An investigation published by the UK-based human rights group Rights & Accountability in Development (Raid) and the Kinshasa-based NGO Afrewatch said that women and girls living around cobalt mines reported experiencing irregular menstruations, urogenital infections, vaginal mycoses and warts.

i reblogged a post where someone decide if trump died america would suddenly be "cured" and china would "back off taiwan" and "russia would fall to ukraine" and like ya'll gotta fucking stop that shit. you guys truly have to stop this liberal nonsense. the fact that person thought all these "ills" would be cured by trump dying is fucking ridiculous but also the fact the genocide of palestinians wasnt even a consideration needs to start clicking with people.

Why would they think so much about this mythical taiwan invasion that hasnt fucking happened, and a war america has been pushing to start for literal decades(not singular since i was a fucking child), but the mass murder of palestinians, and congolese people didnt even come up? or the mass displacement of sudanese people?

whats the link there? would you like to hazard a guess?

its shit america fucking wants! trump biden, fbi, cia, up and down the whole system. stop fucking uplifting the rabid fucking imperialist.

STOP DOING AMERICAN PROPAGANDA FOR FUCKING FREE

trump is literally only evil to you guys because he has no decorum nothing else, biden has his fucking platform you absolute ghouls.

Ares, revolution’s king,

Athena, the mechanic’s sting,

Warmonger and Muckraker we plead,

Praying, demanding, fighting, a need,

For blue skies over Palestine.

Ares, who wins regardless who bleeds,

Athena, the bombshells and the path they leave,

Return to them peace and olive trees,

Let this genocide be no more,

And Hades need not wait by the door.

Artists Against Apartheid (art from poster pack 1) | Esims for Gaza | Care for Gaza

whats going on in Congo, and how you can help!

LAND BACK IS LAND BACK

Turtle Island Indigenous (First Nation & Native Americans)

Latin America's

Palestine

Puerto Rico

Aboriginal Land

Aotearoa

Samoa

Hawai'i

Congo

Hong Kong

Yemen

(Please reblog with more places that in their right deserve their land back.)

started making a pinned post for all my socials (in light of the "tumblr running on a skeleton crew" thing) but i realized i basically only have here and ao3. my twitter is essentially a private diary ft. nsf/w art and the idea of giving out my discord publically feels a little too much like posting my phone number online. I could theoretically start a discord *server* but frankly I'm in too many already and do not have the skillset of a moderator. i have a fandom only email address but that's already linked in my ao3 profile. i have a reddit but i only use that to ask anonymous and deeply personal medical questions and like, tips on how to increase my credit score. mastodon/bluesky is confusing and both are too much like twitter in UI for me to want to do a public thing there. facebook and instagram are right out.

i just.... there really isn't another space that has the same level of anonymity AND broad reach AND fandom focus for me. i am just not online in a way where i can be like, "Follow me [here]!". i honestly really adore the little fandom community here on tumblr and like, while "mutuals can DM for discord!" is true, and "anyone can email me on my fandom email!" is true, I love interacting with people here on tumblr even if we haven't talked in a way that is entirely different from wanting to freely give out what is basically my phone number. idk.

America needs to accept that Pax Americana is dead and stop acting as the world's police or bring the world to a global war that will destroy both America and humanity. I am sure they will choose the latter one because that's what they have been doing for the past 75+ years and they are good at it.

Augure / Omen Baloji. 2023

Mountain Mampala de la Gecamine, 8F7C+XCM, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo See in map

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