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when I read this I was losing my motherfucking shit eat the rich is now considered domestic terrorism?! *slaps whoever made that with a book*
FBI Records: The Vault — Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide Part 01
They're spying on us - CODEPINK - Women for Peace
AND NOW THEY BE SPYING ON US?! THE FUCK?! WHAT HAPPENED TO RIGHTS?!
"Section 702 is up for renewal on April 19, and we need to demand Congress heavily reform it to ensure the privacy of Americans is protected or throw it away entirely. This is extremely crucial as we witness mass mobilizations for Palestine across the US and an equivalent crackdown on advocates for Palestine. In a closed door meeting, House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner showed slides of pro-Palestine protesters as a means of advocating for the renewal of Section 702. If illegally spying on Americans is not a main function of Section 702, then why would Americans expressing their first amendment rights be used as an example of who this surveillance could target? The US government has a stake in suppressing the movement against Israel’s US-backed genocide campaign in Gaza, and they will use Section 702 to make it happen."
You can say no to surveillance here!:
Threats to US imperialism and governance being labelled as a forms of terrorism and extremism is a beyond jarring and important reminder that the US government is NOT anyone's ally a majority of the time... this is frightening. You'd think the government would be more concerned about white supremacists in the US but nope... it's always the anti-fascists, anti-capitalists, and pro-animal liberation movements who are trying to disrupt and change the systems and structures which oppress, marginalize, and kill people.
I am not one bit surprised they have been/are spying on citizens who are fighting and advocating for Palestinian liberation. For folks living in the US, please look into this.
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estrellarots · 2 days
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Men when they sexualize women: :)
Men when women profit off that sexualization: :(
If you're not like this, ily and you get waffles 🧇🧇
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IMPORTANT!!!
I’ve only seen like one person talk about this and it’s super important that this gets out there
Multiple punk symbols and sayings have been added to the FBI’s domestic terrorism guide
Things included are
The symbol for anarchy
ACAB and 1312
The three arrows pointing down in a circle
Eat the rich
Those are a few but it also mentions anything anti-fascist and anti capitalist
So if you live in the US please be careful
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bidotorg · 4 months
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Today, we take a moment to celebrate a historic milestone - the anniversary of South Africa legalizing same-sex marriage. 🇿🇦🏳️‍🌈 On this remarkable day, South Africa not only became the first country in Africa to recognize love in all its forms, but also set a precedent for human rights and equality across the globe. This day serves as a reminder of the progress we've made, and the work that still needs to be done. Let's continue to fight for love, acceptance, and equality for all. Today we celebrate love, human rights, and the beautiful rainbow nation of South Africa. 🌈❤️
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saddayfordemocracy · 5 months
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How the Watermelon Became a Symbol of Palestinian Solidarity
The use of the watermelon as a Palestinian symbol is not new. It first emerged after the Six-day War in 1967, when Israel seized control of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexed East Jerusalem. At the time, the Israeli government made public displays of the Palestinian flag a criminal offense in Gaza and the West Bank. 
To circumvent the ban, Palestinians began using the watermelon because, when cut open, the fruit bears the national colors of the Palestinian flag—red, black, white, and green.  
The Israeli government didn't just crack down on the flag. Artist Sliman Mansour told The National in 2021 that Israeli officials in 1980 shut down an exhibition at 79 Gallery in Ramallah featuring his work and others, including Nabil Anani and Issam Badrl. “They told us that painting the Palestinian flag was forbidden, but also the colors were forbidden. So Issam said, ‘What if I were to make a flower of red, green, black and white?’, to which the officer replied angrily, ‘It will be confiscated. Even if you paint a watermelon, it will be confiscated,’” Mansour told the outlet.
Israel lifted the ban on the Palestinian flag in 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, which entailed mutual recognition by Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization and were the first formal agreements to try to resolve the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The flag was accepted as representing the Palestinian Authority, which would administer Gaza and the West Bank.
In the wake of the accords, the New York Times nodded to the role of watermelon as a stand-in symbol during the flag ban. “In the Gaza Strip, where young men were once arrested for carrying sliced watermelons—thus displaying the red, black and green Palestinian colors—soldiers stand by, blasé, as processions march by waving the once-banned flag,” wrote Times journalist John Kifner.
In 2007, just after the Second Intifada, artist Khaled Hourani created The Story of the Watermelon for a book entitled Subjective Atlas of Palestine. In 2013, he isolated one print and named it The Colours of the Palestinian Flag, which has since been seen by people across the globe.
The use of the watermelon as a symbol resurged in 2021, following an Israeli court ruling that Palestinian families based in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem would be evicted from their homes to make way for settlers.
The watermelon symbol today:
In January, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gave police the power to confiscate Palestinian flags. This was later followed by a June vote on a bill to ban people from displaying the flag at state-funded institutions, including universities. (The bill passed preliminary approval but the government later collapsed.)
In June, Zazim, an Arab-Israeli community organization, launched a campaign to protest against the ensuing arrests and confiscation of flags. Images of watermelons were plastered on to 16 taxis operating in Tel Aviv, with the accompanying text reading, “This is not a Palestinian flag.”
“Our message to the government is clear: we will always find a way to circumvent any absurd ban and we will not stop fighting for freedom of expression and democracy,” said Zazim director Raluca Ganea. 
Amal Saad, a Palestinian from Haifa who worked on the Zazim campaign, told Al-Jazeera they had a clear message: “If you want to stop us, we’ll find another way to express ourselves.”
Words courtesy of BY ARMANI SYED / TIME
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jes12321 · 2 years
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holisticfansstuff · 4 months
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Rest in power, Andre Braugher (x)
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mimi-0007 · 8 months
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For the ppl in the back!!
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reality-detective · 19 days
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President Trump is asking everyone to forward this message to a minimum of 20 people, and ask each of those to do likewise.
In three days, most people in the United States will have the message. This is an idea that should be passed around, regardless of political party.
The TRUMP Rules: Congressional Reform Act of 2017
1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman/woman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they're out of office. And, no more perks go with them.
2. Congress (past, present, & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. It may not be used for any other purpose.
3. Congress must purchase their own retirement plan, just as ALL Americans do.
4. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
5. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
6. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people (i.e. NO MORE INSIDER TRADING!!!).
7. All contracts with past and present Congressmen/women are void. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen/women. Congress made all these contracts by and for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor and privledge NOT a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators should serve their term(s), then go home and go back to work … not get all kinds of freebies.
NO WONDER THEY’RE FIGHTING EVERYTHING HE TRIES! 🤔
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Serious.
this is a very serious post.
KOSA? It's awful. I wrongfully thought we were out of the woods. Were not.
The things they could censor? It's a violation of US rights, silencing LGBTQ+, and Palestinians, health care about resources to get out of abusive situations.
STOP KOSA. END KOSA. FREE PALESTINE. GIVE US EQUAL RIGHTS.
Even if you DON'T support those things, IT WILL CENSOR YOU.
Don't panic, take action.
END. THE. CENSORSHIP.
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gretagarbos · 11 days
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Women's rights buttons.
1920s-1980s.
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ihhfhonao3 · 7 months
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I’m a firm believer in the passive and small acts of activism.
You’re actively fighting capitalism by resting and taking a break. You’re actively fighting homophobia by wearing a rainbow pin to signify to others your allyship. You’re actively fighting climate change by air drying your hands after washing them. You’re actively fighting childism by letting a minor talk to you about how they’re doing. You’re actively fighting oppressive systems by simply existing.
There have always been others like you, and there always will be others like you. Your existence is rebellion. As long as you’re alive, conservatives and bigots have lost.
You’re a rebel. You’re a warrior. You’re a fighter. And you don’t even know it.
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crystalsandbubbletea · 3 months
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If I were the US president, I would have ended ties with Israel long ago.
Israel has stated multiple times that they don't care about the civilians in Palestine, hell they don't care who gets hurt in general. All Israel wants is genocide, anyone who supports Israel wants genocide, and anyone who goes like "Well it's complicated" or remains silent is genocide complicit.
Silence.
Is.
Violence.
There's a poem, it's called "First they came for" and it's by Martin Niemöller, it shows that silence does nothing, and in the end, there will be no one to help you because you were silent.
I wanted to do a modern retelling of it, here it is (Note: This is from the perspective of someone who is silent on politics):
First they came for the socialists—and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for black people—and I did not speak out—because I was not black.
Then they came for the disabled—and I did not speak out—because I was not disabled.
Then they came for trans people—and I did not speak out—because I was not trans.
Then they came for gay people—and I did not speak out—because I was not gay.
Then they came for unionists—and I did not speak out—because I was not a unionist.
Then they came for Palestinians—and I did not speak out—because I was not Palestinian.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
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scarefox · 3 months
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"The vote passed smoothly."
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hedgehology · 10 months
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I made a cowboy capybara gif..
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saddayfordemocracy · 7 months
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Barbara Kruger, Untitled (flag), 2020,
Screenprint in colours on cotton, created for Artists Band Together, published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sheet: 55 x 55 cm (unframed).
Courtesy: Roseberys
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